light, short, scattered

Chapter 12 "Sleepless Night" Part [-]

(I saw a similar story before, but it was about exorcising ghosts. I have a better ending, so the first part is a reset and the second part is an innovation.)
I am a newly graduated college student.

After graduation, I found a graphic design job in the next city.

The salary during the internship period is very low, and it seems that my salary will be reduced for another month.

My parents are not very rich, and I am even embarrassed to ask them for money.

I only have a total of [-] yuan in savings, which I saved through frugality during the four years of college.

Because in the next city, there is a gap of forty kilometers.

Therefore, it is impossible to travel back and forth between the two places after get off work, and the fare is beyond my imagination.

I had no choice but to rent.

At first, my colleagues asked me to live together, but I am more used to living alone.

God has paid off, and I saw the rental information of this extremely cheap house in the newspaper.

The address is only one street away from my company. Thinking about it being so close, it seems that I can go to work later.

The landlord is a 50- to [-]-year-old woman with a local accent.

He looked like a landowner and greeted me to the second floor with a round fan in his hand.

This is an unfinished building that has been in disrepair for a long time, and cracks have appeared in the walls.

The landlady greeted her warmly and said, "Young man, although the house is dilapidated, it is very well-equipped. Air conditioning, water heater, and a small color TV."

After the landlady finished speaking, she inserted the key and opened the room. As expected, she was right.

It looks like an unfinished building from the outside, but it looks like it has been renovated inside.

One bedroom, one living room, and even a bathroom and kitchen.

It still has a hint of a new house, and the wallpaper has been changed to a warm pink.

The kitchen is fully stocked with pots and pans, and even the spice boxes are filled with spices.

I finally couldn't help but said: "Auntie, are you preparing this house for your daughter or son? Are they renting it out because they are working outside and are afraid that it will be empty and wasted?"

The landlady was stunned at first, then said with a smile: "Yes, yes, my son works out of town. You may like it, 450 a month is not expensive."

I nodded quickly.

Compared with the price, this house is a great deal.

Paying a deposit and carrying large and small bags is considered as a check-in.

But it all started to feel strange to me.

When I was sorting out my wardrobe, I actually found women's underwear in it.

That night, I had no intention of sleeping.

Suddenly the sounds of men and women surrounded my ears.

Oh my God, this isn't a live show from Next Door Neighbors.

I put my head together and put the wallpaper on it.

This, this, this. . .Really earned it.

Early the next morning, I left the room with unkempt hair.

It's 9:30 now and I think I'm three or ten minutes late.

It's all my fault last night. . .

Eh?In front of me, a couple walked out of the next room.

He smiled when he saw me.

I subconsciously said: "Hello, I am your neighbor who just moved here."

The couple glanced at the door number of my room. The man nodded and said, "We just moved in yesterday."

The woman blushed and covered her mouth and said, "You don't look energetic. Did you not sleep?"

"Yeah." I smiled helplessly.What a coincidence, they all just moved here.

Looking at the two retreating figures, I thought they knew they had disturbed me last night.That night, I thought I would have a good sleep.

But the voice rang again.

Oh my god, I covered my head with the quilt.

I hate it, the sound insulation effect of the wooden walls is really poor.

I was still misled by this pink wallpaper.

The day after I moved here, I couldn't sleep again.

If this happens every day, what should I do in the future?

Oh my god, when will she be able to come?
For a week, there were sounds almost non-stop at night.

I have forgotten how many times I fell asleep at my computer desk at work.

I'm really too sleepy.

Finally, I fell asleep on the keyboard.

Drool soaked the keyboard.

When the boss discovered that when he woke up, even the keyboard was scrapped.

The boss angrily said what brand of keyboard it was called HHKB keyboard.

There are thousands of them, originally intended to make typing more comfortable for working people.

Not for sleeping on as a pillow, I was fired.

I didn't lose any money, but my salary was lost.

When I got home, all I could think about was the couple.

There are children going to school upstairs and downstairs.

Next door on the other side is an old man.

It was only this couple, and it could only be this couple who did it.

I bravely knocked on the door of the next room.

Once, twice.

No one opened the door for me.

I leaned on the peephole to see what was going on inside.

It was so dark that nothing could be seen.

I left helplessly.

I thought about having a good meal in the evening and looking for a job the next day.

I went to a high-end western restaurant nearby.

Isn't this the couple?
I immediately walked up.

"Do you still remember me?" I said.

The man smiled naively and said, "Neighbor, why are you bringing your girlfriend over for dinner? Where is your girlfriend?"

I was stunned after hearing this and said, "How can I, a recent graduate, have a girlfriend?"

The man said with a questioning look on his face: "You don't have a girlfriend, so you watch movies alone every night? Why don't you let us sleep when there is so much noise?"

I looked confused and said, "Weren't you the ones who made the noise at night? How come it's me?"

The woman blushed and said, "The sound clearly came from your room, how could it be us.

The three of them looked embarrassed, and I recalled the sounds at night.

So clear, if not through the wall?Across the quilt?

Can I still hear so clearly?And women's underwear in the closet. . .

I broke into a sweat.

(End of this chapter)