Deserted Village Apartments

Chapter 14 No.11

I have been writing a new novel all day, and I hope this novel can jump out of my original thinking and frame.I knew this process would be very painful, but I didn't expect that there would be a more painful process waiting for me.

In the evening, Ye Xiao came to my house suddenly.

He barged in with a stern face, staring at me with a cold look, which made my heart beat faster.Although he is a police officer, he treats me very casually. As I said, I have written many novels about him, and I personally participated in many mysterious cases he handled. We can be said to be brothers and best friends.But he never looked at me with that look, the suspicious look of a police officer.

Finally, I couldn't help asking, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Where have you been today?"

"I didn't go anywhere, I just wrote novels at home."

Ye Xiao said flatly, "Don't be so nervous."

"what happened?"

"This morning, I took a case." He paced on my floor and said, "The deceased was a college student who died in the dormitory of the school. The classmates in the dormitory woke up in the morning and found that he was sleeping on the bed. I couldn’t wake up and found out that he was dead.”

"How did he die?"

"A preliminary autopsy has been done in the afternoon, and the cause of death was myocardial infarction."

"That's natural death? At least homicide can be ruled out."

"However, the deceased did not have a history of heart disease, and the expression of the deceased was very strange, as if he was extremely frightened." Ye Xiao frowned again, "That expression was so frightening that it still seems to be shaking before my eyes. "

"Did he see something in the middle of the night?"

"I thought so too at first, but his classmates in the same dormitory testified that from the time he returned to the dormitory to sleep in the early morning until the hours when he was found dead, none of the four classmates in the dormitory Heard or saw anything unusual."

"So he died in his sleep?" I shook my head vigorously, "This is really bizarre."

"Yes, the forensic doctor also believes that the cause of his death is very bizarre, because the deceased had no organic disease in his heart, and nothing else happened at the time of death, so the only possibility is that the deceased was scared by himself while having a nightmare. dead."

"Have a nightmare?"

I've never heard of such a thing, having nightmares and scaring myself to death.

"This is just my speculation. Even forensic doctors don't really believe in this kind of thing. It may be that the nightmare I had was too terrifying. During my sleep, my heart was severely stimulated, causing myocardium to have a sudden myocardial infarction, and I stopped breathing instantly and died. "

"It's really scary, it's like someone is suddenly frightened and their heart stops immediately."

Ye Xiao nodded: "Yes, sometimes the scares in dreams are more terrifying and deadly."

"Yeah, sometimes when I wake up from a nightmare in the middle of the night, I find myself sweating profusely and my heartbeat is extremely fast. Many people have had this experience, right? It's just not to the point where I'm scared to death by myself, but I still can't believe it, as if this has never happened before."

"Yes, I have never heard of it. So, I think this incident is too bizarre, and the college student died too strangely. There must be some secret behind this incident."

"What secret? Have you investigated it?"

Suddenly, Ye Xiao looked directly into my eyes and said: "Yes, I have investigated - I found his call records in the dead man's mobile phone. At twelve o'clock in the middle of the night yesterday, his mobile phone had called A phone call. And what I never expected is that the phone number that has been dialed is my cousin—your cell phone."

My heart suddenly fell to the bottom of the well and broke into countless pieces.I sat down weakly, and asked in a stuttering voice, "What's the name of the deceased?"

"Huo Qiang."

"My God, it's him—" But suddenly I hold back.

Ye Xiao said coldly: "I know you must know the deceased, that's why I came to you."

"How did he die in the bedroom?"

"According to four roommates with Huo Qiang, Huo Qiang went to other places a few days ago, and he returned to the dormitory at two o'clock in the morning yesterday, and fell asleep in a hurry when he arrived in the dormitory. died."

I continued to freeze there, unbelievable, last night Huo Qiang called me, but a few hours later, he died in his dormitory—did he really die from a nightmare?Or is the nightmare just beginning?

Ye Xiao obviously noticed something in my eyes, he asked: "What's wrong with you? You remembered something, didn't you?"

I sat in a chair and nodded blankly.

"Okay, the students said that Huo Qiang went to another place a few days ago, do you know where he went?"

After being silent for a while, I finally spit out those two words——

"Desolate village."

Ye Xiao was slightly taken aback: "Desolate village? Isn't that the place in your novel?"

"Yes. Ye Xiao, didn't I tell you? Four college students once came to me. They were determined to explore the deserted village. They found the deserted village a few days ago and called me several times."

"I see, Huo Qiang is one of those four college students, isn't he?"

I nodded in a panic: "Last night at twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, I received a call from Huo Qiang. He said that he had just returned to Shanghai and was at the long-distance bus station on Hanzhong Road, ready to go back to school with his companions."

"Relax, you provided an important clue."

Although Ye Xiao is only three years older than me, he looks much older than me.Next, he asked me about the details of the four college students, and I told him everything I knew without hiding anything.

It seems that Ye Xiao is satisfied with my answer, we chatted for a while, he told me to keep calm, don't worry about it, let alone go deep into this matter, just like I wrote in the novel - source of fear in the unknown.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Ye Xiao left my house.

I was the only one left in the room, staring blankly at the night outside the window.Until now, I still couldn't accept the news from Ye Xiao, I subconsciously touched the phone, it seemed that Huo Qiang was still talking to me.But he actually died, and just a few hours after the call with me ended, what did he dream about?
Thinking of this, I gasped, a strong premonition filled my heart, and I forgot about Ye Xiao's care in an instant.No, I must know the truth. Why did Huo Qiang die?
Driven by this strong idea, I could no longer restrain my inner impulse, and hurried out of the house in the dark.I hailed a taxi on the road and drove towards Huo Qiang's university.

Nearly ten o'clock, I finally arrived at my destination, managed to trick the guards, and broke into this nationally famous university.I already knew Huo Qiang's class from Ye Xiao, and soon found the dormitory building where he was.

The four-story dormitory building looked very old, and I walked up the stairs with my head down.In the dark and narrow corridor, I seem to be able to see a few black figures and some crying.

In this seemingly unreal scene, I ventured to step among the terrible shadows.The lights in the corridor turned on suddenly, and there was a slight scream, and the pale light illuminated those young faces.

I immediately called out their names: "Han Xiaofeng? Su Tianping? Chunyu?"

It turned out to be the three companions who went to the deserted village with Huo Qiang, they all looked at me with pale faces, Su Tianping asked tremblingly: "You...why are you here?"

I looked at their gloomy faces and said, "I already know—"

"Huo Qiang is dead, he is dead..."

Chun Yu cried softly again, and Han Xiaofeng hugged her tightly.

"Can I go and see Huo Qiang's bedroom?"

"of course."

Su Tianping nodded, and opened the door behind him.I stepped into the door cautiously and looked around the room of about [-] square meters. There were bunk beds on both sides, and there were many sundries piled up by the windows, exuding a peculiar smell unique to boys' dormitories.

"Where are the others in the bedroom?"

"Someone just died this morning, who would dare to live in this house? They have all moved out."

Su Tianping pointed to the lower bunk of a bed and said, "This is where Huo Qiang sleeps."

Evidently the bed had been made, and nothing of value could be seen.I turned around and asked, "Did he leave anything behind?"

"They were all put away by the school, and there is nothing left here."

The room felt suffocating. I wondered if it was the smell left by the dead. I hurried back to the corridor and took a deep breath lying on the railing.I looked back at Han Xiaofeng and said, "Last night, did you go back to school together?"

"Yes, we returned to school together, and immediately went back to our respective dormitories. Nothing else happened."

Strange, now Han Xiaofeng looks so calm again, not like the panic when she called me that day.And Chun Yu was still crying on Han Xiaofeng's shoulder.

"You know—" I started to ask them loudly, "You know why Huo Qiang died? Don't you?"

All three of them trembled slightly and looked at each other, but none of them answered my question.

I sighed lightly, nodded and said, "You do know."

But they still didn't answer, the corridor was dead silent, and the light shone on their faces, as if they had painted a layer of white paint.

"Then can you tell me—what happened to you in the deserted village?"

Another long silence.

Finally, Chun Yu raised her head, and the petite girl said in a low voice, "No, we didn't see anything... we didn't see anything..."

I shook my head and said to Han Xiaofeng again: "Han Xiaofeng, didn't you say on the phone that you saw it, what did you see?"

"No, it was a nightmare, just a nightmare."

"But Huo Qiang just died in a nightmare."

Han Xiaofeng's lips trembled, but he couldn't speak.

Suddenly, Su Tianping yelled irritably: "Enough! Please don't ask any more questions, we will take care of ourselves."

"No, why hide it? Is it out of fear?"

Su Tianping turned his face away, and the three of them stopped talking.

I sighed again, and it seemed that there would be no more gains tonight.I slowed down and said, "If you need my help, you can call me anytime."

After speaking, I quietly left the dormitory building, and walked through the dark campus for a while before going out.

By the time I got home, it was nearly midnight.

I fell on the bed tiredly, and suddenly sniffed suddenly, as if I could smell the smell in the boys' dormitory again.

The smell of nightmares?
Maybe it was a hidden arrangement, I was destined to be involved in this matter, because everything originated from my novel "Desolate Village". If this novel didn't attract them, would Huo Qiang still die?Yes, by now I'm stuck.

Suddenly, my cell phone rang.

I immediately picked up the phone, and a trembling female voice came from the phone: "Hello...I'm...Han Xiaofeng..."

is her?I immediately calmed myself down and asked in a calm tone, "Han Xiaofeng, what's the matter?"

"I'm very sorry, we didn't tell the truth just now, I dare not say it in front of everyone - we did have something happened in the deserted village."

I could tell that her voice was still very nervous, and she didn't dare to speak out just now, so she could only secretly call me.

"I've expected it a long time ago, what happened?"

"It's a long story, and I can't explain it clearly on the phone. Will you come to school and find me tomorrow morning?"

Then, she told me the location of her dormitory. At nine o'clock tomorrow morning, she will wait for me downstairs in the girls' dormitory.It was too late today, I didn't continue to ask, and ended the call hastily.

I took a deep breath, and finally I could know their situation in the deserted village, but why did Su Tianping and Chun Yu hide it?Perhaps, there will be more unexpected things.

(End of this chapter)