Apartment From Hell

Chapter 22: Hide and Seek

The next day, at around twelve noon, the doorbell of Li Yin's house rang.

At this time, Li Yin had just finished updating the latest chapters of the three chapters, turned off the computer and went to open the door.As expected, the person standing at the door was Ying Ziye.

Li Yin smiled slightly and said, "You're here. I've kept the cake in the refrigerator."

After Ying Ziye walked in, Li Yin went to the refrigerator to get the cake.

"The food in this apartment can be taken from the refrigerator by yourself, and you still make your own cake?" Ying Ziye asked with some doubts.

"Well, eggs and cream are taken from the refrigerator. This apartment is also very convenient. If you want to eat, just write a post-it note on the refrigerator door. The cake is here."

Li Yin came over with a strawberry cream cake and said, "I just bought the equipment for making cakes a few days ago. I got it from a book on making cakes. The food is still delicious if you cook it yourself."

"Yeah." Ying Ziye took out the notebook from his pocket, handed it to Li Yin, and said, "I return the notebook to you, thank you for your notes... I have memorized the contents, Li Yin, you... are very smart. "

Li Yin took the note with a smile, put the strawberry cream cake in front of her, put a fork on it, and said, "Try it and see how it tastes? I'm thinking about opening an online cake shop if it's done well. Haha, I guess it’s because I’ve watched too many Korean dramas lately...it’s really delicious, at least eat some, don’t tell me you hate cakes?”

"Hmm...thank you." After sitting down, Ying Ziye picked up a fork and ate a piece of cake.

The taste is very good.

"Sure enough, the ingredients provided by the apartment are very high-quality. The cream is very mellow, and so are the strawberries..." Ying Ziye tasted the cake and said, "However, your cake making skills seem to be pretty good."

"Really? Actually, when I was going to university, I originally wanted to learn cooking, but my parents insisted that I go to the Academy of Sciences, but the four years of university felt like a waste of time." Li Yin seemed to be very emotional, Then he continued: "If you like it, I will continue to make cakes for you in the future."

However, Li Yin's unanswered question made Ying Ziye's fork sticking into the cake stop immediately.

"Do you want to consider... being my girlfriend?"

Before Ying Ziye could react, Li Yin's expression became extremely serious: "I'm not joking with you, absolutely not."

"Girl...friend?" Ying Ziye raised her head to look at Li Yin, her expression remained unchanged, as if nothing in this world could make her care.

"Li Yin, you...don't know me well. We haven't known each other for long, have we?"

"Those are not important. I just know... I like you, so I want to be with you. And... it's okay to get to know each other gradually over time."

Ying Ziye took another bite of the cake and said, "Suddenly...someone confessed to me..."

"Has no one confessed to you before?" Li Yin was a little surprised, Ying Ziye is so beautiful, no one has chased her, right?

"People who have been in contact with me are scared away. Because they all say that I am a research freak, and I stay in the laboratory as a whole. It is better to marry the laboratory."

"No... I really like people with a strong thirst for knowledge."

"Really? However, I can't just answer you like this..."

"It's okay, you can think about it slowly. I can wait for you. No matter how long it takes, this proposal is valid."

"Yeah. I'll think about it. But right now, the most important thing is how to get through the bloody next time."

"Yeah... I know..."

"Then... I'll go first."

After Ying Ziye finished eating the cake on the plate, he wiped his mouth with a napkin and said, "Thank you very much for the cake, I hope to have it next time."

"Well, okay, if you like it, I will make it for you again..."

After Ying Ziye left, he collapsed on the sofa, kept grabbing his hair, and cursed: "Li Yin, you idiot! Why did you say it so hastily... Oh my god, what happened to me... But , who knows how long I have left?
After Xia Yuan's death, the residents held another meeting that night.And most residents think that the new building manager must be Li Yin.After all, he is the only one among the current apartment residents who has survived four instructions in blood.

In fact, the residents were quite excited after hearing Ying Ziye mention the implementation of the blood-letter instructions.Because... this shows one point, as long as you find the hidden "way of survival" in the apartment, it is actually very simple to survive the instructions written in blood, like this time, you can survive five days in peace with just closing your eyes!
However, it only sounds simple.If you don't know this, who would keep their eyes closed 24 hours a day?
In the end, everyone voted unanimously, and the new building director was... Li Yin.

Another few months passed.

On this day... the apartment once again showed signs in blood.

And this bloody instruction... is extremely weird.

The content is: "On November 2010, 11, before 1:12 on the same day, reach the top of Huayan Mountain in the suburbs of K City, and then start playing hide-and-seek. Choose a 'ghost', and the others must hide and not let' Ghosts caught, you can't leave Huayan Mountain during this period. You can only return to the apartment after midnight that day."

"Catch...hide and seek?"

The selected residents were dumbfounded when they saw this line of blood. What does it mean?Playing hide-and-seek on the mountain counts as carrying out an instruction in blood?How can it be so simple?

Therefore, one of the selected residents, Yang Lin, a resident of Room 806, came to ask Li Yin, the new head of the building.

"I think it can't be that simple, just play hide-and-seek?" Yang Lin asked nervously: "Building Chief, do you think there is something hidden in this?"

Li Yin also felt very strange.He is quite sure that the apartment hides some kind of trap in the bloody instructions.And that trap, if one slips into it unawares, it will be beyond redemption.

However, he really couldn't figure out what the trap was, so he had to say to Yang Lin: "In short, the literal meaning must be obeyed. After you reach the top of the mountain, choose a person to be a 'ghost' to play hide-and-seek. Since Speaking of hide-and-seek, it is natural to hide it so that no one can find it, so try to go to the place on the mountain that is easy to hide. Huayan Mountain is very big, and it is definitely not difficult to hide. In addition... in general hide-and-seek, everyone hides separately Well, although there are two people hiding in the same place, just in case, try not to hide in a certain place with another person. I know that it is really scary to act alone, but there is no way."

Yang Lin nodded and continued: "What does it mean if... is found? Will he die? Besides, if a 'ghost' person can't find anyone else, will he die too?"

This is the most concerned issue of the selected residents.If this is the case, no matter what, at least one person will die.Although I don't know if this is the case, but in this extremely weird apartment, nothing can be guaranteed.

Li Yin shook his head and said: "This possibility is not very high. The apartment does not exist for the purpose of killing us. Otherwise, there would be no people instructed by blood letters, and they would definitely arrange a way out for us. If according to what you said, Then there must be one person who is in a desperate situation and has no way out."

Li Yin's words reassured Yang Lin a lot. After all, he was the one who instructed in blood four times, so his words were very convincing.

However, despite this, how to choose "ghost"?

vote?lottery?mora?Anyway, it is impossible for someone to recommend himself.Even if they are selected, people who become "ghosts" may not necessarily be willing to become "ghosts", after all, the apartment does not specify a method for selecting "ghosts".However, there must be one person to be the "ghost", otherwise everyone will be manipulated by the shadow to commit suicide.

Regarding this issue, Li Yin also found it very difficult to deal with, so he could only say: "You can negotiate with yourself when the time comes, someone has to be a 'ghost', there is no way around it. You should make a decision as soon as possible."

In November and January, the selected residents set off at around four o'clock in the morning.

This time, Chen Zhenxing from Room 1304 was in charge of driving. He was a very handsome young man with a gentle personality and was very popular in the apartment.Besides Yang Lin, there were three other people, Tang Lanxuan, Zhang Lingfeng, and Si Chen who lived in Room 1215.

Yang Lin is a college student with a science background, but he has no job yet. He has a quick mind and is a little clever from time to time.Tang Lanxuan and Li Yin have a very good relationship, and their personality is quite talkative, but his very feminine name is often made fun of.Zhang Lingfeng has always been withdrawn and does not communicate with others, so everyone is not familiar with him.As for Si Chen, he is a fortuneteller and usually holds a deck of tarot cards.

Due to the early departure, we arrived at Huayan Mountain before eight o'clock and successfully climbed to the top.

Huayan Mountain is a large mountain on the outskirts of K City, but it is relatively desolate. It is said that during the Republic of China, a group of bandits took over the mountain and became the king, killing many innocent people, so there are many ghosts.Because of this legend, except for some adventure hunters, most people don't like to come to this mountain, so Huayan Mountain is very worthy of the words "inaccessible".

Standing on the top of the mountain and looking down, I can only see bare valleys without a few trees.On the ground, weeds are overgrown, but because few people come, there is not much garbage.The mountain seemed very empty, there was no sound at all, not even birdsong, so the five of them felt deaf.

"It's really a depressing place." Yang Lin glanced left and right from time to time, looked at his watch, and said, "Then...there is still plenty of time, let's decide first, who will be the 'ghost'."

Having said that, Si Chen took out a deck of tarot cards and said, "How about using the tarot cards to decide?"

"Don't be kidding!" Yang Lin quickly stopped him and said, "Well, I think it's better to guess the boxing game? If it's a lottery, some people will think that there will be cheating. It's just that the winner will be a 'ghost' or the loser will be a ghost." 'ghost'?"

After arguing for a long time, the final decision was made by guessing fists, and the person who became the 'ghost' was... Si Chen.

"It's actually me..." Si Chen sighed, squatted on the ground, spread the Tarot cards on it, and then took a look at it.

"How is it? What card is it?" Tang Lanxuan asked with concern, "What does it indicate?"

Si Chen quickly put the tarot card back and said, "No...it's nothing." He seemed to be in a bad mood.

Everyone squatted together, discussing what to do next.

"In short, according to the instructions of the building director," Yang Lin repeatedly explained to Si Chen: "You must try your best to find us, we will hide very well, and you will not let you find it easily. Well, we all adjust our mobile phones to vibrate , so you won’t be able to find us through your phone’s ringtone.”

Si Chen looked worried at the moment: "If I can't find you... what should I do..."

"It's okay," Chen Zhenxing comforted him, "The building manager said that the apartment will always give us a way out."

That's it... Finally, it's twelve o'clock at noon!
(End of this chapter)