Invade the World

  Chapter 249 Visiting Fright

  After Lin Xingjie hurried back from the supermarket, she carried a fruit basket in her hand.

   "There is nothing to bring," she looked a little embarrassed, "I don't know the health products behind the shelf, so I didn't dare to buy them."

   "Well, this will do. I don't think they will mind."

  Xu Xiangyang took the responsibility of accompany his girlfriend to go shopping and received the fruit basket, and the three of them went on the road again.

  ……

"right here?"

  In order to avoid the other party waiting for a long time, they quickened their pace. A quarter of an hour later, they came to the bottom of a five-story residential building.

  This is a tube building that can be seen everywhere in this era. A long corridor connects more than a dozen households. Its predecessor may be offices of different units or dormitories for single employees.

  They walked through the patio downstairs, and there was a small grass bed in the middle of the patio.

  If it’s daytime, standing at this place and looking up, you can probably see the brilliant sun falling from the sky.

  Only now, all you can see is a dark sky, a piece of the roof divided by the corners of the roof surrounded like iron cages. The people standing inside are like frogs sitting on the well and watching the sky.

  Walking to the vicinity of the first floor, judging from the decoration and aging degree, the construction time of this building is quite aging. In some places, most of the paint has been peeled off, and the rest are dark yellow stains and wet marks.

  The red wooden door on the left hand side is also pasted with the Chinese New Year's "Fu" and the dry wormwood inserted in the door frame during the Dragon Boat Festival. It's just that the lights were not turned on, and there was pitch-black darkness in the window. I don't know if no one was there or I went to bed early.

  Go up the steps and extend to the front and back ends of the long corridor. Both sides can be ventilated. If you stop and stay for a while, you can hear the night wind whizzing by.

Like this kind of tube building, the bathroom, toilet, or laundry room used to be shared. There was usually only one on the first floor. If you don’t stagger the time, you have to grab the bathroom with others during peak hours in the morning and evening; if you really want to take a good bath, you can get outside. Go to the baths.

  A part of it has been transformed now, and only then has an independent kitchen and bathroom.

"so quiet……"

  The squad leader murmured.

  As she said, the tube building at night is quite quiet. However, standing downstairs can still see the lights in several rooms; the clothes hanging out to dry in the corridors are drifting in the wind, which is easy to be mistaken for living people.

  This is a place full of life like the alley where a large number of residents live, not the kind of dead and tomb-like unfinished buildings.

   "Are you scared?"

  Seeing the short-haired girl looking left and right, her expression looked a little nervous, Xu Xiangyang couldn't help laughing.

   "Who is afraid?"

  Zhu Qingyue snorted softly, but clasped her friend's arm tightly with both hands, unwilling to let go.

  He raised his eyebrows thoughtfully.

  As superpowers, of course, they cannot really fear the ghosts like ordinary people, but as humans, the fear of the dark night engraved on the genetic level is difficult to exempt.

   But in his opinion, the place where the squad leader lives is really scary. Although it looks brightly lit, there is actually no one for a long time... Living in that kind of place, really won’t you panic?

   Lin Xingjie is accustomed to the darkness and silence of the night, dragging a "cumbersome" in her hand, and walking up the stairs on her own.

  Perhaps, he thought to himself that the squad leader’s performance is just to act like a baby to the people around him as always.

I don’t know when it started, knowing that the other party is a girl with a deeper mind than an adult, but Xu Xiangyang is always used to think of Miss Qingyue in the direction of a cute little girl who longs for the care of others; despite her demeanor and demeanor It is really cute-even if it is pretended to be cute, it is also cute.

  Xu Xiangyang thought and walked silently to the end. When the two girls were up, he was still groping downstairs, searching for a long time and finally found a light rope that could be pulled off.

  The faint yellow light quietly enveloped the spiraling stairs, illuminating the cobwebs woven in the corners of the ceiling.

  The old couple lived on the fifth floor of the highest floor, the first family home at the corner of the stairs.

   Lin Xingjie took the bag, walked to the rusty iron fence door, and tapped twice.

  Not long, there will be gentle footsteps inside.

"who is it?"

  A kind-eyed old lady opened the door, and when she saw the face of the long-haired girl, her eyes suddenly lit up.

  "Are you here? Would you like to take you upstairs..."

   Lin Xingjie shook her head.

   "I came to visit you today, I will go home later."

   "Okay, okay. Come and sit in first."

  The old lady nodded quickly. She opened the security door and saw the girl with two peers behind her.

   "Hello, I visited three days ago."

  The squad leader nodded politely.

   "Well, I remember you, are you two friends?"

"Yes."

  Xu Xiangyang also smiled and greeted each other.

   "All come in," the old lady greeted enthusiastically, "Come in."

  Lin Xingjie first walked into the room and put the fruit basket in her hand on the chair.

   "This is a gift."

   "I'm here as soon as I come. Why are you still bringing something? We can't finish this for the two of us."

  The words are like this, she is quite happy to see the wrinkles stretched out on the old man’s face.

   "Let’s do it, I’m afraid it will break after a long time. I will take it apart and wash it, and I will eat it together later."

  After saying this, she walked to the edge of the stairs again and shouted towards the top:

   "Old man, that girl came to visit us, come down quickly!"

  *

   Lin Xingjie and Zhu Qingyue helped wash fruits in the kitchen.

  Xu Xiangyang was kicked out, so he had to walk around the room boredly, looking around.

  He saw a wedding photo hanging on the wall, and it was still a black and white photo. The woman in the photo is braided in two braids and dressed in school uniforms dressed as educated youths, while the man is upright and energetic, wearing worker clothes, full of the imprint of the times.

  It looks like this is how this old couple looked when they were young.

  He looked towards the east of the room. Across the kitchen, there is a large half-length window with bay windows, and on the outside is the balcony. There are a few pots of flowers and plants. The number is not too large, but the pots and pots are very energetic. It seems that they have been carefully taken care of on weekdays. .

  In the west of the living room, there is a five-bucket cabinet with various small objects neatly placed. Next to the cabinet are TVs and dial-type telephones. There are also a series of buttons for adjusting channels beside the TV screen. Xu Xiangyang has only seen them on black and white TVs before.

  The walls that were once snow-white, I don't know when they were slightly yellowed, and were covered by old newspapers. The design on the calendar is a white and fat golden boy and girl.

  In addition, in this not-so-wide room, traces of the times can be seen everywhere: refrigerators and washing machines, which are relatively old styles, and look a little cumbersome.

  Especially a machine placed under the stairs. At first glance, Xu Xiangyang felt like an intelligent robot from Star Wars. He walked closer and found it was a vacuum cleaner.

However, the layout of the room is neat and you can see where you can see it. The cleaning is very careful. The tables and chairs and furniture are all covered with floral cloth to avoid dust. The vases on the table add a bit of fun. , The light above the head is not bright, but it gives people a touch of warmth.

   Just then, he heard footsteps coming from the building.

  Xu Xiangyang walked to the bottom and saw a gray-haired old man opened the screen door and walked out of the bedroom on the second floor.

  This is probably the wife of the old lady just now.

  The old man’s back is inevitably rickety, but for his age, he is still inclined to be tall, wearing cloth shoes on his feet, and walking slowly towards the stairs with a cane.

  ——Much like Song Deshou.

  As soon as this thought came to Xu Xiangyang's mind, Xu Xiangyang shook his head mockingly.

  The person who appeared in front of him at this time was of course not an evil spirit without eyes, but an ordinary old man.

  ……

  Xu Xiangyang greeted him, the other side nodded slightly, and went downstairs to greet the old lady in the kitchen first.

  Waiting for the two girls to put fresh fruit on the plate with their hands and feet, everyone introduced each other, and the atmosphere in the living room quickly became harmonious.

  The old man’s face is serious, and he feels like someone who had been a teacher or a cadre before retirement, but it is rare to see a group of energetic young people coming to visit, with some smiles on his face, he can see that he is in a good mood.

And the other old man’s attitude was very enthusiastic. Looking around on the faces of the boys and girls, two girls with outstanding looks, needless to say, there is only one boy left with a short look. Short hair and good looks are also a type that is very popular with elders, and the three of them all behaved very politely at the first visit. The old lady liked it as she watched them.

She took the hands of the two girls and started chatting about the parents’ shortcomings, asking about school grades and trivial matters in life. When the old lady heard that one was the first in grade in school, the other was the second in grade, and the other was in several grades. In a few months, there has been considerable progress, and it is even more gratifying.

  During the conversation, they learned that the old couple had a surname of Zhao and a surname of Sun.

The old man came from a peasant family. After the liberation of the People’s Republic of China, he was assigned to an education job from the factory after the liberation of the People’s Republic of China. After 30 years as a teacher, he retired. , The two met in school and have been with each other since they got married.

  Two elderly people have lived in this place for decades. Their children are now working in other places, and they usually have time to come back to accompany their parents only on holidays.

  Fortunately, this old couple has a managerial job. Although it is not busy, it is not considered idle. In addition, they can have the opportunity to communicate with the residents of a large building on weekdays, and finally their life will not be lonely.

   "Teacher Zhao, Teacher Sun, thank you both for helping Xingjie."

  In the middle of the conversation, Xu Xiangyang solemnly thanked the two old men.

  This is a matter of course for him. He and Xingjie are close friends, lovers, and family members. Their lives have long been closely connected and inseparable. Therefore, the girl's business is his business. Xu Xiangyang feels that he has the obligation to repay the favor and help she has received.

   "No need to thank us, just give it a hand."

   Teacher Zhao put the tea cup in his hand on the table, looked at Lin Xingjie, and asked.

   "I see how you are now, the situation should be better? I haven't been here for more than half a year, right?"

"Ok."

  Lin Xingjie nodded, she smiled and motioned to the friends around her.

   "Thanks to the help of both of them."

  In the exchange just now, of course they did not tell the fact that Xu Xiangyang and Lin Xingjie are living together. Old people's ideas are generally relatively conservative, and they are unlikely to accept this.

  Moreover, if you only talk about the academic performance of these three people, it is hard to tell that they are all "bad boys" who are addicted to premature love.

"That's good."

   Teacher Zhao coughed and asked with a serious expression.

  "Your side...I can't ask specifically, it should be a family problem, right?"

"Ok."

"Maybe there is a misunderstanding between you. I have lived for so many years and I have seen more, but anyway, those are relatives who are connected to you by blood. Remember to communicate more, don’t regret it then, then it’s too late. Up."

  The older generation still values ​​family relationships very much, and Lin Xingjie will naturally not refute, but only gently nodded again.

  Xu Xiangyang listened, while preparing to reach for the apple on the plate, but it happened to collide with the hand of the squad leader.

  The two looked at each other, and Zhu Qingyue suddenly smiled seductively at him.

   "Let me cut one for you!"

  After finishing speaking, she picked up the apple by herself and began to peel off the peel enthusiastically.

At this moment, Xu Xiangyang felt that his girlfriend had been pinched secretly on his waist, and then he saw Lin Xingjie also stretched out his hand to get the fruit, because he didn't have a planer, he took a banana and peeled it off, saying, "Come on, You eat this first."

  He rubbed his stomach, his face was a little pale, and he expected that he would be very hard afterwards.

  The two old people didn't notice the undercurrent communication between the young people, and they didn't even think of being jealous. They just felt that they had a good relationship, and they watched them happily.

  After chatting for a while, Xu Xiangyang, who was (forced) to wipe out half of the fruit in the fruit basket, couldn’t help but stand up and said to everyone:

   "I'll go to the bathroom."

   "Go ahead." The old lady pointed in a direction, "It's right by the door. There is a public one outside, but it's a bit dirty. Just use the one at home."

  He nodded, pretending not to hear the two girls snickering, and walked quickly into the bathroom.

  When Xu Xiangyang finished flushing the toilet to wash his hands, a strange noise suddenly came from the inside of the washstand.

  Only halfway through the wash, the water flow stopped.

  ...The pipe is blocked?

  Xu Xiangyang frowned and couldn't help but pat the upper handle twice, spit out a few saliva from the faucet's mouth, followed by a dripping stream of water.

The water falling on the platform stopped and stopped, and the color gradually changed from normal clear to turbid. I don’t know if he saw it. Under the shroud of lights, the stream of water seemed to be mixed with traces of blood. .

"What's wrong?"

   Teacher Zhao’s question came from the direction of the living room.

   "The tap seems to be blocked...I rely on it!"

   Before Xu Xiangyang could finish his words, the faucet suddenly sprayed and poured his head and face all over him.

  (End of this chapter)