Incense money from flower and bird shop

Ming Yan recalled Xiao Congshuo's last words - the 18th floor.

"Hi sir, may I ask..." The security guard on duty saw someone breaking in in the middle of the night, and immediately stepped forward to stop him.

Ming Yan was in a hurry, pretended not to hear, went straight to the elevator, and pressed the up button.

"Sir, are you a staff member here?"

Ming Yan is not good at lying, and every time he faces this kind of cross-examination, he is embarrassed and can't think of a reason.But this time, he had a flash of inspiration and immediately replied: "I know Xiao Congshuo, and I'm here to deliver manuscripts to him."

"Well, please follow me to the front desk and call him."

"Okay." Ming Yan expressed his willingness to cooperate, while quietly glanced at the elevator display board, counting down tens of seconds in his mind.

"Ding-dong-"

The elevator bell rang, and the metal door slowly opened.Ming Yan quickly walked into the elevator compartment, and pressed the door close button before the security could react.

The elevator goes up one floor at a time, Ming Yan counts the floor keys one by one, but he can't find the 18th floor.He suddenly remembered that since the 18th floor of the elevator is similar to the name of the 19th floor of hell in the underworld, humans think this number is unlucky, so most floors are skipped directly, and the sign is changed to [-]th floor.

So, under normal circumstances, the building doesn't have 18 floors at all.

And where is Xiao Congshuo's 18th floor?Ming Yan looked at the series of numbers and thought quietly. There is only one possibility, that is, the 18th floor that Xiao Congshuo mentioned exists in another dimension and does not belong to the human world.

As the floor went up, the chill became more intense, and Ming Yan knew that that space was getting closer and closer to him.He could even sense the ghostly aura and strong resentment, but he couldn't find the entrance.

"Xiao Congshuo, do you still hear my voice?" Ming Yan stood in the elevator car, looking around, as if talking to himself.

It's a pity that his inquiries fell like stones into the sea, and there was no response.

Xiao Congshuo could indeed hear Ming Yan's voice, but he didn't dare to catch his breath, the bone marrow was almost stiffened by the chill that penetrated into the bone marrow.Li Gui was only a table away from him, searching for traces of prey all the way, twirling the hem of his skirt, dancing silently.

The long hair fell silently on his shoulders, and climbed along Xiao Congshuo's neck as if it had an independent life.A disgusting itch wrapped around his neck, Xiao Congshuo subconsciously touched it, but he pulled his long hair, and immediately got goosebumps all over his body.

In a panic, Xiao Congshuo suddenly felt a pain in his fingertips, and when he looked closely, it was a strand of hair that pierced his flesh and penetrated into his body.

The misty laughter lingered in the dark night again. It turned out that Li Gui had already discovered Xiao Congshuo, but he was playing with him like a cat catching a mouse.

The pain at the fingertips spread like an electric current, spreading throughout Xiao Congshuo's whole body.As the strands of hair went deeper, bead-sized drops of blood emerged from her fingertips.

Li Gui's grin lingered in his ears, and Xiao Congsuo saw her bluish-gray nails walking on his face, even without any effort, they had already cut open the flesh.Warm blood flowed out and flowed down the flesh, and Xiao Congshuo's solid psychological defense was rapidly disintegrating.

All of a sudden, Li Gui's smirk turned into a roar, Xiao Congshuo had no time to react, and saw the hair that got under the flesh of his fingers scattered and shattered.At the same time, the pain that had penetrated into the bone marrow dissipated instantly.

Li Gui roared hoarsely like a wild beast, raised his finger to Xiao Congshuo, moved the hem of his skirt, and slowly backed away.

Xiao Congshuo quickly glanced at Zhou Qi's direction, but Li Gui didn't chase them any more, but turned around and walked towards the door, his figure gradually faded away.

At the moment when the ghost image completely disappeared, the cold breath dissipated.Xiao Congshuo hurriedly pulled Zhou Qi who was curled up on the ground, and told her to leave quickly.

Zhou Qi leaned on the wall and stood up, his eyes widened suddenly, and he looked behind Xiao Congshuo in horror.Xiao Congshuo was taken aback by her eyes, and subconsciously looked back——

A woman in a white wedding dress puts herself in a noose, her broken neck twisted into an eerie arc, hanging in the middle of the office.In the night, the pure white skirt swayed slightly, inexplicably similar to the dance-like rotation just now.

"what--"

Zhou Qi almost collapsed on the ground, curled up with his head in his arms, and muttered to himself: "There are ghosts... there are ghosts!"

"It's not a ghost." Xiao Congshuo could no longer feel the aura of a ghost, and he could tell that in front of him was the corpse of a woman who had been hanged to death.

"Xiao Congshuo—" Ming Yan pushed open the glass door and barged in, never expecting to see such a scene.

When Xiao Congshuo saw Ming Yan coming, the panic in his heart gradually calmed down: "It's really timely, and drove the ghost away at the most critical time."

"I didn't drive the ghost away." Ming Yan frowned, with a serious expression on his face, obviously not joking, "When I felt the ghost's aura dissipate, the elevator stopped on the 19th floor. Found you."

If it wasn't Ming Yan who drove the ghost away, why did Li Gui stop and leave at the last moment?Xiao Congshuo really couldn't figure it out, but he didn't have time to think deeply now, because there was still a dead body hanging not far away.

The security personnel chasing Ming Yan soon reached the 19th floor, looked at the scene in the office in horror, choked for a long time before saying a complete sentence: "Report/police!"

There was a murder case in the middle of the night, and the four people present had to make notes to cooperate with the investigation.After coming out of the police/station, the faces of the four people were all bad.

The big security guard frowned and sighed, saying bad luck again and again.Zhou Qi was still crying and crying, trembling with a cup of hot water in his hand, he couldn't even finish his sentence.

Xiao Congshuo's complexion was also not good. The events not long ago were like a haze in his heart, which could not be dispelled.Only Ming Yan remained calm and reminded Xiao Congshuo to send the girl home first.

The next day, the news of Dong Qianying's suicide from the Investment Promotion Department on the 19th floor spread throughout the building. The big leaders looked very pale, and colleagues only dared to discuss it in private.

Xiao Congshuo looked worriedly at the empty seat beside him, and sighed in his heart, it seemed that Zhou Qi would not come to work in a short time.When ordinary people encounter this kind of thing, few can stand it. After all, psychological trauma is the most difficult to recover.

At lunch time, Yu Lili approached Xiao Congshuo with a plate in her hand, and asked in a low voice, "Brother Xiao, I heard you were on the 19th floor last night?"

The memory of last night can be regarded as a psychological shadow, Xiao Congshuo really didn't want to recall it, so he replied vaguely: "Yes."

Yu Lili saw that Xiao Congshuo's expression was not good, so she didn't dare to say any more, but Xiao Zhang cut in halfway: "I heard that Dong Qianying committed suicide because of emotion."

"Her boyfriend got engaged to someone else yesterday." Xiao Zhang didn't notice that Yu Lili kept blinking at her, and said to himself, "I heard from the 19th floor that she dragged a large suitcase to work yesterday. People say they want to go out and relax."

Xiao Congshuo lowered his eyes, his appetite was gone, he couldn't eat a bite when he poked his chopsticks into the rice.

The wedding dress worn by the female corpse was probably dragged in by the box.She died full of resentment, and finally turned into a ghost.But why did she hang herself in the company?Dong Qianying had no grievances with him and Zhou Qi, so why did she chase them down?

There are too many mysteries, and Xiao Congshuo's mind is confused like a fog, and he can't find a clue.

Yu Lili pinched Xiaozhang, Xiaozhang reacted belatedly, and immediately dared not say again: "Brother Xiao, I'm sorry."

Xiao Congshuo said it was okay, but he really didn't have the appetite to eat, and left the cafeteria distraught.

Although the body has been taken away by the family members, Li Gui will not leave easily. This building is only peaceful on the surface, and the danger has not passed.

Xiao Congshuo was about to take a lunch break in front of the computer in the office when he suddenly received a call from a takeaway: "Mr. Ming, the takeaway is here."

"You typed wrong." Xiao Congshuo wanted to hang up after leaving a sentence.

"Excuse me, isn't it Mr. Ming Yan?" The delivery man read the name again and reported the phone number again, "I placed the order at eleven o'clock, and I ordered a piece of boiled pork and a piece of rice."

Xiao Congshuo was taken aback, and then said, "I'm sorry, it was ordered by my friend, please put it at the front desk."

Xiao Congshuo sat back to the cafeteria with the takeaway in his hands, finally smiled, and called Ming Yan back.On the other end of the phone, Ming Yan opened his mouth and asked, "Did you receive the takeaway?"

"Hmm." Xiao Congshuo finally got some appetite after smelling the spicy smell, and while eating and drinking, he replied vaguely, "Thank you."

"what about the taste?"

"It's okay." Xiao Congshuo swallowed a mouthful of meat and replied with a smile, "It's a little worse than your skill."

Ming Yan was Ming Yan, with a careful heart, he had already guessed that he had no appetite to eat today.Such meticulous care made Xiao Congshuo a little flustered, and he didn't know what else to say besides thanking him.Because of his yin and yang eyes, he is hated, feared, and excluded by everyone.

Over the years, apart from his grandmother who was far away in his hometown, only Ming Yan had truly given him warmth.

"Shall we check Dong Qianying this afternoon?" Xiao Congsuo knew that the matter was not over yet, "I can take half a day off."

Ming Yan also agreed with this proposal: "Okay."

Wreaths and flower baskets were already placed outside Dong Qianying's house, and mournful music was heard in the house, indicating that a young life had passed away.Her family background seems to be very good, and there are sporadic luxury cars parked outside the single-family villa.

Xiao Congshuo and Ming Yan went in as colleagues to pay the memorial service, and they couldn't help sighing for a long time when they saw Dong Qian's parents who were crying.The saddest thing in the world is when a white-haired person gives a black-haired person.

Xiao Congshuo was thinking of a reason to talk to Dong Qianying's parents, when he suddenly noticed that the crowd who had been talking in low voices quieted down for no reason, and a pair of old people walked to the door with each other's support, preventing someone from entering.

"You are not welcome here." Dong Qianying's father suppressed his grief and pointed to the door and said, "Please leave now."

Ming Yan looked over and whispered, "Who is this?"

Xiao Congshuo also saw the person who came here, and he was full of surprise: "Why is it him?"

Ming Yan asked: "Do you know each other?"

Xiao Congshuo replied: "This man is Zhou Yu, an investor in our company. He is young and promising in the second generation. I even wrote a report for him."

"I guess he is Dong Qianying's ex-boyfriend." Seeing Dong's father's unusually excited state, Ming Yan guessed.

This was also what Xiao Congshuo was thinking. He still remembered Xiao Zhang saying that Dong Qianying's boyfriend was engaged to someone else, which led to her choosing to commit suicide.

A new breakthrough came, Xiao Congshuo and Ming Yan raised their eyebrows, Ming Yan understood and nodded slightly.

Even though Dong Qianying's parents refused his worship, Zhou Yu still apologized and turned to leave.

"Mr. Zhou, can we have a talk?" Ming Yan knocked on the car window, calling to stop Zhou Yu who was about to drive away.

The car window opened automatically, and Zhou Yu looked at Ming Yan, as if he was thinking about which friend of Dong Qianying he was: "Do we know each other?"

Xiao Congshuo came over and said apologetically, "Mr. Zhou, can you come out for an hour, we have something to tell you."

"Xiao Xiao, you are here too." Zhou Yu recognized Xiao Congshuo, and he no longer had the appearance of rejecting people thousands of miles away. After thinking for a moment, he said to the people outside the car, "Get in the car."

Ming Yan knows that if he tells any atheist that there are ghosts in this world, he will be regarded as a lunatic, and if he continues to explain that ghosts are killing people, he will be directly defined as a liar.

But now, the sunlight outside the coffee shop fell on Zhou Yu's body, and it couldn't sweep away the darkness around him.There is a layer of gray smog on his body, but it is a pity that ordinary people cannot see it with naked eyes.

"I'm sorry—" Zhou Yu really didn't complain about hearing these nonsense, glanced at his watch, and then got up, "I still have a meeting."

"Mr. Zhou." Xiao Congshuo wanted to keep him for another talk.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Yu took him into the army instead: "This afternoon, I still have something to discuss with Mr. Wu of your company."

Xiao Congshuo's words were choked, and it was hard to keep him. After all, his job was important, so he could only say sorry and let Zhou Yu leave.

Ming Yan had already given up persuading Zhou Yu, and after drinking coffee leisurely, he said to the worried Xiao Congshuo, "Go to your company for a while."

"Huh?" Before Xiao Congshuo could react, he was dragged towards the bus platform by Ming Yan.

The good time in the afternoon passed quickly, the brilliance of the setting sun quickly disappeared on the horizon, and the CBD of Z City was just lit up.

Earlier, under the cover of Xiao Congshuo and Yu Lili, Ming Yan successfully boarded the elevator and took a rest in the lounge on the 22nd floor.Xiao Congshuo returned to the office again on the grounds that urgent matters could not be avoided, pretending to be extremely busy.

After such a toss, it was time to get off work.However, the high-level meeting was not over yet, Xiao Congshuo watched his colleagues leave, and quietly sent a text message to ask Ming Yan to come over.If the guess is correct, Li Gui will not let Zhou Yu go tonight.