Women, especially those like Ms. Lin who pay great attention to the quality of life, must have a lot of precious accessories and bags. If, as Ms. Lin said, her colleague didn't take anything, the value of the items left behind would still be quite a fortune.
"I said I threw them away, and I did!"
Ms. Lin smiled again, showing no sign of emotional change. Then she continued, "The people who rented the place were a young couple. From the very first day they moved in, they started causing trouble, saying there were ghosts in the house and they could hear the sound of a woman walking back and forth! Seriously... No one has ever died in my house. How could there be such things!"
Ms. Lin's tone finally showed some fluctuation, but the corners of her mouth were still upturned in a smile. "Later, a female white - collar worker moved in. Her salary wasn't high, but her demands were quite a lot. After living there for half a month, she insisted on terminating the lease, saying that a woman whispered in her ear every night, 'Have you seen my things?'... Come on! Every single thing in this house belongs to me!"
Her voice began to turn shrill, which made me feel uncomfortable.
Auntie, however, was quite calm. She glanced at me and said, "Since several tenants have reported problems, it's just right. Let us go and take a look. This is my niece. She's a professional ghost - house sleeper! Have you heard of the haunted villa in Kowloon Bay? She was the one who did a live - broadcast there!"
Only then did Ms. Lin take a serious look at me. "You're so young, and you're already in this line of work?!"
"Yeah, it's a family - inherited skill." Auntie didn't intend to talk more. She smiled at Ms. Lin and said, "Can you take us up there now?"
"I'm not going."
Unexpectedly, Ms. Lin shook her head firmly and pushed a key in front of me.
"Give me your Alipay account. I'll transfer the deposit to you first... Besides, you can dispose of the things in the room as you like. I don't want them anyway! After this live - broadcast, I'm going to sell the house. I don't want to stay in this lousy place anymore!"
I received the deposit, said goodbye to Auntie and Ms. Lin, and then took the elevator.
The 28th floor was the top floor of the Wind Chime Garden. The apartment units on both sides were built in a staggered pattern. At the end of the corridor was a full - glass window. It was sunset time, and the entire marble floor of the corridor was bathed in a faint red glow.
Room 2809 was at the very end of the corridor.
I knocked lightly twice and then used the key to open the door. Sure enough, the house was extremely clean.
It didn't look like an uninhabited place at all. The floor was spotless, and there was not a speck of dust on the milky - white furniture.
I put down my backpack, and the phone in my pocket rang.
Auntie's voice came through. "Xixi, don't believe a word Ms. Lin says. Her former colleague left a lot of nice things, and she sold them to a second - hand luxury goods store."
"Okay." This was within my expectation, and it didn't have much to do with this house.
I took out the phone stand from my backpack and set it up on the milky - white European - style coffee table in the living room.
Ms. Lin had already made a request. I had to open a live - broadcast room directly on the Snow Mountain Video platform so that she didn't have to make a video call to me.
By the time I finished applying for an account and adjusting the phone, it was already completely dark.
I walked to the French windows in the living room and opened them. A cool breeze blew into the room, making my hair flutter like seaweed.
I stretched a big yawn. It seemed like I hadn't felt so comfortable for a long time.
Leaning on the guardrail beside the window, I poked my head out. The bright lights of the city were twinkling in patches, like countless gems scattered in the dark night.
"Ding - dong", "Ding - dong".
The doorbell suddenly rang. I was quite puzzled and went to open the door.
A yellow - uniformed food delivery guy handed me a rather large silver thermal bag. I thought it was the dinner that Auntie had ordered for me, so I took it casually and put it on the coffee table.
At this time, quite a few people had already entered my live - broadcast room, and the bullet - screen messages were scrolling non - stop.
I took a closer look and found that there were many of my classmates from my phone contacts. They were asking all kinds of questions in the live - broadcast room, and some people had already started sending me gifts.
[Xixi, come on! I've always said you should start a live - broadcast!]
Zhao Zifeng's bullet - screen message was big and shiny. She sent me two shiny fairy wands.
[Isn't this Junior Sister Lu? Where are you? What kind of live - broadcast is this??]
Senior Brother Li Zhi sent a series of question marks.
[Lu Xiyu! Are you trying to piss your father off?!]
Needless to say, my father had also seen my face... I quickly clicked the operation button, kicked my father out of the live - broadcast room, and immediately blocked him.
"Hello, everyone! Dear classmates and senior brothers, I'm Lu Xiyu."
I greeted the screen shyly. "I'm a professional ghost - house sleeper. This is a legendary haunted house. I'll stay here for three nights and live - broadcast my life here."
[Wow, Junior Sister Lu, you're so brave! You're actually doing this kind of part - time job? Do you have any amulets?]
[Yeah! If you have zombie - suppressing talismans, remember to give me a few!]
[Come on! With your build, you could sit on seven people at once. Do you still need talismans?!]
...
A lot of second - and third - year senior brothers from school flooded into the live - broadcast room, asking me questions one after another. For a moment, I didn't know how to reply to them.
As they were speaking, many more unfamiliar viewers clicked in.
[Guys, can you be more reliable?!!]
Zhao Zifeng saw that I was in a hurry. Her shiny bullet - screen message popped up again.
[Xixi hasn't had dinner yet. Can you let her eat and drink her fill before chatting with you?!!]
She had already noticed the food delivery thermal bag on the coffee table.
I smiled gratefully at the screen and opened the thermal bag.
Inside, there wasn't an ordinary food delivery box but a three - tiered log box. Some sharp - eyed viewers had already noticed the silver - embossed logo on the box.
[Damn, this is a five - star takeout from Green Land Yihao. How can a level - 0 anchor afford this?]
[It must be fake. It's just for show!]
[What show? It's just a takeout. Xixi's boyfriend can afford it!!]
I was lowering my head, fiddling with the lunch box, and didn't notice at all that Zhao Zifeng had started arguing with someone on the screen.
I opened the box lid. Inside was a delicate abalone rice, with beautifully arranged side dishes beside it.
I immediately knew that this definitely wasn't the dinner that Auntie had ordered for me. Although she was rich, she wouldn't be so wasteful.
I quickly picked up the card beside the lunch box and saw only a few words written on it: For my wife Xixi. Asking if the congee is warm?
[What's written on it, Xixi? Hurry up and show it to me!]
Zhao Zifeng's bullet - screen message popped up very timely.
[Are you showing off your love again? Your man is really good at flirting!!!]
To avoid hurting the feelings of single people, I silently put the card into my pocket.
The food smelled delicious, and the desserts were sweet.
The ten words that Gu Fancheng left on the card kept tugging at my heart.
The happiness of being alive was nothing more than this.