On the side of the door where they lived was Xu Meng's room. It was very quiet at this time and there was no sound.

At the end of the corridor on the right side is where the strange painter lives.

Apart from this, it seemed that no one else had been seen in the entire second floor corridor when they arrived.

According to the information they sent before, there should be more than one household here, and there may be others on the third and fourth floors.

Or the other people who live on the second floor haven't come back yet.

There is only one descriptive word for Yang Xueer's long-cherished wish in the notebook: old friend.

No matter how many possibilities there were for this word, the first thing Li Gui thought of was to go to the room on the fourth floor where Yang Xueer lived at that time.

There are currently three residents in the apartment, including the landlord, the painter, and the man who talked to the landlord when they went upstairs.

According to normal logic, the case between these three people and Yang Xueer should not be serious, but the suspicion may not be completely ruled out.

"Boss, we, where are we going now? It feels, it feels a bit scary."

Wang Dingfeng's short and chubby figure leaned towards Li Gui.

The two eyes behind his glasses looked at the silent surroundings a little uneasily. He originally thought that he had watched a lot of horror movies and played a lot of horror games, and would be more or less resistant to these things.

But he didn't expect that the excitement brought by the real scene was far more powerful than he imagined.

If I had known better, I would have gone to some horror houses to practice my courage.

"Let's go to the fourth floor and take a look first."

No surveillance was found in the corridor, so Li Gui used a flashlight to walk toward the stairs on one side of the apartment.

The only access up and down the entire Yongmian Apartment was the narrow staircase they came up from.

There are no windows on both sides to let in light. If any danger really occurs in the corridor, it may be difficult to escape.

da da da~

In the silent corridor, there was only the sound of Wang Dingfeng's footsteps behind him.

Because Li Gui had two experiences, he instinctively moved very lightly.

Wang Dingfeng seemed a little scared, and he didn't pay attention to this as he followed him, his fat face with glasses turning left and right.

I was afraid that some monster would come out of a door or a dark place.

Fortunately, the entire corridor was not very long, and their room was in the middle. After Wang Dingfeng was worried for a while, the two of them walked to the stairs where they had just come up.

"Boss, why don't we wait until night and let's all act together? I feel like this place is a bit dangerous."

However, after seeing that the stairs going up were also dark, Wang Dingfeng's heart rose again in his throat before he could let go.

"If you're really scared, just go back first. Nothing will happen to me."

After all, he has Lin Yiyi by his side, and Li Gui thinks that his physical fitness is not bad.

If the people who live here really have evil intentions, he won't be afraid of them.

But Wang Dingfeng, a college student, could understand.

"Then, I'd better follow you, boss."

After hesitating for a while, he looked behind him at the corridor where he had just come from.

Although he was still scared to death, after seeing Li Gui walking towards the third floor, Wang Dingfeng gritted his teeth and followed him.

On the one hand, he didn't want to be looked down upon by Li Gui, but on the other hand, he suddenly felt that the distance behind him was so far away from the room where the two of them had just left.

When he came over, Li Gui was blocking him in front. Although he was scared, he didn't feel much.

Now he had to walk back alone, only to find that the long tunnel behind him was so terrifying that it was beyond his ability to accept.

The same scene, after knowing some terrifying premises.

Especially when these horrific premises are based on things that actually happened, they become particularly scary.

The environment on the third floor is no different from the second floor. There are still no windows, and there is also a dark tunnel and closed doors.

According to reports at the time, Yang Xueer should live in the middle room on the right side of the fourth floor.

Perhaps the most clues are at that location.

Using the light of the flashlight, I looked towards the corridor on the third floor.

Only dust on the ground and dust floating in the air can be found.

After a few seconds, Li Gui looked back and walked towards the fourth floor.

In fact, before entering the apartment, he had a guess after hearing the information shared by Xu Meng.

It is possible that Yang Xueer died before the fire.

The sound from the TV a few nights before the fire was just an illusion created by someone, making people mistakenly think that Yang Xueer was still in the room.

And this TV sound continued for several days. In addition to faking the time of death, it obviously had a deeper meaning.

Maybe it's covering up some sound.

But for now, these are all his speculations and require concrete evidence.

More importantly, he is not here to solve the case.

He wanted to find out what the word "old friend" meant, and whether he wanted to find the murderer.

"Huh? Locked?"

However, as soon as he reached the corner of the stairs on the fourth floor, Li Gui found that the stairs leading up to the fourth floor were locked by an iron gate.

Judging from the traces of holes in the walls on both sides, it was obvious that the landlord had installed them without permission.

There is also an old-fashioned golden lock hanging on the door latch, which has a somewhat patinated appearance and the three English letters HPP.

"Boss, why don't we go back?"

"etc.",

Wang Dingfeng's frightened words came from behind him again, but Li Gui ignored him.

Instead, he walked up alone and stood in front of the iron gate.

"Why is the fourth floor locked? Moreover, the decoration seems to be newer as we go to the upper floors. What is the landlord trying to cover up?"

Use a flashlight to shine inside through the gap.

Because of his vision, he could only see a few closed doors on one side, and the doors were all strong security doors, and each door required a key to open.

"strangeness."

Originally, according to Li Guigang's reasoning, the current landlord's affairs with Yang Xueer should have nothing to do with each other.

But this concealing appearance made him have to doubt the hunchbacked man.

And he also noticed a detail. When approaching the iron door, in addition to the smell of rust eroded by time, there was also a faint smell of formaldehyde floating in the air.

It seems that the landlord just now was renovating the fourth floor, but he didn't know exactly which room it was.

"Big boss, tell me, is it possible that the current landlord set fire to death, his brother, the original landlord's family of three? Otherwise, why else would he lock up the fourth floor?"

Chapter 92 Rao Yigeng

Wang Dingfeng's voice behind him was already trembling with fear.

Thinking of the strange appearance of the landlord, the more he talked about it, the more he felt that it was possible.

He didn't expect that he would be so close to the murderer before.

And what's even more dangerous is that now you can't go up or down. If the landlord suddenly comes up from downstairs, then he and Li Gui will be blocked here! ! !

As if thinking of this possibility, Wang Dingfeng stiffened a little and turned his head to look back.

"It doesn't seem like it. The current landlord is the most susceptible to suspicion. If he wanted to cover up the fire, he wouldn't be like this..."

"Ahhhhh!!!!"

After hearing Wang Dingfeng's words, before Li Gui finished speaking, he was suddenly interrupted by his wail from behind.

Instinctively dodge immediately.

Wang Dingfeng's whole fat body directly hit the iron door. If he hadn't turned sideways in time to avoid it, he would have been hit hard this time.

"Ghost, ghost......"

Wang Dingfeng was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground, and Li Gui, who turned around, also saw the culprit who caused Wang Dingfeng to wail.

I saw a little boy appearing behind the two of them.

Wearing a white school uniform, he looked at him and Wang Dingfeng curiously with two round eyeballs.

He looks like he is thirteen or fourteen years old.

"Brother, what are you doing?"

In this strange environment, a little boy suddenly appeared behind the two of them.

Anyone who is normal will unconsciously feel that something is wrong behind their back.

No wonder Wang Dingfeng suddenly started shouting.

However, as Li Gui's ability to accept scary things gradually became stronger, his heartbeat only accelerated slightly.

Calm down soon.

Although the appearance of this child is indeed strange, judging from the fact that he spends time with evil ghosts every day.

The other person should be a normal child.

"We live here, and we're a little bored wandering around. Who are you, kid?" After pulling Wang Dingfeng up, he kept a certain distance from the child.

Li Gui knelt down and said as kindly as possible.

"I am Rao Yigeng. I am 13 years old and a fifth-grade student at Muyang Primary School. This is my father's house."

The little boy, also known as Rao Yigeng, introduced himself in the school's standard Mandarin, which sounded a bit strange.

Wang Dingfeng, who had just been frightened to the ground, seemed to realize that he had been frightened by a child, and stood beside him a little ashamed.

"Your dad? Is he the landlord here?"

"Well, brother, have you met my dad?"

Rao Yigeng curiously looked at the backpack behind Li Gui, as if wondering why such an older brother had to carry a schoolbag like him when he went to school.

"I've seen you. It was your father who just opened a room for us. Do you know where he is now?"

"I think I went out with Uncle Wang. I didn't see him when I came back."

Uncle Wang?The man who spoke to him at the door?

As if thinking of something, Li Gui took out the backpack behind him, rummaged through it, and finally found what he wanted.

"Yigeng, brother, there happens to be a lollipop here. Brother, can I trouble you with something?"

"Well...brother, brother, tell me."

It seems that a teacher in school warned me not to just take things from strangers.

But Rao Yigeng still couldn't resist the temptation when he saw the beautiful lollipop. He took it after hesitating and nodded.

"That's right, brother wants to ask why the fourth floor is locked. Is it because there is some treasure on the fourth floor?"

Although it feels a bit like lying to a child, now that the investigation has made no progress, Li Gui can only say this.

"Well...Dad said that you can't tell others what happened on the fourth floor, otherwise, I won't be allowed to go to school."

However, unlike what Li Gui thought, the little boy had obviously been instructed by his father.

Even though he was reluctant to part with the lollipop in his hand, after hearing that Li Gui wanted to inquire about the fourth floor, he still stretched out his little hand and wanted to return it to him.

"Oh...it's okay. I'm just asking. Can Yigeng take us to meet the other people living in this apartment? My brother is a little bored here and wants to be friends with them. Look, what can you do? Brother, can you introduce me?"

There was no information about the fourth floor, so Wei Wei was a little disappointed.

But Li Gui didn't intend to waste time on this staircase.

Although Rao Yigeng just said that his father had left, he was still worried that the latter would come back at any time, coupled with Wang Dingfeng's wailing just now.

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