Chapter 8 - High Rise Building

After the previous incident, the first house we received was a house that was recently haunted, the haunting had appeared only a few months previously. Things were fine previously. This is a high-rise building with 28 floors. The house I'm talking about it is located in a very high location.


It is a bizarre story. At first, a thief fell off the building and passed away. The reason why the thief fell down was also coincidental. He did not know how to escape from the 20th floor after climbing up, and he fell down when the owner opened a window. The police had come and concluded that this was a thief who had attempted to steal from their house, so the matter was settled and the family did not bear any responsibility.


It is worth mentioning that the family was not aware of the thief falling down. According to my speculation, it is likely that the thief was frightened when the male owner suddenly opened the window. It happened during winter and the weather was cold. The body itself was stiff and could slip down easily. In the early morning of the next day, someone saw the thief's body. According to the other residents who had resided in the ground floor, if they had not looked carefully, they would have thought that the fallen object was a watermelon.


Yet, not long after the incident, the owner of the apartment hanged himself bizarrely, despite having shown no sign of it before his death. More importantly, the day he chose to hang himself in was the New Year's Eve. It was said that when he was watching the Spring Festival Gala, he had told his family that he had something to do and had wanted to change his clothes before going out, but instead he had hanged himself in the bedroom.


However, the story did not stop there. The owner's wife and his younger daughter claimed that they heard someone knocking the door every day. I believe that many people have felt this way before. You felt that you could hear the footstep of a very familiar person, or that you could hear the car of a good friend passing your home. Therefore, the owner's wife and daughter thought it was the owner who had knocked the door.


The door knock lasted for many days, and the owner's wife and daughter were not initially afraid, but missed him even more. Initially, they would open the door every time, hoping to see he owner's ghost, but there were nothing there. Then, later on, they could only weep when they hear the door knock. Soon, the grief of the owner's wife and children gradually dissipated and had changed to fear, they moved to live in another house, and the house became vacant. Because the rumor of the door knock had spread, no one had dared to rent it.


Qin Yi Heng and I rushed over after receiving news of this house from Yuan Zhen. This house might be quite far away, but because it is a newly built high-rise residential building, there is a great room for appreciation and potential. The two of us were greatly tempted. Although the travel distance is far away, there are direct flights, so when I go there, I didn't waste too much time.


We contacted the owner's wife from the contact we have received from Yuan Zhen. She is a charming person of a few words, and after discussing the price, I am forced to chatter along.


I actually did not want to be a talkative person, but there is nothing else I can do. In order to maximize my profit, I can only keep talking about how scary and dangerous this house is. However, she did not reply. In the end, I can only shut my mouth and went to check the house with Qin Yi Heng before making any decision.


The house was not small and the decoration is very stylish, about 140 sqm, with balconies on the front and back. It's just that as it has been empty for a long time, the house is covered with dust. Qin Yi Heng went to check the house's condition as usual while I stood in place and chatted with the owner's wife. Normally, Qin Yi Heng only took eight to ten minutes for an inspection, but this time he took twenty minutes before he finished.


I asked him for an indication by winking my eyes, but he merely looked at me while curling his lips, at last I couldn't stand the suspense and drag him to another room, and ask him what the situation is.


Qin Yi Heng knitted his eyebrows and told me, this house has been moved by somebody.


I listened to his words in a confused manner, moved? But, after spending so much time with him, I started to understand his jargons, moved actually meant that someone had deliberately changed the feng shui of this house.


To put it simply, Qin Yi Heng did not have a deep knowledge of feng shui, only understood the tip of the iceberg, but as he is unable to pinpoint it in a specific manner, he merely said that the house's feng-shui has been re-arranged. I have no doubt whatsoever that this type of deal should not be decided immediately. Qin Yi Heng suggested we return home to discuss it further, and that in any case no one would have dared to buy the house anyway.


I think there is no problem with this arrangement, and after communicating this to the owner's wife, we both returned to the hotel. After reaching the hotel, Qin Yi Heng took a smoke while in deep contemplation, as if in a trance. I stood by looking at him, as I am unable to help, but could only accompany him to smoke. After thinking for a long time, Qin Yi Heng shook his head, and said that he still could not understand, and that we should find an expert to look at it.


I told him that now that we are currently in a faraway place, we are not aware of any place to find an expert.


Qin Yi Heng thought for a while, and said, the other solution would be to sleep there for a night, see whether any spirits appear during the night. After he finished talking, he looked at me without any particular intention.


I was frightened when he looked at me, he must have intended for me to spend the night there. But thankfully, Qin Yi Heng said that this time, he would accompany me, but before that we should prepare a few things.


During the afternoon, I accompanied Qin Yi Heng to prepare the equipment we would use during the night. There are a lot of things we should prepare, we first entered the mall to buy a lot of soybeans, and then killed a chicken to take its blood, we would then soak the soybean in the chicken's blood and collect it, and we later also prepared some common supplies such as paper money and candles. There might not be an opportunity to use the supplies, but it is better to be prepared. Qin Yi Heng also bought a few liquors and snacks which I thought was for an offering, but when I asked, he said that it was for eating at night, otherwise it would be pretty boring to just sit and wait.


What surprised me the most was that Qin Yi Heng went to the pet shop to buy a shepherd dog for more than one thousand yen and a red leash. This confused me greatly. He explained it in a simple manner, dogs have yin and yang eyes, and the dog would help us during the night. Then he told me in detail; Many people who had raised dogs would have experienced it, especially when they walk their dogs during the night. Dogs often bark to the dark where nothing is there. This is because dogs are able to see spirits. In some villages, usually when a dog barks, the rest of the village dogs would also bark with it. It is said that the dogs probably saw a little ghost from the underworld escorting the unjust souls. Soybeans are righteous and can ward off evil spirits. The same can be said with chicken blood, which is commonly used as a prop of exorcism in ancient times.


Although these previous preparations may seem absurd, they are all justified. But what made me most dumbfounded was the last item Qin Yi Heng prepared, where he had paid 500 yuan worth of phone calls for the two of us. I couldn't understand why he bought it and he didn't explain much, but he said I would understand when the time is right.


In the evening, we went to the owner's wife to get the keys and said we wanted to see the house again during the night. The owner's wife gave us the key but told us that she didn't want to tag along. It's likely that she also knew that we wouldn't try weird things in such a house.


After we finished our preparation, we brought the dog into the house. Truthfully, even though my heart is nervous, it is not because I am afraid. This is because Qin Yi Heng came with me and we had prepared a lot in advance. Furthermore, this time, the haunted house is relatively new, so it doesn't feel as eerie and scary. After entering the floor and rushing to the 20th floor Qin Yi Heng began to decorate the house. As I am unable to help, I can only smoke and tease the dog.


After almost ten minutes of preparation, Qin Yi Heng even prepared the food and drink. We sat on the floor and waited while eating. Everything was exactly the same as I expected. It was calm and quiet, and there was no movement until almost 10 o'clock at night. The two of us restrained our drinking as we are afraid to drink too much. In addition, as we have already eaten, the snacks were fed to the dog.


Although I knew in my heart that there would be a knock in the door, I still felt uneasy waiting for it. The shepherd dog also ate too much and soon found a corner to fall asleep in. When I saw this, I told Qin Yi Heng that the dog he bought is not reliable. He shook his head and said, it is not the time yet. After talking, he used his cell phone to call me, and after letting me pick it up, he put my cellphone in the bedroom where the owner initially committed suicide. Then he turned his phone on hands-free mode and put it in front of the two of us.


I know now he paid the phone bill, but I couldn't understand what this is meant to do. He mentioned that this is double insurance. To put it simply, many things are already advanced. There are many ways to detect spirits, but we no longer have to follow the old methods. Usually, the radio waves of the telephones are quite sensitive. In such a quiet house, a little noise could be heard. If neither we nor the dog noticed the spirit, there is at least another thing to alert us.


I don't know whether there is a reasonable basis for what he said, but when he said that, my attention was focused on the phone. The phone was very quiet, and we can only seem to hear each other's voice. I started to calm down, hold my breath and listen carefully. Qin Yi Heng also became silent and focused on the phone's monitor. In a short instance, the room has turned completely silent.

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