What a coincidence!

Zhou Ming got up from the sofa in a jerk. It got dark early in March, but there was a little moonlight outside, and his eyes hadn't had time to adapt to the darkness, so he could only hear Huahua's short cry.

"What's going on?" Zhou Ming was puzzled, "The community has never had a power outage."

In the dark living room, only the silhouette of Ji Yunqing could be seen faintly, and he called softly.

"Zhou Ming, are you okay?"

If Zhou Ming asked this question, no matter how timid he was, he would not be frightened by a power outage, so he was about to take out his mobile phone and light it up to see if it tripped: "It's okay...I'll go to your uncle!"

The flashlight of Ji Yunqing's mobile phone was turned on at some point, and it shot straight up from the chin, revealing a pale face.

At first glance, it's a bit scary.

Zhou Ming uttered a curse word unpreparedly, and the next second saw Ji Yunqing laughing and collapsed on the sofa, looking like he had succeeded in a prank.

"What are you doing?" Zhou Ming forced himself to stare at him, but was also amused by himself, "You really scared me, you are too much."

Ji Yunqing was overjoyed: "Hahahaha, you are really afraid of ghosts!"

Zhou Ming turned on the flashlight helplessly and walked out: "Everyone will be shocked by your sudden behavior, okay? I'll go and see what's going on, whether it's a line failure or a switch has tripped."

He groped to open the door, only to find that the corridor was also in darkness, only the emergency sign showed a faint green light, which looked quite intrusive, and the electric switch in the house had been checked, and there was no problem, so Zhou Ming closed the doorWhen he came back, his eyes had slowly adapted to the darkness, and he could see Ji Yunqing was still smiling on the sofa.

Zhou Ming raised his forehead, is it so funny?

"Let me ask what's going on with the property," he dialed Wang Yong's phone, "Hey...why did the power go out suddenly just now, huh? I didn't pay attention to the notice..."

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Ming quickly opened the group chat in the community that he had set as Do Not Disturb. Sure enough, he had been notified yesterday that due to the line renovation, the building they were in would have a five-hour power outage tonight.

Wang Yong was wronged just now, not only was it notified in the WeChat group, but also a text message was sent, why didn't you read it.

Zhou Ming dug out the information column, and sure enough, he found a reminder from the property management company among a bunch of advertisements.

Ji Yunqing just moved here today, and he hasn't had time to join the group chat yet, so he naturally didn't know the news. The two of them stared at each other for a while, and finally gave a "puchi" smile.

"What a surprise," Ji Yunqing said with a smile, "On the first day I moved here, there was a power outage."

"Forget it," Zhou Ming sat back on the sofa. "There are no candles or emergency flashlights at home. It's only five hours anyway. It's past seven o'clock. I'll go to bed later."

Ji Yunqing said quietly: "Then are you really not afraid of ghosts?"

Why did it come back to this question again? Zhou Ming looked back at him silently, but involuntarily hugged a pillow in his hand, then shook his head firmly, expressing that he was fearless.

"That's okay anyway, how about I tell you a story?"

Zhou Ming's throat rolled, and he felt that Ji Yunqing was too different from his appearance. He looked amazing, but he was full of bad water. He must have seen his guilty conscience and took the opportunity to play tricks on others, just like a child, but thisShi Shi couldn't lose in front of his new neighbors, so he held Hua Hua in his arms to strengthen his courage, and said without a wave in his voice, "Let's talk."

Ji Yunqing sat up straight all of a sudden, cleared his throat, his snow-white face was extremely calm under the moonlight, and before he even opened his mouth, it set off the atmosphere very well.

"What I'm going to talk about is a story about the crematorium. In the dilapidated house on the outskirts of the city, the old man, as a security guard in the factory, just drank a couple of drinks, wandered back to the house, tied the door to sleep, and the wind outsidewhirring and scraping, like a mournful cry..."

Zhou Ming hugged Huahua silently, and suddenly regretted inviting her as a guest.

"The old man was just lying on the bed when he suddenly heard a knock on the door. I don't know who it was. In the night and in the wind, he knocked on the decayed wooden door again and again."

"The old man is a little strange, it's so late, who is outside? But no matter how much he asks, there is no answer from outside, only one knock, tireless knocking on the door..."

Zhou Ming couldn't hold back, and interjected weakly: "Wait...how about you talk about it tomorrow...forget it, don't be so vivid, hurry up and finish."

Ji Yunqing remained expressionless, and continued: "The old man couldn't take it anymore, so he pulled his slippers to open the door, but it was dark outside and there was nothing but a pair of bright red embroidered birthday shoes."

Zhou Ming swallowed.

"It turned out that the owner of these shoes was knocking on the door. The old man was a little scared, and for no reason, he suddenly opened his mouth and asked, where are your feet?"

"A shrill voice came... burned..."

"The old man asked again, where's your leg? It's also burned...and your hand...here it is!"

At the same time, Ji Yunqing pinched Zhou Ming's neck with lightning-cold hands, and both the man and the cat screamed frantically, one was frightened and the other was grabbed.

"Ahhhhhhh!" Zhou Ming jumped up from the sofa, "Ji Yunqing, why did you attack so suddenly? I was listening carefully, you scared me to death!"

Ji Yunqing covered his stomach and laughed wildly: "Hahaha this story is about surprise, the more focused the other party is, the easier it is to be scared hahaha, it's okay, it's okay, my friend has been scared by me once."

He held back a smile, hugged Huahua, and stroked it tenderly: "Look at you scared the kitten too, didn't it kick you just now?"

Zhou Ming's heart was still beating wildly, and he raised his hand to realize that just now Hua Hua jumped out of his arms nervously, and her back claws left a few marks on the back of his hand, which was a little bit broken.

Ji Yunqing also took advantage of the moonlight to look over: "Oh... I'm sorry, I shouldn't scare you."

"It's okay," Zhou Ming's heartbeat slowly returned, "The cat owners haven't been caught, they've all been vaccinated."

"Did I go too far?" Ji Yunqing was a little uneasy, "It caused you to get hurt."

Zhou Ming sat back on the sofa indifferently: "It's okay, didn't you scratch your hand when you saved Huahua? It's not as serious as your injury."

Only then did Ji Yunqing let out a sigh of relief: "That's good...how about I tell you another one?"

Zhou Ming backed away instantly, looked at the other party warily, and said Daba, his little heart couldn't take it anymore, and if he heard a few more ghost stories like this, he might not be able to sleep tonight.

"I won't tease you anymore," Ji Yunqing buried her face in Huahua's body and smiled, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid."

The moonlight is pouring down on the ground like water, and the indigo night sky is outside the floor-to-ceiling windows. Ji Yunqing's thin figure is nestled on the sofa, Huahua is lying on his lap, and eustoma is gently shaking in the breeze, peaceful and peaceful.

They had known each other for a short time, and they had only met a few times. Zhou Ming suddenly felt that this quiet scene was very harmonious. It was like meeting an old friend who had known him for a long time.Being frightened by the suspension bridge effect, he became acquainted with Ji Yunqing immediately, and the other party moistened things into his life quietly, and the strange thing was that he didn't feel disgusted.

The two were speechless for a while, and the room fell into a silent silence, only Huahua's aggrieved cry, expressing her dissatisfaction with being frightened.

"Zhou Ming..." "Ji Yunqing..."

They spoke almost at the same time.

"Ah," Zhou Ming was inexplicably embarrassed, "You go ahead and talk."

Ji Yunqing smiled: "It's nothing, it's almost eight o'clock, I should go back."

"Forget it," Zhou Ming laughed, "I can't stay home even if there is a power outage, so why don't you go out for supper?"

Ji Yunqing thought for a moment: "Alright, then I'll go back and change my clothes."

As soon as the words fell, he stood up and walked out by the light of the mobile phone. Zhou Ming looked at the back and was a little dazed. Counting today, he had dinner with Ji Yunqing three times and became a neighbor again. It was really amazing. HeAfter comforting Huahua for a while, she got up and changed her shoes, and went to the corridor to wait for her.

It didn't take long for Ji Yunqing to come out, gray turtleneck sweater, light-colored distressed jeans, and a black jacket wrapped around her, looking warm.

"What do you want to eat?" Ji Yunqing closed the door.

Zhou Ming said, "It's all good, what do you want to eat?"

"Tell me," Ji Yunqing said with a smile, "I heard that you are picky, don't choose anything you don't like."

Zhou Ming couldn't deny this point, it must have been Lin Mengmeng who was talking about him behind his back, the two chatted and walked outside, then stopped suddenly - the elevator also stopped.

They are on the twentieth floor.

"Don't you usually have an emergency generator?" Zhou Ming frowned, "At least one elevator should be guaranteed to work."

Ji Yunqing stepped forward and pressed the down button, raised his face and sighed helplessly: "Yes, what if something happens."

The two looked at each other, hesitating whether to go down or not, it was too early to go to bed at 8 o'clock, and the room was too dark to do anything, Zhou Ming hesitated for a while, and asked each other with his eyes, but Ji Yunqing returned the same look.

"How about rock-paper-scissors?" Ji Yunqing thought for a while, "You represent me downstairs, but I can't. Let's see who wins."

Zhou Ming reached out his hand helplessly. This trick was only done when he was suffering from choice difficulties in middle school. He suspected that Ji Yunqing had stayed with a group of dance students for a long time, and his temper was like a child, but it was indeed a good way to make a quick decision.

"Rock paper scissors...!"

Zhou Ming touched the opponent's scissors with his fist, and said with a smile, "I won."

"Then go downstairs," Ji Yunqing put away his phone, "There are emergency signs in the corridor, and it's not too dark...so what shall we eat?"

"Let's go downstairs first," Zhou Ming followed behind, turning on the flashlight anyway, "Be careful where you step."

The two walked down in a hurry, the corridor was too quiet, only the echo of footsteps could be heard, Ji Yunqing walked fast in front, a long shadow was drawn by Zhou Ming's flashlight.

After a few minutes, both of them were panting a little. They usually don't feel it when they take the elevator, but walking the 20th floor is really tiring. Finally, when they reached the bottom floor, Ji Yunqing looked at Zhou Ming as if he had reacted.

"Wait, what time did the property manager call?"

Zhou Ming calculated the time: "It will be around twelve o'clock."

"Ah?" Ji Yunqing asked in surprise, "Then we're going to hang around outside until that time, or go back up the 20th floor."

It's over, haven't thought about this question, Zhou Ming suddenly felt a little funny when he saw the other party's slightly stunned expression.

"Then eat more later, so that you can climb the stairs with strength."

Ji Yunqing frowned and nodded slightly.