Chapter 5 The Cursed Neighborhood(1/2)
Xie Sheng walked out of the phone booth located on a secluded street corner.
This phone booth looks no different from the thousands of phone booths throughout the Magic Market.
Most of the time, people can walk in and make or receive calls.
But sometimes the phone booth door is broken and cannot be opened no matter what.
At that time, people have no choice but to rush to the next street corner to find another phone booth.
Graffiti and advertisements on the glass windows around the phone booth almost completely block the outside view.
If someone opens the door and walks out, it won't attract anyone's attention.
The surveillance camera installed on this street corner is one of those types that can never be repaired.
No matter how determined the municipal authorities are, they cannot make this camera work normally for more than twelve hours.
In a recent effort, several large branches were cut off from the large locust tree on the roadside.
A thigh-thick metal pole was erected next to the tree, and the camera was firmly installed on the top of the metal pole.
The police station specially dispatched a police car to guard the opposite side of the camera.
The whole day, the camera was rolling happily, and the only thing missing was singing happily!
Shortly after dark, something, perhaps a night bird, slammed into it and smashed the camera directly into the police car.
Okay! For a camera that costs more than a thousand dollars, you get a police car that costs tens of thousands.
Fortunately, the two police detectives sitting inside were miraculously unharmed.
After that incident, the city hall gave up on the place completely.
Over time, the sawed-off branches stretched out and regained their original territory.
Xie Sheng looked back at the phone booth: "This old man is getting more and more cunning, putting the exit in a place like this."
He opened the map on his mobile phone and looked at the route displayed on the map above.
When leaving, the scammer clicked a point on the map on his mobile phone and asked him to go to that location.
"There is a little girl living there. I owe her grandfather a favor. Now she is in trouble. Go and help her solve it."
"How much?"
"You have the deposit for your apartment and six months of prepaid rent. Get it first."
"Okay, I'll go right away"
"The place is not very far. Just walk there. I will need to buy a car in the future."
Xie Sheng hates taxis, very, very much.
Following the route shown on the map, Xie Sheng took steps.
Half an hour later, Xie Sheng stood outside a courtyard.
Xie Sheng noticed that this area was full of courtyards of this style.
For a city like this to have such a big courtyard, it must be an extraordinary family.
Xie Sheng is not a local, so he doesn't know the legends in this area.
This area is not far from the city center. Fifty years ago, someone wanted to build high-rise buildings for sale.
They start from the corners.
Acquisition, eviction, demolition, building construction.
The day the building reached ten meters high, the building collapsed!
Clean up the mess and build a building.
When it reached ten meters high, the building collapsed again!
The third time, when it was ten meters high, the building collapsed again!
Invite experts from all walks of life to analyze.
There is no problem with the building materials, there is no problem with the design drawings, and there is no problem with the geological structure.
Everything is fine, only the height is a problem. As long as the height exceeds ten meters, the building will definitely collapse.
Thirty years ago, there were people who did not believe in evil and started from another direction.
They were very tenacious and perseverant. The building collapsed four times before the company went bankrupt.
From then on, no one dared to build those high-rise buildings here anymore!
This area has an apt name: Ten Meter Street.
Xie Sheng stood by the iron gate outside the yard and rang the doorbell.
The sun hanging high in the sky is really annoying. Why not plant a locust tree at the door?
A little girl came to the courtyard gate, opened a small window on the door, and looked at Xie Sheng.
This was the first time Xie Sheng saw Yun Ling'er.
Under a pair of curved eyebrows, there are two big black eyes.
She is a very cute little girl, but her face is haggard and heartbreaking.
Yun Ling'er looked at Xie Sheng standing in front of the door. He was the most handsome man she had ever seen besides her father.
Seeing the smile on Xie Sheng's face, she actually blushed a little.
"Who are you?"
"Mr. Qian asked me to come."
"Mr. Qian, ah, I remembered it. Big brother, please come in."
Xie Sheng walked into the yard. The yard was not small, but it was full of weeds.
You can vaguely see some flowers being bullied by the weeds.
"If we get rid of these grasses, it will be a beautiful garden. Just don't plant daffodils."
"Yes, there were many flowers here when my parents were here"
When Yun Ling'er said this, she seemed to have thought of something, and her tone became depressed.
"Haha, this is not bad, it looks very natural," Xie Sheng said quickly.
When she walked to the door, Yun Ling'er stood down, waiting for Xie Sheng to go in first.
Xie Sheng smelled a smell wafting from the room and frowned.
He stopped: "You have to go in first, and then invite me before you can go in."
"Why?"
"This is my habit"
"Okay" Yun Ling'er walked into the door.
"Brother, please come in"
Xie Sheng walked into the house, reached out and patted Yun Ling'er on the head: "It's so cute."
He looked at the situation in the room, which looked like a very common single-family villa.
The living room area alone exceeds one hundred square meters, which is larger than Xie Sheng's apartment.
It's just that the room is in a terrible mess, with all kinds of furniture and decorations placed haphazardly.
There are also all kinds of messy graffiti painted on the walls and furniture.
Compared with the situation in the room, the weeds in the yard are nothing at all.
"Brother, it's not that I'm lazy."
"I know"
"what do you know?"
"There is only one thing that can paint these things on the wall."
Xie Sheng naturally wouldn't say it. In fact, when he stood at the door, he noticed the stench coming out of the room and already knew what it was.
These graffiti only made him more certain of his previous judgment.
"Do you know what those bad things are?"
Xie Sheng nodded: "Of course I know, I will help you clean them up tonight."
"Thank you, big brother. I really can't stand it anymore if I keep being tormented by them like this!"
Xie Sheng touched his head: "I forgot to bring him here. He really likes these snacks."
"Brother, I don't have any snacks here"
Xie Sheng raised his wrist and looked at his watch: "It's still early before dark, I have to go back."
To be continued...