I once lived in a strange house for seven days.The so-called strangeness means that this house is neither my home nor a hotel—all hotels in the world have the same layout, so it cannot be called strange. At that time, I went from Sichuan to Shanghai to handle the publication of a manuscript, and a local friend offered me his house to stay temporarily.He just moved to a new house, and the original house was temporarily vacant, so he let me live here, which can also save some expenses. I was busy outside during the day, and after returning home at night, I always felt a little awkward in my heart.This is mainly because the original furniture is preserved in the house --- black leather sofa, large bed and empty wardrobe.Things that have been used for a long time are always cool and mysterious after being abandoned, especially the empty wardrobe. I always feel lonely when I hang my coat in it every night.

This is a seven-story house with two families living on each floor, and I live on the fifth floor.The stairs are very clean, and I have never met a neighbor when I go up and down the stairs every day. The doors of every house are closed, as if I live alone in this building. To be honest, living here every night is always a little uneasy.Humans are animals of the environment, and the complete sense of strangeness and emptiness makes people feel that they lack something to rely on.I walked around the room, looking away when I met myself in the big mirror on the wall. I didn't want to look at this guy in pajamas and glasses.

Here I passed six nights in peace, despite an unprovoked sense of foreboding.On the seventh night, I went to bed early because I was leaving here tomorrow.I glanced at the packed luggage, then turned off the lights and went to sleep. Wake up in the middle of the night and hear the baby crying, whose baby is this?I didn't care, turned over and continued to sleep.The cry of the baby disappeared in a flash, and the night was as quiet as deep water.Suddenly, a woman's scream made my hair stand on end. The sound was very close, as if it came from the neighbor's house next door.I sat up in bed and heard the screaming woman cry.

I was a little nervous, imagining the scene next door --- a baby suddenly fell to the ground, or suddenly fell ill, or even died, and the young mother was terrified... At this time, I heard the sound of the door opening next door, and the cry of a woman sounded in the corridor.I hesitated again and again, and decided to go out and have a look.Unexpectedly, when I was walking behind the door, there was a knock on the door suddenly. I opened the door, and outside stood a young woman in white pajamas.The opening of the door and my appearance may have been unexpected to her. She took a step back in horror and gasped, "You, who are you? Isn't there no one living in this room?"

I hasten to declare that I am a friend of the owner of the house and have been living here for several days.The woman was stunned for a long time before she said, "Is there a man in black living with you?" There was a "buzz" in my head, and I kept saying that I lived here alone, and there was absolutely no other person.The woman said firmly that she had just seen the man walk into my house.After finishing speaking, the woman rushed into my room, raised her eyes and cried, "My child, come out..." At this time, an old woman ran in from the door, who looked like a maid from her clothes.She supported the young woman's arm and said, "Ai Nan, Ai Nan, let's go back."

This woman named Ai Nan slumped to the ground. The maid motioned for me to help, so I held her other arm and together with the maid helped her back to the next room. This is a three-bedroom house.The maid asked the hostess to lie down on the bed and gave her two sips of water.She has a delicate face and is a beautiful woman. Curiosity made me stand in the living room for a moment after closing the bedroom door.There is a doll on the sofa, wearing a princess dress, with big eyes that seem to be looking at me. "Sir, I have caused you trouble." The maid brought me a glass of water, "Sit for a while and see if Ai Nan will get up and run around again. I can't persuade her alone."

The maid is a talkative person, and after a while, I knew what happened.However, after knowing it, I was even more frightened.Especially in the middle of the night, especially when the housemaid cut off the electricity in the middle of the conversation, maybe the fuse was blown.The maid lit a candle and continued talking. I drank all the water in the glass, but still felt tense. Ai Nan is a business executive of an insurance company. She is 27 years old and has been married for two years.Her husband is Liu Sheng, the department director of a business consulting company.The young couple is very capable and can earn a lot of money. The maid said that this made her very proud when she went to the supermarket--you can choose the best for all kinds of things, and it doesn't matter if the price is a little expensive.A few days ago, Ai Nan went to the hospital for an induced labor.She is more than four months pregnant.She had always believed that she was carrying a girl, which she liked.Before the induction of labor, Ai Nan and Liu Sheng discussed and quarreled for several nights, and finally decided to abort the child.The reason for the induced labor was that Ai Nan might be promoted to regional manager, and it is estimated that the company will make this decision in a few months.However, Ai Nan would be pregnant by then, or in the process of giving birth, and the promotion would likely be ruined.The regional manager has an annual salary of more than 200,000 yuan, which is twice the current income of Ai Nan or Liu Sheng. Liu Sheng said that it is worthwhile to induce labor.

After the induction of labor, Ai Nan rested at home, and strange things happened one after another.First, Ai Nan's bedroom door was inexplicably pushed open a crack in the middle of the night, and both Ai Nan and Liu Sheng firmly believed that they went to sleep after the door was locked.Then the doll in the living room kept moving by itself. It was a gift from Ai Nan's girlfriend after she knew she was pregnant.But this doll now seems to be unpredictable. She was seen on the sofa before going to bed, but she was found lying on the ground in the morning.Ai Nan also found that she had tears, but Liu Sheng said that she got wet somewhere.What is even more frightening is that Ai Nan heard the baby crying this night. She got up and went to the living room, and saw a man in black walking out with the baby in his arms. She chased him out and saw the man in black flashing into the door .

"Nobody comes into my house," I assured the maid. "I also think that Ai Nan's eyes are blurred." The maid said, "There is no one in this building with babies. She heard the crying is also an illusion." However, the cry of the baby has really happened, and I have heard it.The maid was a little scared when she heard my confirmation, she said she just fell asleep and didn't hear anything. "Why isn't Ai Nan's husband at home?" I asked looking at a wedding photo on the closet.The man in the photo has thick eyebrows and big eyes, half a head taller than Ai Nan.

"Liu Sheng is guarding his father in the hospital." The maid said, "His father used to engage in third-line construction in Sichuan, and he returned to Shanghai after retirement. He didn't enjoy a few years of blessings, but got cancer, and his family kept it secret from him." with the diagnosis." The experience of this night made me feel a little scared when I went back to my room.Before dawn, I hardly dared to sleep, always worried that the man in black holding the baby would appear in my room.I went straight to the airport the next day and felt a sense of relief after the plane took off.Later, my friend in Shanghai called and said that the neighbor I had met had moved to a high-end residential area in Shanghai, where all the people lived were above the middle class. My friend spoke in a tone Obviously a little envious.It seems that the past events were all false alarms, and I have gradually forgotten this experience.

More than three years have passed in a blink of an eye. When I went to Shanghai again for business, I unexpectedly ran into Ai Nan outside a large supermarket.The female neighbor obviously couldn't recognize me anymore. She was wearing a long dress with noble texture and black gauze on her arm, and she was walking slowly with a little girl who was more than 3 years old.I heard the little girl say: "Mom, where are we going?" Ai Nan bent down and hugged her in her arms, saying something affectionately to her. At this moment, I was stunned, how could she have a child over 3 years old?What happened to the black yarn?Suddenly, I saw the maid walking behind Ai Nan. This woman in her forties was walking with a big bag of things expressionlessly.I hurried up to say hello to this maid, she recognized me in a daze, then said to me in a low voice: "Don't ask me anything, Ai Nan has a ghost child." After she finished speaking, she left me He followed Ai Nan closely. This afternoon, I was standing in a daze on the streets of Shanghai, driven by professional curiosity, I decided to call my friend and ask him to take me to visit his former female neighbor. That night, I met Ai Nan.There was an off-road vehicle parked outside her door, and there was a large suitcase in the living room.She said she had just returned from the mountains in Sichuan, and she slowly told me about her incredible experience.During the entire conversation, the male host never appeared. Ai Nan's narration gave me the impulse to write this book.However, I agreed to the use of aliases in the book by the parties concerned, which I think readers can understand.