Chapter 2 Chapter 1 Hands and Feet Not of the Body

When the first cold wave hit, it made people feel dreary. Under the biting northwest wind, the vehicles and pedestrians on the road were reduced to the minimum. After midnight, there were almost no pedestrians. Li Liqing stood in front of a glass door, looking at the road below, the cold wind blowing in from the crack of the door made his body tremble involuntarily. He lives on the 24th floor of a newly completed building. The unit he lives in has a rather large platform, and the glass door where he is standing now leads to that platform.Establishing the young general arranged the platform very comfortably, but at this time he didn't have the courage to open the door and walk on the platform (this was his habit before going to bed), because it was too cold outside, so he had to stand by the window look forward.Looking down from the 24th floor, the occasional cars passing by on the deserted road are like beetles shivering from the cold.

Li Liqing stood there for about five minutes. Just as he was about to turn around, he suddenly saw a pair of hands. It was a pair of hands, but the position of the hands was very strange.All Li Qing could see were ten fingers and half of the back of his hand.Because those hands were pressing on the stone edges surrounding the platform, it seemed that there was a person hanging outside the platform. Establishing Qing took a step back and rubbed his eyes. This is impossible, it must be vertigo.How is this possible?This platform is as high as twenty-four floors. Who would hang outside the platform in such a cold weather with only the strength of their hands?

As he was rubbing his eyes, it suddenly occurred to him that it might be a thief—an extremely confused and stupid thief: which floor is not easy to steal?Why come to steal the twenty-fourth floor?If one couldn't hang it and fell from the twenty-fourth floor... Ahhh, that would be a big tragedy. Li Liqing took a closer look, this time, he did see clearly, it was a pair of hands, and they were still moving slowly to the left.He stretched out his hand to hold the doorknob, pushed it out against the strong wind, and the cold wind rushed towards his face. In an instant, his eyes were irritated, tears flowed out, and he couldn't see anything.

However, that was only a very short time, no more than two seconds at most, Li Qing had already strode forward, and at the same time, he was almost about to speak, telling the person who was clinging to the stone edge of the platform not to be nervous, because a If he is nervous, he may fall down because of this. Then, when he opened his mouth to speak, he froze. He was only a few steps away from the stone edge of the platform, and he could see very clearly that there was absolutely no hand clinging to the stone edge. The man has fallen! Li Liqing waited for the scream.However, after waiting for three full minutes, the silent midnight was not broken by the screams.

Li Liqing felt that his head was a little stiff, and he was sure that he was not mistaken, but now, what about these hands, have they been moved away?He looked around, but there was nothing. He almost fled into the house, shut the door, drew the curtains, and returned to his work table. But he turned a blind eye to the patterns on his work table, and kept thinking about those hands. Moreover, he opened the curtain three times to look at the platform outside, but he never saw anything. He fell asleep an hour late and came to a conclusion: he was indeed dazzled.This night, of course, he didn't sleep very well. For the first time in his life, he was afraid of sleeping alone, so he wrapped the blanket very tightly.

The next night, it was colder and the northwest wind was tighter.At midnight, Li Liqing suddenly became nervous for no reason, and he didn't know why he was nervous. He suddenly put down his work, and immediately, he heard the "pat" sound. That "pat, clap" sound came from behind him. Li Liqing turned around quickly, and in an instant, he felt that his body was in a freezer at minus ten degrees.It wasn't that he saw some horrible sound making that "pat" sound.He didn't see anything, the sound came from outside the window, it sounded like someone was knocking on the glass with his fingers.

But think about it, he lives on the twenty-fourth floor, and the glass windows in his room are at least two hundred and forty feet above the ground! It is impossible to say that someone is making any noise at his window from the window so high above the ground, but it must be a hard-shelled beetle bumping against his window. Li Liqing felt that the temperature seemed to drop a lot in an instant, he stood up, his body trembling slightly, he opened the curtain suddenly, it was pitch black outside the window, and he didn't see anything. Cheng Liqing heaved a sigh of relief, he is by no means a nervous person, on the contrary, he is a very careful engineer, but at this time, he saw that there was nothing outside the window, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and returned to work next to the table.

When he was sitting at the table and was about to start working again, the "pat" sound came from behind him again. Li Liqing looked back impatiently. He approached the window just now and opened the curtains. After seeing that there was nothing outside the window, he did not close the curtains again.Therefore, when he turned his head at this time, he could immediately see the situation outside the window. He sees a hand. The hand appeared under the last piece of glass, and the middle finger was hitting the glass, making a "pat" sound. It was a real hand, and the finger movements were nimble.

Li Liqing froze completely, he didn't know what to do, his eyes were fixed on that hand, he opened his mouth wide, but couldn't make a sound, at that moment, the kind of feeling he felt Terrible; it is indescribable. In a blink of an eye, the hand was gone. How did the hand disappear—whether it slid down or backed away? Li Qing has no memory of it, and he has no way of knowing who that hand belonged to—because the hand appeared In the bottom pane, he couldn't see below the wrist. Who would climb up a 240-foot-high building in such cold weather and tap their fingers on the glass windows to "joke"?

Li Qing immediately thought of ghosts! He is a highly educated person, and it is absolutely impossible for him to think of ghosts as a real existence, but under the current situation, he thought of ghosts. He tried to calm himself down, and then rushed out of the house. He didn't have the guts to go to the window to see what happened. Of course, he didn't sleep in the house that night. He spent the night in a hotel in a trance. During the day, he told one of his subordinates what happened in the past two nights, a young man named Guo Ming.After Guo Ming heard this, he laughed and volunteered, willing to accompany Li Qing for a night.

Liliqing accepted the kindness, so on the third night, Liliqing and Guo Ming were on that floor together.Like a great detective, Guo Ming spent a lot of time observing the stone railings around the platform and the window where the strange hand appeared. But he didn't find anything, and he sneered at Li Qing, thinking that he was suspicious. Soon, it will be midnight. It was still a very cold night, the deeper the night, the colder the sky, Guo Ming didn't agree to draw the curtains at first, because if he didn't draw the curtains, he could see any movement outside immediately. But the northwest wind blowing in through the window finally made him give up this idea. After the curtains were drawn, the room became much warmer, and people's nerves seemed to be less tense. Guo Ming sipped his coffee and yawned. He was about to conclude that everything was due to Jiang Chengqing's nervousness, when there was a sudden sound of footsteps on the outside platform. The sound of footsteps was quite light, but in the silence of the night, it was still audible enough. Guo Ming and Li Liqing looked at each other, turned their heads together, and looked at the glass door leading to the platform. Guo Ming was still mocking Li Chengqing for being suspicious just now, but now his complexion looks paler than Li Chengqing's.They could see nothing, for the glass door was blocked by a long curtain close to the ground, and they could not see what was on the platform or who was coming towards it. But they all heard the footsteps without a doubt, and they could also hear that the footsteps were gradually approaching the glass door. Guo Ming and Li Liqing both sat still. The sound of footsteps stopped suddenly, and the two of them also saw a pair of feet. The reason why they could see a pair of feet was because the curtain had been washed recently, and it had shrunk and become shorter. There is a little gap between them, and the gap allows people to see a pair of feet standing close to the glass door.On those feet were expensive moccasins, and bright yellow woolen socks. A thief would never act in such shoes and socks. So, who is standing outside the glass door at this time, separated from them only by a glass and a curtain? Li Chengqing whispered: "No, no!" He put his hands on his forehead, with a very painful expression on his face. Guo Ming seemed to be stimulated by Li Liqing's painful expression. He came to protect Li Liqing. How could he sit still like this?He suddenly developed courage, jumped up, rushed over and stretched out his hand to pull the curtain. He tried so hard that he pulled the curtain all the way down. However, there was no one outside the glass door. Guo Ming was stunned for a moment, then suddenly, he opened his mouth wide and let out terrible screams! The two of them saw the pair of feet—it was just a pair of feet, which belonged to no one, a pair of feet in yellow wool socks and moccasins, running out, over the stone fence, and disappeared up. Guo Ming didn't know how long he had been screaming. When he stopped, he felt his body shaking more than anything else. He stepped back step by step, grabbed Li Qing's arm, his lips were trembling. : "Mr. Cheng...Mr. Cheng." Li Liqing is much better than Guo Ming, but he is middle-aged after all, he is calmer than Guo Ming, but after a while, he said: "Go to... your home for a night .” On the third night, the two of them spent at Guo Ming's house. On the fourth night, the two of them came to my house. The reason why the two of them came to my home was because of Guo Ming's father, who was friends with me. Guo Ming knew that I was interested in all weird and incredible things, so he came with Li Chengqing. of.He and Li Liqing spent an hour talking about what happened in the past three nights. They want me to go to the place where Li Chengqing lives tonight. I am not going to agree to them—I am not a person who is not interested in "ghosts". I am even more interested in a pair of feet that do not belong to any body and can run around. Moreover, there are those hands. But Bai Su and I got married not long ago, instead of going to see a ghost, I would rather face my beautiful wife. I was thinking: what words can I use to reject this special invitation? Bai Su was sitting next to me, and Li Liqing and Guo Ming were sitting opposite us with tense expressions. I smiled and said, "I'm really interested in what you two said. However, you two should know that ghosts are not actually an existence, but a feeling──". I tried to convince them that they didn't actually see anything but just felt they saw something.But before my words were finished, Guo Ming couldn't wait to say: "We did see those feet, really saw them, don't think we are dazzled." I spread my hands: "I'm not saying that your eyes are dazzled, you may be expecting to see something, so your nerves have produced an illusion, which makes you think that you have a pair of feet walking." Li Liqing, who had been silent all this time, didn't express his agreement until now: "Mr. Wei, according to what you said, what the two of us saw on the third night should still be the hands, and the bottom is the feet. Because the former What I saw two nights were hands, and Guo Ming was influenced by me, what he 'expects' should also be hands, right?" Instead, I was so refuted by the two of them that I was speechless, so I had to turn my head and look at Bai Su with apology. I mean: I have to go, it looks like we're going to be separated for at least one night. Bai Su smiled, "I'll go with you." People are very strange, sometimes they can't remember the simplest things.I spent a lot of time rejecting the invitation of Li Qing and Guo Ming, but I never thought that I would not be separated from Bai Su at all, and we could go together. That's it! Half an hour later, Bai Su, Li Liqing, and Guo Ming and I arrived in front of the building.That building was very grand, twenty-four floors high. Because it was newly built, it was not full of people. Moreover, because it was located in the suburbs, it gave people a deserted feeling when they arrived at the door. We entered the elevator together, and the elevator went up until it reached the twenty-fourth floor before stopping. The 24th floor is the highest floor. The building is designed to get smaller as you go up. There is only one living unit on the 24th floor, which is Li Qing's residence. And one floor above the 24th floor is the roof. The door to the roof was locked, but the cold wind still rolled down through the gap, making the elevator hall very desolate. Liliqing is a person who likes quietness very much, he has indeed chosen a very quiet living environment. When I set up the green gate, I walked up the stairs leading to the roof and looked at the door leading to the roof. There is an iron gate outside the wooden door leading to the roof. It is not easy to sneak into the roof.When I returned to the door, Li Liqing had already opened the door, and Zai Yanke entered the room. The living unit is very elegantly furnished, Li Qing is a celibate, he is the only one living in the whole living unit, there is a bedroom, a studio and a living room.As soon as I entered the house, I opened the glass door and stepped onto the very large terrace. I have come to the side of the stone edge, looking down, the pedestrians below are so small that they can hardly be seen.It is really unimaginable to say that there is anyone who can climb on the stone edge with both hands. I retreated into the house and closed the glass door. Bai Su suggested that we play bridge to pass the time, and we both agreed.But both Bai Su and I can clearly see that Li Liqing and Guo Ming are not in the right mind. It was midnight, Li Liqing put down the cards: "Let's stop playing, okay?" I smiled: "Mr. Cheng, you see, when the time comes, you start to look forward to it." Li Liqing didn't answer me, but his complexion was very ugly. Similarly, Guo Ming also looked very nervous.Nervousness is contagious, and Bai Su's complexion also becomes abnormal.I myself held my breath for no apparent reason, and said nothing. The house is extremely quiet! I couldn't bear this strange silence, so I got up and walked towards the glass door leading to the platform. Beside the glass door, I looked at the dark platform and suddenly saw three pairs of feet!I couldn't help being taken aback, and in an instant, I almost screamed strangely. However, before I called out, I burst out laughing. The feet I saw belonged to the people inside the house. Because the light in the room was bright, it reflected light on the glass. At first glance, it seemed that there were people outside the platform. feet up.I turned around and pointed out of the platform: "Look—" I was speaking in an extremely relaxed manner, and I wanted them to see the reflection of light on the glass, forming a phantom. However, I only spoke three words, and found that the three of them, including Bai Su, looked terribly pale, and I immediately asked, "What's the matter?" Li Liqing and Guo Ming were both speechless, and Bai Su's voice was trembling: "My God, it's right behind you!" I quickly turned around again, facing the glass door. In that instant, I saw it too. That is definitely not the phantom I imagined just now, it is a real entity!I saw two hands that belonged to no one, just two hands. It was a pair of men's hands with long and thick fingers. On the ring finger of the right hand, there was also a ring, which was a "cat's eye" ring.Of those two hands, one was pressing on the glass, and the other was holding the handle of the glass door, trying to pull the glass door open.But the glass door is locked, so the hand can't open it. I stayed where I was, unable to move. what is this?I kept asking myself in my heart. Undoubtedly, these are hands, but what are they?My mind started to cloud with overwhelmed surprise, and then, suddenly, the hands disappeared. It was a minute after the hands disappeared before anyone spoke.Bai Su was the first to speak.She said, "Did you see it, did you see it?" At that time, I also began to regain my composure. I repeatedly asked Li Liqing for the key to the glass door, opened the door, and walked out. In that moment, I made two assumptions. First, I assume that the hands are fake, made of rubber, and manipulated by steel wires. A skilled manipulator can do this; second, I assume that the person's body is completely dressed in black clothes. , we can only see his hands, but not the rest of his body. But when I got out of the platform, I immediately found that my two assumptions were not true.If the first assumption is true, there must be many supports to support the movement of the wire, but in fact there is nothing but a radio antenna. It is very far-fetched to say that a person is wearing dark clothes. Moreover, where did this person retreat from? It is also impossible to retreat on the fourth floor. If the two assumptions are not true, then in theory, I have to admit that those hands do not belong to anyone, they are just two hands! A pair of hands, existing independently, what is this? Not only are there two hands, but there are also two feet—Li Liqing and Guo Ming have seen it before, and now I have no doubts about their words. Is this some kind of interstellar person?The shape of the interstellar people, just like the hands or feet of the earth people? Even if this is possible, why do you have to wear rings on your hands, and why do you have to wear socks and shoes on your feet?My most absurd assumption seems to be untenable! I stood on the platform for a while before returning to the house. Cheng Liqing smiled wryly: "Mr. Wei, what is that...?" I shook my head: "I can't tell why yet." Guo Ming asked with a pale face, "Is... is it a ghost?" I still shook my head: "I don't think ghosts are like hands and feet, I can't tell what they are." Li Liqing sighed: "Just now, that hand wanted to open the door, what did he want to open the door for?" My heart suddenly moved: "Mr. Cheng, can you recognize who these hands belong to? There is also an opal ring on that hand, think about it!" Establishing Qing stayed for a long time before saying: "No, I can't think of it. I also saw that opal just now. If I had seen it before, I would definitely remember it." I was pacing up and down, and it was so surreal, it was unimaginable.What we see is not a monster. If it were a monster, we can imagine that he came from the unfathomable space. But what we see now are ordinary hands, which should belong to one person, but at this moment they don't belong to anyone, a pair of free hands, a pair of free feet! Time passed slowly, the four of us seldom spoke, just sat silently, and seldom moved. It wasn't until three o'clock in the morning that there was still no other change, so I stood up and said, "Mr. Cheng, I'm leaving." Establishing a bitter face: "What happened here──" I said: "I will do everything in my power to help you. Now, you don't have to live here any longer. Please give me all the keys of this floor for safekeeping, okay?" Establishing Qing hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, of course." I walked back and forth a few steps, waited until Li Chengqing packed up some things, left the house with them, and took the elevator downstairs.Liliqing temporarily lives in Guo Ming's home. Bai Su and I returned home, we stayed up almost all night, discussing that strange incident, but to no avail. The next day, I made an appointment with some spiritual experts to go to the room to wait together, but there was no result. On the third night, we were still waiting, and we brought a video camera, ready to take a picture of it as soon as any strange phenomenon appeared, and studied it slowly, but there was no result, no matter whether it was the strange hand or the strange foot, it never appeared again . For half a month, I waited in vain. I decided to give up the matter. I informed Chengliqing that he could move back, but Chengliqing simply gave up the floor. He bought it by installment. He still made monthly payments, but left the floor vacant. A few days later, it was Christmas. This is a festival that makes people feel atmospheric regardless of their religious beliefs. Among many invitations, Bai Su and I chose a more agreeable party to attend. It was still very cold that day, and the host of the party was a professor from an institution of higher learning. When we arrived, there were already many guests.All of this is not worth describing in detail. The reason why I took the trouble is that when the host, Professor Yang, was introducing me to the guests at the meeting, when he said "Mr. Deng", he stood in front of me. , is a tall man. The man stretched out his hand politely, and I naturally shook hands with him like a ceremony. When I shook hands with him, I felt like I was shocked. His hands are thick and big, and on the ring finger, he wears an opal ring. The opal ring is very strange in shape, and the opal is also round and beautiful in color, which is a fine gemstone. I have seen this gem, this ring. I saw this ring on the platform where Qing's residence was established. At that time, this ring was worn on a thick and big hand (like the hand I am holding now). But that hand did not belong to anyone at that time, it was just a hand! The moment I discovered the ring, I was really shocked. I must have held that person's hand for a long time, which made the person pull his hand back forcefully. I quickly smiled apologetically to cover up my embarrassment: "Sorry, I am a person suffering from extreme neurasthenia, and I am often in a trance. Please forgive me." The man didn't say anything, just hummed, turned around, and walked away. I also retreated quickly, I retreated to a relatively hidden corner, and looked at that person.That person is talking to another person.He was quite tall, and his hair was probably naturally curly, which gave him a handsome appearance. I don't think he's more than thirty years old, but I can't tell what kind of person he is based on his appearance. I looked at him for a long time, but he didn't pay attention to me. I found an opportunity and pulled the master into his study. At the door of the study, I pointed to the man: "Who is this person?" The host was very surprised: "Huh? Didn't I introduce it for you! Didn't you talk to each other?" I shook my head: "No." The host said: "I thought you guys would talk. This man is similar to you. He is a weirdo. His greatest hobby in his life is traveling, and he prefers to travel in ancient eastern countries to explore the mysteries of ancient countries. His family is very rich. , can afford his expenses." I asked again, "What's his name?" The host said: "We all call him Doctor." I shrugged: "Really? What kind of doctor is he?" The master said: "He has many, many doctorate titles, all of which were awarded to him by some unknown universities in India, Egypt, and Iran. He is a doctor of divinity, a doctor of spirituality, a doctor of archeology, etc." Involuntarily, I took a deep breath, there is no doubt that this is a weirdo. And what interests me even more is his hand and the jewel ring on it! Seeing that I was silent, the master said again: "His real name is Deng Shi. This is really a strange person. I'm sorry. There are many guests outside. I'm going to greet them." Naturally, I can't keep a host of a ball in the study for a long time, and I can also see that, in fact, the host doesn't know much about Dr. Deng Shi. I hurriedly said: "Please go ahead, I want to rest here." The master opened the door and walked out. I sat down on a sofa and rested my head on my hand. My thoughts were very confused. That Deng Shi, what kind of person is he? I decided to inform Bai Su about this matter and discuss it with her. I stood up, and at this moment, with a "click", the doorknob turned and the door was pushed open. I looked towards the door and couldn't help but startled. The one standing at the door was actually Deng Shi! On Deng Shi's face, there was a very proud expression, which was a bit nauseating. He said coldly: "It's immoral to talk about people behind their backs!"