readsfreenovel Chapter 263 A Happy and Joyful Family
Chapter 263 A Happy and Joyful Family
Yan Xun took a deep breath, "Run!"
He said to Shuangshuang.
Since we've already been noticed, it doesn't matter whether we run or not!
As soon as Yan Xun finished speaking, he quickly pushed Lou Yanchuan and started running. Shuangshuang even threw down the wheelchair she was holding. Although she didn't quite understand why they had to run now, she remembered the rules she had heard yesterday.
When Yan Xun started running, the neighbor seemed to be completely enraged!
His face looked even more mournful!
"Why!"
"You're going to run!!"
Are you all happy?
"I'm in so much pain..."
He kept muttering these words, and Yan Xun didn't even have time to turn around. "Shuangshuang! Open the door!"
Fortunately, when they met their neighbors, they were already not far from their house. Upon hearing this, Shuangshuang quickened her pace and rushed into the house.
Yan Xun then pushed Lou Yanchuan into the room.
He had just closed the door when he rushed to the sofa and dialed the red phone.
"beep……"
"beep……"
"beep……"
The phone rang more than three times, but still no one answered.
"beep……"
The call rang for the fourth time. Yan Xun pressed the hang-up button, but at that moment, the call was suddenly answered on the other end—
"Hello."
It was a hoarse voice filled with static.
It was completely different from the security guard's voice he had heard before.
"This is the security office."
Yan Xun hung up the phone.
"Shuangshuang, go check the doors and windows upstairs."
As Yan Xun spoke, he went to check all the doors and windows on the first floor... While checking the doors and windows, he saw the neighbor he had just greeted standing by the window, staring at him fiercely.
Yan Xun glanced at it and then drew the curtains.
Then he hurriedly went up to the third floor and checked all the windows.
After making sure all the doors and windows were closed, he returned to the first floor, at which point there was a knock on the door.
That's what the voice he heard on the phone said.
"Hello, this is from the security department."
"Have you encountered something strange?"
Shuangshuang sat down next to Yan Xun and looked up at him.
Yan Xun made a "shh" gesture and then shook his head.
Lou Yanchuan, sitting in his wheelchair, gestured the number '4'.
Yan Xun nodded.
He glanced at the watercolor pens and sketchbook Shuangshuang used for drawing on the dining table, and then wrote on the paper—
The hang-up button was not pressed.
He was quite certain that by the time the phone rang for the fourth time, his finger had already pressed the hang-up button.
But he didn't press it.
That's how it got to ring for the fourth time.
The security guard outside started knocking on the door again, "Have you encountered a monster?"
"don’t worry."
"I will take care of it for you."
"Please open the door."
The knocking grew louder, and the wooden door looked flimsy.
Despite the fragility of the wooden door, no matter how hard it was shaken from the outside, it showed no signs of being pushed open or broken.
The harassment continued for half an hour until the person outside finally realized that the person inside wouldn't open the door. He made a frustrated sound and then left reluctantly.
As soon as Shuangshuang heard the footsteps leaving, she was about to say something to Yan Xun when Yan Xun covered her mouth.
He pointed to the window.
Behind the window, which was covered by curtains, a strange shadow was huddled up.
That thing hasn't left yet; it's just making them think they've already gone.
After another ten minutes or so, probably realizing that they wouldn't be fooled, the thing reluctantly withdrew from the window.
Shuangshuang poked Yan Xun's arm, her eyes asking him, "Did you leave?"
"We should go now," Lou Yanchuan said at this moment.
"I can't smell that scent anymore."
"What does it taste like?" Yan Xun asked.
"It smells awful," Lou Yanchuan said. "It's a bit like... something rotten?"
Yan Xun sniffed, but did not smell the scent Lou Yanchuan had described.
Yan Xun then walked to the red telephone and dialed the number again.
The phone rang three times before being answered. Yan Xun quickly explained that they had seen their neighbor with a mournful face on the street and hoped they could come and deal with it as soon as possible.
The security guard's voice was the same as the one he heard when he first called.
"Ok."
"We will handle it as soon as possible."
Yan Xun asked again, "When I made the call just now, the phone rang four times, and it was an unfamiliar voice."
The security guard was somewhat surprised. "You didn't hang up the phone?"
"I remember the rules said that after more than 3 attempts, you must hang up immediately."
"I'm sure I pressed the hang-up button, but the call didn't end," Yan Xun said, then became nervous again, "Does this count as a violation?"
Will we be evicted from this community?
The security guard hesitated for a moment on the other side, then said, "No way."
"There might be some problem with the phone."
"You closed the doors and windows and didn't say anything, right?"
“Yes,” Yan Xun repeated, “We closed the doors and windows and didn’t say anything, just pretending that no one was home.”
"That shouldn't be a problem," the security guard said. "As long as you're not discovered, you're safe."
"We will come and handle it as soon as possible."
The person on the other end hung up the phone after speaking.
Yan Xun turned to look at Lou Yanchuan and Shuangshuang, "The security guard said there's no major problem."
“We are not breaking the rules, so we will not be evicted from the community.”
……
Yan Xun's parents arrived home on time that evening. While preparing dinner, Yan Xun's father overheard Shuangshuang mentioning the matter.
He immediately looked at Yan Xun, "How could you be so careless?"
"Didn't the housekeeper say that the phone must be hung up after it rings three times?"
"Some unexpected things happened," Yan Xun said.
He propped his chin on his hand, watching his father busy in the kitchen. "Shuangshuang said today that she misses the cake that Grandma bought for us."
Upon hearing this, Shuangshuang immediately nodded, "Yes! The cake that Sister Shufan made tastes just like the one Grandma used to buy for us."
She looked at her father and asked, "When are we going to see Grandma?"
"I miss my grandma a little."
Mom changed into her pajamas and came downstairs. She happened to overhear Shuangshuang's words, "Grandma hasn't been feeling well lately."
"So it will be a while before I can go see her."
"But Grandma has been sick for over a year, hasn't she?" Shuangshuang asked, puzzled. "Can't we go see Grandma?"
The mother explained, "Grandma's health still hasn't improved."
"Be good, Shuangshuang. Once Grandma is better, we'll go see her together."
Yan Xun propped his chin on his hand, looking at the loving family. "There's a problem," he said to Lou Yanchuan.
He had absolutely no memory of his grandmother.
The presence of deliberately obscured information in a dungeon usually indicates that it is a key plot point.
What could such a happy and joyful family possibly have to hide?