Chapter 1: Hidden and seek

The next day, at around twelve o'clock noon, the door ring of Li Yin's house rang.

At this time, Li Yin had just updated the latest chapters of the three chapters, turned off the computer and went to open the door. Sure enough, the person standing at the door was Ying Ziye.

Li Yin smiled slightly and said, "You are here. I keep the cake in the refrigerator."

After Ying Ziye walked in, Li Yin walked to the refrigerator to get the cake.

"You can get the food in this apartment from the refrigerator by yourself. Do you still make the cake yourself?" Ying Ziye asked in confusion.

"Well, the eggs and cream are all taken from the refrigerator. This apartment is also very convenient. Just write a post-it note on the refrigerator door if you want to eat. The cake is here."

Li Yin came over with a strawberry butter cake and said, "I bought the utensils for making cakes a few days ago. I looked at the books that made cakes. I could experience the delicious food by myself."

"Yeah." Ying Ziye took out the notebook from his pocket and handed it to Li Yin, saying, "I'll give you the notebook again. Thank you very much for your notes... I remember all the contents. Li Yin, you... are very smart."

Li Yin smiled and took the notes, put the strawberry cream cake in front of her, and put a fork on it, saying, "How do you try it? I'm considering that if it's done well, open an online cake shop. Haha, it's probably because I've watched too many Korean dramas recently... It's really delicious, at least eat a little, may you hate cakes?"

"Well...thank you." Ying Ziye sat down, picked up the fork and ate a piece of cake.

Taste is very good.

"The ingredients provided by the apartment are indeed very high-quality. The cream is very fragrant and strawberries are also..." Ying Ziye savored the cake and said, "But your skill in making cakes seems to be good."

"Right? Actually, when I was in college, I wanted to learn cooking skills, but my parents must have me attend the Academy of Sciences. But four years of college felt like I wasted my time." Li Yin seemed very moved, and then continued: "If you like it, I will continue to make cakes for you in the future."

However, the next sentence Li Yin answered the question that he didn't ask made Ying Ziye stop immediately when he inserted the fork into the cake.

"Do you want to consider...being my girlfriend?"

Before Ying Ziye could react, Li Yin's expression had become extremely serious: "I didn't joke with you, absolutely not."

"Female...friend?" Ying Ziye raised his head and looked at Li Yin. Her expression still had not changed much. It seemed that there was nothing in the world that could make her care about.

"Li Yin, you... don't know me. We haven't known each other for a long time, right?"

"Those don't matter. I just know...I like you, so I want to be with you. And... I can get to know each other gradually over time."

Ying Ziye raised the cake and took a bite, and said, "It's very sudden... Someone actually confessed to me..."

"No one has confessed to you before?" Li Yin was a little surprised. Ying Ziye was so beautiful, so no one has chased her, right?

"The people I have come into contact with were scared away. Because they all said that I am a textbook madman and stayed in the laboratory as a whole, it would be better to marry the laboratory."

"No...I like people who are very curious."

"Is that true? But I can't answer you like this..."

"It's okay, you can think about it slowly. I can wait for you. No matter how long it takes, this proposal will work."

"Well. I will consider it. But now, the most important thing is how to spend the next bloody words."

"Yes...I know..."

"Then...I'll leave first."

After Ying Ziye finished eating the cake on the plate, he wiped his mouth with a napkin and said, "Thank you very much for your cake, I hope you can still eat it next time."

"Well, okay, if you like it, I will definitely make it for you..."

After Ying Ziye left, he collapsed on the sofa, constantly grabbing his hair, and cursed: "Li Yin, you idiot! Why do you have to say it so impatiently... Oh my God, what's wrong with me... But who knows how long I have to do?

After Xia Yuan's death, the residents held another meeting that night. Most residents believed that the manager of the new building must be Li Yin. After all, he is the only one among the apartment residents who have lived four times in the blood.

In fact, the residents were very excited after listening to Ying Ziye’s instructions on how to implement the blood-word instructions. Because... this shows that as long as you find the hidden "life path" in the apartment, it is actually very simple to survive the blood-word instructions. For example, as long as you close your eyes, you can spend five days safely!

However, it just sounds simple. If you don’t know this, who would have closed your eyes for twenty-four hours?

In the end, everyone voted unanimously and the new building manager was... Li Yin.

A few more months have passed.

On this day... the apartment again showed blood-word instructions.

And this time the blood-word instructions... are extremely strange.

The content is: "On November 1, 2010, before 12:00 on that day, arrive at the top of Huayan Mountain on the outskirts of City K, and then start playing hide-and-seek. Select a 'ghost', and the others must hide and prevent the 'ghost' from being caught. During this period, you cannot leave Huayan Mountain. You can only return to the apartment after midnight that day."

"Catch...hide and seek?"

The selected residents were confused when they saw this line of blood words. What does this mean? Playing hide and seek on the mountain is like executing a blood word instruction? Where is it that simple?

So, Yang Lin, one of the selected residents, came to ask the new building manager Li Yin.

"I think it's impossible that it's that simple, just play hide-and-seek?" Yang Lin asked nervously: "Master, do you think there is something hidden in this?"

Li Yin also felt very strange. He was quite sure that the apartment was hidden in the blood-word instructions. If that trap was penetrated without any awareness, it would definitely be doomed.

However, he really couldn't figure out what this trap was, so he had to say to Yang Lin: "In short, the literal meaning must be abide by. After you reach the top of the mountain, you will choose a person to play hide-and-seek as a 'ghost'. Since it is said that it is hide-and-seek, it is naturally to hide so that people cannot find it. Then try to go to a place that is easy to hide on the mountain. Huayan Mountain is very large, so it is absolutely not difficult to hide. In addition,... Generally, hide-and-seek is hidden by everyone. Although there are two people hiding in the same place, just in case, try not to hide in a certain place with another person. I know that it is really terrible to act alone, but there is no way."

Yang Lin nodded and continued, "What does it mean if... is found? Will it die? Moreover, if a person who is a 'ghost' cannot find others, will he die?"

This is the most concerned issue for the selected residents. If this is the case, at least one person will die no matter what. Although I don’t know if this is the case, nothing can be guaranteed in this weird apartment.

Li Yin shook his head and said, "This possibility is not very high. The apartment does not exist to abuse us. Otherwise, there would be no one who was indicated by blood. We will definitely arrange a way out for life. If you say it, there will definitely be one person in desperate situations and no way out for life."

Li Yin's words relieved Yang Lin a lot. After all, he was instructed by four blood words, so his words were very convincing.

But despite this, how should we choose a "ghost"?

Voting? Lots? Shopa-scissors? Anyway, it is impossible for someone to recommend himself. Even if he is selected, the person who is a "ghost" may not be willing to be a "ghost". After all, the apartment has no designated method to choose a "ghost". However, there must be someone who is a "ghost", otherwise everyone will be manipulated by the shadow to commit suicide.

Li Yin also found it difficult to deal with this issue, so he had to say: "You can negotiate by yourself then. Someone must be a 'ghost'. There is no way. You can make a decision as soon as possible."

In November and January, at around 4 a.m., the selected residents set off.

This time, Chen Zhenxing, who was in charge of driving in Room 1304, is a very handsome young man with a gentle personality and a very popular person in the apartment. In addition to Yang Lin, there are three others, namely Tang Lanxuan, Zhang Lingfeng and Si Chen, who lives in Room 1215.

Yang Lin is a college student from science, but he has no job yet, and his mind is very quick and he is a little clever from time to time. Tang Lanxuan and Li Yin have a very good relationship and are quite talkative in character, but his very feminine name is often made fun of. Zhang Lingfeng has always been withdrawn and does not communicate with others, so everyone is not familiar with him. As for Si Chen, he is a fortune teller, and he always holds a deck of tarot cards.

Because he set out very early, he arrived at Huayan Mountain before eight o'clock and successfully reached the top.

Huayan Mountain is a big mountain on the outskirts of K City, but it is quite desolate. Legend has it that during the Republic of China, a group of robbers occupied the mountain and became kings, killing many innocent people, so there are many wronged souls. Because of this legend, except for some curiosity enthusiasts, most people do not like to come to this mountain, so Huayan Mountain deserves the four words "less people".

Standing on the top of the mountain and looking down, I saw only the bare valley, with few trees. There were weeds on the ground, but because few people came, there was not much garbage. The mountain seemed very empty, without any sound, and even the birds could not hear the sound, so the five of them felt deaf.

"What a depressing place." Yang Lin looked around from time to time, looked at his watch, and said, "Then... the time is still abundant. Let's decide first, who will be a 'ghost'."

Speaking of this, Si Chen took out a deck of tarot cards and said, "Why might as well use tarot cards to decide what?"

"Don't joke!" Yang Lin quickly stopped him and said, "Well, I think what if I decide to make a rock-scissor? If it's a lot of money, some people will definitely think there will be cheating. Is it just that the winner is a 'ghost' or the loser is a 'ghost'?"

After a long argument, I finally decided with stick-scissors, and the person who was a "ghost" was... Si Chen.

"It's me..." Si Chen sighed, squatted on the ground, spread the tarot card on it, and then drew a card and looked at it.

"How is it? What card is it?" Tang Lanxuan asked with concern: "What does it indicate?"

Si Chen quickly put the tarot card back and said, "No... nothing." He looked bad.

Everyone squatted together and discussed what to do next.

"Anyway, according to the instructions of the building manager," Yang Lin repeatedly explained to Si Chen: "You must come to us with all your heart and strength. We will hide in a hidden way and prevent you from finding it easily. Well, we all adjusted our phones to vibration, so that you can't find us through the ringtone of your phone."

Si Chen seemed worried at this moment: "What should I do if I can't find you..."

"It's okay," Chen Zhenxing comforted him, "The director said that the apartment will always leave us a way out."
Chapter completed!