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Today the kindergarten let out early, around 3 o'clock in the afternoon. After the kindergarten bus dropped off Xiao Mei, Lin Xinhui brought her to the park near the apartment.
Sitting on a long wooden bench next to the playground, Lin Xinhui opened the newly bought novel, but she still felt nervous and uneasy.
This park gives people a strange sense of tranquility as soon as they enter. Although the facilities in the playground are clean, they appear somewhat too simple, as if they are not quite suitable for this bustling urban area.
Sunlight filters through the cracks in the leaves, creating golden beams of light that make one feel as if they are in another world.
However, these beams of light occasionally distort, forming geometric shapes as if hiding some kind of message.
"Mom, I'm going to play with the ball!" Xiao Mei's voice broke the silence. She dashed towards a corner without looking back, holding her own ball.
Lin Xinhui put down the book and focused her attention on Xiao Mei.
She saw Xiao Mei as if she were having a conversation with the air, laughing happily. But in the amusement park, besides her and Xiao Mei, there seemed to be no one else.
Feeling uneasy, Lin Xinhui quickly walked towards Xiao Mei. "Xiao Mei, who are you playing with?"
Xiao Mei raised her head and smiled. "Mom, I'm playing with my new friends. They're a lot of fun!"
"New friends? Where are they?" Lin Xinhui clearly couldn't see anyone.
"They just left, saying they were going home." Xiao Mei picked up the soccer ball and lightly kicked it towards an empty space with no one around.
But at that moment, the soccer ball suddenly rolled under a big tree and disappeared.
"Mom, where's my ball?" Xiao Mei seemed a little anxious.
"It might have rolled under the tree. Let me help you look for it," Lin Xinhui stood up.
Walking to the tree, Lin Xinhui did not find the soccer ball, but instead saw a strange arrangement of stones, feeling that they were stacked to form a shape, although it had been scattered now, it was still possible to see that the previous person had wanted to stack them into a small mountain. She didn't think much of it, thinking that the children around here had stacked them up to play.
Lin Xinhui squatted down, trying to find Xiao Mei's lost soccer ball, carefully searching every corner under the tree, but still couldn't find the ball. Suddenly, her hand touched the scattered stones, this time noticing more details.
These stones are arranged in a strange pattern, resembling a complex symbol. Lin Xinhui feels that this is not the typical behavior of a child stacking stones. She slowly bends down, carefully observing the symbol, trying to understand its meaning.
As Lin Xinhui focuses on the symbol, a cool breeze blows by, bringing a strange sensation that sends shivers down her spine. She seems to hear a faint, indistinct whisper in the distance.
"Mom, did you find the soccer ball?" Xiao Mei walked over and saw Lin Xinhui buried in the ground.
Lin Xinhui was interrupted from her concentration and nervously turned to Xiao Mei. "Xiao Mei, let's go home now. It's strange here. We have a new soccer ball at home. You can play with that one first."
Xiao Mei nodded, sensing her mother's unease. Lin Xinhui stood up and took Xiao Mei back home. She decided to research these matters later, hoping to find some answers.
At around five in the afternoon, Lin Xinhui picked up the phone again, wanting to look up the past news about this apartment.
Suddenly, a few keywords popped into his mind, and even he didn't know why. He instinctively typed in "old apartment murder case" and other related keywords.
However, Lin Xinhui discovered a news article about a murder case that occurred here six years ago. The victim at that time was also a young girl.
In order to not make Xiao Mei and her husband feel pressured, Lin Xinhui decided not to reveal anything to them for now. No matter what happens here, she must first uncover what is wrong behind this apartment building.
Xiao Mei seemed to have sensed her mother's unease, but she was still too young to fully understand how to express it. So, she chose to run to the apartment corridor and play with a ball to distract herself.
Lin Xinhui felt a sudden tightness in her chest, especially when she thought of the strange series of events that had occurred in the apartment earlier. Just then, she heard a scream - it was Xiao Mei's voice. She quickly rushed out of the door and saw her daughter standing at the end of the hallway, her eyes filled with fear.
"Mom, they're gone!"
"Who's missing?" Lin Xinhui asked.
"My playmates were just standing over there, and then suddenly they disappeared!" Xiao Mei appeared quite anxious.
"Mom, I'm so scared!" Xiao Mei tightly grabbed Lin Xinhui's hand, trembling uncontrollably.
Lin Xinhui suppressed her own unease and smiled reassuringly at her daughter, saying, "Don't be afraid, Mom is here. Maybe those playmates have gone home for dinner."
"But they disappeared in the instant I turned around, without a sound or a shadow!" Xiao Mei's voice still carried a hint of crying.
At that moment, heavy footsteps approached from a distance, and a figure appeared at the end of the corridor. It was Liu Minhung, the security guard of this apartment building.
"What happened?" Liu Minhung walked up to them, looking very worried.
"Xiao Mei said her playmate suddenly disappeared. Have you seen any other children pass by here?" Lin Xinhui tried to stay calm and asked.
"I was patrolling downstairs and didn't see any other kids," Liu Minhung shook his head, then added mysteriously in a low voice, "But there are indeed some unusual things in this apartment building. You'd better be careful."
"Unusual things? Are you referring to..." Lin Xinhui hesitated, with a thousand thoughts running through her mind.
"Never mind, let's not mention it." Liu Minhung seemed hesitant. "Anyway, since you just moved in, it's best not to wander around, especially at night."
He continued, but his expression seemed somewhat unnatural: "If you need anything, I'll be in the security room on the first floor."
Xiao Mei held her mother's hand and said uneasily, "Mom, I don't want to play here anymore. I feel a little strange."
Lin Xinhui looked at his daughter's frightened eyes and became even more certain in his heart that this apartment building was definitely not simple.
At this moment, Mrs. Yang from the fourth floor suddenly appeared in their line of sight and said with a gentle smile, "Oh, children always tend to have a bit of an overactive imagination sometimes. Don't worry too much."
"But Mrs. Yang's smile sent a chill down Lin Xinhui's spine, as if there was some unknown secret hidden behind that smile.
"Well, maybe," Lin Xinhui tried to appear relaxed, but she had already made up her mind to find out what exactly this apartment was hiding, no matter what."
Only in this way can you ensure the safety of yourself and your family.
Watching Mrs. Yang walk away, Lin Xinhui felt that things were far from simple.
After returning home, she told Chen Hanlin about what happened to Xiao Mei today, and they both decided to be more cautious.
Late at night, Lin Xinhui wanted to find out if this apartment building had a hidden past. Continuing her online search from the afternoon, she discovered a murder case that occurred here six years ago.
Although the police ultimately determined it to be a simple case of a crime of passion, Lin Xinhui always felt that there was some connection to Xiao Mei's disappearance.
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