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By Moxadple gggPublished 3 years ago 15 min read

Zhao Dan has been floating in Beijing for these years, rented no less than five sets of houses, the number of this time the cheapest. Two rooms and a hall, kitchen and bathroom, household appliances, rent one of the single room, only five hundred a month, simply strange cheap.

  If you have to pick the bones in the eggs, the only bad thing is that the appliances are too old, the TV is still outdated big color TV; washing machine operation up the noise can catch up with the tractor; the most damaging is the refrigerator, although it is a rare super large, but pull open the door after the overwhelming odor, can put the dead alive.

  Zhao Dan grew up on the refrigerator this thing scared, because her grandmother said a sentence: "chicken, duck, fish, pigs, cattle and sheep, chopped into pieces in it, the refrigerator, in fact, is their coffin ......" This is the terminally ill grandmother in a coma, said the grandmother The same day, she died.

  Little Zhao Dan witnessed his father and uncles put his hardened grandmother into a rectangular crystal coffin. I don't know if she was too scared and hallucinated, but the moment she was put into the coffin, little Zhao Dan saw her grandmother pulling her waxy, oily face to speak: "Why did you put me in the refrigerator? I am not a chicken, duck and fish ......" Later, little Zhao Dan was sick for a whole month.

  "This refrigerator to catch up with the thatch pit! It stinks to high heaven!" The best friend Kiki, who was helping with the move, pinched her nose and came over, "Is it loaded with dead people?"

  "Yuck! Shut your crows mouth!" Zhao Dan scolded, "It's scary, I sleep alone at night!" Even Kiki herself could not imagine that a joke had become a prophecy.

  The next day, Zhao Dan home through the apartment building corner, was a rolling eyes of the beggar pulled the pants.

  "Girl, you have to beware of it ah!" The beggar opened his black hole mouth, revealing three broken teeth.

  "Beware of what?" Zhao Dan thought the beggar is in a different way to ask for money, so took out ten dollars to throw into the beggar's broken bowl.

  The beggar's white eyes blinked: "Do you know that you live in the set of the house had a murder? The police searched in the refrigerator that thing ...... this house how cheap no one dares to rent ah!"

  "What murder? You are not blind? How do you know I live there?" Zhao Dan asked.

  "My physical eyes are broken, but my mind's eye is open. In this street for so many years, there is no thing I do not know." The beggar said, "You have to be careful of it!"

  "Who is it? You say more clearly." Zhao Dan said.

  Beggar cloudy gaze over Zhao Dan's shoulder to look behind her. I do not know what I saw, the beggar stood up like electric shock, rolling and crawling away from the shadow, even the broken bowl containing money did not take.

  Zhao Dan looked back in wonder, the sun was dazzling white, but brought an inexplicable chill. The street was full of people, those strange eyes looked at her, time seemed to stop for a moment, and then returned to normal.

  Back at the apartment, Zhao Dan hesitated for a moment in front of the refrigerator and opened the door. The fridge was stuffed with orange peels, a method Kiki had found on the Internet to remove odor and deodorize. The layers of orange peels glowed with an eerie yellow light under the light of the refrigerator, as if there was some secret hidden inside.

  Zhao Dan threw the refrigerator door shut, her heart beating for no reason. She thought left and right, from the drawer to find the previous year's travel in Thailand to beg for a spiritual talisman, stick on the refrigerator door crack.

  If there are really any ghosts in the refrigerator, let this talisman seal them up! With this in mind, Zhao Dan felt a lot more secure.

  That said, but at night when she was lying alone in bed, the more she thought about it, the more scared she was. As she was lying there, a soft knocking sound suddenly sounded on the window glass.

  Zhao Dan carefully pulled up the corner of the curtain, the window is actually affixed to a festering eye!

  Zhao Dan shouted in fear, and a murmur of voices came from outside the window. A gust of wind blew the curtain open, and Zhao Dan saw a hunched figure in the darkness stumbling out of the bushes outside the window.

  Boom...

  The refrigerator's compressor rattled untimely.

  Police.

  At that moment, the sound of knocking sounded again. Zhao Dan shivered and his heart rose to his throat.

  This time the sound came from the front door.

  Zhao Dan saw through the cat's eye a tall, thin man standing outside the door. The man's face was distorted by the lens of the cat's eye and looked strange.

  "Who is it? What are you doing here so late? Be careful I call the police!" Zhao Dan shouted through the door, clutching the mop in his hand.

  "I am the police and have come to tell you something important." The thin man took out his ID from his pocket and waved it in front of the cat's eyes.

  Zhao Dan opened the door suspiciously.

  "I'm sorry to disturb you so late, but the situation is really urgent!" The tall thin man said, "Today a prisoner escaped from the prison. The prisoner was originally the owner of this house and was not in a good state of mind, so I came here especially to see if anything had happened."

  "The original owner of the house is a prisoner? What crime has he committed?"

  "What other crimes can there be? Family conflict, his wife cheated on him, so he killed his wife and put himself in jail. The guy actually loves his wife ...... in prison he has been in a trance. This accidentally let him escape, just afraid that he will do something stupid."

  "What are the characteristics of that person?" Zhao Dan asked.

  "The man is a big tall man, in prison every day crying, eyes are rotten." The policeman said and handed a photo to Zhao Dan.

  "It's him!" Zhao Dan exclaimed. Isn't this the same person who just knocked on the window outside?

  The policeman listened to Zhao Dan's story and said, "I guess he will come back. Can you stay somewhere else for a few days? It's better not to stay here."

  After sending the police away, Zhao Dan immediately called Kiki. She only has this one friend in the city, so it should be okay to squeeze in at her place.

  It was Kiki's boyfriend, Da Gao, who answered the phone. As soon as you hear the tone of Da Gao's voice, Zhao Dan knows that they are at odds again.

  "Kiki hasn't been home for a few days, so she's angry about something trivial." Da Gao said, "I always thought she was at your place."

  "No." Zhao Dan said, "Go to the company to look for it, their company has a room for overtime employees to rest, could she be there?"

  Kiki's house was out of the question.

  The police have noticed this place, it should be fine. Zhao Dan reassured himself.

  Zhao Dan had nightmares all night long. In a trance, she saw the festering eye staring at her from the glass window above her bed. It was hard to stay awake until dawn, so Zhao Dan freshened up and rushed to work as if she had never been so active since she started working.

  Just out the door, she saw a familiar smiling face. It was the policeman from last night.

  "Good morning, Mr. Policeman!" Zhao Dan shouted.

  "Shh!" The police officer whispered, "The chief sent me on patrol, just call me Xiao Zheng, don't reveal my identity in plain clothes."

  Zhao Dan laughed so hard he couldn't stand up.

  After work, Xiao Zheng is still there. Zhao Dan pulled him home to eat a dinner, he refused to agree.

  At night, it is rare to sleep so sweetly, but a phone call woke Zhao Dan. Who was calling at 1:00 in the morning?

  A cry came from the other end of the line.

  "Is it Kiki? What's wrong? Don't cry, talk slowly." Zhao Dan's heart was racing.

  The call stopped abruptly. A "buzzing" sound came from the kitchen. Is it the refrigerator? I thought the power was unplugged?

  Zhao Dan walked into the kitchen. It was the compressor of the refrigerator, and the Thai talisman sealed on the refrigerator had long been removed.

  Pop -

  There was a strange banging sound coming from the refrigerator. Is there someone in the refrigerator? What would be in the refrigerator?

  Wei Wei

  Zhao Dan violently pulled the refrigerator door open, and a black thing popped out from inside - surprisingly, it was a large carp.

  The orange peel in the refrigerator disappeared, and some vegetables and fruits were put inside.

  "It's the vegetables I bought, the orange peel inside was put into a plastic bag by me, I don't know if you still want it." A female voice rang out behind him.

  Zhao Dan turned around to see a girl with long hair and wearing white pajamas.

  "Who are you? How did you get in?" Zhao Dan took two steps back.

  "The landlord gave me the key. I live next door to you and just moved in today. I haven't introduced myself yet, my name is Wei Wei." The girl held out her hand.

  "I'm Zhao Dan." Zhao Dan shook Wei Wei's hand, "It seems that you were also pitted by the landlord."

  Before the words left his mouth, the sound of breaking glass came from the hall.

  "Don't run!" Outside the window, Xiao Zheng chased a tall figure running into the darkness.

  Zhao Dan told Wei Wei about the rental room from beginning to end, and the more he spoke, the more scared he felt. The two people seem like animals warming each other in the winter, huddled together in fear.

  The next day to see Xiao Zheng a question, or failed to catch up with the prisoner. Zhao Dan's heart is particularly unsettled. This matter seems to be broken in the flesh of the thorn, a day not resolved, a day can not be painful. Especially how can not contact Kiki, but also let Zhao Dan restlessness.

  After working late into the night, Zhao Dan returned to his place and just opened the door, he saw the room in a mess. After all, someone had broken into the room! Is it the prisoner?

  Zhao Dan closed the door and walked into the hall, a thought flashed through her mind, she could not help but tremble - when opening the door, she turned the key several times before unscrewing the door, which means that the door is locked. If there is no key, the only way to unlock the door is from inside the house, which means that the culprit is still here!

  At that moment, there was a rattling and a cough from the next bedroom - it was a man's voice. It was too late to exit again! Zhao Dan hurriedly flashed into the adjacent kitchen.

  Footsteps were coming closer, the man had entered the hall and was coming toward the kitchen.

  Where could I hide? In a panic, Zhao Dan saw the refrigerator. Pulling open the door and seeing what was inside, Zhao Dan was startled.

  This time, there was really someone in the refrigerator, it was Wei Wei.

The frightening refrigerator

  Wei Wei waved his hand to tell Zhao Dan to keep quiet, and instructed her to also hide in the refrigerator.

  Zhao Dan got into the refrigerator. This refrigerator is really big, two people do not feel crowded.

  Listen to the sound, the person has entered the kitchen.

  "Where are you? My baby?" From the kitchen came the man's sad voice, "Why are you hiding from me?"

  The man walked to the refrigerator and stopped in his tracks.

  "Wei Wei, are you in the refrigerator? Ah! Yes, you're in the fridge, I killed you and put you in there! I killed you! It was me!" The man held his head and curled into a ball in front of the refrigerator and cried out, "You don't know how much I love you!"

  The man spoke of Wei Wei. Wei Wei is the wife of the man who cheated on her! 10 years ago, Wei Wei was killed!

  Zhao Dan felt breathless, indescribable chill rose from the bottom of her feet, and the body of Wei Wei next to her became so cold and hard, like the ice of the Arctic.

  Zhao Dan shivered and pressed the inner light of the refrigerator. The light came on, and Zhao Dan was horrified to find that the body she was huddled with was clearly a corpse, a long-dead corpse.

  Zhao Dan looked at the corpse's face. The corpse was no other than her long-lost best friend, Kiki.

  "Kiki!" Zhao Dan covered his mouth and almost fainted.

  Teardrops that had been condensed for a long time flowed from Kiki's fogged eyes, slowly sliding towards her purple-black lips.

  Fear and grief to the extreme, Zhao Dan actually came up with courage. She trembled and reached out her hand to close Kiki's eyes: "Kiki, wait for me to avenge you!"

  Zhao Dan searched the refrigerator and found a folded fruit knife from Kiki's pocket.

  "Heaven's will! Kiki, you in heaven bless me!"

  "Damn! I'll fight with you!" Zhao Dan did not hesitate to push open the refrigerator door.

  Xiao Zheng

  Outside the refrigerator was empty. At some point, the man had left the kitchen.

  Zhao Dan tiptoed into the hall, ah, the man was lying asleep in the living room, holding a half bottle of beer. The beer gurgled out of the bottle.

  Zhao Dan raised his knife high to stab down, the man suddenly reached out and held her wrist.

  "Wei Wei, I have all the money for you ...... you do not go with him. I have a large sum of money, all for you, the password is ...... you do not go with him." The man murmured.

  Zhao Dan shook off his hand and raised the knife again. An eerie laugh suddenly sounded behind her, while someone pushed her from behind. She stumbled and fell to the ground, and the knife in her hand was thrown far away.

  Zhao Dan looked back and found that the one who pushed her down was the old beggar on the corner.

  The old beggar is not old at all at this time, he took off the fake eyes, straighten the arms and legs, is actually a stout big man.

  "At first scare you, you do not go, now you want to go can not go!" The beggar pulled out the large hemp rope, three times will Zhao Dan and the man are tied up.

  "What is the password he just told you?" The beggar used a knife to scratch around Zhao Dan's body, "You both know the password, I can only leave one alive!"

  "Who the hell are you?" Zhao Dan asked.

  "I? I was a villain 10 years ago, playing the beggar to live for so many years, I'm tired of living! As long as I get his money, I can go far away to live abroad in peace!" The big man pointed his sharp knife at the man lying on the ground.

  "Why did you kill Kiki? She has no grudge against you!" Zhao Dan said.

  "What Kiki? Not hooked by a ghost to life, right?" The big man laughed, "I haven't killed anyone in years, today I would like to open the meat!"

  "Wei ...... lat." At this point, the man lying on the ground reached out his hand and pointed to the dark side of the house.

  The big man laughed contemptuously: "Don't play this with me, play a bad trick!"

  But he still looked back toward where the man was pointing, and there was really a figure standing there.

  "Who is it?" The big man asked alertly.

  Just as he was about to make a move, a shot rang out from the shadows and he fell to the ground with his mouth wide open.

  The figure came out of the shadows, it was police officer Xiao Zheng.

  "Two birds with one stone, this time it's a great achievement!" Xiao Zheng untied the rope on Zhao Dan, "I heard your conversation, he told you the bank card password?"

  Zhao Dan nodded.

  "Did you write it down?" Xiao Zheng asked.

  "I wrote it down. I often need to remember people's cell phone numbers in my normal work, remembering a bank password is nothing." Zhao Dan said.

  "You ...... are you ......" The man on the ground seemed to have sobered up and when he saw Xiao Zheng, he struggled to get up from the ground and crashed headlong into him.

  Xiao Zheng unceremoniously grabbed his hair, using the momentum to send forward, he hit the corner of the refrigerator head on. The refrigerator "clang" earthquake. Among the loud noise, Zhao Dan vaguely heard a woman's scream.

  The man slid to the ground against the refrigerator door, drawing long trails of blood on the door.

  "Money, I worked hard to earn money all for you, but in the end you still want to go with someone else!" The man stared, spoke to a patch of air in front of him, and gulped.

  "Just like that, he died." Xiao Zheng said disdainfully and pulled Zhao Dan's hand, "Come with me to the bureau to take a statement."

  The first thing you need to do is to get in the car, Zhao Dan always felt that something was wrong. Although Xiao Zheng is a police officer, the man and the big man are absconding criminals, but how can Xiao Zheng say kill people on it?

  Epilogue

  The car is driving on an unfamiliar road, with barren mountains and cliffs on either side.

  "The police station is not in this direction!" Zhao Dan said.

  "This case is a mega case, we have to go to a special place to take statements." Xiao Zheng opened the car drawer and pulled out a piece of paper from it, "The most important thing is that bank password, you write it down first, don't forget."

  The shadows of the street light crossed the rearview mirror of the car, Zhao Dan vaguely saw a human face emerge on the rearview mirror, with features like Wei Wei, and like Kiki. The human face twisted and seemed to be saying something.

  Zhao Dan learned her mouth pattern and found that she was mechanically repeating two words.

  Fierce ...... hands ...... fierce ...... hands ......

  Zhao Dan glanced at a stack of things in the car drawer.

  "The pen is out of oil, I'll find a pen." Zhao Dan excused himself and rummaged in the drawer. The stack was a variety of documents, press cards, officer cards, police cards and so on, documents without exception are pasted with Xiao Zheng's photo.

  "Work needs, I do plainclothes well, often need a variety of identity cover." Xiao Zheng said.

  "I want to go home!" Zhao Dan said, "Send me home, I will write the password to you."

  "Back to what? There are three corpses at home, you are not afraid of ah?" Xiao Zheng said.

  Zhao Dan's heart was completely cold - how did Xiao Zheng know there was a corpse in the refrigerator? There is only one possibility: Xiao Zheng killed Kiki and stuffed her into the refrigerator!

  Xiao Zheng sensed the clues, he was silent for a while and said coldly: "If that girl hadn't bumped into me at your house looking for the bankbook and keys, I wouldn't have asked for her life. Killing a handful of people is nothing to me, you'd better be good and tell me the password, I'll give you a sum of money to ensure that the rest of your life without worries, or ......"

  Xiao Zheng pulled out a sharp knife from under the car seat and put it on Zhao Dan's neck.

  As the sharp knife approached Zhao Dan, she heard a voice as thin as a mosquito ringing in her ears, "Lend me your body, okay?" Zhao Dan subconsciously nodded her head.

  An unnamable chill came over Xiao Zheng, who felt something was wrong. He turned his head and found that the Zhao Dan next to him had long been Zhao Dan, but a stiff, purple frozen corpse. The corpse's face was changing, one moment it was Kiki, one moment it was Wei Wei, and the next moment it was back to Zhao Dan.

  The carriage became extremely cold, the windows frosted over and made the sound of crunching glass breaking ......

Horror

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