I can rewind time to prevent death-Chapter 747 - 434 Hide and Seek

Early in the morning, Zhou Wenfei picked some vegetables he had grown in the yard and came into the kitchen to wash a few fresh leaves.

Opening the fridge, he saw the leftovers were all gone, so he took out two packets of instant noodles from the cupboard and boiled half a pot of water in the noodle pot.

He tore open the packaging of the instant noodles, only taking out two noodle cakes and throwing all the seasoning packets into the trash bin.

Zhou Wenfei always ate his instant noodles like this; he didn’t like the taste of the seasoning packets, so he would add his own condiments and chili sauce, then mix them with the cooked noodles to eat.

The water in the pot soon came to a boil, and he tossed in the noodle cakes, letting them cook a bit longer. Just before they were ready, he added the freshly washed vegetable leaves.

After stirring in the pot a couple of times, the leaves were essentially ready to eat and were scooped out with the noodles.

A bit of lard was placed in the bowl; the mixed noodles still smelled somewhat appealing, but Zhou Wenfei seemed to have little appetite.

He ate as if merely completing a task, returning to the living room and sitting down in a chair to wolf it down.

After tossing the bowl into the sink without any intention of washing it, he walked over to the table, picked up the teapot to weigh it in his hand, and then poured himself half a cup of cold tea, gulping it down before plopping back into the chair without getting up again.

Moments later, he lit a cigarette, took a couple of drags, then reached back to lift a corner of the curtain behind him and peeked outside.

The streetlights outside the courtyard were already on; since they were bright, he hadn’t bothered replacing the burnt-out lightbulb in the yard after his parents passed away.

In his subconscious, the less attention he drew, the better. In this era of frequent strangenesses, if a light was shining in the yard every night, what if it caught the attention of something sinister?

Now that he had never changed the bulb himself, it was unfortunate that he was still tormented by those nightmarish dreams.

Keeping a low profile, always keeping a low profile.

If it wasn’t for his fear of the dark after turning off the lights in the house, he would have done it before dusk. Even so, he didn’t dare replace them with dimmer ones.

Dim light could also breed fear in people’s hearts.

Zhou Wenfei was different from most people in Aries District; he wasn’t the careless type, nor was he slow in his actions. He was actually very cautious in his daily routine.

For instance, the reason he didn’t wash the dishes just now was that he discovered some blocked vegetable leaves in the sink, and beneath those leaves, when he glanced earlier, he thought he saw black threads.

Not daring to look too closely, he suspected those black threads might be hair.

How could there be hair in the sink? And why hadn’t he seen it when he was washing dishes before? These were factors that could easily bring trouble, so Zhou Wenfei decided not to touch it recklessly.

If it were someone else, they might have pulled out whatever was clogging the sink.

But what if pulling it made things worse?

That was what Zhou Wenfei was considering. Or what if pulling it out brought up some bizarre thing attached to the hair? Then he would be in real trouble.

The more he thought about it, the more his heart fluttered. He got up and closed the kitchen door, intending to lock it, but the sliding door’s lock had long been broken, so he had no choice but to give up.

Dealing with the strange stuff in the sink was a task best left for tomorrow in broad daylight, or he could intentionally call the neighbor over so they could clean it up when more people were around.

As a typical recluse, he hadn’t paid the TV fee, had disconnected his bank card and phone, and hadn’t gone to the counter to reactivate them. So, he just sat there alone at home, heavy with thoughts, continuously smoking.

The room was filled with smoke.

Zhou Wenfei glanced at the time on his phone; it was almost ten o’clock.

His thumb involuntarily went to the call interface, looking at the “4747” phone numbers in a row, and he couldn’t help but want to press it, but at last, he managed to restrain himself.

He didn’t want to really upset the Exorcists; if they not only refused to help him but also decided not to take him in and instead locked up his house, making him fend for himself, that would be quite a situation.

Playing that game with that woman every night.

Just thinking about the terror he felt when that woman appeared made Zhou Wenfei shudder, and he finished off his 11th cigarette, crushing the butt into the already overflowing ashtray.

He didn’t wash his face or rinse his mouth before heading straight into the bedroom next door.

His parents’ bedroom was in the room diagonally across, but it was accessible only by going through the yard, so he never planned on moving there to sleep.

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Moreover, after his parents died, he always felt an eerie presence in that room. Although he knew they wouldn’t harm him even if they turned into Spirits, he couldn’t shake the creepy feeling, which was impossible to dispel.

In fact, Zhou Wenfei now intentionally avoided looking in the direction of his parents’ bedroom. He was contemplating whether to demolish that side of the building and turn it into a small orchard.

After entering the bedroom, he turned on the light and then went back to the living room to turn it off. Clutching his phone, he swiftly returned to the bedroom as soon as the living room light went out, as if something was following him.

Upon entering the bedroom, Zhou Wenfei didn’t look back but immediately closed the bedroom door behind him.

Click!

The door was locked.

Now he finally felt a bit more secure.

A quick glance enclosed the space of the bedroom, the most secure place at this moment.

“Tonight, I’ll sleep till dawn without any dreams!” Zhou Wenfei stretched his arms, muttering words of self-encouragement.

He went to the bathroom to pee, then came out and closed the bathroom door. After getting into bed, he watched some videos on his phone and then went straight to sleep with his head covered.