Stay where the light is - chug, chug, chug

The faint flame of the match flickered close to the kerosene lamp. The cotton cord wick was lit, and the dim light spread out gradually, scattering the surrounding darkness.

The figure exposed in front of the lamp throws the fire log and covers the glass.

Lit wick tends to be stable, the figure briefly left the lamp range, then the door closed sound.

Hua -

The string of keys streaked parabola down onto the sofa, glanced around the now-familiar detective agency, and adjusted the kerosene lamp to radiate throughout the house.

There is no hiding place in the darkness, hiding in the corner, waiting for an opportunity to move.

Lu Li sat down in the thickened chair behind his desk, half his face hidden in the shadow of the lamp, thinking quietly.

The last embers in the sky are about to fade, and every inhabited house in Port Rhodes is lighted with oil. Rarer lights were lit only around government facilities and in aristocratic mansions.

Today is the third day that Lu Li suddenly appeared in this world.

After learning that the world was not on Earth and that the technology was in the early stages of the Industrial Revolution, Mr. Lu took the phone apart and sold it to a few merchants or artists with a taste for special collections in exchange for the property, a few shillings and the freedom to walk around.

In order to get information about the world, he first went to the tavern to listen to the guests and got the key message: "After dark, stay in the light."

As every resident knows, even a hard-drinking alcoholic will go home with an oil lamp after getting drunk in a pub.

Everyone tries to keep themselves in the light after dark, and even homeless people move to government facilities as night falls to rest under electric lights.

The reason is unclear.

The whole thing smells weird.

Lu Liben suspected that this sentence is kerosene company in order to obtain higher profits and the result of capital operations, but after the ghost event during the day, things seem not so simple.

After the tavern's success, Lu's next move was to the local library, before getting word that the Belfast library had been caught in a fire a few months earlier and was now a deserted ruin.

Lu Li settled for the next best thing, trying to learn a part of the world view from passers-by. Strangely, everyone was taboo about it, and didn't want to talk about it too much, for fear of being haunted by something ominous.

The Strange and Strange Detective Agency was created. What better way to run around and ask questions than to be a detective?

As a result, Lu has searched around and solved several cases of haunting that are not haunted. Until today, he has been able to peek into this corner of the world -- whether it is true or not is unclear.

Maybe I should stay out of the light at night and learn the world's deeper secrets, but it's too risky.

Even if it turns out to be just a rumour spread by Belfast City Council to keep its citizens from going out at night.

The quartz clock on the table said 6:25, and it was getting dark earlier than usual because of the lingering mist.

The land falls out of the window, and the light from every window is like the stars, all over the port of Rhodes.

He thought back to the psychiatrist's last words before he left.

"If you don't tell a second story, there's a good chance you're haunted. Just in case, you can spend the next few days with your friends. You can also stay in a crowded area. Ghosts rarely attack in crowds. And remember: always stay where there is light."

Staying in the light is like drinking hot water on Earth.

The sight restores the focus, Lu Li picks up the phone, wants to call a friend to come over to add some popularity.

Stop when your finger is about to touch the turntable and slowly pull back.

He remembered that he had no friends yet.

Leaning back into the seat back, Lu Li closed her eyes and rested for a while.

Tick tock -- tick tock

The quartz clock on the desk chimed day and night as the minutes ticked away.

The body on the seat gradually relaxed, fell into sleep......

"You think it's someone else, but it's me!"

A voice like thunder rang out in my head.

Lu Li woke up, open the black eyes shrink into needle, for a long time he reacted, slightly spit out a turbidized gas.

It's 8:00 on the desk.

The lights outside the window have become more, not less.

The sound of the ship's siren could be heard in the distance, echoing in the night sky.

My eyes fell on the table, where there was another pending investigation, about a lumberjack named John who was haunted by a ghost.

Raised the palm, Lu Li is trying to pick up the information.

Tick, tick, tick --

In the eerily quiet detective room, the sound of rolling marbles suddenly rang out.

The arm stops in mid-air and draws back little by little. Lu Li raised her head and stared at the yellowing white ceiling, her eyes moving with the rolling sound.

Is a ghost? Or was it a coincidence?

A few seconds later the rolling sound disappeared, Lu Li waiting intently.

GuLiuLiu -

Lu Li suddenly withdraw vision, looking at the sofa in the corner of the sitting room.

A clear glass ball rolled out of the gap under the sofa, like an eye, like a child's prank rolled all the way to the ground.

There was no time for Lu Li to look down at the glass ball and pick it up. The next moment, a sudden cry of a baby sounded out of the window.

Whoa whoa whoa

The shrill cry of a baby is very penetrating and disturbing on a quiet night.

Lu Li frowns, hesitating to look at the window, crying suddenly disappeared.

Is this a repeat of what you heard during the day?

At this point, the curtains fluttered up as if the wind were blowing -- but the window was closed.

Lu Li remained silent, motionless, watching what was happening.

The curtains subsided in half a minute.

First the glass ball, then the baby crying, then the vision of the curtain, and then...

Hua -

Strange noises like turning came from the kitchen.

Lu left unmoved, and the kind of strange noise also did not have the slightest sign to stop. This weird standoff lasted a few minutes, Lu Li finally stood up and walked to the kitchen.

This is an old house. Rats are not surprising.

Lu Li took off her black windbreaker, hung it on a hanger near the door, rolled up her shirt sleeves and walked to the kitchen.

On the way to the table, Lu Li picked up the kitchen knife in the fruit bowl and held it with his back hand.

As he neared the kitchen, the noise suddenly disappeared.

Lu Li, who had no mood fluctuation, stood at the door, scanned the kitchen, withdrew her eyes, went to the sink, put the kitchen knife next to her, and turned on the tap.

Hua.

The sound of water, the sound of flowing water and the cool feeling of clear water.

Lu Li was motionless, staring at the pool.

A pale face, like a latte on coffee, twisted and deformed, oozed sticky out of the water.