The Ritual

Your parents have been arguing lately, and your mother seems strange. She's often distracted, secretly asking you how to transfer money to others... Sometimes she silently waves her hands at home as if performing some ritual. One evening after dinner, your father goes out for a walk, and your mother sneaks out too. Suspicious, you follow her... Ah, so that's what it is...

Your mother is doing square dancing. Your father thought she was having an affair. The money transfers were for buying team dance costumes, and the hand-waving was dance practice. To avoid disturbing neighbors, all the square-dancing aunties wear headphones and dance silently, making it look like some mysterious ritual.


The News

A man returns home from work, turns on the TV to watch the news, and faints.

The man works at a haunted house attraction and is responsible for cleaning up after it closes. There are many prop corpses in the haunted house. While cleaning, he saw a very realistic prop corpse. He didn't think much of it, just admiring the craftsmanship of it while cleaning. After finishing work and returning home, he turned on the TV to watch the news. The news reported a missing person case and showed a photo of the missing person - it was the 'prop' he had seen in the haunted house. He fainted from shock.


Half a Matchstick

A man's body is found in the desert, holding half a matchstick. His luggage is found nearby. It's known that he died from a fall. Please deduce what happened.

He was on a hot air balloon tour in the desert with a group. Halfway through, the balloon ran out of fuel. To keep flying, they threw out all their luggage, but it wasn't enough. They decided to draw lots using matchsticks - whoever drew the short one would be thrown off. He drew the short matchstick and was pushed out, falling to his death.

They drew matches and fell to death from the hot air balloon


The Tunnel

A man takes a train to a neighboring town for medical treatment. After the treatment, he's completely cured. On the way back, as the train passes through a tunnel, the man jumps off to commit suicide. Why?

His illness was an eye disease that had left him completely blind. After the treatment, his eyesight was restored. When the train entered the tunnel, the sudden darkness made him think he had gone blind again, causing him to panic and jump off the train in despair.

He went to see a doctor for a physical illness, not a mental one


The Forgery

'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back' 'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back' 'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back' 'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back' 'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back' 'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back'

Oh no, I think I'm in trouble.

I killed my wife and am trying to forge evidence to make it look like she just ran away from home. But after writing it several times, I still can't imitate my wife's handwriting convincingly.

This is a conversation between two people


The Seaweed

A man goes for a walk by the river, chats with a fisherman, and then jumps into the river to commit suicide after the fisherman tells him something.

Years ago, a couple was playing by the river when the girl accidentally fell in. The boy jumped in to save her, but due to the strong current, he only managed to grab what he thought was seaweed. He couldn't save her. Years later, he returns to the river and talks to a fisherman. The fisherman tells him there has never been any seaweed in this fast-flowing river. The man realizes what he grabbed was actually the girl's hair, and overcome with grief, he jumps into the river.

The fisherman said that sentence intentionally


The Midnight Train

Five minutes before midnight, a man boards a train. He looks strange and starts asking passengers their ages. 'Ma'am, are you 28?' 'How did you know?' 'Sir, are you 55?' 'Yes.' He correctly guesses everyone's age. 'Granny, are you 69?' 'Yes, I'll be 70 in 5 minutes.' Hearing this, the man turns pale.

The man has a superpower to foresee people's ages at death, but he can't see his own. After boarding the train, he notices that everyone seems to be about the same age as their death age. Finding this strange, he tests his theory by asking a few people, discovering they will all die this year. When the grandmother says she is 69 and she'll be 70 in 5 minutes, he realizes the train will have an accident within 5 minutes, killing everyone on board.

In 5 minutes, if there's no accident, the mother-in-law will turn 70


The 18th Floor

Xiaoming lives on the 18th floor. Sometimes when he returns home, he takes the elevator directly to the 18th floor, but other times he goes to the 15th floor and walks up. Why?

Xiaoming is still a kid, unable to reach the 18th-floor-button. However, when he's carrying an umbrella, he can use it to press the button.

Xiao Ming can't reach the 18th floor button on sunny days, but can use an umbrella to press it on rainy days


Half a Matchstick


The Best Friend

Thomas visits his wife's best friend's house for the first time with his wife. After returning home, his wife wants a divorce. Why?

Thomas's wife saw that his phone automatically connected to her best friend's WiFi.


The Tunnel


Exchanging Photos

I exchange photos with an online friend I've known for a short time. After seeing his photo, I break out in a cold sweat.

I recently met a new online friend, and we got along well. One day, I suggested exchanging photos to see what each other looked like. After I sent my photo, he waited a while and then sent back the same photo of me. I found it strange, but when I looked closely, I noticed a foot sticking out from under the bed in the photo. This online friend was hiding in my room.


The Lost Phone

My phone disappeared. When I found it, I was shocked.

My friend and I went clubbing. After drinking and dancing for a while, I sat down to rest and realized my phone was missing. So I asked my friend to call my phone. A strange man's voice answered, but the club was too noisy and the call was cut off before we could ask anything. I returned home feeling dejected, only to find my phone on the bedside table. I suddenly remembered I hadn't taken my phone out at all that day. I've always lived alone, and I couldn't help but feel a chill run down my spine...


The Washing Machine

At night, a poor scavenger brings home a washing machine he found. In the middle of the night, he wakes up startled, thinking he heard the washing machine start.

A murderer had dismembered a body and put the parts in the washing machine. He transported the body parts to the outskirts. When the scavenger found the washing machine in his three-wheeled cart, the killer had just finished removing all the body parts and was digging a hole nearby. By the time the killer realized, the scavenger had already driven off with the washing machine. So the killer followed the scavenger home and snuck in to start the washing machine, trying to clean off the blood evidence inside.

The washing machine's owner wants to harm him


The Little Red Dress

My sister chose a little red dress for me. I wore it to school, and when I came home that night, I found a dead body.

My mother was having an affair with my teacher. They would meet whenever my father was away. The little red dress was a signal to the teacher, indicating that my father wouldn't be home that night. That day, my mother was busy, so my sister chose the red dress for me. The teacher saw it and came to our house thinking my father was away, but he was caught by my father, who then killed him.


The Woman in the Pink Dress

Your new neighbor is a young man living alone. One day, returning home after a late-night snack, you see a woman with long hair, wearing a pink dress and heavy makeup, enter your neighbor's apartment. Late at night, you hear arguing and things being thrown, which is particularly jarring in the quiet hallway. The next day, you see a shredded pink dress and a bunch of long hair in the garbage bag outside your neighbor's door. When you ask your neighbor about it, he stammers and refuses to explain... Should you call the police? What happened?

Your neighbor is a man with a cross-dressing fetish, which is why he lives alone. His family doesn't know about this and keeps pressuring him to get married, so he moved out of his parents' home. That day, he returned home after cross-dressing and you saw him. Unexpectedly, his mother was waiting for him at home. Seeing her son in women's clothing, they had a big argument, and his mother cut up his pink dress and wig. This is what actually happened.

The argument was because of something the man did


The Washing Machine

The one operating the washing machine is not human


The Forgery


The Best Friend

Thomas and the best friend really met for the first time


The Washing Machine

The scavenger started the washing machine


The Slide

There's a park near programmer Xiao Wang's home. Every day when Xiao Wang passes the park after working overtime, he sees a terrified child in a plaid shirt standing by the slide. One day, Xiao Wang doesn't work overtime and decides to try the slide on a whim. After sliding down, Xiao Wang is shocked. What did Xiao Wang see?

It turns out Xiao Wang saw himself as he usually is when returning home from work. The slide is a time machine, and when Xiao Wang slid down, he turned into a child. The plaid shirt the child was wearing is actually programmer Xiao Wang's shirt.


Half a Matchstick

There were other people on the hot air balloon the man once rode


The Slide

What Xiao Wang saw was similar to what the terrified child saw


The Tunnel

He committed suicide because he saw the hospital


Fish

I used to be a sailor, but now I feel sick and shake when I see fish. I'm always afraid to see fish.

I used to be a sailor. Once when we were at sea, for some reason, my sailor companions died one after another. Those of us who survived, in order to continue living, used the flesh of our dead companions as bait to catch fish. Days passed, and we were finally rescued. Because seeing fish always reminds me of using our dead companions' flesh as bait, since then, I feel sick and disgusted when I see fish. I'm afraid to see fish every time thenafter.

When at sea before, he ate his colleague thinking it was a fish


The Diary

February 2019: My daughter stopped going to school. I can't persuade her.
June 2019: My daughter stares at the TV and computer all day. I'm worried she'll damage her eyes.
December 2019: My daughter seems a bit more cheerful. I see her often voice chatting with friends.
March 2020: My daughter smiled, saying she did something great. I'm happy too.
May 2020: My daughter's condition has worsened. She doesn't sleep at night and won't talk to me.
June 2020: Our household expenses seem unusually high lately. Hmm... am I scatterbrained?
October 2020: My daughter goes out now that the pandemic has eased. She seems to have more friends. That's great.
February 2021: I received a lawyer's letter with my daughter's name on it. How can this be?!
August 2021: I've grounded my daughter.

The daughter refused to go to school for some reason. In June, she became obsessed with a popular TV series. By December, she had joined the fan club of the show's star, Xiao Zhan. During this time, she was acting as an online 'water army' for Xiao Zhan. In March 2020, the AO3 website was reported and blocked. In May, Xiao Zhan faced widespread boycott from netizens, and investors began to reconsider their involvement. In June, a digital album was released, and the daughter stole money from home to buy it. As the pandemic eased, she continued to participate in fan activities but gradually began to see its true nature. In February 2021, Xiao Zhan sued his 'haters'. In August, he won the case, and fans were fined 30,000 yuan. The parent in the story then grounded their daughter completely.

The daughter was once involved in online trolling


Fish


The Forgery

The trouble he encountered was disappointing others


Fish

When I was a sailor, I mistook fish for something else


The Tunnel


The Midnight Train

The train will have an accident at 12:00


The Condition

A boy has liked a girl for a long time. His grades are very poor. The girl says if they can both enter the same university, she'll agree to be his girlfriend. He manages to do it, but the girl goes insane. Please deduce what happened.

The girl applied to a medical university. In the end, the girl entered the medical school, but the boy didn't pass the entrance exam. The girl went insane because she didn't expect the boy to enter the same university as her in the capacity of a cadaver for her anatomy class.

The woman thinks the boy can't pass the exam


The Condition


The Little Red Dress

This little red dress was worn by the sister before


The Little Red Dress


The News

A man returns home from work, turns on the TV to watch the news, and faints.

The man works at a haunted house attraction and is responsible for cleaning up after it closes. There are many prop corpses in the haunted house. While cleaning, he saw a very realistic prop corpse. He didn't think much of it, just admiring the craftsmanship of it while cleaning. After finishing work and returning home, he turned on the TV to watch the news. The news reported a missing person case and showed a photo of the missing person - it was the 'prop' he had seen in the haunted house. He fainted from shock.


The Elevator

I enter the elevator to go to school. As it rises, I realize I'll never be able to go to school again.

On Monday morning, urged by my mother, I absent-mindedly enter the elevator to go to school. After the doors close, being still sleepy, I forget to press the button for the first floor. As the elevator continues to rise, I realize my mistake and am about to press the first floor button when the elevator suddenly stops. The doors slowly open, and I see a dead girl lying in a pool of blood, with a man cleaning up the scene... The man hears the noise and suddenly turns to look at me, his eyes fixed on my hand. Startled, I frantically press the door close button. Just as the elevator is about to close, a blood-covered hand reaches in. I'll never be able to go to school again because I'm about to be killed by the murderer. (The elevator was going up because the girl had pressed the button for help before being killed.)

Someone is pressing the elevator button upstairs


The High Heels

A lady buys a pair of red high heels from a shoe store. These heels foreshadow her death that night.

The lady is a performer in a circus troupe. That day, she bought a pair of red high heels. That night, she wore these heels for her performance. Her act involved balancing an apple on her head while another male performer threw a knife at the apple. However, because her new high heels were a few centimeters taller than what she usually wore, the male performer, who hadn't adjusted for this, accidentally threw a knife into her head.


The Forgery

'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back' 'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back' 'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back' 'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back' 'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back' 'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back'

Oh no, I think I'm in trouble.

I killed my wife and am trying to forge evidence to make it look like she just ran away from home. But after writing it several times, I still can't imitate my wife's handwriting convincingly.

I did something that caused someone else to die


The Woman in the Pink Dress


The Diary

The daughter's high expenses are due to buying celebrity merchandise


The News


Eyesight

That day, disaster struck, and I, along with everyone on Earth, became blind. Two years later, I suddenly regained my sight. Just as I was about to share this news with everyone, I saw that sentence. I covered my mouth tightly.

This disaster changed everything. In this world of darkness, blind people became the so-called 'normal people'. They formed a new government and secret organizations, secretly viewing those who could see as heretics, using them for dissection and research. Over the two years, some people gradually regained their sight, but under the new government's rule, anyone who said they could see would be immediately arrested secretly. To save newly sighted individuals, those who had luckily escaped wrote 'Don't tell them you can see' in many places, hoping that those who regained sight later would see it and avoid capture.


The Best Friend

The best friend and Thomas knew each other before


Counting

I'm counting, and he's counting too. I'm terrified.

I live in a high-rise building. Today, out of boredom, I was looking out the window when I accidentally witnessed a crime in the opposite building. A man seemed to have stabbed someone to death. I quickly took out my phone to call the police. The police asked which floor the incident occurred on, so I started counting the floors to the man's location. When I counted to his floor, I realized the man had noticed me and was counting the floors to my location, holding a bloody knife and showing a sinister smile!


Meeting the Parents

My boyfriend and I are alumni. He's three years my senior and about to graduate. We feel a strong connection and fell in love at first sight. We agreed to marry as soon as I reach the legal age. As National Day approaches, he suggests I meet his parents during the holiday. I happily agree. However, when his parents see my face, they are shocked and strongly oppose our relationship. Why?

This is set in the early days of China's reform and opening-up, during the one-child policy era. I was an 'extra' child. To keep their jobs, my parents sent me to be raised by distant relatives in the countryside and changed my surname. They've been providing financial support to the relatives. They were happy when I got into this university and, nearing retirement, were considering reconnecting with me. Unexpectedly, their children had fallen in love, resulting in a tragic situation of our unexpected incest.

His parents oppose our marriage because I'm underage


Half a Matchstick

A man's body is found in the desert, holding half a matchstick. His luggage is found nearby. It's known that he died from a fall. Please deduce what happened.

He was on a hot air balloon tour in the desert with a group. Halfway through, the balloon ran out of fuel. To keep flying, they threw out all their luggage, but it wasn't enough. They decided to draw lots using matchsticks - whoever drew the short one would be thrown off. He drew the short matchstick and was pushed out, falling to his death.

He died because he lost in drawing lots and got half a matchstick


The Circus

A blind dwarf who works at a circus is found dead in his home, surrounded by wood shavings. What happened?

There were two dwarfs in the circus, but now the circus only wanted to keep one. Because the blind dwarf was shorter, he was chosen to stay. The other dwarf sawed off a portion of all the blind dwarf's furniture, making him think he had grown taller. Realizing he would lose his livelihood, the blind dwarf committed suicide.

The blind person's home has no wooden furniture


The Seaweed

A man goes for a walk by the river, chats with a fisherman, and then jumps into the river to commit suicide after the fisherman tells him something.

Years ago, a couple was playing by the river when the girl accidentally fell in. The boy jumped in to save her, but due to the strong current, he only managed to grab what he thought was seaweed. He couldn't save her. Years later, he returns to the river and talks to a fisherman. The fisherman tells him there has never been any seaweed in this fast-flowing river. The man realizes what he grabbed was actually the girl's hair, and overcome with grief, he jumps into the river.

Someone important to the boy died in this place before


The Washing Machine

At night, a poor scavenger brings home a washing machine he found. In the middle of the night, he wakes up startled, thinking he heard the washing machine start.

A murderer had dismembered a body and put the parts in the washing machine. He transported the body parts to the outskirts. When the scavenger found the washing machine in his three-wheeled cart, the killer had just finished removing all the body parts and was digging a hole nearby. By the time the killer realized, the scavenger had already driven off with the washing machine. So the killer followed the scavenger home and snuck in to start the washing machine, trying to clean off the blood evidence inside.

The person who started the washing machine intends to harm the scavenger


Fish


Meeting the Parents

The marriage was prevented because they saw my face


The Lost Phone

My phone disappeared. When I found it, I was shocked.

My friend and I went clubbing. After drinking and dancing for a while, I sat down to rest and realized my phone was missing. So I asked my friend to call my phone. A strange man's voice answered, but the club was too noisy and the call was cut off before we could ask anything. I returned home feeling dejected, only to find my phone on the bedside table. I suddenly remembered I hadn't taken my phone out at all that day. I've always lived alone, and I couldn't help but feel a chill run down my spine...


The News

The man thinks the person appearing in the news will harm him


The Forgery


The Girl on the Balcony

A girl greets me from the opposite balcony every day, but now I'm afraid to step onto my balcony.

I recently moved into an apartment. Every morning when I go to the balcony to hang clothes, I see a girl on the opposite balcony greeting me. I'm happy and make sure to greet her back before going to work. Two or three weeks pass, and one day I see a news article about my neighborhood: a female body was found hanging on a balcony, having committed suicide three weeks ago. Suddenly feeling something was off, I run to my balcony and indeed, the girl is gone, replaced by police tape. I feel sick and can't bring myself to step onto the balcony anymore. It turns out the swaying body of the hanged girl just looked like she was waving hello.


Eyesight

That sentence was written only for me to see


Half a Matchstick


The Forgery

The man is imitating someone else's handwriting


1237

A kindergarten child always counts '1,2,3,7', skipping '4,5,6'. When I correct her, she says her mother taught her this way. Puzzled, I propose a home visit. After the visit, I also tell her it's '1,2,3,7'.

I'm a kindergarten teacher. While teaching, I noticed a child who always counted incorrectly. While others count 1234567, she says 1237. When I try to teach her the correct way, she says what I'm teaching is different from what her mother taught her. Puzzled, I propose a home visit, but she takes me to a hospital. It turns out her mother has a heart condition and doesn't have long to live. It's currently March, and her daughter's birthday is in July. To be able to celebrate her daughter's last birthday with her, the mother created this white lie. Moved by this, I also tell her that 7 indeed comes after 3, just like her mother said.

The girl's address information is related to 1237


The Midnight Train

Five minutes before midnight, a man boards a train. He looks strange and starts asking passengers their ages. 'Ma'am, are you 28?' 'How did you know?' 'Sir, are you 55?' 'Yes.' He correctly guesses everyone's age. 'Granny, are you 69?' 'Yes, I'll be 70 in 5 minutes.' Hearing this, the man turns pale.

The man has a superpower to foresee people's ages at death, but he can't see his own. After boarding the train, he notices that everyone seems to be about the same age as their death age. Finding this strange, he tests his theory by asking a few people, discovering they will all die this year. When the grandmother says she is 69 and she'll be 70 in 5 minutes, he realizes the train will have an accident within 5 minutes, killing everyone on board.


The Discounted Snacks

He bought a batch of discounted snacks at a small shop, feeling he got a good deal and secretly pleased. The next day, watching the news, he was terrified.

He had bought snacks from this store once before and felt the price was quite high, thinking the shopkeeper's wife had overcharged him. The next time he went, a man was minding the store. He mentioned that the shopkeeper's wife might have miscalculated last time and overcharged him, so the man said he'd give him a discount this time to make up for it. He felt he had gotten a bargain and was happy. The next day, watching the news, he learned that the shop owners, a married couple, had been murdered. The criminal, according to the news, needed money and randomly robbed a small shop, then killed to eliminate witnesses. After the murders, the killer posed as the shopkeeper to continue selling.


The Turtle Soup Story

A man walks into a restaurant, orders a bowl of turtle soup, drinks it, and then shoots himself. Why?

During his honeymoon, he and his wife were shipwrecked on a deserted island. Due to lack of food, his wife starved to death. His companions cooked his wife's flesh into a soup and tricked him into eating it, claiming it was turtle soup. Later, he was rescued by a passing ship. Today, when he tasted real turtle soup, he realized what he had eaten back then was his wife's flesh. Overwhelmed with remorse, he took his own life with a gun.

This man committed suicide due to mental illness


The Woman in the Pink Dress

Your new neighbor is a young man living alone. One day, returning home after a late-night snack, you see a woman with long hair, wearing a pink dress and heavy makeup, enter your neighbor's apartment. Late at night, you hear arguing and things being thrown, which is particularly jarring in the quiet hallway. The next day, you see a shredded pink dress and a bunch of long hair in the garbage bag outside your neighbor's door. When you ask your neighbor about it, he stammers and refuses to explain... Should you call the police? What happened?

Your neighbor is a man with a cross-dressing fetish, which is why he lives alone. His family doesn't know about this and keeps pressuring him to get married, so he moved out of his parents' home. That day, he returned home after cross-dressing and you saw him. Unexpectedly, his mother was waiting for him at home. Seeing her son in women's clothing, they had a big argument, and his mother cut up his pink dress and wig. This is what actually happened.


The Best Friend

Thomas visits his wife's best friend's house for the first time with his wife. After returning home, his wife wants a divorce. Why?

Thomas's wife saw that his phone automatically connected to her best friend's WiFi.

He is familiar with the best friend's house


The 18th Floor

Xiaoming lives on the 18th floor. Sometimes when he returns home, he takes the elevator directly to the 18th floor, but other times he goes to the 15th floor and walks up. Why?

Xiaoming is still a kid, unable to reach the 18th-floor-button. However, when he's carrying an umbrella, he can use it to press the button.


The Little Red Dress

My sister chose a little red dress for me. I wore it to school, and when I came home that night, I found a dead body.

My mother was having an affair with my teacher. They would meet whenever my father was away. The little red dress was a signal to the teacher, indicating that my father wouldn't be home that night. That day, my mother was busy, so my sister chose the red dress for me. The teacher saw it and came to our house thinking my father was away, but he was caught by my father, who then killed him.


Counting

I'm creeped out because the numbers he's counting are different from mine


The High Heels

A lady buys a pair of red high heels from a shoe store. These heels foreshadow her death that night.

The lady is a performer in a circus troupe. That day, she bought a pair of red high heels. That night, she wore these heels for her performance. Her act involved balancing an apple on her head while another male performer threw a knife at the apple. However, because her new high heels were a few centimeters taller than what she usually wore, the male performer, who hadn't adjusted for this, accidentally threw a knife into her head.


Fish

I used to be a sailor, but now I feel sick and shake when I see fish. I'm always afraid to see fish.

I used to be a sailor. Once when we were at sea, for some reason, my sailor companions died one after another. Those of us who survived, in order to continue living, used the flesh of our dead companions as bait to catch fish. Days passed, and we were finally rescued. Because seeing fish always reminds me of using our dead companions' flesh as bait, since then, I feel sick and disgusted when I see fish. I'm afraid to see fish every time thenafter.


The High Heels


1237

Four, five, and six refer to me, her, and her mother


The Girl on the Balcony

Actually, the balcony the girl is standing on is my home


The Midnight Train

The man's superpower is predicting the future


Half a Matchstick


The Forgery

'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back' 'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back' 'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back' 'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back' 'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back' 'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back'

Oh no, I think I'm in trouble.

I killed my wife and am trying to forge evidence to make it look like she just ran away from home. But after writing it several times, I still can't imitate my wife's handwriting convincingly.

The other person is imitating what I've said before


The Washing Machine

There is a second person present besides the scavenger


The Elevator

I enter the elevator to go to school. As it rises, I realize I'll never be able to go to school again.

On Monday morning, urged by my mother, I absent-mindedly enter the elevator to go to school. After the doors close, being still sleepy, I forget to press the button for the first floor. As the elevator continues to rise, I realize my mistake and am about to press the first floor button when the elevator suddenly stops. The doors slowly open, and I see a dead girl lying in a pool of blood, with a man cleaning up the scene... The man hears the noise and suddenly turns to look at me, his eyes fixed on my hand. Startled, I frantically press the door close button. Just as the elevator is about to close, a blood-covered hand reaches in. I'll never be able to go to school again because I'm about to be killed by the murderer. (The elevator was going up because the girl had pressed the button for help before being killed.)

I saw a murder when the elevator door opened


The Little Red Dress


Eyesight

That day, disaster struck, and I, along with everyone on Earth, became blind. Two years later, I suddenly regained my sight. Just as I was about to share this news with everyone, I saw that sentence. I covered my mouth tightly.

This disaster changed everything. In this world of darkness, blind people became the so-called 'normal people'. They formed a new government and secret organizations, secretly viewing those who could see as heretics, using them for dissection and research. Over the two years, some people gradually regained their sight, but under the new government's rule, anyone who said they could see would be immediately arrested secretly. To save newly sighted individuals, those who had luckily escaped wrote 'Don't tell them you can see' in many places, hoping that those who regained sight later would see it and avoid capture.

My regained eyesight was artificially induced


The Diary

February 2019: My daughter stopped going to school. I can't persuade her.
June 2019: My daughter stares at the TV and computer all day. I'm worried she'll damage her eyes.
December 2019: My daughter seems a bit more cheerful. I see her often voice chatting with friends.
March 2020: My daughter smiled, saying she did something great. I'm happy too.
May 2020: My daughter's condition has worsened. She doesn't sleep at night and won't talk to me.
June 2020: Our household expenses seem unusually high lately. Hmm... am I scatterbrained?
October 2020: My daughter goes out now that the pandemic has eased. She seems to have more friends. That's great.
February 2021: I received a lawyer's letter with my daughter's name on it. How can this be?!
August 2021: I've grounded my daughter.

The daughter refused to go to school for some reason. In June, she became obsessed with a popular TV series. By December, she had joined the fan club of the show's star, Xiao Zhan. During this time, she was acting as an online 'water army' for Xiao Zhan. In March 2020, the AO3 website was reported and blocked. In May, Xiao Zhan faced widespread boycott from netizens, and investors began to reconsider their involvement. In June, a digital album was released, and the daughter stole money from home to buy it. As the pandemic eased, she continued to participate in fan activities but gradually began to see its true nature. In February 2021, Xiao Zhan sued his 'haters'. In August, he won the case, and fans were fined 30,000 yuan. The parent in the story then grounded their daughter completely.

The daughter's actions involve cryptocurrency


Counting

I'm counting, and he's counting too. I'm terrified.

I live in a high-rise building. Today, out of boredom, I was looking out the window when I accidentally witnessed a crime in the opposite building. A man seemed to have stabbed someone to death. I quickly took out my phone to call the police. The police asked which floor the incident occurred on, so I started counting the floors to the man's location. When I counted to his floor, I realized the man had noticed me and was counting the floors to my location, holding a bloody knife and showing a sinister smile!


Meeting the Parents

My boyfriend and I are alumni. He's three years my senior and about to graduate. We feel a strong connection and fell in love at first sight. We agreed to marry as soon as I reach the legal age. As National Day approaches, he suggests I meet his parents during the holiday. I happily agree. However, when his parents see my face, they are shocked and strongly oppose our relationship. Why?

This is set in the early days of China's reform and opening-up, during the one-child policy era. I was an 'extra' child. To keep their jobs, my parents sent me to be raised by distant relatives in the countryside and changed my surname. They've been providing financial support to the relatives. They were happy when I got into this university and, nearing retirement, were considering reconnecting with me. Unexpectedly, their children had fallen in love, resulting in a tragic situation of our unexpected incest.

The parents' strong opposition to our marriage and relationship is related to my family background


The Little Red Dress

Wearing red clothes to some extent caused the death


The Forgery


Counting


1237

I learned something during the home visit


Half a Matchstick

A man's body is found in the desert, holding half a matchstick. His luggage is found nearby. It's known that he died from a fall. Please deduce what happened.

He was on a hot air balloon tour in the desert with a group. Halfway through, the balloon ran out of fuel. To keep flying, they threw out all their luggage, but it wasn't enough. They decided to draw lots using matchsticks - whoever drew the short one would be thrown off. He drew the short matchstick and was pushed out, falling to his death.


The Circus

A blind dwarf who works at a circus is found dead in his home, surrounded by wood shavings. What happened?

There were two dwarfs in the circus, but now the circus only wanted to keep one. Because the blind dwarf was shorter, he was chosen to stay. The other dwarf sawed off a portion of all the blind dwarf's furniture, making him think he had grown taller. Realizing he would lose his livelihood, the blind dwarf committed suicide.


The Elevator

The elevator door is open while ascending


The High Heels


A Painting

It was a beautiful painting, the man in it had distinct features and looked lifelike. The next day when I saw the painting again, my scalp tingled, and I couldn't praise it anymore.

I stayed in a run-down small hotel at night. When I entered the room, the light was broken, and the room was very dim. There was a painting opposite the bed of a man with distinct features, looking so lifelike, just like the Mona Lisa. I felt like the person in the painting was always looking at me. Early the next morning, when it was bright, I realized that what I thought was a painting was actually a window. A man had been standing outside the window watching me all night, and because the light was too dim, I had mistaken him and the window frame for a painting.

The painting changed from the first time I saw it when I looked at it the second day


The News

A man returns home from work, turns on the TV to watch the news, and faints.

The man works at a haunted house attraction and is responsible for cleaning up after it closes. There are many prop corpses in the haunted house. While cleaning, he saw a very realistic prop corpse. He didn't think much of it, just admiring the craftsmanship of it while cleaning. After finishing work and returning home, he turned on the TV to watch the news. The news reported a missing person case and showed a photo of the missing person - it was the 'prop' he had seen in the haunted house. He fainted from shock.

The man discovered news about a serial killer


The Tunnel

A man takes a train to a neighboring town for medical treatment. After the treatment, he's completely cured. On the way back, as the train passes through a tunnel, the man jumps off to commit suicide. Why?

His illness was an eye disease that had left him completely blind. After the treatment, his eyesight was restored. When the train entered the tunnel, the sudden darkness made him think he had gone blind again, causing him to panic and jump off the train in despair.


Half a Matchstick


The Elevator


The Turtle Soup Story

A man walks into a restaurant, orders a bowl of turtle soup, drinks it, and then shoots himself. Why?

During his honeymoon, he and his wife were shipwrecked on a deserted island. Due to lack of food, his wife starved to death. His companions cooked his wife's flesh into a soup and tricked him into eating it, claiming it was turtle soup. Later, he was rescued by a passing ship. Today, when he tasted real turtle soup, he realized what he had eaten back then was his wife's flesh. Overwhelmed with remorse, he took his own life with a gun.

The soup in the restaurant is made from sea turtle


Fish


The Tunnel


The Circus

The blind dwarf thought he had grown taller


A Painting


Fish

It was the fish that made me quit being a sailor


The Washing Machine

At night, a poor scavenger brings home a washing machine he found. In the middle of the night, he wakes up startled, thinking he heard the washing machine start.

A murderer had dismembered a body and put the parts in the washing machine. He transported the body parts to the outskirts. When the scavenger found the washing machine in his three-wheeled cart, the killer had just finished removing all the body parts and was digging a hole nearby. By the time the killer realized, the scavenger had already driven off with the washing machine. So the killer followed the scavenger home and snuck in to start the washing machine, trying to clean off the blood evidence inside.

The scavenger started the washing machine


The Woman in the Pink Dress

Your new neighbor is a young man living alone. One day, returning home after a late-night snack, you see a woman with long hair, wearing a pink dress and heavy makeup, enter your neighbor's apartment. Late at night, you hear arguing and things being thrown, which is particularly jarring in the quiet hallway. The next day, you see a shredded pink dress and a bunch of long hair in the garbage bag outside your neighbor's door. When you ask your neighbor about it, he stammers and refuses to explain... Should you call the police? What happened?

Your neighbor is a man with a cross-dressing fetish, which is why he lives alone. His family doesn't know about this and keeps pressuring him to get married, so he moved out of his parents' home. That day, he returned home after cross-dressing and you saw him. Unexpectedly, his mother was waiting for him at home. Seeing her son in women's clothing, they had a big argument, and his mother cut up his pink dress and wig. This is what actually happened.

The neighbor herself is physically injured


The Diary


The Forgery


The Little Red Dress

My sister chose a little red dress for me. I wore it to school, and when I came home that night, I found a dead body.

My mother was having an affair with my teacher. They would meet whenever my father was away. The little red dress was a signal to the teacher, indicating that my father wouldn't be home that night. That day, my mother was busy, so my sister chose the red dress for me. The teacher saw it and came to our house thinking my father was away, but he was caught by my father, who then killed him.

I encountered a murderer while I was at school


1237

A kindergarten child always counts '1,2,3,7', skipping '4,5,6'. When I correct her, she says her mother taught her this way. Puzzled, I propose a home visit. After the visit, I also tell her it's '1,2,3,7'.

I'm a kindergarten teacher. While teaching, I noticed a child who always counted incorrectly. While others count 1234567, she says 1237. When I try to teach her the correct way, she says what I'm teaching is different from what her mother taught her. Puzzled, I propose a home visit, but she takes me to a hospital. It turns out her mother has a heart condition and doesn't have long to live. It's currently March, and her daughter's birthday is in July. To be able to celebrate her daughter's last birthday with her, the mother created this white lie. Moved by this, I also tell her that 7 indeed comes after 3, just like her mother said.


The Condition

A boy has liked a girl for a long time. His grades are very poor. The girl says if they can both enter the same university, she'll agree to be his girlfriend. He manages to do it, but the girl goes insane. Please deduce what happened.

The girl applied to a medical university. In the end, the girl entered the medical school, but the boy didn't pass the entrance exam. The girl went insane because she didn't expect the boy to enter the same university as her in the capacity of a cadaver for her anatomy class.

The girl's academic performance is very good


The High Heels

A lady buys a pair of red high heels from a shoe store. These heels foreshadow her death that night.

The lady is a performer in a circus troupe. That day, she bought a pair of red high heels. That night, she wore these heels for her performance. Her act involved balancing an apple on her head while another male performer threw a knife at the apple. However, because her new high heels were a few centimeters taller than what she usually wore, the male performer, who hadn't adjusted for this, accidentally threw a knife into her head.


The Lost Phone

My phone disappeared. When I found it, I was shocked.

My friend and I went clubbing. After drinking and dancing for a while, I sat down to rest and realized my phone was missing. So I asked my friend to call my phone. A strange man's voice answered, but the club was too noisy and the call was cut off before we could ask anything. I returned home feeling dejected, only to find my phone on the bedside table. I suddenly remembered I hadn't taken my phone out at all that day. I've always lived alone, and I couldn't help but feel a chill run down my spine...


The News


Counting


The Elevator

I enter the elevator to go to school. As it rises, I realize I'll never be able to go to school again.

On Monday morning, urged by my mother, I absent-mindedly enter the elevator to go to school. After the doors close, being still sleepy, I forget to press the button for the first floor. As the elevator continues to rise, I realize my mistake and am about to press the first floor button when the elevator suddenly stops. The doors slowly open, and I see a dead girl lying in a pool of blood, with a man cleaning up the scene... The man hears the noise and suddenly turns to look at me, his eyes fixed on my hand. Startled, I frantically press the door close button. Just as the elevator is about to close, a blood-covered hand reaches in. I'll never be able to go to school again because I'm about to be killed by the murderer. (The elevator was going up because the girl had pressed the button for help before being killed.)

The elevator was called by someone upstairs


The Best Friend

Thomas visits his wife's best friend's house for the first time with his wife. After returning home, his wife wants a divorce. Why?

Thomas's wife saw that his phone automatically connected to her best friend's WiFi.

Thomas did something at the best friend's house that made his wife think he disrespected the best friend


The Circus


Fish

I used to be a sailor, but now I feel sick and shake when I see fish. I'm always afraid to see fish.

I used to be a sailor. Once when we were at sea, for some reason, my sailor companions died one after another. Those of us who survived, in order to continue living, used the flesh of our dead companions as bait to catch fish. Days passed, and we were finally rescued. Because seeing fish always reminds me of using our dead companions' flesh as bait, since then, I feel sick and disgusted when I see fish. I'm afraid to see fish every time thenafter.

The ingredients of the fish bait are important


The Turtle Soup Story

The man committed suicide because he killed someone


The Best Friend

Her best friend and Thomas had an affair


The Discounted Snacks

He bought a batch of discounted snacks at a small shop, feeling he got a good deal and secretly pleased. The next day, watching the news, he was terrified.

He had bought snacks from this store once before and felt the price was quite high, thinking the shopkeeper's wife had overcharged him. The next time he went, a man was minding the store. He mentioned that the shopkeeper's wife might have miscalculated last time and overcharged him, so the man said he'd give him a discount this time to make up for it. He felt he had gotten a bargain and was happy. The next day, watching the news, he learned that the shop owners, a married couple, had been murdered. The criminal, according to the news, needed money and randomly robbed a small shop, then killed to eliminate witnesses. After the murders, the killer posed as the shopkeeper to continue selling.


The Diary

February 2019: My daughter stopped going to school. I can't persuade her.
June 2019: My daughter stares at the TV and computer all day. I'm worried she'll damage her eyes.
December 2019: My daughter seems a bit more cheerful. I see her often voice chatting with friends.
March 2020: My daughter smiled, saying she did something great. I'm happy too.
May 2020: My daughter's condition has worsened. She doesn't sleep at night and won't talk to me.
June 2020: Our household expenses seem unusually high lately. Hmm... am I scatterbrained?
October 2020: My daughter goes out now that the pandemic has eased. She seems to have more friends. That's great.
February 2021: I received a lawyer's letter with my daughter's name on it. How can this be?!
August 2021: I've grounded my daughter.

The daughter refused to go to school for some reason. In June, she became obsessed with a popular TV series. By December, she had joined the fan club of the show's star, Xiao Zhan. During this time, she was acting as an online 'water army' for Xiao Zhan. In March 2020, the AO3 website was reported and blocked. In May, Xiao Zhan faced widespread boycott from netizens, and investors began to reconsider their involvement. In June, a digital album was released, and the daughter stole money from home to buy it. As the pandemic eased, she continued to participate in fan activities but gradually began to see its true nature. In February 2021, Xiao Zhan sued his 'haters'. In August, he won the case, and fans were fined 30,000 yuan. The parent in the story then grounded their daughter completely.


The Best Friend

The wife found her husband's belongings at the best friend's house


The Elevator

The killer was seen at the moment the elevator closed


The Lost Phone

The phone appeared in a place I couldn't possibly have gone


A Painting


The Circus

A blind dwarf who works at a circus is found dead in his home, surrounded by wood shavings. What happened?

There were two dwarfs in the circus, but now the circus only wanted to keep one. Because the blind dwarf was shorter, he was chosen to stay. The other dwarf sawed off a portion of all the blind dwarf's furniture, making him think he had grown taller. Realizing he would lose his livelihood, the blind dwarf committed suicide.

The surrounding wood shavings were created by himself


The Midnight Train

Five minutes before midnight, a man boards a train. He looks strange and starts asking passengers their ages. 'Ma'am, are you 28?' 'How did you know?' 'Sir, are you 55?' 'Yes.' He correctly guesses everyone's age. 'Granny, are you 69?' 'Yes, I'll be 70 in 5 minutes.' Hearing this, the man turns pale.

The man has a superpower to foresee people's ages at death, but he can't see his own. After boarding the train, he notices that everyone seems to be about the same age as their death age. Finding this strange, he tests his theory by asking a few people, discovering they will all die this year. When the grandmother says she is 69 and she'll be 70 in 5 minutes, he realizes the train will have an accident within 5 minutes, killing everyone on board.


1237


The Turtle Soup Story


Half a Matchstick

A man's body is found in the desert, holding half a matchstick. His luggage is found nearby. It's known that he died from a fall. Please deduce what happened.

He was on a hot air balloon tour in the desert with a group. Halfway through, the balloon ran out of fuel. To keep flying, they threw out all their luggage, but it wasn't enough. They decided to draw lots using matchsticks - whoever drew the short one would be thrown off. He drew the short matchstick and was pushed out, falling to his death.


A Painting

It was a beautiful painting, the man in it had distinct features and looked lifelike. The next day when I saw the painting again, my scalp tingled, and I couldn't praise it anymore.

I stayed in a run-down small hotel at night. When I entered the room, the light was broken, and the room was very dim. There was a painting opposite the bed of a man with distinct features, looking so lifelike, just like the Mona Lisa. I felt like the person in the painting was always looking at me. Early the next morning, when it was bright, I realized that what I thought was a painting was actually a window. A man had been standing outside the window watching me all night, and because the light was too dim, I had mistaken him and the window frame for a painting.

My scalp tingles because this painting is not right


The Circus

The circus sometimes needs to make their own props


The Forgery

'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back' 'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back' 'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back' 'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back' 'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back' 'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back'

Oh no, I think I'm in trouble.

I killed my wife and am trying to forge evidence to make it look like she just ran away from home. But after writing it several times, I still can't imitate my wife's handwriting convincingly.

The person who wrote these words is dead


Exchanging Photos

I exchange photos with an online friend I've known for a short time. After seeing his photo, I break out in a cold sweat.

I recently met a new online friend, and we got along well. One day, I suggested exchanging photos to see what each other looked like. After I sent my photo, he waited a while and then sent back the same photo of me. I found it strange, but when I looked closely, I noticed a foot sticking out from under the bed in the photo. This online friend was hiding in my room.


The Death Row Inmate and the Demon

A death row inmate encounters a demon and makes a wish. The demon grants it. Days later, pedestrians on the street all hold their noses and look disgusted.

The death row inmate wished to become invisible. The demon turned him invisible, allowing him to successfully escape prison. However, he was hit by a car on the street and died. A few days later, his invisible corpse began to rot, causing an unbearable stench for passersby.

The death row inmate's wish was for the world to become smelly


The Washing Machine

At night, a poor scavenger brings home a washing machine he found. In the middle of the night, he wakes up startled, thinking he heard the washing machine start.

A murderer had dismembered a body and put the parts in the washing machine. He transported the body parts to the outskirts. When the scavenger found the washing machine in his three-wheeled cart, the killer had just finished removing all the body parts and was digging a hole nearby. By the time the killer realized, the scavenger had already driven off with the washing machine. So the killer followed the scavenger home and snuck in to start the washing machine, trying to clean off the blood evidence inside.

The washing machine was started to cover up the truth about the murder


Fish

I saw fish eating people when I was a sailor


The Four-Year-Old Mother

A five-year-old kindergarten child claims her mother is only four years old. Puzzled, I propose a home visit. At her home, I see a horrifying scene...

At her home, I see several women chained up, with a fierce-looking, ugly brute standing nearby. The kindergarten child suddenly shows a sinister smile unfit for her age... It turns out she's not just five, but twenty-five years old, suffering from a condition that prevents her from growing. The brute is her brother. She lures kindergarten teachers like us to their home to be imprisoned, all to find women for her brother... And her 'four-year-old mother' is actually a woman who has been trapped there for four years...

The child can't tell how old their mother really is


Counting

I'm counting, and he's counting too. I'm terrified.

I live in a high-rise building. Today, out of boredom, I was looking out the window when I accidentally witnessed a crime in the opposite building. A man seemed to have stabbed someone to death. I quickly took out my phone to call the police. The police asked which floor the incident occurred on, so I started counting the floors to the man's location. When I counted to his floor, I realized the man had noticed me and was counting the floors to my location, holding a bloody knife and showing a sinister smile!


A Painting

The position of the person in the painting has changed


The News

A man returns home from work, turns on the TV to watch the news, and faints.

The man works at a haunted house attraction and is responsible for cleaning up after it closes. There are many prop corpses in the haunted house. While cleaning, he saw a very realistic prop corpse. He didn't think much of it, just admiring the craftsmanship of it while cleaning. After finishing work and returning home, he turned on the TV to watch the news. The news reported a missing person case and showed a photo of the missing person - it was the 'prop' he had seen in the haunted house. He fainted from shock.


The Elevator


The Washing Machine

There was evidence in the washing machine


The Discounted Snacks

There are quality issues with the discounted snacks


The Turtle Soup Story

A man walks into a restaurant, orders a bowl of turtle soup, drinks it, and then shoots himself. Why?

During his honeymoon, he and his wife were shipwrecked on a deserted island. Due to lack of food, his wife starved to death. His companions cooked his wife's flesh into a soup and tricked him into eating it, claiming it was turtle soup. Later, he was rescued by a passing ship. Today, when he tasted real turtle soup, he realized what he had eaten back then was his wife's flesh. Overwhelmed with remorse, he took his own life with a gun.

Turtle soup is a metaphor, not real soup


Half a Matchstick

His companion did it to lighten the weight of the hot air balloon


The Turtle Soup Story


Meeting the Parents

My boyfriend and I are alumni. He's three years my senior and about to graduate. We feel a strong connection and fell in love at first sight. We agreed to marry as soon as I reach the legal age. As National Day approaches, he suggests I meet his parents during the holiday. I happily agree. However, when his parents see my face, they are shocked and strongly oppose our relationship. Why?

This is set in the early days of China's reform and opening-up, during the one-child policy era. I was an 'extra' child. To keep their jobs, my parents sent me to be raised by distant relatives in the countryside and changed my surname. They've been providing financial support to the relatives. They were happy when I got into this university and, nearing retirement, were considering reconnecting with me. Unexpectedly, their children had fallen in love, resulting in a tragic situation of our unexpected incest.

My boyfriend and I are relatives and can't marry due to incest


The Circus

The wood shavings are due to furniture being modified


The Four-Year-Old Mother

There is a 4-year-old person in the house


The Four-Year-Old Mother

I feel terrified because of her mother's age


Exchanging Photos


Half a Matchstick

The matches were originally meant to burn something


The Tunnel

A man takes a train to a neighboring town for medical treatment. After the treatment, he's completely cured. On the way back, as the train passes through a tunnel, the man jumps off to commit suicide. Why?

His illness was an eye disease that had left him completely blind. After the treatment, his eyesight was restored. When the train entered the tunnel, the sudden darkness made him think he had gone blind again, causing him to panic and jump off the train in despair.


The Tunnel


The Elevator

I enter the elevator to go to school. As it rises, I realize I'll never be able to go to school again.

On Monday morning, urged by my mother, I absent-mindedly enter the elevator to go to school. After the doors close, being still sleepy, I forget to press the button for the first floor. As the elevator continues to rise, I realize my mistake and am about to press the first floor button when the elevator suddenly stops. The doors slowly open, and I see a dead girl lying in a pool of blood, with a man cleaning up the scene... The man hears the noise and suddenly turns to look at me, his eyes fixed on my hand. Startled, I frantically press the door close button. Just as the elevator is about to close, a blood-covered hand reaches in. I'll never be able to go to school again because I'm about to be killed by the murderer. (The elevator was going up because the girl had pressed the button for help before being killed.)


Half a Matchstick


The Lost Phone

My phone disappeared. When I found it, I was shocked.

My friend and I went clubbing. After drinking and dancing for a while, I sat down to rest and realized my phone was missing. So I asked my friend to call my phone. A strange man's voice answered, but the club was too noisy and the call was cut off before we could ask anything. I returned home feeling dejected, only to find my phone on the bedside table. I suddenly remembered I hadn't taken my phone out at all that day. I've always lived alone, and I couldn't help but feel a chill run down my spine...


The Ritual

Your parents have been arguing lately, and your mother seems strange. She's often distracted, secretly asking you how to transfer money to others... Sometimes she silently waves her hands at home as if performing some ritual. One evening after dinner, your father goes out for a walk, and your mother sneaks out too. Suspicious, you follow her... Ah, so that's what it is...

Your mother is doing square dancing. Your father thought she was having an affair. The money transfers were for buying team dance costumes, and the hand-waving was dance practice. To avoid disturbing neighbors, all the square-dancing aunties wear headphones and dance silently, making it look like some mysterious ritual.

The father disagrees with the mother learning to dance


The Forgery


The Little Red Dress

My sister chose a little red dress for me. I wore it to school, and when I came home that night, I found a dead body.

My mother was having an affair with my teacher. They would meet whenever my father was away. The little red dress was a signal to the teacher, indicating that my father wouldn't be home that night. That day, my mother was busy, so my sister chose the red dress for me. The teacher saw it and came to our house thinking my father was away, but he was caught by my father, who then killed him.


The Diary

February 2019: My daughter stopped going to school. I can't persuade her.
June 2019: My daughter stares at the TV and computer all day. I'm worried she'll damage her eyes.
December 2019: My daughter seems a bit more cheerful. I see her often voice chatting with friends.
March 2020: My daughter smiled, saying she did something great. I'm happy too.
May 2020: My daughter's condition has worsened. She doesn't sleep at night and won't talk to me.
June 2020: Our household expenses seem unusually high lately. Hmm... am I scatterbrained?
October 2020: My daughter goes out now that the pandemic has eased. She seems to have more friends. That's great.
February 2021: I received a lawyer's letter with my daughter's name on it. How can this be?!
August 2021: I've grounded my daughter.

The daughter refused to go to school for some reason. In June, she became obsessed with a popular TV series. By December, she had joined the fan club of the show's star, Xiao Zhan. During this time, she was acting as an online 'water army' for Xiao Zhan. In March 2020, the AO3 website was reported and blocked. In May, Xiao Zhan faced widespread boycott from netizens, and investors began to reconsider their involvement. In June, a digital album was released, and the daughter stole money from home to buy it. As the pandemic eased, she continued to participate in fan activities but gradually began to see its true nature. In February 2021, Xiao Zhan sued his 'haters'. In August, he won the case, and fans were fined 30,000 yuan. The parent in the story then grounded their daughter completely.


The Best Friend

Thomas visits his wife's best friend's house for the first time with his wife. After returning home, his wife wants a divorce. Why?

Thomas's wife saw that his phone automatically connected to her best friend's WiFi.

Thomas's wife found evidence of his previous affair at her best friend's house


The Tunnel

This person committed suicide because they thought their illness wasn't cured


Half a Matchstick

A man's body is found in the desert, holding half a matchstick. His luggage is found nearby. It's known that he died from a fall. Please deduce what happened.

He was on a hot air balloon tour in the desert with a group. Halfway through, the balloon ran out of fuel. To keep flying, they threw out all their luggage, but it wasn't enough. They decided to draw lots using matchsticks - whoever drew the short one would be thrown off. He drew the short matchstick and was pushed out, falling to his death.


Half a Matchstick

One person had to get off due to overloading


The Lost Phone

When calling to find the phone, someone answered


Fish

I used to be a sailor, but now I feel sick and shake when I see fish. I'm always afraid to see fish.

I used to be a sailor. Once when we were at sea, for some reason, my sailor companions died one after another. Those of us who survived, in order to continue living, used the flesh of our dead companions as bait to catch fish. Days passed, and we were finally rescued. Because seeing fish always reminds me of using our dead companions' flesh as bait, since then, I feel sick and disgusted when I see fish. I'm afraid to see fish every time thenafter.


The Four-Year-Old Mother


The Death Row Inmate and the Demon

The death row inmate hoped to leave a lasting bad reputation


The Best Friend

The wife's best friend hinted at her to divorce her husband


The Tunnel

His eyes were cured using someone else's eyes


The Ritual

The mother and father went to the same place


The Seaweed

A man goes for a walk by the river, chats with a fisherman, and then jumps into the river to commit suicide after the fisherman tells him something.

Years ago, a couple was playing by the river when the girl accidentally fell in. The boy jumped in to save her, but due to the strong current, he only managed to grab what he thought was seaweed. He couldn't save her. Years later, he returns to the river and talks to a fisherman. The fisherman tells him there has never been any seaweed in this fast-flowing river. The man realizes what he grabbed was actually the girl's hair, and overcome with grief, he jumps into the river.

The seaweed looks very much like a person's hair


Half a Matchstick


The 18th Floor

Xiaoming lives on the 18th floor. Sometimes when he returns home, he takes the elevator directly to the 18th floor, but other times he goes to the 15th floor and walks up. Why?

Xiaoming is still a kid, unable to reach the 18th-floor-button. However, when he's carrying an umbrella, he can use it to press the button.

His choice to go to the 15th or 18th floor is related to the weather that day


The Best Friend

His wife discovered some secret of Thomas


The Elevator

The elevator is abnormal, it should have gone down


The Elevator


Exchanging Photos

I exchange photos with an online friend I've known for a short time. After seeing his photo, I break out in a cold sweat.

I recently met a new online friend, and we got along well. One day, I suggested exchanging photos to see what each other looked like. After I sent my photo, he waited a while and then sent back the same photo of me. I found it strange, but when I looked closely, I noticed a foot sticking out from under the bed in the photo. This online friend was hiding in my room.

There is something in the photo that scares me


Meeting the Parents


The Turtle Soup Story

The turtle soup in the restaurant is poison


The Forgery

'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back' 'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back' 'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back' 'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back' 'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back' 'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back'

Oh no, I think I'm in trouble.

I killed my wife and am trying to forge evidence to make it look like she just ran away from home. But after writing it several times, I still can't imitate my wife's handwriting convincingly.


The News

The man saw himself seemingly witnessing a murder process


The Girl on the Balcony

A girl greets me from the opposite balcony every day, but now I'm afraid to step onto my balcony.

I recently moved into an apartment. Every morning when I go to the balcony to hang clothes, I see a girl on the opposite balcony greeting me. I'm happy and make sure to greet her back before going to work. Two or three weeks pass, and one day I see a news article about my neighborhood: a female body was found hanging on a balcony, having committed suicide three weeks ago. Suddenly feeling something was off, I run to my balcony and indeed, the girl is gone, replaced by police tape. I feel sick and can't bring myself to step onto the balcony anymore. It turns out the swaying body of the hanged girl just looked like she was waving hello.

Stepping onto the balcony will endanger my life


The Death Row Inmate and the Demon

A death row inmate encounters a demon and makes a wish. The demon grants it. Days later, pedestrians on the street all hold their noses and look disgusted.

The death row inmate wished to become invisible. The demon turned him invisible, allowing him to successfully escape prison. However, he was hit by a car on the street and died. A few days later, his invisible corpse began to rot, causing an unbearable stench for passersby.

The demon misunderstood the death row inmate's meaning


The Forgery

The man was discovered wearing women's clothes


The Four-Year-Old Mother

A five-year-old kindergarten child claims her mother is only four years old. Puzzled, I propose a home visit. At her home, I see a horrifying scene...

At her home, I see several women chained up, with a fierce-looking, ugly brute standing nearby. The kindergarten child suddenly shows a sinister smile unfit for her age... It turns out she's not just five, but twenty-five years old, suffering from a condition that prevents her from growing. The brute is her brother. She lures kindergarten teachers like us to their home to be imprisoned, all to find women for her brother... And her 'four-year-old mother' is actually a woman who has been trapped there for four years...

The child is not five years old, she helps his brother to imprison female teachers


The Best Friend


The Midnight Train

Five minutes before midnight, a man boards a train. He looks strange and starts asking passengers their ages. 'Ma'am, are you 28?' 'How did you know?' 'Sir, are you 55?' 'Yes.' He correctly guesses everyone's age. 'Granny, are you 69?' 'Yes, I'll be 70 in 5 minutes.' Hearing this, the man turns pale.

The man has a superpower to foresee people's ages at death, but he can't see his own. After boarding the train, he notices that everyone seems to be about the same age as their death age. Finding this strange, he tests his theory by asking a few people, discovering they will all die this year. When the grandmother says she is 69 and she'll be 70 in 5 minutes, he realizes the train will have an accident within 5 minutes, killing everyone on board.

The man can see things that others can't


The Discounted Snacks

He bought a batch of discounted snacks at a small shop, feeling he got a good deal and secretly pleased. The next day, watching the news, he was terrified.

He had bought snacks from this store once before and felt the price was quite high, thinking the shopkeeper's wife had overcharged him. The next time he went, a man was minding the store. He mentioned that the shopkeeper's wife might have miscalculated last time and overcharged him, so the man said he'd give him a discount this time to make up for it. He felt he had gotten a bargain and was happy. The next day, watching the news, he learned that the shop owners, a married couple, had been murdered. The criminal, according to the news, needed money and randomly robbed a small shop, then killed to eliminate witnesses. After the murders, the killer posed as the shopkeeper to continue selling.


The 18th Floor

It's because there's a problem with the elevator


The Lost Phone


A Painting

It was a beautiful painting, the man in it had distinct features and looked lifelike. The next day when I saw the painting again, my scalp tingled, and I couldn't praise it anymore.

I stayed in a run-down small hotel at night. When I entered the room, the light was broken, and the room was very dim. There was a painting opposite the bed of a man with distinct features, looking so lifelike, just like the Mona Lisa. I felt like the person in the painting was always looking at me. Early the next morning, when it was bright, I realized that what I thought was a painting was actually a window. A man had been standing outside the window watching me all night, and because the light was too dim, I had mistaken him and the window frame for a painting.


The Tunnel

A man takes a train to a neighboring town for medical treatment. After the treatment, he's completely cured. On the way back, as the train passes through a tunnel, the man jumps off to commit suicide. Why?

His illness was an eye disease that had left him completely blind. After the treatment, his eyesight was restored. When the train entered the tunnel, the sudden darkness made him think he had gone blind again, causing him to panic and jump off the train in despair.


The Washing Machine

At night, a poor scavenger brings home a washing machine he found. In the middle of the night, he wakes up startled, thinking he heard the washing machine start.

A murderer had dismembered a body and put the parts in the washing machine. He transported the body parts to the outskirts. When the scavenger found the washing machine in his three-wheeled cart, the killer had just finished removing all the body parts and was digging a hole nearby. By the time the killer realized, the scavenger had already driven off with the washing machine. So the killer followed the scavenger home and snuck in to start the washing machine, trying to clean off the blood evidence inside.

There are people other than the scavenger in the story


Fish

The fish bait is the same species as the fish


Fish

I have seen people using humans as bait to fish


Meeting the Parents

My boyfriend and I are alumni. He's three years my senior and about to graduate. We feel a strong connection and fell in love at first sight. We agreed to marry as soon as I reach the legal age. As National Day approaches, he suggests I meet his parents during the holiday. I happily agree. However, when his parents see my face, they are shocked and strongly oppose our relationship. Why?

This is set in the early days of China's reform and opening-up, during the one-child policy era. I was an 'extra' child. To keep their jobs, my parents sent me to be raised by distant relatives in the countryside and changed my surname. They've been providing financial support to the relatives. They were happy when I got into this university and, nearing retirement, were considering reconnecting with me. Unexpectedly, their children had fallen in love, resulting in a tragic situation of our unexpected incest.


1237

A kindergarten child always counts '1,2,3,7', skipping '4,5,6'. When I correct her, she says her mother taught her this way. Puzzled, I propose a home visit. After the visit, I also tell her it's '1,2,3,7'.

I'm a kindergarten teacher. While teaching, I noticed a child who always counted incorrectly. While others count 1234567, she says 1237. When I try to teach her the correct way, she says what I'm teaching is different from what her mother taught her. Puzzled, I propose a home visit, but she takes me to a hospital. It turns out her mother has a heart condition and doesn't have long to live. It's currently March, and her daughter's birthday is in July. To be able to celebrate her daughter's last birthday with her, the mother created this white lie. Moved by this, I also tell her that 7 indeed comes after 3, just like her mother said.


The Turtle Soup Story

A man walks into a restaurant, orders a bowl of turtle soup, drinks it, and then shoots himself. Why?

During his honeymoon, he and his wife were shipwrecked on a deserted island. Due to lack of food, his wife starved to death. His companions cooked his wife's flesh into a soup and tricked him into eating it, claiming it was turtle soup. Later, he was rescued by a passing ship. Today, when he tasted real turtle soup, he realized what he had eaten back then was his wife's flesh. Overwhelmed with remorse, he took his own life with a gun.


Fish


Counting

I'm counting, and he's counting too. I'm terrified.

I live in a high-rise building. Today, out of boredom, I was looking out the window when I accidentally witnessed a crime in the opposite building. A man seemed to have stabbed someone to death. I quickly took out my phone to call the police. The police asked which floor the incident occurred on, so I started counting the floors to the man's location. When I counted to his floor, I realized the man had noticed me and was counting the floors to my location, holding a bloody knife and showing a sinister smile!

His counting is related to my life safety


The News

A man returns home from work, turns on the TV to watch the news, and faints.

The man works at a haunted house attraction and is responsible for cleaning up after it closes. There are many prop corpses in the haunted house. While cleaning, he saw a very realistic prop corpse. He didn't think much of it, just admiring the craftsmanship of it while cleaning. After finishing work and returning home, he turned on the TV to watch the news. The news reported a missing person case and showed a photo of the missing person - it was the 'prop' he had seen in the haunted house. He fainted from shock.


Half a Matchstick

A man's body is found in the desert, holding half a matchstick. His luggage is found nearby. It's known that he died from a fall. Please deduce what happened.

He was on a hot air balloon tour in the desert with a group. Halfway through, the balloon ran out of fuel. To keep flying, they threw out all their luggage, but it wasn't enough. They decided to draw lots using matchsticks - whoever drew the short one would be thrown off. He drew the short matchstick and was pushed out, falling to his death.


The Forgery


1237


The Best Friend

Thomas visits his wife's best friend's house for the first time with his wife. After returning home, his wife wants a divorce. Why?

Thomas's wife saw that his phone automatically connected to her best friend's WiFi.


The Circus

A blind dwarf who works at a circus is found dead in his home, surrounded by wood shavings. What happened?

There were two dwarfs in the circus, but now the circus only wanted to keep one. Because the blind dwarf was shorter, he was chosen to stay. The other dwarf sawed off a portion of all the blind dwarf's furniture, making him think he had grown taller. Realizing he would lose his livelihood, the blind dwarf committed suicide.

The dwarf's death is related to his blindness


The Circus


The Ritual

Your parents have been arguing lately, and your mother seems strange. She's often distracted, secretly asking you how to transfer money to others... Sometimes she silently waves her hands at home as if performing some ritual. One evening after dinner, your father goes out for a walk, and your mother sneaks out too. Suspicious, you follow her... Ah, so that's what it is...

Your mother is doing square dancing. Your father thought she was having an affair. The money transfers were for buying team dance costumes, and the hand-waving was dance practice. To avoid disturbing neighbors, all the square-dancing aunties wear headphones and dance silently, making it look like some mysterious ritual.


The Tunnel


The Tunnel

The illness was cured but the mind wasn't


The Woman in the Pink Dress

Your new neighbor is a young man living alone. One day, returning home after a late-night snack, you see a woman with long hair, wearing a pink dress and heavy makeup, enter your neighbor's apartment. Late at night, you hear arguing and things being thrown, which is particularly jarring in the quiet hallway. The next day, you see a shredded pink dress and a bunch of long hair in the garbage bag outside your neighbor's door. When you ask your neighbor about it, he stammers and refuses to explain... Should you call the police? What happened?

Your neighbor is a man with a cross-dressing fetish, which is why he lives alone. His family doesn't know about this and keeps pressuring him to get married, so he moved out of his parents' home. That day, he returned home after cross-dressing and you saw him. Unexpectedly, his mother was waiting for him at home. Seeing her son in women's clothing, they had a big argument, and his mother cut up his pink dress and wig. This is what actually happened.


The Forgery

'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back' 'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back' 'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back' 'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back' 'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back' 'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back'

Oh no, I think I'm in trouble.

I killed my wife and am trying to forge evidence to make it look like she just ran away from home. But after writing it several times, I still can't imitate my wife's handwriting convincingly.


The Turtle Soup Story


The Elevator

I enter the elevator to go to school. As it rises, I realize I'll never be able to go to school again.

On Monday morning, urged by my mother, I absent-mindedly enter the elevator to go to school. After the doors close, being still sleepy, I forget to press the button for the first floor. As the elevator continues to rise, I realize my mistake and am about to press the first floor button when the elevator suddenly stops. The doors slowly open, and I see a dead girl lying in a pool of blood, with a man cleaning up the scene... The man hears the noise and suddenly turns to look at me, his eyes fixed on my hand. Startled, I frantically press the door close button. Just as the elevator is about to close, a blood-covered hand reaches in. I'll never be able to go to school again because I'm about to be killed by the murderer. (The elevator was going up because the girl had pressed the button for help before being killed.)


Fish

I used to be a sailor, but now I feel sick and shake when I see fish. I'm always afraid to see fish.

I used to be a sailor. Once when we were at sea, for some reason, my sailor companions died one after another. Those of us who survived, in order to continue living, used the flesh of our dead companions as bait to catch fish. Days passed, and we were finally rescued. Because seeing fish always reminds me of using our dead companions' flesh as bait, since then, I feel sick and disgusted when I see fish. I'm afraid to see fish every time thenafter.


The Turtle Soup Story

The turtle soup in the restaurant contains ingredients other than turtle


Exchanging Photos

I exchange photos with an online friend I've known for a short time. After seeing his photo, I break out in a cold sweat.

I recently met a new online friend, and we got along well. One day, I suggested exchanging photos to see what each other looked like. After I sent my photo, he waited a while and then sent back the same photo of me. I found it strange, but when I looked closely, I noticed a foot sticking out from under the bed in the photo. This online friend was hiding in my room.

The content of the photo is very strange


The Death Row Inmate and the Demon

A death row inmate encounters a demon and makes a wish. The demon grants it. Days later, pedestrians on the street all hold their noses and look disgusted.

The death row inmate wished to become invisible. The demon turned him invisible, allowing him to successfully escape prison. However, he was hit by a car on the street and died. A few days later, his invisible corpse began to rot, causing an unbearable stench for passersby.

The death row inmate's wish was to see the sun outside


The Tunnel

A man takes a train to a neighboring town for medical treatment. After the treatment, he's completely cured. On the way back, as the train passes through a tunnel, the man jumps off to commit suicide. Why?

His illness was an eye disease that had left him completely blind. After the treatment, his eyesight was restored. When the train entered the tunnel, the sudden darkness made him think he had gone blind again, causing him to panic and jump off the train in despair.


Fish


The Seaweed

A man goes for a walk by the river, chats with a fisherman, and then jumps into the river to commit suicide after the fisherman tells him something.

Years ago, a couple was playing by the river when the girl accidentally fell in. The boy jumped in to save her, but due to the strong current, he only managed to grab what he thought was seaweed. He couldn't save her. Years later, he returns to the river and talks to a fisherman. The fisherman tells him there has never been any seaweed in this fast-flowing river. The man realizes what he grabbed was actually the girl's hair, and overcome with grief, he jumps into the river.


Half a Matchstick

The man was previously on a hot air balloon


The Midnight Train

Five minutes before midnight, a man boards a train. He looks strange and starts asking passengers their ages. 'Ma'am, are you 28?' 'How did you know?' 'Sir, are you 55?' 'Yes.' He correctly guesses everyone's age. 'Granny, are you 69?' 'Yes, I'll be 70 in 5 minutes.' Hearing this, the man turns pale.

The man has a superpower to foresee people's ages at death, but he can't see his own. After boarding the train, he notices that everyone seems to be about the same age as their death age. Finding this strange, he tests his theory by asking a few people, discovering they will all die this year. When the grandmother says she is 69 and she'll be 70 in 5 minutes, he realizes the train will have an accident within 5 minutes, killing everyone on board.

He really guessed the age correctly by pure guessing


The Washing Machine

At night, a poor scavenger brings home a washing machine he found. In the middle of the night, he wakes up startled, thinking he heard the washing machine start.

A murderer had dismembered a body and put the parts in the washing machine. He transported the body parts to the outskirts. When the scavenger found the washing machine in his three-wheeled cart, the killer had just finished removing all the body parts and was digging a hole nearby. By the time the killer realized, the scavenger had already driven off with the washing machine. So the killer followed the scavenger home and snuck in to start the washing machine, trying to clean off the blood evidence inside.


The Ritual


The Woman in the Pink Dress


The Seaweed


The Little Red Dress

My sister chose a little red dress for me. I wore it to school, and when I came home that night, I found a dead body.

My mother was having an affair with my teacher. They would meet whenever my father was away. The little red dress was a signal to the teacher, indicating that my father wouldn't be home that night. That day, my mother was busy, so my sister chose the red dress for me. The teacher saw it and came to our house thinking my father was away, but he was caught by my father, who then killed him.


The Best Friend

Thomas exposed his secret at the best friend's house


The Elevator

The floor that the elevator leads to exists


Half a Matchstick


The Girl on the Balcony

A girl greets me from the opposite balcony every day, but now I'm afraid to step onto my balcony.

I recently moved into an apartment. Every morning when I go to the balcony to hang clothes, I see a girl on the opposite balcony greeting me. I'm happy and make sure to greet her back before going to work. Two or three weeks pass, and one day I see a news article about my neighborhood: a female body was found hanging on a balcony, having committed suicide three weeks ago. Suddenly feeling something was off, I run to my balcony and indeed, the girl is gone, replaced by police tape. I feel sick and can't bring myself to step onto the balcony anymore. It turns out the swaying body of the hanged girl just looked like she was waving hello.


1237

A kindergarten child always counts '1,2,3,7', skipping '4,5,6'. When I correct her, she says her mother taught her this way. Puzzled, I propose a home visit. After the visit, I also tell her it's '1,2,3,7'.

I'm a kindergarten teacher. While teaching, I noticed a child who always counted incorrectly. While others count 1234567, she says 1237. When I try to teach her the correct way, she says what I'm teaching is different from what her mother taught her. Puzzled, I propose a home visit, but she takes me to a hospital. It turns out her mother has a heart condition and doesn't have long to live. It's currently March, and her daughter's birthday is in July. To be able to celebrate her daughter's last birthday with her, the mother created this white lie. Moved by this, I also tell her that 7 indeed comes after 3, just like her mother said.

Mom really thinks the next number after 123 is 7


The Mountaintop

A person lives in a cabin on a mountaintop. At midnight, he hears door-knocking, but when he opens the door, no one is there, so he goes back to sleep. The next day, a body is found at the foot of the mountain. What happened?

The cabin door on the mountaintop opens to a cliff. A man had managed to climb up with great difficulty and knocked on the door for help. When the door opened, he was pushed back down, falling from the mountaintop to his death.

The person who died is the one living in the small house


The 18th Floor

Xiaoming lives on the 18th floor. Sometimes when he returns home, he takes the elevator directly to the 18th floor, but other times he goes to the 15th floor and walks up. Why?

Xiaoming is still a kid, unable to reach the 18th-floor-button. However, when he's carrying an umbrella, he can use it to press the button.

There is an elevator that can only go up to the 15th floor


Meeting the Parents

My boyfriend and I are alumni. He's three years my senior and about to graduate. We feel a strong connection and fell in love at first sight. We agreed to marry as soon as I reach the legal age. As National Day approaches, he suggests I meet his parents during the holiday. I happily agree. However, when his parents see my face, they are shocked and strongly oppose our relationship. Why?

This is set in the early days of China's reform and opening-up, during the one-child policy era. I was an 'extra' child. To keep their jobs, my parents sent me to be raised by distant relatives in the countryside and changed my surname. They've been providing financial support to the relatives. They were happy when I got into this university and, nearing retirement, were considering reconnecting with me. Unexpectedly, their children had fallen in love, resulting in a tragic situation of our unexpected incest.

My boyfriend's parents recognize my face


The Best Friend

Thomas visits his wife's best friend's house for the first time with his wife. After returning home, his wife wants a divorce. Why?

Thomas's wife saw that his phone automatically connected to her best friend's WiFi.


The High Heels

A lady buys a pair of red high heels from a shoe store. These heels foreshadow her death that night.

The lady is a performer in a circus troupe. That day, she bought a pair of red high heels. That night, she wore these heels for her performance. Her act involved balancing an apple on her head while another male performer threw a knife at the apple. However, because her new high heels were a few centimeters taller than what she usually wore, the male performer, who hadn't adjusted for this, accidentally threw a knife into her head.

A colleague threw knives because she grew taller and as a result she died


Meeting the Parents

My boyfriend's parents met me when I was young


The Forgery

'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back' 'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back' 'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back' 'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back' 'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back' 'You've disappointed me so much, I'll never come back'

Oh no, I think I'm in trouble.

I killed my wife and am trying to forge evidence to make it look like she just ran away from home. But after writing it several times, I still can't imitate my wife's handwriting convincingly.


Half a Matchstick

A man's body is found in the desert, holding half a matchstick. His luggage is found nearby. It's known that he died from a fall. Please deduce what happened.

He was on a hot air balloon tour in the desert with a group. Halfway through, the balloon ran out of fuel. To keep flying, they threw out all their luggage, but it wasn't enough. They decided to draw lots using matchsticks - whoever drew the short one would be thrown off. He drew the short matchstick and was pushed out, falling to his death.


The Four-Year-Old Mother

A five-year-old kindergarten child claims her mother is only four years old. Puzzled, I propose a home visit. At her home, I see a horrifying scene...

At her home, I see several women chained up, with a fierce-looking, ugly brute standing nearby. The kindergarten child suddenly shows a sinister smile unfit for her age... It turns out she's not just five, but twenty-five years old, suffering from a condition that prevents her from growing. The brute is her brother. She lures kindergarten teachers like us to their home to be imprisoned, all to find women for her brother... And her 'four-year-old mother' is actually a woman who has been trapped there for four years...


Meeting the Parents


A Painting

It was a beautiful painting, the man in it had distinct features and looked lifelike. The next day when I saw the painting again, my scalp tingled, and I couldn't praise it anymore.

I stayed in a run-down small hotel at night. When I entered the room, the light was broken, and the room was very dim. There was a painting opposite the bed of a man with distinct features, looking so lifelike, just like the Mona Lisa. I felt like the person in the painting was always looking at me. Early the next morning, when it was bright, I realized that what I thought was a painting was actually a window. A man had been standing outside the window watching me all night, and because the light was too dim, I had mistaken him and the window frame for a painting.

The content of the painting itself is horrifying


A Painting

The hair in the painting is real human hair


The Seaweed

The boy jumping into the river was stimulated by something


The Discounted Snacks

He bought a batch of discounted snacks at a small shop, feeling he got a good deal and secretly pleased. The next day, watching the news, he was terrified.

He had bought snacks from this store once before and felt the price was quite high, thinking the shopkeeper's wife had overcharged him. The next time he went, a man was minding the store. He mentioned that the shopkeeper's wife might have miscalculated last time and overcharged him, so the man said he'd give him a discount this time to make up for it. He felt he had gotten a bargain and was happy. The next day, watching the news, he learned that the shop owners, a married couple, had been murdered. The criminal, according to the news, needed money and randomly robbed a small shop, then killed to eliminate witnesses. After the murders, the killer posed as the shopkeeper to continue selling.


The Ritual

Your parents have been arguing lately, and your mother seems strange. She's often distracted, secretly asking you how to transfer money to others... Sometimes she silently waves her hands at home as if performing some ritual. One evening after dinner, your father goes out for a walk, and your mother sneaks out too. Suspicious, you follow her... Ah, so that's what it is...

Your mother is doing square dancing. Your father thought she was having an affair. The money transfers were for buying team dance costumes, and the hand-waving was dance practice. To avoid disturbing neighbors, all the square-dancing aunties wear headphones and dance silently, making it look like some mysterious ritual.

The mother transferred money to many people


Exchanging Photos

I exchange photos with an online friend I've known for a short time. After seeing his photo, I break out in a cold sweat.

I recently met a new online friend, and we got along well. One day, I suggested exchanging photos to see what each other looked like. After I sent my photo, he waited a while and then sent back the same photo of me. I found it strange, but when I looked closely, I noticed a foot sticking out from under the bed in the photo. This online friend was hiding in my room.

The online friend's photo was taken in a place familiar to me


The 18th Floor

Someone helped Xiao Ming press the button


The Woman in the Pink Dress

Your new neighbor is a young man living alone. One day, returning home after a late-night snack, you see a woman with long hair, wearing a pink dress and heavy makeup, enter your neighbor's apartment. Late at night, you hear arguing and things being thrown, which is particularly jarring in the quiet hallway. The next day, you see a shredded pink dress and a bunch of long hair in the garbage bag outside your neighbor's door. When you ask your neighbor about it, he stammers and refuses to explain... Should you call the police? What happened?

Your neighbor is a man with a cross-dressing fetish, which is why he lives alone. His family doesn't know about this and keeps pressuring him to get married, so he moved out of his parents' home. That day, he returned home after cross-dressing and you saw him. Unexpectedly, his mother was waiting for him at home. Seeing her son in women's clothing, they had a big argument, and his mother cut up his pink dress and wig. This is what actually happened.


The Best Friend


The Little Red Dress

The person who died is someone the sister knows


The Elevator

I enter the elevator to go to school. As it rises, I realize I'll never be able to go to school again.

On Monday morning, urged by my mother, I absent-mindedly enter the elevator to go to school. After the doors close, being still sleepy, I forget to press the button for the first floor. As the elevator continues to rise, I realize my mistake and am about to press the first floor button when the elevator suddenly stops. The doors slowly open, and I see a dead girl lying in a pool of blood, with a man cleaning up the scene... The man hears the noise and suddenly turns to look at me, his eyes fixed on my hand. Startled, I frantically press the door close button. Just as the elevator is about to close, a blood-covered hand reaches in. I'll never be able to go to school again because I'm about to be killed by the murderer. (The elevator was going up because the girl had pressed the button for help before being killed.)

The elevator's ascending speed is abnormal


The Forgery