Our unit is one elevator serving three households, and I live right across the hall from them, so I can hear the sound especially clearly.

The owners on other floors also heard it, and the group chat instantly became chaotic.

Owner of 403: [That was the scream of the owner of 501. He must have been killed, so all the rules sent by the property manager are true.]

Owner of 202: [It's a good thing I praised you earlier, but why are you showing off in the group chat when you're fine? It's because of you that the owner of 501 is dead.]

Owner of 403: [I didn't know if these rules were true, and besides, who made him jealous of others being better than him? If you want to blame someone, blame him for being resentful of the rich.]

Owner of 101: [Stop arguing. Did any of you hear the sound of a child crying?]

Our unit is a villa, with only five floors in total. If the sound is a bit louder, the whole building can hear it.

Owner of 403: [Rule number five says that there are no children in our building, so it must be an auditory hallucination. Don't fall for it.]

With the warning from the owner of 501, no one dared to ignore the rules.

The group chat became very quiet, and the cries of the child became even more mournful.

Soon, an owner couldn't bear it anymore and expressed their fear in the group chat.

I always felt that this crying didn't seem normal, as if it were the cry of a ghost baby.

After a while, the rarely talkative owner of 103 sent a message in the group chat.

[Rule number five is fake. I have a child at home, and their high fever won't go down. Does anyone have fever-reducing medicine to help in an emergency?]

Owner of 403: [How do we know if what you're saying is true? What if you want to harm us?]

Owner of 103: [I can swear on my life that I absolutely am not lying. Saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-level pagoda. Please, everyone, help me out.]

After saying that, the owner of 103 posted a picture of a chubby baby in the group chat.

[This is my son. Look how cute he is. If his fever doesn't go down soon, he'll be burned into an idiot.]

Owner of 202: [Owner of 101, you're on the same floor as the owner of 103. Have you seen their child?]