"You still don't give up on the third floor?"

"Are you really going to ask the whole building?"

…

The old man said nothing.

…

"you……"

Seeing that the old man didn't refute, the old lady's heart skipped a beat. She had told similar jokes twice.

It seems that the old man did not clearly state that he would not do this both times.

"You don't really want to do this, do you?"

…

"……No."

The old man felt the pressure of the old woman's gaze and said somewhat vaguely.

…

"It's fine if you don't."

The old lady was reluctantly satisfied with the old man's reply.

It's not that she refused the old man to do this.

I just don't think it's necessary.

Why bother?

He is no longer a nimble young man...

…

"Don't forget about this."

The old lady shook her head.

"If you go to the balcony later, you may not hear the sound of the pipa."

The old lady already somewhat believed the guess she blurted out before.

The old man probably really thought the voice in his sleep was reality.

In this case, where can the old man find the so-called pipa player?

…

"alright."

The old lady turned around.

"I just washed the grapes."

"I'll get it."

"You're tired after a long trip."

"Sit down and rest for a while."

…

The old lady went to the kitchen.

The old man slowly sat down on the sofa.

He was a little stunned.

What the old lady said...is not unreasonable.

Is that pipa sound really just his dream?

After many years...

How could he dream of the sound of the pipa?

He doesn't believe it.

I can't help but have some doubts.

…

The Pipa Ghost sits on the balcony railing.

His feet swayed slightly.

Even his body was swaying slightly.

A gust of wind passed by.

The loose white shirt outlines what looks like wings.

…

Pipa Ghost looked at the old man sitting on the sofa.

It followed the old man before.

Watching the old man knocking on the door of each house.

Watching the old man be disappointed again and again.

It is also a bit disappointing.

It would also be happy if it could find other humans who could hear it playing.

It can abandon this human being.

This human being has so little vision.

Don't even like its performance?

Before meeting this old man, the Pipa ghost had never thought that there were humans who didn't like its playing...

…

But so far, there is no one here who can listen to its performance on behalf of this human being.

It must make the old man acknowledge its playing.

Pipa Ghost thought to himself, and unconsciously fiddled with the strings of the Pipa in his arms.

This is its habit.

Then, it heard a female scream?

Pipa Ghost looked up.

…

"Old man!"

Most of the grapes fell off the old lady's plate.

"what are you doing?!"

The old lady was very angry.

She just approached the old man holding a fruit plate with grapes.

Just as she was about to speak, she saw the old man jumping up from the sofa as if he had seen a ghost...

She was caught off guard and frightened.

The hand shakes...

The grapes on the plate he was holding suddenly rolled to the ground.

…

ah!?

The old man was frightened for the second time by the old woman's scream at close range.

With a plop, the old man fell back onto the sofa.

There was a look of panic on his raised face.

…

The old lady was stunned.

Then I felt a little angry.

"What?"

"Obviously it was you, the old man, who scared me first..."

Why do you look like a "victim" who was frightened by her now?
To be continued...