The tenant downstairs

Author: Nine Daggers
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: This book is a suspenseful and eerie story about a rental apartment, detailing the appearance, characteristics, and habits of each person. It weaves together a series of terrifying tales using an eccentric landlord. The book tells the story of an unemployed vagrant who inherits a rental apartment near Donghai University and posts a "For Rent" notice. He doesn't want the virtuous, well-bred students, the stable office workers, or the frugal small families. He only wants "normal people"—those who fit the definition of normal but have the potential for chaos, normal people who can satisfy his voyeuristic curiosity about the dark side hidden beneath the facade of normalcy. As a result, the battered sports teacher Zhang, the internet-addicted college student Boyan, the divorced Mr. Wang, the innocent angel-like Xiaomei, the mysterious writer Yingru, the homosexual Linghu and Guoli, and the office siren Ms. Chen all move into the rental apartment. Eight tenants and one landlord, six rooms, and a pile of secrets. The potential of human nature makes it impossible to predict how much privacy is still hidden in each room.