A colleague passed away unexpectedly, and at 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, I found that his computer screen turned on on on its own.
Early in the morning, when we stepped into the office, the leader conveyed a sad news: last night, my colleague Wang Qiang passed away due to an accident.
The sudden news stunned us all.
Just yesterday, we were still working together for more than ten hours, and it didn't take long for us to hear that Wang Qiang had passed away, which made everyone unbelievable.
Colleagues gathered around the leader, hoping to hear more details. The leader sighed and said: Last night, Wang Qiang attended the class reunion, and because he drank a few more glasses of wine, he scraped with a car and fell to the ground when he went home. Since he was not wearing a helmet, he could not do it on the spot.
After everyone heard this, they all felt embarrassed. It's a shame that a young life suddenly disappears because it doesn't put on a little helmet.
The leader asked: How many colleagues does our department need to assist in dealing with Wang Qiang's funeral, are there any voluntary registrations?
Because I have a good relationship with Wang Qiang, I was the first to stand up and sign up.
For the next few days, two colleagues and I were busy helping with Wang Qiang's funeral, and we didn't return to the office until three days later.
When I got back to work, I noticed that the atmosphere in the office had become heavy. Colleagues no longer joked like before, and it seemed that everyone had not yet come out of Wang Qiang's death.
Wang Qiang's workstation is diagonally opposite me, maintaining the appearance of his life, and no one has moved his position so far.
His dedicated computer was also turned off all the time, and only the monitor's prompt light was flashing, as if waiting for his master to come back and turn it on.
Two days later, at 11 o'clock in the evening, I was urgently recalled to the unit by the leader to deal with one thing, asking to see the results tomorrow morning.
I asked the leader: It's so late, can I deal with it tomorrow?
The leader firmly said: No, it must be completed tomorrow morning, this matter is urgent.
This situation often happens in our unit, and whether the task is tight or not is completely decided by the leader's words. Sometimes I worked overtime all night, but it turned out to be less urgent, and no one cared for days.
However, the leader had the final say, and I couldn't refuse, so I had to reluctantly leave the bed and ride an electric car to hurry to the unit.
It was close to 12 midnight at the moment, and only the hall and corridor on the first floor of the building were lit, and the rest of the building was dark and filled with an eerie atmosphere.
There is a special security guard on duty at night, a sixty-year-old man, who recognizes me. He came out of the duty room, looked at me curiously, and asked: What's the matter with coming to work so late?
I replied with a wry smile: No way, there is an urgent matter to deal with.
Uncle said with concern: Hard work, by the way, I would like to remind you that there may be a problem with the corridor light on the floor of your office, be careful not to fall.
I said yes and hurried into the elevator.
My office is on the fourth floor, and when the elevator doors opened, I couldn't help but be stunned, the hallway was pitch black, and I couldn't reach my fingers.
It turned out that the security guard was not lying, and the light in the corridor was really broken.
I took out my phone, activated the flashlight mode, and fumbled my way forward with the dim light.
The entire floor was silent, except for the sound of my footsteps and breathing, as if it were unsettling silence.
Suddenly, a thought flashed into my mind, and I remembered Wang Qiang, who passed away a few days ago.
For some reason, at the mention of Wang Qiang, I got goosebumps all over my body, and my scalp was numb.
Although I am an atheist, I am skeptical about whether there are ghosts in this world.
Although I didn't believe it, at twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, being alone in the place where Wang Qiang used to work, I couldn't help but fall into a mess of thoughts.
Suddenly, I thought of one more thing, and after careful calculation, today happens to be Wang Qiang's first seventh.
The so-called first seven days refer to the seventh day after a person's death.
We have a saying here that on the seventh day after death, the soul returns to the place where it once worked and lived to say goodbye.
At this point, I was so frightened that I almost froze, and I almost couldn't even hold back my pee.
I secretly cursed the leader in my heart that I had to arrange for me to work overtime tonight, and if there was an accident, I would not give up.
Despite the horror in my heart, I couldn't back down because I still had a task to complete.
I gritted my teeth and walked on, stepping into the office door, my trembling hand pulling out my keys, trembling with the nervousness of inserting them.
Finally opening the door, I quickly pressed the switch of the office light, and the bright light dispelled the fear in my heart, which made me breathe a sigh of relief.
I walked into the office, turned on my computer and got ready to start the day.
There was a cold wind in front of me, and the place always felt cold, and I didn't want to stay longer.
I was in a hurry and eager to complete the task as quickly as possible. However, my impatience caused me to make frequent mistakes, and it took me two hours to complete what was supposed to be an hour's work.
Hurriedly checked the work, and everything seemed to be in order. I turned off my computer, went to the office door, and pressed the switch on the light.
Just as I was about to lock the door, I glanced into the office and saw what appeared to be a computer with a monitor still on.
There are often colleagues who forget to turn off the computer because of negligence, and the leader gets angry about it several times.
Instinct told me I didn't care, but reason told me to help shut it down. Otherwise, tomorrow the leaders will find out, and there will be no way to talk about tranquility.
So, I turned on the light again and walked to the desk with the computer monitor on.
Halfway through, suddenly the hairs stood on end, trembling all over, and I almost screamed.
Because I found out that the workstation with the computer monitor lit up turned out to be Wang Qiang's workstation.
Oh my God, Wang Qiang is back!
I couldn't keep my cool anymore at this thought. I turned and ran towards the office door, and in my eagerness to escape, my left foot tripped over my right foot and I fell into a stumbling mess.
Despite the excruciating pain, I didn't care, and scrambled out of the office, almost rolling, rolling, crawling to the top of the stairs.
I came to the duty room, where the security guard was napping. I came in with enough movement to wake him out of his dream.
I hurriedly grabbed my uncle's hand and said excitedly, "Uncle, there is a ghost!" Wang Qiang is back. ”
The uncle was taken aback by me, but he was so experienced that he still kept calm and responded with a serious face: "Don't talk nonsense, where the ghost came from?" Be careful that the effects are not good. ”
His words seemed to wake me up from my dream, yes, where did the ghost come from in this real world? Even if there are real ghosts, you can't just talk about it, the impact is not good.
The uncle patted me on the shoulder and said in a serious tone, "It's too late, let's go back quickly." ”
I nodded and hurriedly walked out, but suddenly remembered that the office lights were still on, so I said to my uncle: "Uncle, I came out in a hurry just now, and the office lights are still on, can you ......."”
I wanted to ask my uncle to turn off the lights for me, but I felt a little embarrassed to say it.
The uncle nodded and said comfortingly: "It's okay, you go back, I'll help you close." ”
I walked out step by step, and told my uncle, "Be careful! ”
It stands to reason that I should go back with my uncle, but I was so scared that I didn't have the courage to face it anymore. When I got home, I quickly went to bed, and at night I actually dreamed that Wang Qiang was smiling at me ......
The next day, I came to work in the office wearing sunglasses and found that my colleagues were working normally and everything seemed peaceful.
Walking to his workstation, he couldn't help but glance at Wang Qiang's position.
I stood up suddenly and asked in surprise, "What about Wang Qiang's computer?" ”
My sudden movement startled a female colleague next to me.
She said angrily, "What's wrong with you? So surprised, Wang Qiang's computer was taken away by the leader. ”
I stared at her and asked, "Taken away by the leader?" ”
The female colleague asked rhetorically: "Of course, what else?" ”
I felt a little bored, so I got up and poured a glass of water to drink, but I didn't expect the leader to come over.
The leader beckoned to me and said, "Xiao Zhang, you go to the engineering department to check whether Wang Qiang's computer still has unexported work content." I had already exported some of the data last night, but I left first because of urgency, and there was still some content that I didn't have time to process. ”
I asked, "Leader, did you turn on Wang Qiang's computer yesterday?" ”
The leader replied: "Yes, when I got off work yesterday, I received a notice that the company needed Wang Qiang's computer, so after you left, I turned on the computer for data export." ”
I stared at the leader and continued to ask, "Did you turn off the computer when you left?" ”
The leader patted his head and said, "I'm sorry, I was in a hurry yesterday and forgot to turn off the computer." ”
I pointed at the leader and said angrily: "Really, my good leader, I almost got into trouble because of your negligence." ”
The leader wondered what was happening.
I described in detail what happened last night.
The leaders and colleagues present laughed from ear to ear.
The leader pointed at me and said, "Usually you always boast of your boldness, but I didn't expect to be scared by a computer, it's so funny!" ”
I was not satisfied with the response: "Last night was Wang Qiang's first seven, and the situation was very strange. His computer is on, don't you think it's scary? Leader, sometimes people are scary than computers! ”
At the mention of Wang Qiang's first seven, the entire office became silent. The big boy who used to be funny and humorous is now gone forever.
After a moment of silence, everyone's emotions became heavy.
Reflections at the end:
Late at night, I went to the office to work overtime, only to find out that my deceased colleague's computer was still running.
At that moment, it was as if I had met a supernatural being, and I was so scared that I almost peed my pants.
It turned out afterwards that the computer was not a miracle, but the leader forgot to turn it off when he left in a hurry.
This experience made me deeply realize that there may not be ghosts or gods in the world, and that the so-called ghosts are just an expression of human anxiety and fear of death.