The first time they saw Ding Dahai, they would mistake him for a chef. He was in his fifties, with a big head and thick neck. There was not a single hair on his head. He had a fat head and big ears, and his face was shining with grease.
Wu Tong felt disgusted at the sight of this short and fat man. He couldn't explain why, but it probably reminded him of Li Tong's boss.
In the spacious and bright reception room, Ding Dahai crossed his legs and looked at Wu Tong before saying to Zhong Shu,""I heard from the guards that the police are looking for me. I wonder why you're looking for me?”
"Do you know Shen Qisheng?" Zhong Shu asked.”
Ding Dahai finally relaxed. He sank into the black leather sofa as if he was paralyzed." Not only do I know Shen Qisheng, but I'm also good friends with him!”
Wu Tong felt that Ding Dahai could be swallowed by the soft sofa at any moment.
"Then do you know where he is now?" Zhong Shu asked again.”
The smile on Ding Dahai's face disappeared. He tried his best to sit up and asked Zhong Shu,""Is he not at home?"
"According to his wife, he hasn't been home for more than a month.”Zhong Shu hid the fact that Zhong Qiang had told him that Shen He's father, Shen Qisheng, had already returned home. He felt that there must be a hidden reason behind this.
Wu Tong almost laughed out loud when he saw Ding Dahai scratching his head. Ding Dahai had a monk's head, and there was not a single strand of hair on it. Wu Tong wondered why he was scratching his head.
"Then I don't know." Ding Dahai spread his hands and said helplessly.
"Then can you talk about Shen Qisheng briefly?”
"I've known him for many years and we're usually very close. We'd drink together every week, but in the past year, he hasn't come much. I don't know what's wrong with him. I've visited his house a few times, but I was refused entry. Especially his wife. She said that he was sick and couldn't be seen. I think he's probably up to something at home.”
"So you never saw him again?”
"Officer, I can guarantee that I'm not lying.”
Zhong Shu nodded and asked again,"How long has it been since you last saw him?"”
"I told you that it had been at least a year. If you didn't tell me today, I would have almost forgotten about him.”
Ding Dahai's last curse shocked Zhong Shu. Could it be that Shen Qisheng was really dead? But if she was dead, why did Lin Danni still hide it?
"Have you heard of ghosts, then?”
Ding Dahai's expression was very solemn. He lowered his head and thought for a moment before saying,""I know. Are you talking about the single-story building in the Pingfang District?”Seeing Zhong Shu nod, he continued,""That building was built by Shen Qisheng three years ago. At that time, it was built through my connections.”
"Then do you know where he bought a house?”
Ding Dahai looked doubtful." He lives in a villa, so why would he buy another house? Could it be…"
His face instantly turned red, and his throat seemed to be blocked by fish bones. He stopped talking.
Zhong Shu also guessed that Ding Dahai must be trying to say that he had a mistress outside, but it was indeed possible. Although Lin Danni had some charm, Shen Qisheng was very rich.
Zhong Shu took out a photo of the man in black from his pocket and handed it to Ding Dahai.
"What is this?"
"Take a look first and see if the person above is Shen Qisheng.”Although the photo Lin Danni gave him already proved that the man in black was Shen Qisheng, Zhong Shu still wanted to confirm it.
Ding Dahai was obviously not mentally prepared. When he saw such a terrifying photo, he was so scared that he retched. He glared at Zhong Shu and did not dare to make a sound, but his face was filled with extreme pain.
After a long time, he frowned and said,"It seems to be him, but it doesn't seem like him."”
"Confirm if it's really him.”
" It's him, it's definitely him. Could it be that he has already…" The photo in Ding Dahai's hand suddenly fell to the ground, and his oily face was covered in sweat."How did he die?"
Li Tong had been feeling more and more uneasy and scared these past two days. Even when she sat on the back seat of Wu Tong's bicycle, this uneasy feeling still haunted her. Mo Shaolin's angry eyes kept appearing in front of her eyes.
"Don't let your imagination run wild all day. Even if you're not sick, you still want to be sick.”Wu Tong could only comfort her like this.
When he got home, the eye-catching red handprint was still on the door. Even if he washed it hard, it would not be washed off. Every time she saw this handprint, Li Tong would panic.
When he returned home, everything was the same as before.
Li Tong smiled in relief.
Wu Tong looked at her in a daze, feeling a little sad. How long had it been since she last smiled?
Li Tong probably noticed Wu Tong's strange expression and avoided his eyes. However, she sensitively stopped in her tracks, sniffed, and asked in confusion,""What's that smell?"
Wu Tong also smelled a strange smell in the air. When he opened the bedroom door, the stench assaulted his nose.
"What's that?" Li Tong pointed at the bed.
The originally flat and mirror-like bedsheet now bulged. There seemed to be something under the bedsheet.
The more Wu Tong looked at it, the more he felt that there was a person hidden underneath.
Li Tong walked forward in a daze. She reached out and pulled the bedsheet, causing it to flutter. Then, she shouted at the top of her lungs, Wu Tong could not help but be stunned. He felt as if his eardrums were about to burst.
There was a dead person lying under the bedsheet!
Zhong Shu was helping his son with his homework when he heard Li Tong's scream. He rushed out of the room without thinking much.
It was Li Tong's voice!
He kept knocking on Wu Tong's door. When he saw Wu Tong opening the door with a panicked expression, he knew that something big had happened.
"It's a dead person! It's a dead person!" Before he could say anything, Wu Tong shouted.
Zhong Shu felt a chill rising from the bottom of his feet.
Li Tong also ran out of the room. Her face had already turned pale, and her lips had turned pale.
The smell of rotten meat rushed into his nostrils. Zhong Shu held his breath. When he walked into the bedroom, he seemed to have seen the most terrifying thing in the world.
What made him even more afraid was that this person was Lin Danni, who had disappeared from the Shen family's mansion. The exposed part was full of disgusting pus and rotting flesh.
After Zhong Shu called the police station, he realized that his hands were slightly trembling.
Not long after, the police arrived and rushed into the room with flashing lights.
A policeman took the nervous and dazed Wu Tong and Li Tong to another room for questioning.
Wu Tong seemed to be unable to speak. He kept looking at the open door of the bedroom in horror. After a long time, he gathered his courage and said,"We didn't know what happened.”
The police wanted to ask Wu Tong and Li Tong about the situation, but they didn't get anything. The police quickly left and took the body away.
In Wu Tong's eyes, they came and went like the wind, and the room returned to its former peace, but he always felt a sense of death floating uneasily.
Death seemed to be getting closer and closer to them. The recent series of events was indeed too strange. Wu Tong's heart was beating wildly as he looked at Zhong Shu and Li Tong uneasily.
Li Tong sat alone for a while, but she still had a lingering fear. She threw herself into Wu Tong's arms, trembling like a frightened deer.
"It's okay, it's okay. It's all in the past.”Wu Tong kept patting her shoulder, his eyes a little dull.
Zhong Shu looked at them sympathetically with a cigarette in his hand." When we went out to investigate, did you remember that the door and windows were locked?”
Wu Tong swallowed his saliva and said with certainty,"It can't be wrong. I've checked all the possible places that thieves can enter and exit. Unless there's a key, no one can come in.”
Zhong Shu was deep in thought in the swirling smoke. The white smoke slowly dissipated in the air.
The ghostly voice came from underground again.
The sky was gray and the air was suffocating.
Lin Danni had died 20 hours ago. Just like the man in black, her fatal wound was in her abdomen.
After receiving the autopsy report and listening to Ming Li's explanation, Zhong Shu felt as uncomfortable as if his entire body was crawling with ants.
He remembered that the last time he and Wu Tong saw Lin Danni was yesterday afternoon. In other words, not long after they left, she was killed because Wu Tong and Li Tong returned home at around 9:30.
Zhong Shu was thinking, was it because of their visit, or was it because of some other reason, that caused Lin Danni's sudden death?
The strange things that had happened in the building had attracted the attention of the police station. The chief wanted him to solve the case as soon as possible. If he needed more manpower, he would consider sending someone to support him.
While Zhong Shu was still thinking, he was already standing in front of Wu Tong's house and knocked on the door almost subconsciously.
The door opened. Wu Tong saw Zhong Shu and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.
Zhong Shu saw his pale face and knew that he must not have slept well last night. No one would sleep well when they saw a corpse lying on their bed.
After the police retreated, Wu Tong tore off the bedsheet, quickly rolled it into a ball, and threw it into a black plastic bag. He threw it into the depths of the grass at the fork in the night.
Although the corpse had been taken away, the stench in the room still lingered, making one feel nauseous.
He and Li Tong didn't sleep for the whole night. It was only later that he persuaded Li Tong to sleep on the sofa, and he sat there until dawn.
He didn't know what would happen next, so he could only protect Li Tong, hoping that she wouldn't get hurt.
The two men sat silently facing each other. Zhong Shu took out a cigarette and handed it to Wu Tong. When Zhong Shu lit it for him, he saw that his hand was still trembling.
"She died shortly after we left.”Zhong Shu lit his cigarette and took a deep puff.
Wu Tong glanced at him, and a chill gradually rose from his body.
The room was still filled with the smell of death.
When she learned that Wu Tong had decided to go to the countryside with Zhong Shu to investigate, Li Tong was filled with anger.
Wu Tong said that he and Zhong Shu had decided to go to Shen Qisheng's hometown and would probably not be back until tomorrow.
Wu Tong's words when he called were still ringing in Li Tong's ears. At that time, Li Tong was having a headache because of the extra work that Mo Shaolin had given her. She was already impatient. When she received Wu Tong's call, she really wanted to scold him.
Just now, Mo Shaolin's Benz had stopped by the roadside again. His fat face stuck out of the window and invited her to get in, intending to give her a ride, but she politely rejected him.
Amidst his fear, he finally arrived home.
The handprint on the door was still so scary. Li Tong deliberately didn't look at it, but the more she thought about it, the more her eyes couldn't help but look there. Her hands trembled as she took out the key. After a long time, she finally opened the door.
In order to make herself feel safer, Li Tong turned on all the lights in the room. It seemed that this was not enough. She turned the volume of the television to the maximum. She did not have to worry about the neighbors complaining about her being noisy. As for the police officer next door, he believed that the police officer had already sent his son elsewhere.
A very boring soap opera was playing on the TV, making her want to sleep. Just as she was about to turn off the TV and read a book, she suddenly heard a strange sound in the living room.
Another ghost?
Li Tong felt her breathing quicken again.
She walked slowly to the living room. Everything was fine. She went back to her room to watch TV, and she looked back at the door from time to time.
As she looked, Li Tong felt something strange behind her. She turned around and realized that the lights in the living room were turned off. It was pitch black.
The lights were clearly on just now!
Li Tong immediately felt a chill run down her spine. She stared at the door with her eyes wide open, as if it was a monster's mouth that was swallowing the light.
She almost didn't dare to turn back to watch the television anymore. She kept feeling that there was a pair of evil hands in the darkness that would reach out to her neck from behind at any time.
Li Tong was so anxious that her forehead began to sweat. Suddenly, she heard footsteps approaching her. The pressure of approaching step by step made her panic. At this time, she felt that danger was about to arrive, so she hurriedly grabbed the phone and dialed the phone.
"Hello, is this Wu Tong? Come back quickly, there's a ghost in the house!"
The lights in the bedroom suddenly went out.
Li Tong was in the dark, and she felt like she had stepped on nothing. After her eyes adapted to the darkness, she saw a shadow walking towards her. At the same time, she smelled a pungent smell of decay. The shadow seemed to have emerged from the ground, and she almost couldn't see clearly how the other party stood in front of her.
"Who are you?" Li Tong screamed in horror and started to retreat. She wanted to call for help, but there was a heavy object weighing a thousand pounds in her throat, so she could not call out at all.
The other party's throat suddenly made a sound like a stone colliding, making her teeth ache.
"You"
"Hehe, I'm the ghost of hell. The next person to go to hell will be you.”A hoarse and unreal voice rushed out from the other party's throat.
A bolt of lightning was like a sword, sharply splitting the dark night into several parts. The sky instantly became as bright as day.
"Ah!" Li Tong shouted in fear.
At that moment, she saw the black hat and a face as white as paper.
She had seen this face before!
She couldn't help but think of the terrifying man in black who was moving quickly in the dark night.
Before Li Tong could react, the bat-like shadow pounced on her.
Outside the window, bean-sized raindrops fell, and everything was sleeping…
Zhong Shu got the address of Shen Qisheng's parents from the Shen family's servant, Xiao Zhou. It was in the countryside far away from the city.
They were very puzzled. Shen Qisheng was so rich, so why didn't he bring the two elders to live in the city?
After Wu Tong called Li Tong, he felt a little uneasy.
The clouds in the sky were transforming into monsters.
Zhong Shu saw the worry in his heart and smiled.""It's okay. I want to go another day. If you have concerns, don't go this time.”
Wu Tong shook his head and smiled. His smile was very forced.
The bus passed through the city. The scenery was beautiful along the way, but Wu Tong couldn't take it in. His eyelids kept twitching.
After leaving the city, the bus gradually entered a mountainous area. The road began to be bumpy. It would take about six hours by car. According to people familiar with the road conditions, if there was bad weather, it might take more than half a day.
They had set off in the morning and thought that they would arrive in the afternoon. Who knew that the bus would break down halfway? The driver had no choice but to get out of the bus for maintenance. The bus was so anxious that everyone kept cursing.
The car finally started moving again. After nearly seven hours of bumpy journey, they finally arrived at the village. Smoke rose from the chimneys.
When Zhong Shu was in the car, he had already asked people who were familiar with the terrain in this area. This was Shen Qisheng's hometown.
Compared to the hustle and bustle of the city, this place was very quiet.
Seeing an old man carrying a bag in front of him, Zhong Shu walked over and asked,""Uncle, do you know how to get to Shen Qisheng's house?”
The old man's expression changed and he pointed ahead." There's a big black iron gate. That's his house."”
"Uncle, is his family doing well?" Zhong Shu asked.”
The old man rolled his eyes at him." What's so good about it? When they heard that their son had died, the two old men cried their hearts out. The old woman even went crazy. Sigh…what a sin!”
Watching the old man stagger away, Wu Tong had mixed feelings.
Surrounded by a vast wilderness, Zhong Shu and Wu Tong climbed over a mound and saw a large black iron gate not far away.
The door was ajar, and someone was talking inside.
The two of them pushed the door open and walked in. They saw a thin old man tidying up the manor. When he saw a stranger visiting, he straightened his bent back and looked at them warily.
"Uncle, you're Shen Qisheng's father, right? I'm from the police station."
Father Shen looked at them and immediately revealed a sad expression. He said to them,"You're here for Qisheng, right? He's already dead."
Zhong Shu looked at Wu Tong and said to Father Shen,""I want to have a good talk with you."
A gust of cold wind blew past. Wu Tong raised his head. The blood-red sunset in the sky had disappeared. Dark clouds had already covered the sky. The dark clouds were pressing down on his head. It would probably rain at night.
"Qisheng…Qisheng…"
Suddenly, a mournful cry rang in his ear. Wu Tong's heart was suddenly gripped by an invisible hand. He thought that she was probably Shen Qisheng's crazy mother.
Father Shen sighed, looking very haggard." My husband went crazy after Qisheng left.”
"How did you know that Shen Qisheng is dead?”
"Old Hu told us."
"Who is Old Hu?"
"He's a good friend of our family.”
Inside the house, everything was in order. Shen Qisheng had made a lot of money, and his old home was also decorated very grandly. However, because it was getting dark, the house seemed very dark.
As soon as he entered the room, Wu Tong felt a chill.
Father Shen turned on the power switch, and the light instantly lit up the entire room. Even the light seemed to have a temperature, but Wu Tong felt that his body was getting colder and colder.
"What do you want to know? I'll tell you everything I know.”Father Shen served the two of them fruits and sat down to wait for their questions.
"Do you know what your son has been busy with in the past year?”
Father Shen lowered his head, looking tired. "Sigh, actually, I'm not too sure about these things. He's busy with business and rarely goes home. We don't know anything about what he usually does.”
Father Shen began to slowly talk about his son's past.
Wu Tong was a little restless, so he stood up and walked around. Suddenly, he found a big photo frame with a few photos inside. He walked over and looked at it carefully. Suddenly, he found a photo of a family of four. There were two children in it. They should be Shen Qisheng when he was young. Who was the other person?
"Uncle, do you only have one son?" Wu Tong asked curiously.”
"There's one more."
Zhong Shu's eyes lit up." What's his name? Where are you now?"
"Dead, long dead."
Zhong Shu's heart sank. He looked out of the window. Dark clouds were gathering. It looked like there would be rain at night.
There was no bus at night, and they couldn't go back anyway. Father Shen happily prepared a room for them.
After dinner, the three of them chatted for a while. Father Shen was busy taking care of his wife who fell ill from time to time. Wu Tong and Zhong Shu did not want to disturb him and went to bed early.
They were arranged to sleep in the inner room. They were afraid that Father Shen outside would hear their conversation, so they spoke very softly.
"So they have two sons. I really didn't expect that.”
"Uncle said he died. How did he die?”Just as Wu Tong finished speaking, his phone rang. It was Li Tong.
When he heard Li Tong's heart-wrenching scream on the other end, a chill covered his body like black wings, and his eyelids began to twitch rapidly again.
"What's wrong?" Zhong Shu noticed that Wu Tong's breathing was uneven.
" Li Tong wants me to go back. She said " Wu Tong didn't finish her sentence. Her anxious and fearful screams seemed to still echo in his ears.
A bolt of lightning tore through the night sky, piercing Wu Tong's eyes.
When a person grew old, the various functions of the body seemed to be getting worse and worse. It seemed that even the time they needed to sleep was getting lesser and lesser.
When Grandma Zhong opened her eyes, she felt that it was cold beside her. She touched it with her hand and found that there was no one around.
"Little Qiang." She called out softly, thinking that he had gone to the bathroom. However, after waiting for a long time, there was no sound from the bathroom. She got out of bed and called his name while looking for him.
Later, when Grandma Zhong saw that the door was open, she suddenly realized that Zhong Qiang had already left.
She was terrified and did not know where her grandson had gone in the middle of the night.
She hurriedly put on her clothes and went downstairs.
The community was quiet, with cars passing by occasionally.
Where could he go? Could he have gone home?
As if she had seen a ray of hope, she immediately jogged to the street, called a taxi, and rushed to her son's house.
On the cold street, even the lights seemed to be cold, like a layer of ice covering the ground.
Zhong Qiang didn't know why he suddenly missed home. After school, when he met Grandma at the door, she told his father that he had something to do and would only be back tomorrow. She asked him to stay at her place for the night.
However, he was not used to living with his grandmother. He always smelled a strange smell in his grandmother's room.
Hence, he sneaked home while Grandma was asleep.
When Zhong Qiang first saw the building, a bolt of lightning split the dark night sky like a sword. At the same time, it made him shudder.
Zhong Qiang felt very scared and ran home quickly.
There seemed to be something stuck to the glass of the bungalow. Only a shadow could be seen, and it looked like a mask.
Another bolt of lightning struck, followed by the rumbling of thunder.
Zhong Qiang ran into the room in fear. Just as he was about to close the door, he heard a bang from the door next door. Although he was frightened, he still looked out.
The door really opened, and two shadows walked out. When another bolt of lightning struck, Zhong Qiang was shocked. He bit his lip hard, not letting himself make a sound.
It was the dead ghost! He was carrying a bag on his shoulder.
Zhong Qiang wanted to continue watching, but the ghost suddenly turned to him and smiled at him.
Upon seeing that smile, Zhong Qiang felt a chill run through his body.
He could no longer suppress the fear in his heart and slammed the door shut.
After an unknown period of time, the sound of footsteps could be heard in the corridor.
Zhong Qiang was scared out of his wits. He jumped out from behind the door and shouted while retreating,""Don't come over! Don't come over!"
"Xiaoqiang, open the door. It's Grandma.”
This voice was very familiar, and it made him feel even more intimate. He quickly opened the door and threw himself into Grandma's gentle embrace.
" Grandma…"#
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