??Chapter 95: 094. Can you give
a lift?_1
Chapter 95: 094. Can you give
a lift?_1
The mont Lu Ban heard He Youwu’s words, the lights in his room flickered for a mont, then went out.
The room plunged into darkness, with only the moonlight streaming through the window, bringing spots of brilliance.
“Hello, hello, can you… see, can you…”
The signal on the cellphone seed to be malfunctioning, He Youwu’s voice becoming twisted and interrupted, and soon there was no sound at all from the receiver.
Lu Ban saw that the signal had turned into a cross, indicating that he was unable to contact the outside world now.
“No wonder no one rents the villas around here, it turns out to be a haunted house.”
Lu Ban murmured to himself.
“I heard that haunted houses are very cheap, maybe I could swap for a set if I could buy one?”
He quite liked the outdoor swimming pool.
Lu Ban glanced at the yard, the water in the swimming pool seed even thicker and deeper under the moonlight, like it was stained with blood.
Ten years ago, that poor child was probably murdered by a ferocious criminal and then dumped into the overgrown swimming pool, only to be discovered after many days had passed.
Feeling soone’s breath on his back, Lu Ban turned around.
He saw several college students standing in the living room, their expressions sinister, chanically waving at Lu Ban like marionettes on strings.
“You were bewitched into killing each other, and after death, your souls were bound here, turned into that child’s puppets, like vengeful spirits?”
Lu Ban remained calm, took two steps forward, and sat down.
“Did you invite
into the house during the day to scare
and make
leave as soon as possible?”
The college students wore blank expressions, just continuously and slowly waving their hands.
“Or is it that if I invited you into the house, you could harm people at will?”
There is such a legend, that ghosts typically cannot enter other people’s houses, they can only co in if the hoowner invites them. Earlier, Lu Ban told these college students that if they were scared, they could co to him, which seed like an invitation.
“I’m just an ordinary law-abiding citizen; if you have grievances, you shouldn’t co after , but those who hard you, has justice yet been served upon them?”
Lu Ban tried reasoning with the ghosts.
He felt a chill beside him and turned his head to see the television flicker with static, and then a blood-stained young man appeared on the screen, his eyes blackened, crying blood tears.
“I sympathize with you, but if you harm those innocent people, aren’t you just like the person who killed you?”
Lu Ban said to the grimacing person on the television.
At that mont, his shoulder was tapped, and when Lu Ban turned his head, the bloodied face of the young man was inches from his own.
“How about this, you pass on first, and I promise you, I’ll definitely find the murderer who killed you, is that okay?”
Lu Ban’s fingers rhythmically tapped on the armrest of the chair.
He felt as though a rope was wound around his neck, making breathing difficult, his ears buzzed, and blood rushed to his brain.
But the lody from Lu Ban’s hands had already begun.
It was Du Danping’s [Midnight lody].
Lu Ban could play this lody under any circumstance, with any sound-producing item, and it had the effect of soothing the mind as well as exorcising evil.
As Lu Ban played, he felt himself beco calm, the chanical waving of the college students slowed down, the television screen disappeared, and unwittingly, only the blood-covered young man was left standing in the room.
“You can rest in peace now.”
Lu Ban quickened the pace of his playing.
The young man’s expression was complex, as if reluctant but also perhaps expectant, and he finally vanished.
Under the moonlight, the entire mansion was silent and still.
After a long while, Lu Ban stood up and looked at the swimming pool.
It was still deep and thick, seemingly corrupted by blood.
“Oh, it turns out it’s my blood, then it’s fine.”
He had checked the villa once over, and it was not until He Youwu and Chen Danshen arrived in the police car that he leisurely descended the stairs.
“So the murderer of that burglary and homicide case still hasn’t been found?”
After briefly explaining the situation, Lu Ban asked.
“We have found one, to be precise, we found the body of one of them.”
He Youwu felt that even though the lights were bright in the house, it still felt gloomy, as if sothing was overshadowing it. Plus, the descriptions he had read from the files made him sowhat uneasy.
“The surveillance wasn’t as comprehensive ten years ago, so the identities of the two thieves weren’t discovered at that ti. It was only after a subsequent case occurred that we investigated the deceased’s identity and found the stolen goods from this burglary in his house, which revealed him to be one of the perpetrators from back then.”
“Was he dismbered too?”
Lu Ban was curious.
“No, he committed suicide.”
Chen Danshen surveyed the surrounding rooms.
“According to the neighbors, the man beca very strange after moving in, often muttering to himself, afraid of sunlight, and appearing like a lunatic. One day, he committed suicide in a very bizarre way,” said Chen.
“How did he die?”
Lu Ban pressed for details.
“He scratched open his own throat with his fingernails, literally clawing it open. No one knows how he managed to do it. By the ti the landlord ca to collect the rent, the body already stank.”
Chen Danshen said a lot before catching himself.
“What am I telling you all this for… cough cough, anyway, we’ve inford the major case squad. They can start with the burglar from that year’s case and follow the leads on the sold stolen goods. They should be able to find the culprit’s identity soon.”
“That’s excellent.”
Lu Ban clapped his hands.
These days, most unsolved cases are old cold cases from before surveillance caras beca common. Cases like the Jiangcheng serial killings, which are especially heinous and still unsolved, are truly rare.
“By the way, why are you here alone in this villa in the middle of the night? Could it be that you’re gathering material for an episode of your show?”
He Youwu teased.
“Pretty much, I actually ca here to sunbathe and swim,”
Lu Ban spoke the truth.
“…”
Chen Danshen suppressed the urge to retort, knowing from his experience with Lu Ban that taking him seriously ant losing.
“So, are you staying here tonight? Can you sleep?”
“It’s okay, but I really should be heading ho too.”
Lu Ban had already obtained the information about He Dao; the next step was to prepare to enter the Foreign Domain. Indeed, there was no need to stay in the villa any longer.
“Officer, could you give
a ride?”
“?”
A question mark popped into He Youwu’s mind.
Are they seriously considering us a hitchhiking service?
“However, co to think of it, the agent never ntioned this to
before, and even though he’s in charge of these houses, he made
stay in this one…”
Lu Ban held his chin, deep in thought.
“…What do you think, could there be sothing wrong with that agent?”
Hearing Lu Ban’s words, He Youwu and Chen Danshen exchanged glances, then they both beca serious.
“What’s the na of that agent, and give us his phone number,”
He Youwu said cautiously.
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