Returning ho, Yan Junze felt that continuing like this was no solution.
Now it seed that the Back-faced Woman had settled in Building 7 and wouldn’t leave. Being able to see her coming and going every day was highly dangerous.
If things didn’t improve, he might as well complete the task rated "Hair-raising (Low)"!
No sooner had this thought crossed his mind than he couldn’t help but shiver.
So far, out of the three tasks he had completed, only "Staying in a Room with Zhang Tiantian" had a higher danger level, rated "Trembling with Fear (Low)", and the Possession Spirit in that task was clearly much more dangerous than Ke’er and Granny Ren.
Now, asking him to complete the task "Look at Her Face," rated "Hair-raising (Low)", Yan Junze really had no confidence.
After so thought, he decided to stick to the original plan and deal with "Peeking From the Crack in the Wall" first.
After he finished reviewing his howork, his parents ca ho one after another. Both appeared normal as they entered the house, clearly not having seen the Back-faced Woman, indicating that she didn’t always linger near the stairwell.
It wasn’t until Li Man had prepared dinner and the three family mbers were gathered around the dining table that Yan Junze noticed Ke’er seed to have been gone the whole ti.
Since the mont he saw the Back-faced Woman downstairs, the little creature had disappeared, and still hadn’t returned.
Regarding the increase in his Favorability from "Neutral" to "Friendly" with souls, he started to have his doubts. Ke’er was so scared of the Back-faced Woman that she dared not co back; he really didn’t know who was the strangeness. Was it humans who feared the strangeness, or was it strangeness that feared the strangeness?
While they were eating, there was a knock at the door.
The three of them were slightly astonished; usually, people didn’t co to visit at alti.
Li Man, who sat closer to the living room door, stood up to open it and asked, "Who are you looking for?"
There was a stranger outside.
"I’m from an Exorcist team." A voice that sounded very familiar to Yan Junze spoke up.
Then Huang Chen, wearing a white suit, his short figure entered the living room. Upon seeing Yan Junze, who was eating, he pursed his lips in a smile.
"An Exorcist?" Yan Daguo put down his utensils and stood up in surprise to greet him.
In his mind, the incident in the bathroom involving strangeness was still queued up for resolution; it couldn’t possibly be his turn so soon unless soone pulled strings to queue-jump.
But he hadn’t found soone to pull strings, so how did the Exorcist show up at his door? Besides, the little girl in the bathroom had disappeared, and it had been a while since she last showed up. Now with the Exorcist’s visit, it seed there wouldn’t be much use.
"Let take a look at your bathroom."
Sure enough, Huang Chen’s face bore a smile that wasn’t quite a smile, and without greeting Yan Junze, he went straight to the bathroom after being directed.
The Yan family looked at each other in bewildernt, saying nothing.
A mont later, Huang Chen erged with his hands behind his back, tucking away a palm-sized black disk and shaking his head, "No strangeness here, not a trace of magnetic field fluctuations."
Yan Daguo and his wife had anticipated this result, but having the Exorcist personally confirm it allowed them to finally feel relieved.
Both said in unison, "Thank you, Exorcist Master!"
Their tone was very respectful; in this age of strangeness, eting an Exorcist was often warr than seeing one’s own parents.
Making his way to the living room door on his own, Huang Chen glanced at Yan Junze and said to Yan Daguo, "This is your son, right?"
"Yes." Yan Daguo quickly nodded.
"This kid is pretty good." Huang Chen cast an appreciative glance at Yan Junze without any hesitation, "I saw the video he fild of the case in apartnt 503 upstairs. Well, there are so things I’d like to discuss with him alone."
The couple were slightly taken aback, but they still nodded and gestured for Yan Junze to sit on the sofa to talk with Huang Chen. Li Man even ran to prepare tea with enthusiasm.
Who would have known that Huang Chen would naturally put his arm around Yan Junze’s shoulder, and the two of them left the living room to stand in the hallway outside before starting their conversation.
"I guessed that your parents didn’t know about the possession spirit incident last ti." Once alone with Yan Junze, Huang Chen stopped beating around the bush, pulled out a cigarette, lit it, took a drag, and looked up at the sky through the atrium.
Although Yan Junze had encountered a possession spirit, he hadn’t co to harm, and beside that, they had sought psychological counseling and showed all sorts of concern and care for him. This wasn’t without reason—they certainly didn’t want unnecessary complications.
Yan Junze nodded: "I didn’t want to worry my parents either."
"And yet you dared to go alone to explore the upstairs for strangenesses?" Huang Chen turned to look at him.
"I’m brave." Yan Junze revealed a smile, "And if the video exploring the strangenesses is complete and gimmicky enough, it can easily go viral. I want to earn my own salt."
Having said this, it was obvious that the corners of Huang Chen’s mouth twitched. The exorcist was finding it increasingly difficult to understand what was going on in the young people’s minds these days, not knowing what they were thinking all day long.
"Do you know why I ca to you?" Huang Chen suddenly asked.
Yan Junze was startled: "You ca... specifically for ? Not to deal with the strangeness in my family’s bathroom?"
Huang Chen took another drag on his cigarette, shaking his head: "I ca to deal with the bathroom incident incidentally. Moreover, there seems to be no strangenesses, or the strangenesses have already left. This situation can happen with a certain probability. My main purpose for coming here was to tell you about the incident in room 503 upstairs."
"Oh." Yan Junze furrowed his brow.
In his view, "The Old Woman Knocking at Mid-Night" task had already been completed. Could it be that there were new developnts?
"The security officer has confird that Granny Ren was murdered, and the suspects are limited to those she knew well and was close to." Huang Chen continued: "Of course, that’s the security officer’s business. We are powerless when it cos to solving cases. Did you see the news today?"
"What news?" Yan Junze was perplexed.
"Last night, a couple was tragically found dead in their ho in the LHTD Community." Huang Chen said.
Yan Junze rembered now. The news had appeared on his phone that morning, so he nodded in acknowledgnt.
"That couple... were Granny Ren’s second son and daughter-in-law, Lv Jun and Wei Tingchun."
"What?!" Yan Junze was shocked.
"I won’t hide it from you, the case has been classified as a Level D strangeness event, and exorcists have already gotten involved," Huang Chen said, looking into the distance.
"You an... Granny Ren’s son... they weren’t killed by soone?" Yan Junze caught on.
Huang Chen nodded: "We exorcists rate the danger level of strangeness events with letters. F is the lowest level, like the bathroom incident in your house. The highest is S level."
Yan Junze said: "What you an is, Level D strangeness events don’t need to wait in line."
Huang Chen nodded again: "If a Level D event isn’t dealt with quickly, it might escalate to Level C. Neighboring Huayun City had a Level C strangeness event two months ago. I rember... many people died that ti."
Yan Junze’s eyes widened, a guess forming in his mind but he was reluctant to believe it: "You ca to my house just to tell that Lv Jun and Wei Tingchun were killed by strangenesses?"
"No." Huang Chen dropped the cigarette butt at his feet and stamped it out, looking up at Yan Junze, he said word by word: "They were likely killed by Granny Ren."
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