Chapter 389: Painter
“So…” Fatty’s eyes widened. “Lin Chen’s corpse walked out on its own?!”
Hua Luo’s eyes froze. “Lin Chen?”
“Yes.” Jiang Cheng nodded. “We just found that out. The woman who lived in Room 808 is called Lin Chen. She was Lee Maoshen’s girlfriend.” Hua Luo didn’t say anything. Jiang Cheng continued to watch the screen, and his eyes shifted. “Hmm?”
“What’s wrong?” Fatty turned to the Doctor. Jiang Cheng took over the phone and fast-forwarded the video. He seed to have noticed sothing. However, the screen was blocked by a hand.
“Let .” Hua Luo seed to know what Jiang Cheng was looking for. He fixed the video and showed it to everyone. In the video, the travellers can see that Lin Chen doesn’t appear alone. There was a black shadow beside her. Due to the rain, no one noticed this at first. Upon closer inspection, it appeared to be the silhouette of a person.
Chu Jiu narrowed her eyes and leaned closer. It was a person wearing black. He was quite tall. He was at least a head taller than Lin Chen. He walked beside Lin Chen with the sa gait. It gave the feeling that he was Lin Chen’s shadow.
Unfortunately, they couldn’t get a good look at his face. At this point, Banana Wolf started to shake. “It’s him?!” His tone suggested he knew who this man in black was.
“Who is it?” Hua Luo turned to him. “Be clear.”
“I… I don’t know who he is, but Sister Qing has ntioned him to . Before Lin Chen fell off the building, there was an incident.” Wen Qing knew about the relationship between Lee Maoshen and Lin Chen. This twisted love was the trigger to Wen Qing’s suicide.
“One ti, Lee Maoshen was drunk and ca to find Wen Qing. He gloated that he had just slapped Lin Chen because soone told him that Lin Chen had gone out to seduce a man behind his back. She even brought the man ho when he wasn’t there.
“Clearly, Wen Qing didn’t believe it. It is weird. They loved the sa man, but Wen Qing didn’t hate Lin Chen. She pitied Lin Chen. The girl ca alone from the countryside to the big city to make a better life for herself. She had no one to rely on. Plus, Lee Maoshen didn’t treat her well. She was often trapped at ho alone. She was very lonely.
“Lin Chen was an honest girl. She was very introverted. She rarely left her ho. She wouldn’t cheat on Lee Maoshen. Wen Qing thought Lee Maoshen was crazy because he often suspected that his partners were cheating on him. He probably projected his insecurity on others because he was doing the sa thing.
“One ti, when Wen Qing went to Building Three to collect rent, she passed by Room 808 and heard an argunt coming from inside. It was between a man and a woman. The argunt was heated. The woman was Lin Chen, but the man’s voice…” Banana Wolf swallowed. “It was not Lee Maoshen.”
“Who was it?”
“Wen Qing was curious, but she didn’t plan to mind other people’s business. However, Lee Maoshen stomped back angrily at that mont. A busybody neighbour had probably inford him of the argunt.
“Lee Maoshen didn’t even knock. He opened the door with his key and charged in. However, Lin Chen was at ho alone. Lee Maoshen kicked Lin Chen and slapped her several tis. Lin Chen was knocked to the ground. He interrogated her about the man.
“If Wen Qing hadn’t pulled him back, Lin Chen would have suffered more. However, Lin Chen refused to admit there was soone else there. She told him to search the ho if he didn’t believe her. Lee Maoshen closed the front door and found a bat. He ransacked the place. He checked every corner and found nothing. He even looked out the window. He got nothing. Lee Maoshen was stumped. He forced Lin Chen to admit that the man had escaped after he heard that he was coming back.
“In the end, it was Wen Qing who pleaded for Lin Chen. However, after this incident, Wen Qing kept feeling that sothing was wrong. She was certain she heard a man. It was not from a phone or a television. It was too real. There was a man in her room!” Banana Wolf concluded.
Jiang Cheng tried to get him to calm down. He asked, “Did Wen Qing get more clues after that?”
Banana Wolf’s eyes darted out and admitted, “I asked the sa thing, but Sister Qing’s mory appeared to stop here. I could sense that she must have found sothing, but she insisted that she didn’t rember anything.” A few seconds later, he added, “I don’t think she wanted to hide anything. She really can’t rember.”
“Sothing obscured that part of her mory.” Hua Luo scratched her chin. “So kind of mysterious power.” His analysis was quite reasonable.
“Is it the rule?” Chu Jiu probed.
Jiang Cheng thought about it and shook his head. “It doesn’t sound like it. If it were the rules, she wouldn’t have this blurry feeling. She would have forgotten the whole incident.”
So of the travellers were experienced enough to know that the rules had a dominating effect.
“Then, what could it be?” Fatty blinked. “Could it be…”
“It’s the man in black!” Hua Luo claid confidently. “He influenced Wen Qing’s mory. He was also the man in Room 808. He went to the police station to take Lin Chen away…” He paused because he didn’t know how to describe Lin Chen. She was too real to be a ghost, but she wasn’t really a corpse. In any case, everything should be related to this man in black.
Plus… based on the autopsy report, Lin Chen had died more than a month ago before jumping off the building. So, how was she alive for another month before she killed herself? Clearly, the man in black was involved.
All the suspicions pointed towards this man who had appeared in Room 808 and shared an unusual relationship with Lin Chen. Finding him would end this mission.
Since the man knew Lin Chen, they should start with her. Lin Chen had a simple life. It wouldn’t be too hard to investigate her.
“By the way,” Jiang Cheng turned to Banana Wolf. “What did Lin Chen do for work?” Lee Maoshen wouldn’t keep a woman around if she didn’t know how to earn money for him.
“I heard she was a creative person.” Banana Wolf tried to rember. “I believe… she was an illustrator. Sister Qing ntioned seeing a large canvas in Room 808.”
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