Dark Cave - part 2 - Chapter 10
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the cool night breeze .
Yamashita Yuji asked with concern: ” What’s wrong? What did you see ? ”
Guan Jian closed his eyes slightly. What he had just seen was so real, but the person on the stage was so blurry.
” Someone else will be killed … maybe one of us. ”
If there is another murder, who will be the victim?
Why do I insist that we are the ones trying to discover the truth?
Is it because of the white coat on the iron bed?
Maybe it’s intuition.
Why is it such a coincidence that the two murders of ” inhuman ” behavior took place at the second and third of the so-called ” Top Ten Haunted Places in Beijing and Jiangsu ” . What about the next one? Could it be at the Institute of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine?
If the murderer in the murder case that I ” foresaw ” was the ” evil ghost ” who killed Shishi and Chu Wenguang , then the only way to prevent the loss of more innocent lives is to dig out the murderer as soon as possible.
But, could it be that I, who had lost my mind, was the murderer ? My heart tightened.
” What are you thinking about? ” It was a clear female voice that broke the key train of thought.
Ouyang Shan, I was just looking for you!
The No. 2 cafeteria of Jiangyi is the largest, but even so , it is still difficult to find an empty table at lunch time. Ouyang Shan squeezed in beside Guanjian with a smile.
” Shanshan, where did your cousin hear about the ‘ Top Ten Haunted Places in Jiangjing ‘ ? Why did she say that the Institute of Chinese and Western Medicine is the most haunted place? ”
” Let me start from the beginning . My cousin said that she had experienced a very horrible thing before and almost lost her life …”
” It’s the Broken Face story again. Can she come up with something different? ”
” Please listen to me . Because of the background before liberation, she began to pay attention to the stories of old Jiangjing. She read a story about a Chinese herbal medicine bureau that was haunted for many years. The Chinese herbal medicine bureau of the Kuomintang government is now the Institute of Chinese and Western Medicine. ”
” How exactly is it haunted? ”
” It seems that my cousin only saw a tabloid , saying that in the Chinese herbal medicine store, there were mysterious people in black who came down in the middle of the night to exorcise ghosts and even dig the ground to bury ghosts. Later, some curious people went to see what was going on, and found that their bodies were exposed in the yard. When they died, their eyes were dug out and their tongues were cut off. It is said that in this way, they cannot identify the people or ghosts who killed them in the underworld. ”
Guanjian thought for a moment and said, ” Don’t you think it’s too much of a coincidence? Shishi and Chu Wenguang died in the second and third ghost places in the ‘ Ten Haunted Places in Jiangjing ‘ , and the first one, the Institute of Chinese and Western Medicine, happens to be where Shishi worked before her death. ”
” What do you mean?! ” Ouyang Shan put down her chopsticks and stared at the key coldly.
had said something wrong: ” Nothing, I just felt it was strange … Don’t get me wrong … It really has nothing to do with you … ”
Ouyang Shan burst out laughing : ” I remember when you made me cry when we were little, you were so flustered, and I cried harder, secretly laughing at your joke. ”
The key also smiled.
” What class is today? ” Ouyang Shan would never remain silent when faced with a crucial issue.
” I just finished the night shift and will take a rest in the afternoon …” Guan Jian felt a little regretful, knowing the questions that Ouyang Shan would ask later.
” Where are you going to play? ”
” I want to … I want to go to Shishi’s house to meet her mother. ”
” Do you think it’s appropriate to go at this time? ” After a moment of silence , Ouyang Shan spoke first.
” It’s not appropriate. But I feel that Shishi didn’t tell me something before she was killed. I want to rule out a hypothesis – could it be those secrets that led to Shishi’s murder? So I have to get to know Shishi better. ”
Yin Lan came home from work, she saw Jian Yuan wandering at the door of the corridor and didn’t know how to react for a moment.
Tears fell first.
the boy for twenty-two years and brought infinite sweetness to his life go?
My husband passed away suddenly one night five years ago . He also bore a dishonorable reputation. Little Shiyi, who had just become an adult, passed away suddenly in her youth. How many people in this world are suffering more mental pain than me?
” Auntie, I should have come to see you earlier …” The last time I met Yin Lan was at Huang Shiyi’s funeral.
” Xiao Jian, you don’t need to explain too much. Auntie knows that you haven’t had an easy time these days. Come upstairs and sit down. ” Yin Lan looked Jian up and down again: he was still a handsome boy, but his hair needed a cut, his face was a little pale, and his eyes were a little dark.
he really be a psychopathic killer? I really can’t tell.
She was thinking randomly and struggling with the key before she finally opened the door.
Guan Jian hesitated for a moment and followed Yin Lan into the small unit where he had visited many times.
” Xiao Jian, you didn’t come here just to see me, did you? ” Yin Lan added some cold water to the electric thermos, preparing to make some hot drinks for Guan Jian. Her hands were shaking slightly. Suddenly, she bent down and burst into tears.
The arrival of the key moment was a huge shock to her. She had cried countless times before, but today was the first time someone listened to her.
” Why weren’t you by her side when Shishi left ? Poor Shishi, who did she offend? Tell me, why did my family leave me forever! ” Yin Lan cried loudly.
Guan Jian was panicking , and he supported Yin Lan, tears falling down his face, and he choked up and said, ” Auntie, I’m sorry, I also regret not being by Shishi’s side that day …”
” Why did you come? Don’t you really know that when I see you, I will immediately think of Shishi and thousands of ‘ ifs ‘ , if Shishi hadn’t left, if her father hadn’t left, if I could go back to five years ago …”
” Aunt, please scold me. I blame myself every day, but after crying and hating myself, I think that the only thing I can do now to comfort Shishi is to find the murderer. There may be a connection between my uncle and Shishi’s death. ”
After crying for a while , Yin Lan calmed down and fell into deep thought. Finally, she spoke again: ” I think there are many things that Shishi has never told you. ” Yin Lan, supported by Guanjian, sat down on the sofa and closed her eyes slightly, as if she had returned to the heart-wrenching days five years ago. ” Shishi and I don’t believe that your uncle Huang would embezzle … At that time , Shishi seemed to have said that one day, she would definitely clear this injustice for her father. ”
Guan Guan was shocked . Perhaps Shishi’s ” secret ” was the investigation of the truth about her father’s death. Perhaps her tragic death was related to her investigation of the truth about her father’s death. Perhaps the murderer who killed Shishi was the murderer of the ceramic artwork robbery case.
The murderer is still among us .
How did Chu Wenguang get involved?
Guan Jian said: ” Auntie, can I look through Shishi’s belongings, such as her diary or notes? ”
” Of course. Shishi never had the habit of keeping a diary. I handed over all her notebooks and even her computer to the Public Security Bureau. ”
Guan Jian walked to the door of Huang Shiyi’s room. The corpse in a pool of blood flashed before his eyes. He took a deep breath and walked in slowly.
He knew even with his eyes closed that there were several sketches and cartoons drawn by Huang Shiyi on the wall, without too many fancy arrangements.
At this moment, she sat quietly in front of the desk, her long hair flowing like a waterfall. Everything around her was also harmonious and quiet.
He walked forward and saw that the table was spotless and there was nothing to be seen.
He stood there silently for a long time. It was already dark outside and the lights were off in the house. Only then did he notice two faint lights . There were two small fireflies lying on Huang Shiyi’s temples, flashing in the darkness! He stretched out his hand.
She suddenly turned her head, her face had no facial features, only blood flowing!
suddenly came from behind. ” It’s so dark, why don’t you turn on the light? ” The light came on.
Guan Jian won Yin Lan’s consent, opened the drawer of the wardrobe, searched for a while, and took out a small jewelry box. Inside was a pair of earrings, firefly-shaped earrings. When the lights were turned off, the glass fireflies on the earrings flashed a faint fluorescence.