Chapter 27 Clues

"But something doesn't make sense," Fatty said, puzzled. "If Li Maoshen from Building 3 was really haunted because he filmed a paranormal video, then why was he killed by a ghost from Building 2?"

"Was the video he filmed related to the ghost in Building 2?" Fatty blinked, looking at everyone. "Or was it something else?"

"Could it be that these people knew each other?" Chu Jiu suggested softly.

But based on the current clues, there was no evidence that these people had any contact, so this guess could only be put aside for now.

"Wait." Hua Luo pinched a ring with two fingers, gently placed it on the table, and said in a soft voice, "This ring was found on Yu Lan's body."

"In her mouth, wrapped in a large clump of hair." Jiao Tailang had previously introduced Yu Lan's appearance at the time of her death in detail, so Hua Luo didn't waste any more words here.

The ring's inner side had the words Shen Aiwei written on it.

Xu Yi took the ring from Wei Jinting, and everyone passed it around, "This Shen... could it refer to Li Maoshen?" Fatty asked, looking up.

Although there was no solid evidence, everyone felt that it was very likely.

If according to Manager Zhao, Li Maoshen was probably the one who caused this big trouble, but it was unclear why Zhao Jiajia from Building 1 and Song Xiaoyou from Building 2 were also involved.

But now it seems that these people are probably connected.

It's just that they haven't found the key yet.

Now what needs to be clarified is who the person represented by the word Wei is. It looks like it should be a woman, and her relationship with Li Maoshen is unusual.

Most likely his girlfriend.

Xu Yi suggested that this could be used as a breakthrough point, focusing on investigating it.

Then Jiang Cheng briefly told everyone about the ghost call he encountered in the afternoon.

Upon hearing that a ghost impersonated him to make a phone call and even came to Jiang Cheng's door, Jiao Tailang's face changed.

"Jiao Tailang, you don't have to worry," Jiang Cheng said, craning his neck towards him. "That ghost won't knock on your door."

Hearing this, Jiao Tailang's face improved slightly, but before he could ask why, he heard Jiang Cheng continue, "It's already in your room, what's the point of being so polite."

Jiao Tailang: "......"

Fatty: "......I think I've seen this plot somewhere."

Liu Guo stroked his chin and said, "It seems that using the phone in the room is not safe either. Ghosts can intercept our communications, and may even use the phone to trick us into opening the door, or lure us out."

"Then try not to use phone communication. If someone claims to be a companion and asks us to open the door, or go out at night, just treat them as ghosts."

This is also the only way. After the clues become clearer, it should be much better. After all, they have not yet figured out the ins and outs of the matter, nor do they know why these ghosts are killing people.

"There's also one more thing." Jiang Cheng suddenly said, "How did the ghost in Building 1... die?"

According to the previous reasoning, the ghost in Building 1 killed the ghost in Building 2, and the ghost in Building 2 killed the ghost in Building 3, so the ghost in Building 1 is the source.

Then who exactly killed this long-haired ghost, Zhao Jiajia?

These are the only clues, and there was no point in discussing it further. Seeing that the sky was gradually darkening, everyone dispersed.

"By the way." Before leaving, Wei Jinting suddenly said, "The time limit for our mission this time is 7 days." He explained, "When we came back today, we ran into the landlord. He stopped us and said that we could only live until the 14th of this month, which is exactly 7 days."

"Does that mean our rent is only enough to last until the 14th?" Chu Jiu asked, looking at him.

"It's not a matter of money." Wei Jinting shook his head. "I also asked him if we could renew the lease, but he said no, because... it doesn't allow it."

"It... who is it?" Fatty asked in surprise, looking at him with a look that clearly associated him with some very bad things.

"I don't know." Wei Jinting said, "I asked, but he just smiled at me and limped away."

Recalling the lame old man's smiling face, Wei Jinting still felt uncomfortable.

At that moment, he almost determined that the old man was a ghost, but he had not yet touched the critical line in the mission, so the old man was inconvenient to directly kill them.

But this is only a matter of time.

After the group dispersed, they each rushed back to their residences.

As close teammates in the same building, Jiang Cheng and Fatty naturally went with Xu Yi and Chu Jiu. Xu Yi didn't seem to like Jiang Cheng very much, not only because of the prostitution bust at the KTV before, but also because she felt that Jiang Cheng was a useless parasite.

He was the kind of person who only picked up ready-made benefits.

He doesn't actively look for clues, but only shrinks back in a safe place to save his life, waiting for his teammates to share clues.

The more people like this, the more the difficulty of the mission increases invisibly.

But Jiang Cheng didn't care about Xu Yi's glare. This didn't stop him from going up and getting close to Xu Yi and Chu Jiu.

One moment he asked Xu Yi why she didn't wear her police uniform, praising that the uniform was particularly fair, and the most important thing was that it complemented her temperament. The next moment he took the opportunity to steal a few glances at Chu Jiu's upper body, sighing that she must eat more papaya when she was growing, otherwise she might end up like Sister Xu Yi, delaying her development, and she would have no place to cry in the future.

"Stop with that nonsense." Xu Yi stopped and said angrily, "Don't think that just because I don't have any clues in my hand, I'm going to share them with someone like you."

"Hey." Jiang Cheng grinned, and then narrowed his eyes, saying in a sarcastic tone, "If you were so capable back then, I wouldn't have been able to run away."

The two of them said one word after another, and the road was very lively. Fatty and Chu Jiu stared blankly, but couldn't get a word in, but the panic caused by the ghost was reduced a lot.

Fatty originally hoped to get some clues from Xu Yi, but now it seems that they also have very limited information.

After all, there are only two of them, unlike other groups, which have 4 people collecting clues together.

It wasn't until they reached the 6th floor that Jiang Cheng suddenly lowered his voice, as if he had changed into a different person, and said to Xu Yi, "Be careful tonight, the ghost might come to find you."

Xu Yi was stunned for a moment, then stared at Jiang Cheng, her eyes with a professional scrutiny, but before she could speak, Jiang Cheng had already turned and left, leaving behind a sentence that she could call him at any time if she missed him, and disappeared around the corner of the corridor.

"Sister Xu Yi." Chu Jiu looked in the direction Jiang Cheng left, her throat carefully rolling, then tilted her head and asked, "Is what he said true?"

"I don't know, but whether it's true or not, we have to be careful tonight. I also have a feeling." Xu Yi exhaled and looked out the window, "Tonight... won't be peaceful."

"Doctor." Fatty leaned close to Jiang Cheng, blinking his eyes and asked, "Is it true that the ghost will go to Xu Yi tonight? Or are you just scaring her?"

Putting away his joking expression, Jiang Cheng looked at Fatty and said calmly, "She's the only one in this building who hasn't been found by a ghost yet, right?"