I felt that the white-haired old man was a little unruly, telling such ghost stories so late at night, but the white-haired old man didn’t think so, and instead retorted plausibly:
"I'm not lying to you, this is really a soul-calling bell. Ever since I noticed all kinds of strange things happening in the room, I felt that maybe my son had been here."
"Even if the soul has come, it has been here before. I really miss my son so much, so I heard people say that this bell can summon spirits into the house. I asked someone to buy it for me."
"Harmful!"
It feels like you’ve been working on it for a long time, but it turns out this is what happened? Officer Wang also sighed lightly and continued:
"Uncle, we can understand how you miss your son, but sometimes, don't take it too seriously."
"Then what's going on with this light switch?" the white-haired old man said.
"Someone just sneaked into your house and wanted to search for something." As soon as the white-haired old man finished speaking, Gu Chen said casually.
The white-haired old man frowned and asked Gu Chen: "Comrade police, how did you know?"
"Guess." Gu Chen didn't say it too clearly, he just said it casually.
But the white-haired old man seemed to realize that Gu Chen seemed to have something on his mind. The kind white-haired old man who loved his son also continued to ask:
"Comrade police, do you know something? If you know something, please tell me."
After a pause, the white-haired old man continued: "Especially about my son."
"Of course." Gu Chen walked to the door and gently touched the bell that his head touched when he entered the house just now.
And the bell made a crisp sound.
Then, Gu Chen looked outside through the ajar door.
At this moment, there are still many lights on in the four-story building opposite.
Gu Chen looked back at the white-haired old man and asked hurriedly: "I would like to know who lives in the four-story building opposite?"
"Oh, are you talking about that building opposite? Does it have a corridor?" Hearing this, the white-haired old man also hurriedly came to Gu Chen's side.
Gu Chen nodded silently: "Yes, that's that building. I really want to know who kind of people usually live there?"
"They are all foreigners or people who come here to work." The white-haired old man narrowed his eyes and continued:
"Anyway, our place has changed from a wasteland back then to a commercial district now."
"The flow of people is also very large, so there are quite a lot of people coming here to do business. However, we locals have many houses of our own and generally don't live here."
"This building used to be an old elementary school, but because the current elementary schools have been moved to the newly planned area, it has always been empty."
"Later, our community leaders transformed this place into a dormitory, similar to a youth hostel."
"Part of it is rented short-term to foreigners who come here to work, and the other part is rented long-term."
"That means this place is similar to a hotel?" Lu Weiwei also came over and asked.
"Yes, it's cheaper than a hotel. Anyway, because it's cheap, it can reduce a lot of the rent burden. Basically, people who come here to work can afford it." said the white-haired old man.
Gu Chen frowned, still staring at the spot he found just now at the second floor window.
At that time, Gu Chen looked out of the window and found that there was a pair of strange eyes on the third floor of the four-story building opposite, observing everything happening here.
And those observing eyes were hiding behind the curtains.
Although it looked relatively normal, Gu Chen, who was keen, still felt very suspicious.
"I want to go there and have a look." Gu Chen suddenly said.
Officer Wang's eyes were stunned: "Gu Chen, why do you suddenly want to take a look there?"
"I don't know, my intuition tells me that I should go over and have a look." Gu Chen's answer was also perfunctory.
Of course, Gu Chen didn't have enough evidence yet, so he felt it was necessary to go over and conduct an on-site investigation.
"Senior Brother Gu, did you discover something?" Yuan Shasha seemed to see clues in Gu Chen's suspicious eyes and asked casually.
Gu Chen nodded silently and pointed to an area on the third floor:
"Just now when we were on the second floor, I looked through the window and noticed that on the third floor opposite, there was someone secretly hiding behind the curtains watching us, as if they were observing every move we made."
Taking a deep breath, Gu Chen continued to explain: "So my intuition tells me that I should go and take a look."
"Is that so?" After hearing what Gu Chen said, Yuan Shasha quickly looked to the opposite floor.
At this moment, the floor opposite seemed calm and there was nothing suspicious at all.
Officer Wang hesitated for a moment, then reminded Gu Chen: "Gu Chen, why don't you and Lu Weiwei go over and take a look at the situation. Xiao Yuan and I will stay here and talk to the old man."
"Okay." Seeing what Officer Wang said, Gu Chen quickly agreed.
Then he said to Lu Weiwei: "Senior Sister Lu, let's go over and take a look."
"Okay." Although Lu Weiwei didn't know why Gu Chen suddenly went to this location to investigate, Lu Weiwei had a principle, that is, just follow Gu Chen, and leave all the rest to Gu Chen.
I just need to provide good support to Gu Chen.
So after a few people communicated briefly at the door, Gu Chen took Lu Weiwei directly across the street in front of him and walked towards the four-story building opposite.
Not long after, the two came to the entrance of a courtyard.
The courtyard entrance here only has a house number and no signboard.
When you walk into the courtyard, there is a spacious passage leading to the interior of the building.
On the right side of the yard, there is a row of awnings, which are places for residents here to park battery cars.
It looks like the parking canopy in school.
At this moment, there seemed to be many people walking up and down the corridor, and many people seemed to be visiting.
There were various sounds of playing cards, playing music on mobile phones, and various news.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The whole space seemed very noisy.
Of course, Gu Chen didn't want to waste too much time here, so he headed straight to the third floor.
Lu Weiwei also followed closely without asking a word.
When Gu Chen came to the door of the room that he had observed from the window on the second floor, he quickly looked at the gap in the door.
I saw that there were no lights on in the house, which was different from the scene I saw at that time.
Gu Chen clearly saw at that time that there was a faint light in the house.
And it was through this weak light that he saw someone secretly staring at the second floor where he was on the side of the curtain.
Therefore, according to the structure of the floor, Gu Chen was definitely here.
But looking at both sides, they were all dark, and it seemed like no one was in the room.
Gu Chen didn't say anything and started knocking on the door in front of him.
"Tuk-tuk-tuk! Is anyone there? Tuk-tuk-tuk..."
Continuous knocking on the door caused the sensor lights in the entire corridor to turn on.
However, there seemed to be no one in the house at all, and the left and right sides of the room were all dark, and it seemed that no one was living there.
So Gu Chen took a few steps back and began to observe the nearby rooms, and found that there was a light on in a location two rooms away.
Inside the room, there seemed to be people playing cards.
I thought that among these people, there might be some people living in other rooms, and I might be able to go and have a look.
So he winked at Lu Weiwei, and the two of them quickly walked towards the lighted room.
"Bah! One to six."
"Pah! Big you."
"Crushed to death!"
…
Various signs of selling cards kept coming and going.
When Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei came to the door, a thin man sitting directly opposite Gu Chen held a cigarette in his mouth and glanced around unconsciously.
But when he found two uniformed policemen standing at the door, the thin man was dumbfounded and quickly buttoned the table to alert other poker players.
Everyone looked in the direction of Gu Chen, feeling a little at a loss.
"Which one of you is the resident of Room 307 over there?" Gu Chen said.
"Room 307? I don't seem familiar with it." The thin man shook his head in denial.
Another fat man also quickly asked the others: "Does any of you know?"
Seeing that everyone was shaking their heads in denial, the fat man smiled at Gu Chen and said, "Comrade police, no one here seems to know the resident of Room 307."
"Then do you all live here?" Lu Weiwei asked quickly.
"Well, I live downstairs, he lives next door, and the rest of us live in this room." The fat man cooperated and directly explained the accommodation situation of the people at the card table.
Just when Gu Chen was at a loss what to do, a short man quickly reminded him:
"Comrade police, I don't know who lives in room 307? But, I admire that guy."
"Hmm? What do you say?" Seeing that this short man seemed to know a lot, Gu Chen quickly approached him and continued to ask.
"Actually, it's nothing. Because everyone knows that 307 is a haunted house and people have died in it, so no one dares to live there."
"No matter whether it is room 307, no one dares to stay in rooms 306 and 308 if it is affected."
"But there is a young man who dares to live here. Are you going to say he's not awesome?"
"Haunted house?" Lu Weiwei also snorted after hearing the short man's words.
Several other people looked at each other and nodded silently.
A tall middle-aged man also said quickly: "Yes, this 307 is a haunted house. No one usually moves in, but the rent is very cheap."
"As long as the residents don't care that this is a haunted house, it's basically the same as living in vain."
"Unlike us, the rent must at least double."
"Yes, and no one dares to rent the two rooms next door." Another short man said.
Gu Chen sighed softly and said thoughtfully, "Then, is this person here tonight?"
"this……"
After hearing Gu Chen's words, everyone immediately looked at each other, as if they didn't know how to answer.
A fat man also shook his head and said: "I don't know about this, but I have seen that resident before. He often has his face covered and is mysterious."
"One time I drank too much and accidentally bumped into him in the corridor. I told him I was sorry, but he didn't even say it was okay."
"Isn't it normal not to say anything? If you hit someone, it's your fault. You can apologize, but they don't have to respond to you, right?" said a tall, thin man.
"Then this is a matter of basic courtesy." Another short man joined in.
For a time, various arguments arose one after another.
When Gu Chen saw this, he quickly pressed his hand and reminded, "Everyone, please be quiet."
As soon as the words fell, the scene became quiet.
It can be seen that what the police said still works here.
Gu Chen didn't beat around the bush and asked quickly: "Who can take me to meet that resident?"
After the words fell, everyone at the scene stayed where they were, seemingly unwilling to cooperate.
Seeing this scene, Lu Weiwei's temper also rose, and she said to everyone indifferently:
"What's wrong with you? The person living in room 307 is also your neighbor after all, right? But you don't know the specific situation of this person?"
"Comrade police." Seeing Lu Weiwei talking about it, a short middle-aged man also said quickly:
"Actually, the people living here are all migrant workers, just like us."
"We usually only focus on our own affairs. If we visit occasionally, it's a normal visit between people we know."
"For other strangers, at most they are familiar faces, and some are even more exaggerated. After living here for a month or two, you don't even know who your next door neighbor is?"
"There are a lot of people in this situation, and we just heard that a brave man lived in room 307 on the third floor."
Spreading his hands, the man said helplessly: "So I don't know anything about the rest of the situation."
"Okay." Seeing that no one here seemed to be able to help him, Gu Chenyou changed his words and continued:
"Do you know where the check-in procedure is? Is this under unified management? Or is it private management?"
"It is under unified management. The ownership of this house is the former primary school of this urban village." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, a thin man quickly replied.
Gu Chen paused and continued to ask: "Where can I find the person to check in?"
"First floor, the room on the far right." As soon as Gu Chen finished speaking, a thin middle-aged man quickly replied.
"Okay, thank you." Gu Chen thanked him and hurriedly walked downstairs.
Lu Weiwei also continued to follow Gu Chen, one after the other, and soon arrived at the far right side of the first floor.
Only then did I realize that there were many shelves in this room, and most of the shelves contained small commodities.
It can be seen that this apartment manager seems to be the owner of a small shop here.
"Hello." Gu Chen knocked on the door, but the middle-aged man lying on a small bed in the room didn't seem to care. The video of the young lady in his hand flew up, and he just said casually:
"What do you want?"
"We are here to find someone." Lu Weiwei took a step forward and said.
"Looking for someone?" The middle-aged man squinted his eyes and quickly looked up towards the door.
Seeing two policemen standing at the door, the middle-aged man quickly put down his mobile phone, jumped up from the bed, and walked quickly towards Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei:
“So he’s a comrade from the police?”
"Is there a resident in room 307?" Gu Chen asked.
"Yes, a bold resident just moved into that room not long ago."
Afraid that Gu Chen wouldn't understand, the middle-aged man quickly added: "Because that room is a haunted house where people have died, so many people are unwilling to rent it."
"Okay, we just learned about this." Listening to what the middle-aged man said, Lu Weiwei continued to ask:
"We want to know now, who is this person? Who lives in 307?"
"A... outsider, to be precise, from the Demon City." The middle-aged man said.
"Can you be more specific? Is there any identity information about him here?" Gu Chen asked again.
"Yes. If you want to check in here, you need to go through the registration procedures. I will look for them for you."
While talking, the middle-aged man opened an old-fashioned computer and quickly checked the check-in status.
After a while, the middle-aged man explained: "This man's name is Yang Jie, and he is here to inspect the market."
"What? Investigate the market? What market are you inspecting?" Lu Weiwei was a little confused and asked quickly.
But the middle-aged man said calmly: "We are just inspecting our business district to see if there is anything worth investing in."
"But this guy seems to be just a salesman, running around here and there. I've rarely seen him, and I don't even know what he looks like."
"After all, he always wraps himself up tightly before going out, so it's normal that we rarely see each other, right?"
"Normal." After hearing what the middle-aged man said, Gu Chen roughly understood some specific situations, so he asked the middle-aged man again:
"Can you help us find this person? We want to talk to him."
"No problem." Seeing what Gu Chen said, the middle-aged man readily agreed.
So, he immediately found the phone number in his address book and dialed the number.
Not long after, the call was connected, and the middle-aged man quickly said: "Where are you now?"
After a pause, he looked at Gu Chen and the others, and the middle-aged man quickly said: "Not sure? It's so late at night, if you weren't hiding in your room to rest, where were you?"
"What? Go for a walk outside? Okay, come back quickly now, someone is looking for you, yes, someone is looking for you, right now, you come over quickly, um, okay, yes, that's it."
After quickly hanging up the phone, the middle-aged man also hurriedly explained to Gu Chen: "It's done. That person is on his way back. Just wait at the stairs."
"Okay, thank you." After receiving the middle-aged man's explanation, Gu Chen quickly walked to the door and began to observe everyone who entered the room.
Not long after, a strong man came back from outside.
There was also a large plastic bag in his hand, which was full of things.
When Gu Chen saw this, he quickly stepped forward and asked, "Are you a resident of Room 307?"
"Uh..." The man looked to be in his early 30s. Faced with Gu Chen's question, he was stunned for a moment and did not reply directly:
"Are you looking for resident No. 307?"
"If you are this resident, then we are looking for you." Lu Weiwei, standing next to Gu Chen, said.
The man hesitated for a few seconds, then nodded slowly and explained:
"Yes, I am the resident of Room 307."
"Can we have a chat?" Gu Chen said.
"Where?" The young man looked a little confused.
"How about your house?" Gu Chen also said casually.
But this stunned the young man, and he quickly explained to Gu Chen:
"Comrade police, I don't seem to know you either, right? What do you want from me?"
"Let's talk about it after we go in." Gu Chen still insisted on his opinion.
Seeing that he could not get around this hurdle, the young man could only nod in agreement.
Then, he led Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei directly towards his room No. 307.
Opening the door with the key, the young man turned on the light and quickly invited:
"You two, the place is a bit messy. Come in and I'll make you a cup of tea."
"No need for tea, you don't have to bother with this." After hearing what the young man said, Gu Chen quickly stopped him.
"Okay." The young man who hesitated for a few seconds and even started to prepare tea seemed to be very obedient. When he found a seat opposite, he quickly communicated with Gu Chen:
"I wonder if the two police comrades came here to see me because something big is going to happen?"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "What do you do for a living?" Lu Weiwei did not follow the young man's lead and be led astray by him. Instead, she took a different approach and asked the man.
The young man smiled lightly and said, "It's nothing? I'm a liquor salesman."
"Liquor salesman?" Lu Weiwei also smiled and said after hearing the young man's words:
"So, your daily job is to help the company sell liquor everywhere?"
"Yes." Faced with Lu Weiwei's inquiry, the young man quickly agreed.
So Lu Weiwei quickly asked: "You usually go out early and come back late?"
"No, I came back very early today," the young man said.
At this moment, Gu Chen quickly asked: "Let me ask you, do you know what the owner of the shop opposite does?"
"Opposite?" Upon hearing this word, the young man was suddenly stunned, and then quickly said:
"I don't have a comprehensive understanding of the place opposite. I feel like it's not a store, but more like an art collection."
"So, what exactly do you want to ask?"
"We want to know what you were looking at in the room at that time?" Gu Chen said.
"What are you looking at?" After hearing Gu Chen's words, the young man began to act stupid.
Gu Chen also got straight to the point and said, "Don't look at me like that. I saw it from the small window on the second floor opposite."
"Did you peek at something from this window? Moreover, you were hiding behind this curtain at that time. Am I right?"
"No." Shaking his head, the young man looked puzzled and said quickly:
"But, I'm just curious and taking a look."
"It's not just casual, is it?" Gu Chen walked to the window and discovered that this was a perfect place to observe the merchants opposite.
Then he turned to look at the man and said:
"You came to this window and observed it for a long time. I just want to know, have you ever entered this store?"
"No...no." Faced with Gu Chen's question, the young man began to panic.
Obviously, he was not mentally prepared for this.
Gu Chen struck while the iron was hot and quickly said: "Every move you make lying here will be seen by me across from you."
"I heard that you are so brave that you dare to live in room 307?"
"Harmful!" Seeing Gu Chen say this, the young man seemed to relax a little and quickly explained to Gu Chen:
"Comrade police, it's not that I'm very courageous. To be honest, I'm even very timid."
With a heavy sigh, the young man couldn't help but sigh: "The main reason is that the salary is too low and I can't afford a bigger house with a higher price."
"That's why I chose to come to room 307."
"So you chose 307 because you had no money? Is it understandable?" Lu Weiwei said.
"Okay." The man nodded silently and couldn't help but said, "Sometimes, I also drink to strengthen my courage."
"Because I sell wine brands, I have a lot of private wines at home."
"Besides, I heard from people here that you can often see some strange things here at night."
"Especially the old man in the shop opposite, he feels like there's something wrong with going in and out of his shop every day."
"What do you mean?" Lu Weiwei couldn't understand.
The young man replied directly: "That's right, his situation in the store is quite funny. He doesn't lock the door during the day and locks it at night."
"That's not the focus of my attention. You just need to tell me, have you been monitoring the store opposite?"
"I...I didn't."
"You have." Facing the young man's rebuttal, Gu Chen continued:
"You are very aware of the specific conditions of the store opposite, because from your perspective, you can see the entire store without any obstruction."
After a pause, Gu Chen continued to explain: "Also, you said you are a liquor salesman, but I found that your residence does not seem like a salesman."
"Hmm, I...I mainly go to the company during the day to receive drinks and promote sales, so there's no need to put too many things in the room, right?"
He was so nervous that he stuttered a bit, but soon the young man adjusted himself and continued:
“So, if I don’t have wine at home, can’t I be a salesperson?”
"No." Gu Chen shook his head and denied it. Then, he walked to a corner and uncovered the canvases one by one.
At this moment, Gu Chen's eyes suddenly lit up and he said in disbelief: "Such a big telescope? Is this bought to observe the starry sky?"
"Well……"
After hesitating for a moment, the young man nodded in agreement: "Yes, I like astronomy, that's why I bought this telescope."
"But don't tell me, you bought it to peek at the floor opposite?" Gu Chen also joked casually.
But the young man broke his guard instantly and quickly explained: "I really bought it to watch the stars. Really, I am an astronomy enthusiast."
"I'm usually tired from work and just want to take a rest. Really..."
"But your telescope is worth at least 200,000 yuan." Just as the young man finished speaking, Gu Chen directly told the price of the telescope.
When the young man heard this, he was stunned on the spot.
He also didn't expect that Gu Chen would be so clear about the value of this telescope's equipment.
When Lu Weiwei heard this, she asked Gu Chen in disbelief: "So Junior Brother Gu, this guy rents the cheapest haunted house, but uses a telescope worth 200,000? Just to observe astronomy?"
Seeing that Gu Chen just smiled slightly, Lu Weiwei also smiled and said:
"Isn't this too funny? Do you think this thing is consistent with your identity?"
"Well……"
It seemed that he was being asked stupidly, although the young man also knew that he could retort, couldn't a small person have some hobbies that only the director and district chief had?
But looking at his humble house, it seems he doesn't have the confidence.
Lu Weiwei sighed and said helplessly: "You can't even lie?"
"Tell me, what is your purpose here?" In fact, Lu Weiwei followed Gu Chen's ideas and came here to investigate from the beginning.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! It is also very clear that someone here may be secretly observing the button shop opposite.
But it just requires investigation and evidence collection.
I originally thought that everyone was just overthinking it, but when Gu Chen uncovered the canvas covering the tripod, Lu Weiwei felt what it was like to be shocked.
A telescope is worth about 200,000.
But the man lives in the cheapest haunted house and works as a liquor salesman.
This huge difference in status and occupation also made everyone feel that this young man seemed to be talking about nothing.
At this moment, the young man seemed to feel that his lie had been exposed. He was trembling with fear and didn't know what to say.
"What? Did I say something wrong?" Lu Weiwei asked.
"I...I don't know what exactly you want to know?" Faced with Lu Weiwei and Gu Chen's questioning, the young man's mental endurance seemed to have encountered a major challenge.
Everyone started to break out in a cold sweat, and the atmosphere at the scene was surprisingly embarrassing.
Gu Chen chuckled, waved his hands and said, "You don't have to pretend in front of me, really."
"Your acting skills are not up to par. Now, you just need to tell me why you are here? Who sent you here?"
"Did you come here of your own free will? Or did someone send you here? Hmm?"
When he saw Gu Chen approaching him, he stared at her with his sharp eyes.
A group of young men panicked and swallowed nervously before speaking slowly:
"No...that's right, someone asked me to come here to observe the situation in the store opposite."
"Who asked you to do this?" Gu Chen asked.
"I don't know, I haven't seen that person before." The young man took a deep breath and quickly wiped the sweat on his forehead due to nervousness with the back of his hand.
Lu Weiwei chuckled: "You don't know? You don't know, so you just help others like this?"
"Comrade policewoman, you don't know something." Seeing that Lu Weiwei didn't seem to understand, the young man quickly explained:
"I used to work as a salesman in Shanghai, selling stationery. Until one day, I returned to the downstairs of my residence and found a mysterious man standing at the top of the stairs."
"Is he waiting for you?" Lu Weiwei asked.
The young man nodded silently: "I didn't believe it at first, but then I believed it. That person really came to wait for me. He just handed the things into my hands, then turned around and left without any hesitation."
"What's going on?" Lu Weiwei was confused.
The young man also continued to explain: "I don't know either. The man was wrapped tightly and I felt like he didn't want people to see his face clearly, but he looked very familiar to me."
