When the woman saw Yang Fan's clear eyes, she also felt that Yang Fan really seemed to have no ill intentions, and her mood stabilized a little.
"You, who are you? What is your relationship with Zhang Jie?" The fear in the woman's eyes has not completely faded away. After getting up, she hugged her son and kept a certain distance from Yang Fan.
When Yang Fan looked up, he saw a family photo hanging on the wall of the living room, and the man on it was Zhang Jie.
The appearance of the woman and child also matches the mother and child.
Yang Fan said, "Don't be nervous. I told you that I am Zhang Jie's friend. After knowing about Zhang Jie, I will come over to see you mother and son."
"Friend?" The woman looked at Yang Fan warily.
Yang Fan looked at the child with deep fear in his eyes, and couldn't help but feel suspicious.
As a wife, it is inevitable to lose control of her emotions after learning about her husband's death, but both the mother and the child seem to be afraid of something besides being haggard.
"Sister-in-law, you seem to be afraid of something, can you tell me?" Yang Fan said.
"Afraid?" The woman sneered as if she heard some interesting question, "We are short of money. They compensated us with a lot of money, but Zhang Jie is gone!"
"I have lost my husband, my children have lost their father, and I can't even see his body!"
Suddenly the woman became excited for no apparent reason. She put down the child and grabbed Yang Fan's collar, "You are Zhang Jie's friend, then tell me what happened to him!"
Zhang Jie could understand the woman's mood and allowed the woman to shake him hysterically, and later burst into tears.
Nothing could be said at this time to soothe her grief. Seeing that the woman was getting more and more out of control, Yang Fan could only hold her tightly.
"Sister-in-law, I am gone, but you still have a son, and the child is still young. You have to be strong!"
This sentence completely made the woman collapse. Maybe what he needed was a shoulder to lean on. She could only cry on Yang Fan's shoulder.
After a few minutes, the woman's emotions finally calmed down. Seeing the short and thin man in front of her, who had been letting her vent her grief and anger, her guard finally dropped.
"Sorry, I, I..." The woman left Yang Fan's shoulder and wiped her tears, looking a little overwhelmed.
"It's okay, I understand." Yang Fan smiled slightly at the woman.
In fact, after calming down, Yang Fan found that Zhang Jie's wife was still very decent, and their conversation gradually returned to normal.
Zhang Jie's family is not well off, especially after their child was diagnosed with leukemia, and they could not even afford to pay off their mortgage.
It was at this time that Zhang Jie's friend introduced Zhang Jie to a lucrative job, and Yang Fan had already heard that this job was that of a scavenger!
Zhang Jie's son is very well-behaved. He has been leaning against his mother, trying to support his mother with his small and thin body.
Yang Fan followed Zhang Jie's request and chatted with the child for a while, especially giving some advice on making friends.
Seeing that the mother and son were emotionally stable and no longer fearful as before, Yang Fan thought that Zhang Jie's wife acted so aggressively because she was too sad at first, so he did not continue to ask questions.
After all, the friendship between him and Zhang Jie was limited. Now that he had done what he promised Zhang Jie, it was not convenient for Yang Fan to stay too long, so he took his leave.
Zhang Jie's wife sent Yang Fan to the door, seemingly hesitant to speak, until she watched Yang Fan leave with some disappointment in her eyes.
Back in the living room, the woman picked up the child and her eyes fell on the fruit basket.
She didn't pay attention at first, but now she saw that there were two stacks of cash inside the fruit basket, which should be 20,000 yuan.
It was at this moment that the woman suddenly made up her mind, abandoned the child and rushed out of the room.
Yang Fan was about to take the elevator downstairs when he suddenly saw a woman rushing out.
"I beg you, can you help us!" The woman's eyes once again showed panic and fear, helplessness and pleading!
Yang Fan frowned slightly.
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Yang Fan was sitting on the sofa in the living room and looking out the window. The child was sleepy and the woman was coaxing him to sleep in the bedroom.
The soft singing sounded from the bedroom, and Yang Fan heard it clearly, reminding him of the person he missed.
With a sigh, Yang Fan returned to his previous train of thought, which was what the woman had just said to him.
The woman's fear and loss of composure did not come from her husband's death... but it did come from the fact that Zhang Jie would never come back.
The scavenger obviously did a good job in dealing with the aftermath. He had already comforted the mother and son before, but what happened in the past two days made the woman sleepless at night.
Probably starting from the day before yesterday, she could hear some noises coming from the corridor every night.
The woman described the sound as "a huge rat gnawing food, making a chirping sound."
At the same time, she could also smell the pungent smell of blood!
And every time she opened the door, she couldn't see anything.
This happened for three days in a row, every night.
After being tortured by this incident for several days, the woman became so emotional.
At this time, Song Ruolan walked out of the bedroom softly, "Little Hammer fell asleep."
She sat opposite Yang Fan and continued, "Zhang Jie is dead. In fact, I have been mentally prepared for it. He said some strange things the day before departure. He said he was going to gamble, and if he won, he could have something.
I gave Little Hammer money for medical treatment, and even if I lost, I would get a lot of money. After that, he asked me to find a good family to marry." The woman looked sad.
"When the five hundred thousand suddenly appeared in my mobile phone, I knew that Zhang Jie had lost the bet."
Yang Fan felt uncomfortable in his heart. If he could have met Zhang Jie earlier, his fate and the fate of his family would have been different.
The woman wiped the tears from her eyes and looked up at Yang Fan, "There have always been some strange rumors on the Internet. Even if those news will disappear from the Internet soon, no one is a fool!"
"Now people don't dare to go out at night. We ordinary people also know that the public security is not good now."
Yang Fan was speechless. This blame really did not belong to the police.
The woman sighed, "After learning that Zhang Jie was dead, I heard that voice about three days later."
"As a woman, I was scared to death, but the child was still there, so I took courage and tried to check through the peephole and call up the monitoring, but I couldn't find anything."
"But you have to know that the scariest part is not being able to find it!"
Yang Fan nodded in agreement.
If Song Ruolan saw a wild dog or even a human figure, she would at least know to call the police.
But since nothing was found, she didn't even bother to call the police now.
"Yang Fan, I, I know this sounds hard to believe, and I don't know how to make you believe me."
"I used to ask Zhang Jie everything, but now I really don't know what to do? I'm going crazy!"
"Sometimes I wonder if Zhang Jie is back!"
Yang Fan looked at this helpless, panicked and frightened woman and fell into silence.
After listening to her description, the first thing that came to Yang Fan's mind was those special cases.
However, although these cases are within the jurisdiction of the Scavenger, he is only a first-level boundary breaker and has no ability to deal with this matter.
Report to the captain? The captain and others seem to be busy with another case recently.
And the key now is that Song Ruolan's state has been under high tension. It is normal to have thoughts and hallucinations under such circumstances!
The best way to verify this is to confirm it yourself.
But this may be dangerous!
And now he doesn't even have his own angel police officer. If something really happens, he will probably be in a lot of trouble.
Yang Fan was silent for a moment, raised his head and looked at Song Ruolan, and said calmly, "Do you mind if I stay here today?"
Song Ruolan looked at Yang Fan, who hurriedly explained, "Don't get me wrong, I was sleeping in the living room. If I heard that sound, even if the police were called, there would be at least one more witness."
Song Ruolan hesitated a little.
A widow whose husband had just passed away actually stayed with a strange man on the first seven days of her life. If she said this, she would probably be unable to hold her head high.
Yang Fan noticed Song Ruolan's worry and said, "I see that the room next to yours seems to be unoccupied."
Song Ruolan nodded hurriedly, "Yes! They are members of my husband's club and have been abroad for several years."
"This property is for their investment and has not yet been renovated. They also left me a key and said they would let me help keep an eye on it occasionally."
Yang Fan nodded, "Then I'll stay there at night."
[Author's digression]: The third update has arrived