Urban Night Returner

"This neighborhood..." Walking into the neighborhood according to the aunt's instructions, Zhong Lecen looked up at the trees on both sides, frowning slightly.

"What's wrong?" Shen Gu also looked around.Most of the locust trees in the community have lost all their leaves at this time, leaving only the thin branches stretching out, which are a bit hideous against the gray sky, "Is the sky cloudy?" When they went out just now, the weather was still good , although there is no sun, the sky is still blue.

"It's not cloudy sky, it's cloudy sky in this neighborhood." Zhong Lecen also looked up at the sky, "Did you find out?"

"It's cloudy in the neighborhood? What's in the neighborhood? These trees?"

"Yeah." Zhong Lecen nodded, "Acacia tree, a tree, and a ghost, are shade-inducing trees. This kind of tree is basically planted in this community, and the shade is too heavy."

Xiao Nan has been silently following the two of them, and his face turned pale after hearing Zhong Lecen's words: "Master Zhong, shall we go in?"

"If you don't go to Si Xiaoqi's house, do you have any other way to solve the problem of raising the three corpses?"

Xiao Nan closed his mouth.

Si Xiaoqi's family lives in the corner building in this community, and the area is still at the corner of the floor, so it can be seen that the conditions are the worst.There were some sundries in the corridor, Shen Gu knocked on the door, after a long time, an old man opened the door: "Who are you looking for?"

Shen Gu looked up and down.This person only looks like an old man at first glance, because his face is dark and his temples are also gray, but as soon as he speaks, he can tell that this person is just a middle-aged man in his early fifties.

"Excuse me, are you Si Xiaoqi's father?"

Hearing his daughter's name, the man's cheek muscles twitched, and he nodded: "I'm Si Ping."

"I'm a criminal police officer. There is something that needs your cooperation in the investigation."

Si Ping looked up at Shen Gu: "What? Xiaoqi is already dead, what else will happen?" His voice was hoarse and deep, and he trembled when he mentioned his daughter's name.

Shen Gu was a little embarrassed.How could he tell the whole truth in front of such a miserable father?Not to mention anything else, as long as you tell him Xiao Nan's identity, Si Ping will probably go into the kitchen to find a kitchen knife.

"No, it's not about Si Xiaoqi herself. It's about something wrong with some of her former friends. We hope to look at her relics and see if we can find clues to help us solve the case."

"Oh——" Si Ping lowered his gaze again, and became numb again, "Then you all come in, Xiaoqi's room is inside, and we haven't touched her things."

The furnishings in the room are simple, and there is some dust in the corners, as if the houseworkers carelessly cleaned the traces with a rag and broom.The curtains were half opened, and the screws on one side of the slideway were loose, and no one went to fix it.The whole room gave off a lifeless feeling.Si Ping opened the door of a room: "This is Xiaoqi's room."

Si Xiaoqi's room was clearly furnished more delicately, and the color was pink, which girls like, and there was a computer on the desk.The furniture was spotless, a stark contrast to the living room outside.There is a photo on the bedside table. The girl in the photo has big eyes and small mouth, wearing a flower hat, smiling very happily.In front of the photo are three plates with fruit and chocolate candies.There are only a few things that remind people that this photo that looks so happy turns out to be a posthumous photo.

"Xiaoqi's things are all in the cabinet, comrade policeman, what do you want to see?"

"Can we—see her diary or letters or something? If not, can we have a look at her computer?"

Si Ping shook his head slowly: "She doesn't have any letters, and she doesn't keep a diary. You should check her computer, just don't mess things up."

Both Shen Gu and Zhong Lecen are not computer experts, but Si Xiaoqi's computer is not fortified, and it is easy to find everything in the favorites - she has a blog, and the hit rate is not high.Si Ping said that she doesn't keep a diary, but this blog is actually a diary.It starts with her little life in college, and then, it is the whole process of her love and broken love.Xiao Nan's name is not mentioned in the full text, but the person mentioned is undoubtedly Xiao Nan.The blog was updated until the day before her death.The penultimate blog post reads: He asked me to abort the child.It's so easy to say.Yes, this way, he will have no trouble.He thinks that I am just an ordinary person and I have no ability to fight with him. He thinks that if he gives me money, everything will be solved... But I made my father lose face, how can he live here in the future, and how can I go out to meet people .There are so many mouths in this place...

Shen Gu gave Xiao Nan a sideways glance from the corner of his eye, the latter was embarrassed, but obviously he didn't mean to feel guilty.Shen Gu turned the page, and the last diary entry appeared, and the three of them were startled, because the full text of this entry was written in red, bloody: I ​​can't let people point and point behind my father and me, and do it alive. What I can't do, I have to die to do it. For this, I can sell myself to the devil.This child is his, so he will follow him forever until he is brought to me...

Shen Gu looked at the date of publication of this article. It was the day before Xiao Nan's engagement. It was probably on this day that Si Xiaoqi delivered the baby pillow to the courier company. After she packed her things, she turned on the gas and committed suicide.

"Mr. Si, where did your daughter go between September 9th and September 20th?"

Si Ping forcefully raised his eyes listlessly: "I've been to the hospital... She didn't go out much during that time, and then she went to a bar where she said she could make porcelain by herself. She came back as a child and said I want to give it to a friend..." The blow of losing his daughter made the man lifeless, "She was quite happy in those few days, but I didn't expect that later..." Tears slowly filled his eyes.

"Do you know where she makes her china?"

Si Ping shook his head.

Walking out of Si's house, both Shen Gu and Zhong Lecen were silent and didn't want to speak.Xiao Nan looked left and right, although he knew that his eyes were not long when he spoke at this time, but the worry for his own life finally prevailed: "Master Zhong Tian, ​​do you know how to break this and raise three corpses?"

Zhong Lecen really wanted to say that you should suffer the sins you did yourself, but in the end she held back: "There is no other way."

Xiao Nan's legs softened and he almost fell down: "No way? Master Zhong Tian, ​​please help me, I don't want to die—"

"Does Si Xiaoqi want to die then?"

"She—" Xiao Nan also became anxious, "I am willing to fall in love with you. I think she is beautiful, and she thinks my family is rich. Isn't that the case? Then I'm going to get engaged and want to break up, can't I? I gave Money, what else? I am very careful with these women, she knows how she got pregnant! Don't you just think that you can catch me if you have a child?"

"Stop talking!" Zhong Lecen interrupted him, "Lost fortune or shortened life, you choose."

"What, what?"

"Si Xiaoqi is dead, I have no way to destroy the three corpses she raised, there is only one way—"

"What way?" Xiao Nan grabbed at straws again.

"Bring the three corpses away."

"How?" Xiao Nan was disappointed again, "That child is mine, didn't you say that you would never get rid of it?"

"...There is another person who has the same blood as yours."

"Is there anyone else?" Xiao Nan was confused, but Shen Gu suddenly understood: "You mean that child?"

"Yes." Zhong Lecen nodded wearily.He didn't like these sad stories, very much.However, all he can do is this, "That's your younger brother. In terms of blood, he is exactly the same as you, and the three corpses can't tell the difference."

"My brother?" Xiao Nan held his head and thought for a long time before he remembered, "Ah, yes, I had a younger brother, but he died when he was only a few months old, and he has been dead for more than ten years."

"But he hasn't gone to reincarnate yet."

"But isn't the body incomplete?" Shen Gu recalled the previous times when he sent that child to reincarnation.

"Now it's time to mend his bones."

Shen Gu narrowed his eyes: "Use that fetus?"

"Half of them have the same blood. Complete the bones and let him take the three corpses to reincarnate."

Shen Gu frowned: "But what about the child after reincarnation? Wouldn't the three corpses also harm him?"

Zhong Lecen stared at Xiao Nan coldly: "So, I want him to give up some things as compensation for the consumption of the three corpses. It's up to you to choose whether it's a loss of fortune or life."

Xiao Nan hesitated and asked: "What is the loss of blessing? How much is the loss of life?"

"If you lose your fortune, you will lose one-third of your fortune; if you lose your life, you will lose 20 years of your life."

"Me, I choose loss of fortune."

Shen Gu secretly sneered.Xiao Nan chose so happily, probably because he was born in Xiao's family, and felt that Fu Lu was inexhaustible, even if he lost a third of it, he still had enough food and clothing.Little did he know that the wealth of the Xiao family was being continuously consumed by the maid. In the future, he didn't know how much Fulu would be left, and if he lost another third, he might not even be able to satisfy his food and clothing.

Zhong Lecen waved his hand: "Then you go back, I'll contact you another day."

Xiao Nan looked at him eagerly: "Which day?"

"Si Xiaoqi's memorial day."

Xiao Nan walked away step by step, looking back three times, of course it was not because she was reluctant to part with Shen Gu and Zhong Lecen.Zhong Lecen didn't want to look at him anymore and turned around.Shen Gu watched Xiao Nan's car drive away, lowered his head and asked Zhong Lecen: "This method can protect the child from the three corpses?"

Zhong Lecen rubbed his brows: "I told you that the three corpses are originally on human bodies. You and I have three corpses on them, but whether they can do harm depends on the individual. The child is reincarnated. If he restrains himself and acts upright, It's hard for the three corpses to do anything to him. And there is one-third of Xiao Nan's Fulu there. Even if the three corpses want to do something, they will consume Xiao Nan's Fulu first, and there will be no major problems. This is the only thing I can do. I thought of a way, but——I don’t think I want to do it.”

Shen Gu patted him on the back lightly: "I understand. Xiao Nan did it to himself. To be honest, I really don't want to care about it."

Zhong Lecen kicked the ground with his toes sullenly: "But I'm a celestial master, and I can't save him from death - I can't do it. Si Xiaoqi is already dead, so what's the benefit of dying one more person? And Xiao Nan Although some words are bastards, there are reasons for him, at least, the crime does not deserve death."

Shen Gu nodded: "You're right. It should be enough to lose one-third of his Fulu. Don't think about it any more."

Zhong Lecen lowered his head, and said for a moment: "How can you not think about it? A young girl died like this. If she can think about it a little bit, she will have a very good life in the future. Why would she sacrifice her life just for revenge? What if life is given up?"

Shen Gu was silent for a moment, then slowly said: "If there is no gossip around, maybe she can live..."

Zhong Lecen raised his head all of a sudden: "Yes! Yanzhi, about Yanzhi, let's investigate him immediately!"

Shen Gu smiled wryly: "I'm afraid, after investigating the matter of Rouge, you may feel even more uncomfortable."

"Are you Yan Zhe's classmate?"

The boy in his early twenties complexion is not very good, there are obvious blue and black around the eye circles, when he heard Yan Zhe's name, his expression changed slightly, and he nodded.

"Do you know how he died?"

The boy shouted: "Don't blame me! It's all caused by E Jun's mother. We were just joking at that time, because the two of them were good friends since childhood, and no one thought that Yan Zhe would really like E Jun, and And confessed to him."

Shen Gu looked at him sternly: "Are you kidding? Will making people jump off a building?"

"It's really not our fault! It's E Jun's mother who is too talkative. After E Jun went abroad, she yelled all day long that Yan Zhe seduced E Jun and called him cheap. And the relationship between the two adults is not good. When they were in the house, the two families fought over a kitchen. Yan Zhe’s father was the leader in the factory, and E Jun’s father had a work-related injury. Because it was an illegal operation, he was laid off without receiving any compensation. They formed a grudge. As soon as this incident got out, E Jun's mother would of course talk about it everywhere. Yan Zhe's father felt ashamed and beat Yan Zhe to death. Yan Zhe usually kept silent, who knew that? Stubborn, just refused to admit his mistake, and finally jumped off the building."

Shen Gu thought for a while: "Why do you call him Rouge?"

"Well, that's all happened when I was young. Isn't he the best friend with E Jun, and he looks so delicate and quiet like a girl. At that time, in Chinese class, the teacher talked about Liaozhai. There was an article in it, and the girl was called Rouge , the man is a scholar, also surnamed E, with the same surname as E Jun, we will call him E Jun E Xiucai, and call him Rouge. Besides, he happens to also be surnamed Yan."

"When Yan Zhe died, was there news about him in the neighborhood?"

The boy nodded hesitantly.Zhong Lecen sighed deeply, and said in a low voice: "With so much resentment, it's no wonder that he will cause trouble after death." His voice was very low, but the boy shivered suddenly: "Brother policeman, what are you talking about? You said Yan—ah, what happens when Yan Zhe dies?"

Shen Gu was keenly aware of something: "Why are you asking this?"

The boy's expression was a little distorted, he babbled and ate for a long time, and finally said: "Brother Police, do you think there are ghosts in this world?"

Shen Gu and Zhong Lecen looked at each other, and asked calmly: "Is there a ghost? Have you seen it?"

The boy's lips trembled: "I, I don't know, but - I think, I think there is something strange!"

"What's weird? Tell me in detail."

The boy swallowed a few breaths with horror in his eyes, and then he said intermittently: "When Warcraft was popular in the past, we were all fascinated by it. We went to fight monsters and upgrade together, so we built a group. In the group, everyone loves to play games. Sometimes at night, everyone is summoned in the group, and everyone goes together. This was built by E Jun, he is the owner of the group, and I am the administrator. Yan——Yan Zhe has never liked these things, so he didn't join the group. Later, when E Jun went abroad, I was the only one to take care of it. But everyone’s fanaticism at that time passed, and they all felt that it was boring, and they were busy with work and other things after graduation, so basically no one joined the group. But one night It’s past eleven o’clock. I checked the information on the Internet. After I finished the research, I accidentally thought of entering the group to have a look. I suddenly saw an extra number at the end of the list. The name of that number was ‘Rouge’. The problem is, I’m the management Anyone who wants to join the group will get a message from me, but I have never received a request to join the group, how did this number get in?"

Shen Gu said lightly: "The name is Rouge, but it may not be Yan Zhe."

The boy shook his head desperately: "No, no! That account was used by Yan Zhe before, I recognize it, I know it."

"Could someone else use his number?"

"Who would use his account? Even if he did, how did he join the group? I'm an administrator, why wouldn't the system not send me a message if someone entered the group? And no one else knew about it. E Jun didn't care about the group when he was abroad. Who approved him to join the group? I asked E Jun later, and he didn't even know about it!"

"Go on."

The boy's forehead was covered with sweat: "I was startled at the time, but the profile picture of that number was always dark, and I thought later, if someone was playing a prank. But after a few days, I was worried and went up to look again. , I found that the group announcement has been changed. In the past, the group announcements were all about going to practice together one day, but I didn’t bother to change it after I stopped playing. I remember that the last one was about leveling, but I went to read it that day, and the announcement changed It became a blood-red number—30!"

Shen Gu frowned slightly: "30? What do you mean?"

The boy looked terrified: "I didn't know at first, but the next day I went up to check, and it became 29 again, and it changed day by day. I was terrified, and asked everywhere who changed the announcement in the group, but everyone Said I hadn’t changed. The people in the group were all former classmates. I told them that Yan Zhe’s account had entered, and they started to say that I was dazzled and that I was a prank. But when everyone saw the account, they believed that I was not lying, and they were all afraid. Yes. There are several people who want to quit the group, but they can’t. I want to disband this group, but it won’t work. We also thought about changing the number, but after changing the number, we will automatically jump out of this group when we turn on the phone , we are still in the group. In short, we have thought of everything, but we can't get rid of this group! These days we go to the group to watch every day, and we can see that the number on the announcement is changing every day, and now it has become ten! Police brother, tell me, could it be Yan Zhe who died and turned into a ghost and came back to take revenge?"

Shen Gu put one hand on his shoulder: "Calm down. Do people in your group know about Yan Zhe and E Jun?"

"Everyone knows..."

"So what was your attitude at that time?"

"...We...we...we were just joking, no one thought it would end up like this..."

"So far, has anyone in this group been injured or had any accidents?"

"Not yet, but—" the boy raised his voice, "That's because the countdown is not over yet! What will happen to us when the number in the announcement becomes 0?"

Zhong Lecen frowned: "Countdown? Why start the countdown from 30?"

The boy swallowed his saliva: "I know. I only figured it out a few days ago - E Jun is coming back for the New Year, and the countdown counts the date when E Jun will return to China."