False evidence

Chapter 520 No. 25

The masked monk didn't respond directly to me, but instead muttered to himself, "If it weren't for such a deep-seated obsession, how could he have dragged those living beings into this mess..."

Seeing the monk quicken his pace, I also quickened my pace, but it was as if there was an invisible barrier between us. No matter how hard I tried to catch up, he was getting further and further away from me.

When a light appeared in the distance, the monk had already disappeared.

I rushed forward, only to find that it wasn't a coffin door leading upwards, but a proper door, and outside the door was a room that looked like a living room.

"What's going on?" I muttered.

A man's voice came from outside the door: "What? Sanqi went back? Let him answer the phone!"

Upon hearing that sound, I quickly stepped outside.

Looking in the direction of the sound, one could see Gao He holding a phone in one hand, frowning as he made a call.

There were two other people sitting in the long rattan chair next to them, one of whom was Tong Xiangnan, or rather, Old K.

another……

When I saw what this person looked like, I shuddered.

This person is actually Old Man Sun!

"Brother Gao!" I called out.

None of the three people in the room reacted; none of them even glanced at me.

I quickly realized that my soul had left my body.

Who is Gao He talking to on the phone?

Did Sanqi go back?
I finally realized that the whole thing had truly reached a critical point.

Now, apart from Lü Xin, it seems that no one knows that my soul has left my body.

No matter how skilled Gao He is, or how well Tong Xiangnan and Lao K are at psychology, they could never have imagined that the current Sanqi is actually Wang Ben!

My mind was in a mess. I tried to force myself to calm down, but I couldn't even hear what Gao was saying on the phone.

Looking around, I saw a pen and notebook on the table, which Gao He must have taken out to write something down.

I tried to pick up the pen, but I just couldn't.

Moreover, I also discovered that behind the door I came out of was a bedroom, not a secret passage, and there was no coffin door at all.

Gao He said a few more words, then hung up the phone, put away his notebook, and said to Old K (Tong Xiangnan), "That kid has already gone back. He hit his head and is getting an IV drip at Monkey's clinic."

"Let's go then."

Old K stood up, nodded to Old Man Sun, and started walking out.

He stepped out the door with one foot, then suddenly turned back and asked, "Where's the coffin?"

Old Man Sun, who was just getting up to see him off, stopped and said, "Yes..."

A flicker of panic crossed his eyes, and he swallowed hard before changing his question: "What? What coffin?"

"Never mind what I said." Old K shrugged and walked out with Gao He.

It was already daylight, but perhaps because of the overcast sky, I tried to follow them into the courtyard and didn't feel any discomfort.

After taking a closer look at the courtyard, a thought struck me again. The layout of this courtyard and houses...it seems so familiar.
I was in a hurry to step out of the courtyard when I looked back and suddenly realized what was going on.

Isn't this the Tanjiaqiao Lane where we first arrived last night?
The address clearly shows – No. 23, Tanjiaqiao Lane!
After walking some distance with Old K, Gao He said, "Your probing question just now had an unexpected result."

Old K nodded: "This Sun Jianping should be the old man Sun that Sanqi mentioned, the one we met last night."

Gao He clicked his tongue and said, "That's the crux of the matter. There's absolutely no substantial evidence to support what Sanqi and the others experienced the night before last. Even if we suspect Sun Jianping, we can't investigate him in depth."

Old K adjusted his glasses and smiled slightly: "It's good to have a clue. Let's go back first and see how that kid Sanqi is doing."

When they arrived at the car, there was a person sitting in the passenger seat—it was Cao Xinyun, who had gone missing last night!
His face was pale, and his lips were chapped. He looked wearily at Gao He and Old K: "Have you found Sanqi?"

"He was injured, but he's back on Sanfenzhong Street now." Gao started the car after getting in, then lit a cigarette and took a deep drag.

Old K patted Cao Xinyun on the shoulder: "Tell me again, what happened last night?"

Cao Xinyun swallowed hard and said, "I don't need to repeat myself. As soon as I fell off the wall, I felt something was wrong. The yard next door was clearly a garbage dump, how did it suddenly become one? After that, I looked for Sanqi, but couldn't find her, so I wanted to come find you guys, but no matter how I looked around, I couldn't get out of the garbage dump..."

I'm already on the bus now, and after listening for a while, I finally understood.

This guy seems to be even more deeply affected than me. He said he's encountered a ghost wall!
Old K's expression shifted, but after Cao Xinyun finished speaking, he decisively said, "Let's go meet with Sanqi first and hear what he has to say."

Seeing Gao shift gears, I realized what was happening and hurriedly jumped out of the car.

I almost lost my mind again; the trouble at Tanjiaqiao isn't over yet. Regardless of anything else, we have to find Lü Xin.

The car didn't leave. After Gao He received a phone call, he turned off the engine and got out of the car with Lao K and Cao Xinyun, and walked back into Tanjiaqiao Lane.

I followed behind and saw several people gathered around the entrance to number 23 from a distance, including Old Man Sun.

Gao He walked up and asked, "What was the deceased's identity?"

A tall, thin man said, "My name is Wang Zhongfei. The deceased was my cousin, Wang Ben. He used to be a programmer, but after he became disabled, he just stayed at home writing novels to make a living. My dad asked me to come and see him, and that's how I found him... Luckily, I had a key, otherwise no one would have known he was dead."

Although they are cousins, Wang Zhongfei didn't show much affection when talking about Wang Ben.

Wang Ben died, which was expected. Only the dead can possess the bodies of the living.

Nevertheless, when I followed Gao He and the others into the courtyard and saw Wang Ben's body, I still had a strange feeling that I couldn't quite explain.

Wang Ben's death was truly gruesome; he was wearing floral-patterned boxer shorts on his lower body, and on top, he wore a dirty vest, a Zhongshan suit, and a cotton-padded jacket.

Although he is dead, he still exudes a sleazy aura to his very core.

Gao first maintained order, and then, after a preliminary investigation, easily determined that homicide could be ruled out.

"It must have been a sudden death." Old K put his hands in his pockets, his eyes scanning the room.

His gaze fell on a spot, and he exclaimed in surprise. He walked to the table, reached out his hand, then withdrew it, and asked Gao He, "May I touch the things here?"

Gao He pulled out a pair of disposable rubber gloves and gave them to him: "You should still be careful."

There was a notebook on the table, the one Wang Ben showed me last night.

“He really is a writer.” Old K was carefully turning the pages when he suddenly stopped. “Old Gao, come and take a look.”

Gao He looked at what he was pointing at for a while, then frowned slightly: "This guy is a real freak. Judging from these few sentences, it seems like someone was here just last night."

"Who could it be?" Old K looked at him.

(End of this chapter)