Yu Yao is a detective who firmly believes in materialism, and she trusts supernatural things the least.
Yet, ever since she was little, she could hear strange things.
At the crime scene...
After going through all that, Yu Yao was actually a little tired.
If there is nothing else, she plans to take a rest.
Anyway, I'm resting alone at home, and it would be more comfortable to sleep in Dr. Bai's arms.
She rubbed against Bai Fang's arms, closed her eyes and fell asleep peacefully.
There was nothing to say about the things in the room, and Yu Yao couldn't make any noise when she was sleeping, so she just watched quietly as the two women hugged each other and fell asleep on the sofa.
When Bai Fang woke up, his head was dizzy. He was woken up by the ringing of his cell phone.
She opened her eyes dazedly. It was already dark outside and the room was very dark. She couldn't see anything clearly, but she could clearly feel that there was a person lying in her arms.
I don’t know how long I slept with her in my arms, my arms are sore.
The ringing sound was still in her pocket, so she reached into her pocket, took out her cell phone, and answered the call.
"Boss!" As soon as the call was connected, the voice of a thug familiar to Bai Fang came from the other end. "The police said they want to get your statement. We wanted to go find you, but you didn't reply. We were a little worried. Are you okay?"
Bai Fang responded vaguely, "Um... nothing, I just fell asleep."
"I'll go to the police station tomorrow regarding the confession, so you don't have to worry about it."
"Okay, then have a good rest, Boss."
Bai Fang responded, hung up the phone, and lay down to continue sleeping. But just as he was about to lie down, he noticed Yu Yao lying in his arms. She was squinting at Bai Fang, and she also looked sleepy.
She still vaguely remembered that she had pulled Yu Yao to sleep together, but she didn't expect that she would just lie down and sleep without saying a word.
"Are you awake?" Bai Fang asked, then slowly lay down again. It wasn't that he was that sleepy, but he just didn't want to move.
"I'm awake." Yu Yao muttered sullenly and yawned. "I felt like I slept really soundly."
Maybe it’s because I was sleeping in Dr. Bai’s arms.
"We slept until dark." Bai Fang leaned back on the sofa and squinted out the window. "We really slept for a long time. Are you hungry?"
Yu Yao nodded, "I'm hungry."
"Then let's go out for dinner. We still have to go to Yelai River tonight, and it's just right that we've had enough sleep." Bai Fang helped Yu Yao up from the sofa and straightened her limp body. "Okay, you can wake up now."
Yu Yao fell back softly into Bai Fang's arms, and said lazily, "I want to lie down for a while longer."
I'm not sleepy anymore, but I still want to stay here any longer, otherwise it would be a waste of time.
Bai Fang helplessly supported Yu Yao, not wanting to lift her up from the sofa, so he obeyed her wishes, "Then sit for a while."
When he just woke up, Bai Fang didn't want to move much. His head rested slightly on Yu Yao's shoulder, and he squinted his eyes to slow down his thoughts.
She yawned, hung her head, and put her arms around Yu Yao. The two of them sat silently in the quiet darkness, leaning against each other.
Yu Yao enjoyed the tranquility of the moment.
The room was quiet for a while, and then Bai Fang's phone rang again, and he received a message.
She took out her cell phone and looked at it for a while. The white light reflected from the screen illuminated her face in the darkness.
"What's wrong?" Yu Yao noticed that she had been looking at her phone for a long time and asked softly.
"Well..." Bai Fang explained softly, "The Miss Wu we arrested is indeed the murderer. She worked as a cleaner in Yelai River Park for a long time, so she is very familiar with every corner of the park."
"When the police searched her house, they discovered a cache of duplicate door keys to various locations in Yelai River. They also contained information about the deceased, including some information about residents near Yelai River. Her reach was quite wide, and your information was among them."
"They probably took advantage of you because you live alone, don't socialize much, and your job is easy to lure over to, so they targeted you."
"It's clear she put a lot of time and effort into committing this crime. What's even more unimaginable is that she came from another city. Following this clue, we also discovered her previous criminal record."
"It's hard to imagine such a murderer could have been hiding for so long. He must have been noticed in another city and then hid here."
After reading the entire message, Bai Fang sighed and hugged Yu Yao.
Occasionally, when I see such a dirty person, I feel grateful for how clean Yu Yao is.
"Fortunately, she targeted me this time. If it was someone else, they might have really jumped into the lake." Yu Yao raised her head and stared at the darkness in the room. When she went to stroll in Yelai River before, she never thought that there would be such a murderer hiding in it.
"Isn't that right..." Bai Fang said softly.
It was as if Yu Yao had never thought that she would become the boss of a small gang.
"I'm hungry, let's go out for dinner." Yu Yao stretched and sat for a while, so she got up and turned on the light.
The room became brighter, and the two of them went to wash up, took the things they needed, and went out.
"I'll be back late tonight too." Before leaving, Yu Yao said goodbye to the things in the house as usual before going out.
"If we go to Yelai River tonight, should we prepare anything?" Bai Fang thought as he rode his motorcycle with Yu Yao. "This is really my first time seeing a ghost. I might not see anything, but I still have complicated feelings about this kind of supernatural event."
"I'm not sure. I need to ask Liang Yubai. Besides, it seems that the female ghost is too powerful for Liang Yubai to handle."
"She looks like she can still speak well, so there's no need to worry too much." Yu Yao followed Bai Fang to the small restaurant, and the two sat down and ordered food.
Bai Fang held the menu and began to ponder.
She could handle people, but she wasn't sure about ghosts. She didn't know if she could fight them.
"Let me ask Liang Yubai." Yu Yao took out her cell phone and started sending messages to Liang Yubai.
[Are you guys eating out? Take me with you, I'm just looking for a place to eat.]
[Send the address, and we'll go there together after we finish eating.]
Yu Yao raised her head and stared at Bai Fang, then whispered, "Liang Yubai seems to want to come over."
Bai Fang looked up from the menu and said, "Then let her come over. It will be convenient for us to move when the time comes."
"Oh." Yu Yao responded and replied to Liang Yubai on the other side.
In fact, she still wanted to have dinner with Bai Fang.
After sending the address to Liang Yubai, he received a reply quickly.
Bai Fang ordered some dishes, and the two of them sat and waited for Liang Yubai to appear.
After a while, there was a small commotion at the entrance of the hotel.
"Sir, we don't allow pets into our store."
"This cat is very well behaved and won't run around."
"That won't work either. I'm very sorry, but it will disturb other guests."
"Can I speak to your store manager?"
"Sorry, the manager is not here right now."
"Do you have room for pets in your store?"
"Sorry, no."
“…Why is there nothing here?”
Yu Yao turned around and looked at the voice. It was indeed Liang Yubai. She was standing at the door of the store holding the black cat.
"Forget it." Liang Yubai stood at the door in silence, then turned and walked out.
"She seems unable to come in. I'll go over and take a look." Yu Yao stood up and ran out of the store. Just as she was about to ask about Liang Yubai's situation, she saw her waving to the side of the road, and then a man sitting on a bench reading a newspaper came over.
"Hold the cat and wait for me outside." Liang Yubai handed the cat out and carefully instructed: "Take it to a quiet place. Cats don't like noise."
The man nodded, took the cat, turned and left.
Yu Yao stood at the door and watched.
The fact that Liang Yubai has a bunch of hidden bodyguards around him is still the same as before. He looks like he is alone, but in fact there are always a bunch of people around him.
After handing the cat over, Liang Yubai turned around with relief and happened to meet Yu Yao's eyes.
"You came out to pick me up?" Liang Yubai seemed very happy. He hooked his arm around Yu Yao's shoulder and led her to the hotel. "I can't believe that while I was investigating the female ghost for two days, you solved the rumors about Yelai River."
"You usually seem innocent, weak, and easy to bully, but you're a detective after all, so you have some skills."
Yu Yao blushed at the compliment, "It was Doctor Bai who protected me, otherwise I would have been in trouble too."
"Indeed, you look like someone who is easy to bully, and you are indeed easy to bully. You might as well do like me and hire some bodyguards." Liang Yubai walked to the table, pushed Yu Yao onto the chair, and then sat down next to her naturally.
"I thought you were weak and couldn't get involved in complicated things. I underestimated you. Now that ghost Ye Laihe is here, you're the only one who can communicate. If he wants to solve it, it's up to you." Liang Yubai said as she looked up at Bai Fang across from her and nodded to her, "Long time no see, Miss Bai Fang."
Bai Fang nodded silently in response. From the moment she entered the room, she noticed that Liang Yubai seemed to be more friendly towards Yu Yao. As soon as she came in, she put her arm around Yu Yao's shoulder. The two of them leaned very close to each other, as if she didn't exist.
"By the way, did you bring my fan?" Liang Yubai asked.
"I brought it!" Yu Yao immediately took out a beautiful white fan from her small bag and returned it to Liang Yubai, looking very happy. "I kept it well and didn't damage it for you. Thank you for lending me the fan for self-defense."
Liang Yubai took it, looked at it, narrowed his eyes and smiled, "I'm lending it to you just in case. After all, your ability is indeed rare, and I don't want you to encounter any danger when you return."
She unfolded the fan and looked at it. "I haven't held it in a while, and I feel quite uncomfortable. I even bought a new one specially for this purpose. But as expected, in terms of feel and quality, this one is still better."
As she spoke, she took out a wooden fan from the bag she brought and gave it to Yu Yao, "Since I got my fan back, I'll give this one to you."
Yu Yao took it with a touched look on her face. "Is this for me? Thank you!"
Perhaps it was because Yu Yao's bright eyes were so dazzling with emotion that Liang Yubai coughed lightly and turned his head away a little embarrassedly. "It's just a fan. If you like it, I can give you something better."
"This one is great, I like it." Yu Yao happily unfolded the fan and took a look at it, then put it into her small bag with an excited look on her face.
Bai Fang sat opposite and stared at the interaction between the two without blinking. He didn't expect that Yu Yao could get along well with other people. The two of them seemed to be able to chat very well, but he always felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.
Yu Yao would also look at others with surprise and shyness, not just at her.
She knew it very well too; she saw it with her own eyes and felt something was strange.
"Doctor Bai!" Yu Yao seemed very happy, with an unconcealable smile on her face. "After dinner, let's go to Yelai River. The sooner we figure it out, the sooner we can come up with a solution."
It seemed that she was in a very good mood and was particularly excited.
"Okay." Bai Fang nodded. It would be nice if he didn't have to go to the park in the middle of the night.
After a while, all the dishes ordered by Bai Fang arrived. He had eaten with Yu Yao twice before and knew her favorite dishes, so he ordered some of his own dishes. He didn't know what Liang Yubai liked, so he didn't order anything, intending to let her order more after she arrived.
"I'm not picky about food, I eat everything." Liang Yubai didn't plan to add more dishes. He was very attentive to the dishes on the table and seemed to like them very much.
"I like the food in small restaurants. The portions are generous and the taste is great. The same dishes, when taken to a hotel, have huge plates and very little food. I have to order two of the dishes I like, but one is just right in a small restaurant." Liang Yubai ate happily, "But the food in the hotel is supposed to be exquisite, and I don't really like that kind of exquisite food."
"Ordinary restaurants are more suitable for me."
Yu Yao nodded and listened. From this point of view, Liang Yubai probably likes ordinary life very much.
"To be honest, I came here to live for a while this time. I came here from my home under the pretext of conducting an investigation." Liang Yubai swallowed a mouthful of rice, wiped his mouth elegantly with a tissue, and began to talk about some things.
"Investigation?" Yu Yao thought of Liang Yubai's profession. Her investigation must be related to ghosts.
"Well, there's a remote forest to the south of this town. There used to be a lot of abandoned factories in that area, and it became a gathering place for many gangs. It was a chaotic area, and all sorts of dangerous things happened there, too. Fights, even atrocities, and many people died there."
Liang Yubai explained slowly.
Bai Fang had an impression of that area. In the early days, thugs from more than one organization fought there for land. She was too lazy to get involved at that time, so she didn't go.
"One of my family members passed by there and saw a young female spirit. She was obsessed with it and stopped in the woods. She was also passing by there at the time and didn't have anything, so she went to the street to buy a doll and let the spirit possess the doll. She took it back first and made plans later."
"But she happened to be very busy those two days, so she left the doll in a temporary rental house. After a while, when she returned, she found that the soul had disappeared and left the doll."
Yu Yao, who was eating next to her, suddenly paused, "Puppet...?"
Liang Yubai nodded. "That person thought it was a female ghost who had come to her senses and left without giving it much thought. On her way back, she passed by a woman and suddenly noticed the scent of a soul on her. That scent was the same one that had previously possessed the doll. It was just that the crowds at the time prevented her from finding the woman."
Bai Fang also silently put down his chopsticks. "Did the soul that was attached to the doll attach itself to someone else?"
Liang Yubai nodded. "Yes, but if a normal person is forcibly possessed, they will have a resistance reaction over time and experience various uncomfortable symptoms. They will also be aware of it. Normally, the original owner will definitely seek help."
"We received a similar commission here and thought it was that woman. I followed the investigation and came here, but it turned out not to be her."
Yu Yao nodded suddenly in realization. It must be Liang Wan, the woman who was possessed. Liang Yubai came over to check and found that the person possessed was a mother-in-law, not a young woman.
"Because that woman hasn't been found yet, I'll be staying here for a while," Liang Yubai explained calmly. "So, helping me look into Ye Laihe's situation is also a good opportunity. Maybe there will be some clues about the female spirit I'm looking for."
Bai Fang was lost in thought.
She had heard some news about a doll recently, and it was related to Yu Yao.
Yu Yao was a little shaken at first, but then she calmed down.
The soul in the doll should not be the same as the talking doll that Yu Yao had seen before, right?
As Liang Yubai was thinking, he stood up and said, "We've finished our meal. It's almost time for us to go to Yelai River. I'll go and pay the bill. Today's meal is my treat."
"Are you treating us?" Yu Yao was stunned for a moment, then looked touched. "You're so kind."
Liang Yubai coughed softly, "It's just a meal. I don't need this little money. It's normal for friends to treat each other to a meal."
Yu Yao was even more moved.
Liang Yubai hurried to the counter to pay.
Bai Fang sat quietly in his seat, glancing at Liang Yubai's back and Yu Yao at the same time.
I was a little concerned about the doll just now, but in the blink of an eye I didn’t have time to care about it anymore.
Liang Yubai seemed to be very nice to Yu Yao. Yu Yao was probably very happy because she had a new friend. The two of them got along well with each other.
"You quite like Liang Yubai?" she asked in a low voice tentatively.
"Liang Yubai?" Yu Yao turned around and said with a smile, "I like her. I think she's a nice person. When we first met, I thought she'd be hard to approach. Now I feel like she's just a little embarrassed to take the initiative."
“Once you feel at ease, you will be especially nice to others.”
Bai Fang felt a little jealous unconsciously, but just as the jealousy was rising, Yu Yao added happily.
"But my favorite is still Doctor Bai!"
Bai Fang was cured in an instant.
"It's good that you can make more friends, but it's better not to trust people too much before you know their background," Bai Fang reminded.
"I know!" Yu Yao nodded.
Liang Yubai came back and several people packed up and went out.
Bai Fang could take Yu Yao over on a motorcycle, but a motorcycle is big enough for one person, and she didn't really want Yu Yao and Liang Yubai to squeeze together in the back.
"Don't worry about it, I have a car." Liang Yubai waved his hand lazily, "How could I go out without a car? It's with my bodyguard, I can just call him, you don't have to worry about me, just go over there and wait for me."
As she spoke, she took out her phone and waved to the two of them, letting them go first.
"Then I'll wait for you outside the park." Yu Yao turned around and shouted, put on her helmet, and was taken to the park by Bai Fang.
"Liang Yubai is indeed a young lady." Yu Yao sat in the back seat and put her arms around Bai Fang's waist. Maybe it was because they had been together for too long. She used to put her arms around his waist secretly, but now she put her arms around him openly.
"Yeah, and it seems like she and her family are working in that field, responsible for handling supernatural events. They're professionals." Bai Fang nodded in agreement.
"Although the voices are a little different from what I heard, I'm very happy to have had a little contact with ghosts." Yu Yao breathed a sigh of relief. "I made a new friend, and she's a very good girl. I feel like I've been getting better and better recently. I met Dr. Bai and Liang Yubai."
Bai Fang rode silently, listening to Yu Yao muttering in the back seat, putting her and Liang Yubai together. For some unknown reason, he couldn't help but ask, "Who do you like more, me or Liang Yubai?"
Yu Yao's laughter immediately came from the back seat, "Of course it's Doctor Bai!"
No matter how many times Bai visited, Yu Yao would always give a quick and affirmative answer.
Just this one sentence would make her feel extremely relieved and comfortable.
As I thought about it, I felt that it was not right for me to feel this way.
Would a normal friend be happy if a girl said she liked him?
Bai Fang’s thoughts were spinning in his mind.
Maybe she'd be okay with girls too?
To be more direct, she might have fallen in love with Yu Yao without realizing it?
After all, looking at other people, she didn't have any similar thoughts.
The idea has come up, but it cannot be confirmed now.
She parked the car outside the park.
The area was still pitch black, there was no one in sight, the park was closed, and there was no sound at all.
At least we have to wait until the relevant notice of Yelai River comes out before this park will reopen.
Yu Yao jumped out of the car, took off her helmet and looked back, "Liang Yubai hasn't arrived yet, we have to wait a while."
Bai Fang nodded silently, staring at Yu Yao.
The light around here is very dim, but with the mottled light and shadow from the distant street, the outline of Yu Yao's cheek can be vaguely seen.
The thought that had been lingering in my mind just now popped up again. Staring at the big person standing in front of me, I felt a little itchy.
How do you confirm whether you like someone?
First of all, we have to be clear that she is different from others, right?
Bai Fang thought about all his interpersonal interactions and found that except for the gangsters with whom he had the best relationship, the rest were ordinary guests.
Yu Yao is the most special among all Baifang's guests because of her unique ability.
And then... maybe she is the type that Bai Fang likes unconsciously.
Anyway, I don’t feel disgusted when I see Yu Yao. Sometimes, she even touches my heart and I like her. The proof is the occasional heartbeat and the kiss that made me fall in love with her immediately.
Knowing that he was the person Yu Yao cared about the most, he was particularly happy.
After sorting out her thoughts bit by bit, she stared at Yu Yao's profile thoughtfully.
"Yu Yao, can I confirm an idea with you?"
Yu Yao turned her head in confusion, her beautiful almond-shaped eyes shining brightly in the darkness.
"What idea?"