Chapter 594 What is the truth?
The people following behind Ye Wanxi instinctively shuddered and moved even closer to her.
A month is enough time to clean up and renovate the mess inside the house.
Compared to the dazzling and gaudy decorations when Li Weiming moved into his new house a month ago, this renovation has left the house much emptier and more spacious.
Now, with the cold wind whistling and the draft howling through the room, it feels even more eerie!
Ye Wanxi waved away non-existent dust and looked at Li Weiming: "Has no one lived here for the past month?"
Li Weiming forced a smile and said dryly, "The damage was quite severe before, and the renovation took some time. There are still harmful substances like formaldehyde after the renovation, so it's not suitable to move in immediately."
This was just an excuse, of course; the main reason was that he was afraid to live in this house that was haunted.
Even though Ye Wanxi said that there were contractual restrictions and the other party would not harm him.
Who knows, maybe they'll remember them and come check on things. Just thinking about waking up in the middle of the night and finding their bedside table there...
Just thinking about it made Li Weiming's scalp tingle.
Furthermore, Ye Wanxi's talk about the underworld and the Yellow Springs that day still frightened Li Weiming to some extent.
If it weren't for the need to keep the place to complete the promised handover, Li Weiming would have had his brother sell the house early this morning.
Ye Wanxi didn't expose him, and went straight to the point: "What have you found out in the past month?"
"Found it, found it."
Upon hearing Ye Wanxi's question, the group immediately began to share their experiences from the past month.
Li Weiming spoke first: "I found out that about seven or eight years ago, there was indeed a drowning case in this area. However, it wasn't in the sea behind us, but rather on a riverbank two or three kilometers away that leads to this sea area."
Wen Jue followed closely: "I also found out. It is said that there were three people who fell into the water at the time, one man and two women. Both women were rescued, but the man unfortunately drowned."
"Is this man him?"
“It’s him.” The girl who had previously claimed that her cousin’s family owned a newspaper quickly chimed in, “I spent several days searching through my cousin’s newspaper before I finally found the news article from that year. My cousin told me not to take it out, but I still secretly took it out.”
As she spoke, the little girl took out an old newspaper that she had prepared in advance and handed it to Ye Wanxi.
Ye Wanxi took the newspaper and glanced at it. The first thing she saw was a picture of a crowd gathered on the riverbank, with the headline—
Three college students tragically drowned during holiday trip.
But the next newspaper had a completely different headline about the matter.
"Twist in College Student Drowning Case: Drowning Victim Suspected of Sexual Harassment"
Ye Wanxi's eyes narrowed slightly as she carefully examined the newspaper. It turned out that the two girls who were rescued clearly stated during their statements that they did not know the man who drowned beforehand.
Moreover, it happened late at night. The other party saw the two girls lingering outside, took the initiative to chat them up, and then touched them inappropriately, even hugging one of the girls.
The girl struggled desperately, while another girl who wasn't being held pulled at her from the side, trying to save her friend.
In the scuffle, all three fell into the water. The two girls, who had learned to swim, managed to climb out on their own, but the man seemed to have suffered a leg cramp after falling into the water and was unable to climb out.
The two girls' testimonies sounded reasonable, but they were not without errors and omissions.
People sympathize with the weak, especially given the recent news of women being harassed and harmed. Such rhetoric easily resonates with some people and arouses the sympathy of fellow women.
"So, this matter was ultimately classified as harassment of these two girls, and even God couldn't stand it, so he was punished by drowning?"
"That's exactly what the reports were like at the time. I had someone check the online discussions back then. Although so much time has passed, many related reports have been deleted for some reason. However, some social media platforms with relatively low discussion levels have still preserved netizens' discussions about this matter at that time."
A young man whose family runs an online media business handed Ye Wanxi his tablet.
Upon closer inspection, Ye Wanxi realized that most of the posts were screenshots of online discussions about the incident, dated seven or eight years ago, when the incident had just occurred.
[Another slut who can't control his lower body! Even God couldn't stand it, he deserved to drown, it's so satisfying!]
Those sycophants who sympathize with this harassing man are potential criminals. Women being out late at night is not a reason for you to sexually harass them. I support the two girls' innocence; they were only acting in self-defense.
[I'm seriously disgusted. How can there be so many brain-dead perverts these days? They can't find wives, so they lie in wait on the street and take advantage of young women. They deserve to die!]
As Ye Wanxi walked down the list, all she saw were vulgar and offensive words used to insult the deceased.
However, after reading these, she did not rush to a conclusion, but turned to the group and asked, "What do you think?"
“We…” The group exchanged glances. “We don’t know either. These two girls seem to be telling the truth, but…”
Li Weiming and others, especially the sons and daughters of media professionals, although they don't usually like to argue with people online, they know that there are too many reversals these days, and taking sides carelessly could lead to being proven wrong at any time.
If they only listen to one side of the story, they will definitely feel sympathy for the two girls.
The key point is that the people they accused of persecuting them are dead, leaving no way to testify against them.
Li Weiming and the others had all seen the male ghost. Although his appearance when he mistook someone for someone else and went on a crazy revenge was quite frightening, after having encountered him once, they all felt that he was not as bad as the reports described.
In particular, Ye Wanxi had specifically mentioned before that the male ghost had accumulated merit and should be a good person in his next life.
How could a good person do something so despicable?
Ye Wanxi glanced at the group, confirming that they hadn't been misled by the newspaper's contents and hadn't concluded that the other person was indeed, as the two women had said, a lewd man who had attempted sexual harassment.
His eyes flickered slightly, and he said with a faint smile, "We outsiders don't have much say in what the truth is; we should ask the parties involved."
Upon hearing Ye Wanxi's words, everyone instinctively shrank back.
The next second, a biting cold wind blew in from outside the window, making people's faces almost stiff.
When the wind stopped and the curtains fell, a figure gradually solidified at the window, revealing its true form.
Everyone: “!!!”
"They're here."
(End of this chapter)
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