Chapter 34 of Ghost Buddha Yang
"Wang Li, please turn around!"
When Wang Li heard his name, he walked towards Yan Ran awkwardly.
When Yan Ran saw Wang Li coming over, he lowered his voice so low that only the two of them could hear it.
"I've seen through your heart."
"What?" Wang Li tilted his head, obviously not understanding what Yan Ran meant.
"To me, there are no secrets in your heart anymore." Yan Ran suddenly smiled evilly. The two candles had already burned out, but now they suddenly lit up ferociously.
Wang Li remained calm. He said, "I still don't understand what you mean..."
Yan Ran didn't wait for him to finish and took out a piece of paper on the table with many different words written on it.
Yan Ran said, "Please pick a word, don't say it, and remember it."
Yan Ran's paper read: fever, runny nose, cup, trash can, hot spring, coffee, summer, sun
Wang Li had just glanced at it when Yan Ran put the paper away and placed another one in front of Wang Li.
"Remember the word you chose? Find the word that's closest to your choice among the following words and remember it."
The paper read: Red Bean Fire Tomato Traffic Light Needle Magma Sports Car Spider-Man
After Wang Li quickly found the conjunctions, Yan Ran put away the paper and took out another one before he could do anything.
Yan Ran: "The same rules apply. Please choose the word that is most closely related to the word you chose the second time."
After Wang Li finished his selection, Yan Ran put away the papers and took out the last piece of paper.
The paper read: Baseball cap, magnifying glass, blood turtle, fire extinguisher, black gloves, medal, bell
Yan Ran let Wang Li look at it for a long time before saying, "Please choose the word that you think is most related to the word you chose last time."
Wang Li scanned the paper several times, then nodded at Yan Ran.
Yan Ran smiled slightly: "The one you chose is him, right?" Yan Ran's finger stopped next to the word "blood".
Wang Li didn't say anything, but his expression said it all. Yan Ran was right.
Yan Ran smiled and said, "Are you wondering why I know what you are thinking?"
Yan Ran paused deliberately and looked directly into Wang Li's eyes.
Wang Li could feel the temperature in the room dropping, but sweat was already pouring down his forehead. He didn't answer Yan Ran, but simply shook his head stiffly.
Yan Ran extended a finger and pointed it at Wang Li's forehead. "I told you I've seen through your heart. You're the one who killed Master Chen."
Wang Li tried his best to suppress his emotions and said in a deep voice, "What nonsense are you talking about? You think I'm honest and easy to bully, right?"
Yan Ran gently shook the finger he extended: "This is what the person next to you told me. Look back, isn't that Master Chen?"
Wang Li froze for a moment, then he forced himself to calm down.
"Master Chen is already dead, and I can't see any ghosts!"
Yan Ran nodded: "Okay, but he has something he wants me to give to you. He said it contains something incredible!"
Yan Ran stretched out a hand and slowly turned her palm over. Inside was a mobile phone lying quietly - it was the same mobile phone that Master Chen had placed in the restaurant.
The burning candle happened to go out at this moment, and two streams of white smoke coiled around the sides of the phone like poisonous snakes.
Wang Li's entire spirit collapsed when he saw the phone. He couldn't help but shout, "Impossible! I clearly destroyed it!"
The entire basement fell silent again, except that the people sitting back to back all turned their heads to look at Wang Li.
Wang Li suddenly pushed Yan Ran away, turned around, opened the door and ran out of the basement.
Bu Kui, who was originally guarding the gate, had to keep an eye on the people sitting behind him. When he saw Wang Li running away, he turned around and chased after him without saying a word.
Zhang Chunhe was the first to stand up. He said in a hoarse voice, "We can't let this murderer get away!" Then he chased after him.
Tongtian Wu looked at Kikyo and said, "Let's go and see what's going on."
The remaining people filed out, leaving only Jie Qianchou and Yan Ran in the room. They exchanged a glance and began packing up the props in the basement. This ordinary basement had cost them both a great deal of effort.
Needless to say, the four Kongming lanterns and the props on the table were all there. The lanterns had timers that would automatically ignite and take off when the time came. Hidden beneath the table was a large box filled with dry ice. It was this dry ice that gradually chilled the stuffy room.
The reason why Yan Ran made such an arrangement was to perform a ceremony, but what she was going to perform was not a spirit-calling ceremony, but a hypnosis ceremony.
Time goes back to one day ago.
Yan Ran, Jie Qianchou, and Bu Kui were in the room. Jie Qianchou claimed to have figured out the murderer's method of killing Chen Shifo. But just as Jie Qianchou confidently said this, Yan Ran slapped him on the back of the head.
After Yan Ran finished filming him, he added, "I hate people like you who keep things in suspense the most."
Jie Qianchou rubbed his head and took out some yellowish white powder from his pocket.
"I found these in Master Chen's room."
Yan Ran and Bu Kui leaned over to take a look, but couldn't tell what it was.
"Is this dust, or what?"
Xie Qianchou smiled and said, "I'll give you a little hint. This was found under the air conditioner in the room." "Wang Li, please turn around!"
When Wang Li heard his name, he walked towards Yan Ran awkwardly.
When Yan Ran saw Wang Li coming over, he lowered his voice so low that only the two of them could hear it.
"I've seen through your heart."
"What?" Wang Li tilted his head, obviously not understanding what Yan Ran meant.
"To me, there are no secrets in your heart anymore." Yan Ran suddenly smiled evilly. The two candles had already burned out, but now they suddenly lit up ferociously.
Wang Li remained calm. He said, "I still don't understand what you mean..."
Yan Ran didn't wait for him to finish and took out a piece of paper on the table with many different words written on it.
Yan Ran said, "Please pick a word, don't say it, and remember it."
Yan Ran's paper read: fever, runny nose, cup, trash can, hot spring, coffee, summer, sun
Wang Li had just glanced at it when Yan Ran put the paper away and placed another one in front of Wang Li.
"Remember the word you chose? Find the word that's closest to your choice among the following words and remember it."
The paper read: Red Bean Fire Tomato Traffic Light Needle Magma Sports Car Spider-Man
After Wang Li quickly found the conjunctions, Yan Ran put away the paper and took out another one before he could do anything.
Yan Ran: "The same rules apply. Please choose the word that is most closely related to the word you chose the second time."
After Wang Li finished his selection, Yan Ran put away the papers and took out the last piece of paper.
The paper read: Baseball cap, magnifying glass, blood turtle, fire extinguisher, black gloves, medal, bell
Yan Ran let Wang Li look at it for a long time before saying, "Please choose the word that you think is most related to the word you chose last time."
Wang Li scanned the paper several times, then nodded at Yan Ran.
Yan Ran smiled slightly: "The one you chose is him, right?" Yan Ran's finger stopped next to the word "blood".
Wang Li didn't say anything, but his expression said it all. Yan Ran was right.
Yan Ran smiled and said, "Are you wondering why I know what you are thinking?"
Yan Ran paused deliberately and looked directly into Wang Li's eyes.
Wang Li could feel the temperature in the room dropping, but sweat was already pouring down his forehead. He didn't answer Yan Ran, but simply shook his head stiffly.
Yan Ran extended a finger and pointed it at Wang Li's forehead. "I told you I've seen through your heart. You're the one who killed Master Chen."
Wang Li tried his best to suppress his emotions and said in a deep voice, "What nonsense are you talking about? You think I'm honest and easy to bully, right?"
Yan Ran gently shook the finger he extended: "This is what the person next to you told me. Look back, isn't that Master Chen?"
Wang Li froze for a moment, then he forced himself to calm down.
"Master Chen is already dead, and I can't see any ghosts!"
Yan Ran nodded: "Okay, but he has something he wants me to give to you. He said it contains something incredible!"
Yan Ran stretched out a hand and slowly turned her palm over. Inside was a mobile phone lying quietly - it was the same mobile phone that Master Chen had placed in the restaurant.
The burning candle happened to go out at this moment, and two streams of white smoke coiled around the sides of the phone like poisonous snakes.
Wang Li's entire spirit collapsed when he saw the phone. He couldn't help but shout, "Impossible! I clearly destroyed it!"
The entire basement fell silent again, except that the people sitting back to back all turned their heads to look at Wang Li.
Wang Li suddenly pushed Yan Ran away, turned around, opened the door and ran out of the basement.
Bu Kui, who was originally guarding the gate, had to keep an eye on the people sitting behind him. When he saw Wang Li running away, he turned around and chased after him without saying a word.
Zhang Chunhe was the first to stand up. He said in a hoarse voice, "We can't let this murderer get away!" Then he chased after him.
Tongtian Wu looked at Kikyo and said, "Let's go and see what's going on."
The remaining people filed out, leaving only Jie Qianchou and Yan Ran in the room. They exchanged a glance and began packing up the props in the basement. This ordinary basement had cost them both a great deal of effort.
Needless to say, the four Kongming lanterns and the props on the table were all there. The lanterns had timers that would automatically ignite and take off when the time came. Hidden beneath the table was a large box filled with dry ice. It was this dry ice that gradually chilled the stuffy room.
The reason why Yan Ran made such an arrangement was to perform a ceremony, but what she was going to perform was not a spirit-calling ceremony, but a hypnosis ceremony.
Time goes back to one day ago.
Yan Ran, Jie Qianchou, and Bu Kui were in the room. Jie Qianchou claimed to have figured out the murderer's method of killing Chen Shifo. But just as Jie Qianchou confidently said this, Yan Ran slapped him on the back of the head.
After Yan Ran finished filming him, he added, "I hate people like you who keep things in suspense the most."
Jie Qianchou rubbed his head and took out some yellowish white powder from his pocket.
"I found these in Master Chen's room."
Yan Ran and Bu Kui leaned over to take a look, but couldn't tell what it was.
"Is this dust, or what?"
Xie Qianchou smiled and said, "I'll give you a little hint. This was found under the air conditioner in the house."
Yan Ran clapped his hands, as if he had thought of something, and said hurriedly, "I know! The murderer replaced the Freon in the air conditioner with poison. This way, when Master Chen turns on the air conditioner while he sleeps at night, he will be poisoned to death!"
Yan Ran was still immersed in the excitement of having seen through the murderer's trick, and she didn't notice that Jie Qianchou and Bu Kui were looking at her as if she were a fool.
Bu Kui coughed lightly and said, "I have to say you have a great imagination, but the autopsy has proven that Chen Shifu died of asphyxiation."
"Huh?" Yan Ran's expression froze.
"Not necessarily. At least Yan Ran is half right. Oh..."
Before Xie Qianchou could finish his words, Yan Ran hit him on the back of his head again. Seeing that Bu Kui was also planning to hit him back, Xie Qianchou quickly said, "I know, I won't keep you in suspense. Just listen to me!"
Seeing Yan Ran's fierce look, Xie Qianchou quickly said, "These are the foam glues used to seal the air conditioning ducts leading to the outside. I checked carefully and found that a small part of the air conditioning duct in Master Chen's room was re-sealed with foam glue."
Yan Ran and Bu Kui looked at each other.
Yan Ran asked, "What does this mean? Could it be that the villa was renovated?"
Jie Qianchou, fearing another beating, quickly said, "You don't understand. Normally, they wouldn't touch that area unless they were replacing the air conditioner. Even if they needed to repair it, they should have completely emptied the duct opening and resealed it, not just opened a small piece. Therefore, the most reasonable explanation is that someone outside opened a piece of the sealed air conditioner duct and then poisoned Master Chen while he was asleep."
Bu Kui found a chair and sat down, interrupting Jie Qianchou: "Didn't I just say that he died of suffocation, not poison?" Jie Qianchou smiled and asked Bu Kui: "Do you remember what you said you found when you searched those people's luggage?"
Bu Kui was stunned: "What did you find? A bug or something?"
Jie Qianchou said, "Gas."
"gas?"
"That's right. Gas poisoning is very similar to suffocation. The murderer only needed to inject gas into the room through the gap in the pipe, and the sleeping Chen Shifu would suffocate. After doing this, he only had to wait for the gas concentration in the room to drop and then refill the gap with foam glue. Thus, a closed-room murder scene was created."
Bu Kui stood up suddenly and asked, "So the murderer is Wang Li?"
Yan Ran pondered for a moment and asked, "This is just your inference. You have absolutely no evidence to prove that the murderer is Wang Li."
Jie Qianchou threw up his hands helplessly. "That's what I said. I know the method of murder, but I can't be sure who the murderer is. Even though Wang Li brought camping supplies, it doesn't mean that others can't bring them or get gas from him."
Yan Ran looked at Bu Kui again and said, "Now, please tell me why a seemingly ordinary sudden death case made you stay and keep searching for answers."
Bu Kui sat down again. "I mentioned some things earlier, but there are some things I couldn't share with you. However, since we're going to cooperate, I have to show my sincerity. As I said before, people die in this villa every year at this time, which I find very strange. This man named Chen Shifu, after our investigation, has been confirmed to be Huang Jiajun, a con man who was once imprisoned for extortion. After his death, the police didn't find his cell phone in his room. It's hard to imagine modern people traveling without their phones, so I think he might have been murdered."
Yan Ran's thoughts returned to the dinner table that day. Chen Shifu seemed to have deliberately left his phone on the corner of the table. Yan Ran said, "Perhaps I have a way to find the murderer."
Jie Qianchou and Bu Kui looked at Yan Ran at the same time.
Yan Ran walked in front of the two of them and said, "I can try to perform a group hypnosis on all the suspects."
"Don't keep me in suspense, what next?" Jie Qianchou's palm was eager to try above Yan Ran's head.
Yan Ran slapped Jie Qianchou on the head again and continued, "I can use the pretense of summoning spirits to gather suspects in a sealed space. I can use the environment and psychological cues to make them anxious and nervous. Finally, at the right moment, I'll pull out a replica of Chen Shifo's phone. Through this hypnosis, there's a certain chance the suspects will reveal their true colors."
Afterwards, everyone discussed and arranged this "resurrection ceremony".
Time goes back to the present.
Jie Qianchou and Yan Ran packed up their things and walked out of the basement. The sun was shining brightly outside, and the grass was green and the birds were singing.
Yan Ran stretched and said, "It's finally over."
But before she could finish her words, a burst of rapid shouting reached their ears.
"Oh no, oh no, Wang Li is dead!"
Yan Ran's outstretched arm froze in mid-air. Xie Qianchou looked at Zhang Chunhe, who was running towards him in a panic, and asked, "What's going on? Tell me slowly!"
Zhang Chunhe ran out of breath. He came to the two of them and tried to catch his breath. "Wang Li, Wang Li was killed by a ghost in the mountaintop hot spring! The police sent me to tell you to hurry over!"
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