Chapter 38 Chapter 38: Ghost, ghost, I saw a ghost...
The first bus to arrive was a passenger bus, which, judging by the sign, was heading from Anxi to Anlu City.
Another small car drove up from behind, but Qiu Jiang ignored it and went straight to the first bus.
As night fell, the car suddenly stopped. Some sleepy people in the car opened their eyes and observed what was going on. Not long after, a girl in a long black down jacket got on the car to check, followed by a man in a traffic police uniform.
"Hello, we're checking your IDs now. Please show them to me."
Okay, old trick.
We had been checked at the highway toll station before, so although everyone was a little nervous, they started looking for their documents as if they were familiar with it.
Qiu Jiang took a quick look at the carriage and began to check from front to back, while the traffic policeman was guarding the door.
Because many cars have been checked tonight, Qiu Jiang's inspection process is now very smooth. He first looks at the ID card, then compares the person with the photo on the ID card to see if they are consistent. If they are, he will return the person to the other party and proceed to the next one. So far, he has not encountered a case where the ID card is not consistent.
She checked the rows one by one, and occasionally she would encounter one or two people who forgot to bring their ID cards or could not find their ID cards. Qiu Jiang asked the traffic policeman at the door to handle this situation, and she continued to check other people.
The inspection soon reached the end. Qiu Jiang sighed, feeling that this time he might return empty-handed again.
She exchanged a glance with the traffic policeman who had already given the warning and education, and soon they walked back together, got out of the car, and let the car go.
As soon as they got out of the car, they heard something strange behind them. There was a mixture of fighting and shouting, and they could faintly hear, "Found it, don't run—"
Found it? Wei Li?
Qiu Jiang was startled and ran into the darkness of another place at lightning speed. The traffic policeman who was next to her just now widened his eyes instantly.
Wow, is this the speed a human can achieve?
But now was obviously not the time to lament. He followed breathlessly and hurriedly grabbed an acquaintance to ask, "Did you find the person?"
"The leader of the criminal police team just found it. If it weren't for him, this person would have really gotten away."
"What's the meaning?"
"Hey, that guy was wearing a □□. I originally thought it was just a look-alike, but who knew that when the leader tricked him, he ran away like crazy. Isn't that a confession?"
The traffic policeman heard a hiss and asked hurriedly, "Where is that person?"
"That leader went after him, and you happened to be here. Can you help me check the cars behind? I'll run over to take a look too."
After saying that, without giving him any chance to refuse, the man ran away, leaving behind him and other colleagues who still had inspection tasks to do, as well as the passengers who were leaning on the windows to watch the excitement, and some even got off the bus to look over there.
"Look, go back quickly and start checking."
The person who heard it walked back angrily, but he himself kept looking back.
He also wanted to go and take a look.
"Don't run—"
"Wei Li, stop right there—"
Wei Li ran even faster, almost using all his strength to escape, and it was obvious that he didn't want to be caught.
Ji Mingcheng was chasing him relentlessly from behind. When he was about to catch up with him, he saw him suddenly slow down, cling tightly to the road guardrail, gritted his teeth and jumped down from it.
Ji Mingcheng caught up to the side of the road and pulled down with all his strength, but he only pulled up a handful of air. Unwillingly, he slammed the guardrail hard, gritting his teeth and wanting to kill someone. Then, without hesitation, he jumped down without saying a word.
"Team Season—"
Qiu Jiang shouted and ran down as well.
The traffic police who caught up from behind were stunned.
"Jump down now?"
Although there is a sloping earth slope below, it is still quite high from the ground. If you are not careful, even if you don't die from the fall, you will still suffer.
They hesitated, "What should we do?"
Wei Li limped forward, but it was pitch black and there were fields below, making it difficult to walk. His pace slowed down significantly, and even sweat broke out on his forehead from the pain.
But he knew he couldn't stop.
Since the police came to find him, it proved that his murder had been discovered, and he would definitely not have a good ending if he was caught, so he would keep running even if his legs were broken.
With this idea in mind, he started running fast again, but to his despair, he heard the sound of someone running across the remaining straw in the field behind him.
He was running in a hurry just now and thought that the noises were all from himself. But when he listened carefully, he realized something was wrong. His face was full of disbelief and he cursed as if he was scared or his tail was stepped on.
"Fuck, and still following—"
He gritted his teeth, but was helpless and could only continue running. He didn't believe that he could find his location in the middle of the night. He grew up nearby and was familiar with the terrain here. As long as he held on a little longer, he could hide first, and wait until the incident was over, and then continue his life in anonymity.
With this idea as support, he persisted even though his legs were in terrible pain.
Just as he expected, Ji Mingcheng saw darkness in front of him, and because he was unfamiliar with the surroundings, his speed was indeed much slower. He could only carefully identify the sound of him running in front of him to determine his direction.
But the ground was rough and uneven, which greatly hindered his steps.
At this moment, he felt something was wrong behind him, as if someone was following him very fast, so fast that it reminded him of someone. He subconsciously called out, "Qiu Jiang?"
"Captain Ji, I'm here." Qiu Jiang quickly ran to his side and pulled him when he frowned. "I'm here."
Ji Mingcheng was very angry, "What are you doing here? Are you trying to kill yourself?"
"But didn't you come down too?" Qiu Jiang didn't back down at this time. Besides, now was not the time to talk about this. She said hurriedly, "I'm familiar with finding people on foot at night. Please stop here and don't move. I'll catch him and come back to find you."
After saying that, she was about to run away.
Ji Mingcheng hurried to pull her, but he only managed to grab her hand for a moment before she struggled away. "Captain Ji, just trust me."
After saying this, she ran away completely, and he couldn't find her at all when he reached out his hand again.
"Qiu Jiang, come back here,"
Ji Mingcheng shook his hands fiercely and followed.
Wei Li never expected that in such pitch-black conditions, someone could lock onto his position and even catch up with him. He immediately took out the fruit knife hanging from his waist, swung it down, and the sharp knife emerged and stabbed straight forward.
Time and time again, he was merciless, but every time he stabbed it was just air, and the man dodged easily like a ghost.
The weather was freezing cold at that time, as if the chill came from hell. Coupled with the ghostly figure beside him, it was hard not to imagine whether Li Zhengping had come to take his life.
The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. He no longer cared about stabbing and continued to flee in a hurry, stabbing with the knife in his hand as he ran, as if he wanted to kill anything and any ghost that came close to him.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way—"
He shouted in panic, but the figure was always following him like a shadow, and he couldn't touch it.
As a result, cold sweat quickly broke out on his back, and he felt icy cold, and his body became stiff due to exhaustion.
It's at this time.
Qiu Jiang sped up and moved directly to a place not far in front of him, standing upwind. With a wave of his right hand, some powder floated towards him.
The powder floated on Wei Li's body and face. He touched the fine powder on his face and was immediately frightened to the point of pissing his pants.
"Bones...ashes, Li Zhengping..."
He stuttered and retreated frantically on the ground. He couldn't hold the knife firmly and it fell into the ground. It stuck in at an angle, making a "hissing" sound as the sharp blade hit the soil.
Soon, there was another sound.
It was like someone had pulled it out.
Wei Li was terrified, but what was even more terrifying was that his entire body was itchy and he was scratching up and down, unable to stop at all.
"It's so itchy, so itchy."
He rolled on the ground, screaming wildly.
Qiu Jiang knew that her itching powder had worked and was very proud of herself.
She must have caught him.
Just as she was about to step forward and knock the man unconscious, she suddenly heard a question from behind Wei Li.
"What the hell?"
The voice of the season team.
Qiu Jiang had a bad feeling.
"Hiss, why is it so itchy?" Ji Mingcheng's voice was filled with fear.
This was the first time she heard their leader make such a panicked sound. She couldn't help but feel a thunder in her heart, and the joy she had just felt in catching Wei Li disappeared without a trace in an instant.
She really didn't know he had followed her, and she really didn't mean to do it...
Can the season team be trusted?
What was even more depressing was that she had been thinking about using the itching powder to protect herself if she met Wei Li and couldn't beat him. She didn't have the habit of using itching powder on others and carrying the antidote with her, so the itching powder was still in her cotton coat pocket.
That season with him...can he make it through?
Qiu Jiang's forehead darkened. Hearing the sound of him scratching frantically, she carefully reminded him, "Captain Ji, you can't scratch."
Ji Mingcheng was itching to death at this time. It would be more painful for him not to scratch than to kill him. He scratched even harder after hearing her words. But he was not stupid. He knew something was wrong when he heard her words. He suddenly asked, "You did this?"
His tone was full of doubt and fear. Qiu Jiang blushed deeply after hearing that. After a while, she hummed back, "I didn't expect you to follow me."
Ji Mingcheng: "..."
At this time, another gust of wind blew.
Damn, it itches even more.
For the first time in his twenty-six years of life, Ji Mingcheng experienced the feeling of being unable to live or die.
It's so fucking sour.
He didn't know how he walked back all the way. It was definitely the most embarrassing day he could remember.
Of course, there were people who were worse off than him, and he could still bear it, but Wei Li, who had most of the powder blown on him, felt so itchy that he rubbed the place frantically.
It's really an eyesore.
Fortunately, we didn’t have to move him ourselves. The people from Team 5 who arrived dragged him to the highway intersection. We were questioning our lives.
"What the hell? Is he on drugs?"
They were exhausted, and after locking his hands, they all bent over and gasped for breath.
After they finally recovered, they found that their heads were missing.
"Huh? Where's Team Ji?"
"Did you see that?"
"No, I just felt Team Ji passing by me, running very fast. When I got back here, I didn't see anyone anymore."
…
The suspect was caught, but his leader was missing?
They were all confused.
What they didn’t know was that their beloved Captain Ji was currently doubting his life in the car.
He sat in the front seat and kept scratching and scratching. He even felt that his jacket was getting in the way, so he simply took off his jacket, crossed his hands and started scratching himself.
Qiu Jiang frantically searched for the antidote in her clothes, but the more anxious she became, the harder it was to find. But there were only four pockets, and if she couldn't find the first three, she knew where it was.
She confidently reached into her last pocket, but...
How come it's gone? Her mind was blown, and she quickly jumped into the car and searched the back seat.
Ji Mingcheng noticed her movements and had a very bad feeling, "Qiu Jiang, don't mess with me."
When he was anxious, he spoke directly in Hong Kong dialect. Although the accent sounded a little strange to her ears, it was not difficult to understand. Qiu Jiang bit her lip and assured repeatedly, "I will definitely be there. Captain Ji, please bear with it."
"What should I do if I can't help it?" Ji Mingcheng leaned back in his chair, feeling depressed. He even felt like there were ten thousand bugs crawling on his body. If he hadn't taken care of her still in the car, he would have taken off all his clothes immediately and checked him carefully.
Unfortunately, this is no longer possible.
Ji Mingcheng's expression was dull and he was in deep despair.
Qiu Jiang felt regretful and kept apologizing, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I really didn't mean to mess with your season team."
Do?
He said it was nothing, but after she said that, Ji Mingcheng felt even more itchy. He pulled the collar of his T-shirt with his left hand and scratched his neck with his right hand. Many parts of his body were scratched red, but he still couldn't resist the itch that seemed to seep from his bones.
When it felt like a long time had passed, but in reality only five or six seconds had passed, he finally couldn't help it and asked again, "I haven't found it yet..."
"Found it--" Qiu Jiang shouted excitedly, holding a small transparent plastic sealed bag in his hand, which contained some white powder.
Ji Mingcheng remembered that he had seen this thing before, but now he was a little bit hesitant to believe her. He stared at her deeply with his deep eyes, and the meaning revealed in them made Qiu Jiang even more embarrassed. She quickly swore to the sky, "I promise, it really is the antidote."
"How do I use it?" he asked.
"Just apply it wherever it itches, and then sniff it through your nose."
Ji Mingcheng took it and applied it on his body. As soon as he tried it, he didn't know if it was a psychological effect, but the itchiness in that area actually subsided a little.
Since he found it was useful, that was all. He immediately pulled off his T-shirt, revealing his muscular upper body. He smeared handfuls of powder on his chest and back. Just as his hands were moving downwards, he paused and turned to look at her who had been staring at him with sparkling eyes.
Qiu Jiang was watching him apply the medicine intently, wanting to make sure he was okay, when she saw him looking at her and blinking at her.
"No, it doesn't work?"
She was a little nervous.
That shouldn’t be the case. Deng Xingwang said it was very effective when he used it.
She couldn't hide her sorrow even if she wanted to.
Ji Mingcheng: "..."
The two looked at each other silently for a few seconds. Qiu Jiang suddenly understood and got out of the car immediately.
Ji Mingcheng hurriedly untied his belt, and at this moment...
"Knock."
He paused, rolled down the window expressionlessly, and asked through gritted teeth, "What's the matter?"
"Captain Ji, there's only this one packet of antidote. Why don't you share some with me first?"
"What?" Ji Mingcheng doubted his ears.
Qiu Jiang pointed at the person who was still rolling on the ground, and the meaning was self-evident.
"We can't just leave it like this." Qiu Jiang smiled ingratiatingly.
Ji Mingcheng's hands were shaking when he was distributing the medicine. He managed to squeeze out a small amount for her. As for the rest, she could forget about it.
He slammed the window shut, and it was obvious that he would ignore me next time I spoke.
Qiu Jiang touched his nose and pinched the thickness of the paper.
Okay, that's enough.
She walked over and seemingly casually dropped the powder on her hands onto him. Wei Li was already itching to the point of exhaustion, but he was still mumbling something. When you got closer, you could vaguely hear, "Ghost... ghost... there's a ghost."
"Is this guy scared silly?" Qiu Jiang's colleague from Team 5 was deeply suspicious.
Qiu Jiang nodded, "It's possible."
"Now that we've caught him, shouldn't we go back? Jiang Jiang, have you seen Captain Ji?"
"Team Ji is in the car... on the phone. Why don't we wait a little longer?"
"Oh, okay."
They waited for about ten minutes before receiving a message from their season team saying they were returning.
When they arrived in the city, Wei Li was first sent to the detention center and then the group returned home.
Qiu Jiang is one of them.
The next morning, she quickly packed herself up and ran to the bus stop.
As for riding a bike, forget it. The bike is still parked at the karaoke hall. She only remembered the bike when she came back yesterday because she had too many things to do. She thought it wouldn't be a problem to pick it up after get off work today. Besides, she was a little nervous because of the cold last night, so it was just right for her to take the bus to relax.
When she arrived at the office, Deng Xingwang was lamenting, "Oh my god, why am I not catching up with anything?"
"Good morning." She greeted.
Deng Xingwang came over to greet her as soon as he saw her. "How was it? Wasn't the arrest last night exciting?"
His words reminded her of the miserable state of Team Ji last night. She felt a little guilty and touched her earlobe. "It's okay."
"Ah? So it's okay?" Deng Xingwang said in disbelief. "Then why did I hear from the brothers that you and Captain Ji scurried off the highway in pursuit of someone, and even managed to catch him in the pitch-black night? Wasn't there something thrilling going on in between?"
Qiu Jiang twitched her lips, "No."
Deng Xingwang was like a deflated ball, "It's boring."
She looked apologetic, but she refused to talk about what happened last night.
By the time she sat down at her seat and sorted out documents for a while, most of her colleagues had already arrived.
After a while, Ji Mingcheng finally arrived.
Today he wore a white slim-fit sweatshirt for the first time. He was still very handsome and looked even younger.
Seeing that there were no scratch marks on his face, Qiu Jiang felt relieved. Just in case, she hurried after him and handed him a small paper bag wrapped like a medicine bag before he entered the office.
Ji Mingcheng collected it quickly, and when she was about to go back, he waved his hand to call her back, his purpose was very clear.
"Any more? More."
"……have."
She hurried back to her seat and gave him the last remaining packet.
Ji Mingcheng nodded, "That's right, let's go back."
Seeing that he had no intention of pursuing what happened last night, Qiu Jiang breathed a sigh of relief and immediately saluted with her legs together, "Yes."
After saying that, he hurried back.
Ji Mingcheng also entered the house clutching two small packets of medicine powder.
"Hey, Jiang Jiang, do you still have that powder you gave to Captain Ji? Give me some."
Deng Xingwang, who was deeply afraid of mosquito bites, stretched out his hand expectantly and gave the highest praise to the anti-itch powder she gave him.
"That powder is better than all the toilet water and other things I bought. The one you gave me before is almost gone. Can you give me some more? Or tell me where you bought it so I can stock up."
Qiu Jiang looked at him regretfully and said, "I did that. The last two bags have been given to Team Ji."
Deng Xingwang wilted when he heard this.
He is not stupid to dare to ask the leader for something.
"Can you do something?" Deng Xingwang put his hands together and begged her, "I really need it."
Qiu Jiang thought for a moment and said, "Okay, but I have to wait until I have all the raw materials."
Deng Xingwang grinned. "Thank you very much. I'll treat you to dessert at noon. I found a place that has really good food. I guarantee you'll like it."
Her eyes lit up. She had no resistance to desserts at all. "Okay."
"Oh."
The two of them hit it off and decided on the itinerary for lunch.
There was just one thing that puzzled her. "Don't you need to interrogate Wei Li this morning?"
"Why are we still interrogating him? I heard from the guys at the detention center that Wei Li has been muttering about something going on since last night, and he confessed before daybreak. I heard that Captain Guo and Brother Wang were brought in for interrogation overnight, and they're probably almost done by now."
Her eyes widened, "Admit it?"
"Of course not. They say the dead have come to him to lock their souls. He confessed everything, but he insisted there must be someone by his side. He can't be left alone. He's afraid the dead will come after him." Deng Xingwang started to rant. "You know how he dares to kill people, but he's still so superstitious and even believes in ghosts. Isn't that funny?"
Qiu Jiang, who knew a little bit of the inside story, automatically fell silent and did not comment on it.
After a while, Guo Kai and Wang Li entered the office one after another, but they went straight to Ji Mingcheng's office without even sitting down.
They didn't talk in there for long, just a few minutes before coming out, and helped convey the leader's instructions.
"Jiang Jiang, Captain Ji wants you to make an appointment with Forensic Doctor Lu to conduct a mental evaluation on Wei Li."
She didn't understand why she did this. After all, no one who attended Wei Li's birthday party pointed out that Wei Li had any mental problems. What's more, she had had face-to-face contact with him for a while, and except for being scared by her, everything else was normal.
Could it be that he wants to evade legal responsibility by claiming mental illness like Niu Yong did?
"Don't think too much about it. It's just a routine checkup to avoid trouble later." Guo Kai replied to her.
Now, she finally felt relieved and asked hurriedly, "Has he confessed?"
"Um."
Wang Li handed the record paper to her directly.
Deng Xingwang came over excitedly, "Jiang Jiang, let me take a look too."
Qiu Jiang allocated a space for him and the two of them looked at the record together.
Deng Xingwang was very happy. "This case went very smoothly. Our team 5 is really fast. It hasn't been long, and we've already solved so many cases. It's true that a strong general has no weak soldiers. Our team 3 is very powerful, and our efficiency is also high."
Qiu Jiang also nodded, agreeing deeply.
However, when he saw the back of the record, the expression on his face became a little confused and dazed.
"What's wrong?"
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