Chapter 178 Home Investigation
This was a wonderful experience that Yu Sheng had never experienced before - traveling with a pack of wolves, walking through the chaotic reflections of the city.
The seemingly real building outlines were rapidly receding in the field of vision. The entire city seemed to have turned into countless fragmented and constantly drifting "pieces" in this shadow world. Buildings and streets were randomly stacked and intertwined. Blocks that were far apart might be connected at the next intersection, while houses that were originally close to each other were divided into different "pieces". The light wolf shuttled through these inverted and chaotic urban structures, flying over intersections along the invisible "road".
A red shadow approached from the edge of her vision. Little Red Riding Hood turned her head to look at Yu Sheng with a happy smile on her face: "Isn't it amazing!"
"It's amazing," Yu Sheng exclaimed from the bottom of his heart, "Is this what you usually see when you go out?"
"It's only used when we're on a long journey," Little Red Riding Hood said happily. "Sometimes I also use the wolf pack to take other members of the organization out on missions - you are the first 'outsider' to be invited."
"Then I'm honored - by the way, are you usually responsible for picking up and dropping off other people?"
Little Red Riding Hood waved her hands: "There's nothing we can do. No one in the orphanage can drive, and taxis are expensive."
Yu Sheng looked at the girl riding the wolf and walking beside him, pursed his lips, and suddenly said loudly: "You can take the driver's license test next month."
Little Red Riding Hood was stunned for a moment.
Then she suddenly laughed and said in a loud voice: "Yes, I can take the driver's license test next month!!"
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The shadows faded away, and a figure emerged from the shadows. As dusk gradually approached, Yu Sheng and Little Red Riding Hood walked out from the shadow of a building.
"It's not as good as your 'door' and the 'shortcut' of the Secret Service, but at least it's faster than taking a taxi, right?" Little Red Riding Hood turned around and said to the student with a smile.
Yu Sheng took out his cell phone and checked the time, and found that it took just over ten minutes from leaving Wutong Road to arriving here - it was indeed quite fast.
"Which way are we going?" He raised his head and looked at the tall buildings in front of him. This was already a prosperous area in the city. High-rise buildings could be seen everywhere, which was very different from the old city area he was familiar with.
"It's right here," Little Red Riding Hood pointed to a building in front of her, "Old Zheng lived alone in a high-rise building here before he died. It's very close to the office of the Association of Strange Objects. The management of this building is quite strict. You need to register with the security guard when you enter the building. I have already contacted Old Zheng's nephew to report it. When you go in, just say that you are also a friend of Old Zheng and you came here together."
Lao Zheng is the "contact person" that Little Red Riding Hood is familiar with.
Yu Sheng wrote down what the girl said and followed her through the alley in the apartment area and into a high-rise apartment building that looked expensive. Before entering the elevator lobby, Yu Sheng saw the security guard mentioned by Little Red Riding Hood - an expressionless young man sitting in a small room, handing out two visitor registration forms from a small window.
Yu Sheng cooperated and filled in some simple information on the form. Then he inadvertently glanced at the form filled out by Little Red Riding Hood and was suddenly stunned.
After filling out the form and the security guard checked it with the registered information and let her go, Yu Sheng looked around to see if there was anyone around. He approached the girl and whispered, "Who is Wang Jiajia?"
Little Red Riding Hood paused, looked up at Yu Sheng with a confused yet clear look, and after a long while she managed to utter, "I am Wang Jiajia."
Yu Sheng: “……?”
little Red Riding Hood:"……?"
The two of them stared at each other clearly and confusedly for several seconds before Little Red Riding Hood reacted first: "You didn't think my last name was 'Xiao', did you?!"
Yu Sheng tried hard to keep his face tense, his expression gradually twisted between being tense and not being able to be tense: "...At that moment, I thought Wang Jiajia was your alias when you were out there..."
"Little Red Riding Hood is a code name!" The girl's eyes almost popped out, "How can anyone really be called Little Red Riding Hood? I have a real name!"
Yu Sheng opened his mouth for a long time, which finally turned into an awkward smile. He laughed it off and tried to pretend nothing had happened as he walked forward.
He really didn't expect this, mainly because he only knew the girl next to him as "Little Red Riding Hood" on the first day he met her. Then they went on several trips together, such as exploring the museum and fighting in the Black Forest. There was no need to tell her real name. Instead, the name "Little Red Riding Hood" became more and more memorable and logical to him. He didn't realize for such a long time that the girl's last name should not be "Little..."
The awkwardness lasted for a while, until the two of them walked out of the elevator and came to the door of the house where the client had lived before.
Little Red Riding Hood went forward and pressed the doorbell. After a moment, the door opened and a young man with a slightly tired face, slightly messy black hair, wearing a T-shirt and trousers, and with an ordinary appearance appeared at the door.
The young man didn't say much. He simply chatted with Little Red Riding Hood for a few words, then stepped back and let Yu Sheng and the other man into the house.
Yu Sheng immediately saw the black and white portrait on the table in the living room.
A man who looked to be in his forties or fifties, with neatly combed hair and a slightly plump face. His eyebrows and eyes were slightly similar to the young man who had just opened the door, and there was a faint smile on the corners of his mouth.
A member of the Society of Wonderful Things and a liaison who was familiar with two generations of Little Red Riding Hood, he looked like an ordinary middle-aged man in the portrait.
After retracting his gaze, Yu Sheng began to look around.
There is nothing special about the furnishings in the house, and the layout of the room is also very simple. After passing through the entrance hall is the living room. On one side of the living room is a semi-open kitchen, and on the other side leads to the bedroom and bathroom. There is also a small balcony. The green plants on the balcony are still growing well, which seems to show the careful care of its owner during his lifetime.
Apart from the portrait, there is almost nothing related to "death" and "funeral" in the house.
Yu Sheng naturally expressed doubts.
"Uncle said before he died that he didn't like big ceremonies," the tired young man came over and poured a glass of water for Yu Sheng and Little Red Riding Hood, "and he also specifically asked us not to hold a funeral and to bury him as soon as possible."
Little Red Riding Hood frowned subconsciously, sensing something suspicious, but before she could speak, Yu Sheng asked first: "Did he specifically instruct her before he died? He..."
As Yu Sheng spoke, he turned his head and glanced at the portrait on the table.
It is understandable for an elderly person to make arrangements for his final affairs, but according to what Little Red Riding Hood revealed on the way here, the contact person is less than 50 years old this year and has always been in good health. How could such a person suddenly arrange his final affairs with his relatives?
"I know what you are here to investigate," the young man interrupted Yu Sheng. He sighed and sat on the sofa opposite. "I won't hide it from you. My uncle seemed to have a premonition before the accident. At least half a month ago, he called me and confessed a lot of things, but he refused to reveal the details. He just said that no one harmed him and everything was as it should be..."
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Yu Sheng subconsciously looked at Little Red Riding Hood.
There is indeed something wrong with this "client"!
But was the "false commission" that nearly caused Little Red Riding Hood to lose control a trap created by the "client"? The suspicion that should have been natural was suddenly shaken at this moment, just because the few words left by the client before his death, which were relayed by the young man, sounded too suspicious.
"...Where is Lao Zheng...now?" Little Red Riding Hood pursed her lips and broke the silence after a slight hesitation, "Can we 'see' him?"
The young man raised his hand and pointed to a low cabinet not far away - on the cabinet was a porcelain jar.
Yu Sheng and Little Red Riding Hood were stunned at that time.
"Ah?! It's been cremated?!" Little Red Riding Hood's eyes widened, "So..."
"My uncle told me to cremate her as soon as possible," the young man said slowly, looking up at Yu Sheng and Little Red Riding Hood. "I'm not from your world, so I don't really understand the rules or taboos in this regard, but I know what my uncle does. He deals with those weird things, and those things are very dangerous, so I dare not delay what he told me to do."
Little Red Riding Hood opened her mouth, but in the end she couldn't think of what to say, so she could only turn her head and look at Yu Sheng.
"Your 'Talking to the Dead'..." The girl lowered her voice and leaned close to Yu Sheng's ear, "Can it still be used in this situation?"
Yu Sheng was also confused at this time: "It will only work if it comes into contact with blood... I didn't expect this situation!"
"What should we do?" Little Red Riding Hood asked delicately, "The person is already on fire... Do you still want to try?"
Yu Sheng's eyes twitched, and he looked at the family of the deceased sitting opposite him. After a long while, he managed to utter a sentence: "Take out the ashes of a relative and rub them in front of the family of the deceased?"
Little Red Riding Hood stopped talking: "..."
The young man sitting opposite did not seem to notice the mutterings of the two "visitors" in front of him. He just sat there with his head down, as if thinking about something. After a long while, he suddenly stood up and said, "I'm going to go out and buy something. You guys can help yourself here."
Yu Sheng was slightly startled, and then he saw that the other party had stood up and walked to the entrance. Before pushing the door open and going out, he suddenly stopped, turned back and said, "I sorted out the things my uncle left behind. The books he usually read, as well as the notes and notes he wrote, are all on the bedroom table. If you are interested, you can look through them, but don't make it too messy. There are some things in there that I want to take away in the future."
"Um... OK," Yu Sheng said subconsciously, and then nodded seriously, "Thank you."
"You're welcome. I hope you can find out something... Also, I'm leaving in a few days, so hurry up."
(End of this chapter)
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