The sad drama that was originally playing on the TV screen had somehow turned into a gloomy and dark grove. A girl in a white dress was standing barefoot on the forest floor, grinning and laughing softly.
"Hehe, it's me." She slowly walked out of the path, and her face became bigger.
Cracks crawled across her pale skin, oozing blood. She gradually became a broken, unsightly, bloody mess. She leaped from the high rooftop and landed on the ground, leaving the world with this last look.
Huang Wei only took a quick glance at Xu Yaya's death when the body was collected, but she still had a deep memory of it. She also had nightmares for three consecutive days.
Xu Jingjing once forwarded the photo of Xu Yaya's corpse to all the teachers and students in the school for them to appreciate, so she was more familiar with this broken face.
She was not afraid at all at that time because she knew that when a person died, everything was gone. Xu Yaya was just a code name that she easily erased and had no meaning.
But now, she finally knew that when a person died, his soul would remain. She wiped out a living life, but created a fierce ghost.
Xu Yaya really knows how to kill people!
The extreme fear made Xu Jingjing and Huang Wei collapse to the ground.
Although Xu Yong was also afraid, he was a ruthless person after all. While silently repeating "ghosts are afraid of bad people", he picked up the golf club placed at the entrance and strode towards the TV.
"I've seen all sorts of storms and waves. How could I be afraid of you?" He cursed viciously, "Even if I become a ghost, I can still make you die again!"
He swung the club and smashed it hard at the TV, once, twice, three times, and soon the screen was cracked.
Seeing this, Bai Ming asked worriedly, "What should we do now? He's not scared at all."
"I knew he would smash the TV, so I installed a little gadget a long time ago." Zhuang Li is a master of psychological tricks. He knows the reactions of every member of the Xu family very well.
Perhaps the act of smashing the TV gave Xu Yong a sense of catharsis, and a satisfied smile gradually appeared on his ferocious face.
The limp Huang Wei and Xu Jingjing also supported each other to stand up, not as scared as before.
This is the benefit of having a pillar of support in the family.
Xu Yaya's face had disappeared from the screen, but her voice was still echoing in the speakers: "I will kill you, hehe."
"Come on! I'm here and I'm not going anywhere. If you have the guts, come and kill me!" Xu Yong shouted loudly, his expression becoming more and more cheerful.
But just as he finished speaking, the TV exploded. The shattered screen transformed into sharp blades, piercing Xu Yong's body and spewing out a fierce flame. In the blink of an eye, Xu Yong was lying on the ground, his body covered in bloody holes, and his clothes were on fire.
"Ahhh! Save me, save me quickly!" Xu Yong, who had been shouting wildly before, now turned into a panicked poor creature, rolling on the ground and wailing.
Xu Jingjing and Huang Wei had no idea Xu Yaya would kill without hesitation, holding back. Just how deep was her resentment? Could it be that she was already so resentful just after transforming into a ghost?
If she had known earlier, Xu Jingjing would never have forced her to death!
The TV was still burning, and it quickly ignited the surrounding furniture and furnishings. Even more terrifying, sparks landed on the carpet, quickly spreading into a sea of fire.
And Xu Yong was surrounded in this sea of fire.
Xu Jingjing and Huang Wei did not dare to delay and quickly took a blanket to put out the flames on Xu Yong.
The housekeeper and servants who had woken up long ago kept trying to get out to check on the situation, but they couldn't open the door. It wasn't until Xu Yong was burned half to death that they finally broke open the door and ran out, some putting out the fire, some making phone calls.
What was strange was that the fire that was burning fiercely before slowly died down after everyone appeared, and the TV was burned into a pile of black residue by the high temperature.
The whole living room was filled with smoke and was a mess.
Xu Yong was groaning half-deadly; Xu Jingjing slumped on the ground, staring blankly at something, as if she had lost her soul; Huang Wei covered his face and burst into tears.
The servants rolled up their sleeves and were about to clean up the mess when a low, soft laugh emanated from the speakers hanging from the ceiling, which had not been burned. "Hehe, I will always follow you. I will make sure you all get your comeuppance one by one."
The housekeeper, who was calling 120, was so frightened that he smashed his phone. He looked up and around, his voice trembling: "Miss, is that you?"
"Ahhh! There's a ghost!" The other servants screamed in fear and fled in all directions.
The ambulance arrived quickly, as did the firefighters. The villa was in a mess and crowded with people.
Bai Ming pointed at the computer screen and asked worriedly, "Will they discover your mechanism?"
"No." Zhuang Li shook his head confidently.
The TV had been reduced to ash, and the explosion had occurred after being violently smashed, yet the firefighters couldn't find anything wrong. They quickly wrote an investigation report, placing all the blame on Xu Yong.
Several paramedics carried Xu Yong into the ambulance. He was truly devastated, literally.
Xu Yong, who had previously sworn that he was not afraid of ghosts at all, was now lying in the ambulance shivering, his eyes wide open, staring at everything around him.
Every noise made by the medical staff made his heart skip a beat and tremble violently.
At this moment, the cell phones of Xu Jingjing and Huang Wei, who accompanied him to the hospital, vibrated at the same time, and the same name appeared on the screen - Xu Yaya.
The evil ghost is chasing us!
Xu Yong was tied to the hospital bed with a safety belt and couldn't move, so his body trembled violently, and a large pool of smelly urine slowly flowed out of his crotch.
Xu Jingjing and Huang Wei screamed and threw their phones out of the window.
Medical staff: "..." This family might be mentally ill as well.
Seeing this, Zhuang Li finally closed the computer with satisfaction, poked Bai Ming's forehead with his finger, and ordered: "Go do your homework."
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The next day, Huang Youmin knocked on Chen Liang's door.
He would naturally do what he promised Zhuang Li. Even if all the evidence had been destroyed, he would still find out the cause of Xu Yaya's death.
When Chen Liang's mother heard that he was a policeman, she immediately slammed the door shut, with obvious fear on her face.
The experienced Huang Youmin immediately realized that this family had done something wrong, and that it was illegal, otherwise they would not be so afraid of the police's visit.
Without a search warrant, Huang Youmin couldn't force his way in, so he shook his head and left helplessly.
But just as he turned around, the door was opened and a timid voice rang out: "Are you a policeman?"
"Yes, I am a policeman, and this is my ID." Huang Youmin immediately turned around and took out his work ID.
The moment he looked up, he couldn't help but gasp. He had seen Chen Liang in photos and videos, so he recognized this face.
However, within just a few days, the face had completely changed. Its skin was extremely pale, yet with a bluish-gray tint, and it looked lifeless. Its eye sockets were dark, its pupils turbid and bloodshot. Its once plump cheeks had become deeply sunken, and it had lost all its appearance.
For a moment, Huang Youmin almost thought that the person standing in front of him was a dead person. He took a step back and took a deep breath.
Chen Liang looked at his ID and ordered, "Come in." He turned and walked towards the living room. His clothes and pants were empty, and he seemed to be floating as he walked.
Something must have happened to Chen Liang as he lost so much weight in just a few days.
Huang Youmin followed into the living room, thinking about how to start the questioning.
Chen Liang's grandfather, grandmother, father, and mother were all sitting in the living room, looking at the guests with red eyes. Their faces had very complicated expressions, like fear and relief.
Huang Youmin, an experienced criminal policeman, was unable to understand their emotions for a moment.
Chen Liang spoke without waiting for him to ask, "Xu Yaya has been pestering me these days. She laughs in my ear all the time and even says she wants to kill me. I'm going crazy. After I dropped out of school, I haven't slept since."
The cruelest punishment in the world is not lingchi, but sleep deprivation.
Huang Youmin once teamed up with his colleagues to interrogate a vicious prisoner using a round-the-clock interrogation system. The prisoner collapsed after less than two days, so he knew how horrible sleep deprivation felt.
No wonder Chen Liang looks so haggard after not sleeping for several days and nights.
But what shocked Huang Youmin even more was the first sentence.
"What does it mean that Xu Yaya keeps pestering you?" He took out a notebook and a ballpoint pen.
"It means exactly what it says. I'm obsessed with her. She keeps talking in my head, even if I cover my ears. Her laugh is really scary." Chen Liang hugged himself tightly, his body shaking violently, tears and snot streaming out.
Huang Youmin stared at him in amazement, then asked, "Are you taking drugs?"
"My Liangliang doesn't take drugs!" Grandma Chen retorted sharply.
Chen Liang also denied it, saying, "I didn't take drugs. Xu Yaya really has become a ghost. If you don't believe me, you can go to Lu Ze's house and see for yourself. He can hear Xu Yaya's voice just like me. We've been punished."
Huang Youmin didn't dare write these absurd words in his notebook.
He said in a dry voice, "I suggest you take him to the hospital and get a CT scan or something."
"He had an X-ray and the doctor said he was normal!" Chen Liang's mother lowered her head and wiped away her tears.
The microchip is nanometer-sized and completely immune to electromagnetic interference, so the CT scan was unable to detect the problem.
Huang Youmin stared at Chen Liang and asked, "Why is Xu Yaya pestering you?"
"Because Lu Ze and I raped her." Chen Liang said bluntly.
His family members either sighed or cried, but did nothing to stop him.
Huang Youmin was stunned for a moment, and after a long moment he spoke, "Tell me about what happened that day in detail."
Chen Liang recounted what happened that day very calmly, emphasizing that it was Xu Jingjing who hired them for 20,000 yuan.
"Are there any transfer records and chat records?" Huang Youmin immediately began to collect evidence.
"No, we talked face to face, and we paid in cash. Xu Yaya didn't call the police that day. After she got home, her mother even asked her to take sick leave so she could recover. Xu Jingjing told us that this way, Xu Yaya would have no evidence at all, and we would definitely not be arrested."
Chen Liang covered his face and began to cry suppressedly. The belated regret made him suffer every moment.
Huang Youmin sighed helplessly. He knew Xu Jingjing was right. All evidence of this crime had been destroyed. Even if Chen Liang turned himself in at the police station, with only a confession and no evidence, the court would be unable to bring him to justice.
"Uncle police, please take me away quickly! As long as you are here, Xu Yaya won't dare to come, her voice has disappeared! She is afraid of the righteousness in you! Please take me away, otherwise I will go crazy!" Chen Liang suddenly knelt down, hugged Huang Youmin's legs and begged bitterly, and also stretched out his hands to put on handcuffs.
Seeing his crazy look, Huang Youmin didn't know whether to be angry with him or feel sorry for him.
His parents rushed to pull him away and began to deny their previous confession. Realizing that their son was really going to jail, they couldn't bear to let him go.
They wanted to take their son for a mental evaluation to prove that what he just said was crazy.
If the identification results come out, the police station will not even be able to file a case because the suspect's confession has been completely rejected.
Huang Youmin felt even more powerless and struggled with the mad Chen Liang for a long time before he escaped.
Walking into the hallway, he could still hear Chen Liang's screams from a distance: "Ahhh, she's coming again! She's going to kill me! Send me to the police station, I want to turn myself in, I want to go to jail! Do you want me to die at home?"
Are there really ghosts in the world? Huang Youmin thought to himself with lingering fear, and then drove to Lu Ze's house.
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