Chapter 044 Jinjiang First Launch

"That's not necessarily the case," Weng Xuhua, who had been listening for a long time, said slowly, "He is a loner and has lived alone for a long time, but he longs for a partner. Under such mental pressure, he may have hallucinations. The woman you are talking about may not exist, but is just his hallucination."

"Hallucination?" Cai Youming couldn't believe it. "But where did the woman's screams next door come from in the middle of the night? I absolutely heard them!"

Lame brother smiled and said: "I guess he just watched a movie. I told you everything but you still don't believe it!"

Weng Xuhua shook his head: "The sound you heard might have come from him. In some special circumstances, a man can also make a woman's voice."

Cai Youming fell into deep thought. Lame Brother turned on his phone and searched online: "This is a mental illness, what is it called... schizophrenia? Forget it, I'm not a professional psychiatrist, and I can't make a blind diagnosis. You should just call the mental hospital and ask them to take him away for treatment."

Cai Youming sighed: "What's the point of treating him? He's already dead."

"Dead?"

Everyone present was shocked.

Cai Youming said nervously, "The day before yesterday, at midnight, my mother and I had already fallen asleep, and suddenly there was a knock on the door. I was half asleep and too lazy to get up to open the door, but the knock persisted for several minutes. I had no choice but to get up and open the door. When I opened the door, there was no one outside."

"I stuck my head out and looked left and right. I didn't see who was knocking on the door, but I smelled a strong smell of smoke. I immediately woke up and looked for the source of the smoke. Finally, I found Mr. Luo's house. His door was not locked. I walked into the yard and saw that his hut was on fire. I quickly called the fire department."

"The firefighters quickly put out the fire after they arrived, but Mr. Luo had already been burned to death. Only a charred body was found in the house, and no one else was there. All his daily necessities were burnt clean. Fortunately, the fire was put out in time and did not reach our home."

Lame Brother couldn't help but ask: "This is too timely, is the person knocking on the door deliberately reminding you?"

Cai Youming said worriedly, "I thought so too, but why didn't I see anything after I opened the door? If the person knocking on the door was a living person, even if he ran away immediately after I opened the door, I would be able to see his back, so I think there must be something strange about this -"

"That night, the one who knocked on the door to remind me was most likely not a living person, but the ghost of the paper man!"

Lame Brother teased, "Even if it's a ghost, it's a good ghost. It's doing good deeds and saving your family. What are you afraid of? Are you afraid that after Luo Laohan dies, his paper figurine will become a widow and fall in love with you?"

Cai Youming got goosebumps all over his body. "Stop talking about it, it's so creepy. I'm just afraid of this. Although the other party means well, if it is really a ghost, I can't bear it if it follows us home! That's why I came to ask the master for help."

Cai Youming handed the handbag to Bai Mian: "Master, please help me figure out who was the one who knocked on my door that night? After Luo Laohan died, I have been thinking about this question over and over again. Today is the last day of my annual leave, and I must get to the bottom of it. If I don't solve this matter, my worldview will be shaken, and I won't be able to go back to Beijing to work with peace of mind."

Bai Mian took his pulse and said, "The one who knocked on the door to remind you that night was the victim that Old Man Luo had locked up at home."

Cai Youming took a deep breath and said, "So, there really is a woman locked up in his house? But why didn't I see her when I entered his house that day?"

Bai Mian shook his head: "Old Man Luo did marry himself a 'wife', but this 'wife' is not a human being."

Cai Youming frowned: "Isn't that his paper-stitched man?"

"No," Bai Mian said, "Do you remember what happened that day when you took your mother to see the circus?"

Cai Youming tried to recall: "It's been more than ten days. How can I remember it? It's nothing more than the usual activities, such as flying trapeze artists, little clown magic tricks, and monkeys lining up to go through a ring of fire. Oh, when they were going through the ring of fire that day, one monkey was a little disabled. Not only did he fail to get through, he also burned himself. It was really pitiful... Wait, could it be that the 'wife' he married was..."

Having said this, Cai Youming showed a surprised expression and could not continue.

"Yes," Bai Mian nodded, "It was the monkey. When you were watching the circus performance that day, Luo Laohan was also there. When he saw that the monkey's performance failed, he started to have evil ideas. After the performance was over and everyone had left, he went backstage and negotiated with the staff, saying that he wanted to buy the monkey."

"Because the monkey had a disabled leg and its performance was not good, the circus people always thought it was a burden, so they sold it to Luo Laohan at a very low price."

"That night, Mr. Luo stuffed the monkey into his big bag for collecting rags and rags and dragged the monkey home."

"After returning home, Mr. Luo tried to attack the monkey, and the monkey made a noise. Mr. Luo realized that if this continued, his strange behavior would surely arouse your suspicion. In order to conceal his tracks, he went to a long-term clothing store the next morning and bought the paper man. He also pretended to have a wedding ceremony, so that even if you asked him about it, he would have an excuse."

No one was talking. Everyone was deeply shocked. After a while, Lame Brother smacked his lips and said, "He actually went to harm the monkey. He is not a human being. This beast took advantage of the fact that animals can't talk and did whatever he wanted. He deserves to die. It's karma!"

Cai Youming was half-believing and half-doubting: "Master, you said that the partner he found for himself was a monkey, but when I entered his house that day, why didn't I see the monkey?"

Bai Mian pointed to the coat rack in the store and said, "In fact, the monkey was at home when you went in that day, but it was very scared when it heard the door open, and instinctively hid in a hanging coat. Look, just like that, the monkey was completely covered by the coat, and you wouldn't have found it if you hadn't searched carefully."

Cai Youming looked at the clothes hanging on the coat rack and suddenly realized, "Yes, the house was very messy that day, with his clothes piled everywhere. I really didn't pay attention to what was under the clothes. What a pity! I had already gone in at that time. If it could make a sound, I could have rescued it!"

Bai Mian: "The monkey was violated in such a way that it became extremely afraid of humans, so it kept hiding until you left. As for the extra meal and sexy women's clothing that you saw Luo Lao Han buy home, they were all bought for the monkey."

Cai Youming thought back and nodded, "Yes! He bought the smallest size women's clothing, which looked like it was for a child. If I hadn't been to their home, I would have suspected that there was a child hidden in his house."

Bai Mian: "Actually, he did consider attacking the children, but he never succeeded, so he settled for the next best thing and decided on animals."

Cai Youming felt a chill in his back. "So, when I was little, he also wanted to do that to me... Oh, that's so disgusting. This kind of person is simply living for his lower body. Fortunately, he died, otherwise he might have harmed someone else's child!"

"People are much scarier than ghosts..." Weng Xuhua also exclaimed in shock.

"There's one thing I don't understand," Cai Youming said doubtfully, "According to what you said, the sound I heard in the middle of the night was the cry of a monkey, but I remember that it was clearly the cry of a woman!"

Bai Mian: "Mr. Luo was worried that his evil deeds would be discovered, so he put a special iron cage on the monkey. This cage would make the monkey completely unable to make any sound during the day. Only when Mr. Luo was about to harm the monkey would he remove the cage and allow the monkey to make a little sound."

"Because the iron cage restricted the monkey's mouth from opening, the sound it made was inhuman, and you mistook it for a woman's scream."

Cai Youming: "So, the one who knocked on my door the night the fire broke out was also a monkey? This monkey is really spiritual."

Bai Mian: "Yes, although it has disabled limbs, it is very smart and knows how to repay those who have helped it."

"Helped it? When did I ever help it?" Cai Youming was confused.

Bai Mian: "It wasn't you, it was your mother. After you brought the police into Mr. Luo's house, he became more alert. In order to prevent the monkey from running away, he handcuffed and shackled it."

"The monkey was abused by Mr. Luo every day and gradually began to hate him. The day before the fire, Mr. Luo forgot to lock the door when he left home, so the monkey ran out and wanted to find someone for help."

"It ran to your doorstep and ran into your mother. When your mother saw the wounds on the monkey, she immediately understood what Mr. Luo had done. She used a needle to pry open the handcuffs and leg irons on the monkey and took off the iron faucet, hoping to set the monkey free. But the monkey went back to Mr. Luo's house with the handcuffs and leg irons. Your mother was helpless and thought the monkey was reluctant to leave."

"In fact, this monkey wants to go back and find an opportunity to take revenge on Mr. Luo."

"On the night of the fire, Mr. Luo forced the monkey to wear the women's clothing and abused it viciously. Mr. Luo thought the monkey could not do anything because it was handcuffed and shackled. He didn't know that the handcuffs and shackles had already broken down."

"After Mr. Luo had a great time, he got drunk, which was a rare occurrence. He smoked a cigarette and fell asleep on the bed. While he was sleeping, Monkey took off his handcuffs and leg cuffs, picked up the unburned cigarette butt on the ground, and pressed it on the paper man. The paper man quickly caught fire, and the flames spread through the curtains to the whole house. The house was filled with thick smoke, but Mr. Luo was still snoring."

"As Luo Laohan was buried in the sea of ​​fire, the monkey smashed the glass, escaped from the window, and ran to your door. It was hanging upside down in front of your house. After you opened the door, it immediately turned over and jumped back onto the eaves, so you didn't see any human figure."

"It did this because it didn't want the fire to spread to your house. It remembered that your mother had helped it."

Cai Youming was shocked again: "So, the fire was not an accident, but murder? Where is the monkey now? It won't be caught, right?"

Bai Mian: "Of course not. It has already run back into the forest and no one can catch it."

Cai Youming breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good. It can finally live a normal life. By the way, my mother actually helped this monkey. Why didn't she tell me about this?"

Bai Mian: "She was afraid that if you knew that the old man next door was a pervert who harmed animals, you would urge her to move out of Gucheng Street and not let her continue to live here."

Cai Youming looked depressed: "Is there anything wrong with me not letting her live here? Master, please judge, what's so good about this shabby place? Why does she have to live here?"

Bai Mian: "She doesn't have to live here, she just has something on her mind."

Cai Youming: "I feel it too, but she has always refused to tell me. Master, what is on her mind?"

"It's the little girl named Jiazhen." Bai Mian said.

Cai Youming was stunned for a moment before he remembered: "Oh, Jiazhen, she is the granddaughter of the old lady across from us. What is her relationship with my mother?"

Bai Mian: "She's just a neighbor, but your mother has always been worried about her because -"

"Before he got the monkey, Jiazhen was the target that Mr. Luo was going to attack."