Chapter 126 Jinjiang Debut
Bai Mian shook his head again: "No, it's someone who has nothing to do with them. Think about it carefully. Have you encountered anything unusual recently?"
Ye Xian thought for a moment, "The biggest impact on me recently was the fucking banner incident. I don't think anything else is unusual. I've always worked very hard at work, and my boss and colleagues all recognize me. As for life, by the way, I did encounter a good thing not long ago!"
She spoke excitedly, "Three months ago, when I was rushing to catch the subway, the old lady in front of me suddenly fell down with her hands on her chest. Fortunately, I knew how to give first aid, so I saved her life. When I saw that she was conscious, I handed her over to the subway staff and left."
"I didn't take it seriously at first, but the next day the old lady came to my hospital and gave me a banner and a thick thank-you letter filled with cash. I declined, but she made another request."
"She said her last name was Yang, and asked me to call her Grandma Yang. She was a native of Beijing, and she owned more than a dozen properties. She usually lived on rent. She had never been married and had no children. Now she was sixty years old, and her health was getting worse. She had even had a heart attack. She hoped that I could move to her house, without having to pay rent, and just live with her."
"Of course I refused at first. How could I believe a stranger asking me to stay in their house for free? But Grandma Yang was very sincere. She said she didn't want anything. She just wanted me to be there to help her when she got sick. I have medical knowledge, and she trusts my character."
"I also asked her why she didn't hire a professional caregiver or ask her relatives for help. She said she didn't trust the caregivers or her relatives, who were all hoping she would die!"
"No matter how I tried to refuse, she insisted that I move in with her. After a while, I was also shaken. You all know the rent in Beijing. After Xiaofeng and I broke up, he moved out of the rental house. I was the only one to pay the rent. It was very stressful. And I had just broken up at that time. I was in a bad mood. Suddenly I met someone who came to give me warmth, and I was moved."
"Later, I moved to Grandma Yang's house with my luggage. Grandma Yang was not exaggerating. Her house was really big and luxurious. She gave me the master bedroom and lived in the second bedroom. The master bedroom was also equipped with a bathroom and a study. It had everything you need. I never dreamed that I would live in such a big house."
"My master bedroom is princess-style, with lace skirts and pillows, and a lot of dolls on the bedside. The whole room smells sweet, and I feel really good every day when I get home from work. Grandma Yang has a nanny at home, so I don't have to do any housework. Every day after I go out, the nanny will put everything in the bedroom back in place. Grandma Yang also asks about my well-being every day, just like my own grandma!"
"I felt really bad and offered to give Grandma Yang some money, but she refused. She also said that she let me live here not for money but for her own health. If I insisted on paying her, things would get distorted. So I had no choice but to listen to her and live here for free."
After Ye Xian finished speaking, Bai Mian asked her, "After you moved into this house, didn't you notice anything strange?"
Ye Xian opened his eyes wide: "Master, is there something wrong with this house? Let me think about it, it's not weird, but some places are a little strange, such as the pile of dolls at the head of the bed. Every time before I go to bed, they are neatly placed at the head of my bed, but after I wake up, these dolls always fall to the ground. Later, I was upset when I saw them, so I just stuffed them all into the drawer."
"And the nanny seems to have obsessive-compulsive disorder. She has to put my things back to their original places after I use them. The positions must be exactly the same as before, not a centimeter can be wrong. I think she lives a very repressed life."
"Another thing is my sleep. Before moving here, I always had insomnia because I was still immersed in the sadness of a broken heart. Every time I lay in bed, I would recall the past scenes with Xiaofeng, and then I couldn't help hiding in the quilt and crying. But after moving here, I fell asleep as soon as I lay down every day, and went to work with full energy the next day. I didn't think about the breakup at all. It's magical."
Bai Mian nodded and revealed the answer: "Yes, the problem is with this house. The address you live in is Building 6, Four Seasons Spring Villa District, No. 17, Ping'an Road, Beijing, right?"
Ye Xian nodded fiercely: "Master, you are so good at predicting things. You figured out the address before I even told you."
Bai Mian tapped the table with his fingertips: "In order not to scare you, I suggest you search for this address online first."
"Ah?" Ye Xian was a little surprised. "This house can be found on the Internet. Could it be a haunted house?"
As she spoke, she took out her phone and started searching, and when she saw the message pop up, her expression instantly became serious.
"What's wrong? Let me see too!" Lame Brother came over curiously and looked at the content on Ye Xian's phone. It said -
"In recent years, many young people who moved to Beijing have disappeared mysteriously. According to police investigation, they all lived in the same villa before they disappeared - Building 6, Four Seasons Spring Villa District, No. 17, Ping'an Road, Beijing. These young people disappeared after get off work. The landlord Yang is a major suspect, but the police did not find any blood or signs of fighting in the house. It is possible that Yang moved the crime. At present, the police have detained the landlord Yang and are waiting for the next interrogation..."
"Huh——" Ye Xian took a breath of cold air. It turned out that many young people had disappeared where he lived, and the seemingly amiable Grandma Yang was actually the suspect!
"That's not right," said Cripple Brother, scratching his head. "The news clearly said that the old lady had been arrested. How come she's out again now?"
Bai Mian: "Because the police didn't find any substantial evidence, they had to release Old Lady Yang. In fact, there was no evidence in this case. Old Lady Yang used a bloodless killing method. Those people died in her room, but there was no body. From the perspective of modern law, Old Lady Yang can be completely acquitted."
Ye Xian opened his mouth wide: "How is this possible? Someone died in that house, but there was no body. Did she flush the body parts down the toilet? No, that would definitely leave a lot of blood, unless, unless she built a secret room in the villa?"
Bai Mian opened his thin lips and said, "The body is right in front of you, but you can't see it."
"What the hell? The body is right in front of me, but I can't see it. How is this possible?" Ye Xian thought for a long time, and suddenly exclaimed, "Could it be... could it be that you are talking about those... those dolls?"
Bai Mian nodded, and everyone around him broke out in a cold sweat.
Ye Xian's scalp was numb, and he was almost scared silly: "No way, I sleep in that room every day, and there are a pile of corpses above my head! But, but I have hugged those dolls, they are filled with cotton, not human body parts. If dolls were used to hide corpses, the room would have stank a long time ago!"
Bai Mian shook his finger: "I'm not saying that Old Lady Yang used rag dolls to hide corpses. I'm saying that those rag dolls are the corpses themselves. One rag doll represents a dead young man. Old Lady Yang used evil magic to turn their corpses into rag dolls."
Ye Xian was so frightened that her face turned pale. She trembled and said, "No wonder they look so delicate, just like real people. Oh my God, they must have died here one day and were turned into rag dolls and could never get out. How desperate they must have been!"
Bai Mian nodded slightly: "So those dolls always fall to the ground in the middle of the night. In fact, they are using their remaining soul to control the dolls, trying to make themselves leave the room. Of course, this is also to remind you to leave here quickly. Unfortunately, you didn't understand their hint."
Ye Xian was so shocked that he couldn't speak. Lame Brother couldn't help but sigh: "Using evil magic to turn a corpse into a rag doll, this is too powerful. If there is such technology, wouldn't every murderer be able to escape punishment?"
Bai Mian: "This is a rare evil technique in the world. It is not that common. It requires the murderer behind the scenes to have extremely high spiritual power and be familiar with setting up formations. There are no more than ten people in the world who can do this."
Lame brother couldn't help but worry: "This, this old lady Yang is so powerful, can you handle her?"
Bai Mian raised the corners of his lips slightly: "It's not Old Lady Yang who is powerful, but the person behind her. However, no matter who this person is, I am happy to challenge him."
Ye Xian, who had been stunned for a while, finally reacted and asked, "Master, what are you talking about? What formation?"
Bai Mian looked at her and said, "The room you live in is itself a huge magic circle, and your bed is the center of the magic circle."
"What?" Ye Xian's eyes widened. "My bedroom is actually a magic circle... But my room is so cozy, it doesn't look like a magic circle at all. Doesn't it require sticky rice and black dog blood to set up a magic circle?"
Bai Mian: "You are talking about the rules of Taoism. Magic also has different schools. Different schools have different rules for setting up formations. Old Lady Yang practices evil ways, so her way of setting up formations is more niche."
As he spoke, Bai Mian casually took a piece of white paper and roughly drew the furnishings of Ye Xian's bedroom on it, and explained to her: "To your south is a fish tank, which represents water, to your north is a candlestick, which represents fire, to your east is a green plant, which represents both wood and earth, and to your west is a brass sculpture, which represents gold."
"Gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, all five elements are present. This is the first condition for setting up the formation."
Bai Mian then connected the items on the diagram in one breath: "Connect all the small things in your room to form a pentagram pattern. This is the second condition for setting up the formation. This is also why the nanny must put the things you used back to their original places. Old Lady Yang has already told her in advance."
"The location of this villa is originally a place of great yin. Using the five elements and the pentagram pattern, the magic circle is basically completed. The next step is the most important step—"
Ye Xian asked tremblingly: "What?"
"Happy birthday."
Bai Mian slowly uttered these two words.
"What?" Ye Xian didn't understand, and the onlookers around him were also full of confusion.
Bai Mian put down the paper in his hand: "The most important step is for Old Lady Yang to wish you a happy birthday. Have you heard of a folk legend? When an old person wishes a younger person a happy birthday, the younger person's life span will be shortened. In fact, this legend evolved from this evil magic. When the magic circle is set up, an old person wishing you a happy birthday can indeed absorb your youth and life span."
Ye Xian was stunned: "When did she bow to me? If she bowed to me, I should have remembered it. Why don't I have any memory of it?"
Bai Mian blinked, "You always fall asleep. Remember what you said before? Since you moved into this house, you always sleep very soundly. That's because Old Lady Yang added a small amount of sleeping pills to the incense in the master bedroom to ensure that you can sleep well all night. Think about it carefully. Since you moved in here, have you never woken up in the middle of the night?"
Ye Xian nodded: "Yes, I used to like to get up to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night, but recently I haven't done it once. So it's because of this. So she just wished me a happy birthday while I was asleep?"
Bai Mian smiled and said, "Fortunately you didn't wake up halfway, otherwise, you would have seen a scene you would never forget..."
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