The woman's messy hair swayed in the cold wind, and the sound of bones rubbing against each other came from her throat. She moved very quickly, and when Chen Ge opened his mouth, her body had already pressed forward.
Judging from the ghost girl's reaction, she didn't want to listen to Chen Ge.
"I haven't felt this way in a long time." As if dancing on the edge of a cliff, cold sweat kept pouring down his face. Chen Ge's back was pressed against the back of the sofa, and his hands were grasping the armrests of the sofa.
"I don't mean to offend you. I came here just to clarify one thing! A few years ago, a tenant in this room was haunted by an evil spirit. You showed up at that time to warn him. Now his life is in danger. If we don't find out the cause, he probably won't live long!"
If someone else came here, they would probably be frightened to the point of being incoherent, screaming crazily, or even having a mental breakdown. But Chen Ge was different. He said everything he wanted to say in the shortest possible time.
The female ghost did not come any closer, and Chen Ge breathed a sigh of relief. He wanted to change to a more comfortable position, but as soon as he turned his neck, he saw a child standing beside him.
The child's skin was an abnormal grayish white, his spine was broken, his head was hanging on his chest, his eyes rolled up from bottom to top, staring straight at Chen Ge.
"Is this your child? Such a cute little guy..." Chen Ge cracked his lips. He knew that Jia Ming did not occupy a significant position in the hearts of the ghosts in the old house. After a moment of hesitation, he immediately added: "That tenant is my best friend. He once told me that he spent the happiest time of his life in this old house. The landlady treated him very well and he cherished this memory very much. But recently he seemed to have become a completely different person. He said that only by destroying all the beautiful things could he completely control himself. I thought he was joking at first, but who knew that he really had a problem with his brain. If I hadn't called the police to stop him last night, he would have appeared in our old house with a knife!"
Being caught between two ghosts, Chen Ge didn't know what he was saying. He just pushed everything onto Jia Ming.
The ghosts in the old house must have seen the shadow. Chen Ge felt that what he said should remind them of what happened a few years ago.
He didn't need to directly persuade the ghosts in the old house. He just needed the other party to give him a chance to speak. As long as the other party didn't come up and kill him directly, the rest would be easy.
"I don't believe my friend would do such a thing, but I have to tell you that the landlord's old lady is in danger. The monster in my friend's body wants to kill her!" Chen Ge became more and more emotional as he spoke, and slowly he was not so scared anymore: "The old lady is a kind person, and kind people should not be hurt!"
Jia Ming is just a passerby to the ghosts in the old house, but the old lady is different, she is their relative.
After Chen Ge finished speaking, the child standing next to him turned his head and looked at the female ghost.
The facial features were distorted, and Chen Ge could not tell anything from the ghost girl's face.
His brain was working rapidly, and combined with his previous rich experience, he simulated three different plans in his mind. But just as he was about to implement another plan, the female ghost and the child suddenly retreated to both sides.
The door was opened and an old lady in her seventies or eighties was holding the key, mumbling to herself: "Qianqian? You're back?"
The old man's face was full of wrinkles. He looked into the house with a hint of expectation, and happened to meet the eyes of Chen Ge who was slumped on the sofa.
"Please listen to my explanation!" Chen Ge quickly stood up and walked towards the old man, but at this time his pants were grabbed by someone.
He turned his head and looked back. The child was hiding behind the sofa, reaching out to grab his legs. The strange head shook from side to side, as if warning Chen Ge not to tell anyone about the existence of him and the female ghost.
"Don't worry."
"Who are you talking to?" Although the old woman was old, she was not confused at all. She took the key and entered the house, and looked directly behind Chen Ge. At this time, the little boy and the female ghost had disappeared.
"Did I say anything just now?" Chen Ge whispered when he saw the old woman enter the room, "Grandma, don't get me wrong, I'm not a thief, I just wanted to come over to ask you something. I saw the door was not locked just now, so I wanted to come in to find you, but the wind blew and I accidentally closed the door."
"Can the wind lock the door from the outside?" The old lady was not easy to fool. She looked at Chen Ge and suddenly reached into her pocket. When Chen Ge was on high alert, she took out a clean handkerchief: "Wipe your sweat. Even if you are a thief, it's okay. There is nothing valuable in my old house."
"Grandma, you are such a nice person." Chen Ge completely relaxed. He didn't want to beat around the bush anymore. "I have a friend who used to live with you for a while. Now he is in a very bad condition. He always says that there is another person living in his body. He also yells that he wants to destroy all the good memories from the past..."
"You came here because of Jia Ming, right?" the old lady interrupted Chen Ge.
Frowning slightly, Chen Ge immediately asked, "Has anyone looked for him before me?"
"A few days ago, a police officer named Yan came to my place and verified some information with me."
"Surname Yan? What did he ask?" Chen Ge instantly thought of Captain Yan.
"She was probably asking about my impression of Jia Ming. That kid came from the countryside, was down-to-earth and hardworking, but had a stubborn temper and bad luck." The old lady felt a little regretful when she mentioned Jia Ming.
"Did he ask Jia Ming why he moved away?" Chen Ge found that he had underestimated the Municipal Bureau. Before Jia Ming opened his mouth, Captain Yan and his team had already found out everything about Jia Ming's past.
"I asked. Actually, I don't know why the kid was in such a hurry to move out. He didn't even take his bedding or luggage. I wanted to send them to him, but he didn't want them."
"Then can you still recall what happened the night before he moved out? He must have come home very late that day." Chen Ge wanted to compare the old man's words with Jia Ming's to see if Jia Ming was lying.
"I have been in my room, and I haven't..." The old lady stopped talking here. She stared at Chen Ge's face for a long time: "Have I seen you before?"
"Have you seen me?" Chen Ge was really surprised this time.
"Yes, I remember now. That night I heard Jia Ming walking around in the house. I thought he had a quarrel with Xiao Ling, so I wanted to go over and persuade them. But when I went to the second floor, I saw someone standing at his door." The old lady slowly raised her arm, her skinny hand pointed at Chen Ge: "It was you. The person standing at his door that day was you!"
The old lady panicked. If the situation developed as she imagined, Chen Ge should have smiled grimly and said something like, "Since you have seen my face, I can't let you stay."
But the actual situation was that Chen Ge took the initiative to move away from the old lady, sat on the sofa, and fell into deep thought.
The old lady also saw the "person" who looked like Chen Ge, which indirectly proved that the shadow was indeed related to Chen Ge, at least the two looked very similar.
"No wonder the child and the female ghost kept staring at my face after seeing me. They must have been frightened too." Chen Ge muttered softly. After he finished speaking, he looked at the old lady again: "Grandma, the man who looked like me that you saw that night, did he do anything strange?"
The old lady shook her head: "He was standing outside the door the whole time. By the way, I was holding a light at the time, but when the light shone on him, I found that he didn't seem to have a shadow."