Chapter 021 Chapter 21

After Bai Manman and her group were taken away from Sangmi Mountain, they went to Sui City.

In a cafe on the first floor of a hotel, Qin Zheng and Guo Rui were questioning Bai Manman and her group who were being broadcast live one by one.

Originally, this kind of work should be done in the public security office, but considering their past experiences and their current mental state, Qin Zheng thought that a leisure place would be more suitable for them to relax and reminisce, and would not easily arouse their excessive emotions. There happened to be a coffee shop with a good atmosphere on the first floor of the hotel where these people were accommodated, so they chose this place as the address.

The beige decoration, semi-open private rooms and transparent windows allow you to see the bustling streets. It is a space that is undisturbed but not enclosed.

In fact, there were not many questions to ask, after all, the whole process was broadcast live. Only reporter Jin and Qi Liuhai asked more about nightmares.

When Qi Liuhai was asked, she was very scared, but still told him the content of her nightmare. Her words were all intermittent and Guorui could only understand what she was saying by combining her previous and subsequent sentences.

'Repeating over and over' 'My face is ruined' 'Everyone is laughing at me' 'I'm not ugly' 'It's all their fault'

Qi Liuhai kept muttering to herself while holding a coffee cup, her eyes were fixed and her hands were shaking.

The hot cup of coffee did not bring any warmth to her heart.

Seeing Qi Liuhai's emotions gradually getting out of control, Qin Zheng flicked the coffee cup in front of him with his fingers, making a crisp sound. Seeing Qi Liuhai looking over, he said slowly: "It's all over."

Qi Liuhai looked at him in silence, then pulled the corners of his mouth to reveal an ugly smile: "It's all over."

"It's all over." Qi Liuhai looked at the latte art on the coffee cup, "It's over with my boyfriend too."

Guo Rui: ...

Fortunately, he was only responsible for recording, otherwise he really wouldn't know how to respond to this conversation.

"You are very beautiful." Qin Zheng praised with a smile, "There must be a lot of people who praise you for your beauty. If you lose your boyfriend, you lose him. You can find a better one."

"Yeah, I'm pretty." Qi Liuhai stroked his face, and this time his smile finally had some truth in it. "Actually, I wasn't like this when I was a kid. I was fat and didn't know how to dress myself up. But I have a good foundation, and after losing weight, I can attract other people's attention with a little dressing up."

Qin Zheng agreed with her with a smile, and then said, "Okay, I don't have anything else to ask."

"Then I will..."

"Contact your family." Qin Zheng said, "Go home when you feel better. There is nothing for you to do here."

After saying this, she gestured to Guorui, who nodded and took her out.

Two minutes later, Guo Rui brought in the next person, reporter Jin.

Reporter Jin's mental state was much better than Qi Liuhai's. She was obviously very excited. She was not trembling like a frightened quail like Qi Liuhai. However, when Qin Zheng saw her smile, he frowned slightly.

After the questioning began, Qin Zheng looked at reporter Jin with a smile. When he asked about hide-and-seek and the strange little girl, the expression on reporter Jin's face basically did not change. But when he mentioned the nightmare, the expression on reporter Jin's face stiffened for a moment, and then became natural again.

"It's nothing, just a psychological shadow from the past." Reporter Jin said with a smile, "When I was working before, I was involved in a case. In my nightmares, I was always being chased by the criminal of that case."

Qin Zheng: "That's really bad. We can apply for a professional psychologist for you."

"No need." Reporter Jin waved his hand and refused. "I'm fine. As a frontline reporter, I'm very good at regulating my emotions."

"Really?"

Qin Zheng stroked the handle of the coffee cup with his fingers, asked a few more questions, and then let her go back.

Originally, they planned to let Guo Rui take her upstairs, but reporter Jin refused, saying that he wanted to go out and did not plan to return to the room. Although they were the experiencers of the strange live broadcast, they were not criminals and would not be restricted in their movements. Qin Zheng and Guo Rui naturally had no reason to refuse.

Guo Rui flipped through his notebook and said, "I have already asked six people. Only Bai Manman is left. Do you want me to bring her over now?"

Qin Zheng still had a frown on his face. He said nothing after hearing this, but just stretched out his hand.

After following his master for a while, Guo Rui, who understood his body language, immediately handed over the notebook.

Qin Zheng flipped it open and took a look. His expression became more serious, and then he said, "Let's go back and investigate this reporter Jin."

"Eh?" Guo Rui was stunned. "Does she have any problem?"

Qin Zheng hesitated for a moment and said, "I haven't found any special problems yet, but I'm very worried..."

"Worry?"

"She's too calm." Qin Zheng said, "Did you see the lady before her trembling with fear? That's normal. But this reporter Jin, her nightmare is much more terrible than disfigurement. She was hunted down again and again, and she had to flee endlessly. Even when she recalled it afterwards, she would feel scared. But look at her, she had a smile on her face when she talked about her nightmare." Although the smile was very stiff, normally, even if it was fake, could she smile? And why should she pretend in front of him and Guo Rui?

Qin Zheng: "Especially regarding nightmares, she didn't mention whether she had ever faced death in a nightmare. I asked her indirectly, but she changed the subject and avoided talking about it."

Guo Rui: "So you think...?"

Qin Zheng sighed: "According to my experience, courageous people, people who seek excitement, once their ability to withstand pressure exceeds the upper limit and their spirits collapse, they will go to two extremes. One extreme is to shrink in fear and live cautiously from then on. The other is to chase the feeling of being on the line between life and death even more frantically."

"Who do you think Reporter Kim is?"

Guo Rui thought for a moment and said, "The latter."

"Yes, it's definitely the latter." Qin Zheng said, "If it was some other kind of stimulation, it would be fine, but this time it's related to weirdness. I'm worried that she will chase after weirdness in the future, or even..."

You may even start worshipping weird people.

Human nature is complex. When a person is defeated or seriously injured by another person, the final result may be hatred and fear, but there is also a small chance that it may be worship and faith.

Even if one of them is weird.

Although the live broadcast has only appeared a few times and there are only two monsters in the live broadcast, from what we can see so far, it doesn’t seem that the monsters have any good intentions towards humans.

"In the past, we only investigated some random religions, but from now on we will have to investigate all kinds of weird sects." Qin Zheng looked worried.

What's worse is that the incident of the weird little girl's live broadcast led to the formal establishment of a weird response department. He is the person in charge of Sui City, so it will be his job to deal with such problems in the future.

It seems like I can see a future of constant overtime work.

Especially when faced with weirdness, it can be a very high-risk job.

"Let Bai Manman come over, and go back to the bureau after you finish questioning her." Qin Zheng said.

Guo Rui nodded.

When Bai Manman was brought here, she was very nervous. Although she already knew what questions the bearded man would ask her, she still couldn't help feeling nervous.

She was struggling with whether or not to tell others about the paper figurine she had seen before her first live broadcast.

Bai Manman was not good at hiding her emotions, and Qin Zheng soon discovered her hidden concerns. After asking her questions, Qin Zheng asked, "Do you have anything to say?"

"I..." Bai Manman opened her mouth, but when she saw Guorui holding a pen and paper as if he was going to take notes, she closed her mouth again.

Qin Zheng understood immediately. He reached out and closed the notebook in Guo Rui's hand, took the pen and put the cap on it, and said to Bai Manman again: "It's okay, go ahead. We won't keep any written records of what you say, and the camera in the cafe is far away and can't record your voice."

Bai Manman nodded and said in a low voice, "Actually, I met him before the first live broadcast."

Guo Rui looked confused, not knowing who the 'he' Bai Manman was talking about was.

There are many names for paper figures on the Internet, such as "weird brother" and "smiley man", etc. Bai Manman can use the nicknames with just a brief description, but she is timid and thinks that as long as she briefly describes the other person's appearance, he will come to her.

After being tortured by the weird little girl, she no longer wanted to see anything weird again.

I don't want the weird guy in white to knock on the door.

So she spoke vaguely and only referred to him as 'he'.

Guo Rui didn't understand at first, but Qin Zheng understood immediately and his expression changed slightly.

This was really a pleasant surprise. In fact, after the higher-ups decided to set up a weird response department, Qin Zheng had been investigating the weird news outside the live broadcast, but unfortunately, he gained nothing.

Now, in this live broadcast, I saw the strange little girl and learned that the man who had caused a disturbance in Heng City and ran away naked in the early morning was related to the strange incident. I also got such news from Bai Manman.

Qin Zheng asked Bai Manman about her first encounter with the paper man in detail. After understanding the situation, he asked, "Why didn't you tell the officials there at the time?"

"There is no evidence," Bai Manman said. "There was no surveillance where I saw him. I can't find a second witness either. If I tell others about it, everyone will just think I'm trying to gain attention."

She works at a magazine and knows very well that there is no truth without a picture. She just wants to do her job well and doesn't want to get involved in any scandal.

Qin Zheng nodded in understanding: "I see, thank you for coming. If there is nothing else, you can go back."

Bai Manman nodded.

After sending the person back, Guo Rui asked, "Master, what should we do next?"

"What else can we do? The funeral home belongs to Heng City. Contact the people in Heng City and ask them to investigate the first live broadcast of the strange incident at the funeral home." After saying this, Qin Zheng let out another long sigh.

Sui City's weird response department was only established after the little girl's live broadcast, and the situation in Heng City is still unclear.

If there is no one in charge there, we will have to apply for a cross-city investigation there.

In short, there is a lot to do and it will be very busy next.