I felt the hairs on my body stand on end. I scratched the goosebumps that had been raised and gestured for the old woman to continue.
The old woman didn't mince words. She cleared her throat and slowly recounted what could be described as the most bizarre scene in the story!
"The officials cut open the refrigerator to retrieve the family's frozen corpses. To everyone's horror, they discovered that the bodies, frozen in the freezer, were covered with lividity spots the size of coins!"
The head hanging on the tree outside was still dripping with blood, while the corpse frozen in the refrigerator was covered with lividity.
This completely defies common sense!
"According to the forensic doctor, the body in the refrigerator had been dead for at least three months!"
"But in the past few months, apart from never buying groceries or eating out, this family hasn't shown much else unusual behavior!"
"It is said that the little boy's classmate was driven insane by the shock when he learned that his best friend had died a few months earlier!"
"Finally, on the advice of the Taoist priest, the officials cut down the locust tree and completely sealed off the fourteen buildings. Over the years, the community has been renovated and expanded, and they have tried to avoid that area as much as possible."
"The residents of nearby buildings like the 13th and 15th floors have gradually moved out, leaving them empty and neglected. As for the 15th building you saw earlier, it was probably renovated and expanded. Think back carefully, wasn't that building particularly new and looked somewhat out of place in this community?"
I recall that the fifteen buildings were indeed out of place.
At the time, I thought the fourteen buildings were right next to me, so I walked around them several times.
"So the fourteen buildings weren't rebuilt?"
"No, after something like this happened, who would be so foolish as to bring up the fourteenth building again!"
"So your friend can't possibly live there!"
The old woman spoke with certainty, as if it were the final verdict.
Still unwilling to give up, I stepped forward and asked:
"Even if it's sealed off, we should still be able to find it, right? Can you give me a general direction?"
"Young man, you really are something. In that case, why don't you look in that place?"
The old lady said those words, pointed me in a direction, and then, as if she had completed her mission, they helped each other away.
They avoided me like the plague, seeing me stubbornly determined to find Building 14.
It's all about the money.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have brought up such an unlucky thing!
I looked in the direction they were pointing and hesitated for a moment.
According to them, even if I did find the fourteenth building, there was no room 404 at all.
After thinking for a moment, I dialed Luo Tianhe's number:
"Hey, Luo Tianhe, are you sure this Li Huai lives in Building 14, Unit 404 of Qingtian Residential Complex? You didn't get the name of the complex wrong? You didn't get the building number wrong?"
I didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point.
Luo Tianhe was momentarily stunned by my rapid-fire questions, but he quickly recovered:
"That's right, I checked the message several times when I received it. What happened? Did something strange occur?"
I told him the whole story of the fourteen buildings in the Sunny Day Community.
Luo Tianhe on the other end of the phone paused for a moment before speaking:
"Holy crap, Chen Yan, could this Li Huai be a ghost too?"
I was stunned by Luo Tianhe's absurd train of thought. Li Huai was a living, breathing person, and he found him himself through the public security system network. How could he be a ghost?
I was a little angry; what was this guy thinking? My tone was a bit rude.
"You're asking me? Isn't this the information you found out?"
"Chen Yan, the information in the public security system isn't updated in real time; it's event-driven. The data I found back then was from several years ago, when he was still a minor and living in an orphanage. What if he'd died in those years, and no relatives or friends reported it..."
Luo Tianhe defended himself.
I'm not very familiar with the updates to information in the public security system, but that makes sense.
If a person has to update their belongings every time they move from one place to another, then the workload of high-speed rail stations and train stations, which operate day and night and have so many people moving around, would be enormous!
As I understand it, the event-driven updates that Luo Tianhe mentioned should only be updated when residents go to the authorities to renew their ID cards, apply for marriage certificates, or when there are changes in their household registration.
"Wait, you said the information from the police system said he lives in an orphanage, so where did you get the information about apartment 404 in building 14 of Qingtian Community?"
I keenly sensed something was wrong and asked in a hurried voice.
"Brother, you don't understand. Those of us in this line of work naturally know the process of finding someone."
Luo Tianhe's voice sounded somewhat smug.
Doing our line of work?
Are they gangsters who help people seek revenge, fight, and oppress the people?
My lips twitched, remembering that Luo Tianhe had once been hired by the richest man in the country to teach me a lesson.
He immediately said in an annoyed tone:
"Stop rambling on and get to the point!"
"It's simple, just send one of my underlings to the orphanage to ask. The director must know, right? But Director Li Huai only knows that Li Huai works at Qingshan Mental Hospital. I found the address in the staff registration form at Qingshan Mental Hospital!"
"By the way, didn't I give you Li Huai's phone number? Have you called him?"
I sighed, feeling a bit worried about Luo Tianhe's intelligence.
"Of course I've tried, but I can't get through."
"Wait a minute, let me call the director of Qingshan Mental Hospital first. I remember I have his contact information."
Luo Tianhe slammed down the phone. Since I had nothing better to do, I walked in the direction the old lady pointed.
This time, however, I was more careful and activated my Heavenly Eye to search, specifically looking at places with heavy Yin energy.
Soon, I stopped and stood beside a dark and gloomy forest.
The place was filled with a chilling aura, like dark clouds pressing down on the city. I wouldn't have gone into such a place if I didn't really want to find a reliable employee for the funeral home.
Just then, my phone rang, startling me. I opened it and saw that it was Luo Tianhe calling.
"You finished asking so quickly?" I answered the phone.
"Hey, Old Chen, I just asked the curator about Li Huai."
"He hasn't come to work for several days!"
"Oh, gone missing? What a coincidence?"
I found it hard to believe.
Li Huai could have disappeared anytime soon, but he just started disappearing as soon as I looked for him.
"That's right, it's such a coincidence. Damn, I'm really impressed. But this Li Huai is really something. He's been absent from work for several days without reason, and the dean doesn't seem to be planning to fire him."
"On the contrary, when he learned that I was looking for him, he was very open and honest. He even told me that if Li Huai had any trouble, I should help him out so that he could come back to work sooner."
Luo Tianhe couldn't help but laugh. He had sought out Li Huai to poach talent from others, and the dean was being so enthusiastic.
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