I was busy from early morning until noon, and when I ran out of options, I had no choice but to call Luo Tianhe.
"We need to deal with Baiyin as soon as possible."
"Are you in such a hurry, brother? Why don't you take a break?"
Luo Tianhe sounded surprised, not understanding why I was in such a hurry.
As I listened to the cacophony of sounds coming from the other end of the phone, along with the woman's moans, my lips twitched.
"Attending another social event?"
“This time it’s not. I’m just taking Li Huai to see the world. You know Li Huai has had a hard life since he was a child. In all his years, he’s only ever had close contact with female ghosts. Sigh, I’m kind-hearted and can’t bear to see this.”
Luo Tianhe's voice sounded a little embarrassed at first, but he became more and more confident as he spoke.
Why would I feel guilty? I was just trying to please that poor kid, Li Huai.
"Get lost! Is Li Huai that thirsty?!"
"Uh, I'm not kidding you, he had a blast!"
"Stop talking nonsense and come pick me up. I'm going to have dinner with Zhang Qiang at Youranju later and ask him to help me check Bai Yang's family information. I'll talk to her parents and see if we can follow the clues to find that master from back then."
I hung up the phone and immediately dialed Zhang Qiang's number.
"Hey Zhang Qiang, wanna grab a quick bite?"
"Chen Yan, is something the matter?"
Zhang Qiang naturally knew that I wouldn't come to the temple without a reason.
However, he also understood that I asked him for help because of his identity as a police officer.
"Yes, I need your help with a small matter. Let's talk when we meet. I'll wait for you at Youranju. I'll send you the room number later."
"good."
Soon, Luo Tianhe arrived at my doorstep in his black G-Wagon. Seeing the bruises on my face, he immediately flew into a rage:
"Damn it, which bastard did this? I'll kill him!"
I glanced at him sideways.
"real?"
Seeing my somewhat disdainful look, Luo Tianhe became even angrier.
"No, Chen Yan, what do you mean? Do you think I can't even do this little thing? Tell me, who is it? I'll beat him until he begs for mercy and I'll change my surname to yours!"
"It's Brother Yan, Brother Luo is really powerful!"
Li Huai chimed in from the side.
I haven't seen him for the past two days, and he's been calling me Brother Luo. Weren't you two at odds before?
I opened the car door and got in.
"You go teach Bai Yin a lesson, I'm not going, lest we get wiped out."
"White Yin?"
Seeing my serious expression, Luo Tianhe gave an embarrassed smile.
"Chen Yan, look at this, you know I don't hit women."
"It's alright, she's not a woman, she's a female ghost. Go ahead, I'll collect your body later. You know my corpse-stitching skills, I'll make sure you have a dignified burial!"
Luo Tianhe's face darkened, and without replying, he stepped on the gas and drove towards Youran Residence.
"Brother Yan, Bai Yin came to see you yesterday?"
Li Huai, sitting in the passenger seat, leaned over and asked.
I couldn't see Li Huai's expression clearly through the car window just now, but I was shocked when I did.
"Aren't you afraid of dying from exhaustion? Look how pale you are! Even a three-day-old corpse looks black compared to you!"
"Hmph, I just told you and you didn't believe me. This kid is amazing, he's practically ready to stand up and kick."
Luo Tianhe, who was driving, interjected.
"It's not that exaggerated, I, I'm just..."
Li Huai stammered and couldn't give a coherent explanation.
"Let's not talk about that, Brother Yan. Did Bai Yin come looking for you yesterday?"
Seeing his clumsy attempt to change the subject, I couldn't be bothered to delve any further and replied:
"No, if she had come to see me yesterday, would I still be sitting here talking to you properly? She was the one who stayed the other day; she touched my face back then."
"Hiss, I only touched it once, but this ghost's resentment is so strong."
Li Huai sighed.
"What do you think?"
Even a normal ghost couldn't have made me this disheveled.
Soon, we arrived at Youranju.
This is a specialty restaurant, which is quite suitable for entertaining Zhang Qiang. If we had arranged it at a big hotel, he might not have been willing to come.
I booked a deluxe private room, sent the room number to Zhang Qiang, and then started ordering the food.
"Oh right, order this kid a plate of stir-fried pork kidneys to help him recover."
Luo Tianhe also gave a special reminder.
"Damn it, order an egg!"
"An egg is fine too, do you have any cow testicles?"
Just then, there was a knock on the door of the private room.
"Chen Yan?"
That was Zhang Qiang's voice, so fast?
I opened the door and saw Zhang Qiang dressed in casual clothes.
Seemingly noticing my confusion, Zhang Qiang smiled and explained:
"It's nearby."
As Zhang Qiang took his seat, we started chatting.
"How are you? Is Xiao An alright?"
"It's nothing, I was just a little frightened, I'll be fine after a rest. What do you need me for? As long as it's not something illegal, I'll definitely help if I can."
Zhang Qiang didn't beat around the bush and got straight to the point.
I recounted what had happened in the past two days and asked him to help me look up Bai Yang's background information.
Zhang Qiang was stunned after hearing this.
"Everyone in the entire dormitory building is dead?"
I nodded.
"It should be."
"Such a big case, if it comes out, the sky will fall."
Zhang Qiang was somewhat worried.
"Uh, how does your department usually handle these ghostly murders?"
I thought about it for a while, but I couldn't resist asking out of curiosity.
Anning Girls' High School—not to mention the dormitories, so many suicides still linger on the teaching buildings. The number of graves behind the dormitories is also staggering.
And then there's the Binhai Building, where so many workers hanged themselves, and the authorities haven't given any explanation.
Zhang Qiang leaned back in his chair, feeling somewhat weak.
"There's nothing we can do about this."
The three of us looked at each other, all feeling somewhat incredulous.
Are you familiar with online paranormal forums?
Suddenly, Zhang Qiang looked up and asked.
I nodded. "I've seen it. It even ranks these haunted places."
"That was done by our people, to keep citizens away from those places."
Huh? This thing was actually made by the official authorities.
I was wondering how the information on that forum could be so accurate, and how reliable the rankings were.
However, Anning Girls' High School is clearly among them, and its ranking is so high, yet so many parents still send their daughters there for the sake of academic performance.
“You could have used official titles to send your daughters to Anning Girls’ High School; that way, far fewer people would have been able to get their daughters into the school.”
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but ask the question.
Zhang Qiang shook his head.
"How could the government issue such a statement? Although it might be effective in the short term, in the long run, the government's credibility will plummet, and who knows what the media and the internet will say about us."
"And most importantly, it will cause panic among citizens. Who would want to live in a city where everything is haunted?"
I was taken aback; Zhang Qiang's words made sense.
And I was too naive. With this city being haunted so frequently, how could the authorities not know?
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