Zhang Qiang's tense and urgent voice came through the phone: "Chen Yan, are you at Su Xiaoxiao's house? Get out of there immediately! I just found out that her whole family jumped to their deaths last month! The house has been empty ever since, no one lives there!"
"No one dares to live in that apartment building anymore; I heard the deaths were horribly tragic!"
I couldn't hear what was said after that; my brain was buzzing.
A family of three jumped to their deaths last month?
Suddenly I understood why we always felt this room was eerie!
The flowers withered but no one replaced them, and the room was so clean that there was no trace of anyone living there, because no one actually lived there; the family of three had died long ago!
And most importantly, when we entered this apartment building, only her apartment had its lights on!
Other residents, after such a murder, probably wouldn't dare to come back to live there for a while.
Moreover, as Luo Tianhe said, wealthy people generally don't own only one house. It's normal for them to move to another place for a period of time to avoid bad luck.
I looked up at Mr. and Mrs. Su standing in the living room. Mrs. Su's eyes were red and swollen, and Mr. Su looked worried and anxiously watching us.
But at this moment, in my eyes, their faces were all pale and deathly pale, and their postures were extremely stiff, especially Su's father. His suit looked like a funeral shroud to me!
None of them were alive. When we entered the haunted house, we saw ghosts, and they were ghosts who had died tragically after jumping off a building!
"Master Chen, who called you? What did they talk about?"
Suddenly, Su's mother took a step forward, contrary to common sense, and inquired, no longer maintaining her previous well-mannered demeanor.
"It's nothing, just a friend, nothing serious, I'll hang up soon."
I gestured for them to calm down and pretended nothing was wrong.
I didn't turn on speakerphone, so Li Huai and Luo Tianhe didn't hear what I was saying on the phone. I frantically gestured to them with my hands behind my back: Danger! Get ready to retreat!
"I'm sorry, Chen Yan! I've been busy with Zhang Wei's matter for a while and haven't paid much attention to things at the bureau. I knew about this case at the time, but since it was handled by the head of the criminal investigation department, I didn't take it to heart."
"When you said that, it sounded vaguely familiar. I really, really, damn it!"
Zhang Qiang on the other end of the phone felt extremely guilty and remorseful.
If he had realized it sooner, we wouldn't have been in such a dangerous situation. I know it wasn't his fault, and besides, there's no point in saying anything more.
"Okay, I'll hang up now if there's nothing else. I'm quite busy here."
I hung up the phone naturally.
Li Huai and Luo Tianhe also realized what was happening and moved closer to me, ready to run away at any moment.
Luo Tianhe even reached for the blessed baton on his lower back, while Li Huai probably gripped the Five Emperors Coins in his pocket tightly.
"Master Chen, please take a look at Xiaoxiao. He's been inside without saying a word or eating. We really don't know what to do."
Mr. Chen also took a step forward, blocking our path to the gate. His leather shoes were shiny, but dark red blood was already seeping from the soles.
My expression changed slightly. Their somewhat unusual behavior was all about saving their lives; they probably weren't going to keep up the act any longer.
We must strike first, no, strike first to defeat the enemy!
"Okay, let's go in and take a look."
I kept my mouth shut and turned my gaze to the bedside, but then suddenly dodged to the side, shoved Su's father aside, and rushed toward the door.
Luo Tianhe reacted quickly, grabbing the terrified Li Huai and following closely behind us.
"Hehe, you've gone the wrong way."
I used tremendous force just now, and I knocked Su's father to the ground, his forehead slamming hard against the corner of the table!
But Su's mother's voice was unusually calm, even eerily calm!
I turned my head and saw that Su's father slowly stood up. He didn't chase after us, but stood there with a strange smile on his face, just quietly watching us.
What do they mean by this?
I was filled with suspicion and uncertainty. The fact that they didn't chase us was even more terrifying than if they had chased us directly.
Forget about it, let's run!
Without thinking twice, I ran straight to the door, grabbed the doorknob, and twisted it hard, but it wouldn't budge! I twisted it again, but it still wouldn't move, as if it were welded shut.
My expression immediately changed drastically.
"Get out of the way, I'll handle this!"
Luo Tianhe shouted loudly, and I immediately made way for him. After he yanked on the doorknob a few times, he returned empty-handed, just like me. Then he took two steps back and kicked the security door hard.
With a loud bang, my ears were ringing and it hurt, but the security door didn't budge.
"Hehehe, why did you stop running?"
I turned around stiffly, only to see that Su Xiaoxiao and her family had somehow walked out of the bedroom and were standing in the middle of the living room, looking at us with a gloomy expression.
The last trace of pretense on their faces completely vanished, leaving only the ashen blue of the dead and a lifeless chill, with eerie smiles on their lips.
The most terrifying thing was their eyes; their pupils were dilated and the whites of their eyes were cloudy—they didn't look like the eyes of a living person at all!
"The door can't be opened, just like that night, we can't open it either."
Su's father's voice became dry and hoarse, like a broken bellows that had leaked air.
"Stay here, stay with us."
Su's mother's voice was faint and even echoed.
"Didn't you say you were here to help me? Why are you running away?"
Su Xiaoxiao tilted her head, a gesture that would normally be considered cute, but at this moment it was utterly terrifying!
Because her neck was tilted 180 degrees, it was already parallel to her shoulders.
The living room lights suddenly started flickering, and in an instant, it was pitch black!
We frantically pulled out our phones, but before we could even turn on the flashlight, the light suddenly came on again.
But my pupils suddenly contracted. Just moments ago they were standing in the middle of the living room, but now it was as if they had taken a step forward and were already in front of the sofa!
With a "snap," the light went out again!
When the lights came on again, they were indeed a little closer to us.
After several flashes of the lights, they were almost at the door.
Li Huai leaned against the door, pressing it tightly shut, no longer daring to open his eyes, afraid that they would be face to face with us at any moment.
Luo Tianhe had already drawn his baton, gripping it tightly with both hands until his knuckles turned white from the force, clearly showing how nervous he was.
Damn it, we can't get out of this door at all!
I couldn't help but curse inwardly, then suddenly remembered what Su's father had just said.
They couldn't open it that night either, was it the night they died?
So, did this family choose to jump off the balcony?
Will we, like them, become ghosts who jump off buildings?!
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