Chapter 15 The Weird Chessboard
"Hello, Auntie, I am Xiang Youming from the Criminal Investigation Team of the Municipal Bureau. Regarding the 89 murder case, we need you to use the power of the neighborhood committee to try to give us a detailed breakdown of the resident population tomorrow."
"Of course, we may need competent and prestigious neighborhood committee cadres like you to cooperate with our work."
Downstairs, Xiang Youming was chatting with a fat, middle-aged aunt. The serious expression on his face was enough to make anyone believe that what he said came from the bottom of his heart.
The aunt who was talking to Xiang Youming was wearing a common summer clothing for the elderly, the kind with big red flower shorts.
The middle-aged aunt, who was holding a cattail leaf fan in her hand and fanning the wind constantly, heard this. With a helpful expression on her face, she showed a bright smile like a chrysanthemum, and looked at Xiang Youming with eyes full of appreciation and kindness.
The young man has a vision!
"Officer Xiang, look at what you said. As a cadre, isn't it my duty to cooperate with you?"
"Um……?"
She had just finished speaking, but the middle-aged aunt suddenly fell silent.
Xiang Youming keenly noticed that the middle-aged aunt's eyes seemed to drift towards the top of his head subconsciously.
He instinctively raised his head, but before Xiang Youming could react, a paper ball hit his face with a snap.
Snap.
The paper ball bounced to the ground, attracting the attention of many people.
Under the flashing red and blue lights, the neighborhood committee aunt put her left hand on her waist, raised her cattail leaf fan with her right hand and flapped it in the air repeatedly. Her original kind-hearted look suddenly disappeared, and her whole person looked a bit vicious:
"Which person who can kill a thousand swords is so unqualified?"
"Don't let me know who you are, otherwise...hum, I'm not done with you!"
Amidst the loud voice of the neighborhood committee aunt, the atmosphere at the scene became subtle, and many people's faces showed faint excitement.
Good guy, if you throw objects at the police from high altitude, you are seeking death!
In the eyes of many people with excitement and expectation, Xiang Youming lowered his head and glanced at the paper ball out of professional instinct.
And when he saw the obvious writing hidden in the crumpled paper, his heart moved, and he bent down and picked up the paper.
"There is a problem on the 4th floor of Unit 4, Building 12."
Spreading out a bunch of supermarket flyers and looking at the crooked words written on it, which was obviously deliberately written with his dominant hand, Xiang Youming raised his head again and squinted his eyes to look at the residential buildings around him.
But he soon shook his head.
Whether it was out of prank or he really had some clues, the other party was so cautious, obviously not wanting to reveal his identity. He only looked up at this moment, and it was already too late.
"Brother Xiang, what's going on?"
When Xiao Li saw Xiang Youming's series of changes, he immediately realized something was wrong and leaned over with a solemn expression.
Xiang Youming handed the crumpled paper to Xiao Li: "Read it yourself."
Xiao Li took the piece of paper and frowned immediately: "Fourth floor, unit 4, building 12, is that the building?"
Following the direction pointed by Xiao Li, Xiang Youming nodded firmly:
"Yes, that's it."
"Xiao Li, put your things away and come with me to take a look."
After saying that, Xiang Youming took the lead and walked towards Unit 4 of Building 12. Xiao Li put the piece of paper in his pocket and quickly followed.
Upstairs, Zhang Tong could see clearly. The moment he entered the unit building, Xiao Li instinctively put his hand on his lower back.
Obviously, as criminal policemen, these two men were armed with guns.
"Two policemen with guns, I don't know if they can stop that thing. If they can't... I'm going to be in trouble."
"No, it should be said that things have been in trouble since the day I moved here."
Hidden in the corner, Zhang Tong stared at the situation in the corridor opposite.
I don’t know if the two detectives deliberately stepped lightly, but none of the voice-activated lights in the corridor came on.
And as Zhang Tong watched, he could clearly see that as the two detectives continued to move upward, the crimson mist that only he could see began to recede like the tide.
In Zhang Tong's invisible eyes, as the red mist in the opposite corridor faded, the blood redness gathered in his eyes turned into streaks of blood again, spreading out like little snakes, allowing his eyes to return to normal.
A flash of enlightenment passed by:
"Sure enough, that thing is similar to the ghost I knew."
"Not only are they afraid of children's urine, but once there are more people and the yang energy becomes stronger, they will also make those things retreat."
"Although Yang Qi and other things... this guess may not be accurate, but at least it proves that it is not unsolvable."
After all, the reborn person still has some advantages.
Zhang Tong asked himself, in 2006, an era that had not yet ushered in the information explosion, there were probably few serious 18-year-olds who could be as calm as himself.
To put it bluntly, this is the experience brought about by social experience.
Quietly retreating to his room, a smile appeared on Zhang Tong's lips. He already knew how he should ensure his safety in the short term.
Wouldn't it be enough to find a place with strong yang energy to stay at night?
"Damn it, please don't find out about me, otherwise I will suffer a big loss!"
"Not to mention that the rent has been paid, the old items in this house cannot be bought with money."
After a week of scanning the bedroom where he only slept for one night, Zhang Tong's face became ugly.
Many things in the room can be regarded as lost and found treasures for Zhang Tong after his rebirth. Each piece carries his most precious memories.
I'm really not willing to just leave it here.
But Zhang Tong is an adult after all, and he knows that now is not the time to be willful.
Whether you are hiding from the monster or the police, you will definitely not be able to live here in the short term.
Being wise and protecting yourself is the right path.
Under such circumstances, apart from the tens of thousands of dollars saved on the card, it is crucial to know what should and should not be brought.
At the very least, we can't let this old man and woman have nothing to do all day because of a murder case, pretending to be detectives one by one, and not notice any difference in themselves.
Stability comes first!
Out of such considerations, Zhang Tong began to simply pack up his things.
In a short time, Zhang Tong packed his shabby blue denim schoolbag half full of dissatisfaction, looking no different from a student going out to class.
After doing all this, Zhang Tong once again confirmed whether there was anything missing.
Only then did he notice the game chess that he threw on the bedside table after he came back that night.
The dark yellow game chess pieces were randomly discarded on the bedside, with the winding and weird patterns peeking through.
Just by looking at it, Zhang Tong's eyes were firmly attracted by the game chess. There was nothing wrong with his perception. It was just out of instinct that Zhang Tong subconsciously focused all his attention on the chess board.
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Chapter completed!