Chapter 5: Exploration in the Dark

Bian Xingchen is chatting with his father at his home using online videos.

"Pu Miling?" In the video, a middle-aged man wearing a brand-name suit said in confusion: "Xingchen, what are you asking about this?"

Xingchen replied: "I found this person's painting in the basement. Is this person the one who lived in this house before?"

This person named Pu Miling is probably related to Deep Rain. Therefore, he hopes to find clues about this person no matter what.

"I don't know this. At the beginning, when you and your brother went to China, your mother was responsible for the purchase of real estate."

"Then, can you call mom her..."

"This..." Xingchen's father looked puzzled and said, "Your mother's condition has been very bad recently. Your brother should have mentioned to you that she is not in good spirits."

Xingchen did hear Xingyan mention it, but he thought it was just some psychological symptoms, such as anxiety, depression, etc., but after hearing what his father said, the situation seemed to be very bad, and even talking to himself became a problem?

"Her spirit is not normal now. I didn't tell Xingyan about this matter in detail," Xingchen's father said this, with a deep look of pain: "It was the last time she came to China to see you and returned to China, and it gradually became abnormal. That time, because of eye problems, you were angry with her and refused to see her. I asked Xingyan, and he said that her situation was normal at that time and nothing happened, but after she came back, she suddenly became..."

Xingchen was shocked.

Did you have mental problems after coming to China? Is it related to the paintings of this house?

"Dad," Xingchen said anxiously: "This person named Pu Miling may be related to his mother's condition. You can find a way to investigate this person, please!"

"What?" Xingchen's father was shocked and asked, "Is there really such a thing? Who is that person?"

"I don't know the details, but he has painted a lot of horrifying paintings. Those paintings... in short, it's hard to explain to you. Dad, please be sure to find out this person, no matter what!"

"I understand. I will be responsible for investigating this matter clearly. By the way, is Xingyan there? Let him come over. I also have something to say to him."

"Well, my brother is in the study, okay, I'll call him."

Xingchen hopes that by investigating Pu Miling, he can find out the secret of the special ability of Deep Rain. It is best to be able to master the use of this ability with your own hands.

However, he was also a little worried. What if Shenyu's prediction could have some insight into his current actions? What if he broke up with him because of this...

Xingchen can only expect that it will not be like this. Could it be that she has such great powers, right?

"Dad?" Xing Yan was also very happy when he heard Xingchen say that. He turned on the computer in front of him and connected the video.

"Xingyan," said after his father's face, "I want to talk to you. You should quit your university teaching job as soon as possible and return to the United States with Xingchen. I hope you can come to work at the company headquarters as soon as possible. I have arranged a position for you. With your talent, you really can't be a professor at a university. I have talked with you many times. Our family's career must be inherited by you."

Xingchen automatically withdrew when he heard these words. He knew that the next topic had nothing to do with him.

What is the reason for my mother's mental state? Is it because she saw those paintings, or because... what did she see in this house?

Thinking of this, Xingchen felt a creepy feeling. In any case, he hoped to find out the secret buried behind Pu Miling as soon as possible.

Going to the United States to see your mother? Xingchen thought about it and rejected this idea. He took a plane to the United States and then came back. Although it should be enough for 48 hours to go back, no one can guarantee whether there will be any changes. If the flight is incorrectly ordered and cannot return to China in time, wouldn’t it be a death sentence? Besides, I don’t know what my mother found and how much time it takes to figure out everything.

So...why would you rather let your brother go to the United States? My father has already said that you can let your brother go to the United States. So, after my brother arrived in the United States, he asked his mother to ask what happened.

He made up his mind and returned to the door of the study, but heard his brother's answer coming from inside: "Dad, I understand that you want to cultivate me to inherit the family's career, but I am not mentally prepared yet. In fact, teaching in college and conducting research is my pleasure. For the company, isn't it run by Manager Daisby now? Isn't I very much experience in this area?"

"It doesn't matter if there is little experience," said the father: "Mengsen praised you in front of me many times, saying that you are a talent that can be made and will definitely cultivate you well at that time."

Daisby is the general manager of Bian's American Corporation, and Mengsen is his father's special executive assistant. Generally, if his father cannot be busy with the company's affairs for some reason, he will entrust the power to Mengsen. These two have been the right-hand man of their father for many years, and they have always praised their brother's talents.

This shows how powerful my brother is. He is a rare talent in business or physics research. This brother, who has outstanding talents in different fields, has also made Xingchen suffer from low self-esteem for a long time.

"Okay, I'll consider it." In the end, Xingyan saw that his father was so persistent, and he gave up his original persistence a little: "Let me think about it for a week. In a week, I will reply to your dad."

Xingchen breathed a sigh of relief. Since my brother was willing to consider it, there should be a chance.

He walked in and saw that his brother had turned off the computer and said, "Brother... Actually, this opportunity is really good. You know the strength of our family business, right? My father obviously wants to train you to become a successor..."

"I really don't like the intrigues in the mall," Xing Yan said with a wry smile: "And, I like the days I spend in China more. After all, we are of Chinese descent, and stay in China has a sense of belonging."

"Brother, you're too stubborn. Why not go to the United States," Xingchen immediately advised: "And... don't you miss your parents?"

"Yes, this is one of the reasons why I hesitate," Xingyan held his chin and said, "Okay, I will consider it. Xingchen, do you want to go back to the United States? My father said that he would also arrange your position in the company, and you can go to work together at that time."

Going back to the United States? How is that possible! Xingchen shook his head quickly and said, "No, I don't need it. I plan to continue to stay in China for a while. In fact, compared to the United States, I also feel that staying here is more of a sense of belonging."

After walking out of the study, Xingchen walked towards his room again.

In short, when my brother goes to the United States, let’s see how his mother is. Speaking of which, Xingchen is actually very concerned about her mother’s condition. Although her right eye is lost because of her mother’s partiality, her mother is a mother after all.

Xingchen couldn't really hate her.

After returning to the room, he closed the door and walked to the computer, remembering Li Yin and others who were performing blood-word instructions in S City at this moment. I wonder what the situation is now?

He searched the love-sacrificing case of Ren Lyon and Ng's unlucky love-sacrificing case online. That case did cause a certain sensation at the beginning, but it was only within the S city.

Twenty years ago, home computers were not as popular as they are now, so people mainly watched news through newspapers and TVs. The Internet was not as powerful as it is now. The dissemination of information could expand infinitely, resulting in some so-called "non-mainstream people" on the Internet becoming popular easily. If such a thing happened now, it would probably be possible to have a certain door. Tianya Sohu Sina kept reposting and commenting, which would have caused a lot of controversy. But that era was different. The dissemination of information was very limited, so there was not much information found online, and most of them were reprinted from newspapers at that time. Otherwise, Li Yin and others would have been able to obtain further information.

"There is really too little information. I searched for so long to find three news articles, and the content was almost exactly the same, and they were all reproduced from newspapers." Xingchen clicked on a news article, with the title "Love lovers were brutally opposed, and they both died in love after being imprisoned." The following note is reproduced from a certain newspaper.

After reading it, I felt that there was really nothing more content. The most critical issue, the reasons why both parents opposed it, were still not mentioned at all. In that era when the Internet was not yet developed, the sensational effect of this news seemed to last for only a few weeks, and the popularity began to fade.

"Just looking at these news, the information value is almost zero." Xingchen shook his head and sighed: "There is nothing we can know."

At the same time, Li Yin was also browsing the news on his mobile phone.

He was staying on the second floor at this moment, and Murong Shen stood opposite him and said, "If there is no way to obtain further information, it will be very troublesome to forge letters. At present, there is really no more content of this news. Twenty years have passed, and most people have forgotten this news completely."

"This may also be the ‘restrictions’ imposed by the apartment." Li Yin also looked at the news searched on his mobile phone at this time, hoping to take a look at it repeatedly to find clues.

The news found has basically no different content, that is, the title is somewhat different. One of the articles is titled "Modern Romeo and Juliet", which says:

"Recently, two suicide cases occurred on Kongming Mountain in the suburbs of this city. A lover who was in his youth had to sacrifice his life because of his parents' opposition.

On May 6, the Public Security Bureau of our city received a report that someone committed suicide and rushed to Kongming Mountain in time. Two bodies were found in the basement of two buildings called "Moon Shadow Museum" and "Coron Hall". After investigation, both of them died of suicide with a dining knife. The two deceased were a man and a woman, a man was 24 years old and a woman was 23 years old, and the children of both the Zeng family of the Moon Shadow Museum and the Ren family of the Coron Hall. Both of them were imprisoned in the basement by their respective parents for two months. Therefore, neither parents of both parties discovered that they committed suicide in time. After police investigation, they were a couple lovers and committed suicide in love.

The couple who unfortunately committed suicide for love was named Zeng Weixing and Ren Lyon. The two grew up childhood sweethearts, and their parents lived opposite each other. They had a good relationship. They fell in love when they grew up and started talking about marriage last year. However, their parents did not know why, and they firmly opposed the marriage of the two, and even rudely locked their son and daughter into the basement. However, they did not give up and still fought resolutely. They even asked the servants to help pass letters to them.

However, the servant responsible for sending the message was later discovered, and the letter was cut off. The two imprisoned underground lost contact with each other. It is estimated that the two might not be able to receive the reply, mistakenly thinking that the other party compromised and changed their minds, or they might have chosen to commit suicide because they were locked underground.

This modern version of Romeo and Juliet shows…”

The following content is nothing more than calling for freedom of love and opposing old-fashioned arguments such as parents' arrangement of interference in freedom of marriage. These information can be learned from those letters, and it can be said that these information is not of much use at all. The most important thing is that why the two were opposed was not mentioned.

"Actually, there is still valuable information," Murong Shen suddenly said: "At least I know that the two of them committed suicide with a dining knife, and their age when they died, and their suicide was in May. And, when the servant who was responsible for sending the message was found to have stopped the delivery process."

"I doubt that the two of them knew they were dead." Li Yin turned off his phone and said, "Don't horror movies often have this routine? After a person dies, he becomes a ghost, but he thinks he is still alive."

"Well, right. Judging from the letter, they just felt that they had been locked underground for a long time and didn't feel that they were dead at all."

"So, when forging a reply, can you write something like 'Do you still remember? We died in May'? As for age, it is not a big problem. Could it be that if one party asks 'How old are you this year'? In short, it is the most valuable information that the servant was intercepted for sending a letter."

"No, no, Li Yin." Murong Shen shook his head and said, "You made a mistake..."

"Hmm?" Li Yin was stunned and asked, "What am I wrong?"

"I said that suicide was in May. The importance of this information lies in...it can be calculated that the time when the two were imprisoned. Isn't this said? 'It was imprisoned by their respective parents in the basement for two months'. In other words... the time when the two were imprisoned should be in March!"

"Yes." Li Yin immediately understood.

This is indeed a very important information. It seems irrelevant on the surface, but different times, climates and festivals will change differently. For example, March has the Women's Day, and the Spring Festival has just passed. Once mentioned in words, this is the details that must be noted. Details are the most likely to cause problems.

"You are right, Murong Shen. But if you count it like this... the so-called 'demon' came to their house probably..."

"Well. It probably was at the beginning of the year!"

At the beginning of the year, when the Spring Festival is about to celebrate, I don’t go home to reunite, but instead stay at other people’s homes? Could it be that the Spring Festival is also there?

In other words...is he not from S City?

Could it be that the Spring Festival travel tickets are hard to get, and I can’t go back to my hometown to celebrate the New Year, so I chose to spend the Spring Festival in other places? This possibility is very great!

Of course, this is just speculative information. The letter does not mention when the "demon" came and how long he lived. Uncertain information cannot be added to the forged reply. Even if the ghost really asks it in the letter, he still needs to find a way to change the topic.

"And there is another question. You probably have considered it, Director Li Lou." Murong Shen suddenly said in a very gloomy tone: "Are those two people not killed by suicide? The news mentioned that they committed suicide with a dining knife, but the knife seems to be a common weapon for murder..."

"Yes," Li Yin nodded and said, "I considered this possibility when I discussed with Midye. However, this inference of 'may be' and 'may not' is meaningless at all. This blood-word indication is the unquestionable intelligence!"

However, now Li Yin has indeed begun to consider this issue. If these two people were killed, then would the one who killed them be...

At this time, Li Yin's cell phone suddenly vibrated.

It was a text message sent by Midnight. The basement of the Yueying Museum has sent a reply!
Chapter completed!