Chapter 10: Finding a Ghost
Uncle Xu, the housekeeper of the Liu family, is an old man of nearly fifty, with deep wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, a kind face, usually wearing a black tuxedo, a slight bow on his back, and his eyes are always squinted when he smiles.
"Young master, who is this gentleman?" Xu Bo looked at Ling Fan, a smile appeared on his face, and said.
"Oh, I forgot to introduce it, Uncle Xu, this is my high school classmate, named Ling Fan." Liu Tianlin pointed at Uncle Xu and smiled at Ling Fan: "Ling Fan, this is Uncle Xu, the housekeeper invited by my father, don't look at Uncle Xu's age, many things in my family have to be taken care of by Uncle Xu." ”
Ling Fan stared at the nearly half-hundred-year-old man in front of him with a suspicious look in his eyes, he couldn't imagine that at this age, he could still take care of such a big family business, and couldn't help but admire: "Uncle Xu, you are really old and strong!" ”
Uncle Xu squinted his eyes and looked Ling Fan up and down: "Haha, what is the benefit of my old bones, but Young Master Ling can not only speak, but also a talent, and he will definitely be able to do great things in the future." ”
Ling Fan laughed, and when he heard people say that he was a talent, his heart suddenly felt happy, if he was given wings, he could really fly into the sky, and then Ling Fan asked Uncle Xu why he wanted to recruit security guards at home.
Xu Bo looked at the long row of horses at the door, shook his head and sighed: "The master's family business is so big, and recently I heard that there is some unrest in the city, and I heard that there have been several murders. ”
Ling Fan turned to look at the magnificent Western-style building behind him, as well as the beautiful fountain and the vast green courtyard next to it, just three young maids who were smiling like flowers walking through the corridor. A bright smile suddenly appeared on Ling Fan's face and said, "It is true that some security guards are needed, even if it is for those young women, it is not too much to hire a few more security guards, hehe." ”
"Hehe, Ling Fan, it seems that you care a lot about a woman as beautiful as a flower." Liu Tianlin turned to look at the three young maids in the corridor who were secretly aiming here, and couldn't help but pat Ling Fan's shoulder.
"Haha, that's nature, there aren't many things to appreciate in this world, and occasionally seeing a few beautiful girls like flowers is the biggest comfort in my life." Ling Fan's eyes were still staring at the three beautiful maids without blinking.
"Okay, Uncle Xu, you continue to be busy with your business, I'll take Ling Fan to the house to have a look." Liu Tianlin pulled Ling Fan towards the house.
If the turquoise lawn and beautiful fountain in the courtyard made Ling Fan's mouth open in surprise, then Ling Fan was standing in the living room at this time, and his jaw was about to fall. The goose-yellow velvet carpet is spotlessly laid on the floor of the bright living room of nearly 200 square meters, several floor-to-ceiling windows reflect the bright light outside the house into a brilliant rainbow, light blue silk curtains are hung on the windows, and four crystal chandeliers are hung on the snow-white hall roof, and the breeze blows a crisp sound. The bread-colored sofa is placed in front of a gorgeous coffee table, on which is placed an incense burner, and the curling light smoke gradually rises from the stove, and a faint fragrance wafts in the wind, refreshing the heart.
Liu Tianlin leaned on the sofa, pretending to be proud, and asked Ling Fan how he felt.
"It's too good, I really don't think about it, my dorm is like a kennel compared to here!" Ling Fan turned his head and looked around, and couldn't help but sigh.
At this time, a middle-aged woman with a beige apron on the short side walked in front of Liu Tianlin, bowed down and asked, "Young man, what do you want to eat tonight, I'll prepare it later." ”
"Feng's mother, let's add a few dishes at night, he is my classmate, his name is Ling Fan, he wants to eat with us tonight." Saying that, Liu Tianlin pointed at Ling Fan and smiled at Feng's mother.
"Oh, it turned out to be Young Master Ling, I don't know what Young Master Ling likes to eat?" Feng Ma looked at Ling Fan and asked politely.
"Haha, don't call me a young master, I'm just a poor high school student, Mother Feng, you don't have to worry about me, just do something." Ling Fan snorted.
"Yes." Mama Feng bowed down and walked towards the kitchen.
Ling Fan then admired the furnishings in the large living room, and suddenly a brown ornament hanging on the wall in the corner of the living room caught Ling Fan's attention. Ling Fan took the thing off the wall and looked at it carefully, and suddenly his face changed slightly, because he found that this horn was actually made of a human calf bone.
Liu Tianlin hurriedly walked over when he saw the horn Ling Fan was holding, snatched it from Ling Fan's hand, and said in a somewhat unnatural tone: "This is my father's thing, it is said that my father bought a souvenir when he traveled to Tibet, my father said that this thing can dispel evil spirits, so hang it in the living room, it is better not to take it easily." Saying that, Liu Tianlin hung up the human bone horn again.
Ling Fan was very strange about Liu Tianlin's behavior, and found that his face was a little abnormal, faintly with some fear, it seems that this horn is really not a good thing, Ling Fan was just about to speak, and a sound of footsteps came from outside the stairs.
Sure enough, two middle-aged men walked down the stairs talking and laughing.
Liu Qiang's father, Liu Zhenhai, is a tall and strong middle-aged man, but at this time his eyes are bloodshot, and his face is slightly pale, as if he has just recovered from a serious illness, and his face is very haggard.
"Dad, you were at home, I thought you and Uncle Fat were going out to run errands!" Liu Tianlin looked at a middle-aged man in a gray suit in front of him and said with a smile.
Then he suddenly found that there was a pale middle-aged man in a black suit standing next to him, Liu Tianlin turned to squeeze out a somewhat embarrassed smile on his face and said, "It turns out that Boss Chang is also here, did you come to discuss antiques with my father again?" Hehe......"
"Tianlin! How can you talk to Boss Chang like this, how many times have I told you, when I see Boss Chang, I want to call Uncle Chang! He's a good friend of your father's old days, so you can't be rude to him. Liu Zhenhai frowned, as if he was a little angry with Liu Tianlin's attitude towards Boss Chang.
"I'm sorry, Dad, I'll pay attention in the future, Uncle Chang, let's eat at home in the evening, and I'll ask you for some antique knowledge." Liu Tianlin hurriedly changed the topic and smiled.
"Okay, but not today, I still have something to do, I'll bring you a few good things for your nephew another day to tell you about it." Boss Chang's eyes narrowed into a slit and stared at Liu Tianlin with a smile. Boss Chang is a thin middle-aged man, his eyes often flashing with a cunning light, and he always puts his hands in his pockets, as if there is a big pearl in them.
"Tianlin, who is this?" Liu Zhenhai looked at Ling Fan, who was standing behind Liu Tianlin, and asked.
"Hehe, uncle, I'm Tianlin's high school classmate, my name is Ling Fan." Ling Fan said with a smile that was brighter than the sun.
"Tianlin, what are you still doing here! Why don't you hurry up and take Ling Fan to your bedroom!! Liu Zhenhai was obviously very angry with Liu Tianlin, but Ling Fan felt that Boss Chang's gaze had been staring at Liu Tianlin's body, as if he wanted to eat him in one bite.
Liu Zhenhai looked at Boss Chang's eyes staring at Liu Tianlin, coughed heavily, and motioned for Liu Tianlin to disappear from front of him and Boss Chang quickly!
"Yes! Father! I'll take Ling Fan to the bedroom!! Liu Tianlin was not angry at all, but obediently dragged Ling Fan towards his room.
"Bang" Liu Tianlin closed the door of his bedroom stiffly, his entire back was attached to the door panel, panting heavily, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
Ling Fan turned his head sideways to look at the frightened Liu Tianlin, and couldn't help but wonder why Liu Tianlin's face was so difficult, Liu Tianlin hurriedly turned his face away, said that it was okay, and squeezed out a reluctant smile to change the topic: "...... Ling Fan, look, this is my bedroom, what do you think? ”
Although Ling Fan's heart was full of countless questions, it was better not to ask, it was not a good habit to listen to other people's privacy. After Ling Fan went back and forth twice in Liu Tianlin's spacious and gorgeous bedroom, he suddenly said: "By the way, I'm still a little strange, what kind of windfall did my uncle make, how did he become so rich all of a sudden, let me also refer to it." Ling Fan looked at Liu Tianlin and smiled.
Liu Tianlin obviously didn't feel strange at Ling Fan's sudden question, but his face changed slightly: "I don't know much about this, every time I asked my dad before, he said that he had made a big deal with his friend, so he made some money. ”
Ling Fan smiled: "It's okay to make money, but it's too much, in my opinion, such a mansion can almost enter the ranks of the top three richest people in China." ”
Suddenly, Liu Tianlin jumped up from the bed, paced back and forth in the room, looking extremely nervous, and then grabbed Ling Fan Shen tightly: "Ling Fan, I have to tell you one thing, if I don't say it, I think even if I don't get killed, I will suffocate to death in this kind of frightened day." Liu Tianlin's face flashed with an extremely excited and frightened look, as if she might die at any time.
Ling Fan was originally curious about Liu Tianlin's strange look today, but he was embarrassed to ask, and now he took the initiative to tell himself that it was just because he couldn't ask for it, it seemed that people still like to listen to other people's privacy.
Liu Tianlin didn't say it immediately, but lowered her body and ran to the bedroom door and gently pulled open the line, looked out, and only closed the door again after making sure that there was no one, and then hurriedly ran to the window to close the curtain tightly, and then let out a long breath: "Ling Fan, I still want to ask you, do you believe that there are ghosts in this world?!" ”
The sudden appearance of the ghost word shocked Ling Fan's heart, and his thoughts immediately connected to the three recent cases of suspected demon dismemberment and amputation.
Liu Tianlin's frightened face suddenly showed a strange smile, and she trembled in a trembling voice: "I saw a ghost!" Red Oni!! ”
Ling Fan's eyes widened, shining with excitement like two crystal gems, and he grabbed Liu Tianlin's arm tightly and said excitedly: "What did you just say, you saw a ghost!? ”
"Yes, there hasn't been such a thing before, but since my dad suddenly became rich, there have often been strange things and sounds in the house for no apparent reason." Liu Tianlin's body seemed to have lost her skeleton, lying on the bed weakly, her eyes staring at the ceiling, "This matter has been in my heart for a long time, and I have never dared to tell others, for fear that others will laugh at me, do you know?" Lately I've been having nightmares about that bloody ghost!! ”
"Tianlin, can you tell me what you saw and heard, maybe I can help you?!" Ling Fan felt that what Liu Tianlin saw at this time must be related to the two cases he had taken over, the clues, the clues he was looking for had finally been found, he took a deep breath, and forcibly suppressed the excitement that was almost about to erupt.
"You won't believe it! One night a week ago, when it was almost one o'clock in the morning, I heard a sound coming from the courtyard in my sleep, so I quietly climbed in from the bed, lifted the corner of the curtain and looked out!! Ling Fan, do you know what I saw?! It's a ghost! Bloody ghosts! And it still has a piece of something in its hand, can you imagine what it is?! It's a broken man's arm! Bloody arms! In the end, Liu Tianlin was like shouting loudly, and the fear that had been suppressed in his heart for a long time was finally released.
If the level of excitement at this time is no less than Liu Tianlin, the red ghost who is looking for it has a witness all day, and it is still his high school classmate, it seems that he is really here today! Ling Fan looked at Liu Tianlin's excited and crazy expression, and hurriedly pressed Liu Tianlin's shoulder to signal him to calm down
"Haha...... How do I calm down!? How can you experience the kind of fear I felt at the time without seeing that scene!? Liu Tianlin grabbed Ling Fan's arm in turn, and her voice trembled: "That night, the sky was dark and oppressive, and that human-like thing dragged a broken arm and walked step by step, bleeding all over the ground!"
In order to stabilize Liu Tianlin's emotions and cooperate with his work, Ling Fan told Liu Tianlin about his other identity, and sure enough, Liu Tianlin looked at Ling Fan suspiciously, with a suspicious look.
"That's right, I'm the temporary forensic doctor of the Police City Department HIT-Special Operations Group, who is in charge of this 'Red Ghost Split Body Amputation Case', and now three citizens have been killed and amputated, and the only survivor has also gone insane, so our clue is broken, and you will be our only clue! Tianlin, I hope you can come back to HIT headquarters with me, we need your help! Ling Fan's eyes flashed with excitement.
"No way!!" Liu Tianlin pushed Ling Fan, who was pressing his shoulder, away, his body shrunk tightly, and said in a trembling voice: "I don't want to be a witness!" You're all stupid, even you! Do you know what you're up against? It's a ghost! It is a thing that is beyond ordinary people! How can you fight it!? ”
As soon as Ling Fan lost his usual gentleness, he immediately rushed forward, picked Liu Tianlin up, pressed him to the wall, and shouted in a deep voice: "I'll tell you again, there are no ghosts in this world at all!" It's just that someone is pretending to be a ghost to carry out some ulterior conspiracy! We must find it, or more will be killed, Tianlin needs your help! And ......"
Ling Fan paused, then raised his head again to stare at Liu Tianlin, and said, "And my brother also died because of it, so I swear that I must solve this case and bring that guy who pretends to be a red ghost to justice!" ”
Liu Tianlin's distorted face squeezed out a wry smile and said, "Ling Fan, do you really think you can fight it?!" ”
Ling Fan stared at Liu Tianlin's eyes and said resolutely: "I believe that the power of justice can always defeat evil, as long as we can unite together, even if it is a ghost, we will completely wipe it out from this world!" ”
Perhaps infected by Ling Fan's resolute gaze and confident words, Liu Shouqiang finally smiled bitterly: "Okay, I promise, go back with you, and tell you everything I heard and know!" ”