Chapter 3: Filth
Lin Lu said that every night, when Chen Siming appeared, her spirit would always collapse, and she would scream non-stop. When the nanny at home heard the voice, she would come up and ask her what was going on, but except for Lin Lu, she couldn't see anyone else at all.
This happened more often, and the nanny was also scared, she felt that Lin Lu had a problem and didn't dare to continue to stay here, so she left.
I remembered what the babysitter had said to me on the bus, and it seemed like it was.
So, I asked her again: "Why do you think that Chen Siming was killed by his wife?" β
Lin Luyi raised her eyebrows: "It's not difficult to judge, my affair with Chen Siming was discovered by his wife, she held a grudge and wanted her husband to leave me, but his husband was unwilling, so the two should have had a dispute, and she killed Chen Siming." β
This plot is very clichΓ©, any crappy writer and screenwriter can come easily, but I have to admit that this is the most common sense speculation, according to Lin Lu, Chen Siming's wife is indeed the most doubtful.
Just thinking about it, there was another sound from upstairs, and this time Lin Lu finally couldn't help it, she stood up and asked me to sit by myself for a while, and then went upstairs.
I asked her if she wanted me to go up with her, and Lin Lu turned around and said no.
Sitting downstairs alone, the cold wind was blowing again from nowhere, and there was a sound of footsteps behind me, and when I looked back, I saw the man in his pajamas.
At this moment, he still took the glass of water, walked slowly to the edge of the balcony, and sat down on a chair by the window.
The sun was shining through the outside, and he looked good.
Picking up a book on the table, he read it very carefully, and I walked over to him, and he caught a glimpse of me coming over and closed the book.
Looking up at me, he said, "You, can you see me?" β
"Of course."
"I'm a ghost, you know?"
"I know."
"Then you're not afraid?"
"What's there to be afraid of?"
β¦β¦
The smile on his face froze a little, and seeing that he no longer continued to speak, he spoke again: "You are Chen Siming?" β
"Yes."
"How did you die?"
"......" He paused, his eyes flickering from side to side, as if he was also thinking about this question: "I don't know, anyway, I'm dead, inexplicable." β
Speaking of which, he pulled off his pajamas, and I saw that there was a big scar in the middle of his chest, which was shocking, although the blood on it had coagulated, but I could still see that the knife had to go down very hard.
Chen Siming stretched out his hand and gently touched the wound: "When I only remember, it hurts here, it hurts...... Then, I died, and when I woke up, I was wandering in a mountain forest, and I couldn't find a store in front of the village, and I walked all the way forward, and the road was so deep and long, I couldn't walk out......"
"Later, how did you get back?"
"I met a woman, a very strange woman, who was wearing a black cloak......"
Hearing this, my brain suddenly felt like it was going to explode, it was that woman again, how could she? I was about to ask something, when a voice came from the other side of the stairs.
Chen Siming also glanced at that day, and his body began to fade and fade a little, and disappeared after a while.
Lin Lu's voice came from behind me: "What are you doing there?" β
I turned around and smiled lightly, "Nothing. β
Lin Lu still had doubts on her face, I walked over to her, her eyes were fixed on the place where Chen Siming was sitting just now, and asked me, "Did you see anything?" β
"No, you're thinking too much."
After a moment of silence, I asked Lin Lu what happened upstairs, and Lin Lu personally said that there were rats, and I pretended to be surprised that such a good house also had rats, it was unlikely.
Lin Lu sneered: "Some things look bright on the surface, but in fact, the messy filth behind the scenes can exceed people's imagination, so many times, we can't just look at the appearance, are you right?" β
I was speechless about this, it looked like she was talking about the relationship between this house and the rat, but in fact, Lin Lu had something to say, but I couldn't guess what she wanted to express.
After all, she is a woman who has been in a complex shopping mall, and she has been with people like Chen Siming for so many years, whether it is emotional intelligence or IQ, it should not be underestimated.
Lin Lu asked me, "How is it, can you help me?" β
"No problem." I stood up.
"When can that start?"
"Start what?"
"......" Lin Lu paused, she looked up at me: "Ghost hunting, practice, Chen Siming's ghost has been haunting me, I can't stand it anymore." What do you need? I can help you prepare, and it doesn't matter how much money you want......"
"Let's not talk about that." I interrupted her, and glanced at the table on the other side of the balcony, although Chen Siming had disappeared, the cup he drank from was still there, and the book.
Walking over to the balcony again, I picked up the book. A very ordinary financial class, I flipped through it at random, and it was full of professional terms or something, I really couldn't understand it.
And Lin Lu, who was next to me, gasped when she saw the book.
Turning around, I saw that her face was pale again.
"What's wrong with you?"
She pointed to the book in my hand and said, "This book ......."
"Questions?"
Lin Lu nodded vigorously: "This book belongs to Chen Siming, and it has been placed in the study on the second floor before, after he disappeared, I also saw it in the study, but now it appears here." β
The face of the woman in front of me became very ugly again, and the temperament white-collar worker in my impression was simply like two people.
Her body began to tremble slightly, and after looking around, she said, "Before, he only came out at night, but now it's not dark yet, and he has come out, isn't the ghost afraid of the sun, why isn't he afraid?" β
I smiled bitterly in my heart, this is another misunderstanding caused by film and television works, people leave their bodies after death, leaving only a wisp of soul, and the soul does not leave because of obsession, and becomes a ghost in people's mouths.
The force formed by obsession because of the inability to let go of grievances and hatred really has nothing to do with those who can't see the sun.
Patting her on the shoulder, I said, "Don't worry, I'll help you with this." β
"Really?" Lin Lu was a little excited.
I hummed and she asked me when I would start, and I just said not now.
Because, I have to figure out the cause of Chen Siming's death and what the obsession that remains in his heart is in order to prescribe the right medicine.
Although he communicated with Chen Siming just now, he didn't seem to know what was going on.
But he didn't go, it was because of the existence of obsession that he had to unravel all this before he left.
Therefore, it is necessary for me to go to Chen Siming's wife once and ask for clarification.