Chapter 14: The Town of Ink Lake (2)
After three days and three nights of salvage, the police have invested too much police force and used the most advanced equipment, including various sonars, etc., but Luo Haoran's body has not been found.
As a last resort, the police prepared to withdraw the police force from Mohu.
Therefore, when Yi Nan and You Ye arrived at Mohu, there was only a cordon around them, and the police had already left.
However, at the pier by the lake, a man stood there, motionless, calmly looking at the lake, as if thinking about something.
Yi Nan recognized at a glance that the man was Luo Haoran's father, Luo Kai.
Listening to Chen Yuanjiang, after Luo Kai learned about his son's drowning, he couldn't accept it for a while, and became silent, even if the police asked, his answer was fragmented and he couldn't ask anything.
Luo Kai has two children, the eldest daughter is named Luo Xinran, and the younger son is called Luo Haoran.
Luo Kai's wife died of dystocia when she gave birth to Luo Haoran.
Luo Kai raised two children alone and suffered a lot over the years.
Therefore, when I learned that my most precious son had drowned, I couldn't accept it for a while.
Luo Xinran stood beside You Ye and Yi Nan, looking at his father in a daze in the distance, and his face was also helpless and sad.
The younger brother has been missing for three whole days, and the life of their family has changed completely.
The father didn't eat or drink, standing by the lake and waiting, as if he wanted to wait for his son to come back, and Luo Xinran, as the eldest sister, was helpless in the face of such a tragedy.
"He's been standing there for three days and three nights."
Luo Xinran said helplessly: "The death of my younger brother hit him hard. ”
"How's your brother's wateriness?"
Yi Nan asked.
Luo Xinran immediately turned his head and said.
"My brother has absolutely no problem with his water nature!"
"He's a member of the swimming team, and he's won third place in swimming, and the lake is so calm that for him, it's like a bathtub at home, and drowning is impossible."
Luo Xinran said, and tears couldn't help but fall.
For so many days, her father was silent, and everything fell on her, as the eldest child in the family, she had to take on all the responsibilities after her brother's death, including police questioning, family comfort, etc., she was doing it.
Now, too, she looks extra haggard and listless.
You Ye looked at the girl in front of him, patted her shoulder, and said.
"You need to rest!"
Luo smiled happily and looked at his father in the distance.
"I'm fine, thank you."
You Ye and Yi Nan came to the lake, the lake water was clear and transparent, and the dark green surface of the lake was exceptionally quiet and beautiful.
You Ye asked, "What do you think about this matter?" ”
Yi Nan shook his head: "This matter doesn't seem simple, it's impossible for a child with such a good water nature to drown, unless there is something here!" ”
You Ye nodded.
"Do you think so too?"
You Ye said: "Yes, didn't another eyewitness Chen Liangliang say that he saw a female ghost wearing white clothes and a female ghost with a cloak of hair!" ”
Seeing that Yi Nan didn't speak, You Ye asked, "What do you think?" ”
"I think it might be a water ghost!"
"Water ghosts?"
"That's right! It is the spirit that remains in the water, they may have drowned in this water, or it may be some kind of grievance, the body is left in this water, and this water becomes the place where their spirit attaches, and once they touch this water, they will be dragged to the bottom of the lake by their spirit. ”
Yi Nan continued: "However, generally water ghosts exist in the water, and rarely appear on the shore, according to the clues provided by Chen Liangliang, he saw a female ghost, with a disheveled hair and white clothes, and she didn't look like a water ghost. ”
At this moment, the two fell into silence.
A breeze blows, and there is a chill.
You Ye turned around, staring at him with a pair of strange eyes.
White-clothed, unkempt, pale skin, and eyes like ghosts in the dark, staring at people in horror.
You Ye gently pulled on Yi Nan's clothes.
Yi Nan nodded, indicating that she had seen it too.
So the two of them quickly rushed in the direction of the female ghost, but when they reached the bushes, they found that the woman who had been standing under the tree was gone.
At this moment, the sound of rustling footsteps caught their attention.
Following the direction of the sound, they quickly chased after it.
A run for a while.
You Ye's speed was very fast, and he pounced forward, directly knocking the woman in front of him to the ground.
You Ye was bold enough to hold down the woman's hand, but found that her hand was not as cold as the legend, but ......
A burst of warmth......
You Ye raised his head in horror, looked at Yi Nan and said, "She's not a ghost...... She was...... Person! ”
Suddenly, the woman on the ground struggled frantically and bit You Ye's hand, You Ye frowned in pain, but he still didn't let go.
Yi Nan hurriedly stepped forward and subdued the woman.
The subdued woman lay on the ground, making a muffled scream, her voice muffled, and she didn't know what she was saying.
She seemed to be muttering to herself.
Yi Nan brushed away the woman's hair and found that it was a middle-aged woman.
And at this moment, Luo Xinran in the distance also ran over, and when she saw this woman, she said with a surprised face: "Aunt Lan! ”
Yi Nan and You Ye looked surprised, looked at Luo Xinran and asked, "Do you know her?" ”
Luo Xinran said embarrassedly: "Yes, she is a female madwoman in our town, who lives in a small dilapidated house on the hill next door. ”
"Crazy?"
"Yes! When she was young, she seemed to have mental retardation due to fever, but then something happened to her, and she became insane, and she became crazy, and she was always crazy in the town, wandering around, muttering to herself, and not understanding what she was saying. ”
You Ye looked at the woman in front of him helplessly, only to realize that she was not wearing a white dress, but a sheet picked up from the ground and draped over her body.
She was unkempt, her hair was knotted, and there were various stains on it, and she exuded a sour stench.
Only then did You Ye let go, and the woman struggled to stand up, bowing her head and pouting her face, looking at them.
Now You Ye and Yi Nan finally understand that the female ghost that Chen Liangliang saw that day was this crazy woman.
According to the address provided by Luo Xinran, You Ye and Yi Nan drove the female madman back.
Yi Nan looked at You Ye's trembling right hand: "Are you okay?" ”
You Ye smiled and raised his hand: "It's okay, she shouldn't have rabies!" ”
Yi Nan smiled: "I don't know!" ”
At this time, Yi Nan grabbed You Ye's hand, and before he could react, the wound on his hand slowly healed.
I don't know what's going on, You Ye actually felt a little embarrassed, and when he was about to say something, Yi Nan spoke.
"She looks pathetic!"
"Well, I wonder if there is anyone at home to take care of?"
……
When Yi Nan and You Ye sent the female madman home, they found that her home was a dilapidated small mud house.
When they entered the door, they happened to meet the sister of the madwoman, and the madman's sister told them that the madman lived alone in this dilapidated hut, and because of her mental retardation and difficult family environment, the people in the town had given her a subsistence allowance, but she was still unable to take care of herself.
Over the years, my sister has often come here to help her clean up and take care of her demented sister, but now that my sister is old, she can't do it.