Translator: CinderTL
The diary ended here, but the people who read it couldn't calm down for a long time, especially Fatty. He couldn't understand why someone could be so malicious.
In Li Maoshen's eyes, was there really nothing more important than profit?
Could he spend the money he earned like this with a clear conscience?
Could he really sleep soundly at night, looking at the woman's haggard but still trusting face?
Did he not feel even a shred of remorse?
"This is murder!" As a woman, Chu Jiu's emotions were understandable. She clenched her small fists and stared at the computer in front of her. The woman's suffering filled her with rage. "These beasts…"
"These beasts deserved their deaths," Jiang Cheng said, looking at the crooked handwriting.
Now that things were clear, Wan Yuanning took back the computer, fiddled with it for a moment, and handed it to Jiang Cheng. "We also found these. Take a look first."
On the screen was a news article dated July 21st. The headline read: "Woman Falls to Her Death Late at Night in an Apartment on Donghua Road."
Scrolling down, the article included a few accompanying photos. A body lay on the concrete ground, covered with a bloodstained white cloth.
A police cordon surrounded the scene, with officers maintaining order. A person in white squatted nearby, holding a camera to take photos for evidence.
The background was blurry, but Jiang Cheng immediately recognized it as Peace Apartment, where they were staying.
Chu Jiu frowned, but before she could speak, Wan Yuanning said, "We've cross-checked with the women harassed by Li Maoshen. They received the terrifying videos in the early hours of July 19th and reported it to the police the next day."
"So this woman committed suicide by jumping off the building after the police came knocking," Jiang Cheng said, looking up.
This woman must have learned everything from the police, perhaps even saw those terrifying videos used as selling points, realizing it was all a scam orchestrated by Li Maoshen.
There was no ghost. The real ghost… was right beside her.
Already scarred by love, the woman couldn't bear such a blow and took her own life.
"Maybe it wasn't suicide. Maybe Li Maoshen killed her and made it look like she jumped," Chu Jiu said, leaning forward with her hands on the table, her voice filled with anger. "You saw it too—he's a scumbag! He's capable of anything!"
Banana Wolf signaled for everyone to calm down and explained, "According to our investigation, the police found no evidence that Li Maoshen killed the woman. During the time between the police's visit and the woman's suicide, Li Maoshen didn't return home."
"You don't have to be at home to kill someone," Chu Jiu said loudly. "Maybe he threatened her over the phone or coerced her into suicide. Didn't you see how mentally controlled this woman was by Li Maoshen?"
If it weren't for these scumbags doing such things, Sister Chen Yi wouldn't have been harmed. Chu Jiu's hatred for them was almost overflowing from her eyes.
She was so focused on making them pay that she seemed to forget these wrongdoers had already been killed by ghosts before the law could reach them. They were no longer human.
A hand covered Chu Jiu's head and gently ruffled her hair. "Calm down," Jiang Cheng said calmly. "They're already dead. And whatever we can think of, the police wouldn't overlook."
Now that things were clear, after the woman's suicide, her unresolved resentment turned her into a vengeful spirit, returning to exact revenge in kind.
She repaid the suffering she endured with double the pain.
She also turned those terrifying videos into reality.
Only this time, their roles were reversed, and the ghost became real.
Shen Wei's ghost-hunting team was wiped out by real supernatural forces.
Picking up the computer, Jiang Cheng looked through it and, finding no new clues, raised his head. "Can I ask a question?" A few seconds later, he looked at Banana Wolf and the others.
"Go ahead."
"Did you really gather all these clues in just one morning?" Jiang Cheng's tone was polite, and so was his gaze. "And the police investigation results… aren't that easy to obtain, right?"
The atmosphere fell silent. Banana Wolf casually glanced at Hua Luo.
"I gathered the information from the police," Hua Luo admitted openly, meeting Jiang Cheng's gaze without flinching.
Fatty asked curiously, "How did you manage that?"
"I have my ways," Hua Luo said, seemingly unwilling to elaborate on the topic. He then added, "Please believe me, this information is absolutely genuine. And…"
"And what?"
"And I believe this woman's cause of death is highly suspicious," Hua Luo continued. "There seems to be internal disagreement within the police about this case. I should have been able to obtain more information, but its confidentiality level exceeded my expectations."
"I'm still working on it," Hua Luo said, looking up. "But it will take time."
Most of the teammates who survived the nightmare had some skills, especially those who appeared with a peculiar style from the start.
After discovering Hua Luo was a cross-dresser, Jiang Cheng had kept an eye on him. Now it seemed this guy was indeed not simple.
Jiang Cheng looked at him for a few moments, then nodded. "Please hurry."
"What's this woman's name?" Jiang Cheng asked casually.
In his opinion, since Hua Luo and the others had already investigated to this extent, the woman's name should have been clear by now. But the result—
"We don't know."
"You don't know?" Chu Jiu directly looked at Hua Luo. "You've investigated the case, but you don't know the woman's name?"
Jiang Cheng seemed to understand something, giving Hua Luo a strange look. "This is the 'weirdness' you mentioned, right?"
"Yes," Hua Luo nodded. His handsome brows furrowed, and his delicate profile looked somewhat melancholic. "I saw the internal case file related to this incident. The woman's cause of death was defined as suicide, but the wording of the file had been altered. And the strangest thing was that the woman's name… had been blacked out."
"It was blacked out, not left blank from the start, right?" Wan Yuanning raised an eyebrow and asked.
"Correct."
"It seems the police discovered something problematic during the investigation," Wan Yuanning deduced. "And this problem was quite serious, so they had no choice but to take such measures to minimize the impact."
"Not just serious," Jiang Cheng corrected, stroking his chin. "It was bizarre. They must have encountered something incomprehensible during the investigation, which is why they sealed the file and blacked out the woman's name."
Thinking of something, Fatty blurted out, "A ghost?"
Banana Wolf nodded in agreement. "Do you remember the clue mentioned in Building 3? Qiao Yu's brother was at the police station. How did the police treat him?"
As soon as he mentioned it, everyone remembered. The police's behavior had been highly unusual because they had seen the eerie footage of Qiao Yu's death.
Hehe, finally, today has arrived. Happy Birthday, Brother Jiang. You know what's coming tonight (let's begin!)
(End of the Chapter)
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