Chapter 5 Removing the Curse
The two rushed out of the apartment almost like running for life, but even forgot to return the key to the landlord, so they drove away quickly. On the way, Xia Peng said with lingering fear: "I... I finally understand why my superiors attach so much importance to this case... It turns out, it turns out..."
"Don't, don't say...we, we saw nothing, there will be nothing to do..."
Along the way, Xia Peng kept stepping on the accelerator and looked at the rear mirror with vigilance at any time. He did not dare to slow down until he was at least three kilometers away from the apartment.
At the same time, Runnan had a premonition that Xia Peng would die in the future. He immediately called Runli in the newspaper and asked, "Runli, I have already felt that the third victim would appear... What about you? When will it happen?"
"What? Brother, you have a premonition? I...I haven't..."
When he returned to the police station like he was running away, Xia Peng was already sweating all over. As soon as he stepped into the office, his colleagues saw his face that was just a piece of white paper and asked with concern: "Xia Peng, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
Xia Peng shook his head and waved his hand. Now, when he recalled that day, he received a reinforcement call from the branch office, he rushed to the apartment where Xie Xiaohao died. At that time, it was a large truck that drove the body to transport the body. Then, the General Administration issued an order to strictly block clues related to the case, and sent them to the only to maintain order and not allow anyone to see the body.
He told Ou Xueyan that he had never seen a corpse, of course he lied to her. To be honest, after being a policeman for so many years, he could never imagine that there would be such a terrifying corpse... Now, he saw it in that apartment again... No, he doesn't want to be involved in the case anymore!
"What do you mean?"
The director looked at the application for transfer team placed on the table and frowned. This time the superior issued an order to solve the case within one month. Now he is only thinking about how to send more people and work overtime all night. At this time, someone proposed to transfer team, what a joke! Two words: No! He just planned to say it, but he expected Xia Peng to answer: "If the director disagrees, then I would rather go back to the original anti-trial team than to continue to stay in the serious crime team."
"You, you... do you want to piss me off to death? I first saw your talent and promoted you from the anti-pun team. How do you repay me now? Do you know how much pressure the superiors have put on us? I don't know how many reporters' inquiries have been blocked in the past few days! You... OK, go, don't come back after you leave!"
Xia Peng knew that he was ashamed of the director, but when he recalled the strange eyes in the suit, this guilt was instantly swallowed up by fear. Those eyes were still very clear until now... That was definitely not his illusion!
When I packed up my desk, my colleagues around me were puzzled, why did I go back to the riot team? Didn’t I stay well in the serious crime team?
"Xia Peng, are there any difficulties?" An old police officer asked with concern: "Did you have a dispute with the director? Or do you feel that the work here is too dangerous?"
"No... no, why do you say it... I don't want to investigate the Xie family case anymore. You... it's better to be careful. That place is not something that people should go to."
This sentence was very strange, but no matter how my colleague asked, he refused to ask more questions. He piled up the things and put them in a cardboard box, and walked out of the office.
Alas... I'm going back again...
Following the long corridor, he walked to the elevator door, pressed the button and started waiting in place. The elevator door was as smooth as a mirror, reflecting Xia Peng's face. He raised his head and stared at the rising floor at this moment, then lowered his head and looked at the box in his hand. Just as he raised his head again, he actually saw...
On the left side of his body reflected by the elevator door, there was a shaking white shadow! The shadow's hand was slowly stretching towards his neck!
"Ah--" He immediately threw away the cardboard box, took out the gun in his hand and pointed it at the left, but... it was only the wall, and there was no one there. Then he looked at the elevator door, and the white shadow had disappeared.
Ou Xueyan simply asked for leave in the afternoon and returned to the apartment where she and Xia Peng lived together.
After opening the door, she immediately put two locks on, then locked the windows and even pulled the curtains, but it felt too dark, so she turned on the lights in the room. Then, she felt tired and simply lay down on the bed to sleep. However, after about half an hour, her mind was always very clear. The room was surprisingly quiet, and the only sound was the clock's pointer moving in a regular and rigid manner.
At this moment, it seemed that a gust of wind blew, and the bedroom door was closed heavily. She immediately jumped up in fear. Almost at the same time, the fluorescent light that she had turned on actually became light and dark, and then completely extinguished.
"What, what's wrong? There's a power outage?"
She didn't know what was going on, so she decided to go out and check the fuse. Who knew that when she walked to the door of the bedroom, she found that the door could not be opened at all. What's going on? The door of the bedroom was not locked!
In short, the dim environment in this room made her extremely uneasy, and she always felt a layer of weirdness. She licked her lips, moved her steps carefully, and wanted to pull the curtains open. Below the window was stacked a wooden box containing winter clothes.
Just when Ou Xueyan was only two or three steps away from the box, the box suddenly shaking!
"Wow!" Ou Xueyan slid to the ground and quickly crawled backward.
Yes... it's that thing! It came back with itself!
The box shaking became more and more powerful, constantly knocking on the floor, and... began to move towards Xueyan!
"No...no!" She grabbed a chair and ran to the bedroom door to smash the door. The box was dragging on the ground faster and faster, only a few steps away from Ou Xueyan.
"Let's go! Don't, don't follow me...please go!"
Ou Xueyan almost collapsed on the ground, and at this moment, the lid of the box was opened, and Ou Xueyan fainted almost at the same time.
"Snow Geese! Snow Geese! What's wrong with you?"
This is Xia Peng's voice.
"Xia...Peng, I, we can't continue to live here, that thing, that thing follows us! It won't let us go! I, I shouldn't not listen to you..."
She was lying on the bed at this moment, Xia Peng was comforting her with a worried look on her face, and seeing Xue Yan's expression of fear, he also felt nervous and asked, "Can you...you...you too..."
The sudden doorbell sound made the two almost scream. Now their hearts were so fragile that they could not stand a blow. Xia Peng calmed down and ran into the cat's eyes in front of the door. He saw a young man and woman standing outside the door. They didn't know each other at all. He opened the first door first, and there was an iron door outside, and asked, "Who are you two?"
"I'm disturbing, Officer Xia." The man said politely: "We are indeed very abrupt when we come this time, but it's really an urgent matter. Are you the police officer investigating Xie Xiaohao's death? We have some things that we must tell you."
"Who are you……"
"I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Yi Runan. This is my...friend Miss Ren Jing."
When Xia Peng heard about Xie Xiaohao, he frowned, not knowing whether they should let them in, but at this moment the woman named Ren Jing said something.
"I'm in your room... I feel like there is an aura of 'that kind of thing'. Haven't I encountered anything strange recently?"
If she said this normally, Xia Peng might be angry, but when she heard this, she felt like she had grabbed a life-saving straw. She immediately opened the door and said, "Two, please come in, in fact, I do..."
"I see."
After listening to Xia Peng and Ou Xueyan's description, Runan and Ren Jing both realized that they might have followed Xie Xiaohao and Zhang Jun's footsteps.
Runli has no premonition yet, so she doesn't know when Xia Peng will die.
This is what Ren Jing said to Runan.
"The key to unraveling the curse is to completely break the prophecy. For example, if a person who will die at 0 points can make him live to 1 point, or can finally survive, then he can unravel the curse. Your past premonition about yourself and your sister's death will not appear in reality. In the three years of searching for you brothers and sisters, because my prophecy is incomplete, I never had the opportunity to try it myself."
"Can you... go so smoothly?"
"I don't know...but this is indeed the only way."
Xia Peng and Ou Xueyan both had gloomy faces at this moment and looked at the two of them at a loss. After a while, Xia Peng seemed to remember something and asked: "Two... May I ask, the so-called things related to Xie Xiaohao refer to..."
Runan was still thinking about how to organize language, but Ren Jing had already said straight to the point: "Do you believe there are ghosts in this world?"
When the two heard this, their hearts suddenly stumbled, and Ou Xueyan spoke first: "You...have you encountered that thing?"
"I have seen ghosts before." Ren Jing said without hesitation: "It took my mother's life in front of me. I did not scare you, believe it or not... there are indeed ghosts in this world."
Runan glared at Ren Jing, why was she so straightforward, so she said in an apology: "Sorry... Actually, what I want to say is that you are very dangerous at the moment."
"Then...what can I save us?" Xia Peng didn't know whether these two people were lie charlatans or were really capable, but he was really afraid. If the opponent was a human, then as a policeman, he naturally had no reason to be afraid, but now the other party... doesn't know what it is!
Speaking of this, Runan was stunned. How could he save them? He was a mortal with flesh and blood, and it was impossible for him to fight against the unknown ghost. So he turned to Ren Jing and stared at her with inquiring eyes. Unexpectedly, her answer surprised him... No, it should be said that he was expected.
"Escape. This is the only way."
Ren Jing looked very natural when she said this, and it was natural to let go of Buddha. Xia Peng suddenly felt angry and funny, and said, "You... aren't you talking nonsense?"
"At least for now, you can only escape. You basically have no supernatural abilities, and I am not a natural supernatural physique."
Supernatural ability? Supernatural physique? What is that? Runanan feels that this woman must know more secrets.
"Spiritual ability? What does it mean?" Ou Xueyan asked in confusion.
"Actually, I don't quite understand. This is what my father recorded in his notes. He said that I need to consider and understand it myself. But roughly, it is a ability to restrain ghosts to a certain extent. However, it is only relative. My father has not yet found a way to kill ghosts. Listen to it, if you ask for a lifetime, try not to stay in a closed space. If you encounter ghosts and want to escape, don't drive, it should make you die very quickly. Never go to dark places, try to stay in public places."
"If you stay in a public place...you won't die?"
"I can't promise this, but at least the chance will be much lower. The most important thing... It's important to remember to stay away from two things, as far as you can. That's... the mirror and the elevator."
"Yes... I'm today..." Xia Peng immediately told Runan and Ren Jing about his experience today, and felt a little relieved. However, it sounded like he could only escape passively and could not face it directly?
"Sorry, I'll go... to the bathroom... you continue talking." Ou Xueyan got up and left the bedroom. Who knew that Ren Jing stood up and said, "Do you want me to accompany you? You are very dangerous at the moment, it's better not to stay alone."
"No...no, right? There is a toilet next to the bedroom. I'll call you to come here as soon as I have something to do."
Ren Jing thought about it, so he nodded. Ou Xueyan breathed a sigh of relief and thought to herself: Is it true or false? Although today's experience is indeed very strange,... calm down and think about it, are there really ghosts in this world? Could it be that these two people are liars? Today's experience is their fault? Could it be some kind of magic or something?
When Ou Xueyan walked into the toilet, she found that the shower curtain was pulled in front of the bathtub.
The shower curtain was white, which she just bought a few days ago. It was normal to pull the shower curtain in front of the bathtub, but... she remembered that when she went home today, the shower curtain was not pulled up! Of course, it might have been pulled by Xia Peng, but when he fainted at that time, he had no intention of taking a shower.
As a tragic thing, she seemed to feel something behind the shower curtain.... Originally, she could have let Xia Peng, Runan and others come in just by shouting, but this inexplicable feeling was completely unreasonable.
For a moment, she forgot the purpose of entering the toilet and moved her footsteps towards the shower curtain involuntarily.
Stay away from two things...the mirror and the elevator.
And she was passing by the mirror inside the toilet.
She slowly walked to the shower curtain, swallowed several saliva, slowly pulled a corner of the shower curtain, and then silently said in her heart: But, I hope, I am thinking too much...
Her hands were shaking uncontrollably, and she finally calmed down her mood and then opened the shower curtain!
Sure enough, there was nothing, it was me who was scaring myself.
She laughed secretly at her nerves and was about to pull the shower curtain up. Who knew that the corner of her eyes flashed across the mirror next to her, and her body suddenly stiffened.
There is no demon or monster in the mirror, it looks normal. But...but...
The shower curtain in the mirror was still pulled up! In front of Xueyan, she had obviously opened the shower curtain!
She wanted to shout, but her throat seemed to be blocked by something and could not make any sound. Then, a more terrifying change appeared in the mirror! The shower curtain that was pulled up began to appear in the outline of a body! It was obvious that something was pressing on the shower curtain! Immediately, in the mirror, the thing grabbed Xueyan's hand!
"No ahhhhhh--"
Runan and others immediately rushed into the toilet, and saw Xueyan curling in the corner of the toilet crying, pointing straight at the mirror. At this moment, there was no abnormality in the mirror.
"In the mirror...there is something in the mirror..." She hugged Xia Peng and cried, "I...I believe your words! We are going to move! You can escape wherever you want, please save us!"
Chapter completed!