Since Granny Feng was also present, I did not tell Ding Yang this. I just kept walking around the room. First, I wanted to find the iron basin that Granny Feng left behind after burning paper yesterday. Second, I wanted to take a closer look to see if this room was really so strikingly similar to Wang Tao's room in my memory.
Unfortunately, the iron basin did not seem to be in this room. When I was looking for the iron basin, I accidentally saw a photo hanging on the wall of Grandma Feng’s bedroom. The color was very old. It seemed to be a family portrait of Grandma Feng’s family.
In the photo, a couple wearing clothes from the 1970s were sitting in the middle, with two children in their teens, a boy and a girl, standing next to each of them. This immediately made me feel a little strange. Could it be that Grandma Feng had children
“This is a photo of me when I was young. Are you interested in this photo?”
I was wondering when I heard Granny Feng's creepy voice from behind me! I turned around in fear and found that Granny Feng had been standing behind me without anyone noticing, looking at me with a weird smile on her face.
Granny Feng has demonstrated her elusive steps more than once. Fortunately, it is daytime now. If it were night, I would probably have been scared by Granny Feng and screamed on the spot.
"Grandma Feng, you have children, right? Why do you live alone?" I looked at Grandma Feng with lingering fear and couldn't help asking, because I was wondering, could Wang Tao be Grandma Feng's son? Because judging by his age, it seems very likely.
Granny Feng slowly walked to the front of the photo. She made no sound when she walked. She stared at the photo for a long time with complicated eyes and said, "Yes, I do have a pair of children. My husband died early and my children all have their own careers to take care of. It's actually better for me to live alone. I'm annoying when I get older. It's better to live in peace and quiet."
Although Granny Feng said this, I could feel that she was clearly insincere. If her children were truly filial, they would not let her live in such a harsh environment.
"Granny Feng, is Wang Tao, who also lives on the sixth floor, your son?"
For some reason, when I said this, a hint of panic clearly flashed across Grandma Feng's eyes. Although she concealed it very well, I still keenly caught this detail and thought to myself that there must be something going on between Wang Tao and Grandma Feng!
Granny Feng was silent for a moment before she said, "Xiao Wang is a good kid. Seeing that I was alone, he often came to my house to help with housework. He is not my son, but in my opinion, he is closer to me than my own son."
When Grandma Feng said this, she turned around and continued cooking. I wanted to ask her where the iron basin had gone yesterday, but seeing that she seemed a little sad, I finally held back and didn't say anything.
Just like that, Ding Yang and I watched TV in the living room for a while, and then Grandma Feng finished preparing the meal. Ding Yang and I hurried forward to help serve the dishes. Upon closer inspection, we found that Grandma Feng had made four dishes this time. Although they all looked very light, they tasted very good indeed.
After dinner, Ding Yang went to the kitchen to help wash the dishes, and I seized the opportunity and summoned up the courage to ask, "Grandma Feng, do you remember that you and I went to burn paper last night? Where is the iron basin you brought back? Why didn't I see it in the house?"
Hearing what I said, Granny Feng's face immediately turned gloomy and she asked, "Why are you asking this?"
I noticed that Grandma Feng had changed, so I immediately covered it up and said, "It's okay, I'm just curious. The house is so clean, where on earth would the iron basin be placed?"
Unexpectedly, Granny Feng did not skip the topic at all. Instead, she said in a cold voice, "I know what you want to ask. I threw away the basin this morning. If you want to find it, go to the garbage dump. Ji Wen, some things are beyond your and my control. Buddhism emphasizes the cycle of cause and effect, and good and evil will be rewarded. I hope you don't forcibly interrupt cause and effect, and let everything take its course."
Granny Feng's words clearly told me that she knew a lot of things, even knew who the murderer was, but she just didn't want to say it. I was also very anxious, so I ignored Granny Feng's advice and asked, "Granny Feng, do you know something? Can you please tell me? Three people have died now, and maybe soon, there will be a fourth murder. Granny Feng, you can't just stand by and watch them die."
Before I finished speaking, Granny Feng's breathing suddenly became rapid. She stood up from the sofa, shaking with anger, and pointed to the door and said, "Get out! You are not welcome in my house, get out now!"
Granny Feng's attitude took a 180-degree turn, which not only startled me, but also startled Ding Yang who was washing dishes in the kitchen. Ding Yang looked at us and said, "Ji Wen, what's wrong? Did you make Granny Feng angry?"
Granny Feng didn't give Ding Yang a chance to speak. She pointed her finger at him and said, "You get out too! Get out of my house quickly!"
Granny Feng was becoming more and more agitated. It was very dangerous for her to be so angry at such an old age. Although I still had a lot of questions in my mind, I knew that now was not the time to ask them, so I immediately apologized to Granny Feng and then pulled the confused Ding Yang out of Granny Feng's house.
After walking out of the room, Ding Yang finally couldn't help but ask, "What happened? Why did you provoke her? She's already so old."
I felt a little wronged, so I said, "No, I just asked about the iron basin, who knew she would react so strongly."
But before I could finish my words, a cold voice came from behind me: "It seems that I am still a step late. I should have given you advice a long time ago, but who knew that you would still come to provoke her."
Ding Yang and I were both startled and turned around quickly, only to find that Uncle Liu had been standing behind us, staring at us with a look that I had never seen in him before.
Why did this Mr. Liu happen to be here? Could it be that he had been eavesdropping on our conversation
Ding Yang was still terrified and asked, "Uncle Liu, what do you mean by advice?"
Uncle Liu changed his usual kind expression and snorted, "This Sister Feng is actually a psychopath. She often does some inexplicable things. There are only three families left on the entire sixth floor. It's not just because of that group of young people, but also because of Sister Feng. So I still advise you not to pay attention to this person easily."
"Why? Has she done anything before?" I asked with some confusion. This Uncle Liu appeared so coincidentally, and then told us something we didn't know before. I really want to know what Uncle Liu's purpose is.
"Humph! This person is always talking nonsense. Several families who have moved away have secretly told me that Sister Feng often comes out alone in the corridor in the middle of the night, muttering something, as if she is casting a curse. I suspect that the reason why those young people were targeted by ghosts and gods is probably because of the curse spell used by Sister Feng! So I advise you to stay away from her, otherwise you will be the next one to be targeted by the ghost!"
After Uncle Liu finished speaking, he turned around and left down the stairs. Ding Yang and I stood there blankly, carefully thinking about Uncle Liu's words. It seemed to subvert my outlook on life a little bit.
I didn't expect that after only one day here, Uncle Liu and Grandma Feng, who I had always thought were very good, would become so different. What on earth was going on? Could it be that they were hiding something and that was why they did this
Ding Yang stared at the stairs where Uncle Liu left for a long time before he said, "I think the most mysterious one is Uncle Liu. He was clearly eavesdropping on our conversation just now, but he showed an attitude that the truth is hard to hear. Ji Wen, don't think about it, just arrest Uncle Liu and interrogate him thoroughly. I don't believe he won't confess!"
Ding Yang gave me the feeling of a county magistrate in ancient yamen at this moment, which made me speechless. I was just about to analyze my views with him when my cell phone suddenly rang. I opened it and saw that it was a call from Officer Yang.
"I have carefully interrogated the two young men. They did play games in the Internet cafe all night last night. The Internet cafe's surveillance also showed that they did not leave the Internet cafe all night."
Officer Yang always works so quickly. He investigated the situation in the Internet cafe last night thoroughly so quickly. In this way, the suspicions of the two Shamatte people, Green Hair and Da Liu, can be completely ruled out.
Officers Ding Yang and Yang both wanted to arrest Uncle Liu right now and take him back for a thorough interrogation, but I always felt that this was not appropriate. After all, Uncle Liu was just a suspect now, and there was no solid evidence. In the end, we reached an agreement, which was to wait another day. If I didn't have any conclusion before tomorrow morning, then they would arrest him.
The only breakthrough now lies with Grandma Feng, but Grandma Feng is unwilling to talk to us about this matter, so I can only wait. After Grandma Feng's mood is a little better, I will slowly ask her.
I have never been able to get over what Granny Feng said about the "cycle of cause and effect". I always feel that Granny Feng's words seem to be trying to tell me something, but I haven't grasped the most important clue yet. I can only wait until the afternoon to find a chance to discuss it with Granny Feng.
Since Ding Yang and I didn't sleep well last night and it was now time for lunch, we went back to the room to have a good rest. We had to find out some clues tonight no matter what!
However, not long after I fell asleep, I suddenly heard a sound in the corridor, similar to a sound of something iron falling. The sound was very loud and kept echoing in the corridor, waking me up from my sleep!
When I heard the sound, my first reaction was that the sound seemed to come from the iron basin, and the source of the sound came from the direction of the stairs. At that moment, a strong sense of uneasiness surged in my heart, and I hurriedly jumped off the bed and ran towards the stairs!