Before Dalin showed up, Shufen told everyone that Dalin would come back the next day. As a result, Dalin really came back the next day. Now Shufen said that a woman named Xiaofang who disappeared with her that year would also come back. She is obviously trying to stir up trouble!
Without waiting for the thin police officer to speak, I immediately said, "You are Shufen's husband, right? We are from the special case team. I have something to ask you now. Can you talk to me alone?"
Sometimes the more people there are, the calmer the liar will be, and the less likely you are to notice the flaws that they can't help but reveal when they lie, so I decided to talk to Shufen's husband alone. Although this person seems to have nothing to do with this "reincarnation" case on the surface, he is actually one of the core figures.
When Shufen's husband heard what I said, he seemed a little unconvinced, and the thin policeman hurriedly repeated my words. Only then did Shufen's husband completely believe it. After a little hesitation, he went alone with me to an empty yard.
After entering the courtyard, I did not ask the question I wanted to ask directly, but said, "You have been away from here for three years. Can you still remember some of the things that happened before?"
"Of course. I have lived in Kaimen Village since I was a child. There are not many people here. Every household knows each other. I often go to other villagers' homes to play. There is no place in the whole village that I am not familiar with. Young police officer, do you want me to take you around?"
I smiled and said, "Let's do it some other time. The environment of this village is really nice. I really want to have a good trip. But by the way, since you are so familiar with this village, do you know the real reason why the entire Kaimen Village moved away three years ago? Is it really because of that female ghost in red?"
As I was saying this, I don't know why, a cold wind suddenly blew in the air for no reason. It blew through the bungalow behind me that had not been lived in for a long time, and made a series of "wailing" sounds, as if someone was crying between heaven and earth.
It was already getting close to dusk, and I was standing in such a haunted place. When I heard the sound, not only Shufen's husband, but even I was startled. Shufen's husband looked around with lingering fear, shrank his neck and whispered: "Don't mention that thing, she hasn't left yet, she is still in this village."
Shufen's husband was so mysterious that I felt guilty. I lowered my voice and whispered, "So, your departure back then was really related to this female ghost in red? Who is this female ghost in red? Why does she look so fierce?"
At this time, Shufen's husband was so frightened that his body began to tremble slightly. Even his voice trembled as he spoke: "You don't understand. These things are the secrets of our village. I will tell you tomorrow. If I tell you now, she will be angry. Who knows what will happen then."
I have decided to pretend that I have believed this matter, and then judge what is going on from what Shufen's husband told me. Seeing that he is so taboo, I naturally cannot ask him, so I can only nod and say: "Okay, then let's not talk about the red-clothed ghost, let's talk about your wife. Don't you think it's strange? How can a good person be "resurrected"? Do you think she is your wife?"
Shufen's husband sighed and said, "To be honest, I didn't believe it at first. I thought it was a woman pretending to be my wife to trick me. But I asked Shufen a lot of things in the past, and she was able to answer them. Even if I don't believe it, there's nothing I can do now. Maybe she was really sealed up temporarily by the red-clothed female ghost, and she found a suitable corpse three years later to 'resurrect'."
I originally thought that Shufen's husband would at least have some doubts, but who knew he was so sure? I immediately asked in confusion, "Are you really so sure? What if this woman pretending to be Shufen actually learned about your past from your real wife? Are you so easily convinced of this?"
"There's nothing I can do if I don't believe it. I thought she might have gotten these things out of my wife, which is why she knows so much about our past. Later, I asked her many more private questions, even about our sexual intercourse back then, and she answered them all fluently. There's no way my wife would tell me about this, no matter how much she asks, right?"
If what Shufen's husband said was true, then the current Shufen was probably really his ex-wife. After all, she could answer questions about sex fluently, which couldn't be the result of forced questioning.
That's strange. This Shufen is clearly a person who died before, so how could she become his real wife? What's going on? Who is lying
Although I have not been in Kaimen Village for a long time, I feel like I have really experienced a true supernatural event. Everything is so hazy and what everyone says seems to be true. I really can't find out who the person is who could lie on such a crucial issue.
I was puzzled, so I asked, "Since you have found your wife, why do you still want to stay here? Have you been living without a fixed place to stay during the three years you have been away?"
Shufen's husband said helplessly: "No, we had some money in the past few years. Since we moved out of Qimen Village, I bought a house somewhere else to live. The reason we stayed here is because Shufen wanted to stay."
"She wants to stay? What for?"
Shufen's husband shook his head and said, "I don't know about that, but since my wife has chosen to stay, I can't leave her to live alone again, right? When she has figured it out after a while, I will take her to live in our current home."
It seems that Shufen’s husband doesn’t know much about this issue, so we have to ask Shufen herself.
After chatting with Shufen's husband for a few more words, we walked out of the gloomy yard, met up with Lin Yingxue and the thin policeman at the door, and then headed towards Shufen's house. After all, the most suspicious people at the moment are Shufen and Dalin who had "resurrected from the dead".
Since the village is not very big, we arrived at Shufen's home not far away. It was obvious that someone lived here. There was a simple stove built with bricks in the yard, and steaming meals were being cooked there. Before I even walked into the yard, I smelled the fragrance of the food and felt a little hungry.
Shufen was busy in front of the stove. When she saw us come in, she asked in confusion, "Honey, who are they?"
"Oh, it's the police who came to investigate this time. They came to ask you some questions."
Hearing this, Shufen was immediately unhappy and pouted, "I have told you my story so many times, and you still keep asking me again and again. May I ask if my experiences over the years have violated the law? You police officers have so many things to deal with. Do you think you will stop only if I die completely?"
When Shufen said this just after I entered the room, I didn't know how to respond. Indeed, she was right. Whether she had "resurrected from the dead" or not, it had nothing to do with our special case team. Although this matter has attracted widespread attention from the society and we must investigate it thoroughly, this is someone else's family affair after all. We have no convincing reason to interfere.
Seeing this, Shufen's husband hurriedly acted as a peacemaker and said, "Well, the police are also carrying out their duties, we just need to cooperate with them. Besides, such a strange thing happened to you, don't you want to know why?"
Shufen was still a little impatient, but after her husband whispered to dissuade her for a long time, she was willing to talk to us. She recounted the story of her disappearance three years ago and her "resurrection" until now. The content of her retelling was exactly the same as what Bai Qi had told me before, so there was no need for me to repeat it again.
After Shufen finished speaking, she snorted coldly and said, "I am now able to come back to life, it is all due to my good fortune in my previous life, okay? Do you police officers have to kill me and take me back to study the body?"
"We naturally don't mean that. It's just that we have never heard of this before, so we plan to come here to study it carefully. After all, it is a task assigned by the higher-ups, and I can't refuse it."
After I said this, Shufen's mood improved a little, and I quickly asked while the iron was hot: "I wonder if you still have any memory of the corpse's previous identity after you 'resurrected' this time?"
Shufen snorted coldly: "No! I am Liu Shufen. As for this body, it still belongs to me. I know nothing about the past!"
I knew she would say that, so I didn't continue asking. Instead, I asked, "Then can you tell me why you found your husband and continued to stay in this remote and desolate Kaimen Village? I asked your husband before, and he said that you insisted on staying here. The Dalin family next door must have chosen to live here because Dalin wanted to stay. What is the real reason why you stayed?"
I don’t know why, but when I asked this question, Shufen, who was originally angry, actually showed a relieved smile on her face, as if she had been waiting for me to ask her this. This subtle change in emotion immediately attracted my attention and suspicion!
"No reason, because the red-clothed female ghost in the village won't let us leave the village!"