The man was stunned for a moment, then replied, "It's on the commercial street across the street. There's a doll shop. The owner kept saying that he heard the toys giggling, but the clerks didn't hear it. Later, they were so scared that they closed the shop and went home."
Xu Dongyou is now basically certain that this doll shop is the one he saw in the task bar of the psychic watch before.
A month has passed, and it should have been handled by someone.
Xu Dongyou thought about it and asked the man, "What happened next?"
The man sighed and said, "The boss went home for half a month, and she recovered, and then she came back to open the store. I didn't expect her to say that she heard dolls giggling, and one of the dolls even moved. She said it with a lot of details, and I don't know whether it's true or not. It's creepy."
Xu Dongyou listened carefully, but based on the clues he had obtained so far, he was unable to confirm what was causing the trouble.
Not knowing much about it, Xu Dongyou went to the commercial street and quickly found a doll shop, because this shop has an excellent location, being in the most central location of the commercial street, and has a very good flow of people.
But the store was closed at the moment, there was no one there, and the window was covered by thick curtains, so one couldn't see inside.
Xu Dongyou went directly to the store next door. This store sold various daily necessities and even cosmetics. There were a lot of people coming in, but most of them were young girls and students.
Xu Dongyou went straight to the cashier and asked the clerk about the owner of the doll shop next door. The cashier roughly told him what he knew.
It was similar to what Xu Dongyou had known before. The boss was so scared when he heard the doll giggling for the first time that he temporarily closed the shop and went home to rest. After he finally recovered, he continued to run the shop, but he didn't expect that things would be even more terrifying.
The dolls in the doll shop actually moved, but just like before, other store employees said they didn't see it, and even the video in the store showed that the dolls didn't move at all.
The shop assistants were a little scared.
First, I suspected that it might be really weird. Second, I also suspected that the boss might have mental problems, which caused him to always have hallucinations.
No matter what the reason was, she was very scared and resigned immediately. Another clerk felt that she and the boss were the only ones left, which made her even more scared, so she also resigned.
The boss's mental state began to deteriorate, and he had no choice but to temporarily close the store and go home out of suspicion. Some people said that the boss might be planning to sell the store.
However, many people don’t know whether the strange things about the doll shop are true or not. Even though the shop is located in the most prosperous area, there are still many people watching.
After inquiring about this, Xu Dongyou found another task from his psychic watch, which showed that no one had accepted it yet.
Xu Dongyou directly clicked on the task and chose to accept it. Soon the captain and Tian Ze knew about it.
Tian Ze sent a message.
Tian Ze (Team Leader of Level 4, Team 8): I remember the mission. When the boss called the police, nearly a week had passed. Generally speaking, no matter it is a supernatural event or evil spirit, there will definitely be a gradual series of terrifying events during these seven days. But in the doll shop incident, there was no change. The only thing was that the owner said he saw laughter.
Xu Dongyou also replied to Tian Ze immediately.
Lidong (Team 8): Captain, after half a month, the owner not only saw the doll smile, but also saw it move.
This means that either the owner really has mental problems, which makes the hallucinations more serious.
Or it could mean... a sinister event.
The store owner may have suffered a mental breakdown and never called the police again, so the bureau will not update the status of this task.
Tian Ze immediately sat up straight and asked Xu Dongyou if he needed help.
Xu Dongyou thought about it and agreed.
He was not the kind of person who liked to be a hero alone. After all, this was a supernatural incident, and it was different from the previous incident of a strange fish attacking the ship. In addition, the captain was experienced, so it would be better if more people helped.
Tian Ze did not call other people over. After all, he was not sure whether it was an evil incident or not. What's more, two people were enough to handle the matter.
The mission showed the store owner's temporary address and phone number. Xu Dongyou waited at the store owner's door for a while. When Tian Ze came over, he immediately waved and said, "Captain, come over here."
Tian Ze walked over quickly, took out his special police officer ID from his pocket and handed it to Xu Dongyou, "I forgot to give this to you."
Xu Dongyou opened it and took a look. He saw his photo and code name on it, with an official seal on the back.
"Thank you, Captain." Xu Dongyou put away the certificate and kept it carefully. He might be able to use it in future missions.
****
Lin Jingyun hid at home, wrapped in a thick quilt. Although summer was almost approaching, there was still no air conditioning in the house.
She didn't dare to open it. Any slight movement in the house would make her jump up in fright as if she was seeing a snake in the cup.
Long-term mental stress and lack of sleep soon made her mentally weak. Even if she finally fell asleep after lying down, she would soon be awakened by the sound of the wind outside the window and fall into fear again.
All of this happened today because of that doll shop three years ago.
Three years ago, she decided to quit her job and start her own business. She wanted to open a store, which had always been her dream. In addition, her parents ran a toy factory, and she herself was a design major, so she could design the dolls herself, and then ask the family factory to help make them, and finally sell them in the store.
She also sells her original dolls wholesale to other toy store owners, which also brings income to her family's factory, thus achieving the best of both worlds.
For example, the teddy bear we designed before sold very well and was very popular in many cities. Children and little girls loved it very much. We also spawned teddy bear-themed backpacks, water cups, etc.
Her parents are proud of her, she is able to realize her dreams, and everything is going well.
Not long after that, she began to use all the money she earned to buy a store in a commercial street, although it had just been built and there were not many tourists.
But she had a vague feeling that this place might become a place with high traffic in the future, so she chose the best location. Unexpectedly, in less than a year, the commercial street became more and more popular, and the flow of people also increased.
However, all the good things were broken a month ago.
She first heard the sound of toys giggling, and she thought someone had accidentally turned on a voice-controlled doll, but when she went to the voice-controlled doll area, there was no one there!
So where does the doll's voice come from
She didn't feel scared at that time, but was just confused, wondering if there was something wrong with a toy. Less than a few hours later, she heard the giggling sound of the toy again.
But there were few customers in the store at that time and the staff were all busy. She asked the staff who happened to be in the sound control area if he could determine where the sound came from.
Who knows the clerk looked confused, "Boss, what sound are you referring to?"
No one knew how she felt at that time. It was as if the blood in her body froze instantly and her brain was almost blank. She turned to look at the other employees and said in a sharp voice: "Didn't you hear the toys laughing?"
“Chuckle, chuckle—”
The voice of the doll was heard again in the silent store.
She stood up suddenly, her face showing fear: "Didn't you hear that laughter just now? It happened again."
The other shop assistants also felt goosebumps for unknown reasons, but in fact they really didn't hear it.
It might also be because it was daytime, and there were guests coming in from time to time, Lin Jingyun calmed down quickly, but her mind was still tense. Not long after, she heard that laughter again, but like the previous times, no one else heard the laughter except her.
In desperation, she began to wonder if she was under too much pressure and had auditory hallucinations. However, on the second and third days, she always heard the voice, and found that the voice sounded every four hours.
She tried to record the audio with her phone, and when she played it back, she could still hear the giggling coming from the phone.
It all seemed to indicate that she was not hallucinating at all, that voice was real!!!
In fear, Lin Jingyun quickly played the sound for other store employees, but strangely, the store employees all said they didn't hear it and their phones remained silent.
Lin Jingyun was scared and quickly called the police, but no matter how many times the police listened to the recording, they said they didn't hear anything. The shop assistants thought that it was because the owner had been too busy these days and was under too much pressure.
She simply closed the shop and went home to have a good rest.
Sure enough, that time, the strange laughter did not appear again. She thought that everything was probably caused by her excessive stress, so she simply took a good rest for a month before returning to the store.
But unexpectedly, the laughter appeared again. The most terrifying thing was that she also saw a toy running past from the corner, but when she ran over to take a look, she found nothing.
The cabinets and shelves were filled with all kinds of toys, all motionless, smiling without blinking.
She suppressed her panic and stayed in the store until the end of her shift, and found that just like before, after the laughter ended, a shadow of a toy would always suddenly jump out from the corner.
Another four hours.
Lin Jingyun used her mobile phone to record the video as she did last time, and indeed she captured the image of the teddy bear flashing by, but because it happened so quickly, it was almost an afterimage.
Fortunately, she was able to slow down and see the general appearance of the toy. It was a teddy bear wearing a little red dress and its eyes were blood red.
In the slowed-down video, you can see that the teddy bear is crawling on all fours like a human, and suddenly turns its head halfway, looking at the camera with blood-red eyes and a weird smile.
It was as if he discovered that Lin Jingyun was being secretly filmed.
Lin Jingyun screamed in fright and her cell phone was thrown out. The other shop assistants were also startled and went over to ask the owner what happened.
Lin Jingyun pointed at the phone with shaking fingers, unable to utter a word, and covered in cold sweat.
One of the shop assistants picked up the phone, but could only see a paused video on it. He tried to open it, but was even more confused.
Lin Jingyun found her voice again and asked, "Did you see the teddy bear in the video?"
The shop assistants shook their heads one after another and began to persuade the manager to have a good rest.
Lin Jingyun's heart sank. She took out her phone and took another look. The fleeting figure of the teddy bear didn't seem like an illusion at all.
She had a vague feeling that she was either hallucinating or something strange was staring at her.
But this thing is only visible to me.
She suppressed her fear and continued to stay in the store. For several days in a row, she took videos of the strange laughter and the teddy bear and saved them all.
Lin Jingyun's strange behavior also made the store clerks feel a little scared, and they resigned one after another.
Lin Jingyun no longer cared about the shop assistants at this moment. She closed the shop and returned home, hiding herself in the bed where she felt was the safest.
She even stopped calling the police, thinking that if she just stayed at home she wouldn't have to face everything anymore.
***
On the other side, Xu Dongyou and Tian Ze immediately ran straight to the apartment building where the owner of the doll shop lived, went straight to the third floor, and knocked on the door.
After several minutes, footsteps approached and a hoarse voice came from inside, "Who are you?"
Tian Ze immediately took out his ID and said to the cat's eye: "I'm a special police officer, specializing in special cases. I came to ask you about the doll shop."
Perhaps it was because Tian Ze looked too fierce. Even though he had a police ID that didn't look fake at all, the words "special police officer" sounded very much like a fake name. After a few seconds of silence, the other party said, "I don't know what you are talking about. Please leave, or I will call the police."
Tian Ze frowned, making his already fierce face look even more impatient. "We are the police. Didn't you call the police some time ago?"
Xu Dongyou quickly stopped Tian Ze, and also took out his ID, took off his hood to show his face, and smiled cordially, "Hello, we are really special police, specializing in handling abnormal cases, please trust us once, Ms. Lin."
"She won't believe it, so let her call the police." Tian Ze has handled this kind of task many times and basically understands that these people are very vigilant, unless there are real police following them.
But unexpectedly, as Tian Ze had just finished speaking, the door opened, leaving a small gap, and then a pale and frightened face appeared, with dark circles under his eyes, showing that he had not had a good sleep for a long time.
Lin Jingyun was still alert, but her tone was much softer. "Why do you suddenly want to investigate this?"
Xu Dongyou smiled and tried to slow down his tone. "It's like this. We specialize in handling all kinds of abnormal cases. Ms. Lin, your case seems a little unusual to me, so I wanted to come over and ask you again."
Tian Ze is still in doubt about his life.
No, why on earth would the other party not open the door when I showed him my special police ID, but when that kid said the same lines as me, the other party opened the door directly, and it seemed like he actually believed it
Tian Ze couldn't hold back his inner doubts, so he asked Ms. Lin about it. Lin Jingyun was stunned for a moment, then replied, "Because he's good-looking."
How could a boy like this, who is even more beautiful than a star, be a liar
Tian Ze inexplicably felt as if his heart was stabbed several times. He choked for several seconds and said earnestly, "There are also good-looking scammers."
Lin Jingyun looked like she knew what he meant, "But he's better looking."
Tian Ze: “…”
Okay.
Xu Dongyou felt a little embarrassed and quickly brought the topic back to where they were. "Ms. Lin, I wonder if it would be convenient for you to cooperate with us in doing an interview and investigation. You can choose a teahouse or a coffee shop."
He was worried that Ms. Lin would mind two men entering the house, so he simply suggested going outside.
Lin Jingyun shook her head and stepped aside. "It's okay, come in. I won't be scared if I stay at home."
Xu Dongyou was stunned, a little confused.