The building structure of this old-fashioned community is neat and cramped. When you come in from the iron gate on the first floor, there are stairs on the right. There is a walkway in front of the stairs. The walkway is adjacent to the kitchens of the two families in the middle. There are windows on the wall and exhaust fans. on this wall. As soon as it was time for dinner, the corridor smelled of oily smoke.
On the way up, I could still smell the smell of oil smoke and mixed vegetables, but now there is no smell. Moreover, I no longer hear the voices of the people downstairs, even the thin man and the fat man have no voice.
This is a bit weird.
I held the door handle and didn't turn my head back for a long time. I don't know how much time passed when I suddenly heard a noise from below.
"Thank you, I'm sorry to bother you."
That's the fat man's voice.
I breathed a sigh of relief.
It was probably two people who entered someone's home just now.
I turned my head and looked at the room in front of me.
The afterglow of the setting sun was particularly dim in the room, like a layer of dark red blood. There is a living room as you enter, and an office on the right. The filing cabinet is in the corner of the room. Looking from the door, you have to look carefully to notice the ordinary filing cabinet. But I still saw it right away when I opened the door. I don't know if it was because I was deeply impressed the last time I came here, or maybe it was just some kind of mistake as I guessed.
I took out my phone and turned on the flashlight. The bright light illuminated the blood in the room, and it returned to normal.
The last time I came here, I only looked at the filing cabinets. The other places were searched by the thin man and the police. This time when I came in, I was not in a hurry and opened the window first.
The windows were locked and seemed to be rusty. It took a lot of effort to open one of the windows. The hot wind blew in from outside, which dissipated a little bit of the cold feeling.
I patted the rust on my hands and looked at the reception room.
In the center are two sets of leather sofas facing each other, surrounding a glass coffee table. The original brown-black color of the sofa turned into a gray and fuzzy color due to dust.
Fang Guoying and Yu Meng were sitting on the sofa here, talking about their horrific experiences, right
The flashlight swept across the room, and I saw the dead potted plant in the corner.
This place gives people an uncomfortable feeling. It must be because it has been abandoned for too long, right
With this thought in mind, I entered the office next door.
There are four desks in the office, only one has a computer. I opened the drawers, and they were all empty. When I reached the table with the computer, I saw a few pens and notepads left behind by the owner in the drawer. Other than that, there was no other room.
I turned to look to my side.
The filing cabinet stood there quietly, but it always appeared in my peripheral vision, showing its presence.
I deliberately didn't look at the filing cabinet, so I walked inside and saw a dormitory with five beds, which happened to be the total number of members of Qingye Supernatural Agency that I knew. Just like the desk outside, there was only one room for the five beds. The bedding was removed, the bed curtains were hung, and the remaining four beds were empty. There were only a few men's clothes in the closet next to him. Judging by the size and style of the clothes, he was a young man about 1.9 meters tall. There were only one person's toothbrush and towels in the bathroom, which were of ordinary style. In the kitchen, there were various kitchen utensils, There are tableware, but there are no ingredients or seasonings, and the refrigerator is empty.
These things made me a little uneasy, and then I thought, maybe there is only one person living here? For example, only the "boss" lives here, everyone else has their own homes and commute to get off work every day. There is a woman among them. Four men and one woman can't sleep in one room, right? The things in the kitchen are easy to explain. In a small office, we can just find an hourly worker to cook for lunch. Just no food at all…
As I was thinking about it, I opened the next door. Behind the door was a corridor. There were rooms on both sides and at the end of the corridor. The rooms on both sides were full, and there were a lot of cardboard boxes stacked up. Some of them had been opened, and some were still attached. Sealing tape.
I opened the nearest cardboard box, and it actually contained a computer. I looked at the other boxes I opened, and it was the same. There were many sets of main cases, monitors, mice, keyboards, far more than the "four" ones. quantity.
Looking at the room on the other side, there were also several boxes stacked up, but only one was opened, which was also a computer.
This is not a computer seller, nor is it a computer company. How come there are so many computers
Just as this thought flashed through my mind, I suddenly looked at the unopened box next to me.
Putting the phone aside, I opened the carton with my key, and the choking smell of smoke flew out. I fanned my hands subconsciously, and a pile of ashes flew out, like a goddess scattering flowers. I hurriedly took two steps away and waited until the noise there subsided. Then I covered my mouth and nose and moved closer. I took a photo of the inside of the box with my phone.
The box was full of ashes, like the pile of ashes left by burning paper money during the Qingming Festival. I twisted up a small piece of paper that had not been burned cleanly, and saw a blurry word on it. That doesn't seem to be a word, but a kind of ghost drawing.
An idea flashed in my mind, and I thought of the amulet given to Fang Guoying by Qingye's people in the incident with the ghost in the water.
Is it...that thing
But why are they all burned
Spontaneous combustion…
As soon as I let go of my hand, the piece of paper fell into the box.
The cold feeling that had just disappeared appeared again.
"Brother Qi!"
I was so excited that I almost dropped my phone. Without thinking much, I walked out of the room quickly, and finally started running for some reason. When I got to the door, I saw the thin man and the fat man.
"Why are you here?" I asked.
"What's wrong with you?" The thin man was startled, "Why are you breathing so hard?"
I was startled, and then I realized that my breathing had become heavier at some point.
"Brother Qi, are you okay?" Fatty asked with concern.
"It doesn't matter." I wiped my forehead and felt cold sweat on my hands.
"There really is a problem here, right?" The thin man said, "I knew it would be like this" on his face, "Let's leave quickly."
"Have you checked it yet?" I asked.
"I asked about it on the fifth floor. I was worried that something might happen to you, so I came up to take a look." The fat man replied.
"Oh, then..." As soon as I started speaking, I looked back.
The filing cabinet stood there quietly.
"What's wrong, Brother Qi? Did you hear something?" the thin man asked nervously.
"No, I just want to say that I haven't looked at the file yet. Your building has been checked, so give me a call." I said to the thin man.
The thin man gave a thumbs up, "Man! Pure man!"
I smiled, but the hand holding the phone was so hard that veins popped out.
man? no. It's just... I just said it naturally.
"Then if anything happens, please call us." Fatty said.
"Don't worry." I nodded.
The two went downstairs, and I saw their heads disappear into the stairwell, and then I slowly turned around and walked to the filing cabinet, opened the door, and looked for it.
My previous guess was good. In addition to being arranged by time and number, the files here are also classified into "resolved" and "unresolved". I randomly picked out a few last time and they were all "unsolved". This time I searched and selected the events they successfully solved.
The thin man asked me to find the last incident they handled. It turns out that we didn't take the "Supernatural Firm" seriously and never thought of starting from this aspect. Now that I realize that this firm really has some skills, I started searching carefully.
Wow!