Chapter 0512 The doll inside the house
”The construction of the neighborhood was halted halfway through, the lines are not even finished, it’s impossible to send electricity, what on earth is the light inside the building emanating from?”
Four buildings towered in the center of the district, the light that vaguely came out of the buildings was like a slightly open eye, staring unsuspectingly at the living people who were close by.
”Chen Ge, don’t stay too far away from us, always stay alert!” Seeing that Chen Ge did not come over, Li Zheng turned around and shouted.
”Understood.” Chen Ge knew that Li Zheng was worried about himself and walked quickly to his side: “I just feel a little strange, there is no electricity in the building, why are the individual rooms emitting bright lights?”
”There are many reasons, I guess, it could be the moonlight reflecting off the windows, or it could be the homeless people who have taken the building as their home, whatever the reason, one must be careful when entering a building like this that has been unused for many years.” Li Zheng seemed to have had some bad memories, “Abandoned warehouses, factories, and buildings located on the outskirts of the city can easily become hiding places for outlaws, and there are also some crazy people who are keen on trying out all sorts of mystical rituals, and the more desolate the place is, the more they like it. In a case I was in charge of before, the murderer stole corpses from a hospital and fantasized about summoning mythological ghosts and monsters, and in the end we were the ones who captured him in a smelly sewer in the suburbs.”
”Summoning ghosts and goblins in a sewer? Did he consider the feelings of the ghosts and monsters in doing so?”
Chen Ge’s answer made Li Zheng, who had wanted to say something, suddenly not know how to go on, “Your line of thought is really elusive sometimes, forget it, I’m not going to bullshit you that much, just know that it’s very dangerous in here.”
Ming Yang neighborhood is very large, four buildings that have not been constructed loom in front of the eyes, as if four tombstones with names written all over them.
As the night wind blew, the grass shook and the branches rustled, standing downstairs and looking upwards would give people a very uncomfortable feeling, as if these four buildings would collapse at any time, burying everything in the neighborhood.
”Why don’t we go to the place where the bright light is emitting first?” Li Zheng proposed, “The nearest bright light to us is at the left corner of the second floor of Building One, so if it’s on the way, I suggest that we go there first to see what that bright light actually is.”
”By the way, room 104 is on the 10th floor, before we go upstairs, we can check out all the rooms along the way, we might be able to find any useful clues.” Tian Lei knew the Mingyang neighborhood well, he had been in charge of the neighborhood’s owners.
”Room 104 is on the tenth floor? How did they rank this room number?”
”The first two digits are the floor, the third digit is the room number on the same floor, and 104 represents the fourth room on the tenth floor.” Tian Lei explained to Chen Ge.
”But there are a total of four buildings here, so doesn’t that mean there are a total of four 104 rooms?”
”The four rooms on the tenth floor of the first building are numbered one through four, and the tenth floor of the second building is numbered five through eight, so there is no such thing as what you’re talking about.”
”The room numbers in the different buildings are all connected?” Chen Ge was simply curious, but what Tian Lei said gave him some ideas, “Why did the designers of the neighborhood design it this way?”
”It’s said to be the request of the investor, they were also going to build a corridor bridge at a high altitude to connect the four buildings into a whole, making the Mingyang neighborhood a landmark building in Jiujiang, but unfortunately, before it was built several investors had accidents one after another.”
”You two keep your voices down, prepare to enter the building.” Yan team took the police flashlight and was the first to enter the middle of the darkened building.
”Making the four buildings into a whole?” Chen Ge memorized this sentence in his heart, those few investors died for no apparent reason, the whole thing must have another hidden agenda.
After entering the building, he could clearly feel that the temperature had dropped a lot, and the air was so cold that every time he breathed in, it was as if someone had blown a breath of cool air on the tip of his heart.
There are many rivers that cross from the eastern suburbs of Jiujiang, this place is relatively humid compared to the rest of Jiujiang, the corners of the walls are covered with moss and mold, and the wallpaper is wrinkled and crumpled, and can be easily torn off a large piece with a finger scratch.
”The bright light seen outside is coming from this house.” Several people came to the left corner of the second floor and looked at one of the rooms.
”Li Zheng, go in and take a look, Tian Lei take care of the reception.”
”Good.”
”Roger.”
None of the three police officers were carrying their sidearms or batons, so they appeared to be very cautious.
Li Zheng entered the room with a flashlight held in one hand, there were some strange and bizarre patterns painted on the walls, and all sorts of garbage was thrown on the floor, the presence of these things indicated that someone had lived in this room for a long time.
”Shu Shui Yunye my write out a soft sound, a wine bottle was knocked over.
”Come out! I am the head of the city precinct’s Criminal Investigation Unit 1 – Li Zheng! Please come out of the room immediately and cooperate with the investigation!” Li Zheng shone his flashlight into that room, and after a long time, a ragged homeless man walked out.
He appeared to be around sixty years old, with his hair and beard growing together, wearing a torn sweater inside and a coat full of rotten mouths outside.
Even dressed like that, he still seemed to feel cold, wearing an off-the-wire hat and a pair of gloves with exposed fingers.
”Name, age, and why are you here?” Perhaps it was Li Zheng’s uniform that did the trick, the homeless man did not resist and acted honestly.
”My surname is Zheng, I don’t remember my name, I’m the seventh oldest in my family.” Seemingly because he rarely talked to people, the homeless man spoke slowly: “I just want to find a place to get out of the rain, this building is empty anyway, if you don’t let me live, I’ll leave right away.”
”Li Zheng, put the flashlight down.” Yan team walked into the house and stared at the man for a while, “It’s so hot, you’re wrapped in so many clothes, is it hard?”
”Not uncomfortable, I’m cold.” From the homeless man’s answer just now, he was thinking clearly and should not have mental problems, but he was wearing too much thicker than a normal person, as if he had already entered winter a few months earlier.
”Cold?” Yan team swept a glance towards the bedroom where the homeless man walked out, “Stand against the wall, we won’t hurt you, but for safety reasons, I advise you not to live alone in this place, Jiujiang has a specialized aid station, you can go there to seek help if you have difficulties.”
After Yan team finished speaking, he took a step forward, and the homeless man instantly tensed up.
”Are you afraid?” Team Yan’s gaze moved away from the homeless man’s face and fiercely accelerated into the middle of the bedroom next to him.
”Don’t go over there!” It was too late for the homeless man to stop him as Li Zheng and Tian Lei stopped him, “Don’t go in! You’ll die!”
”Be quiet!”
The vagrant yelled and screamed, his face full of panic, but he was incapable of stopping Team Yan and Chen Ge.
The bedroom was small, emitting an unpleasant stench, and there were some broken doll toys piled up in the middle of the house.
”I didn’t kill them, I just accidentally saw them, I didn’t kill anyone.” As if the vagrant had suddenly gone mad, he began to struggle desperately, “I didn’t kill anyone! It wasn’t me!”
”These are all mannequin toys, of course we know you didn’t kill anyone, be honest.” Tian Lei pressed the homeless man against the wall, and when he turned his head to look at the pile of broken dolls, he also sucked in a breath of cold air.