Chapter 17 Fishing
Finally, Liu Haoyu followed Deng Xiaolin’s choice.
No matter what, as long as it looked good.
After selecting the items and paying the bill, by the time Liu Haoyu walked out of the store, the sun was about to set.
To finish buying these items and send the motorcycle for repairs, the whole day was spent in the city.
However, the motorcycle had not been repaired after being sent to the repair shop, so Liu Haoyu had to rent a motorcycle to use.
“Hao-ge, Hao-ge,” Deng Xiaolin looked at Liu Haoyu with expectant eyes and asked, “Have you been catching ghosts or anything recently?”
Deng Xiaolin was very interested in catching and exorcising ghosts. She also knew Liu Haoyu’s true profession, so she would corner Liu Haoyu and ask him nonstop every few days.
However, because of Old Deng, Liu Haoyu could only tell her about it verbally, like telling stories, and never actually took her to the scene.
Not only did Old Deng not want her to go along, but he himself also did not want Deng Xiaolin to come with him.
Catching and exorcising ghosts was too perilous.
Innumerable people had died at the hands of ghosts, which was also why Old Deng had been advising him not to continue in this line of work.
But if he were to abandon the legacy inherited from his father like this.
Liu Haoyu naturally felt uneasy.
What’s more, he had a talent for this business.
“Hao-ge? Why are you just spacing out?”
Perhaps thinking too much, he had been ignoring Deng Xiaolin. This youthful and beautiful girl immediately said with a hint of dissatisfaction.
“Isn’t it good for me to accompany you?”
“It’s not about whether it’s good or not,” Liu Haoyu said in a threatening tone, “You need to be a little vigilant. In the wilderness, with a man and a woman alone, if I wanted to do anything improper to you, wouldn’t you be in great danger?”
Facing Liu Haoyu’s threat, Deng Xiaolin’s small face turned red, and she mumbled.
“If… if you want to, then do it.”
“What?”
Because Deng Xiaolin’s voice was very soft, Liu Haoyu couldn’t hear it. When he wanted to ask for clarification.
This young girl quickly walked ahead of Liu Haoyu.
“It’s nothing! If you don’t want to take me, then forget it!”
After saying that, she quickened her pace and returned to the dormitory in a short while.
As soon as she returned to the dormitory, Deng Xiaolin threw herself onto the bed, hugged her pillow, and looked very displeased.
“So what if I come with you…”
Deng Xiaolin’s obsession with supernatural events was well known. Her roommates heard her muttering and said.
“Xiaolin, are you looking for ghosts and monsters again?”
“No…” Deng Xiaolin said indignantly, puffing out her cheeks, “I wanted Hao-ge to take me to see the world, but he refused.”
“What’s the big deal?” Deng Xiaolin’s roommate’s spirit was instantly lifted, “We can just go by ourselves!”
“But I don’t know where there are any supernatural events.”
“You don’t know?”
The roommate looked a bit surprised.
“A few days ago, there was a car accident on the road by the reservoir. The driver has been muttering ‘ghost, ghost, ghost’ all along, it’s really scary.”
“Oh?” Deng Xiaolin’s interest was immediately piqued. As she leaned forward, she said, “Tell me more!”
Seeing Deng Xiaolin’s eyes gleam, her roommate began to tell what she had heard bit by bit.
After a full few minutes, Deng Xiaolin could no longer suppress her curiosity and said.
“Then how about we go take a look together?”
“Uh…” The roommate’s expression was a little awkward. She waved her hand and said, “I don’t think I will. Besides, that place is quite dangerous. Xiaolin, just listen, don’t go.”
“Of course I know…”
Deng Xiaolin said so, but her mind had already wandered.
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On the other side, Liu Haoyu rented a motorcycle and, before the sun completely set, drove towards the reservoir.
Perhaps because of the recent rumors of hauntings at the reservoir, there were no fishermen here at all.
Liu Haoyu wasn’t here to fish.
He had to find the remains at the bottom of the water.
Arriving at the bank, Liu Haoyu hung a talisman on the fishing hook and cast it far away.
After the float landed on the water, it did not remain still but began to drift around.
It was as if it was searching for something underwater.
Finally, when the float stopped, Liu Haoyu felt a heavy tug, as if he had hooked something.
“This should be it.”
Liu Haoyu exerted force, and as the line was pulled up, a spherical object was thrown beside him.
Upon closer inspection, it was a human head.
Because it had been submerged in water for a long time, this human head was extremely swollen, and it was covered with marks of being gnawed by fish and shrimp, no longer resembling a human.
Judging from the remaining long hair, this should be the remains of that female ghost.
Liu Haoyu put on gloves and squatted down. Before he could examine it closely, he smelled an unbearable stench.
The eyes of this head had disappeared, and the two dark eye sockets seemed to be staring at Liu Haoyu.
Perhaps it was river water, perhaps it was corpse water, that was constantly flowing from these eye sockets, like two lines of bloody tears.
While staring, a distant and terrifying voice echoed continuously in Liu Haoyu’s ear.
“Kill them…”
“Kill them…”
The sound seemed to come and go, but it could directly pierce the soul. Fortunately, Liu Haoyu had a strong heart. He motioned for the fierce ghost to be quiet, picked up a few strands of hair that had fallen into the water, and then said.
“Wait a moment, let me call the police first.”
Although there were many supernatural events in this world, it was always right to call the police when in trouble.
Moreover, Liu Haoyu had already roughly identified the three suspects in his heart.
At that time, in the warehouse, even though he couldn’t see their faces clearly, Liu Haoyu had still identified a few people through their clothing and height.
After a careful investigation today, it was confirmed that these three were indeed idle people who often fished at the reservoir.
Judging from the photos, these three people looked kind and seemed like simple and honest individuals.
But who would have thought…
This was why Liu Haoyu had to sigh that human hearts were far more terrifying than ghosts.
Liu Haoyu called the police, and soon, two police cars with sirens wailing arrived at the roadside by the reservoir.
Nearly ten police officers came to Liu Haoyu’s side.
And among them, there was even an old acquaintance.
“Hello, Officer Li Rongjun.”
“You?”
Officer Li Rongjun looked at Liu Haoyu and asked with a bit of surprise.
“What are you doing here so late at night?”
“Fishing,” Liu Haoyu pointed to the fishing rod in his hand and said, “What else could I be doing here?”
Li Rongjun was speechless after hearing Liu Haoyu’s words. He said.
“Fishing? Where are the fish…”
Before Li Rongjun could finish speaking, he noticed the human head lying quietly at Liu Haoyu’s feet, and was immediately scared out of his wits.
“Oh my god! What did you catch?”
