Chapter Seventy-Six Pain and Helplessness
Wang Wenqi’s words made Liu Haoyu’s face turn completely dark.
He stood on tiptoe and finally saw what was going on inside the cordon.
A white cloth was covering a raised area on a pebble floor, and a woman was kneeling on the ground, crying her eyes out.
She was the same woman who had cursed Liu Haoyu on the rooftop earlier.
Standing beside her was a man in a white-collar shirt. The man’s expression was very grim, and he was arguing with the woman about something.
But for Liu Haoyu, none of these things were important.
Wang Wenqi came to Liu Haoyu’s side and said regretfully,
“What a good girl she was, and now she’s gone.”
“But how did you know something would happen to her?”
Liu Haoyu did not answer Wang Wenqi’s question but quietly left the crowd.
He lit a cigarette, his heart filled with bitterness.
Behind Liu Haoyu, Qin Liu’s figure slowly emerged.
She looked at Liu Haoyu, who was sitting on the steps, and didn’t know how to comfort him for a moment.
Like Liu Haoyu, she was also feeling down.
Someone they could have saved was gone not long after.
This kind of blow would be very heavy for anyone.
Not knowing how to comfort him, Qin Liu chose to sit silently beside Liu Haoyu.
Man and ghost sat very close to each other.
Liu Haoyu put down the cigarette in his hand and looked sideways at Qin Liu.
Sensing his gaze, the latter spoke,
“You did very well.”
Qin Liu’s face was also full of worry, but she put on a brave face and comforted him,
“In this situation, even immortals wouldn’t be able to do anything.”
Liu Haoyu extinguished the half-smoked cigarette in his hand and stood up.
“Among us ghost exorcists, this situation is called ‘fate is hard to defy’…”
“There’s no time to grieve here, there are more important things to do now.”
With that, Liu Haoyu walked towards Wang Wenqi.
The police quickly dispersed the onlookers, and after everything settled down, Wang Wenqi said with a bitter smile,
“People only know how to cherish what they’ve lost. Now that the person is gone, what’s the use of crying and arguing?”
The more than twenty police officers present were also feeling regretful.
They were all from the Special Task Force of various districts, and they had encountered such a situation as soon as they arrived.
It was indeed very depressing.
“I forgot to introduce you,” Wang Wenqi forced a smile and said to the other police officers, “This young brother next to me is Liu Haoyu, also a ghost exorcist, and a very strong one. The brothers from Beiming district should know his background.”
Upon hearing Wang Wenqi’s words, several police officers from Beiming City were greatly surprised and said in unison,
“Liu Haoyu? Isn’t he the one who scared the murderer into insanity?”
“…”
Wang Wenqi, who was originally proud and smug, turned pale when he heard this.
“Little Liu… your reputation really precedes you.”
“You flatter me, you flatter me.”
“I’m not flattering you!”
After a brief introduction, Wang Wenqi spoke.
“The rusted iron door stained red is of unknown origin and is very powerful. We’ve gathered you all today to take it down in one fell swoop while it’s severely injured.”
“Although we’ve encountered something heartbreaking, please adjust your mood and prepare for your assigned duties.”
Under Wang Wenqi’s call, the Special Task Force began to divide their tasks.
After they dispersed, Wang Wenqi said to Liu Haoyu,
“Not only is the Red Gate powerful, but its escape methods are also very effective. Therefore, in this operation, people from other districts are mainly responsible for maintaining the barrier and sealing off the scene, while the main attacking force is responsible for searching the floors to ensure the Red Gate is found.”
“As for you, Little Liu, since you haven’t cooperated with us before and you generally operate as a lone wolf, we haven’t assigned you any specific tasks. You can decide what to do and how to do it.”
“Moreover, your ghost-catching skills are strong enough that we don’t need to direct you.”
“The operation will take place at midnight tonight, and the barrier will be fully established before midnight.”
After hearing Wang Wenqi’s words, Liu Haoyu nodded and said,
“Okay.”
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In a room in the school district housing.
Qiu Qiuxue was awakened by a terrifying and deep nightmare.
She looked anxiously out the window.
Then she breathed a sigh of relief.
In the nightmare, she saw her classmate who had just jumped to her death, appearing at her bedroom window.
Her contorted and deformed face was pressed tightly against the glass, staring at her intently.
Even more terrifying was that her continuously bleeding mouth, for some reason, curved upwards.
A strange and chilling smile, as if she had found release.
Although it was only for a short while, she had dreamt of this scene several times.
But fortunately… it was just a nightmare.
Qiu Qiuxue slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
The girl who had just jumped, Su Luoluo, was her classmate.
Hearing the noise, Qiu Qiuxue immediately went downstairs to check the situation.
Then she saw Su Luoluo’s tragic, unrecognizable appearance.
The girl, who had fallen in a pool of blood, lay on the ground, her head turned to look at her.
That scene had become a psychological shadow for Qiu Qiuxue, causing her to dream of Su Luoluo’s appearance no matter how she slept.
“It’s probably just a nightmare…”
The girl swallowed hard, turned over in bed, and then, unable to hold back her urge to urinate, decided to go to the restroom.
However, as she reached for the restroom door handle, the girl hesitated.
She didn’t believe in ghosts, but the nightmare was too real.
So real that she felt that as soon as she opened the door, the girl covered in blood would be standing behind it.
“Gulu…”
But compared to boys, girls find it harder to hold their urine. The girl finally chose to turn the doorknob.
She gently opened it a crack and cautiously looked inside.
The dark restroom exuded a cold and terrifying aura, making her unconsciously take a step back.
This reminded Qiu Qiuxue of a horror movie she had watched recently.
If there were vengeful spirits and fierce ghosts as in the movie, wouldn’t the restroom be the most dangerous place?
Qiu Qiuxue closed the restroom door, swallowed hard.
The girl was a little scared.
Why not… just use a bottle to solve it?
She remembered the bottle of Sprite she had just bought and hadn’t drunk much from. The opening size… it shouldn’t leak, right?
Thinking this, Qiu Qiuxue turned to leave, but after taking two steps, her lower abdomen started to hurt badly.
The Sprite bottle was in the living room, a long way from the restroom…
She couldn’t hold back the unbearable urge to urinate and estimated that she wouldn’t be able to reach the living room in time.
Finally, clutching her teeth, she directly pushed open the restroom door, flicked on the light switch with lightning speed, and then sat on the toilet.
The sound of trickling water began, and the girl’s tense expression finally relaxed.
