Chapter 1 Gloomy
Several days later, inside the Special Task Force.
Wang Wenqi, with an injured leg, sat in a wheelchair.
After reporting everything in his hands, he couldn’t help but rub his aching head.
Xu Wanlin, the dedicated logistics officer of the Special Task Force, sighed as she looked at the documents Wang Wenqi handed over.
“With the Red Gate sealed again by Liu Haoyu, shouldn’t things here be coming to an end?”
“Who knows.”
Wang Wenqi slumped in his wheelchair, saying helplessly.
“Fortunately, Liu Haoyu came to Jiangliu City. Otherwise, that Red Gate… I really don’t know how we would have dealt with it.”
The fierce ghosts released by the Red Gate alone had tied up everyone in the Special Task Force. Out of over twenty people, less than three were able to stand after Liu Haoyu subdued the Red Gate.
“Doesn’t Jiangquan City have a very strong ghost exorcist?”
As a logistics officer, Xu Wanlin knew a lot about intelligence.
But she didn’t know much about human relationships.
So Wang Wenqi had to explain helplessly.
“I’d love to invite her, but only if she’s willing to come. She’s not part of the Special Task Force.”
Like Liu Haoyu, although there weren’t many lone wolf ghost exorcists, there were still some.
And these people were usually very strong.
After all, if they weren’t strong enough, going to exorcise ghosts alone would mean their death within days.
“I think the country should also find ways to train ghost exorcists. Otherwise, relying on the Special Task Forces of each jurisdiction… how can we manage?”
Xu Wanlin’s tone also carried a hint of complaint.
She wasn’t on the front lines, but even though logistics work was safe, it was equally busy.
However, along the way, besides talking to Wang Wenqi, she hadn’t complained to anyone else.
Listening to Xu Wanlin’s words, Wang Wenqi became even more dejected.
“For ghost exorcists, even the outermost screening eliminates many people. They can’t directly recruit people; they can only find suitable candidates from students of folk studies majors.”
“But you know how unpopular folk studies majors are now. The base number is already small, and those who can become ghost exorcists are even fewer. The authorities have already selected everyone they could and are training them in secret. As a result… sigh… hearing how dangerous this line of work is, the people who stay are very few.”
Biology’s instinct is to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. The authorities can’t force these people to join this profession, can they?
Moreover, this line of work is highly confidential. Once you join, you can’t even go home to see your family.
Even if they met, it would be a quick glance in secret.
Like anti-drug police officers, the identity of the Special Task Force members is unknown. Even if they sacrificed, their families wouldn’t know the reason for their sacrifice.
“Hello? Xiao Wang, I heard you fell down the stairs and injured your leg. Are you okay?”
On the other end of the phone was Ma Jianhua from the Jiangliu City Public Security Bureau. He called out of concern, not forgetting to joke.
“Don’t tell me you fell because you were too busy looking at Xu Wanlin?”
“Go, go, go! Get lost!”
As brothers, Wang Wenqi could tolerate this kind of teasing.
“Xu Wanlin is right next to me. What will that young lady think of you saying that?”
“Hahaha!” Ma Jianhua laughed on the other end of the phone. “You two have been classmates together since you were kids. Are you still afraid of this?”
“Brother Ma, don’t forget, I’m a married man.”
“Speaking of which… I find it strange, why haven’t you ever returned home?”
“…”
This question directly made Wang Wenqi fall silent. After a pause, he said.
“My family doesn’t need my involvement, so what do you need me for? If it’s just to chat, then forget it.”
“You don’t even want to chat for a bit,” Ma Jianhua said. “Well, it’s not really anything too important…”
“You witnessed a high school student’s suicide case before, didn’t you?”
“Now that couple is divorcing because of this incident. While arguing, they even called us to the police station.”
“When we got there, good heavens, that woman was hysterical like a madman.”
“Looking at her mental state, I estimate there’s a problem.”
“She kept muttering things like ‘My daughter is not dead’ and ‘My daughter is not dead’.”
“But her daughter’s body is still in the hospital’s morgue. Everyone knows whether the person is dead or not.”
Hearing this, Wang Wenqi perked up. He sat up and asked.
“So what happened next?”
“What else could happen? We sent this woman to a psychiatric hospital for examination…”
“She was greatly stimulated, and her brain did have problems.”
“As for her husband, he later took his daughter’s body to the crematorium. I guess this matter is considered over.”
“So what’s the big deal? She’s just taking advantage of the fact that the law can’t do anything about this kind of thing.”
“Someone who brought it upon themselves acts like a victim. It’s disgusting to look at.”
On the other end of the phone, Ma Jianhua’s tone was both regretful and indignant.
After listening, Wang Wenqi lay back in his wheelchair.
“If there’s work, I won’t disturb your rest. See you.”
Ma Jianhua hung up the phone, but Wang Wenqi’s hand remained lowered.
After a long silence, Xu Wanlin asked.
“Leader, do you think that girl’s soul might still be lingering in this world, unable to find peace?”
“I don’t know…” Wang Wenqi placed his phone back on the table and replied in a calm tone, “I just hope she will be happy in another world.”
———-
On the other side, in a haunted house in the suburbs.
Liu Haoyu had noticed these past few days that Qin Liu’s state seemed a bit off.
She was often absent-minded, appearing very dazed.
It was like zoning out in class.
Sometimes, even if Liu Haoyu placed his hand in front of Qin Liu, she wouldn’t react. Only when his hand touched her smooth small face would she snap back to reality.
And even when she came back to her senses, she wouldn’t show strong resistance or surprise. Sometimes she even tacitly accepted his actions.
These situations were very strange.
“Qin Liu?”
“Qin Liu?”
It was the same now. No matter how Liu Haoyu called her, it was as if she were asleep with her eyes open, completely still.
Even more critical was that Qin Liu was emitting a dense deathly aura.
This deathly aura was very similar to the grudge in the haunted house, but it was more intense.
It was like the difference between medicinal alcohol and 96-proof vodka.
Seeing that the situation was becoming increasingly unusual, Liu Haoyu couldn’t help but reach out his sinful hand…
And placed it on Qin Liu’s thigh in white stockings.
“Eek!!”
The numb sensation from his hand on her thigh instantly pulled Qin Liu back from the incessant voices in her mind.
She looked at the hand on her stocking-clad thigh, then looked up at Liu Haoyu beside her.
In the young girl’s small eyes, there was a big question mark.
