Chapter 24 Skull Fragments 4K (8/95)
After listening to what the old woman said, Liu Haoyu couldn’t help but frown.
From this perspective, Ying’er seemed to have been raised by this family since childhood.
But the problem is… she isn’t human at all!
And Zhao Kaiwen and his wife are both human, so where did she come from?
Moreover, since the old woman said that Ying’er went to school, the problem is that according to the information provided by Wang Wenqi, Zhao Kaiwen and his wife have no children, and there is no situation of sending children to school.
“Alas… my unfortunate Ying’er must have been entangled by something dirty.”
Seeing the old woman sighing profusely, Liu Haoyu said nothing more.
There were too many uncertain things in front of him, and he couldn’t rashly choose to help the other party.
You know, this is a ghost infant.
There was once a female ghost exorcist who was harmed by a fierce ghost, and eventually gave birth to a ghost infant.
To kill this ghost infant, dozens of ghost exorcists were dispatched at the same time, but even so, several ghost exorcists were still tragically killed by the ghost infant.
It can be seen that this thing is definitely not to be provoked.
In order to clarify the clues he had, Liu Haoyu continued to ask the old woman in front of him.
“Grandma, what do you usually do when this situation occurs?”
“This…” The old woman sighed and said, “Ying’er will be back when it gets light.”
Daybreak?
When daylight comes, everything here will return to normal, and then it will be impossible to find her.
This made Liu Haoyu very troubled. Since waiting here was useless, he had to take the initiative to find her.
The old woman stood up again and said to Liu Haoyu.
“If Ying’er’s parents were here, perhaps they could appease her emotions, but… her parents work outside all year round and never come back for the whole year.”
From the tone of the other party, it is not difficult to see that the old woman does not know that Ying’er’s mother has been tragically killed, and her father has also disappeared.
But now is not the time to chat about trivial matters. Liu Haoyu stood up and was about to open the door.
The old woman quickly stopped him.
“Young man, don’t be impulsive!”
“If you go out now and encounter that monster, you will definitely die. It is safe here, and you can go out when it gets light.”
Facing the old woman’s retention, Liu Haoyu smiled and said.
“It’s okay, I’m blessed with great fortune, and I’m not afraid of anything.”
“Alas…”
The old woman wanted to reach out and retain him again, but saw that Liu Haoyu had already walked out of the room, leaving her with only a helpless sigh.
After leaving the room, Liu Haoyu walked towards the third floor.
He began to ponder. Humans cannot give birth to ghost infants.
But the old woman firmly believed that Ying’er was her granddaughter.
And if Ying’er was indeed born to Zhao Kaiwen and his wife…
Liu Haoyu thought of a possibility.
Could it be that Zhao Kaiwen’s wife, Xue Jingyao, cheated?
Or was she forced by a ghost, and finally gave birth to this terrifying ghost infant without Zhao Kaiwen’s knowledge?
He thought he had a daughter, but he didn’t know… she wasn’t his flesh and blood.
Liu Haoyu thought as he walked back to the room on the third floor.
However, as soon as he entered the room, a terrifying and strong smell of blood hit him.
The despair and pain like those of the dying filled the entire room.
It even seemed to be imprinted on Liu Haoyu’s soul.
A bad premonition arose. Liu Haoyu held the fire axe and was fully alert.
After strengthening himself with four or five layers of formations, Liu Haoyu cautiously walked into the room.
The furnishings in the house were all normal, but the atmosphere had become extremely strange.
The lights in the room flickered, and coupled with the residual aura, it seemed as if some terrifying existence had been there.
Liu Haoyu took out a candle, but as soon as he took it out, the candle turned azure blue, and within ten seconds, the candle directly turned into a torch.
The azure blue candlelight extinguished. Liu Haoyu took a deep breath and looked at the red jade in his pocket.
“Qin Liu…”
“Ah, I’m here.”
Qin Liu’s voice appeared in the room.
“If I am controlled, or if my behavior is very abnormal, don’t hesitate, just hit me in the face with your embroidered shoe.”
“This? Okay.”
Although she didn’t know why Liu Haoyu made such a request, Qin Liu obediently took out her embroidered shoe and looked intently at Liu Haoyu’s expression. If he were really possessed by a ghost or bewitched, Qin Liu would hit Liu Haoyu in the face with the embroidered shoe in her hand.
After making full preparations, Liu Haoyu grabbed the door handle of the master bedroom. With a slight twist, Liu Haoyu pushed open the door of the master bedroom.
However, as soon as it was opened a crack, an extremely oppressive aura rushed out.
The resentment in the master bedroom seemed to have materialized, but the source of the resentment had long disappeared, leaving only the despair emitted before death.
Liu Haoyu pressed the bedroom light switch, and then he saw that the originally clean and tidy bedroom had now become a hellish slaughterhouse.
Blood and torn flesh splattered on the wall, dyeing all the retro murals blood-red.
And the human head that was originally placed in the center of the room had now been torn in half.
Its pupils were filled with endless fear and despair, its mouth slightly open as if it wanted to say something, but the thing that killed it did not give it a chance to speak its last words.
Liu Haoyu squatted down, wanting to test if Qiao Siyi was still alive, but as soon as he reached out, the head completely turned into dust.
Scattered ashes and dispersed soul, a truly tragic end.
Looking at everything that happened before him, Liu Haoyu took out a candle.
The flame of the candle was very weak, with only an azure blue flame that could be extinguished at any moment.
It seemed that the ghost infant had already left.
“Why…”
Qin Liu didn’t understand. Logically speaking, Qiao Siyi had been here for so long, why would the ghost infant choose this time to kill Qiao Siyi?
What benefits would this bring her?
“It seems that this ghost infant has discovered that Qiao Siyi is colluding with us.”
In Liu Haoyu’s opinion, the ghost infant was also afraid of its whereabouts being discovered.
That’s why it killed Qiao Siyi so hastily at this time.
“What should we do now?”
“Since it’s not yet dawn, let’s look for it together.”
Liu Haoyu didn’t hold out much hope.
As expected, afterwards, no matter how Liu Haoyu and Qin Liu searched, they could not find any trace of the ghost infant.
Daybreak came.
“Giggle!!”
The crowing of the rooster had already begun.
On the eve of dawn, everything in the house returned to normal.
The bloody and deadly aura seemed to have never existed.
The bloodstains on the wall also disappeared, making it look like an ordinary house.
Liu Haoyu went up to the fourth floor and looked at the old woman’s room. The black plastic bags piled up at the door, almost forming a small mountain, had disappeared.
Only a layer of dark, viscous, unknown liquid remained on the ground.
“Is Grandma here?”
Liu Haoyu knocked on the door of the room, but after waiting for a long time, there was no response.
Just as Liu Haoyu was about to leave, a dark gaze directly rushed into his brain.
Liu Haoyu immediately looked back and found that the blind and mute old man who was originally on the first floor had, at some point, gone up to the fourth floor.
This old man was leaning on a cane, fumbling around.
His footsteps were very light, as if he were floating.
“E gah egah egah…”
The old man was muttering something, but from his tone, it seemed not very friendly.
Liu Haoyu didn’t make a sound, but chose to stick his body to the wall and quietly watched the old man’s retreating back.
I don’t know if it was Liu Haoyu’s illusion, but as this blind and mute old man passed by him, it seemed…
He stopped?
Did he see himself?
Liu Haoyu pondered for a moment, and finally chose to leave this house.
On the eve of sunrise, supernatural events will hide themselves. Trying to catch ghosts at this time is undoubtedly wishful thinking.
So, instead of wasting time here, it’s better to investigate another matter clearly.
That is… the nearby farm.
If Liu Haoyu’s guess was correct, Qiao Siyi’s corpse should have been disposed of there.
Suddenly,
“Zhao Long!” a police officer rushed into the police station: “Someone at the farm on Jianshe Road called the police! They said they found a human skull!”
“What!?”
Zhao Long couldn’t believe it.
As an excellent police officer, after seeing the dead chicken with its gizzard stuffed with human flesh, Zhao Long had also asked the police to investigate the Rongguang Farm on Jianshe Road yesterday. They had searched the meat grinders inside, but found no traces of human blood.
How could someone call the police right after the team disbanded?
Did he miss something?
“Let’s go!”
In order to solve the case, Zhao Long dared not think too much. He left the police station, got into a police car, and rushed to the farm.
In less than ten minutes, three police cars with flashing red and blue lights surrounded Rongguang Farm.
The manager of the farm was also greatly startled by this formation.
“Officer, didn’t you just come here yesterday? If you come every day, my farm can’t operate! How is the lost work fee calculated?”
Facing the manager’s words, Zhao Long had no time to argue with him.
“Boss Ning, we are investigating a very serious dismemberment case, so please cooperate with our investigation.”
The manager was a little angry when he heard this.
“I’m just a farm, full of pigs, ducks, chickens, and other livestock. How can there be a dismemberment case?!”
“Please cooperate with our investigation.”
Zhao Long ignored him and led a team of police officers to the place indicated by the caller.
“You are using excessive force! I’m going to report you!”
The manager was still shouting behind Zhao Long.
However, Zhao Long soon arrived at the place mentioned by the caller.
It was a place where sewage was processed.
A strange figure wearing a gas mask and a disposable raincoat stood next to the septic tank.
If it weren’t for repeatedly confirming, Zhao Long would have thought this person was the murderer, not the caller.
He was holding a fishing rod, and beside him were piled up some bone fragments that had not been completely digested.
If you look closely…
Is this a human skull?!
The manager, who was following Zhao Long, was still cursing. When he saw this suspicious person wearing a gas mask and exuding a murderous aura, his entire face turned pale.
“This is the murderer in your mouth, isn’t it?!”
“…”
Looking at the man’s attire, Zhao Long could not refute the manager’s words at all.
If it weren’t for repeatedly confirming that this was indeed the caller, he would have thought that the murderer had returned to the crime scene to admire his masterpiece.
But then again, what was the point of admiring the masterpiece of the stench of the septic tank?
“You are the caller, right?”
“Yes, it’s me.”
Because of the gas mask, the man’s voice was a little muffled.
Zhao Long held his nose and carefully collected the bone fragments with a plastic bag.
After careful examination, he said to the manager.
“Do you know what these are?”
“Gulp…” The manager swallowed hard. The more he looked, the more he felt that these fragments were like human skulls, but he really didn’t know anything, so he didn’t dare to admit it, and could only awkwardly deny it. “What… what is this?”
“These are human skull fragments. Of course, it’s okay if you don’t know, but your farm will have to suspend operations for a while. We need to check it thoroughly.”
“Wait a moment!” The manager was dragged away by the police officers around Zhao Long. “I really don’t know anything! I’m being framed!”
The manager’s voice gradually faded. After he was carried away, Zhao Long’s gaze fell on the man wearing the gas mask.
After careful observation and comparison, Zhao Long identified the most suitable candidate in his heart.
“Mr. Liu Haoyu, could you please explain to me properly?”
“How did you discover these bone fragments?”
