Chapter 7 Who is Bai Anting? (23/95)
“How could…”
Bai Anting’s eyes widened. She looked at herself in disbelief.
If she had been in the suitcase the whole time, what was happening to her now?
Could it be soul departure?
Liu Haoyu frowned as he looked at the girl in the suitcase.
A bad feeling was growing in his heart.
The current situation was far more complicated than they had imagined.
But soul departure was the only possible explanation he could think of.
So Liu Haoyu temporarily put away his thoughts, took out his phone, and said to Zhao Long on the other end.
“I found her. She fainted in the grass not far from the car. I’m waiting for you in the car now.”
“Didn’t you go back already… Alright, it’s best that you found her.”
Zhao Long and the others didn’t think too much and returned to the unmarked car.
They saw Bai Anting, whom they had been searching for, quietly sleeping in the back seat of the sedan.
“You kid, you didn’t know where she was hiding all along, did you?”
“How is that possible.”
Liu Haoyu shrugged and said.
“Just lucky.”
“Your luck is unusually good.” Zhao Long dialed 120, then said to Liu Haoyu, “Now that she’s found, the matter is over. Call me tomorrow, come to the Public Security Bureau to give a statement, and you’ll definitely get your bonus and a banner. I’ll give you a ride back first.”
“Okay.”
Although he hadn’t figured out Bai Anting’s situation yet, Liu Haoyu decided to return home first for some rest.
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Zhao Long and Liu Haoyu didn’t say anything on the way. They were too exhausted from the day’s events to want to talk.
After Liu Haoyu got out of the car, Zhao Long said.
“Be careful on your way back.”
“Thank you, Officer Zhao.”
After they parted ways, Liu Haoyu glanced back at An Qinglian’s rental house and shook his head.
“Let’s stay at a hotel for the night.”
“I have no objections.”
Qin Liu was already used to sharing a room with Liu Haoyu and wouldn’t feel shy.
As for Bai Anting, she was still in a daze because of this incident.
“Um, Murderer…”
“If it’s not okay, calling me Hao-ge is fine. Deng Xiaolin calls me that anyway.”
Liu Haoyu did not like the nickname “Murderer” at all. Why would he, a five-star good citizen, be called a murderer?
“Hao-ge, can I trouble you with something?”
“Go ahead.”
Qin Liu pricked up her ears at their conversation, curious about what Bai Anting wanted to ask Liu Haoyu.
At this moment, the young girl finally spoke with difficulty.
“Tomorrow, can you go to the hospital to check on my body first?”
“Of course, that’s no problem.”
Liu Haoyu had intended to do the same.
The longer the soul and body were separated, the more dangerous it would be, and it was possible that they would never be able to return to the body.
But in the car, he had tried multiple times to get Bai Anting’s soul back into her body, but he had failed.
This was the first time he had encountered such a strange situation.
Perhaps there was a problem with her body, such as a serious injury, which would prevent her from returning to her body.
But due to the rushed situation, he didn’t have the time to research it further.
After the hospital examination tomorrow, he would figure out how to get Bai Anting back into her body.
“Thank you…”
Bai Anting’s tone lacked any excitement or joy. She seemed to be in a state of self-isolation, her gaze fixed on the contacts on her mobile phone.
Most young people nowadays don’t have too many contacts on their phones. Besides family, they might not even have friends’ numbers.
They usually use WeChat or QQ to find friends, and rarely call them.
As expected, Qin Liu secretly moved behind Bai Anting and took a closer look.
The girl was looking at her parents’ phone numbers.
She tried to call them, but none of them went through.
Her phone did have a signal, but it seemed like it wasn’t connected to the internet of the living world. No matter how she tried to make a call, the voice prompt was always “no one answered.”
Finally, she could only sigh, put her phone aside, and lie down on the bed.
The girl looked visibly lost.
Qin Liu saw her past self in Bai Anting.
When she first crossed over and realized she was a ghost, she had a similar look of indifference to life and death, and a lost future.
If she hadn’t met Liu Haoyu… she probably would have gone mad by now.
“Bai Anting, you can sleep in that bed.”
“What about you guys?”
Liu Haoyu didn’t have much money, so he booked a standard double room.
There were only two beds in the room. If Bai Anting slept alone, what would the other two do?
“It’s okay, don’t worry about me.”
Qin Liu smiled and waved her hand, indicating that she didn’t need to worry.
“Ayumi… I’ve encountered so many unlucky things today, you should rest well.”
“…Thank you.”
Bai Anting looked at Qin Liu’s appearance. She still saw a blurry red shadow.
Even though Qin Liu said she had manifested, she still saw a red shadow, not Qin Liu’s real appearance.
“Good night.”
“Sleep.”
After Qin Liu gently coaxed Bai Anting to sleep, she turned her gaze to Liu Haoyu.
“Let’s sleep too.”
“Aren’t you going to sleep inside Hongyu?”
Liu Haoyu still had a lot of Hongyu on him. Logically, Qin Liu should have slept inside the Hongyu.
In response, Qin Liu just shook her head and replied with a smile.
“I prefer sleeping on the bed. If I don’t have a blanket, I can’t sleep soundly.”
Since Qin Liu had made such a request, Liu Haoyu naturally wouldn’t refuse.
Who could refuse an invitation to sleep with a fragrant and soft girl in white stockings?
“Huh? Where are you sleeping?”
Qin Liu pointed to the sofa, holding a blanket in her hand, with a smiling expression.
But that smile… looked very dangerous.
This little ghost hadn’t forgiven him for lifting her skirt!
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Time moved to the next day.
But even when Liu Haoyu arrived at the hospital, he hadn’t received a call from the Public Security Bureau.
Even stranger, although Liu Haoyu had passed by the bank that was robbed last night, it was as if nothing had happened there. It was still operating normally.
This strange and uncanny feeling accompanied Liu Haoyu all the way to the hospital.
He walked to the front desk and asked the nurse at the window.
“Hello, could you please tell me which room the girl named Bai Anting, who was brought in by the police yesterday, is in?”
“Bai Anting…” The nurse checked the computer system and then said doubtfully, “She’s not here. Our ambulance didn’t go out yesterday, and there’s no girl named Bai Anting on the list of inpatients.”
“?”
This short sentence intensified the strange feeling in Liu Haoyu’s heart.
He took out his phone and called Zhao Long.
“Hello, Officer Zhao, which room is Bai Anting in now?”
“Bai Anting? Who is Bai Anting?”
