False evidence

Chapter 371 Sending Someone Off

That's right.

The old beggar found in the factory was the same old beggar from the entrance of Elephant Trunk Alley.

These bizarre events, which seem incomprehensible to ordinary people, have only been going on for about half a year.

However, every detail seems to be the key to shaping my life as it is today.

When you see an "old friend" again, even the most carefree person will find it hard not to feel emotional after experiencing tremendous changes.

"Sanzi, this time when we meet, I feel... I feel like you've changed, like you've become much older than me?"

Erpang asked the question without any hesitation.

"The world is constantly changing."

I didn't mean to speak in a nonsensical way; it was just something I said spontaneously.

Seeing Erpang's disdainful grin, I couldn't resist my curiosity and asked:

"You were quite brave just now. What, aren't you afraid of people dying?"

Erpang scratched his head: "I'm scared, but he's not dead!"

Are you so sure?

I looked at the cement platform in front of me.

This must have been built by the factory to elevate the equipment; the gap between the two cement platforms is only about the width of two eyes.

When I first saw the eyes peeking out from the gap, I thought they were the body of the missing Jiang Yazhen.

I know Erpang's weakness all too well. He can tremble for half a day when he hears that someone he knows has died. What he did just now was too... too abnormal.

Faced with my question, Erpang thought about it very seriously before confidently telling me:

"I'm only afraid of dead people, nothing else! I can't really explain it, it's just... I just can't stand the sound of death, and I can't bear that feeling of death! If people aren't dead, then I'm not afraid!"

In his mind's eye, Lü Xin suddenly chuckled, "Heh heh, so it's a resurrected soul!"

"What do you mean by a resurrected soul?" I asked in astonishment.

"The moment before a person is born, the one waiting to be reincarnated will be put into the womb. If an accident occurs at this time, it will be a life-or-death ordeal for the soul to be reborn."

Lu Xin then showed himself and held up two fingers to me.

I took out my cigarette case, gave one to Erpang, and lit one for myself.

Lu Xin took a shallow puff and tapped Erpang with the hand holding the cigarette:

"He was probably dead when he was born, but he was brought back to life! He was reborn immediately after being resurrected, which is called a 'resurrected soul.' Such people are no different from ordinary people, but they are most afraid of death and are most sensitive to the aura of death!"

Lu Xin's explanation was simple and straightforward, but I had already grasped the gist of it.

That's because, from childhood to adulthood, Erpang would occasionally brag to me about something.

When Erpang was born, he was stillborn!
According to the midwife, it had to be 'disposed of' directly.

Coincidentally, our village's sorceress, Ding, was at the hospital that day.

According to Erpang, his parents gave Ding Shenpo a considerable sum of money at the time, asking her to help them beg the King of Hell and the judge to spare their son.

After receiving the money, Granny Ding lived up to expectations, sucking on the baby's mouth and patting his back while holding him upside down by his feet, managing to revive the baby who had been declared dead!
Memories flooded back, and I remembered that after that, Erpang's parents arranged for him to recognize Granny Ding as his godmother.

When Granny Ding died, it was Erpang who wore mourning clothes and saw her off...

"Damn it, what was that thing that almost killed me?"

Seeing that Erpang was using his phone to look at the ground, Lu Xin and I exchanged a glance, stubbed out our cigarettes, and climbed over the cement platform to stand in front of Erpang.

Shining a flashlight on it, we realized that what Erpang and I had stepped on was actually a puddle of vomit.

"Ugh, that's disgusting!"

Erpang pinched his nose and said in a muffled voice, "What did he eat? It smells so bad!"

I took the screwdriver from his hand, squatted down, and screwed it in a couple of times.

"A sausage, with some undissolved powder inside..." I couldn't help but frown. "Stuffing drugs into a sausage, that's how you poison dogs!"

Erpang clapped his hands: "Then let it go! Someone poisoned the dog! And the old man ended up eating the poisoned sausage."

I shook my head instinctively, my intuition telling me that things weren't as simple as he thought.

"What do we do now? Should we still look for Jiang Yazhen?"

As he said this, Erpang's voice trembled slightly.

I said, since we're already here, let's take a good look.

The first floor was a proper factory building, while the second floor was only half of it. Looking through each room, based on the remaining clutter and the accounts of Lu Ming and his son, the conclusion was...
This place used to be a combination of factory and residence; the downstairs was used for processing, and the upstairs, besides being offices, was also the residence of Jiang Yazhen's family.

"It's time to give the old man a call!"

I called Erpang downstairs.

It's just a so-called 'medical visit slip,' containing only the address, name, and date of birth...

While the name matches Jiang Yazhen, the address is far off.

The key point is that I still don't understand what the black medical record slip really means.
Treating the dead?
So what if we find Jiang Yazhen's body?
I'm a veterinarian, and Erpang has no experience treating cats and dogs.

Let alone seeing a doctor, just talking about 'seeing ghosts', it seems like we're both just using our eyes and imaginations to fantasize about female ghosts!
Grandpa never uses a cell phone. If I need to contact him now, I can only call Pidan or Fangling.

When the number was dialed, no one answered.

When Erpang, Monkey, and I went out, we had only eaten half of our meal, and it was already past 10 p.m.

Once downstairs, the portly Erpang finally couldn't help but complain, "Sanzi, aren't you hungry? I'm really about to collapse. How about... how about we find somewhere to eat something first? And come back later?"

It was at this moment, when I looked up, that I saw several figures standing side by side in the corner of the wall!
My instinct was to flip my wrist and shine the flashlight on it, but Lu Xin whispered, "Don't cause trouble, let's go!"

"Hey? There seem to be some people over there?" Erpang also spotted the group and shouted, "What are you doing here?!"

Lu Xin clicked his tongue, and I quickly pulled Erpang outside.

As soon as I got in the car, before I could even say anything, someone knocked on the car window again.

I was about to leave without a care when Erpang suddenly said, "It looks like that kid who gave us the cigarette butt earlier!"

I opened the ashtray, looked at the cigarette butts inside, and then glanced at Erpang.

He was quite puzzled: "What's wrong?"

"nothing."

I knew I was definitely in 'trouble' this time, but I couldn't blame this guy for it.

I rolled down the car window, and sure enough, it was the same boy from before.

He awkwardly smiled and bowed, saying, "Boss, could you do us a favor and take us to the No. 9 bus stop?"

At this moment, Lu Xin, who had already disappeared, said, "If you accept a gift from a ghost, even if it's just a cigarette butt, you still have to do things for him to repay the favor."

I nodded helplessly to the boy: "Get in the car."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a cold wind inexplicably swept through the car.

"Ah sneeze! Ah sneeze!"

Erpang sneezed twice, hugged his shoulders, and said, "Why is it suddenly so cold?"

I glared at him, then looked in the rearview mirror and saw that there were already three more people in the back seat!

Besides the boy, there was a man and a woman. The man was in his forties and looked like a construction worker. The woman was probably in her fifties or sixties, but she was dressed in a flamboyant and garish manner, which was quite repulsive.

Erpang clearly noticed the three 'people' as well, but made no sound.

Because... his eyes rolled back, he foamed at the mouth, and he fainted.

I used navigation, made a U-turn, and drove towards my destination.

Upon arriving at the station, the boy called out, "Qin Suihong, Wang Jue, you can wait for the train here."

(End of this chapter)