Mysterious Séancer: My Doll Can Really Show Its Power

Cang'er City Police Department.

Criminal Investigation Team Leader Lei Ming had a busy day.

I participated in firefighting in the morning, then was called in by my superiors to report on the situation. After lunch, I participated in the investigation of the Bentley case last night, and then dealt with reporters.

It was already dark when he returned to the team.

While munching on his boxed lunch, Lei Ming asked Zhang Donglei, "Did you investigate what I asked you to investigate?"

Zhang Donglei said somewhat helplessly, "We checked, and the room that caught fire was Wang Jiang's dormitory."

Lei Ming stopped chewing and asked seriously, "How did it go?"

Zhang Donglei tapped the table and said, "Hey Captain Lei, eating is the most important thing, so you go first!"

Lei Ming remained motionless.

Zhang Donglei gave a bitter smile and said, "You're overthinking it. First of all, there was nothing in Wang Jiang's box. Secondly, I consulted the deceased's parents this afternoon. The mother cried and said with a look of disgust that her precious son would never use cheap goods like Louis Vuitton, which are everywhere counterfeit!"

"Nothing at all?!"

Lei Ming practically spat out his food as he said, "I helped him carry that thing this morning, it was so heavy, and you're telling me there's nothing inside?!"

Zhang Donglei shrugged and said, "There really wasn't anything there. Of course, it's possible he took the things out and put them in something else, but the deceased's family said that the Louis Vuitton trunk didn't belong to them. Can we rule out Old Wang as a suspect?"

Lei Ming sped up his shovel, saying as he ate, "I'll call Old Wang over later and ask him about it!"

"Tomorrow, they'll already be off work."

"get off work?!"

Zhang Donglei nodded and said, "That's right. The dormitory caught fire. This afternoon, the personnel department called Lao Wang over and scolded him, telling him to go back and reflect on his actions today."

Lei Ming stared at Zhang Donglei for a long time, then suddenly asked, "Was he carrying a burlap sack when he left?"

Zhang Donglei casually remarked, "He always wears the same outfit—"

Zhang Donglei stopped halfway through his sentence, and Lei Ming looked at him and uttered eight words: "It was premeditated, and it was a natural progression."

"The dormitory caught fire on purpose, so that they could leave early with a legitimate reason."

"The box was empty because the contents had been transferred into sacks."

"Old Zhang, you wouldn't believe it, would you? A seemingly honest, middle-aged man who's been working in the police force for so many years has learned quite a bit!"

Zhang Donglei frowned and said, "If that's the case, then why did he come to the team this morning?"

Snapped!

Lei Ming slammed his hand on the table and said, "He didn't want to come! We were too enthusiastic and brought him here!"

"He initially said he wanted to go somewhere else, but after we got him in the car, he said he didn't want to go anymore!"

Zhang Donglei also realized what was happening, "Then, arrest him?!"

Ding Ding Ding!

Just then, Lei Ming's phone rang.

"Hey, it's me, Lei Ming!"

"Team Leader Lei, 343 Dongyang Street, murder! A taxi driver was stabbed more than a dozen times, but he's out of danger!"

"knew!"

After hanging up the phone, Lei Ming called to Zhang Donglei, "Let's put Wang Jiang's matter aside for now!"

"Let's go, Dongyang Street, murder case!"

"good!"

As they walked to the parking lot, Lei Ming suddenly realized he might have overlooked something. Just then, he saw some officers from the team preparing for a call and casually asked, "What's up?"

Two police officers waved and said, "Captain Lei! Several parents have reported their children missing. Go check it out!"

"Oh! Go ahead..."

Lei Ming stroked his chin, pondering what he had forgotten.

Until he drove out of the police station, swish—

Lei Ming slammed on the brakes to steady the car, then turned to Zhang Donglei and asked, "That kid Yang Ning is back today, isn't he?"

Zhang Donglei nodded; "Yes, yes, find out where he lives and send someone to keep an eye on him?"

"call--"

Lei Ming let out a long sigh and said, "No need. I just hope everything will be peaceful in Cang'er tonight."

......

Tongli Town, northwest of Cang'er City.

This town once prospered because of its copper mines, but it declined after the mines were depleted.

To this day, only about twenty households remain in the entire town.

At this moment, Yang Ning was standing in front of the only hospital in Tongli Town.

A small town with only a dozen or so households naturally cannot support a hospital, so the hospital has been abandoned for many years.

The two large, crooked iron gates were covered in mottled rust stains, and judging from their tilted state, they looked as if they could lie down at any moment.

Yang Ning tried to push open the iron gate, getting his hands covered in rust, but the gate didn't budge.

It was just a dilapidated iron gate, but it was proving extremely stubborn in front of Yang Ning.

"Huh? You're not welcoming me?"

"I'm not much of a person, except I'm introverted. When I go to someone's house, I like to climb over the wall because I don't like to use the front door and greet people!"

Muttering to himself, Yang Ning circled around to the side of the hospital and easily climbed over the dilapidated wall that had stood for many years.

Upon landing, Yang Ning found himself surrounded by waist-high weeds, occasionally punctuated by the sounds of frogs croaking and insects chirping.

"Hmm? I hear the sounds of frogs and insects?"

"How can they allow these things to run rampant on their own turf?! That thing in here is way too good-natured!"

Yang Ning immediately took the turtle shell out of the bag, pointed at it with his finger, and asked, "Are you sure you didn't give me the wrong directions?!"

"Let me tell you, if I make this wasted trip today, you little bastard, I'll... I'll..."

"I'm still too kind; I've even forgotten how to say something harsh! Damn it!"

The turtle shell trembled with fear as Yang Ning walked into the hospital, cursing under his breath.

The place he climbed over was a parking lot. Beyond the parking lot was the hospital's outpatient building. Standing in front of the outpatient building, Yang Ning suddenly felt that something was wrong.

He took out a turtle shell. "Turtle, turtle, tell me—"

With a "clang," the turtle shell jumped out of Yang Ning's hand and fell to the ground.

Yang Ning knew that the place he was going to was underground, the morgue.

But where is the entrance to the morgue?

Looking around, although it's just a town hospital, it would actually take quite a while to find it by myself, bit by bit.

"You bastard, are there any living people around here?"

Clang!

The turtle shell jumped once on the spot.

I said the ground.

The turtle shell jumped again, this time pointing west.

Yang Ning immediately walked over there, the turtle shells on the ground clanging behind him.

......

"That's the person I miss day and night, the person I love deeply. How should I express my feelings? Will she accept me?"

In the dead of night, in the abandoned hospital overgrown with weeds, there was a spot that had been cleared of weeds and tidied up. There was a folding chair there, and a man who looked to be about thirty years old was sitting there, holding a guitar and singing with abandon.

Clang!

Clang!

The man, engrossed in his own song, didn't hear the increasingly abrupt sounds approaching him.

Gradually, the man found his singing becoming more and more beautiful, even bringing tears to his eyes...

In the end, overcome with emotion, he put down his guitar and truly cried.

However......

"That's the person I miss day and night, the person I love deeply. How should I express my feelings? Will she accept me?"

The man cried out twice before abruptly stopping. He realized that although he had stopped singing, the melodious singing continued to ring in his ears.

Clang!

The eerie sound made the man's heart leap into his throat!

Just as his fear intensified, the singing stopped, and a faint voice sounded from behind him—

"Hey bro, do you know where the 'dead people' section is in this hospital?"

......