Qingye Supernatural Office Chapter 17

Chapter 17: New Year's Ghost Child (9)

"Mr. Zhang, as far as we know, you've worked as a room manager from 2000 - 2002. Do you have any impressions of Pan Ping, s.h.i.+ Wenshan, Wei Yinan, and Zhou Guangcheng?"

"..."

"Mr. Zhang, please answer this question."

"Mr. Zhang, I don't want to say this, but this year on New Year's, a woman stayed at room 809 and she is now pregnant abnormally."

"...No wonder you will ask about this…"

"You should've guessed this, right. So that's why you contacted us so quickly."

"...Yes...I guessed it. You were right, I was the room manager for the past two years. During 2001, a young man called Pan Ping booked room 809 during New Year's and was preparing to propose. When I knew it, it was already the morning of New Year's. His room was already booked and they already came. Senior's proposal was also on New Year's, at the year 1999. The first New Year's Day since the inn's opening. At that time, Binjiang Avenue and Luoqu River did not have any New Year's performance. Domestically, they were not used to the world of two people and romantic nights. Senior was studying abroad, so he chose that day. At that time, I told senior when he was going to propose to let it go on the news. Our inn might become like those foreign hotels and inns and have those special couple suites during New Year's...when I heard about Pan Ping's situation, I thought about this. At that time, senior has been dead for more than a year…"

"At 3am on January 2, s.h.i.+ WenShan left the hotel and described the situation. Did you know about this?"

"I knew about it when I got to work the next day. Junli's management is very strict and the ones meeting the guests face to face are young people. They don't know about senior's past. After, senior's death, few people mention him. That day when I heard what those young people were talking, several of us, old employees remembered our senior. At that time, one of my colleague even said maybe that room isn't good and is not suited for marriage proposals...before I just shrugged it off, but after a few days my mood became worse. The cleaning lady found the ring. When she handed it to us and I saw the ring, my head rang…"

"Was it the ring, your senior brought?"

"Yes, it was that ring. I thought it might be a similar style or maybe some other reasons. And I also called my uncle that day to ask him. He said he has never saw that ring, maybe senior disposed it. Senior may have sold the ring and Pan Ping might have brought it, but I...I was very uneasy...I don't know why, but I just felt uneasy."

"Do you know about s.h.i.+ Wenshan's suicide when she jumped into the river?"

"The reporters came to our inn, how would I not know?"

"During the New Year of 2002, Wei Yinan and Zhou Guangcheng stayed there. The next day, when they said that Wei Yinan was possibly raped by someone, it was you who solved the problem, right?"

"Yes...during 2002, I was already unbothered by the situation about senior and the ring. I didn't care much. When those two stayed, they caused trouble. I thought it was normal for this to happen when working in a inn and I handled it normally."

"But you gave a lot of compensation."

"..."

"Normally, no charge and return of money are the most basic at the means. You sended them a lot of things, and even helped them get tickets for attractions in the city and you even bought them birth control pills. That way, it doesn't seem like a normal compensation."

"I don't know. I didn't know what I was thinking back then, I just did it. It wasn't until they complained about the sound of a child when I realized...I realized what I was doing...I did...I did want to see it, I wanted to make sure...I thought I forgot about it, but I didn't. When I heard their complaints, I knew I was right. There was no child around them, that child's laugh...and what they encountered during New Year's...I...I think senior, he...probably…"

"They left afterwards."

"Yes, they left, I bought them train tickets, so I would know their destination, and I waited…"

"You were waiting for the local news, Wei Yinan committed suicide by jumping off a building, a bunch of illusion-like-events happened."

"..."

"After that, you resigned."

"...I don't know what to do. How can this happen? But he...I can't deny it, I just hope that it's me overthinking it. In short, I can't stay at inn anymore."

"Your senior is called Xiao Zheng, right?"

"You…"

"We found out that his parents pa.s.sed away. Do you know where his grave is?"

"What are you guys going to do?"

"You don't know what to do. We know what to do."

"I...will write down the address for you."

"Thanks. I hope you can tell us, your senior's girlfriend's contact information and name. Do you know it?"

"I know her name. She's Xu Ling."

"Thank you."

On May 23, 2004, the grave of Xiao Zheng was investigated and confirmed to be normal.

On May 24, 2004, the surveillance record of the client and her husband w.a.n.g Fangjie was searched. Video file 02320040523.avi. Audio file 023200405023.wav.

"...Here, the two left home and went to their station."

"Already possessed."

"But, Tou Er, Yu Meng doesn't seem to be coerced?"

"Fool, this Xiao is pretending, he's very sly."

"I'd say, this may not be Xiao Zheng. Maybe that wedding ring has an evil spirit."

"When can you grow a little, fool? Yu Meng and Wei Yinan never say that ring. How could the problem be the ring?"

"Attached is the ghost face of Xiao Zheng, I saw his face."

"Oh."

"They changed buses, and got off the bus. There is no monitoring after that."

"They're going…"

"Over there is the Wei Mountain, 1 to 7 villages."

"How many households are there?! Can't you make sure which they entered?"

"If not for my hard work, I can determine it when I think more about it."

"Can you determine it from their route? How many bus routes from their home to the Wei Mountain Road?"

"Well, this is a solution."

On May 25, 2004, the scope of the client and the ghost of Xiao Zheng was narrowed and the 3 communities of in Wei Mountain; 5th village, 7th village, and 8th village was visited.

On May 27, 2004, we tried to contact Xu Ling, but she refused.

On May 28, 2004, it was confirmed that the client and the ghost of Xiao Zheng was in 5 of the villages of Wei Mountain. Audio file 0232040528.wav

"...Oh, OH! I have seen these two people, they just moved in. I saw the woman when they first came and after that I have never seen her go out. The man said that her health isn't good. He can be often seen, but he doesn't go to work. He just buys groceries and cook food for that woman everyday. They probably came here after that woman got discharged from a big illness."

"Where do they live?"

"Who are you people? Why would you ask this?"

"She's my sister! They've been away from home for a long time, we've been looking for them for a long time and found them here!"

"Oh, so it's like that, then I will take you guys there."

"Is that man home now?"

"Ah?"

"At this time, is he at home or out for groceries?"

"Now that you ask...it seems like he hasn't been out buying groceries for a long time."

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