Qingye Supernatural Office Chapter 2

Chapter 2: Face In The Water (2)

On July 4, 2015, I went to Forest Park to investigate and interrogated the park's staff and visitors. Audio file - 09120150704.wav

*rustle, rustle*

"...Which lake are you talking about? Never heard of a dead body before."

*rustle, rustle*

"...This lake isn't very deep and it always has people, so if someone jumps in, people are going to see. I've been fis.h.i.+ng here for so many years, never heard a single news about a dead person here, but there was a kid who fell into the lake and was rescued."

*rustle, rustle*

"...There has been no suicide, our park has been opened here for decades. It used to be called the People's Park but then it was changed to Forest Park. No one has ever committed suicide here before. This lake was dugged up after it changed into Forest Park. The source is next to Luojiang. There was really a dead person and that person committed suicide here? Just a few steps of labor, there is no way they would commit suicide here, hehe."

"Then, what about other accidents? Has one happened before?"

"No, no. Which newspaper reporter are you from again?"

*rustle, rustle*

"Young man, are you coming to ask about the dead person in the lake, right?"

"Yes. Auntie, you heard about the dead person in the lake, before?"

"It's not a dead person. There are… ghosts here! I'm going to tell you this in secret: this place is very evil! Don't worry about it, hurry and go home!"

"Auntie, I'm just here for work. I can't just go back without anything, right? If I don't get anything today, I'm just going to come back tomorrow. You see, if you know anything might as well just tell me and that will save me some time. It's not even important but once the time comes it will become a taboo."

"*sigh*...this thing…"

"Auntie, let's sit there and talk."

*clattering sounds*

"Auntie, you can talk."

"*sigh* I really don't know where to start…"

"Just tell me about what you saw."

"I know a lot. *sigh*...My old home was here, grew up here since I was child. Before it was a farm and then it turned into a factory. At that time, this park wasn't much. It was Red Star Factory's park and it took a nice name called The People's Park. When I was young I worked at Red Star Factory. Back then, the factory had a good name. There was a hospital, a school and even constructed a park…*sigh*..."

"What happened next?"

"Later, it became bad. Both the hospital and school closed down. There was no one to look after the park. That time, we still had families who lived here. They all liked this park and became friends with one other. There is one more person… that, it was that one…"

"Yes, I understand "that one"."

"Anyways, it's chaotic. Every night, it was lively. Bonfires under the black sky. Walk around casually, there's always a chance that you will meet and b.u.mp into people."

"And after that?"

"After that, the factory closed down and the government took the land. That time, I just happened to be involved in some kind of event. Anyways, the government wanted the whole park to be demolished and changed into a new park. The name changed into Forest Park."

"So, how did the ghost thing happen?"

"..."

"Auntie, can we talk about this ghost situation?"

"This ghost… actually… I'm not too sure, either. At that time, I was working in the factory and I heard… I heard that someone in the park saw a ghost in the woods! It was so black and dark there and all of a sudden on the leaves, there was a ghost! White face and the hair was just hanging on the leaves. Scared the person to death!"

"White face, black hair? It appeared on the leaves?"

"Yes! It was seen when the sky was dark! You see, the sky was dark with no light and all of a sudden you can see a lump of white, won't it scare someone to death?"

"Someone died from the scare?"

"Oh… oh, that didn't happen. They were just so scared, what else could've happened… Just saying that that time when they got scared, they couldn't take it anymore…"

"So that's the reason. Has no one investigated it? Or perhaps it was someone who made something on purpose to scare people?"

"Why would anyone not investigated it? That Captain Li was so scared to the point, he couldn't take it anymore. He had big guts, so might as well go check, right? Ah, ah ah… that, it was the person who saw it, they went to check on it…"

"Results?"

"No results! Later on, other person saw it and everyone just said that it was a ghost. There were also people who said… eh, they just said that… that person couldn't take it anymore in the first place and purposely made up an excuse… but from what I saw, it really was a ghost! So many people many people, so it must be one right?"

"A lot of people?"

"There was around 2 to 3 people. It happened just before the factory collapsed and then the factory was gone, the workers left and there was no one left. I found a new job that time and moved. Now I'm retired and moved back here and come here to exercise."

"You're not afraid?"

"What am I afraid of? The people who saw that thing are all men and I, a woman don't need to be scared. Aish, I think it's probably a female ghost like the fox spirit in the movies, specializing in hurting men."

"Haha, that is very possible!"

*rustling sound*

July 4, 2015, investigating the history of Forest Park.

According to the records of the archives, before 1973, the forest park was owned by farmland and owned by the rural commune of Jiaoxian County. In 1973, the munic.i.p.al government and the commune jointly funded the establishment of the Red Star factory. In 1979, the Red Star factory expanded the plant area and opened the People's Park. In 1984, the Red Star factory entered a semi-discontinued state; in 1992, the Red Star factory was officially closed; in 1993, the munic.i.p.al government funded the reconstruction of the Red Star factory as a forest park, which was completed in 1994 and opened. The inner lake of the Forest Park was excavated in 1993 and completed in 1994. There were no death reports during the construction of the Forest Park. Previously, there were no case reports from Jiaoxian Rural Commune and Red Star Factory.

Attached: Record photocopying materials.

On July 5, 2015, "Captain Li" of Luoqujiang and Red Star Factory was investigated.

Luoqujiang has 3 cases in the Jiaoxian River Basin. The victims were 2 men and 1 woman and all the cases has been broken. All three had short hair and were temporarily ruled out of doubts.

Attached: Photocopy of all three cases' investigation reports.

The real ident.i.ty of Red Star Factory's "Captain Li" was identified as Li Aihua, male, born in 1952, died in 1953 due to suicide. He died cutting his wrist, the body was found at home.

Li Aihua's biological younger brother, Li Aimin is still alive. Already contacted Li Aimin.

On July 8, 2015, I met with Li Aimin. Audio file 09120150708.wav.

"My brother's situation was a long time ago, but even now I still remember. This problem, I did not tell anyone. If you haven't come, I would've probably brought it with to me to my coffin…"

"From what we heard, your brother has seen a ghost in The People's Park?"

"Yes, he said he saw the ghost."

"Then, what was the situation like?"

"This… is difficult to say. Hm… he was friends with a girl at the factory at that time. The young people in the factory all liked to meet in the park and do those kind of things. My brother, too. That day, he went out after eating dinner and didn't say anything about what he was going to do, but we all know he's going to the park with his friends. Usually he gets back at 10, that day he came back earlier than usual, at around 7 or 8. When he came back, his face was bad, body cold and sweaty. We thought he was sick and asked him, but he said nothing… I thought about it back and forth and that time when he came back, he looked like he had seen a ghost."

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Translator: This chapter was hard to follow and translate. I'm not that fluent in Chinese, but I understand it. There were some phrases that I just didn't understand or I knew what it means but I don't know how to translate it to English. The struggles.