Chapter Twelve: Death Contract

  Before I knew what that "hmm" and "ahh" sound was, I didn't have any feelings about it. But once a stranger explained it to me, my whole heart suddenly felt stuffy, and my head felt like it was being pounded by an invisible hammer, buzzing with noise.

  The stranger looked at me without responding and must have also guessed our reaction. He hung up the phone with a laugh.

  I was stunned by the buzzing sound, and it took me a long time to recover. Lu Yifeng wasn't doing any better either. He rubbed his temples and leaned back on the sofa, even losing his appetite for food.

  He asked me again, "Xiao Bai, how long did our conversation last just now?"

  I quickly flipped through my phone, which showed 2 minutes and 30 seconds.

  This time is really short, and even from a very pessimistic point of view, the organization can't trace the source of the call at all. I just shook my head to Lu Yifeng, indicating that I had answered.

  Lu Yufeng sighed and got up, walking into the house.

  I really want to ask him what's next, but I understand that he is also at a loss, in that case, we might as well have a good sleep and talk about it later.

  The leftover dishes on the table were not even cleared away, and neither of us was full, so we just went to sleep together like that.

  That night was still sleepless, and we were still tormented by a relapse of the cold. When I opened my eyes the next day, I felt like every cell in my body was jumping wildly, leaving me feeling weak and lethargic, with blurry objects floating before my eyes.

  I really want to just lie in bed like this, but the problem is that lying down all the time will only make me weaker.

  I saw that neither of them had woken up, so I got up first and came to the living room. In this narrow space, I walked back and forth, using this method to recover my physical strength a bit.

  After a while, someone knocked on the door with a "bang, bang, bang".

  I wonder who it is, thinking that it can't be Yu Jinghang? What has he discovered now, coming to find me and tell me all about it?

  I rushed to the door and peered through the cat's eye. What surprised me was that it wasn't Officer Yu, but someone I knew - that little rascal who had delivered the wrong barbecue.

  I thought to myself, what's he doing knocking on the door so early? He can't be delivering barbecue, can he? Besides, it's still early in the morning and barbecue shops aren't even open yet.

  I pushed the door open with a sliver of doubt.

  The little rascal looked at me and smiled, then deliberately glanced at the door plate and said, "Number 87, this time you didn't send it to the wrong place, your package!"

  I saw Xiao Zamao hand over a large square box, and I felt a sense of sensitivity in my heart. The first thing that came to mind was the mysterious person, thinking that when we were at a loss for what to do, he finally gave us a hint?

  But I wasn't so careless either, and I remembered the stranger's phone call yesterday, my heart skipped a beat, thinking this wouldn't be that so-called death agreement, would it?

  Look at me, I've been waiting for a long time, and the little guy got impatient with me. He said, "Brother, why are you always like this? Last time, sending the wrong barbecue was my fault, but I also work part-time delivering express mail, so this time it's absolutely not sloppy!"

  I knew that no matter how suspicious I was, I shouldn't have anything to do with Xiao Zamao. This had nothing to do with him, so I stopped thinking about it and took the package, even signing for it.

  The little rascal turned and walked away, I deliberately shook the mail package again, found it looked quite big, like a shoe box, but particularly light, which made me more inclined to think that what was inside was a "contract".

  It just so happened that Lu Yifeng woke up and walked out of the bedroom. I held up the package and told him what had just happened.

  Lu Yifeng attaches great importance to it and calls Panzi up. The two of us sit in the living room again, forming a circle.

  My heart was somewhat apprehensive, I picked up a paper knife and lightly cut open the package. Inside, there was indeed a piece of paper, but it wasn't a death contract at all, rather a genuine spirit money note.

  Pan Zi let out a cry of surprise and picked up the hell notes to take a look.

  I understand why Panzi did this, and seeing the spirit money reminds me of the Lingmei case. Especially that night when Yu Ren threw spirit money from the tree.

  I thought the psychic medium case had already ended, how can this thing still appear?

  Lu Yufeng took over the package and held it in his hand, fiddling with it back and forth.

  It's also my fault and Panzi's for being blind, that we didn't discover the cat's trick in the package itself.

  Lu Yufeng touched the receipt, which was where he had filled in the delivery address and signed his name. He suddenly pressed hard on one corner of it and tore downwards with force.

  I really can't believe it, this bill is actually two-layered. The top layer is a regular postal receipt, and the bottom layer is a contract book. In the title, the four words "Death Agreement" are particularly eye-catching. Below that are individual clauses, which roughly state that Du Rui, Lu Yifeng, and Pan Zi have been killing innocent people, violating the laws of the underworld, and at the appointed time, there will be special envoys coming to collect their souls, etc. The most ridiculous thing is that the signature at the end is mine.

  Lu Yufeng looked at the number on the package and quickly called the police, asking them to check the tracking number to see if they could track down the sender.

  After hanging up the phone, he even asked me what the delivery man looked like.

  I was suddenly struck with an idea - could that little rascal be in cahoots with the murderer? This package never even went through the courier company, it's entirely possible that the murderer and their accomplices packaged it up and sent it over themselves.

  I have an urge to rush out of the house to find Xiao Zamao, but I also understand that after so long, that kid has already run away, where can I go to find him?

  I can only rely on my impression to describe the appearance of Xiao Zamao. Although Xiao Zamao's hair is a typical characteristic, it may not necessarily be an important clue, as dyeing one's hair is an easy way to disguise oneself.

  Lu Yufeng fell silent after hearing that, lost in thought. My mind wandered back to the spirit money again.

  It can't be said that I'm overthinking, but after connecting the dots, I have a very bold guess: the Lingmei curse case isn't over yet. We caught Bai Lingmei and Yu Ren, they knew they couldn't escape the law, so they intentionally found an excuse. Bai Lingmei lied about a corrupt police officer from another place, seeking help from him, but in reality, it was a trap for us. That police officer should be a "corrupt official" from Muxi Town, and Bai Lingmei's accomplices are also in Muxi Town. After learning that Bai Lingmei was caught and killed, they harbored resentment towards us, starting from the officials investigating the corruption case, to the deaths of Xiagui, Dao Ke, and Heizi, all were their revenge. And we three are their main targets, even making me sign a death agreement in a daze. As for the discovery of Heizi's body with two spirit tablets in the cabinet, they must be used to worship Bai Lingmei and Yu Ren.

  I've already got a headache thinking about this, and it's also led to an even bigger question. Northwest Swan definitely stole something from White Lingmei, that's for sure, but White Lingmei lied, there was no police corruption at all. So what did Swan steal? And why were they pursued relentlessly by White Lingmei and Yu Ren? Moreover, both the Lingmei Curse case and this virus case are related to medicine and poison. This makes me think of Suifeng Village again, didn't they also raise some mutated red centipedes there? The stone monument in Suifeng Village even had the word "forbidden area" on it. Lu Yufeng also took out a stack of papers with passwords from that "ghost mirror". All these things seem to be connected.

  I originally knew that Panzi and I were trapped in a situation, but I didn't expect it to be so big. In the midst of being completely unaware, I even started panting heavily.

  Lu Yifeng noticed my abnormality and mistakenly thought I was afraid of the death agreement. He comforted me saying it's okay.

  I couldn't help it anymore, looking at Lu Yufeng, I asked very seriously, "A Feng, at this time, you should show your true colors to your brothers. In Longzhou, did the two mandarin ducks thieves also steal a list that is exactly the same as the one you took from Suizhong Village back then?"

  Lu Yufeng was taken aback, because I suddenly asked this, he was a bit puzzled, but this kid's brain was quick-witted, he lowered his head and thought for a moment, also slowly came to his senses, and then suddenly looked up at us two.

  His expression was complex, with surprise, disbelief, and even a hint of fear. This time he didn't avoid my topic, but instead told me very seriously, "About the Mandarin Duck case, I don't know much either, but Xiao Bai, you might be right, these two cases are absolutely related, our intuition is not ordinary."

  He took out the wireless communicator again, opened it in front of us, and started chatting with the person on the other end. I felt that this time's matter was too big, so I didn't care about being reserved or not, and squeezed together with Panzi beside Lu Yifeng to look at their chat content.

  Lu Yifeng directly told his superior that this case was very serious, and the two of them couldn't handle it. He requested to have Captain Huo Fox transferred over to help them out.

  I remember this person, she's that incredibly skilled female ghost. I thought to myself, if she can come, we'll really be able to relax a bit.

  Lu Yifeng also told the leader about our cold, and said that our blood samples have been sent to Qiushui Printing House, requesting to send experts again for testing to see if there is a virus.

  Just from the fact that Lu Yifeng used a wireless communicator to communicate, I also figured out some rules. The printing society in Mus town is also an organization, but it's very small and not even directly under Lu Yifeng's command, so for such a critical request, he had no choice but to use the communicator to get it done.

  I think this so-called special group of informants is also quite large, like a web, with different organizations among them.

  After Lu Yifeng finished speaking, we waited for about half a cigarette's time before the other party responded. They said that experts would immediately rush to Mus town and that Captain Huo didn't need to go because there was already a formidable figure in Mus town who would contact us as soon as possible.

  I was puzzled and thought to myself, "Could the formidable figure mentioned by the superior be Hei Zi?" That would be interesting, but then I thought again, "The superior wouldn't handle things in such a perfunctory manner."

  I also asked Lu Yifeng if he knew who this formidable figure was?

  Lu Yifeng shook his head, but he also had a guess and told me, "Do you still remember that night when we dealt with Bailin Media? The two Thunderbirds of Bailin Media were about to fly down and grab me, but suddenly a shot came and killed the two Thunderbirds at the same time. I think the formidable figure mentioned by the boss is him!"

  I also remembered it, even if Ah Feng didn't mention it, I almost forgot about this matter.

  It's hard to say what happened, but anyway, being led by this formidable figure, my confidence came back a lot. Also, I was a bit pessimistic, thinking that Lu Yifeng and I were like Panzi, completely unclear about the overall situation, and we three worked so hard, only to become three pawns in a game of chess!