Chapter 57

  Dai Chengzhu calmed down, and both Situ and Hongye curiously asked him what had just happened.

  "Wait!" Cheng Chou grasped his son who was right beside him, holding onto his small hand and turned back again.

  "Strange..." Cheng Zhou muttered to himself as he looked at the tightly closed doors.

  "What's strange?" asked Red Leaf.

  Cheng Zhou turned his head and asked Situ, "When you appeared just now, did you see that the doors of each room on the third floor were all opened from the inside?"

  Situ shook his head, "I arrived with Hongye at the same time, didn't see anything unusual."

  Chengzhou looked at Aru and the train conductor again.

  A Zhu and the train conductor hesitated for a moment, looking at each other. The conductor spoke up: "Just now we indeed saw the doors of each room open and close again, but we also don't know what's going on. We thought it was Master..."

  Cheng Zhou immediately retorted, "I didn't do anything."

  Arzu and Locomotif's expressions were a bit strange.

  The red leaf looked at the two ghosts and asked, "Did you see anything else?"

  The train conductor nodded.

  Cheng Zhou hastily asked: "After Situ left, what did you see?"

  The train conductor looked at him and replied, "We saw you fall asleep, but before long you woke up and were walking back and forth in the corridor, opening all the doors on the third floor..."

  "What?" Cheng Zhou was shocked, "You said I opened the door?"

  The train conductor nodded, "At first, I and Ah Ru were puzzled about how you could open so many doors without a key. Later, we thought that as a master, opening doors would be a small trick for you."

  Chengzhou opened his big mouth and it took half a day to close, "Alright, what did I do later?"

  The train conductor replied: "Later you walked into the inspection room that you had checked before, and stayed inside for a while. We wanted to go in, but were blocked by an invisible force outside."

  Hong Ye looked at the closed door of the examination room and didn't say a word.

  Chengzhou frowned directly.

  Then, you came out of the examination room and sat back on that chair with your eyes closed to sleep, but in less than a few seconds, you woke up again. Then, looking at the open examination room opposite, as if in fear of something, you rushed to the stairs in one breath.

  The train conductor said, "It was at this point that Ah Zhu added: 'At the time, we saw the doors of each room on the third floor open and close as you ran past. We thought it was your doing and were puzzled as to why you would do such a thing.'"

  Situ asked the two ghosts, "Apart from Cheng Chou, have you felt any other special powers existing?"

  Ajou had just become a ghost and her powers were still weak. She shook her head, saying that apart from the power blocking their way at the entrance of the inspection room, she couldn't feel anything else.

  The train conductor said, "There's something very strange."

  Everyone looked at him together.

  The train conductor furrowed his brow, "I've been a ghost for a very long time. At first, when my powers were weak, I couldn't feel anything, but when I was able to leave that lava cave, I felt that there were several other ghosts in the cave besides me. Some of them had strong powers, while others were very weak, and they all seemed to be bound to the spot, unable to leave. When I appeared on the train, I also found that there were some ghosts floating around inside and outside the train, but some of them had consciousness, while others didn't. And as for me, who has a complete consciousness like mine, I've only met one."

  He paused for a moment, then continued: "What I'm saying is that maybe there are very few ghosts with complete consciousness, but those wandering spirits are many. Whether they have consciousness or not, this is a hospital, so logically speaking, there should be more ghosts here. But as Ah Ru and I came over, we didn't see many wandering spirits, especially on this floor, it's clean to the point of astonishing me. I thought it was Master Cheng's power that made those ghosts dare not approach..."

  Chengzhou smiled bitterly, he had the power of farting.

  Hong Ye walked over and pushed against the door of the examination room, but it didn't open.

  Hong Ye asked Cheng Chou, "Do you still remember what you did after Situ left?"

  Cheng Zhou opened his mouth and said: "I had a terrible dream, I dreamed that the door was open, it was all the doors on this side of the third floor, I was so scared that I decided to go down and find you, then I met you at the stairwell..."

  Hong Ye raised an eyebrow, "Ran into me?"

  Cheng Zhou nodded.

  Hong Ye smiled faintly and said, "And then?"

  "Then..." Cheng Zhou's expression suddenly became bewildered, "And then I think I went downstairs with you to the bathroom, no, I didn't go into the bathroom, I went with you to... damn it, I forgot."

  "In just a short while, how could you forget? What did I say to you in your dream? What did I do to you?" Red Leaf pressed him.

  Chengzhou tried hard to recall, but the more he recalled, the more vague it became. "I just remember that dream was very scary, the door opened, darkness, and then... I really can't remember."

  Hong Ye glared at him.

  Cheng Zhou spread his hands, "I remembered it very clearly when I saw you just now, but now I really can't remember. Isn't that how dreams are? You can still remember a bit when you first wake up, but after brushing your teeth and washing your face, you'll forget completely. And to make matters worse, you scared me just now."

  Because Chengzhou couldn't recall the process of the dream, Hongye was helpless. Sutu entered that examination room and circled around but didn't find any remaining power or abnormalities. In the end, they had to temporarily leave the third floor.

  Situ Mai's train ticket wasn't until 5:30 in the morning, so before that, they planned to wait at the hospital for Wang Dage's son, Wang Xindong, to appear.

  A'zhu said that after Wang Xindong came back, he avoided her and she went to look for him twice, but he dodged both times.

  After Xiaomei went missing, the police also looked for Wang Xindong, but he didn't know how to deal with them either. In the end, he was actually cleared of suspicion.

  Only Ah Zhu insisted that Xiaomei's disappearance was related to Wang Xindong, but due to her history of mental illness and the intentional damage to her reputation by the Wang family, including the police, no one believed her, not even her own son.

  Wang Xindong was afraid she would continue to pester him, so he directly avoided her. She waited for several days under the Wang family building but still didn't see him.

  A'zhu wants to bring a few people with her to find Wang Xindong, but she doesn't know where Wang Xindong is hiding either. Now that's good, Wang Dagang and his wife have moved into the hospital, as their son, he will definitely come over no matter what.

  The police previously contacted Wang Xindong, and Wang Xindong was indeed not at home, only saying that he would rush to the hospital as soon as possible.

  It wasn't until 2 am that Wang Xindong finally appeared in a hurry.

  As a result of the death in this case, the couple was temporarily put under police surveillance before it is confirmed whether Liu Yuju died from the violent behavior of Wang Dage's husband and wife.

  Wang Xindong saw the police in the ward and his footsteps came to an abrupt halt.

  The police on duty saw Wang Xindong and interrogated him routinely.

  When Wang Xindong learned that his parents and Liu Yurou had a conflict, and were frightened to the point of nervous breakdown, he started to lose his temper and scolded Liu Yurou incessantly.

  But when the police who stayed behind told him indifferently that Liu Yuju was dead and probably died from his parents' violent behavior, Wang Xindong immediately shut up.

  Moreover, the police also "kindly" told Wang Xindong that the young man who was forced to get involved in the dispute while trying to mediate and protect the elderly Liu Yujun was planning to sue his parents for their violent behavior, advising him to prepare for a private settlement or a lawsuit.

  Wang Xindong took two quick, coarse breaths.

  Just then, there was a knock at the door of the ward, and someone pushed open the door.

  "Is Wang Xindong in? Can he come out and talk?" Cheng Zhou asked, poking his head in.

  This is a four-bed ward. Currently, only two beds are occupied by Wang Dagang and his wife, who have been given tranquilizers and are lying in bed in a daze. The other two beds are empty.

  The middle-aged policeman who stayed behind saw Cheng Chou appear and frowned as he walked to the door, thinking that Cheng Chou had come to bother the family of the troublemaker.

  Chengzhou indeed came looking for Wang Xindong's trouble, but not in the sense that the middle-aged policeman thought.

  "I am. Who are you?" Wang Xindong walked out of the hospital room door, asking with an unpleasant face.

  A'zhu rushed forward excitedly as soon as she saw Wang Xindong, and the train conductor, fearing that she would do something foolish, quickly pulled her back.

  "I'm Cheng Zhou, Ms. Liu Yuju begged me to help her find her granddaughter before she passed away. I heard you're her boyfriend, so I'd like to ask if you know where Liu Xinmei is."

  The middle-aged policeman heard this and withdrew his hand which was about to separate the two people.

  Wang Xindong growled in a low voice as soon as he heard Liu Xinmei's name: "I've said it many times, Liu Xinmei and I broke up long ago. How would I know her whereabouts? My friends and hers all know about our breakup! If you don't believe me, go ask them!"

  Cheng Zhou dodged the saliva spitting out of Wang Xindong's mouth and calmly asked, "But didn't Ms. Liu Yurou tell me before she died that you didn't want to break up with Liu Xinmei, and even repeatedly pestered her, saying you wanted to take her to the True Words Cave to test your true feelings for her? And because of her soft heart, Liu Xinmei also agreed."

  "Nonsense!" Wang Xindong shouted irascibly: "Who says I don't want to break up with her? As soon as I knew she was the granddaughter of that madwoman, I wanted to break up with her! Am I crazy, dating a madwoman's granddaughter, who knows if she inherited the madness?"

  Liu Yuru was furious and struggled to go forward and strangle Wang Xindong to death.

  The train conductor tightly hugged her.

  The middle-aged policeman stared at Wang Xindong for a moment.

  "So you're saying you've never been to the True Words Cave with Liu Xinmei?" Si Tu didn't reveal his true form, standing behind Cheng Chou and pointing at him as he asked.

  The police also asked him this question, and Wang Xindong immediately replied: "Yes, I have never been to Zhenyandong with her."

  "Really? But Ms. Liu Yu-ru said that you had called and texted Liu Xinmei to ask her to go to the Zhenyan Cave, and these records can be investigated by the police as long as they inquire with the telecommunications company."

  "I said I didn't go to Zhenyandong with Liu Xinmei, but I didn't say that I didn't exchange texts and calls with her."

  Wang Xindong suddenly became very calm, and his previous anger disappeared instantly. "After Liu Xinmei and I broke up, Liu Xinmei contacted me several times wanting to get back together with me, so we did have a lot of contact between us."

  "He's talking nonsense!" Azhu angrily shouted: "It was obviously him who bothered Xiaomei!"

  Wang Xindong couldn't hear Aru's shout and continued: "Before Liu Xinmei went missing, she had called and texted me, begging to see me again. I took pity on her and agreed."

  A'zhu was so frightened that her whole body trembled, and she pounded on the train conductor's back, asking him to let her go.

  The trainmaster stared at Wang Xindong, comforting Ah Ru, "Don't worry, we will definitely give him an unforgettable lesson, but not now, listen."

  Cheng Zhou also suppressed his anger and asked calmly: "Where did you meet? When?"

  Wang Xindong replied: "A week ago, I remember it was last Friday night at 9 o'clock. We met under her building and walked around on the road. She brought up wanting to get back together with me again, but I told her that my parents didn't agree with us being together, and also I couldn't take her occasional crazy behavior like a madman. She was very angry and sad, had a big argument with me, and even threatened to make me pay."

  "Azhu shook her head desperately, 'He's talking nonsense! That night he asked Xiaomei out and begged her to go with him to the True Words Cave the next day. Xiaomei only agreed because she pitied him.'"

  "Was that your last meeting with her?"

  Wang Xindong nodded in agreement.

  "However, Ms. Liu Yu-ru said that the next day you drove with Liu Xin-mei to Zhenyan Cave and didn't return until the next morning, but Liu Xin-mei didn't come back with you."

  Wang Xindong burst out laughing, "How can you believe that crazy woman's words? Last Saturday I went on a business trip to another place, which was arranged by the company long ago. The police also came to our company to investigate and went to the other place to verify, how could I have gone to Zhenyandong with Liu Xinmei at that time?"

  "This crafty beast! He's talking nonsense! Little Mei really went to the Cave of True Words with him, I'm not lying, I'm not crazy! Waaahhh..." Azhu cried.

  Wang Xindong sighed and a hint of sadness appeared on his face, "I'm also very sad about Xiaomei's disappearance. No matter what, I had feelings for her before. This week, I've been looking everywhere for her, worried that she might do something stupid because of our breakup."

  "This guy has probably practiced this speech over a hundred times and knows how to hint at others." Si Tu sneered from behind Cheng Chou.

  Cheng Zhou was in a difficult situation. This guy was too cunning and answered flawlessly. What would he ask next? Cheng Zhou slightly tilted his head.

  Just as Sze-toh was about to speak, Hung-yip suddenly looked up and said: "Dad, you said last time that next week you'll be going on a business trip to Yunnan, can't I come along for the ride? You won't lie to me, will you?"

  Cheng Zhou immediately understood his son's meaning and smiled: "Don't worry, I'll definitely take you there. However, if you don't listen to me when we get there, be careful or I'll abandon you in the mountains."

  "Hum, bad dad!"

  Wang Xindong clenched his fists.

  The middle-aged policeman looked at Wang Xindong thoughtfully.

  Cheng Zhou smiled at Wang Xindong, "Mr. Wang, I don't know how far the place you're going on a business trip is from that Zhenyan Cave?"

  "How am I supposed to know? I've never been there!"

  "Mr. Wang, assuming you drove to pick up Liu Xinmei and went to Zhenyandong together, Liu Xinmei should have sat in the passenger seat, right? Then do you think there were any traffic cameras that took pictures of you two along the way?"

  Wang Xindong let out a loud snort through his nose.

  "Have the locals or tourists near the Zhenyan Cave seen you?"

  Wang Xindong was thoroughly angry and threw out a sentence "If you don't believe what I said, then go check it out for yourselves", and then entered the ward, closing the door and refusing to come out again.

  The middle-aged policeman nodded to Cheng Zhou and also entered the ward. Liu Xinmei's missing case was not under his jurisdiction, and he didn't want to ask more questions, but he would chat with his colleagues who were in charge of the case about what he heard and saw today.

  "This kind of person is a typical one who won't shed tears until they see the coffin, and to get him to tell the truth, you must have solid evidence. Let's go, we still need to make a trip to the Cave of True Words." Si Tu patted Cheng Chou's shoulder.

  Azhu glared at the hospital room door with hatred, as time went by and Xiaomei was still missing, she had gradually lost hope for her granddaughter's survival. Now she just hoped to find Xiaomei's body and make the beast who hurt her pay the price!

  Author's note: Note: Starting this month, I'll be updating daily at 10 am or 10 pm. If there's no update by 10 pm, don't wait up for me, it means something came up or I got stuck on the chapter, sigh.

  Here is the translation:

  "Here, I want to thank everyone for their support and understanding, and also appreciate everyone's concern about my physical condition. Normally, I'm a fool who doesn't get sick easily, but once I do, it's quite miserable... Haha, so everyone should pay attention to exercise and keep warm too!

  Also, thanks to Liang's hot water, Xiao Sanzi, Tao Xiaoshui, Ming, Han Chaizi, Qi Limi's Azure, Yu Er Gege, Snow, Yunshan, J and other friends for the landmine rewards!"