Chapter 22: Revisiting Mei Shan

  She's been acting strange and mysterious lately. I'm completely baffled, just as I sat down at my desk, Lin Jie came over and whispered in my ear: "Shang Yu, don't mention what happened that night in front of the team, we're public security police, can't spread superstitions like ghost stories, no believing rumors, no fabricating rumors, no spreading rumors. Liu Er Mao and Duan Juan still don't know about it?", then raised his voice: "Comrade Shen Shang Yu, got it?"

  He said it to that extent, I still don't understand and he's really a damn fool! I pretended to understand and quickly responded: "Mine, understood!"

  Liu Ermao saw us whispering to each other for a while, and suddenly said these two sentences with a smile: "I'm telling you, Lin Jie, what are you whispering about with Shen Shangyu? Is it because you see him as handsome and elegant, and want to have a gay relationship with him?"

  Lin Jie cursed: "Damn it! I was talking about serious business with Shang Yu."

  "Can't let serious matters be exposed? Then tell us about it!" Liu Ermao was insistent.

  Lin Jie's face twisted into a wicked grin: "Liu Er Mao, what the hell is wrong with you? You're even more nosy than a lesbian!"

  Lin Jie stirred up a hornet's nest, and Guan Tingting and Duan Juan simultaneously attacked him: "Lin Jie, you'd better explain yourself. How did we gossip? If you don't tell us the truth today, we won't let you off!"

  Lin Jie clasped his hands together in front of his chest, feigning a terrified expression: "Two ladies, I was wrong, I was wrong, isn't that enough? Please spare me?"

  Liu Er Mao saw Lin Jie's bear-like appearance, walked over, patted his shoulder and laughed: "Lin Jie, I've warned you before, it's better to offend a petty person than to offend a woman! It's hard to deal with both petty people and women..." After finishing, he shook his head and nodded, looking pleased with himself.

  Suddenly a sharp cry rang out in the office: "Liu Er Mao, are you not afraid of death? Your mother is still a woman!" The speaker was Duan Ju.

  Liu Ermao quickly shut up and sat down obediently.

  Lin Jie also didn't dare to make a sound, I smiled and said: "Forget it, we live under the same roof, eat from the same pot, why bother with such trivial matters? Right?"

  Gu Tingting stared fiercely at Liu Ermao and Lin Jie for a moment, then snorted coldly and got to work.

  Damn it, I found out that Guan Tingting is also beautiful when she's angry, with her almond-shaped eyes wide open, exuding an aura of majesty without even trying. She truly deserves the title of "Police Flower" in our team. If she really wanted to be with me, I might have only owed Qin Su'er an apology... But then again, there's nothing to apologize for, having been with her for so long, I've only looked at her body, and although we've had physical contact, it was never substantial.

  I was lost in thought when Gu Tingting suddenly threw a crumpled paper onto my desk with a "slap". I turned around to look at her, and she pretended nothing had happened, continuing to work with her head down.

  This voice is too loud, I see Lin Jie has already looked up at me.

  The old trick is repeated, I wonder which piece she's playing again? I use my hand to unfold the paper ball and see a line of elegant handwriting: Meet at Yu Shan after work and go to Mei Shan to investigate?

  She must be crazy, right? Still wants to go? I don't want to go and get myself killed. I quickly wrote on the note: Do you still want to go? Don't you know it's very dangerous there? Let's not go then?

  I crumpled up the paper and threw it back at her.

  Guān Tíngtíng suddenly threw the paper ball back: Coward! I always feel that Mei Mountain is not simple, why would a fierce ghost appear? ?? You don't go and I'll call Lin Jie to go!

  I just finished, and Lin Jie walked over. From his expression, I knew he was jealous of me. This kid would probably die for Guan Tingting if she asked him to, and he wouldn't hesitate at all! To die under the peony flowers is also a romantic thing to do as a ghost.

  He asked me: "Shen Shangyu, what are you doing?"

  I bluntly handed him the crumpled paper: "You damn well look at it yourself!"

  Lin Jie quickly finished reading the contents of the note, then grabbed my pen and wrote on the paper: "Ting Ting, thank you for trusting me, I'll go with you!" After finishing writing, he smiled at me triumphantly, crumpled up the paper and threw it onto Gu Tingting's desk, and left.

  "Hey, if Gu Tingting is a bit nicer to this kid, I reckon he'll even be able to tell the difference between east, south, west and north..." I thought to myself, shaking my head.

  It was almost time to get off work, I made a decision. Since Guan Tingting and Lin Jie still wanted to sneak out to Mei Mountain at night, I absolutely couldn't just sit back and watch them take risks, so I went with them.

  However, I'm not a fool. I gave Tian Ji a call and told him to meet me in front of my rental apartment at Meishan at 6 pm, and asked him to bring the peach wood Buddhist beads that belonged to his father, Tian Lao Dao.

  That little guy Tían Jī was hesitant at first, but as soon as he heard that Officer Guān Tíngtíng was also going, he immediately agreed.

  Damn it! This kid is really a philanderer! However, there's no way around it, who made us men all lechers? I'm no exception either.

  At half past six, I drove with Lin Jie and Guan Tingting, who were wearing casual clothes but fully armed, to the foot of Mei Mountain. That despicable Tian Ji had been waiting at the foot of Mei Mountain for a long time.

  As soon as we got off the car, Guan Tingting surprisingly was the first one to greet us, with a flirtatious smile that made me want to vomit: "Tingting, I heard you were coming, so I came without hesitation..."

  Lin Jie was unhappy: "You damn paddy field chicken, get out of here! How dare you speak like that? You should call Officer Guan! Was it also you who called Tingting?"

  Guan Tingting smiled and said, "Alright, Lin Jie, don't always look like a bodyguard. Even if there's something between us, can't you give me some space?"

  Lin Jie didn't say a word, and Tian Ji immediately jumped onto his face with a smile: "Yes, yes... Officer Lin, Tingting has already said so, please be more polite in the future!"

  Lin Jie's face looked extremely ugly, and he let out a heavy "hmm".

  "Alright, alright, today we're here to investigate the secrets of Mei Mountain, so let's not quarrel, okay? Let's check our necessary items first."

  I and Lin Jie brought two sharp military daggers, Guan Tingting brought a police baton, Tian Ji actually brought his father Tian Lao Dao's peach wood rosary, but only one bead, and it was stolen.

  After checking, we set off.

  To be honest, as soon as I walked into this gloomy and terrifying forest, I had a shadow in my heart, a kind of inexplicable fear. That white-clothed fierce ghost was too powerful, and our group almost died at her hands. There won't be any more fierce ghosts in this forest, will there?

  Guān Tíngtíng seemed to have a particularly strong curiosity and boldness, walking alone in the front with a flashlight, while Lín Jié followed closely behind her, like a loyal bodyguard.

  The deeper you walk into the forest, the darker and more ominous it becomes, as if there's even a wind rising.

  The sky turned dark and none of us made a sound, we could clearly hear the heartbeat of the four of us.

  I heard Lin Jie ask: "Ting Ting, we've been walking for so long and there's nothing in this forest. I guess there aren't any secrets either. Why don't we head back?"

  Gu Tingting let out a "hmm" and didn't respond, continuing to walk forward. I and Tian Ji quickly followed up.

  Mei Mountain is roughly a ten-mile radius, we walked for over an hour, and should have reached the mountain's interior. Lin Jie suddenly exclaimed: "Look, what's that?"

  Lin Jie's cry was filled with fear, and my heart suddenly hung up. People have an innate fear of unknown things, because you don't know what kind of monster is hiding in the dark, and this monster may pounce on you fiercely, hurting you, making you unprepared.

  Gu Tingting immediately shone the flashlight forward, sweeping it around in all directions, and everything was quiet.

  "What's wrong? Don't scare yourself, okay?", just as Guan Tingting finished speaking, I suddenly felt something was off, as if a cold wind had blown in my face.

  We suddenly heard the sound of rustling leaves coming from behind us, as if someone was walking in the woods. But we didn't move, so who would enter this terrifying and gloomy Mei Mountain at night?

  Those footsteps were very light, if you didn't listen carefully, you wouldn't be able to hear them at all. I exchanged a glance with the paddy frog, cold sweat seeping from my forehead, holding my breath and concentrating, turning around to look behind me.

  The surroundings were quiet to an unusual degree, with only the faint sound of footsteps slowly, slowly getting closer.

  What's walking so lightly, could it be a ghost? Is there still a spirit on this Mei Mountain?

  I secretly wiped the sweat, pulled out the sharp military dagger from my shoe, as if I was facing a great enemy. The military dagger emitted a chilling cold light in the dark night.

  As long as that thing dares to appear in front of me, I will leap up and give it a dagger without hesitation!

  As the footsteps drew near, I saw a small black shadow enter my field of vision.

  Damn it, it was a stray cat, which scared the hell out of me. I calmed down and was about to put the military dagger into my shoe when Gu Tingting's flashlight suddenly shone on this stray cat, and I found that its eyes emitted a faint blue glow.

  My heart skipped a beat: Oh no! Where have I seen this gaze before? That white-clothed fierce ghost had the same eyes!

  Before I could even react, the stray cat suddenly sprang up, let out a sharp cry, and pounced on me.

  I let out a loud "ah..." and lifted my right leg to kick the wild cat that was pouncing on me! It wasn't just bragging, the three years of martial arts training at police school hadn't been wasted. My foot kicked the wild cat right in mid-air.

  The stray cat let out a miserable cry and flew backward more than a meter before heavily crashing to the ground, producing an extremely dull thud.

  "Meow......" It let out a miserable cry and stood up, its pair of dark blue eyes emitting a greenish-blue glow. It glared at me fiercely, then shifted its gaze to the pheasant.

  "Brother, this isn't an ordinary wild cat, it's possessed by a ghost!"