Chapter Eleven: The Hundred Demons' Street Stroll

  In the middle of the night, I was awakened by a nightmare, dreaming that something had happened to Lin Mo.

  I immediately pulled out my phone from under the pillow and dialed the number. The phone rang twice, but no one answered. I called again, "Sorry, the number you are calling is currently unavailable." My heart started racing, it was just working a moment ago, how could it be turned off now?

  I comforted myself that Lin Mo was probably still angry and deliberately not answering my call, or he had fallen asleep and didn't hear the phone ring again before it ran out of battery. Anyway, nothing bad could have happened to Lin Mo.

  This restless night has passed.

  The next morning, I called Li Jian Tian and told him that I was going back to school to get some things. I asked him to call me if anything came up, then hailed a taxi and headed back to school. The female dormitory hanging incident had already subsided, and the school's official explanation for calming down this panic was that all four people in the dormitory suffered from somnambulism and collectively sleepwalked to death. Of course, the school also took some tough measures and expelled a few troublemakers who were the ringleaders.

  Arrived at the girls' dormitory building, waited for a while without seeing anyone come out, so directly went to each classroom of her lessons to find her, but still didn't see her. Asked her classmates in the same class, said she hasn't been attending classes for these two days, reportedly because her family asked for leave for her.

  That can't be right, the scene of her and her boyfriend standing in front of me two days ago is still vivid in my mind, how could she suddenly ask for leave to go home? I found Lin Mo's roommate in the dormitory, and only then did I know that it wasn't her boyfriend, but her own brother Lin Yu.

  I misunderstood her. But she said it was her boyfriend. My heart ached, she deceived me, she didn't have a boyfriend, she was joking.

  I was stunned on the spot.

  "Lin Mo, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have turned and left without asking... Poor self-esteem." My heart is bleeding.

  I wandered aimlessly around the campus, looking up at the sky with my head tilted back, the sunlight piercing my eyes, and everything in front of me became a white world. My head buzzed loudly, and a dizzy feeling made me unsteady on my feet, so I leaned against a tree for support.

  "Silently, where are you? Why do I have a bad feeling?" I crouched on the ground clutching my hair in painful soliloquy.

  Never heard of Lin mentioning anything about his family, where he lived, or what was going on at home. Now I thought of the archives room again, in which there were files for every student in school, with detailed addresses and introductions to their families.

  Couldn't wait until evening, this time I directly called Li Jian Tian and asked him to help me get the permit to enter the archive room. From the forensic professional archives, I found Lin Mo's file.

  As soon as I saw the file, I was shocked. Lin Mo's background is very impressive. She is actually the daughter of Lin Hainan, the president of the Medical College. Lin Hainan has a big influence, not only is he the president of the Medical College but also the director of the local hospital, and he also has some status in politics. It is said that he is a strong candidate for the next mayor.

  It turned out that Lin Mo was still an official's daughter, I really didn't match up to her, no wonder she looked down on me, I mocked myself.

  After carefully checking the file, she found that her home was located at No. 1 Central South Road, which is an official residence villa.

  After learning about the specific situation, I rushed to Central South Road. What caught my eye was a luxurious villa with a large area of land, looking like a garden at first glance, and it's still a typical European-style building.

  I entered the villa and rang the doorbell, and a middle-aged woman came out to open the door.

  "Who are you looking for?" The middle-aged woman looked at me with a puzzled expression on her unfamiliar face.

  "Auntie, hello! I'm looking for Lin Mo, is she at home? I'm her friend."

  "Isn't Lin Mo studying in school?" The middle-aged woman stared at me with even more suspicion.

  "Auntie, are you sure Lin Mo is really studying at school? She hasn't come home?" I was shocked in my heart.

  "I'm her mother, don't I know? Her father is the dean of the medical school and has been out on business for the past few days. I asked her brother to take care of her." The middle-aged woman seemed a bit anxious.

  "What's wrong with Lin Mo?" Lin Mo's mother asked me anxiously.

  "I couldn't find her at school, and my classmates said that her family had asked for a leave of absence for her, so I came to her house to look for her. The phone isn't connecting. I'm worried that something might have happened to her." I told Lin Mo's mom the general situation.

  Lin Mo's mother immediately took out the phone from her bag and dialed Lin Mo's number, but it was turned off. Then she called Lin Yu, but his phone was also turned off. Lin Mo's mother became anxious and almost burst into tears.

  "Auntie, don't worry, I suggest we call the police first." I supported Lin Mo's mom.

  After reporting to the police, Li Jian Tian immediately led his men to the medical school for a thorough search. The entire campus and surrounding areas were searched piece by piece, but there was still no sign of the brother and sister.

  The final search location arrived at the morgue of the anatomy building, but a red wall still blocked the way.

  "Are they going to be inside?" Li Jian Tian said with a bit of concern.

  "I hope not!" I sighed, feeling extremely depressed.

  Because of this ghost tomb, we don't dare to act rashly. Li Jian Tian suggested that we should first figure out the reason for their disappearance before searching further. From various sources, it was found that Lin Yu had asked for leave on behalf of Lin Mo yesterday morning. Lin Yu is a graduate of the Sports Academy and is currently interning as a physical education teacher at the Medical College, so the college's teaching affairs office also approved the leave. It seems that the news that they are the principal's children has been hidden very deeply, no wonder Lin Mo has been tight-lipped about his own life story.

  Principal Lin Hainan is back, and due to the disappearance of Lin Mo and Lin Yu, he uses his connections in the political circle to suppress the police station. The superior of the police station orders Li Jian Tian to find them within seven days, dead or alive, which undoubtedly puts immense pressure on him.

  "Damn it, those people upstairs only know how to be accomplices to the tiger, and finding two people in two days is like looking for a needle in a haystack." Li Jian Tian felt suffocated.

  "Let's go find Cao Ding for help!" I said resolutely.

  "Do you know where he is?"

  "Ghost Street. He told me before he left, if I have any business, I can go find him."

  "Where is this ghost street?" Li Jian Tian was thinking back and pondering.

  "Could it be there? Wulang Street? Isn't that a slum?" Li Jian Tian muttered to himself.

  "In the western suburbs, it was originally a wasteland. More than a decade ago, a plague broke out and many people died, so no one lived there for a long time. In recent years, some poor people moved in and gradually formed a street. The street is very eerie, and at night, no one dares to go out. It's said that the Hundred Ghosts roam the streets, and later people called it Ghost Street. To dispel superstition, the government renamed it Yulan Street."

  "I'll go find him."

  "Alright, I'll have Zhang Xinyu accompany you." Li Jian Tian didn't trust me.

  It's almost dusk now, but there isn't much time left. Must find Mao 19 before the end of today.

  Zhang Xinyu drove quickly and arrived at the western suburbs, but this ghost street was not easy to find. After asking around, she finally found it, but the sky had slowly darkened.

  From a distance, the buildings in this ghost town are still tile-roofed houses from decades ago. The archway at the entrance of the street has three large characters "Yulan Street" which can still be vaguely seen.

  At this time, it should be brightly lit, but there is no one on this street of Yulan who has turned on their lights. I and Zhang Xinyu walked onto the main street.

  "Yang Guo, why is this street so deserted? There's not a single person around?" Zhang Xinyu felt somewhat strange.

  "This street is famous for being a ghost street, there might be ghosts." I said intentionally to scare her and made a ghost face.

  "I'm not afraid, I don't believe in ghosts." The female cop was different, with a particularly big temper.

  I didn't say a word and continued walking forward, but every household had closed their doors. How could I find Mao Shi Jiu? The sky had already completely darkened, at this time, the streets on both sides emitted a faint red glow, it turned out that the red lanterns outside each merchant's house had all lit up, barely illuminating the street.

  I feel something is off. As soon as this red lantern lights up, I sense a gloomy atmosphere and hear an almost inaudible whisper of wind by my ear.

  "Xin Jie, did you hear anything?" Zhang Xin Yu patted her chest, trembling.

  "No." But she also cautiously pulled out her gun and looked around at the strange surroundings.

  After walking more than ten steps, I suddenly saw an old man holding a gong and walking while striking it. The old man was wearing an old-fashioned cotton-padded jacket, but how could he wear such thick clothes on this sweltering summer day? Upon closer inspection, he had no shadow. The old man seemed to be oblivious to us as we passed by him shoulder to shoulder.

  "Xin jie, did you see that old man? I asked weakly."

  "You think you can scare me with that big head? You've already said it, if you say it again, it won't be interesting anymore." Zhang Xinyu thought I was scaring her and said in a bad tone.

  At this time I started to get scared, it was certain that the old man just now was a ghost, only I could see him, but why couldn't he see me?

  An even more frightening scene appeared, and the number of people on the street gradually increased. There were all sorts of ghosts in red and green clothes, some lying on the ground, some drunk and staggering, and some carrying sedan chairs... It was like a bustling market scene.

  Zhang Xinyu still didn't know everything around her, if she could see, she would definitely be frightened. Fortunately, these ghosts seemed to be unable to see us, and I had no choice but to pretend nothing was wrong and go find Mao Shi Jiu.

  The number of ghosts on the street is increasing, and I keep holding my clothes tightly, afraid that these ghosts will find me. It turns out that the hundred ghosts walking on the street are real, and it's possible that they were people who died in the plague years ago, their souls did not reincarnate, and became lonely wild ghosts.

  Suddenly a gust of dark wind blew over, and the hundred ghosts seemed to panic, running wildly in all directions, bumping into each other, in total chaos.

  What happened? I looked around and the hundred ghosts disappeared one by one, a black ghost appeared in front of me with a bloody big mouth.