Chapter 3 Car Accident 03

  Gu Wenkai's words made Qin Fei slightly furrow his brow, and he rubbed the spine of the book with his thumb. After a moment of silence, he looked up at Gu Wenkai and slowly began to speak: "The girl I saw was probably four or five years old. She was wearing a red coat, sitting in the back seat, leaning against the car door. One of her pigtails had come undone, and she had been injured quite badly. There was blood flowing from her forehead."

  Before, they could suspect that Qin Fei had misseen it, but when he described the various detailed characteristics of the girl in such detail, the possibility of misseeing seemed untenable.

  The three of them fell silent, and the study was suddenly plunged into an eerie stillness.

  The first to break the silence was Xie Zhe, who leaned back in his chair and rested against the back of the sofa, smiling and teasing: "Boss, are you telling ghost stories?"

  Qin Fei ignored Xie Zhe, but Gu Wenkai showed a thoughtful expression. After a long while, he took out his phone from his pocket and dialed a number, saying: "I'll call my colleague in the traffic police department to ask if there was a little girl among those who were involved in that car accident."

  Gu Wenkai ended the call quickly, after picking up the phone he didn't waste any words and directly asked for the answer he wanted to know, then listened to the other person finish speaking, responded with a couple of "uh-huhs" before hanging up.

  "There were two cars involved in the accident. One car had only one person, the owner, while the other car was carrying Zhang Jianqiang, who we suspect is involved in a bank robbery case. At the time of the accident, there were only three people in his car: himself, his wife Chen Ping, and their four-year-old son Zhang Lei. No one else was present. The only person injured in the accident was Zhang Lei, who suffered a dislocated arm due to the impact, but there was no blood on his body."

  Xie Zhe stroked his chin, seemingly interested, and said, "Could this really be a ghost?"

  As for Xie Zhe's question, Gu Wenkai did not give a definite answer, but instead asked Qin Fei: "Which car was the little girl you saw in?"

  "I don't remember the license plate number. I recall that it was on the rear seat of the car whose hood was flipped up, and there was a woman sitting with him." Qin Fei replied.

  Gu Wenkai pulled out a few photos from his pocket, took one of them and handed it to Qin Fei, "Is this the woman?"

  Qin Fei identified for a while, then nodded and said, "It's her."

  "She is Zhang Jianqiang's wife, Chen Ping." It seems that only the little girl was left... Gu Wenkai put away the photo, finished the remaining coffee in the cup, and stood up from the sofa. "Zhang Jianqiang's family is still in the hospital now, I'll go take a look at what's going on."

  "Hey! Wait a minute! Officer Gu, what do you think that little girl really is?" Xie Zhe shouted to stop Gu Wenkai who was about to walk out.

  "It's possible that Qin Xiaofei just had an illusion, don't think too much about it." Gu Wenkai waved his hand and walked into the passage at the end of the bookshelf.

  After seeing off Inspector Gu, Xie Zhe couldn't help but turn around and ask Qin Fei, "Boss, what do you think?"

  "What's going on?" Qin Fei, who was lost in thought, suddenly heard Xie Zhe's question and couldn't react for a moment.

  "That little girl you saw! What do you think she is? Is she a ghost?"

  Qin Fei took a glance at Xie Zhe and said, "That... probably was just my misconception. Look, I've got a cold today and my head is already spinning."

  Although Qin Fei told Xie Zhe that the little girl was just his own illusion, he himself knew very well that it wasn't an illusion. At that time, the little girl gave him a clear sense of existence, which couldn't be an illusion.

  As for whether that little girl is human...

  Now, thinking back to the scene at that time, Chen Ping, who was sitting in the back seat with the little girl, had a look of anxiety on her face as she stared out the window. From time to time, she would turn her head to look inside the car, but her line of sight never fell on the little girl's body. Instead, it fell on the position between the little girl and Chen Ping herself. That position was not visible from Qin Fei's angle at that time. However, considering the known circumstances - Zhang Jianqiang driving into an accident, Zhang Jianqiang's son Zhang Lei suffering a dislocated shoulder due to the impact, Zhang Jianqiang's wife Chen Ping staying in the back seat - the person who would make Chen Ping anxious and frequently look over must be her and Zhang Jianqiang's son Zhang Lei. Therefore, Qin Fei could basically confirm that in his blind spot, lying there should be the only one he hadn't seen with his own eyes - Zhang Lei. The little girl was covered in blood, but Chen Ping didn't ask or even glance at her, as if the little girl didn't exist for Chen Ping...

  That little girl is probably no longer in this world.

  This was the first time Qin Fei had seen a ghost with such a clear shape. Before this, he could only sense it or discover it from abnormal phenomena, and at most, he would see a gray misty air. This made Qin Fei somewhat concerned, so during dinner, Qin Fei couldn't help but ask Zhang Zhixin, "Third Uncle, is there anything special about ghosts with clear shapes compared to ordinary ghosts?"

  Just as Zhang Zhixin was about to put a piece of chicken into his bowl, he suddenly twitched his goat-like beard and his hand shook, causing the chicken to fall out of the bowl. But Zhang Zhixin had already lost interest in the chicken, putting down his bowl and chopsticks, his face set in a serious expression that Qin Fei had never seen before. In a low, suppressed voice, he said: "That is a vengeful spirit who died unjustly and will not rest. Ordinary spirits lingering in the mortal world are just holding on to unfulfilled desires, but they will eventually enter the cycle of reincarnation. At most, they can affect the fortunes of mortals, bringing some disasters or illnesses. But... malevolent spirits linger in the mortal world to seek revenge and claim lives, and they won't stop until they see blood. Have you seen it?"

  "Uh, I saw it this afternoon when I passed by the scene of a car accident..." Qin Fei replied honestly.

  "Take off your amulet and let me see it."

  Qin Fei took off the amulet hanging from his neck and handed it to Zhang Zhixin.

  Zhang Zhixin opened the small cloth bag, took out the yellow talisman inside, and Qin Fei was shocked to see that one corner of the talisman seemed to have been burned by fire, missing a small piece, and the edge of the damaged part was black. Zhang Zhixin's face became increasingly solemn as he held the talisman with an obvious corner being destroyed.

  After dinner ended in a heavy atmosphere, Zhang Zhixin silently returned to his own room and made a new amulet for Qin Fei to wear. Later, Zhang Zhixin also took out a thread-bound book with a damaged cover, sat alone on the sofa muttering to himself for half a day, and was entangled for a long time. Until Qin Fei finished washing up and was about to go to sleep, he seriously asked Qin Fei: "I'm going out for a while this time, are you going back home or continuing to stay here?"

  "I'm not a kid, I'm afraid of being alone." Qin Fei said helplessly.

  "Your mother asked me to take good care of you, I have to be responsible for you!"

  Qin Fei: "Third Uncle, be responsible for your words and don't use them carelessly."

  Zhang Zhixin glared at Qin Fei and continued: "Don't run around randomly, absolutely do not go to strange places! If there's an emergency, you can still call me."

  Zhang Zhixin seemed to have left in the middle of the night, anyway Qin Fei got up early and didn't see Zhang Zhixin. He didn't pay attention either, he made some simple breakfast by himself, and after eating, he went to the book bar.