Wen Qing looked at the two people inside the room, and she felt her head swell.
In such a strange and scary place, neither Chen Ge nor Uncle Huang did anything out of the ordinary. She had no idea whether it was because she had not seen the world before and was making too much of a fuss out of nothing, or these two's level of knowledge was beyond the scope of a normal person.
After hesitating for a long time, Wen Qing finally walked into the room. She did not dare sit down but stood behind Chen Ge.
Uncle Huang collapsed on the sofa. He did not look like he cared about Chen Ge at all. He slowly closed his eyes, and his body appeared to have grown into the sofa. In a real sense, they had grown together.
With no one to disturb him, Chen Ge used this rare opportunity to study his surroundings.
The layout of this room was different from other rooms. It was much smaller than a normal room. The kitchen and bathroom were together, and there was only a bedroom and a living room.
Compared to Wen Qing's home, this room is missing the size of a bedroom and a kitchen.
Chen Ge suspected that the source of the stench came from the missing room. He sat on the sofa for a long time, and in the meantime, he took the time to study the blood vessels on the sofa.
Strangely enough, when Chen Ge sat on the sofa, the blood vessels were just decorations, but when Uncle Huang sat on the sofa, the blood vessels came alive like small snakes. They crawled on the stained sofa leather, and it looked very creepy.
The blood vessels that are hidden under the stains can recognize Uncle Huang, but they only show a different appearance before Uncle Huang.
Chen Ge did not quite understand the relationship between the blood vessels and Uncle Huang. He tried to ask Uncle Huang about it, but Uncle Huang appeared to be asleep. The wrinkles on his face were tightly knitted together. He did not say a word, and his body sunk deep into the sofa.
"Chen Ge, I don't think Uncle Huang will be able to help us like this." Wen Qing sighed. Before she came, she had high hopes for Uncle Huang, but unfortunately, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.
"You told me before that the place that Uncle Huang lives in is rented to him by his boss, right?"
"Yes, why?"
"Then between you and him, who moved into this community first?" Chen Ge asked the next question.
"When Xiang Nuan and I moved here, Uncle Huang had already lived here for quite some time. His boss is also a good person. Knowing that Uncle Huang has nowhere to go, he rented this house to him at a very low price. "
"Uncle Huang was injured at work. Do you know how much his boss paid him?"
"I'm not too sure about that. After all, it's Uncle Huang's personal business." Wen Qing didn't understand why Chen Ge was asking about this.
"Therefore, of all the rooms in the house, only this room is different from the others. It is missing the size of a kitchen and a bedroom …" Chen Ge walked around the room. His hand slid along the wall before stopping at the wall next to the main bedroom. "Based on the layout of your home, there should be a door here that leads to another bedroom."
His fingertips pulled on the wall, and there were some black and red stains left behind under his fingernails. "The surface is painted with a layer of white paint, but the inside is filled with this kind of black and red stuff."
The main reason Chen Ge was able to find this place was because of the stench, a stench that only he could smell.
Ever since he entered Uncle Huang's room, he had been searching for the source of the stench, but he failed to find it. After a closer inspection, he came to the spot where the stench was the thickest.
"The Foul Odor seeps in from the other side of the wall."
Chen Ge turned back to look. Uncle Huang was still curled up inside the sofa. It appeared like no matter what he did, Uncle Huang would not wake up.
"There is a hidden room here, and the source of the stench in Uncle Huang's room is here." His fingers kept moving. The wall was wet and soft. There were no bricks or cement inside the wall, only the unknown black and red stuff.
Half of Chen Ge's finger had already sunk into the wall. The sensation that came from his fingertip slowly changed. It felt like he was touching the thin wall of a blood vessel.
Pulling his finger back, Chen Ge used Yin Yang Vision to look through the small hole.
Inside the wall was something that looked like blood vessels, and between the gaps of these 'blood vessels', Chen Ge saw an eye.
"There's a dead body on the other side of the wall?" Opening his backpack, Chen Ge silently took out the hammer.
"What are you doing?"
"Breaking it."
"We've only been here for less than five minutes, and the owner is still asleep."
"So, now is the best time to make our move."
"Are you sure you want to do that?" Wen Qing thought that Chen Ge was being too irrational. If he did that, he would definitely offend Uncle Huang, and he would gain another enemy for no reason.
While the two were talking, Uncle Huang, who was trapped inside the sofa, seemed to have recovered some of his energy. He turned around with great difficulty to look at them. "You're still here?"
Seeing that Uncle Huang had woken up, Chen Ge silently shoved the hammer into his backpack. "Uncle Huang, you're renting this place, right?"
"Yes, the owner's family doesn't live here, so I'm staying here to help them look after the house. It's a perfect place for me to stay." Uncle Huang's tone had not changed from before. It seemed like no matter what happened, the way he spoke would always be the same, and it would never change.
"Understood." Chen Ge nodded.
"If there's nothing else, I won't keep you any longer. I wish to go to the bedroom to rest." Uncle Huang slowly stood up. The blood vessels on the sofa had all returned to normal, and everything that had happened earlier had returned to normal.
With his body shaking, Uncle Huang walked to the bedroom. He coughed several times, and like his body was too weak, his hand gripped the door frame. One of his fingers tapped lightly on the wall next to the bedroom door.
"When you leave, help me close the door. Recently, I've been getting more and more tired. If you have any questions, you can ask the owner. He lives on the top floor. But the owner's temper is not that good, so be careful when you ask him. " Uncle Huang's tone had never changed, but when he reached the end, his voice became heavier like he was emphasizing the word 'be careful'.
"Then, we won't disturb you any longer. If you have any clues or if you see the child, feel free to contact us. We'll be inside this building."
Chen Ge dragged Wen Qing away from Uncle Huang's home. When they left, he even helped Uncle Huang close the door.
"I realize you're a man of action. Just now, you were going to smash the wall, and now you're leaving just like that. It was not easy for us to find Uncle Huang, so we should at least pester him to get some information out of him." Wen Qing said with pity, "He has been living here for a long time, so he knows more about the secrets of this residential area than I do. You've wasted such a good opportunity. By the way, why did you suddenly want to smash the wall? I feel like you've scared Uncle Huang. "
"You've only seen the first floor." Chen Ge did not elaborate. He turned back to glance at Granny Lee. Earlier, when he and Wen Qing had entered Uncle Huang's home, Granny Lee, who had been following them, did not dare enter. She merely stood guard outside the door.
"How about we go and ask Uncle Huang again?"
"There's no need." There were some things that Chen Ge could not say directly. He realized that it was not that Uncle Huang did not want to help them, but he did not have the courage to do so.
When they first met Uncle Huang, both Chen Ge and Wen Qing were shocked by Uncle Huang's appearance. Honestly, Uncle Huang looked very scary. His face was covered in bite marks, and it made people want to stay away from him.
At the time, Chen Ge had started to wonder if the Uncle Huang inside the door was different from the one outside. This old man actually had a dark and scary side to him.
With the scary appearance and the pungent Foul Odor inside the house, it was normal for Chen Ge to come to this conclusion, but then he slowly realized that was not the case.
When he asked to enter Uncle Huang's home to investigate, Uncle Huang agreed without hesitation. Even though he spoke very slowly, there was no hint of rejection in his tone. It was as if Uncle Huang also hoped that someone would enter his home as a guest.
What was there to visit in a strange, dirty, and lonely old man who reeked of Foul Odor?
After entering the house, Uncle Huang's reaction was normal, but it made Chen Ge feel weird.
Uncle Huang collapsed on the sofa and closed his eyes. He did not care what the two strangers in his home were doing.
This confused Chen Ge. He felt like Uncle Huang was purposely allowing them to observe his home.
Chen Ge did notice the problem. He noticed that there was something wrong with the size of the house, and there might be two hidden rooms inside the house.
Later, just as Chen Ge was about to smash the wall to confirm it, Uncle Huang 'coincidentally' woke up. Even though he did not say anything, it could be seen that he had stopped Chen Ge.
If he had not woken up, Chen Ge might have gone to smash the wall.
On the surface, Uncle Huang might have done that because he was worried that the secret inside the house would be exposed, but if he thought deeper into it, he might have done that to protect Chen Ge and Wen Qing. He did not want them to fall out with the tenants inside the building.
Then, a small detail from Uncle Huang confirmed Chen Ge's suspicion. When Uncle Huang walked to the back of the bedroom door, his finger tapped lightly on the wall next to him. His finger was at the same level as the hole that Chen Ge had dug out.
Uncle Huang probably wanted to use this method to tell Chen Ge that Chen Ge was right; there was indeed something behind the wall.
He could not say it, and he did not dare say it, so he could only use this method to warn Chen Ge.
Uncle Huang should be a good person, but how can a good person survive inside the door? What does he rely on to survive?
Chen Ge was suddenly reminded of something Wen Qing had said earlier. After Uncle Huang's accident, he had found himself a job at the morgue to look after dead bodies and clean the place.
Could there be dead bodies behind the wall? Is Uncle Huang a body watcher?
Uncle Huang's last sentence mentioned the landlord, and he emphasized on reminding them to be careful. Connecting the dots, Chen Ge's eyes slowly widened.
Has Uncle Huang been helping the landlord watch over the dead bodies?
Even Chen Ge was shocked by his own conclusion. He did not dare tell anyone about this and memorized it in his heart.
Based on this, the most dangerous person in this building is the landlord. Perhaps the tragedy of the whole building is related to the landlord.
So many scary things had happened inside his building. The landlord had to be one of the insiders, but he did not come out to stop them.
Perhaps the real landlord is already dead, and the landlord's family is among the dead bodies buried behind the wall.
Gripping the backpack, a plan formed in Chen Ge's mind. Wen Qing, we should go and find the landlord now. He has the key to leave this building. He should know best whether Xiang Nuan has left this building or not.
"Okay."
Wen Qing did not know Chen Ge's real thoughts. Actually, Chen Ge was already planning to make his move on the landlord. The landlord still did not know about his and Wen Qing's existence, so they could come up with a surprise attack. That would have the highest chance of success.
After the discussion, Chen Ge and Wen Qing were about to enter the stairwell when a scream came from upstairs.
"What happened?"
"Don't panic. We need to ensure our own safety first."
Inside the building, not only Chen Ge and Wen Qing heard the scream, many other tenants heard it as well.
After the scream, the sound of the front door being opened came from inside the building. It sounded like many people had come out from their homes.
"The sound seems to come from the fifth floor."
Chen Ge, Wen Qing, and Granny Lee slowly walked up the stairs. When they reached the third floor, they saw the middle-aged man who hid women's underwear in his house also come out from his room.
After a simple greeting, the group moved up the stairs together.
"Why did he come out from his home as well? He does not look like the kind of person who would help others. "
When they reached the fifth floor, Chen Ge noticed that many people had already arrived in the corridor. Among them were the university student Xiao Sun and Auntie Ding.
Six people surrounded the door to Room 504, whispering among themselves. It was hard to tell what they were discussing.
"What happened?" Chen Ge asked Xiao Sun softly.
"Someone has been killed! It happened in Room 504! "Xiao Sun's face was pale. This seemed to be the first time he had encountered something like this.
"Murder?" Chen Ge looked into Room 504. The living room was covered in flowing blood, and the walls were covered in scary pictures drawn in blood.
All the furniture was covered in blood. A girl was sitting in a pool of blood, hugging the body of a middle-aged man, and she was crying.
"The scream came from that girl?"
"I just got here." Xiao Sun shielded his face with his hands and looked through the gaps between his fingers.
Wen Qing also wanted to go over to take a look, but she was stopped by Chen Ge. "Someone has died, and there is blood everywhere. You need to be mentally prepared before you look."
Just listening to Chen Ge's description, Wen Qing could not take it anymore. "It has nothing to do with Xiang Nuan, right?"
"No, the victim is a middle-aged man."
"Then, I will stop looking."
"Don't say anything stupid later. Something is very wrong with this situation." Chen Ge lowered his voice. "The iron door is locked, and the key is with the landlord. If the killer is not the landlord, then he should still be inside this building, perhaps right next to us."
Wen Qing understood what Chen Ge meant, and she very carefully stood next to Chen Ge.
The tenants of this building have their own rules. The death of this middle-aged man has alerted all the neighbors, so it doesn't look like this is the work of the tenants. If we exclude the tenants, then other than the landlord, the only person who dares to openly violate the rules should be an outsider.
With this in mind, Chen Ge turned to look at the pictures that were drawn in blood. He realized that most of these pictures were related to curses. He had seen similar pictures in Li Wan City and the old city before.
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