Qu Yin was a resident of this building and the son of the deceased. He was also a member of the building's rules.
If this man insisted that Chen Ge was the killer, then it would instantly push Chen Ge and Wen Qing into the center of the storm, and the situation would become very bad.
Due to this consideration, Chen Ge dragged Wen Qing to hide in the corner.
Qu Yin hugged Qu Yan. The siblings were immersed in great sorrow. The neighbors all pitied them, but everyone acted normally. To be more accurate, everyone tried their best to react as normal as possible.
The demons in human skin gathered together. Each of them had their own agenda, and no one knew what their real thoughts were.
"Wen Qing, let's go find the landlord first." Chen Ge did not want to stay there any longer. He had a very bad feeling in his heart.
He knew that the people from the cursed hospital had entered the door, and the monsters from the cursed hospital knew about his and Wen Qing's existence. The reason they had decided to cooperate with the residents of this building was probably because they wanted to use this method to force Chen Ge out.
Someone had died in this building. To investigate the killer, Qu Yin had a reason to knock on every door. That way, he could reasonably enter every room to investigate.
If he did not allow them to investigate, then it meant that he was guilty, and that meant that he was probably the killer.
Such a cruel method. They allowed the killer to go after the killer on their own, but the real killer is hiding in the home of the victim's family, hiding in a place that is ignored by everyone.
By doing this, the cursed hospital could openly search all the rooms in the building and put the blame on Chen Ge. This would pit Chen Ge against the entire building's residents. It was killing two birds with one stone.
"The monsters are familiar with the rules of the world behind the door. Even if they have lost most of their power due to the restriction of the world behind the door, they are still very difficult to deal with."
In a way, this could be considered the first encounter between Chen Ge and the cursed hospital. Behind someone else's door, the two outsiders plotted against each other.
"You want to make me a scapegoat? That depends on whether you have the ability to do so. Don't shoot yourself in the foot."
Chen Ge was not too worried. The rules of the building had been broken. Even though the neighbors wanted to catch the person who broke the rules, every room had their own secrets. It would not be easy for Qu Yin to sneak into the neighbors' rooms.
"For those whose hearts are hidden in darkness, you have intruded into their private space and found out their secrets. That means you have made an enemy out of them. Even if they do not kill you now, they will plant the seeds of their desire to kill you in their hearts." Chen Ge took one last look at Qu Yin and then left with Wen Qing.
The two of them quietly entered the corridor, and Grandma Li followed them.
The three of them first went to the sixth floor. Chen Ge stood outside Qu Yin's door for a while. He positioned himself in Cat Eyes' blind spot and used Ghost Ear.
Inside the room, a woman was talking to herself. It seemed like she was communicating with someone, but Chen Ge could only hear the woman's voice.
"This woman should be Qu Yin's girlfriend."
Chen Ge looked at the door to Room 601, and his heart was conflicted. If he knocked on the door and entered the room now, there was a high chance that he would find evidence of Qu Yin's murder plot. Perhaps the monster from the cursed hospital was hiding inside the room as well.
But he was afraid that something would happen. If his speculation was wrong, he would instantly become the number one suspect.
"The other party is setting up a trap. They have weaved a net, and this net will slowly tighten until I am trapped inside it." The monster's idea was good, but Chen Ge was too sharp. After he saw Qu Yin, he had already come up with many speculations.
"If the cursed hospital has really joined forces with Qu Yin, the situation will only become more and more disadvantageous for me. Instead of dragging this out and losing the initiative, I might as well end this now."
Separated by a door, even the monster from the cursed hospital would not expect Chen Ge to be standing outside the door.
He knocked lightly on the door. Chen Ge was not only sharp, he was very decisive. He rarely hesitated.
When the door was knocked, the mumbling of the woman inside the room disappeared instantly, and the room became very quiet.
"At this time, the person inside the room will definitely come to the door quietly and observe the situation outside through the peephole." Chen Ge had considered all the possibilities. When he knocked on the door, he pulled Granny Lee to stand right in front of the peephole.
He knocked lightly on the door again. After waiting for a while, the door finally opened a gap.
The person inside the room should have confirmed it through the peephole and only opened the door after realizing it was Granny Lee.
Perhaps from their perspective, a crazy old lady was not much of a threat. Even if her secret was exposed, it did not matter. After all, who would believe the words of a crazy old lady?
"Stop knocking. I do not have any leftovers at home. You'd better go and find your own son. If you continue to harass others, I will tell the landlord and have him kick you out. " The woman said a few harsh words. Seeing Granny Lee standing where she was holding the bowl and did not reply, she cursed a few more times before preparing to close the door.
The door slowly moved, but the woman suddenly realized that the door before her would not close no matter how hard she tried.
She lowered her head to look, and she broke out in a cold sweat. Underneath the door, there was a hand that was gripping the door tightly.
"Who is it?"
"Don't worry, I have something to ask you." Chen Ge's hand gripped the door. After ensuring that the woman could not close it, he appeared at the door with a smile.
"What do you want to ask?"
"The fewer people who know about this, the better. Let's go in and talk." Chen Ge pulled the door open. He did not give the woman any time to refuse and forced his way into the room.
The whole process happened in the blink of an eye. The woman did not even have time to react. When she recovered, Chen Ge was already in the living room.
"Who are you?" The woman's voice was rather loud. Chen Ge glanced at the woman. Actually, he had already prepared for a confrontation. If the woman screamed for help, he would immediately clamp his hand over her mouth to control her.
Without answering, Chen Ge confirmed the location of the bathroom and walked over.
"Stop right there!" The woman wanted to stop Chen Ge, but when she got close, Chen Ge had already pushed open the bathroom door.
There was a pile of dirty clothes inside the washing machine, and several pairs of dirty shoes were left in the corner.
Chen Ge used Yin Yang Vision, and he did not see any blood stains on the pile of clothes.
"Did I guess wrong?" His eyes moved to the sink, and Chen Ge finally discovered something. There were small blood clots at the edge of the sink, and there were blood vessels that had not been cleaned up in the gaps between the tiles.
"The water droplets beside the sink are still wet, and the soap in the soap box has just been used. Someone came here to clean the blood stains not long ago!"
The various clues told Chen Ge that his speculation was not wrong. "Qu Gui was stabbed to death by a sharp object. There are blood stains and pictures everywhere at the crime scene, so the killer must have been stained with blood as well. There must be other blood stains inside the house!"
With Yin Yang Vision, Ghost Ear, and Spirit Sniff, in a way, Chen Ge was no weaker than a police officer who had many years of experience. It would be very difficult to trick him.
The blood stains at the sink confirmed Chen Ge's suspicion, and he made an even bolder move.
After exiting the bathroom, Chen Ge started to search the bedrooms.
"What are you doing?" The woman's voice turned shrill. She was panicking.
It was too late to stop him now. Chen Ge pushed open the door to the first bedroom.
The room was very messy. The closet door was open, and there were many clothes on the double bed.
The only place in the room that could hide someone was under the bed. Chen Ge pulled back the bedsheet to look. After ensuring that there was no one, he walked out of the room and ran toward the second bedroom.
"Stop right there!" The woman grabbed Chen Ge's arm, and her nails dug into his flesh. The woman was using a lot of force. Her face was twisted, and she probably did not realize that herself.
"You want to stop me so badly, is it because there is some kind of unspeakable secret hidden in that room?"
Chen Ge tried to force his way to the second bedroom, but before he reached the door, the sound of the window being opened came from inside the bedroom!
Probably because the window had not been opened for a long time, the person inside the room had to push twice before the window was fully open.
"Someone's here!"
Chen Ge did not care about anything else. He pressed on the doorknob.
The bedroom door was locked from the inside. Chen Ge aimed at the lock and kicked several times before he managed to kick the wooden door open.
The bright red curtains fluttered inside the bedroom. The bedroom window was open, and there were blood stains on the windowsill. Someone had just left the room through the window.
"How cruel. To not expose himself, he dared to escape through the window."
The black fog that surrounded the residential area hid extremely scary monsters. Just facing the black fog alone, Chen Ge's heart was shaking uncontrollably, much less his own body that had entered the black fog.
Chen Ge walked to the window and looked out. There was only black fog around him, and there was no sign of anyone.
The woman beside him kept screaming and cursing at Chen Ge, but Chen Ge did not seem to mind at all.
The woman's scream was very loud. The tenants inside the building were already nervous because of the murder. When they heard the scream, they quickly ran toward the woman.
"Honey! Are you alright? "
Qu Yin's call came from the corridor. When he ran into the room, he saw Chen Ge and his girlfriend standing at the bedroom door, holding each other.
"Ah Yin, this man suddenly barged into our home!" The woman acted like she had seen her savior. She was so scared that she ran to Qu Yin's side.
More and more people gathered on the stairs. The neighbors all looked at Chen Ge with hostility. He had been pushed to the top of the wave. If he was not careful, he would be surrounded.
"Brother, don't panic. I think you should be thanking me." Chen Ge was someone who had been through a lot, so he was still very calm. He pointed at the bedroom door that had been kicked down and asked the woman calmly, "Was it me who kicked down this door?"
His tone was matter-of-fact and calm. Even Wen Qing, who stood next to Chen Ge, thought that Chen Ge was being a bit too arrogant. It felt like he was purposely provoking the woman.
"Ah Yin, this man is a madman! After he barged into the house, he ran all over the place and even kicked down the bedroom door! "Qu Yin's girlfriend was very aggrieved. She looked like she was about to cry.
Hearing his girlfriend's accusation, Qu Yin's face darkened. He knew what was hidden inside the bedroom, and now he was trying to come up with a solution.
"The reason I kicked down the door was because the bedroom door was locked from the inside." Before the group of neighbors, Chen Ge pointed at Qu Yin's girlfriend. "Brother, at the time, both your girlfriend and I were in the living room, but your bedroom door was locked from the inside. This proves that there was someone else in your house at the time."
From the moment Qu Yin's girlfriend confirmed that it was Chen Ge who kicked down the door, they had already fallen into Chen Ge's trap. They would be led by the nose by Chen Ge.
"What does the presence of someone else prove?" Qu Yin's face was very pale. He did not seem to have figured out what to say.
"This is your house. You were not home, and your girlfriend was with someone else. That is not a big deal. The problem is, after I opened the bedroom door, there was no one in the bedroom." Chen Ge signaled for the neighbors to enter the living room. "When I kicked down the door, I saw that the window was open, and the curtain was fluttering. Where did the person in the room go? Why did he escape through the window? Why is he feeling so guilty? "
Chen Ge stared at the neighbors and memorized each of their expressions. "If you still don't get what I mean, then take a closer look. There are still blood stains on the curtain, and there are some blood clots that have not been cleaned up. Furthermore, the blood stains are very fresh …"
"I get it now! Qu Yin's father's killer is probably hiding inside this room! " The university student, Xiao Sun, screamed. As a student, he had not experienced something like this before. Honestly, he was quite spooked.
The other neighbors should have noticed the problem as well, but they all had their own motives and did not say it out loud.
"Looks like there are still people who understand." A smile appeared on Chen Ge's face as he walked to Qu Yin's side. "That's why you should thank me. Without me, you and your girlfriend would have been killed by that murderer!"
Qu Yin's face was twitching. Chen Ge's train of thought changed so fast that he could not keep up. He had no idea what was going through Chen Ge's mind.
Looking at Qu Yin's ashen face, Chen Ge patted him on his shoulder in a friendly manner. "Based on the situation in your bedroom, the killer probably entered the victim's home through the window. After the murder, he left through the window. This also proves why the killer was able to sneak into the victim's home even though he did not have the key to the door. Do you think I'm right? Qu Yin? "
A bystander might have thought that Chen Ge was merely analyzing the situation, but as an accomplice, Qu Yin could hear the threat in Chen Ge's words.
Obviously, Chen Ge knew how the killer got into the victim's home, but he did not say it out loud to give both parties some leeway.
Chen Ge was not doing this to protect the killer. He had a crazy plan in his mind. He wanted to deal with all the crazies in this building alone.
It would be very difficult to do that, so capturing Qu Yin was the first step of his plan.
"You have a point. I did not expect the killer to sneak into my father's home through the window." Qu Yin had no idea how much Chen Ge knew, but for now, all he could do was follow Chen Ge's lead.
Seeing Qu Yin agree with Chen Ge, Wen Qing was stunned. She was worried that she would cause trouble for Chen Ge if she did not manage her expression well enough, so she slowly lowered her head.
"I kicked down the door about three minutes ago, and the killer left around that time. The time difference between the two events would not be more than fifty seconds. From this, we can prove that the killer is not one of us here." Chen Ge used one sentence to wash away the suspicion of everyone present. This meant that he had united them into a whole, and then he could use the power of this whole group to search for the missing tenants and destroy the stability of the building.
Chen Ge knew very well who the real killer was, but he would not reveal it. He wanted to use the excuse of searching for the killer to 'destroy' the building.
Qu Yin also knew who the killer was, but he would not reveal it because the killer had already escaped. If he continued to pursue the case, he might expose himself. After all, Chen Ge had already threatened him.
Two people who knew who the killer was were looking for the killer, and they had come to a tacit agreement.
In the whole process, Chen Ge's method was much better than the monsters from the cursed hospital. He had directly used his words to wash away the disgust of a portion of the people. He had made it clear that they were not the culprits, so naturally, they would not search their rooms.
In this selfish world behind the door, everyone only cared about whether their secret would be exposed or not. Who would care about others?
Therefore, when they knew that their rooms would not be searched and their secret would not be exposed, they naturally followed Chen Ge to investigate other people's dirty secrets.
Chen Ge made use of their psychology. He planned to divide this building step by step. When the 'good guys' outnumbered the 'bad guys', that would be the time for him to lay his cards on the table.
The trap set up by the cursed hospital had not only been resolved by Chen Ge, but all the benefits had been taken by Chen Ge. If the monsters from the cursed hospital found out about this, they would definitely go crazy from anger.
"Wait a minute, then how did you know the killer would be hiding inside Qu Yin's room?" The middle-aged man with the lingerie in the room asked.
"The killer wanted to kill Qu Gui and Qu Yan's whole family, so he must have a grudge against them. Therefore, I suspected that Qu Yin and his girlfriend would also be the killer's targets. When I came to investigate, I was surprised to hear strange noises coming from inside Qu Yin's room, so I decided to knock on the door. " Chen Ge shrugged. "I admit that some of my actions were a bit rough, but human lives are at stake. At a time like this, I cannot hesitate!"
After saying that, Chen Ge turned to look at Qu Yin's girlfriend. "You just had a brush with death. If not for me, you would have been in danger. Aren't you very grateful to me now?"
The sound of teeth grinding came from Qu Yin's girlfriend's lips. She leaned against Qu Yin's side with tears in her eyes. She did not turn to look at Chen Ge.
"Looks like your girlfriend has been scared out of her wits. Why don't you go and 'comfort' her?" After Chen Ge said that, he walked to the center of the living room and acted like the owner of the house. "The killer is still on the run. He will enter each of your homes through the windows. This kind of person is very dangerous. We have to capture him as soon as possible."
Everyone in this building had their own secrets, and those secrets were hidden inside their own rooms. Chen Ge's words were telling them that there was currently a murderer who did not follow the rules and might discover all of their secrets. If they did not want their secrets to be exposed, then they had to hurry and help him capture the killer.
Hearing Chen Ge's words, the neighbors agreed without much hesitation. From the looks of it, they wanted to capture the killer more than Chen Ge did.
Looking at the anxious faces of the neighbors, Chen Ge's lips curled up. He knew that the real show was about to begin. Everything was moving in his favor.
"Perhaps I can kill the monster from the cursed hospital right here."
Chen Ge now had hundreds of people at his beck and call. Wen Qing, who stood behind him, was stunned. This appeared to be different from the world behind the door that she had imagined.
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