"The landlord is the biggest suspect, but I can't rule out other possibilities." Chen Ge scratched his head. "If only I can ask one of the tenants."
Since he entered the building, he had seen four people in total — the woman hiding behind the door, Wang Qi with the missing person notices, the grumpy landlord, and the old man in the wheelchair.
"The old man is staying with the landlord, so I can't think about it for now. The woman on the first floor gives me a weird feeling, and only Wang Qi looks normal. He should know something about this place." Chen Ge placed the thermos inside the room, locked the door, and headed down to the first floor.
The voice-activated lights came on, and when Chen Ge reached the first floor, he saw Wang Qi hugging the missing person notices as he walked down the corridor. He shoved the notices into the gaps of the doors, not caring whether there was an occupant or not.
This strange action attracted Chen Ge's attention. Other people tended to put up missing person notices in crowded places, but this man purposely picked the empty apartments.
Chen Ge followed behind Wang Qi silently. After Wang Qi slid the last missing person notice into the gap of the door, he said, "Brother, I understand how it feels to have a family member go missing, but you have to be strong. Don't torture yourself with these meaningless things."
Hearing the voice, Wang Qi slowly turned around. His cloudy eyes never seemed to focus. "Understand? You won't understand, and I don't expect you to understand … "
Chen Ge did not waste time with him. He took out his phone and pulled up the missing person's record from several months ago. "I'm not lying to you. My parents suddenly disappeared half a year ago, and at the beginning, I was devastated."
Seeing the picture saved on his phone, Wang Qi was silent for a long time before he said, "I sympathize with what you've been through, but our situation is different. My fiancée will definitely return, and I can sense that she hasn't gone too far."
"Can you tell me about your situation? Since we are both in the same boat, maybe I can help you. "Chen Ge's attitude was sincere, and what he said was from the bottom of his heart.
Wang Qi hesitated for a moment. Perhaps he was reminded of how Chen Ge had helped him pick up the missing person's notice, so his gaze softened. "You won't be able to help me. You seem like a good person, so listen to me and leave. Don't spend the night here!"
"I've already paid the money. If you want me to leave, you should at least give me a reason." Chen Ge had come here to complete the Trial Mission. If he left now, it would be equivalent to giving up halfway, and he would never be able to unlock the Murder by Midnight scenario.
"Is money more important or your life more important?" Wang Qi looked around, and after confirming that there was no one around, he said in a low voice, "There was a massacre in this building before. Everyone knows about it."
"I've heard that this is a haunted house, but I can't find any related cases online. It should be a rumor." Chen Ge voiced the doubt in his heart.
"This building used to be called Fu An Apartments, but after the tragedy, it was renamed Ping An Apartments. The case was quite a big one back then, but the culprit still hasn't been caught. The resentment of those who died is hard to appease, so they show up at the old house late at night, "Wang Qi said with a serious expression.
"Do you still believe in things like that in this day and age?" Chen Ge smiled awkwardly. In reality, he was more panicked than anyone else. The mirror monster, the Ghost of Love Letter — he really did not want to get involved with any more ghosts.
"I didn't believe it at first, but later, my fiancée mysteriously disappeared around here." He pulled on his hair in pain, and the exhaustion on his body could not be hidden.
"Why would your fiancée come to this place?" Chen Ge's attention was immediately drawn to the story. Wang Qi's fiancée's situation was quite similar to his parents'.
"I don't know. Actually, I've never heard of this building before. It was the police who told me about it. They said that all the clues stopped here." Wang Qi let go of Chen Ge, and a few strands of hair were still stuck between his fingers. "I had no choice but to come here to look."
"Then, did you find anything?" Chen Ge was curious.
Wang Qi opened his mouth like he was thinking of something, but he did not say it out loud. He took out his phone from his pocket and typed something on the screen.
"My fiancée seems to have been kidnapped by someone from this apartment!"
Seeing the words on the phone, Chen Ge was shocked. Things were not going as he expected. "Brother, missing and kidnapping are two different concepts."
Wang Qi signaled for Chen Ge to keep his voice down. He used his back to block the corridor and clicked open his phone to show Chen Ge.
It was just a casual glance, but when Chen Ge saw the message, his eyes slowly widened.
There was a message from his fiancée in Wang Qi's phone!
There were only two words in the text message — save me. What was even more strange was that the text message was sent at around two o 'clock yesterday morning.
"A person who should have disappeared sent you a message for help at midnight?" After the initial shock, Chen Ge soon calmed down. "Since you received the message, why didn't you call the police directly? Your fiancée is still alive. "
"You might not believe me, but every night after midnight, I receive a message from my fiancée, and the message is always the same. And most importantly, every time I wake up, the text message will disappear, as if it had never happened. " Wang Qi pointed at the blood vessels in his eyes. "To keep this message, I haven't slept for twenty-four hours already."
"Once you fall asleep, the message will disappear?" This was the first time Chen Ge had heard of something like this.
"I know you probably think I'm crazy, but I'm telling the truth." Wang Qi leaned against the wall and pocketed his phone. "Stranger things happen around me. For example, my fiancée's things will mysteriously appear in my room without any warning. It's like she's constantly reminding me to go and find her."
After hearing Wang Qi's last sentence, Chen Ge's eyelids twitched.
Based on what he had experienced in the past few days, his fiancée was not missing but had been murdered and turned into a ghost. Now, she was haunting him again. That was the only explanation. Of course, that was assuming he was not lying.
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