There was a hint in the Bloody Heart Mission given by the black phone. "Darling, do you like black, white, or red?"
Because of that, Chen Ge was more sensitive to these three colors.
Wang Xin's mother liked black and white, and the woman he met in the elevator wore red high heels. There was something about them that made Chen Ge suspicious.
Studying Wang Xin's mother again, Chen Ge was surprised to realize that this middle-aged woman had a well-proportioned body. Be it her complexion or appearance, she looked much younger than her actual age.
Even now, this middle-aged woman could be called a beauty, much less when she was young.
"Patient No. 2 is afraid of aging …"
Chen Ge did not have any dirty thoughts in his mind, and he became more careful. He glanced at the teacup in the woman's hand and was thankful that he did not drink from it.
"Doctor Chen." The middle-aged woman took a step forward as if sensing the change in Chen Ge. "Are you scared?"
"Now that you mention it, I do feel a bit scared." Chen Ge went with the flow to admit it. "Can you tell me which room is haunted?"
"Room 3133 on the 13th floor. The police found out that the white shadow ran into this room. However, the owner of the room was not home at the time, and she seems to have moved away, so the case was left unsolved. After all, there were no casualties or economic losses, so it's not like we, the tenants, can't hold on to this. "
"Perhaps she didn't move away," Chen Ge said softly.
"What did you say?"
"Nothing, I'm just curious. Why are there so many threes in her room number?" Since he entered the Third Sick Hall, Chen Ge had realized that the number three appeared very frequently in his life. In fact, when he summoned the mirror monster, the countdown on the mirror had started from three.
"3133 represents Room 3 on the 13th floor of the third building," the middle-aged woman explained to Chen Ge.
"I've asked your security guard, and he said that most of the tenants on the 13th floor of the third building have left. Is it because something strange has happened here in the past one or two years? "
"It's alright. We rarely go out at night." The middle-aged woman thought about it. "There is something that I have to tell you. When you go down the stairs later, you'd better not take the elevator. About a few months ago, when a drunkard took the elevator home at night, the elevator stopped on the thirteenth floor and broke down. A white shadow entered the elevator from that floor."
"Elevators are usually equipped with surveillance cameras, and the whole process should have been recorded. Didn't the property management give us an explanation?" Chen Ge silently memorized every word the woman said.
"The drunkard was scared out of his wits. The next day, he went to the property management. It was quite a big deal at the time." Wang Xin's adoptive mother recalled the scene. "The property management pulled up the surveillance video, but there was no white shadow on the screen. There was only the drunken owner pressing the buttons blindly in the elevator. He went from the first floor to the top floor and back down again. The elevator opened a few times, but no one went in. "
"He opened it several times?"
"However, the duration of each visit is very short. It's only when the thirteenth level opens that it stays longer. The explanation given by the property management was that someone else might have wanted to take the elevator to leave that day, but they saw a drunkard inside, so they didn't go in. "
"That's a very far-fetched reason."
"I know, right? In any case, after that, we rarely use the elevator at night. "
Nodding, Chen Ge asked with a sliver of hope, "That surveillance video, can we still find it?"
"The property management should have a backup. When it's daytime, I can help you ask."
"Okay, thank you."
Chen Ge was not a police officer, so he did not have the right to look at the surveillance. He chatted with the middle-aged woman for a while longer before leaving.
After the door closed, Chen Ge walked several meters away before turning back. He took out a shredded piece of paper from his backpack, folded it several times, and stuffed it under the gap of the door.
The middle-aged woman had told him personally that the tenants here rarely went out at night. If her door was opened at night, then she was very suspicious.
After doing all that, Chen Ge walked up the stairs to the thirteenth floor.
Of the entire building, only the thirteenth floor did not have voice-activated lights. In the dark corridor, the only source of light was the green sign hanging above the safety exit.
The faded green light appeared even scarier in this situation. Chen Ge held the ballpoint pen in his hand and slowly walked down the corridor.
The place appeared to have been abandoned for a long time, and the doors on both sides were covered in dust.
"Room 3133."
Chen Ge found the room in the middle of the corridor that the woman once lived in. To his surprise, there was very little dust on the door like it had been occupied for a long time.
He shone the flashlight on his phone at the door, and he found something new on the door.
A piece of white paper was stuck in the middle of the door with transparent tape. The gist of it was that the room was for rent and resale at a low price. There was even a phone number on it.
"After the woman left, someone else bought this place?"
The paper was very new, like it had not been pasted on for long.
Chen Ge stayed outside the door for a while, and there was indeed no movement inside the room. He was unwilling to leave just like that, so he picked up his phone to call the number.
The phone rang for at least half a minute. Just as Chen Ge was about to give up, the call was picked up.
"Hello, I saw the advertisement at Fang Hwa Apartments. The price is very reasonable, so I wish to buy the apartment you're staying at." Chen Ge was nervous. Calling at this hour might alert the other party.
There was no reply for a long time. After a long time, a woman's voice came through. "I'm seriously ill, and I need money urgently. That's why the price is so low. If you really want to buy it, make an appointment as soon as possible. We'll meet at Xin Kang Apartments in the old city."
"Xin Kang Apartments?"
"My condition might worsen at any moment, so I found a place close to the hospital. You can come to the third floor to find me."
"Okay, I'll be there in a minute."
"In a minute?" The voice on the other side of the phone rose in pitch, and the tone changed. "Okay, you can come."
After hanging up, the confusion in Chen Ge's heart deepened. There were not many large hospitals in the old city. Was the person lying?
Walking out from the third building, Chen Ge felt much more relaxed.
He hailed a cab to reach Xin Kang Apartments. Chen Ge ran to the third floor in one go. He called the person again. "I've arrived. There are three rooms on the third floor, which one are you staying at?"
"Wait for me." After the call ended, the leftmost door of the apartment was pushed open from inside. "Come in. The place is a bit messy, and I'm not in the mood to clean it up."
Chen Ge pushed open the door, and when he saw the woman, his heart squeezed.
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