No. 10 could be someone who was helping Chen Ge, or he could be a patient in disguise. To find the answer, he had to go to Linjiang New Schistosomiasis Control Station in person.
After making sure he had not missed anything, Chen Ge walked out from the room, walked down the long corridor, and returned to the elevator.
There have to be other secrets behind those closed doors. Perhaps the secret tunnel that the society members used to leave is hidden among them. Chen Ge regretted not bringing the hammer with him, or else he would have smashed down all the doors. I'll learn from this lesson and be more careful next time.
Entering the elevator, Chen Ge watched the numbers change, and his nerves finally relaxed. He tied the cleaver to his calf, removed the mask, and took a deep breath.
The elevator opened on the first floor. Before Chen Ge walked out, he heard someone talking outside. The voice was stern.
"How did he get in here? I'm asking you how he got in here! "
"Manager Huang, I really have no idea why he would appear in this building."
"Even the murderer has snuck in! You still don't know? "
"I'm sorry."
"I'm paying you to protect the tenants! I'm not here to listen to your apology! How many things have happened in the past few days? Do the math yourself! "
Chen Ge looked outside the elevator, and Zhu Xiu, who he had left in the corner, had disappeared.
"Where is she?" Chen Ge looked down the corridor. Gu Feiyu was in his security uniform, holding his phone with his head lowered.
Standing across from him was a young man who looked gentle but had a bad temper.
"Xiao Gu? What's going on? "Chen Ge walked over.
"Who are you?" The middle-aged man turned to Chen Ge. "You don't look familiar. You're not one of the tenants here, right?"
Then he glared at Gu Feiyu. "He's your friend?"
There was a clear rule that strangers were not allowed to enter the residential area after midnight. Gu Feiyu knew that he had made another mistake. He took off his cap and nodded.
"Manager Huang." The police siren came from outside the building, and a middle-aged man in casual clothes walked in. "That's my friend."
Seeing the man, Chen Ge was surprised. "Inspector Lee?"
"When you came out from the police station, I knew something was wrong with you, but I didn't expect you to be so capable. That guy was so well-hidden, but you still managed to find him." Inspector Lee pointed at the entrance of the third building. Zhu Xiu was lying unconscious on the ground.
"You've been following me since I came out of the police station?" Chen Ge did not notice at all. Now that he thought about it, he felt a little scared.
"I've been a police officer for almost twenty years. It would be strange if you found out when you were defenseless." Inspector Lee then told Manager Huang, "You don't have to blame this young man; he did a good job. This time, the criminal is very cunning and has a strong sense of anti-reconnaissance. Even our undercover officers failed once, so it's normal that he didn't notice."
"Even the plainclothes officer failed?" Manager Huang looked at Chen Ge and quickly apologized. His expression changed like the flipping of a book. "Then, you're also a police officer, right? Thank you for your hard work, officer comrade. "
Chen Ge ignored him and looked at Inspector Lee guiltily. "You've been waiting outside the building?"
"Of course. I waited for you at the entrance of New Century Park for one and a half hours before following you to Fang Hwa Apartments. I've been waiting outside the building until now." Inspector Lee moved his arms. "When I saw you found the suspect, I prepared to come over, but you took the elevator back up."
"Uncle Lee, what you're doing is very dangerous."
"If not for the fact that I'm afraid you'll do something stupid, do you think I would have the time to care about you?" Inspector Lee lowered his voice and pulled Chen Ge to the side. "Zhu Xiu seems to have been traumatized by something. Was he like this when you saw him?"
Inspector Lee's tone was weird. Chen Ge looked at Inspector Lee's expression, and it dawned on him. "When I saw him, he was already like this. The only reason I left him in the stairwell was so that I could go upstairs to investigate the reason."
"Hmm." Inspector Lee nodded. "This is very strange."
Not long after Zhu Xiu was sent into the police car, an ambulance arrived, and it also stopped outside the third building.
The people in the room looked at each other.
"Which one of you called the ambulance?"
No one admitted to it. After a while, the number on the elevator screen suddenly changed until it stopped on the thirteenth floor.
"The tenants rarely use the elevator at night, so something must have happened." Manager Huang and Gu Feiyu ran to the elevator door at the same time. Soon, the doors opened, and a middle-aged man carrying an old lady rushed out.
"Doctor! Doctor! "
The middle-aged man's mother seemed to have fainted due to a sudden illness. Initially, Chen Ge did not think much of it, but when he saw the old lady's face, shock crossed his eyes.
This old lady was the old lady who had been waiting to take the elevator down from the thirteenth floor!
When she had looked into the elevator, she had grumbled, "Why are there so many people taking the elevator at night? It's so crowded."
The old lady's appearance was completely different from what Chen Ge had seen. He could not tell whether it was the old lady or the old lady's soul that had come down the stairs.
"She didn't take the elevator, so she should be able to survive this."
After the ambulance left, it was time for Chen Ge to leave, but before that, he had something to do.
"Xiao Gu, how much do they earn in a month as a night guard?"
"About 3,000 RMB."
"You're quite brave and have a good personality. If you don't want to work as a security guard or have nowhere else to go, you can come find me at Western Jiujiang's New Century Park." Chen Ge raised his phone. "Call me then."
This time, Gu Feiyu was obviously moved. "Okay."
After saying goodbye to Inspector Lee, Chen Ge rushed back to New Century Park. He could finally relax after returning to his Haunted House.
"This place is much more comfortable."
He jotted down the things that he needed to pay attention to, memorized them, and burned them all.
"Tomorrow is a new beginning. After the opening hours, if I have time, I can go to Linjiang's schistosomiasis control station to take a look in the morning."
It was already very late. Chen Ge fed the white cat some cat food and prepared to go to sleep, but before he could do so, his phone rang again.
"Is this Inspector Lee?" Chen Ge thought it was Zhu Xiu again, but when he answered the call, he realized it was from Captain Yan.
"Sorry to disturb you, Chen Ge. We have something to confirm with you."
Captain Yan was very polite, and Chen Ge did not want to reject him. "Speak, but you'd better be quick."
"I've already sent you the picture. You can take a look. We discovered this when we were looking at the surveillance around Hai Ming Apartments."
After the message was accepted, Chen Ge clicked open the picture. It was a picture taken from the surveillance, and it had been sharpened.
There was a man in a hoodie in the picture. He was holding the phone in his right hand like he was talking to someone, and his left hand was holding a flyer for Chen Ge's Haunted House. There were cigarette scars and small wounds on the back of his hand.
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