Inspector Lee did not seem to want to talk about this topic. Footsteps came from the other end of the phone. He purposely walked to a secluded spot before saying, "The child has a misunderstanding about death."
"The child's worldview has not been formed yet. Perhaps in her eyes, death is just a journey to somewhere far away. I can understand that." Ever since Chen Ge met Meng Nan's main persona, even the strangest child appeared normal to him.
"If only that was the case. After the child was rescued, she did not speak for three whole days. She did not cry or make a fuss; she was so obedient that it was scary." Inspector Lee sank into his memory.
"On the evening of the fourth day, a female officer saw her curled up in the corner of the bed, staring at a spider. She thought she was afraid of spiders, so she casually squashed the spider to death. Then, the girl suddenly started crying, saying that the officer had killed her big sister.
"That was the first time the girl spoke, and it was then that we realized something was wrong with her.
A child who did not feel sad because of the death of her parents but cried because of the death of a spider, what kind of world did she live in?
"We tried to explain the meaning of the word 'death' to her, but we realized that in her heart, death was not a person's final destination. The girl told us very seriously that people would turn into something else after they died. It was similar to reincarnation."
"It's precisely because he's not afraid of death that we often hear cruel words coming out of his mouth."
"A cute child who looked like an angel used an innocent voice to talk about death. Then, was she an angel? Or a demon? "
"After further investigation, we found more details.
"It was a passing villager who reported the case. According to the autopsy report, the girl stayed with her dead parents for at least two days." Inspector Lee lowered his voice even further. "A child at the age of five should be able to think for herself and do many things, but for two whole days, she did not call the police or ask for help. Don't you think that's weird?"
"Could it be that her parents never taught her these things?" The image of Jiang Ling's pitiful face flashed across Chen Ge's mind, and he felt like something was wrong.
"We only found the girl and her parents' fingerprints inside the house. The method of poisoning is unimaginably lousy, but it worked. There are many similar points. In short, this case is not as simple as you think. "
Someone on the other end of the line was calling Inspector Lee's name. Inspector Lee answered casually.
"Chen Ge, I have something urgent to attend to right now. I must rush over. I know I might not be able to persuade you, but I can only remind you to be careful of that child, and don't go to that village at night. "
"We can't enter the village at night?"
"Look at the map. Don't you think it's strange that there's only one village within a few miles? When we investigated the other villages, an old man told us that Lin Guan Village had a plague a long time ago and many people died. "
The person on the other end of the line was urging Inspector Lee. After a few words, Inspector Lee hung up, leaving Chen Ge standing alone in the dark village.
The busy tone came from his ear. Chen Ge silently put the phone away. "He said a long time ago, but how many years ago was that?"
Scanning the dark Lin Guan Village, Chen Ge looked at the rows of broken houses. They looked like rows of unclosed coffins.
"Lin Guan Village … Doesn't that make it Coffin Village?"
He exited the village and stopped beside the cement road.
Even in the morning, he would not be able to hail a cab here, much less in the middle of the night. He could not return to the city anymore.
"Jiang Ling said that her father's peach forest is on the western side of the village. I should go there to take a look."
Chen Ge turned on the flashlight and followed the winding road to the western side of Lin Guan Village.
The road became narrower and narrower. Just as Chen Ge was about to give up, he suddenly saw a weak light ahead of him.
"Someone's there?"
The light moved to the other side of the mountain. It slowly moved away from him, and the person did not seem to see him.
Chen Ge pulled the handle of the hammer outward and shoved Xiaoxiao into his shirt pocket before continuing to move forward.
The mountain road was rugged, and he did not dare run too fast. After chasing for about ten minutes, the light before him slowly disappeared.
"Could it be a will-o '-the-wisp?"
The mountain was scary at night, and there was no one around. Chen Ge was reminded of some stories that he had heard when he was young — ghosts, wolves with lanterns, mountain spirits, and so on.
"Calm down, don't panic." He patted his face lightly, pulled his shirt around him, and ran toward the spot where the light had disappeared.
After jumping over the second mountain, the scene before him changed. There was a peach forest growing at the edge of the mountain.
Due to the lack of care, the peach forest was filled with weeds. Many of the peach trees were crooked, and from afar, they looked like living people.
The light that had disappeared reappeared, and it was inside the peach forest.
"This should be the peach forest that Jiang Ling's father owns." After finding the place, Chen Ge did not feel happy. If anything, he became very nervous because of the light.
"Everyone knows that there has been a murder in the peach forest, so why would someone come here with a light at night?" He turned off the flashlight. Due to Yin Yang Vision, he could see much better than normal people in the dark.
He slowly crept into the peach forest, and the sound of a hoe digging entered his ears.
"What is he doing?"
When Chen Ge got close, he finally got a good look at the person.
There was a lamp and a water bottle hanging from the branches, and next to them was an old man in his sixties or seventies.
He waved his hoe and dug up every inch of the peach forest, as if he was looking for something.
The old man's behavior was very strange. Chen Ge did not hurry to show himself. He followed behind him quietly and observed closely.
Even though the old man had white hair, his body was healthy. Probably because he did farm work often, his palms were full of calluses.
He was wearing a shirt that had been washed white, and his face was tense like he rarely smiled in his life.
"He looks like a normal old man."
No matter how he looked at it, he looked like an old farmer, but someone like that had come to the crime scene to dig in the middle of the night.
Chen Ge followed the old man for about twenty minutes, but he still did not find anything. Calculating the time, he decided to be more direct.
He was afraid that his sudden appearance would scare the old man, so he purposely retreated about ten meters, turned on the flashlight, and yelled into the peach forest, "Is anyone there? How am I supposed to get out of this mountain? "
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