Chen Ge nodded and did not reject her offer. "Let's go."
"Thank you." Huang Ling was soaked, and she sat in the driver's seat. "My home is not far from here. We'll be there in ten minutes."
The headlights came on, and Huang Ling drove through the rain with the rest of the group, heading into the distance.
Along the way, no one spoke; everyone was thinking about their own things.
At 1 am, the car arrived at the residential area that Huang Ling lived in. The location was very remote, very close to Li Wan City.
"In the past, the city planned to develop Eastern Jiujiang, but for some reason, it was abandoned. In the end, this large stretch of half-built buildings was left behind. The people who originally lived here moved away due to various reasons such as transportation and living conditions." Huang Ling drove the taxi into the residential area. There was not a single light in the large area; it felt like they had entered a ghost town. "A few years ago, when Eastern Jiujiang was going to build a new area, the housing prices were sky-high. Now, there are only a few tenants like us left."
Through the conversation, Chen Ge got to know the woman's past. Several years ago, she and her husband had used all their savings to buy a house in Eastern Jiujiang.
Initially, the two were overjoyed that they managed to get a house in Eastern Jiujiang. They waited for the new area to be built and the house to appreciate.
However, not long after that, the developer delayed the delivery due to a lack of funds and a dispute over debts.
To buy the house, the couple had used up all their savings and owed quite a lot of debt. They joined forces with the other tenants to demand an explanation from the developer, but the latter kept delaying until now.
The project was stopped for no reason, and the house that they had spent all their savings to buy became an unfinished building. The couple could only rely on renting a house to survive.
Life was not easy. During this period, the husband had gotten into a car accident, and basically, it was Huang Ling who was holding the fort.
"We're here." Huang Ling stopped the car, grabbed her bag, and rushed upstairs. Chen Ge and Xiao Gu followed behind her.
Only the lights on the first floor were working. The walls were dark, probably due to the humidity, and there was a light moldy smell in the air.
"Jia Ming!" Huang Ling came to the fourth floor. As she opened the door with the key, she shouted into the room. She was extremely afraid and worried that what she feared would come true.
Looking at the flustered Huang Ling, Chen Ge and Xiao Gu did not say anything. From their perspective, since Huang Ling's husband had called them at that time and knew that the car was full of ghosts, it meant that he was most likely dead and had become a ghost.
Unable to fit the key into the keyhole, Huang Ling was so anxious that her hands were shaking. But at that moment, a man's voice rang out in the room.
"What took you so long? Where did he go in the middle of the night? I'll call your company's leader … "The door opened from the inside, and a haggard looking man with a limp leg appeared in front of Huang Ling.
"Gu Ming?!"
Huang Ling was very excited when she saw the middle-aged man. She reached out and wanted to hug him, but the middle-aged man dodged her without a trace. "Your clothes are all wet. Where did you go?"
"I'll tell you later. It's fine as long as you're fine. You really gave me a fright today." Huang Ling choked on her tears. "I'll go change first. These two are my saviors. I'll drive them home later."
Huang Ling entered the room, and the limping man blocked the door. He showed no intention of inviting Chen Ge and Xiao Gu into the room.
Outside the door, Chen Ge and Xiao Gu looked at the limping man with confusion. The man was alive and well, so why would he call Huang Ling? And how did he know that the bus was full of ghosts?
"Your wife ran into some bad people, and it was us who helped her." Chen Ge looked into the room. It was tidy, and the man looked like a typical stay-at-home man. There was nothing strange about him.
"Hey! Where are you looking? "The man was very wary of Chen Ge.
"It's nothing. Can I borrow your phone for a while? My phone has run out of battery, and I want to tell my family that I'm safe, "Chen Ge said lightly.
"Then wait here." The limping man walked into the room and handed his phone to Chen Ge.
"Thank you." Chen Ge flipped through the call history. The man did call the woman several times that night, but none of the calls went through.
It wasn't him who called?
Chen Ge pretended to send a few messages. Then he tapped out the record and returned the phone to the middle-aged man.
Inside the room, Huang Ling had already changed. In the casual outfit, she radiated a mature beauty. "Hubby, you stay at home. I'll go and send them home. That's what I promised them."
"No!" The limping man refused without thinking. "It's already 1 am. I'll be worried if you go out with them. Tell them to call a taxi. At most, we'll pay for the taxi."
"It's raining so heavily outside. Where do you expect us to find a taxi?" Chen Ge looked at Huang Ling with a straight face. "What do you think?"
Huang Ling hesitated for a moment, but in the end, she walked out of the room. "Hubby, the situation is complicated. I'll explain it to you when I come back."
"You're not going anywhere tonight! It's already 2 am, and you want to go out? Are you crazy? "The limping man reached out to grab Huang Ling's arm, but he was stopped by Chen Ge.
The man was obviously afraid of Chen Ge, and his voice was not very confident. "What do you want?"
Holding the backpack with one hand, Chen Ge's eyes narrowed as he stared at the limping man's face. "I'm a very reasonable person. I've fulfilled her request. If she doesn't fulfill her promise, then don't blame me for what I'll do."
The atmosphere was rather tense. In the end, Xiao Gu and Huang Ling tried to persuade the limping man at the same time. With a scoff, the limping man reluctantly agreed.
"Don't mind him. My husband is a little narrow-minded, that's how he is usually." Huang Ling handed the umbrella and towel to Xiao Gu. "I haven't thanked you properly in the car."
"It's fine, I understand." Xiao Gu accepted the towel with a silly smile and wiped his face.
"Stop wasting time. Let's go downstairs first." Chen Ge walked down the stairs expressionlessly. He did not say a word the whole time.
Walking out of the stairwell, Chen Ge sat in the front passenger seat. He pulled open the zipper of the backpack and reached his hand into the bag to grab something.
After seeing that nothing had happened to her husband, Huang Ling's worried heart finally relaxed. Only after losing something would one learn to cherish it. She decided not to argue with her husband anymore and live a good life.
The taxi drove into the rain, and Chen Ge, who had been silent, finally spoke.
"Huang Ling, have you noticed that your husband has become different from before since a certain period of time?"
The rain hit the car window. When Huang Ling heard Chen Ge's words, she thought about it seriously. "Nothing different? What's wrong? "
After a pause, Chen Ge slowly said, "I suspect that man is not your husband."
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