Chapter 25: Battle of the Haunted House (Part 2)
Liang Xi parked the car on the side of the road, turned the key, walked around the house, unlocked the front door and entered the house.
The house was empty except for built-in furniture. The nails, sockets and drill holes left on the wall were clearly visible. Liang Xi looked up at a thread on the top of the side of the door. The thread was not wrapped with electrical tape. It should be the thread left after the monitor installed by Lily was removed. After walking a few steps on the first floor, Liang Xi saw another thread. After walking through the first floor, Liang Xi found at least five thread ends.
Judging from this, Lily couldn't bear to part with this house. After calling the police several times and believing that her home was invaded, she did not choose to escape, but hoped to prove herself through surveillance. From a psychiatric point of view, everything is possible. For detectives, a brave woman is not prone to hallucinations. Is it really because of Xiaoma? If it is because of Xiaoma, Lily should stop using Xiaoma. Why did she still think her home was invaded later?
The stairs were in the living room. Liang Xi went upstairs and found that a surveillance camera had been installed at the top of the stairs.
There is a 40-square-meter open space at the entrance of the second floor stairs, which is Lily's personal activity center. At this time, the sofas and other furniture on the second floor have all been moved away. In the empty large space, a young man with black hair and blue eyes sat cross-legged in the middle, his palms facing up, his eyes closed, like a meditating monk.
"Fuck!"
Even if he met a ghost, Liang Xi would not be scared. Liang Xi inspected outside the house and the first floor, and mentally confirmed that there was no one else in the house. Suddenly, such a stupid bird appeared in such a stupid posture, which made Liang Xi's heart jump, and he couldn't help but curse.
The silly bird opened his eyes slightly and then slowly closed them again.
Liang Xi asked, "Who are you?" Silly Bird had black hair draped over his shoulders, and wore a tight grey sweat-absorbing short-sleeved shirt inside and an open long white shirt that was almost transparent outside. He looked quite experienced. This guy was not handsome, but beautiful , very beautiful, and as delicate as a birthday cake. Liang Xi's focus was: he had no weapons.
Silly Bird quietly replied: "Psychic."
Liang Xi asked: "How did you get in?"
Silly Bird: "I opened the door and came in." There was a bunch of keys on the ground next to him.
Damn it! Real estate agents dare to let in any cat or dog.
Liang Xi saw the thread ends left by the dismantled surveillance cameras. He looked up and looked around. There were surveillance cameras installed all around this hall. Liang Xi pushed the window, but it could only be opened 20 centimeters. He checked and found that it was nailed shut. Liang Xi ignored the silly bird psychic and walked towards the corridor. There were three rooms on both sides of the corridor, one large room on one side and two small rooms on the other. The windows of the three rooms, and even the windows at the end of the corridor, were all nailed shut and could only be opened 20 centimeters at most.
With such intensive surveillance and such strict defense, how could someone break into the house without leaving any traces? Could it be that Lily really had a mental illness?
Liang Xi went up to the third floor, which was an insulation layer with a height of only 1.8 meters, where sundries were piled up for daily use. Even so, like the second floor, the windows were nailed shut and cameras were installed. There were more than a dozen cardboard boxes neatly arranged on the third floor, with labels on them, to be given to the next owner. After inspection, it was found that they were all sundries of not much value, such as books, second-hand keyboards, plush dolls, half-used nasal saline spray, disassembled standing fans, etc.
After searching for a while, Liang Xi returned to the second floor from the third floor. The silly bird was still sitting there cross-legged.
Liang Xi ignored him, checked every window, and tried to pull out the nails that secured the windows.
Silly Bird said, "Windows can't keep out the dead."
Liang Xi ignored it.
The silly bird said: "On a new moon rainy night, the dead will come again tonight."
Liang Xi asked: "What are you doing here?"
The silly bird replied: "This is also my problem, so I am here."
Liang Xi went to the first floor. He had ruled out the possibility of entering the house through the window. Liang Xi thought there were only two answers. The first answer was that the intruder was hiding in the house. After hearing Lily calling the police, he opened the door from the inside and left the house. The second answer was that the intruder unlocked the door and entered the house from the front door or the back door . These two answers did not solve the problem of surveillance. How to avoid surveillance? Did Lily disconnect the surveillance when she was at work during the day?
This is possible, because Lily felt invaded only on weekdays. But it also proves that Lily has mental problems. She is under great pressure on weekdays and sleeps no more than seven hours a day. On weekends, Lily can sleep until noon the next day.
Lily's voluntary disconnection of the surveillance camera was illogical. How could the intruder avoid the surveillance camera? Liang Xi found three problems. The first problem: There were at least 20 surveillance cameras in the whole house. How could Lily see them all? How could she watch all the videos of 20 surveillance cameras? The second problem: Lily had never seen the intruder in person. How could the intruder know when Lily fell asleep? The third problem: Was the intruder a fortune teller? Was he not afraid that Lily would get up to urinate in her sleep?
Liang Xi returned to the large room on the second floor, which should be Lily's bedroom. The intruder did not take anything, which means that the intruder's target was probably Lily. Liang Xi studied the window for a while, then opened the door to the balcony of the large bedroom. It can be seen that the balcony was installed with invisible anti-theft nets not long ago. Invisible anti-theft nets use extremely high-strength steel wires instead of common stainless steel and aluminum alloys. In theory, each steel wire can be disassembled and installed, but tools are required and it will make a loud noise.
Liang Xi found no signs that the steel wire had been disassembled.
Liang Xi called the real estate agent, but the agent was unwilling to tell Liang Xi Lili's contact information. He just said that if Liang Xi had any opinions or views, he could tell him and he could record it and give it to Lili. Liang Xi could also record it directly and give it to Lili. Liang Xi was a little curious why the real estate agent said recording. The real estate agent told Liang Xi that he was the thirteenth person to investigate the haunted house. All the previous investigators would leave a conclusion of varying lengths after returning the keys.
Liang Xi asked: "What conclusion?"
The real estate agent replied: "Most investigators believe that Lily has mental problems."
Liang Xi asked: "What about the small part?"
The real estate agent replied somewhat helplessly: "They think there are ghosts, and they are the ones who make my house unsaleable."
Liang Xi hung up the phone and walked to the second floor lobby. Silly Bird was still sitting cross-legged, but he was looking at something on his phone. Liang Xi looked at it for a while, then turned and went downstairs. Silly Bird suddenly said, "I'm sure the dead will come again tonight."
Liang Xi stopped and asked, "Who are you?"
Silly Bird put away his phone and looked at Liang Xi. He crossed his fingers and looked at Liang Xi for a long time: "Why do you ask who I am?"
Liang Xi was confused. Seeing a ghost in broad daylight? Why did he think so? Because the silly bird's question lacked basic logic. Liang Xi answered carefully: "Talk to me first."
Silly Bird looked at Liang Xi for five seconds : "I'm on the phone."
Liang Xi didn't see the phone cord, so he took out a Bluetooth headset from his long hair: "High-tech, thank you."
Fuck you jungler!
