Chapter 4: Strange Sounds 2. Officer Zhong
After Wu Yu and Xiao Xue broke up, he went straight to the Zhejiang Public Security Bureau. When he arrived at the bureau, he saw a male police officer on duty, so Wu Yu told him that he was looking for Officer Zhong who was transferred from Wuzhen. The male police officer squinted his small eyes and observed Wu Yu carefully, and said, "Officer Zhong just came back. Is there anything I can do for him?" Wu Yu couldn't explain it clearly for a while, not to mention that it was useless to tell him, but he didn't expect that things would be so coincidental.
Wu Yu asked excitedly, "Excuse me, where is Officer Zhong now?"
"He's in the office on the second floor." Seeing that he seemed to be hiding something, the other party didn't ask any more questions.
Wu Yu found the office and looked inside. Two middle-aged police officers were talking:
"The case is becoming more and more complicated. I just hope you can help." The speaker was a fat man.
"This is a really troublesome . I believe no police officer is willing to do such a thankless task." said the handsome middle-aged police officer.
"So far, I can only leave the case to you." The other party smiled bitterly and spread his hands helplessly.
The handsome male police officer was silent for a moment, took out a cigarette from his pocket, handed it to the other party, lit it, and then put one in his mouth. He took a deep breath, blew out smoke rings skillfully, and nodded.
"That's it. Just don't work too hard." An ugly smile appeared on the fat face.
Wu Yu guessed that this handsome male police officer was probably Officer Zhong. He waited for the other party to come out in silence, and then he went to meet him.
"Excuse me, are you Officer Zhong?"
The other party raised his head and looked at him with his bloodshot eyes in confusion, as if to say, who are you? Then he nodded.
"It's great to meet you. I can't tell you exactly when. Why don't we find a place to talk, preferably a quiet place."
"What's so important?"
"Yes, I must."
"Well, I'm planning to go home anyway, so why don't we go together?" Officer Zhong's face was pale and bloodless, probably because he was too tired.
Wu Yu learned from the conversation just now that he seemed to be taking on another case after returning, and it was an easy case. When asked this question in the police car, he smiled helplessly and said, "Our hard work seems very happy to outsiders. It's good enough to not be fired and get a salary."
"Police work is really hard. They are busy all day, investigating cases. It is really not easy."
Seeing that the other party shared the same feeling, Officer Zhong began to babble incessantly, criticizing the superior officer for sitting in a high position and not caring about his subordinates at all.
The police car stopped in front of a tea house with floor-to-ceiling windows.
They sat down in the back where the light was still good. Officer Zhong waved to the waiter naturally, and the top-notch Guanyin came up.
"It's relatively quiet here, so feel free to say whatever you want to say." Officer Zhong's eyes showed some tenderness.
"Take a look at this." Officer Zhong took the business card Wu Yu handed over, "Oh, it turns out you're a very good photographer, Wu Yu."
"Excuse me, you are not a good photographer, but you are just looking for a job." Wu Yu smiled bitterly, "I have been looking for Officer Zhong from Guangzhou to Wuzhen for many days. It is really difficult to find you."
"Oh, really? What's the matter?" Officer Zhong looked at him in surprise.
"Officer Zhong, do you still remember the supernatural case that happened in Wuzhen two years ago?"
"Supernatural case? Oh, could it be..." Officer Zhong's eyes widened, "Are you talking about the supernatural things in that desolate old house?"
"Yes, Su Wei, who died mysteriously that year , was my colleague. I'm not sure about the real cause of his death two years ago, so I wanted to ask you about it."
"How come you suddenly remembered this case, and came all the way from Guangzhou?"
"This..." Wu Yu told the story of the mysterious letter he received one by one.
Officer Zhong's face gradually turned pale, and he murmured, "How is it possible, how is it possible..."
Wu Yu also thought this was unbelievable, and no one would believe such a ridiculous topic. Therefore, Officer Zhong's reaction was normal.
In order to confirm the facts, Wu Yu handed Su Wei's mysterious letter to Officer Zhong. After reading it, Officer Zhong's face gradually turned pale. As a criminal policeman, calmness is his style, and he cannot let outsiders see his panic expression.
"Back then..." Officer Zhong frowned, as if deep in thought. "I was still working in Wuzhen. On that day, around eight o'clock in the morning, I received a call from a woman - it should be a young woman with a sweet voice, saying that someone had died in that ancient house. I was stunned after I hung up. That ancient house has been haunted, and almost everyone in Wuzhen knows it. But since someone has reported the case, as a policeman, I have to go there no matter what. But after arriving at the ancient house, I didn't see a single person. It was gloomy and quiet. I thought someone had deliberately set up a farce. When I entered the backyard, I was tripped by something. I stumbled twice, turned around, and found a male corpse. Later, I found the ID card next to the deceased and learned that his name was Su Wei."
"When you entered the ancient house, did you open the rooms and look around? Is it true that no one lives inside?" Wu Yu shuddered when he thought of what he saw in the ancient house.
"Later we came to investigate and found it was horrible inside, not even a ghost."
"Really?" Wu Yu felt his heart beating faster.
"Su Wei's death was horrific. His face was stabbed by a weapon - probably a knife or something. We never found the weapon. Later, after a forensic autopsy, it was discovered that the real cause of Su Wei's death was that he was stabbed several times in the lower body. But who stabbed him? Who was the mysterious woman who called? After our investigation, there was no news. Later, it became an unsolved case. As for the media and the people in Wuzhen, they all said that he was killed by a female ghost in the ancient house. Since then, no one has dared to go in there. I don't know why Su Wei would go to such a horrible place?"
The more Wu Yu listened, the more confused he became.
“Is it really the legendary Heartfall?”
"After returning to Zhejiang from Wuzhen, I have been wondering about this unsolved case. This is the most unsuccessful case in my life. Now that you bring it up again, I feel it is even more unusual. Could it be that all this was done by the legendary 'Xinluo', or is the murderer deliberately hiding the truth?"
Wu Yu was also puzzled.
"Well, Wu Yu, I have to finish the case on hand now. Once it's solved, I'll go to Wuzhen to find you." Officer Zhong shrugged helplessly.
"Okay, just contact me directly when the time comes..." Wu Yu wanted to say more, "Please come back as soon as possible, I can go back to Guangzhou ," but the words couldn't come out.
