Chapter 50: Suicide

Bincheng.
Two o'clock in the evening.
"Damn it!!! I can't process all this information, how can I even get started ?"
"When I wasn't a police officer, the world was peaceful. But once I became one, all the demons came out. Is it because my fate doesn't match this world?!!!"
Lu Xin scratched his head and covered his ears, but Li Que's complaints still seeped in through his fingers.
"No, let me eat a bowl of instant noodles first."
Li Que walked out of the serious crime room. He scratched his head. His hair was in clumps because it was too oily, and his chin was covered with a thick beard. He looked like a homeless man.
He yawned , shook his head and said:
"Captain Lu, let's take a break and have some instant noodles. I think we're all seeing enemies everywhere. There are no ghosts here except those Taoist believers!"
Looking at Li Que's appearance, Lu Xin couldn't blame him and just sighed.
Because their city is adjacent to the upper city, the influence of Taoist believers is still very large, and their combat readiness is far less developed than that of the upper city. The upper city is now unable to take care of itself and is even less likely to help them resist.
They could only rely on the stationed troops to deal with it slowly. Even so, the Taoist believers evolved very quickly and the army's progress became slower and slower.
As police officers, they have been working to evacuate people, buying more time for the army, and have not had a good night's sleep for a long time.
But what makes them most helpless is that they not only have to deal with ghost incidents, they also have to deal with many non-ghost incidents.
For example, because the victim practiced Taoism, the victim's family could not accept this fact, and they caused trouble at the police station, marched in the streets, and committed suicide. The depression rate among the people has generally increased .
The most serious ones are those who make false reports.
He said his house was haunted, but it was actually a cat. He said his son was practicing Taoism, but it turned out he had plastic surgery secretly and became more handsome...
"You know, there was a crazy man yesterday who said he had called the police many times and asked why they didn't respond and why they didn't save him. If I hadn't been at the police station these past few days, I would have believed him."
"I'm not afraid he'll complain. I really suggest he go to a mental hospital and have his brain checked out."
"The situation is not chaotic yet, but people's hearts are in chaos."
Lu Xin was also annoyed by what he said. He threw the file in his hand to Li Que and said:
"We are just small police officers, so we can't care about so many things. We are all on the execution side."
But...human panic is also a very powerful ghost.
"Ring, ring, ring, ring."
The police station phone rang. Li Que rolled his eyes and returned to the serious crime squad . Lu Xin pursed her lips and answered the phone:
"Hello, hello... this is the police station..."
"Police, officer!!"
“Wuwuwu… Wuwuwu.”
"Ma'am, please calm down and explain the problem you are facing."
"I'm sorry, but I can't calm down!!"
"My sister... committed suicide."
Hope Apartment, room number 2407.
Lu Xin pulled up the cordon. Li Que used his police hat to smooth down his messy hair, put on a mask and white gloves, and looked up at the ceiling.
On the ceiling of the room, a woman was hanging on a lamp hook, her tongue stretched out extremely long, her pupils wide open looking at the ground, her face showing extreme fear and regret, her lifeless eyes met Li Que's gaze.
Li Que shuddered, but felt more regretful.
"Captain Lu, I have seen the deceased."
Lu Xin was stunned and looked at Li Que, just meeting those regretful eyes.
"Do you usually watch short videos? If you do, you should be able to see her videos."
Lu Xin looked at the hideous and blue face and suddenly felt familiar. After Li Que's reminder, the face in Lu Xin's memory overlapped with the scene.
"Is she the latest internet celebrity 'Cat Angel'?"
"That's right... I really like her. I remember the video I saw of her that was secretly filmed. In the afterglow of the setting sun, she tried her best to beg for help for the kitten. After failing, she buried the kitten in the flower bed in tears. At the last moment, she looked at the camera with a panicked face and a forced smile."
“That smile!”
"Helplessness towards fate, accepting fate but not succumbing to it, that unwilling look."
"In this day and age, there can still be such a selfless girl...it's clearly a gift from troubled times, a gift from humanity."
"But now...even girls like this commit suicide."
"Has this era really become so completely bad?"
Li Que sighed, and even his breathing became short of breath as he watched the goddess die by hanging.
Such a girl can give people faith, and such faith can obviously encourage many people to live.
But she herself did not survive.
She was such a sunny and cheerful person. How could such a girl commit suicide... What a pity.
But what's impossible in this era? Perhaps a familiar acquaintance will die right in front of you, or you'll wake up and look at the sleepwalker, knowing that both of you have one foot in the grave.
"Hello... Are you a relative of the deceased?"
Lu Xin's voice came from the room. Li Que looked at Lu Xin speechlessly. It seemed that she didn't notice his sadness at all.
At this moment, Lu Xin had already walked to the crying girl and took out his notes to ask:
"Hello, you may be very sad now, but we must question you briefly."
"Could you please briefly describe the relationship between you and the deceased?"
Lu Xin looked at the girl with a smile. After seeing her clearly, she realized how much the girl looked like the deceased. Only a mole at the corner of her mouth clearly distinguished the two of them.
"well."
The girl sobbed, with fear in her eyes. She pursed her lips and stammered:
"My name is Zhang Ruliang, and the deceased is my sister... Zhang Ruyue."
"My sister is an internet celebrity, you may have seen her, but I don't keep in touch with her very often because I work as a clerk and am very busy on weekdays."
"I also often watch her videos. Seeing that she has become popular recently, I am very happy for her."
"But I didn't know she would actually commit suicide... If that were the case, I would definitely pay more attention to her..."
"Woo woo woo."
The crying sounded again, and Lu Xin frowned, a little puzzled.
"When did you find her dead? Why did you come to her house tonight?"
“I…I…”
Zhang Ruliang thought for a moment, his eyes somewhat vacant, and then he said in a hollow voice:
"Because she called me tonight and said she was scared and lonely and asked me to come find her..."
"I'm late..."
Very scared?
What is she afraid of?
Lu Xin frowned, feeling that something was a little strange here, and asked:
"Do you think there's anything strange about her? Like... seeing ghosts or something?"
"Haunted?"
Zhang Ruliang looked up in surprise. She paused, a glint in her eyes, her breathing quickened, and she leaned forward, closer to Lv Xin. Then she looked at Lv Xin with pleading eyes, opened her mouth, and said tremblingly:
"No."
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