Chapter 7: Enemies Reunited
The sudden shout scared Qian Bo so much that he almost stumbled and sat on the ground again. Tan Xuan thought that the waiter didn't know the rules and was shouting, and was about to retort, but when he saw the person in the corridor above, he immediately became speechless.
The man came down the spiral staircase and walked in front of Tan Xuan and Qian Bo, sneering, "It's true that we meet everywhere in life. I didn't expect that we would meet again so soon. What's the matter? Are you in a hurry to pee and come here to find a toilet again? Tell me, which pool here is yours so that I can ask the people here to change the water."
Looking at the beautiful woman in front of him who was still dressed the same way as in the alley, Tan Xuan secretly groaned in his heart. He didn't expect to meet her here again. It was obvious that she was here with bad intentions. But thinking about whether Qian Bo had been caught in the act of breaking the law, he became a little tougher in his heart and replied in a neither soft nor hard way: "This girl's joke is not funny at all. How could I do such a low-class thing."
"Does it mean you are well-mannered if you relieve yourself on the street?" The woman glared at Tan Xuan and continued to ask, "Aren't you an online car-hailing driver? Why don't you go out to take orders instead of coming here to relax?"
Tan Xuan snorted and sneered, "You're the one saying this. Can drivers not take a shower? Or is it marked here that drivers are not allowed to enter?"
The woman raised her eyebrows and said, "Tan Xuan, I don't have time to mess around with you. I won't pursue the matter of gambling with you for now, but you must tell me clearly how Sun Shunli died. "
Tan Xuan was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that the other party had found out his name . He didn't even know Lao Sun's specific name, but the other party knew it. It seemed that they came prepared to hold him accountable.
"How would I know how he died? I only found out when I heard the waiter say that someone slipped. What, Lao Sun died? The waiter didn't tell us." Tan Xuan pretended to be surprised and frightened, and deliberately avoided the pool.
"Really?" The woman asked, staring into Tan Xuan's eyes. Her big watery eyes were almost engraved with the words "I don't believe you at all". Then she turned around and looked at Qian Bo.
"Qian Bo, what do you say?"
Qian Bo did not respond to this question. Instead, he straightened his chest and frowned and asked, "How do you know my name? What do you do?"
Looking at the momentum that Qian Bo displayed in an instant, Tan Xuan couldn't help but look up to him. This momentum, this speed of change , was really too fast.
The woman smiled slightly, took out her phone, opened the photo album and waved it towards Qian Bo, "It doesn't matter what I do, you see, the one who escaped the net in the photo is you, right?"
The photo shows Qian Bo and Lao Sun coming out of the apartment. Their faces are captured very clearly, and it is obviously not the kind of photo that can be taken with a mobile phone.
"Are you a policeman? You are following me. Which branch are you from?" Qian Bo asked sternly. His tone was very different from before. If one didn't know better, one would have thought that this was a leader lecturing his subordinates.
Qian Bo was very aggressive, but the woman didn't buy his tricks at all. She smiled and said, "You don't have to yell at me, and don't bluff. I have checked your identities. A driver and a small leader of the Housing and Construction Bureau are not worthy of my tracking. Although this photo can't prove that you participated in gambling, it can prove that you knew the deceased. Tell me, how did Sun Shunli die? Don't say you just happened to catch up with me. This questioning of my IQ."
Qian Bo was stunned on the spot. Tan Xuan secretly shook his head and took over the conversation. "Go to the hospital to ask how Sun Shunli died. What are you telling us? Do you think we are forensic doctors? Don't use this to threaten us. We are law-abiding citizens."
"You..." The woman didn't expect Tan Xuan to have such a sharp tongue. He was obviously different from the timid person he had just met. She was a little overwhelmed by the retort and said with her neck stiff, "The autopsy results said that Sun Shunli died of a sudden heart attack, but I don't believe it. I feel there must be some secret."
Tan Xuan felt that this woman was a bit of an idiot, and her appearance wasted. He spoke more and more impolitely, "If you don't believe it, go find evidence. Why are you wasting your time here? What's the matter? Police solve cases by guessing? Are you worthy of your duties? We are legal citizens and taxpayers. Why do you treat us like this? Besides, even if Lao Sun was murdered, it has nothing to do with us. The two of us just came out of the lounge. There are surveillance cameras in the corridor. We will know it once we check. We have no motive and no time. Stop accusing us."
"But you guys..."
"Xiao Di, why are you here?"
Just as the woman was about to speak, another middle-aged man in police uniform came over.
When she saw the person coming, the girl named Xiaodi became obedient all of a sudden, like a mouse seeing a cat.
"I just heard that someone got into trouble here, so I came to take a look and... collect some information."
The man glared at the girl and said, "Nonsense! You're messing around all day long. Stop causing trouble and go home."
"Oh." The girl nodded, but did not mean to leave. Instead, she asked the policeman, "What are you doing here?"
"I've contacted Sun Shunli's relatives. I'm coming over to pack up his belongings and hand them over to them. You should go back quickly. It's already late. Otherwise, I'll tell my family."
"Got it." Xiao Di stuck out her tongue , obviously unconvinced, but still had no intention of leaving.
The middle-aged police officer was unaware of what was happening behind him. He turned around and left after he finished speaking, but he stopped in front of Qian Bo and Tan Xuan.
"Sun Shunli's incident is over. You have nothing to do with it. I won't take you back to take statements. Don't listen to Xiao Di's nonsense. Don't get involved in illegal activities in the future, especially you." The police officer looked at Qian Bo, "You won't always be lucky."
"I understand, I understand." Qian Bo agreed with a smirk on his face. Facing the warning from the middle-aged police officer, he no longer had the bluffing attitude he had just had.
"You go ahead and do your work. We won't get in the way here." Qian Bo pulled Tan Xuan upstairs to the lounge.
"Huh..." Qian Bo lay on the bed, gasping for breath. He was frightened one after another. There was no hope for the future happiness after surviving a disaster. He could hardly bear it anymore.
"Do you know that policeman?" Tan Xuan asked, looking at Qian Bo's ugly face.
Qian Bo shook his head. "I don't know him. I'm not so unlucky as to know him."
"I've seen him on TV. He's a notorious, stubborn guy. Few people who have dealt with him have had good results."
"Tan Zi, when do you think that thing will come? If it's coming, please come quickly. It makes me feel even worse. Feel me, I'm sweating all over now."
Tan Xuan dodged Qian Bo's hand with disgust and leaned against the head of the middle bed. "Who touched your hand? Don't disgust me. If you are scared, just go to sleep. When it comes, I will clean it up and we can go back."
"Are you sure? Tanzi, it's not that I don't believe you, it's just..."
Having shared the hardships together, Tan Xuan became less polite to Qian Bo and spoke more casually, interrupting Qian Bo impatiently.
"Just don't worry. I've dealt with more ghosts than you've ever seen. What are you afraid of? How come you're so nagging?"
Qian Bo turned his head to look at Tan Xuan, "I really can't find fault with what you said. I have never seen a ghost, so of course you can say whatever you want."
Qian Bo sighed and smiled bitterly: "Tan Zi, don't laugh at me, I'm just scared. I almost peed when I saw the shadow in the water just now. If I wasn't afraid of involving my family, I would want to go home now. I don't want to die."
Being looked down upon like this, Tan Xuan was speechless. "Brother Qian, don't worry, you won't die. How can I joke with you about this? If you are scared, just take a nap. You won't be scared when you fall asleep."
"I want to, but the problem is that I can't sleep." Qian Bo said with a sad face.
"If you can't sleep, just bang your head against the wall. When you faint, you won't feel scared anymore."
"You're just being mean." Qian Bo glared at Tan Xuan unhappily. He didn't expect that a young man who looked very sunny on weekdays could choke people with his words now. "Anyway, I can only trust you now. Now I have nowhere to find help. Don't lie to me, or I will not let you go even if I become a ghost."
Tan Xuan frowned helplessly, "You should think about how to be a human being first."
Seeing that Qian Bo still had something to say, Tan Xuan picked up the ashtray on the small table and threatened: "Don't talk. If you talk again, I will knock you unconscious. It's the same as being unconscious or sleeping."
Qian Bo was very obedient, especially when it was obvious that he could not gain any advantage. He kept his mouth shut and stretched out his hand to signal Tan Xuan to put the weapon down, saying that he was already cooperating.
The room was quiet. Tan Xuan leaned against the bed and closed his eyes. Qian Bo stared at Tan Xuan for a while, then took out his phone and began to write a suicide note. He deleted and wrote, wrote and deleted, and was very thoughtful. As he wrote, his eyes became wet.
“Squeak…”
The door suddenly opened a crack, and the originally small sound seemed particularly prominent in this quiet environment, scaring Qian Bo so much that the phone fell directly on his face.
Qian Bo turned over and looked at Tan Xuan beside him, only to see that he was still motionless with his eyes closed, as if he was asleep. Qian Bo had an urge to cry and cursed in his heart that this guy was so unreliable.
"Who, who is it?" Qian Bo asked tentatively. He was so frightened that his voice changed. He slowly backed away, his eyes fixed on the door.
There was no response from the outside, but the crack in the door opened wider and wider, and then half of a face was revealed.
"Oh my god!" Qian Bo screamed, and then shouted loudly: "Don't come in, don't come in, Tan Zi, hurry, it's coming..."
Tan Xuan finally opened his eyes, but his expression was very impatient, "Oh! I really admire you, why are you yelling so loudly?"
Tan Xuan glanced at the face outside the door, smiled bitterly and said, "Officer, are you done yet? We are just consuming normally, and we haven't done anything illegal. You are being sneaky like this and it will damage our image."
"Who's sneaking around?" The door was completely opened, and the person standing outside was indeed the woman called Xiaodi.
"It's you?" Seeing that it was her, Qian Bo let out a sigh of relief, then leaned against the head of the bed, as if his body had been hollowed out and he didn't even have the strength to curse.
Xiao Di looked at the two people in the room and sneered: "If you don't do anything wrong, you don't have to worry about ghosts knocking on the door. Look at your appearance, and you still say you are fine?"
The woman's sarcasm made Tan Xuan no longer polite, and he replied: "You did something wrong , and there was no ghost knocking on the door, but you scared people, scared people to death, you know? In the middle of the night, you broke into someone else's room, do you think you are right?"
Qian Bo's shouting and the quarrel between the two alarmed the others. Soon, two waiters came to the door at a trot. When they saw the woman at the door, they were stunned. Then they bent down and greeted her before politely asking, "Dear guests, what happened?"
Tan Xuan pointed at the woman, "She..."
Before Tan Xiao finished speaking, the woman waved to the waiter and said, "It's okay. You can go back. You've been tired for a long time. There's an empty bed in this room. I'll take a rest. If there's anything, I'll call you. If I don't call you, you don't have to come."
"Okay." The woman's words were obviously more powerful than Tan Xuan's. The two of them turned around and left without asking any more questions, and they did not forget to close the door when they left.
Tan Xuan was speechless. It was obvious that his two distinguished guests were not as noble as the one in front of him. He frowned and asked, "What do you want?"
If Tan Xuan didn't have important business to attend to, she would have left long ago. What's wrong with her being a police officer? She hasn't broken any law, so why should he get entangled with her?
The woman walked to the bed at the door, and seeing that it was messy, she turned around and sat down on a chair beside it. She crossed her legs and looked at the furnishings in the room and said, "I just want to know how Sun Shunli died. Although Xiao Zheng said that you have nothing to do with it, I don't believe it."
Tan Xuan looked at the woman and said unhappily, "Whether you believe it or not has nothing to do with us. I advise you to leave this room. It will be bad news if two men and one woman get out."
The woman smiled slightly, "Thank you for thinking of me. I will leave if you tell me how Sun Shunli died."
Tan Xuan said helplessly: "Why are you so sure that Sun Shunli didn't die of a sudden heart attack? The forensic doctor has confirmed it. You have to believe in science."
The woman snorted, "I believe in myself more. Just tell me, I won't make things difficult for you."
Seeing that the woman was unmoved, Tan Xuan sneered and looked at her provocatively, "I said that Sun Shunli was killed by a ghost, do you believe it?"
The woman nodded. "I believe it."
Tan Xuan was stunned. He was very surprised by the woman's answer. From her expression, it seemed that she was not joking with him. He asked, "How can you believe it?"
"Why can't I believe it?" the woman asked with her eyes wide open.
"You are a police officer, you should believe in science. How can you believe in superstitions like ghosts harming people?"
“I believe in science, but I don’t deny things that are unexpected by science.”
Tan Xuan was speechless. Even Qian Bo, who had been "bedridden", had an expression of disbelief on his face. The charlatan advised people not to be superstitious, while those who should believe in science did not deny superstition. This scene was really unbelievable.
The woman stood up and walked to Tan Xuan's bedside. "In fact, I heard everything you said just now from the corridor, including the shadow in the water. Although it is a little unbelievable, I saw it with my own eyes, so I want to know the cause of Sun Shunli's death."
Tan Xuan looked at the woman and sat up straight on the bed. "Since you heard it, then leave here immediately. You police can't do anything about this kind of thing."
Not only did the woman not leave, but she sat on Tan Xuan's bed and said, "I'm not leaving. I'm going to see how you destroy the evil spirit."
He wasn't selling tickets, so how could Tan Xuan possibly hope for an extra audience? Besides, he was a policeman, so he didn't want to find an excuse to kill him. So he advised him again earnestly, "There's nothing to see here, and it's very dangerous. Leave quickly and don't cause unnecessary trouble. If it weren't for my buddy, I would have run away long ago."
"I'm not leaving. I've never seen a ghost before, so today is a good opportunity for me to see one. I'll just watch from the side. You should prepare your things, burn incense, and draw talismans. I won't disturb you."
Tan Xuan felt a headache and patted his forehead, "Sister, you have watched too many movies, can you see that kind of thing whenever you want? If it was really that easy to see, wouldn't the world have been in chaos long ago..."
Tan Xuan said a lot of things, hoping that the woman would leave quickly, but the woman didn't listen to him at all.
"I don't care. I want to see it. I don't believe you. You don't tell the truth. You better hurry up and prepare. Otherwise, you won't get rid of the evil ghosts and end up with two new ones."
Tan Xuan felt that the woman in front of him was completely unreasonable, and there was no point in talking to her, so he ignored her and the two of them stared at each other. After a moment, Tan Xuan smiled and looked at the woman and asked, "Do you really want to see a ghost?"
The woman snorted in dissatisfaction, "Nonsense, why else would I be here, to see you?"
"So I'm not as good-looking as a ghost." Tan Xuan smiled and continued to say to the woman: "Normal people can't see ghosts. Even if a ghost comes, you can't see it. If you want to see it, I can help you think of a way."
"Really? How can I see it?" Hearing Tan Xuan's words, the woman immediately became excited.
"The method is very simple, but it may affect your luck for a few days." Tan Xuan said with a smile.
"Don't talk about that. Just tell me what to do. Are you going to open my third eye like in the movies?" The woman was still impatient and didn't listen to Tan Xuan's explanation at all.
Tan Xuan shook his head slightly, "The movies are all lies. It's not that easy to open the third eye, and I don't know how to do it."
The woman was disappointed and asked coldly, "So what method are you talking about?"
"Sun Shunli died in the hot spring pool downstairs. The water contains his death energy and resentment. If you soak in the pool for three to five minutes, you will be able to see things you couldn't see before."
"Really?" the woman asked excitedly.
Tan Xuan smiled slightly, "Whether it's true or not, you'll know once you try it."
"If you lie to me, I will make you regret it for the rest of your life." The woman made a fierce look at Tan Xuan, then stood up and ran out.
Qian Bo turned sideways on the bed and asked half dead, "Can you really make her see ghosts? Then should I also be prepared? At least don't act like a blind man."
Tan Xuan glanced at Qian Bo and shook his head, "You don't have to go through so much trouble. Your aura is too weak now, it's hard not to see."
"Ah!" Qian Bo lay on his back like a corpse again, mumbling, "I hope it's not too scary to see. Otherwise, you'd better knock me out. I'm afraid that I will be scared to death by the ghost before being killed by it."
"No need to bother."
"Why?"
“It’s already here.”
