Episode 7 Chapter 064: Lessons from the Past
Naturally, the matter ended up being left unresolved. I gave in and said that I might not have slept well last night and was dazzled by the sight, and then I stopped pursuing the matter. Later, a colleague from the funeral home said to me, it was my first day at work, so let's call him a colleague, he said that many things here are like this, and it is impossible to have a specific explanation. Most people just deceive themselves and say that they were mistaken, and then the matter is over.
After hearing what he said, I became interested and asked if he had seen it too. He then whispered to me that employees in the funeral home are not allowed to discuss these things privately. I was brave enough to ask Director Gao directly. Fortunately, I was a newcomer, because if I was an old employee, I would definitely be scolded.
I said there is such a thing, and he said how could it not be, maybe he is afraid that the employees will spread rumors and scare themselves, but if such a thing happens, how can it be concealed? Even if you don't let others say it, the employees will still talk about it in private, as long as it doesn't reach the ears of those people above, it will be fine. At this point he paused and said, let alone them, those people above sometimes also talk about it in private with each other, which shows that he is guilty.
This colleague is called Xu Nuoyi. Although he is only in his thirties, he has been working in the funeral home for some time. He said that he has been here since he was 18 years old, and it has been more than ten years. Since he can tell me these things, he must be doing the same thing as me, recording the names of the corpses in the funeral home, claiming the files, and other trivial matters.
I used to work as an archive keeper, so it was relatively easy to get started. In addition, I became familiar with Xu Nuoyi when I first arrived, and he was willing to teach me, which was good. The only thing that Xu Nuoyi didn't understand was that other people were desperately trying to transfer to other places, but I gave up a good job in the company and came to this place. I didn't say anything. He was also an enthusiastic person, just like Xiao Ma. Although he and I now advocate science, he still wanted to remind me that science is useless in this place. There are many weird things. If you don't have some patience and courage, you will quit your job before long.
I suddenly felt that Shi Hu was really amazing. He knew how to get information without speaking once he entered the funeral home. That's the case now. Before I started asking, Xu Nuoyi was telling me what happened here, and he wouldn't report it to his superiors. It seems that I'm confirmed as a spy. It's rare for Shi Hu and Shan Lanjin to be so careful and observe such subtle details.
In just one morning, Xu Nuoyi had already explained to me all the taboos of the funeral home. For example, when on duty at night, no matter what noise you hear or who you see outside, you should pretend not to see anything. He said that in such places, it is better to have less trouble than more. If you go and see and get involved, you might be the next one lying in the morgue.
Xu Nuoyi talked about one thing after another, which scared me. Then he talked about what happened to Old Man Liu not long ago. He said, "I don't know, but not long after Old Man Liu was sent in, someone jumped to his death in the funeral home." Although Xu Nuoyi didn't say the name, I knew he was talking about Huang Weilun, so I didn't interrupt, but just listened carefully. Xu Nuoyi said that the night Old Man Liu crawled out of the morgue, Huang Weilun was young and ignorant and went to see it, and then this happened.
After saying this, he sighed, "Tsk tsk tsk tsk". If he had stayed like the others and ignored them, it wouldn't have been so miserable. Listening to Xu Nuoyi's words, I at least know that they all still think that the person who came out of the morgue that night was Old Man Liu. To put it bluntly, they don't know the truth yet. These are all their speculations and rumors. It's no wonder that the higher-ups don't allow discussion. It's said that people's words are scary. A small matter is passed around like this, and who knows what it will become.
But what Xu Nuoyi said to me later did catch my attention. He said that a careful colleague on duty that night noticed that Huang Weilun's shoes looked strange, as if he suddenly wore a pair of black cloth shoes with white soles. The colleague said that he remembered that Huang Weilun usually wore leather shoes, and rarely even wore sports shoes, let alone a pair of cloth shoes like this. When the incident of Huang Weilun jumping off the building came out, the incident was made even more mysterious, and everyone said that Huang Weilun was killed by old man Liu.
Speaking of the cloth shoes with black cloth and white soles, it is naturally the pair that I often see at home, and I have worn them myself, but nothing happened. From the current point of view, this pair of cloth shoes belonged to the middle-aged man who was hanged. He was pestering Old Man Nie, and Old Man Nie was the behind-the-scenes shareholder of the funeral home. It seems that there really is some connection between them, but what is his relationship with Old Man Liu? So far, I think there is only one thing that can be related, and that is the number 721.
Xu Nuoyi also told me a lot of scientific knowledge, such as not to , not to go to the fourth floor, and not to go to the crematorium, etc. The fourth floor he mentioned was the place where Old Man Nie met me that night. Because I contacted Director Gao directly, and Director Gao also deliberately kept it a secret, there were not many people in the entire funeral home who had seen me, and most of them thought it was my first time here.
I didn't go back at noon. The funeral home provided lunch , but I couldn't eat it, so I went to the square to bask in the sun. Then I called Shi Hu and told him about what happened in the morning. Shi Hu is a detective. He noticed something unusual as soon as I said it. His first question was not about Qiao Jie and the car, but why I went to the funeral home so early. I haven't told Shi Hu about the text message yet, and if I tell him, Old Man Nie's affairs will be exposed. I promised Old Man Nie not to mention this to Shi Hu and the others. I didn't want to let it slip, and I didn't expect Shi Hu's thinking to be so flexible and he grasped the key point in an instant.
My thought at the time was that I would cheat to the end no matter what he guessed, so I said that it was inevitable to be nervous on the first day of work, and I told him a series of stories about being stuck in traffic and having breakfast, and then he came early and saw the scene I just described. Shi Hu was silent for a while, as if he didn't believe what I said, but he didn't pursue it later. He asked me if I really saw that it was Qiao Jie. I said there was no mistake, and he clearly wanted me to see him on purpose at that time, otherwise he would have opened the car door and got out, and I wouldn't have been able to see who it was, so why would he open the window and let me see it on purpose, and he was staring at me.
Shi Hu asked me again if I had a look at what was loaded in the back of the car. He must have a reason for driving out in the middle of the night. When Shi Hu mentioned this, I really didn't pay attention to it. I was busy looking for Qiao Jie at that time. Shi Hu told me not to publicize this matter for the time being and not to take it too seriously. They will solve it, and I just need to pay close attention to it.
After hanging up the phone, I sat there in a daze. Even though I was basking in the sun, I don't know if it's because of the heavy yin energy in this place, but I always felt that the sunlight had no warmth and my body always felt cold. Moreover, I looked around, and it seemed that other people didn't have the habit of basking in the sun in the square. They were all staying in the office. I was wondering when Xu Nuoyi suddenly called me, and then he asked me how come I forgot to remind him so quickly not to be alone in the square.
I said, wasn't he talking about at night? Then Xu Nuoyi said that it's the same whether it's day or night, and even if you wander around here in broad daylight, something will get bad. I said it's not that mysterious, so Xu Nuoyi said that there was a new colleague who was just like me. He always felt cold, so he went to the square alone to bask in the sun. As a result, he disappeared in the sun. No matter how hard we looked for him, we couldn't find him. It was no use calling the police.
Three days later, someone found his body on the mountain behind There were no scars on him, and even the cause of death could not be found, but the man was dead, and no one knew how he got there. From then on, no matter how cold it was, the people here would not go outside, especially to the square to bask in the sun, for fear that he would disappear at any time.
After hearing this, I said that I just felt cold, and the more I was exposed to the sun, the colder I felt. Xu Nuoyi looked at me and said, "Am I okay? Am I sick?" They didn't have that feeling. I felt that something was wrong, so I looked behind me, and then went into the office with Xu Nuoyi. The strange thing was that after arriving in the office for a while, the cold feeling slowly disappeared, and I started to get scared. After listening to Xu Nuoyi's words, it seemed that I was in the same situation just now.
If he hadn't called me in, would I have disappeared for no reason?
