Episode 9 Chapter 91 Shi Hu's Explanation
Shan Lanjin turned to me and said, "Master Nan must have led you there!"
Shan Ranjin was not asking me, but just confirming. He didn't need my answer, he already knew whether it was true or not. He said that Master Nan would not notice such a subtle point. In fact, I had suspected it earlier. Not only did Shi Hu come late, but Shan Ranjin was investigating these things here like a station. According to Shi Hu, he had been here for nearly three years, and he lived in the hotel for three years. To be honest, the expenses alone could not support him. But at that time, due to my status, I didn't ask more questions.
I didn't expect this to be the reason. There was no cleaner on the floor they lived on. In other words, they didn't have to pay. So the cleaner that Shi Hu and I talked about was also made up by him.
Shi Hu could guess what I was worried about the most. He said that although the place they lived in was a little strange, they were not strange things, and they were all people, living people, just living with some ghosts. Shi Hu told me that the hotel did have a 21st floor, but there would be a button for the 21st floor after 23:00, and I might not have noticed it last time, we went up among the ghosts.
This is also the reason why when I went there, I only reached the 20th floor and couldn't go up any further. I asked in confusion why they lived in such a strange place, and if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never believe what they said to me now. Although I still don't understand how they can live with dead spirits, Shi Hu told me that sometimes people are scarier than dead spirits, and living with people is more reassuring than living with people.
Of course, the main reason is because of their special identities. This is also to prevent someone from investigating them, just like what I did today. If I act rashly, I will not be able to find them at all.
Shi Hu was the only one talking from the beginning to the end, while Shan Lanjin remained silent. I connected their previous and subsequent conversations and finally reacted and said, "Could it be that Master Nan used me to find out the truth , and he has been secretly investigating you?"
This time it was Shan Ranjin who spoke up. He said that I finally had a clear mind for once. When Master Nan was still working as a psychic consultant, he had been trying to find out about their situation intentionally or unintentionally, but they were tight-lipped, so he couldn't find out anything. Since there was no one else who could be a psychic consultant at the time, he had to keep working with him until now when I replaced him.
Shan Lanjin said that there were two reasons why Master Nan did this. The first was that he wanted to investigate the identities of him and Shi Hu. The second was that there was someone standing behind him and he was just helping them. The first situation was naturally easy to deal with, but the second was difficult. If it was the second situation, Shan Lanjin said that he and Shi Hu would be in trouble. They were afraid that their residence would be exposed sooner or later, so they had to think of a countermeasure this morning. He said that Master Nan did this probably because he wanted to take something. From a preliminary point of view, it should be the files in their hands.
Looking back now, I feel that what Master Nan said to me was a bit strange. He said that we should not alarm that thing and asked me not to contact Shi Hu and the others in advance, so that I could find out the truth. At that time, he must have been watching my every move somewhere. Fortunately, he didn't find out anything.
Shi Hu said that after I went there and made such a fuss today, it seemed that they were going to move to another place. I said it was still a place that was hard to find. Shi Hu shook his head and said that since someone had already noticed it, we couldn't do that again, otherwise we couldn't tell what would happen later. I said without hesitation that they could live in my house, but Shan Ranjin said that it was inconvenient. First, it would affect my life, and second, their files and other things would not be able to be placed and handled. Then he said that they would handle this matter and there was no rush.
At the end, Shi Hu said that this was also the reason why they kept their residence so secret, but he knew it was not a long-term solution, but Dan Ranjin always felt that it was safe and did not listen to his advice. Only then did I know that they actually disagreed. After saying so much, I forgot the most important thing, about Shi Hu being entangled, but after I told him, Shi Hu himself told me that this was not true, it was a trap set by Master Nan, he was indeed followed by something, but it was not what I thought, nor what Master Nan said.
And the most important thing is that this matter actually has nothing to do with me. In short, Shi Hu himself couldn't explain it clearly. He said that the ghost Guanyin statue must have been smashed by Master Nan who sneaked into 721 first, and then lured me into the trap and set up the subsequent situation. He said that Master Nan must have a trick up his sleeve, and this matter will not end here.
As for the thing on Shi Hu's body, he said that he brought it to his body himself, with the purpose of finding out what the ultimate purpose of these things lurking in my house is. However, Shi Hu did not expect that the situation got out of control after this thing was brought to his body. He began to lose control and was controlled by it instead. This is why Shan Ranjin asked him to take charge of other matters for the time being and not to contact me. It was just because he was afraid that the thing would be catalyzed by the things around me and become more difficult to control.
Only at this point did I understand that Master Nan had been using the information asymmetry to set traps, and took advantage of my trust in him to do these things, but I was completely unaware. In fact, it was ultimately because of Shi Hu and Shan Lanjin's professions that they could not say many things, which gave Master Nan the opportunity to make these remarks, including alienating the relationship between Shi Hu and me.
However, both Shan Lanjin and Shi Hu said that up to now they are still unable to confirm the real reason why Master Nan did these things, because we don’t know the truth yet , so it is too early to draw conclusions now. What’s more, there is the old lady behind Master Nan. Shan Lanjin said that he felt the old lady was very special and didn’t seem like someone who would harm others. Since Master Nan obeyed the old lady’s words, then there might be other truth to this matter.
He told me not to speculate and to calm down, especially when facing Master Nan. It was still possible to tell whether he was harming me or helping me, although his actions so far made people think he was using me. He also said that judging from the fact that they helped me exorcise the evil spirits, they would not harm me. The real problem right now was Qiao Jie, who seemed determined to kill me. Shan Ranjin said that the hostility he felt in the ruins was simply amazing, and even he felt a state of entanglement that would not end until death, so Qiao Jie could not delay any longer.
The information I know about Qiao Jie is very limited. He was the driver in the Liu Laotou incident. He also jumped from a building and died. It seems that he died in the same way as Huang Weilun. After that incident, he said that someone had been following him. Who was it? Could it be Liu Laotou? Moreover, Shi Hu and the others also said that it was difficult to investigate the Liu Laotou incident, and Qiao Jie's incident was even more difficult. Everything about Qiao Jie seemed to have been completely destroyed. You can find clues, but it is unlikely to go further.
I just felt that everything seemed to be linked together, seemingly independent but inextricably linked. I said that to investigate Qiao Jie, we could start from the last car accident where my car was in Guangfu Road. I said that Qiao Jie seemed to be very afraid of the frozen dead man, and I didn't know why.
Shan Lanjin said that I had mentioned this to him last time, but then the bones were dug out from the wasteland, so he didn't have time to sort out the details. Now it seems that this is indeed a clue that can be found, but if we want to find this person, we still have to start from the funeral home.
It seemed that everything was closely related to the funeral home, including Qiao Jie and this anonymous person. Then I told him what happened on the top floor of the funeral home last night. I said that the man wanted to help me, otherwise he would not have been able to save me at the critical moment, and if it hadn't been for him, I might have fallen on the square and would be lying in the morgue of the funeral home now.
After everything was explained, Shan Lanjin and Shi Hu said goodbye. They said they were always worried about their accommodation, so if they went back early, nothing would happen. If Master Nan came to me again, I would not act rashly and would think twice before doing anything.
