Volume 4: Return of the Dead Chapter 0086 Confirmation
From the bus to the company's office building, Wu Qi walked with trepidation, almost to the point of being frightened at every step. Because in addition to the roar of traffic, he also heard a subtle sound of footsteps.
The footsteps sounded very light, but it was very unnatural, and was not covered by the noisy surrounding sounds. This also gave him the illusion that something was following him all the way.
Wu Qi never believed in ghosts and gods, so after calming down, he regarded everything he encountered on the bus as an illusion caused by work pressure. As for the mud on his shoes, he thought he accidentally got it on before getting on the bus. Even though these explanations were a bit far-fetched, at least he classified it as normal.
Thinking about these things from a different perspective really made him feel much more relaxed. Even the sound of footsteps pressing behind him seemed to become faint at this moment.
"It's me who is suspicious."
Wu Qi said to himself, and stopped thinking about it. He forgot about it in a blink of an eye. When he arrived downstairs of the company, he was not in a hurry to go in. Instead, he looked around the back as if he was waiting for someone.
Just when he was about to give up and turn around to walk into the company building, a very elegant figure walked into his sight.
"Indefinitely!"
Wu Qi was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting the other party to greet him first. Surprised, a smile appeared on his face, and he replied in the same friendly manner:
"Morning, Xiaoshuang!"
Soon Cheng Wushuang came to his side. Thinking of the unpleasant ending yesterday, Wu Qi asked tentatively:
"I'm really sorry for saying something that made you angry yesterday. I wonder if you have time after get off work. If you do, I'd like to treat you to a meal, just to reminisce and make amends."
"Okay, it just so happens that I'm looking for you today."
Wu Qi didn't think much about the meaning of this sentence. He thought Cheng Wushuang also planned to have dinner with him today, so he smiled and agreed:
"Then I'm really honored. If you don't mind, let's exchange phone numbers. I can call you after I book a hotel."
"no problem."
After exchanging phone numbers, the two walked into the company chatting and laughing. On the way, they naturally attracted many puzzled looks from the people around them. However, Wu Qi didn't care at all, because Cheng Wushuang was the director of the company and he was just a small employee. It was normal for others to look at them that way, after all, no one knew their true relationship.
After parting with Cheng Wushuang, Wu Qi came to his post with great joy. Seeing how happy he was today, a colleague who had a good relationship with him asked jokingly:
"Look at that lewd smile on your face. Don't tell me you won five million?"
"That's not the case, but it's also something to be happy about."
"Won a million?"
"Please stop talking. This is a private matter. Please don't ask."
Wu Qi withdrew his thoughts and put all his energy into work. As the saying goes, one feels refreshed when good things happen to him, so his work efficiency was exceptionally high today, and soon he finished the work on hand.
Looking at the time, he found that there was still some time before lunch break. He didn't know what to do, so he thought about what he was going to talk about with Cheng Wushuang when they had dinner . The only common topic they had was their short childhood. If they finished talking about this topic, what would they talk about next? Should they ask about each other's recent situation and their plans for the future?
Thinking of this, he suddenly felt that the two of them were so unfamiliar now. The time span of more than ten years made him know nothing about Cheng Wushuang now. This was almost like two strangers sitting together for dinner, so he decided to find a colleague to find out first, so that it would not be too awkward during the meal.
Leaning his head out of his workroom, he knocked on the door next door and asked his colleague inside:
"Zhang Chuan, how long have you been working here?"
Zhang Chuan was the first colleague he met after arriving here. Although they had only known each other for less than three days, the two had a pretty good relationship because they had similar interests.
Zhang Chuan was so busy, and what he asked was such a boring question, that he answered without even turning his head:
"It's been three years. Why are you asking here?"
"It's okay. I just want to ask how much you know about our Manager Cheng? Is she married?"
Hearing that the person Wu Qi wanted to inquire about was Cheng Wushuang, Zhang Chuan immediately became interested and no longer cared about the work at hand. He turned around and answered him:
"It is said that she is not married, but no one knows whether she is married or not. What? Do you have any idea? "
After hearing Zhang Chuan say that Cheng Wushuang was not married, Wu Qi suddenly had a vague image in his mind, which was about a child climbing onto Cheng Wushuang's back.
Thinking of the child again, he suddenly felt the familiarity he had when he saw the child yesterday. Especially when he recalled it now, the feeling became even clearer. Just when he was about to remember why he felt familiar, Zhang Chuan suddenly interrupted him:
"Although that woman is beautiful and powerful, I would like to remind you not to have any ideas about her."
"Why? Didn't you say she wasn't married?"
"Think about it, she is both capable and pretty, why hasn't she gotten married yet? Do you really think she has high standards?"
Wu Qi did not express his opinion, but continued to ask:
"Do you know why?"
"I guess so, but I also heard it from someone else. I can tell you, but you are not allowed to tell others."
Seeing Zhang Chuan suddenly become mysterious, Wu Qi nodded curiously:
"no problem."
After getting his affirmative answer, Zhang Chuan leaned close to his ear and whispered in his ear:
"She is actually mentally ill."
"impossible!"
Wu Qi called out subconsciously, which frightened Zhang Chuan, who quickly covered his mouth:
"Keep your voice down! This is true, she is really crazy. This is what her secretary told me. Do you remember the child she brought yesterday? You know, she said that the child was not brought by her at all, and she said that she couldn't see the child at all. Because of this matter, she got furious for no reason and scared herself, as if she really couldn't see the child.
Isn't this just talking nonsense with your eyes wide open? But if it were you, would you say that? Which normal person would say that kind of nonsense and have an epilepsy? Didn't you see that she didn't come to work today? She must have been sick and was hospitalized."
Cheng Wushuang's behavior yesterday was indeed not normal. She even asked herself if her colleagues were playing a prank and deliberately creating a non-existent child to scare her. Later, she just said that she had seen it and asked tentatively , but Cheng Wushuang immediately denied it and left angrily.
She really seemed unable to see the child.
This thought frightened Wu Qi so much that he shook his head vigorously and put the idea behind him.
"I guess her secretary is talking nonsense. And how can you say she didn't come to work today? I clearly came here with her."
Wu Qi helped Cheng Wushuang smooth things over. It was common for colleagues to spread rumors about each other in the company, so he didn't take it too seriously. But Zhang Chuan obviously believed it, so he denied it again:
"Stop making it up. You came here with her. How come I didn't see it?"
"It's up to you to believe it or not."
He was too lazy to chat with Zhang Chuan anymore, so he left a word and went back to his workshop. Zhang Chuan pouted in dissatisfaction and went back to his work.
Wu Qi leaned back in his chair, and after sitting quietly for a while, his heart began to beat, somewhat influenced by Zhang Chuan's words. However, this influence was only one aspect, and more importantly, he remembered what happened on the bus today, which felt similar to Cheng Wushuang's experience yesterday.
In order to stop his weird thoughts, he turned on his computer again and planned to book a restaurant for dinner.
Zhang Tianyi had been waiting in front of the computer since last night, waiting for the first dead person to appear. Although Xinyan had no premonition of the victim of this incident, it did not mean that they could not find out. In fact, it was not difficult to find out the identity of the victim.
Ghosts will certainly kill people, so there is a possibility that the victim's body will be discovered and the police will intervene to investigate. In this way, they can learn the identity of the victim by hacking into the public security network.
Therefore, finding out the identity of the victim is the first step in their investigation of the incident. Only by finding out the identity of the victim can they determine the next plan of action.
Xiao Mo had naturally thought of this, but he was not a computer expert after all, so this kind of thing could only be left to Zhang Tianyi. As for them, apart from gathering together to wait for news, they could only choose to go back to their rooms to sleep.
Li Shuai didn't have as much patience as Xiao Mo. He lost interest after waiting for a while and left muttering. However, as soon as he left, Zhang Tianyi got something.
“The deceased should be the victim of the incident.”
After hearing what Zhang Tianyi said, Xiao Mo and Master Corruption walked over quickly. The deceased was a woman named Cheng Wushuang, who was a senior executive of an IT company. Her body was found at home by a courier. The time of death was around ten o'clock in the evening.
After learning the identity of the victim, Xiao Mo went back to the room to prepare without Zhang Tianyi's instructions. Obviously, the next place they were going to was the company where the victim worked.
On the other hand, Lao Gao had been conducting an intensive investigation. When he retrieved the victim's identity information, his body suddenly began to tremble.
Although the Cheng Wushuang in the photo was different from the young face in his memory, he could not be mistaken. This person must be Xiaoshuang. What made him so sure was Cheng Wushuang's ancestral home - Qingfeng County.
Because that is also his hometown.
