The bodyguard received the room key card from the front desk and gave it to me. “Excuse me, I’m going back to protect our Chairman!”
I smiled and waved at him. “Just go, I’m not a three-year-old kid.”
The bodyguard turned then left.
He had taken me to the VIP suite on the highest floor, which cost at least five thousand renminbi per night. I went to the floor-to-ceiling window where I could observe half of Taiyuan City. I moved an armchair to the window and casually watched the scene out there.
If Jiang Teng loved his son so much, why is he worried so much about something else?
And, if he wanted to solve something that was related to his son, why did he hide it from me?
After thinking about it for a long time, I still got nothing. I simply stopped contemplating and got something to eat. After lunch, I directly took a nap. I needed to prepare for anything that would soon come.
When I woke up, it was evening. The blocks of bright lights outside the window looked magnificent. I couldn’t help but take a photo of the beautiful scene with my phone and posted it on my WeChat Moments.
After posting the photo, I found it strange that Jiang Teng didn’t come to see me. He hadn’t called me, either. I frowned while thinking about it. Most of the people that had trouble with an otherworldly item would wish to get rid of it as soon as possible. That man was different. He put me in this luxurious hotel to enjoy a leisure day.
I was afraid that the otherworldly item had harmed him already, so I called him. The phone rang for quite a long time before the line went through.
“Mr. Zhang, Mr. Chairman is in a hurry. What do you need?”
Hearing the bodyguard’s voice, I was assured. “No, it’s nothing. I just wanted to ask when I can start working.”
The bodyguard kept silent for a while. “Our Chairman has encountered something tough to solve. I don’t know when he can finish. When he’s done, he will come to pick you up.”
I was speechless and hung up the call. I put on a thick coat and left the hotel. Taiyuan was a famous city with a great history. It wasn’t like I could visit such a city whenever I wanted. It would be a big waste if I didn’t tour around!
I took a leisure walk and tasted some Taiyuan delicacies, including oily meat, steamed mutton dumplings, and Taiyuan tender tofu. After my stomach turned rounder, I decided to head back to the hotel. That was when I received a call from Jiang Teng’s bodyguard.
He sounded panic-stricken
, and hi
s voice
was
intermittent. I had to listen to him carefully to know that he was waiting for me at the hotel. He asked me to return quickly.
It felt like
the sky was going to collapse on them! I stopped a taxi and returned to the hotel. When I arrived, I saw the bodyguard waiting for me
in
the lobby
, h
is head held low
. O
ne of his hands tightly press
ed
on the electric baton on his waist. He looked tense
.
I patted his shoulder. “What happened?”
When he lifted his head to look at me, I saw that he was
pale, and the muscles on his face twitched.
It seemed h
e was greatly shocked.
He looked at me as
though
he had just seen his savior. He sprang up and grabbed my arm
. In a trembling voice, he said,
“Zhang… Mr. Zhang…”
The bodyguard had to gather all of his strength to tell me a full sentence
.
“
Another person got his head blasted!
”
I was aghast. I hurried to pull the bodyguard into my room. After he finally calmed down, I asked him to tell me the details.
The bodyguard took a few deep breaths. When he looked better, he started to
say
slowly
,
“The victim was our Young Master’s friend.”
It turned out the issue Jiang Teng had
to deal with
today was related to his son. Jiang Guanguan
’s friend
had
recorded
part of the party
, capturing
the events that
happened that night.
H
e didn’t know
how, but the video was later leaked
.
Rich kids’ birthday parties always had something they didn’t want to be public. Jiang Teng didn’t want to see his kid be insulted or criticized after he was gone. He hurriedly contacted the media companies to erase those negative posts.
However, there was one netizen that was stubborn enough. No matter how much Jiang Teng had offered him, he didn’t want to delete the video he had posted on Weibo. It was also the reason Jiang Teng was so busy today
that he didn’t have the
time to see me.
In the end, Jiang Teng didn’t have any
choice
but
to get
a hacker to hack that Weibo account. Unexpectedly, that netizen was also an excellent hacker.
They were entangled
in the battle for a long time. Jiang Teng’s side had to struggle hard to delete the other’s Weibo account completely.
After solving this matter, Jiang Teng wanted to come and fetch me
at
the hotel.
When
Jiang Guanguan’s friend had heard from Jiang Teng that I could help them take revenge for Jiang Guanguan, he also wanted to
come
and see me.
Jiang Teng knew that he was Jiang Guanguan’s best friend, so he didn’t deny him. The boy had acted normally
along
the way until their car reached a traffic light at an intersection. All of a sudden, he struggled and demanded to get out of the car. No matter how hard Jiang Teng pulled the young man back, he couldn’t stop him.
As soon as the boy got out of the car, he started to move around. Then, the green light was on. The cars behind started to honk.
Jiang Teng craned his head through the window to call the young man to return to the car. The
man
didn’t listen to him but moved to the front of the car as though he wanted to stop
it
from moving forward.
Right w
hen Jiang Teng didn’t know what to do, the young man’s head exploded
. H
is blood and brain splash
ed
on the windshield…
T
he bodyguard was the driver, so he saw everything. The windshield was dyed with red blood
, which
scared the wits out of him. His body softened, and he couldn’t get a hold of himself. After a long time, he realized
he had to
call the police.
He knew it wasn’t something a human could do, so it was no use
in calling
the police.
However, if he didn’t call the police, he and Jiang Teng
wouldn’t be able to
explain themselves. The police arrived
quickly
. Being suspects, the bodyguard and Jiang Teng were brought to the police station. After checking the on-dash camera, they agreed that this murder case was beyond their
capacity
.
“Where’s Jiang Teng?” I asked the bodyguard. They were together, but I didn’t see him.
The bodyguard wore a wry smile. “Although the police believed that we
weren't
the murderers, the boy’s parents think that we
did
something that caused his death. They didn’t want to let us go.”
Feeling h
opeless, Jiang Teng had to send the bodyguard to pick me up. He stayed in the police station to deal with the boy’s parents.
“Our Chairman wants
you to go
there
to
see if you can find anything.”
I nodded and grabbed my bag,
then left
the hotel with the bodyguard. As his car was kept at the police station as evidence, we had to take a taxi. Fortunately, the road was clear
and we got to the police station quickly.
Before I entered the place, I heard
people
crying at the top of
their
lungs. From the bodyguard’s countenance, I knew it was from the deceased’s parents.
Indeed, in the lobby, a woman and a man were grabbing and pulling Jiang Teng’s tie. Some policemen were trying to calm them, but the parents still insisted that Jiang Teng had killed their son.
Jiang Teng let them pull him back and forth, but when he saw me, he moved away from the crying couple and walked toward me. He held my hand
and said
with emotion
,
“Mr. Zhang, you’re finally here!”
As it was an urgent situation, I didn’t want to talk nonsense. “Take me to see the surveillance video.”
The policeman in charge of this case knew that I was specialized in dealing with paranormal activities. He
i
mmediately
took me to the control room.
The situation wasn’t different from what the bodyguard had told me. On the screen, the boy looked restless and annoyed
as he walked
back and forth. When the green light glowed, Jiang Teng urged him to get into the car. All of a sudden, the young man walked to the front of the car
. H
is head abruptly exploded without any prior indication. Blood and pieces of brain splashed everywhere.
After watching the video, my stomach churned
.
I had almost vomited. I didn’t have a big reaction when I heard the story from the bodyguard
b
ut now, with visual images, it was so gory!
I had encountered many spirits that had killed people, but this kind of bloody violence was so rare. Most of the time, spirits would just clang pots and bowls to create loud commotions. However, this spirit only had one purpose
: i
t wanted to kill people.
I thought, then asked the policeman, “Can I see the body?”
“According to the judicial procedure, the body should be in the Forensic Department. I can take you there if you want to see it.”
When the deceased’s parents heard that I wanted to see the body, they jumped toward me
and begged
me to find the murderer. While talking, they
glared
at Jiang Teng.
Jiang Teng didn’t say anything.
He r
eluctantly
sighed.
Looking at the heart-broken parents, I knew it wasn’t useful to say anything to them now. I said some simple comfort
ing words
then left with the policeman.
The Forensic Department was
on the
sixth floor. The forensic doctors were
busy
with
this murder case. However, from their faces, I knew they hadn’t made any progress.
After s
eeing us, a forensic doctor wearing a white lab coat and a surgical mask came to greet us. He
handed
the report to the policeman standing next to me, then
said in
a serious voice
,
“Old Wu, this case is the same
as
the previous
one
.
We don’t have any
clues.”
Old Wu nodded to him, then handed me the report.
“And who is this gentleman?” The forensic doctor was curious as Old Wu had given me the report. He gave me a curious glance.
Old Wu simply introduced me as a master that was specialized in dealing with mysterious cases like th
ese
. The forensic doctor gave me a faint nod. I could capture the incredulous gleam in his eyes.
I greeted him,
then
asked Old Wu to show me the body.
The body was put in the freeze
r
storage at the back of the sixth floor. Old Wu and I had to put on lab coats, disposable gloves, and shoe protection before entering the storage area.
At the first
step, I shuddered. I had to pull my clothes close to me.
The deceased was covered with a white fabric sheet. Although I had taken the time to prepare myself, when the white sheet was lifted,
the sight
scared the
wits
out of me!
The body was clean, and there
were no cuts
on
it
. However,
the deceased
only
had
one-third of his head left. It was a shocking
sight
to see the mess of blood and brain on his head.
I tried to not vomit at the scene
. Anyway, i
t
appeared that
the victim’s head was smashed by something blunt and heavy. Moreover, there was no black mark around the wound.
Normally, when a spirit killed someone, it would leave some black mark
s
around the wound.
Those
who knew something about this profession all knew this feature.
After w
orking in this business for a long time,
I had
accumulated
quite a bit of
experience.
Two kinds of spirits could
kill people without leaving any Yin energy behind. The first kind
was a
spirit
that had power at the Ghost King level. These spirits could conceal their
Yin
energy.
The other kind
was a
spirit
that people had started worshipping posthumously
, like t
he
m
onk
Jigong
or the Tea Sage Lu Yu I had
encountered in the past
.
However, no matter what kind of spirit it was, it wasn’t easy to deal with!
I felt like there was a small drum beating in my heart.
After l
ingering in this cold room for a while, I hadn’t found anything else. Soon, I asked Old Wu to leave this freezing place.
When we came back to the lobby of the police station, Jiang Teng and the deceased’s parents rushed to me
and asked
if I found anything.
“It’s troublesome.” I frowned.
Jiang Teng’s face darkened
. He hurriedly asked,
“What should we do now?”