Transtor: der Transtions
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With a preliminary analysis of the case, their search became more targeted.
The Fatty stayed closely beside Jiang g. Fan Li pined several times that his rge body obstructed his view, but the maended not to uand, and others were powerless to do anything about it.
Soon, they made a discovery in the master bedroom.
On the wall o the bed hung a wooden frame taining an old photograph.
The photo seemed to have been soaked in water; the background was yellowed, but in the ter, four family members stood together.
The male and female heads of the household stood in the middle. The woman had her hands resting on the shoulders of a girl with two braids, who stood obediently in front of her mother.
The irl, looking taller and more rebellious, had rolled-up pant legs and sleeves, revealing peared to be tattoo marks on her slender wrists.
She stood beside the man with her held high.
It seemed this was the family living in the vil.
However, it was strahat each person's face was very blurred, and the photo's background was indistinct, making it impossible to determine where the photo was taken.
Xiaomeng stared at the photo in a daze, then suddenly became excited. "I remember this photo wasn't here this m; this wall was bnk!"
Sister Nuan remained calm, expining as if it were a on occurrehat such things happen in the dream realm.
"We must have found some correct clues and triggered the phase of the plot," Fan Li said.
Jiang g g him sideways. "Like a stage reward in a game?"
"Pretty much."
, they found a pair of pliers in the room where Xie Yu's body was discovered, o which was a ft, roual box, simir to ohat would hold soft dies.
The Fatty shook the box, and a cttering sound came from inside.
"What is it?"
Just as he reached out his chubby hands to open the box, Jiang g yanked him back, his attention fixed on the pliers, his expression gradually being strange.
"What's wrong?" The Fatty felt inexplicably scared.
Jiang g’s expression slowly returo calm as he said, "It's nothing; I suddenly thought there might be more clues in the bedroom. I’ll go check it out."
"Oh, okay," the Fatty nodded. He had inally wao go with Jiang g but couldn't resist his curiosity about what was in the box.
Just three seds after Jiang g left, the Fatty finally mao open the box.
His eyes went from curiosity to fusion, then bulged out, nearly popping out of their sockets. "What the hell!"
By the time Jiang g returned, c his ears, the Fatty could no longer make a sound. Fan Li was c his mouth, disdainfully dragging the trembling man to the side.
Jiang g peeked in and saw the box turned upside down on the floor, with several milky-white objects scattered around it, along with some translut thin slices.
"Sure enough, it's teeth," Jiang g nodded, looking pleased that he hadn’t guessed wrong. There were also some fingernails left.
Fan Li and Sister Nuan seemed to have guessed what was ihe box long ago, so their faces showed no surprise; instead, Xiaomeng looked pale.
There were no more clues nearby, and Jiang g suggested cheg behind the door ohird floor, but Fan Li stopped him and pointed out the window.
The sky was already darkening.
Night was quickly approag.
Expl an unknow night was not a wise choice, so after some discussion, everyone decided to stop the seard return to rest.
The胖子 (Fatty) thought that after st night’s i, everyone would want to sleep together for safety.
However, he didn’t expect Sister Nuan not only to have no sutention but also to push Fan Li out.
With a “bang,” she shut the door.
Fan Li stood in front of the master bedroom door holding a b, looking like a husband thrown out of the house, homeless.
He also had a flowery pillow slung over his shoulder.
“It’s okay, big brother,” Fatty forted, “you e to our room.”
“No need, you all stay there; I’ll go downstairs.” After saying that, Fan Li really took his b and pillow a downstairs, the sound of his footsteps eg oairs.
Jiang g turned aered the previous bedroom; Fatty thought for a moment and followed him in.
Onside the bedroom, Jiang g turned on all the lights, then leaned against the door, as if listening to the sounds outside.
After a while, Jiang g slowly backed away, walked to the sofa, and sat down.
“Bro, we’re not stayionight, right?” Fatty’s face turned pale as he kept gng uhe bed, remembering how the ghost had crawled out from there st night.
“Of course not; I’ll go to the study in a bit,” Jiang g replied straightforwardly.
“I’ll go too!”
About ten mier, the outside was pletely dark. Jiang g looked at his watch, stood up, aly opehe door.
He quietly walked to another room and slowly pushed the door open, slipping inside.
Fatty followed closely behind.
After shutting the door, they each found a chair to sit in. Fatty wao turn on the lights but was stopped by Jiang g.
Fatty looked around in the dark, cold sweat dripping down his back, and couldn’t help but say, “Just let me turn on the lights; otherwise, it feels like there are ghosts everywhere.”
This time Jiang g didn’t insist and nodded, “Okay.”
Fatty shifted his body, finally found a swit the wall, and just as he was about to press it, Jiang g’s voice floated from behind, “Now the ghost won’t have trouble finding you.”
“...”
In the master bedroom, on the bed.
Xiaomeng was hugging a pillow, quietly sobbing.
Whenever she thought of those terrifying tools and the teeth in the box, her body trembled untrolbly.
Sister Nuan sat on the sofa, her gaze no longer as arrogant as before; Xiaomeng reminded her of her former self.
“Alright, st,” she forted, “You should see that the ghosts in this vil are only targeting men. Once Fan Li is gone, we’ll be safe.”
Xiaomeng looked up, her eyes red, “Aren’t the other three still in danger?”
“Stop talking nonse’s already good to protect yourself during a mission. Who has time to worry about others?” Sister Nuan g the door, as if recalling something unpleasant, her expression darkeheurned back, paused, and tinued, “And in this kind of world, you o be careful not just of ghosts but also of the people around you.”
(End of chapter)
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