"This is what happened that night...I saw it all."
After saying this, Cai Ji buried his head deeply in his hands, as if he had exhausted all his strength. If what this young man said is true, he has been tortured by that memory these days and is on the verge of mental collapse. Just stating this matter, he stopped several times midway and covered his face with his hands to adjust his emotions. From beginning to end, he never glanced at Zhou Yu's face again.
Seeing his behavior, Zhou Yu didn't speak immediately. He had already finished his coffee, so he could only hold the empty cup and ponder. After a while, he asked: "Didn't you call the police?"
The young man with yellow hair slowly raised his head and twitched the corners of his mouth: "Do you think the police will believe me?"
"Well, it's too late for you to regret your bad behavior. But this is a murder case of a bad nature. They will at least take a look, right? The corpse is more convincing than your words."
Cai Ji was silent for a moment, and then said: "There is no body."
Zhou Yu was startled. His gaze seemed to stimulate the other person, and Cai Ji immediately stood up excitedly.
"Everything I said is true! It's all gone! There was nothing there the next day! What happened that night was not a dream! I'm not crazy either!!"
"——If you don't keep your voice down, the clerk will ask us out."
Zhou Yu looked at each other calmly. He found that as long as he frowned, the other person would start to tremble in despair. Sure enough, Cai Ji immediately stopped yelling, lowered his head and sat back down. After the attention of the surrounding customers shifted, he slowly told the follow-up.
After escaping back to his residence in a panic, he was exhausted and the pain in his left leg was unbearable. He fell down at the door and fell asleep. It wasn't until he was found shaken awake by his cohabitant the next day that he belatedly thought of calling the police. However, it was already around 11 o'clock at noon the next day. It stands to reason that someone should have discovered the scene of a river of blood and contacted the police.
In this case, there would be no need for him to call the police. There was something weird about that woman, and the police might not believe her if she told her. It would be terrible if she was regarded as a suspect because of this.
After making up his mind, he pretended that nothing happened and waited for news from the media. There was no TV in the rental house, so he went to the city's newspapers and websites.
A week passed without any media coverage of the incident.
Cai Ji began to doubt. Five or six people died unexpectedly, and in such extreme circumstances. Such a major murder would undoubtedly cause a sensation in society. How could it not have any repercussions? Could it be that it was all covered up by the police? He didn't know the police procedures, and he didn't think such a major case could be completely covered up. In order to confirm the fact, he finally plucked up the courage to return to the street on a sunny noon.
There are many pedestrians and vehicles on the road during the day, and there is no gloominess at all at night. The expressions of every passerby were so natural, upright, open and relaxed, which was particularly dazzling in his eyes.
The closer he got to the alley, the harder his heart beat, and his steps staggered almost as if he were drunk. The moment he witnessed the murder scene, his mind went completely blank.
Because there is nothing there.
It's not about corpses or blood, but even that alley doesn't exist at all. The two shops next to each other have a solid wall panel in the middle, and behind them are six-story residential buildings. Not to mention the alleyway for people to enter and exit, there is not even a gap for inserting bamboo poles.
If there is a reasonable explanation for this scene, it is that he himself is crazy.
Cai Ji couldn't accept this answer. He didn't even have the intention to go to work anymore, but instead looked for the playmates with whom he went out at night. That woman was definitely not an illusion. He felt that as long as he could prove this, he would also prove that he had not lost his sanity.
As a result, those people also disappeared.
Yes, they were all unemployed. Apart from talking about women and entertainment, they never mentioned family matters to each other. The contact information is only a mobile phone number and social software, and even the name is unknown.
In a situation like this, if you want to report a missing person, you may not be taken seriously. Desperate, Cai Ji lived his life in such a hazy state, almost treating the previous events as a dream. It wasn't until the moment he bumped into Zhou Yu that the horrific memory that he couldn't describe revived in his heart.
This woman was here to kill him, he had no doubt of it.
"Why do you think so?" Zhou Yu asked.
Cai Ji stared at him, as if he thought this question was unnecessary. Zhou Yu had no choice but to add: "If she planned to kill you, wouldn't it be more appropriate that night? There is no need to let you escape that night and then bother to track you down."
"You've never seen her look like that, so of course you don't understand what I'm saying!"
Cai Ji shook his head desperately. At this moment, he seemed to have overcome his fear of Zhou Yu's appearance, and his expression became clear: "If she didn't kill me that night, she must have wanted to torture me and scare me to the point of mental breakdown. Do you understand? She likes it Killing people, and making life worse than death to be happy! Most of my friends were also killed by her, but the police will not believe it. All those people are dead, and I will be next..."
He stared blankly at the wall behind Zhou Yu, and after a while he said: "She is not a human, she is a ghost. That alley and those corpses were all transformed by her."
Zhou Yu lowered his head without comment, wiped his hands with a tissue, and then stood up. Zhang Mumu, who had been playing with his cell phone beside him, stood up and asked Zhou Yu, "Are you leaving?"
Zhou Yu nodded and said: "I think there is no need to ask any more. As for Mr. Cai, we should not meet again in the future. If necessary, I will contact you again. I have written down my mobile phone number. Just a moment. I will send you a text message later, and you can also write down my number. If you find the woman, you can contact me again. I will help you according to the situation - but please don't call me casually."
After saying that, he left the lost young man behind and walked out of the store. Zhang Mumu followed closely behind him, with a very relaxed expression on her face. It seemed that she still wanted to continue playing with her mobile phone.
"Did Mr. Zhang hear what I just said?" Zhou Yu, who was walking in front, suddenly asked.
Zhang Mumu replied: "I heard it. I also broadcast it to Ah Wei."
"...Don't you have any ideas?"
"Well, it's a ghost." She said matter-of-factly, "That person bumped into a ghost, so he saw the hallucination of the murder. This must be what he deserves. He deserves retribution for doing bad things!"
"So, you believe in ghosts and gods."
"Yes, if you have evil thoughts, you will be haunted by ghosts. This is what my grandma said."
"But that female ghost is dressed and armed like the person who saved you, but her appearance is the same as mine. What do you think about this matter?"
"Because he is a good ghost who scares bad people, he will become a good person!"
Hearing her innocent words, Zhou Yu forced a smile. He knew that the expression on his face must be ugly, so he still turned his back to Zhang Mumu.
"There's still time today, let's go see the so-called Vanishing Alley together."
