Only one door in the ten-story corridor is open. No need to think, this must be the house on Lin Road.
"The deceased Lin Lu lives here alone. His parents live in the suburbs of the city. We have contacted him, but their relationship does not seem to be very good, especially the deceased's father. When he heard the news, he felt... There was no reaction, and there was no intention to come over.”
Do you have a bad family relationship?
Standing outside the door, Zhou Yong raised his chin towards the door.
"Let's go in and look at the note."
Su Xing didn't answer, just nodded slightly.
Most of the interior decoration of the house is quite simple, with white as the main tone and gray textures.
Except for that wall, what is different from the clean and tidy places around it is that at first glance, this wall makes people think that it is the criminal police team investigating a shocking case.
Broken mannequins in various weird postures, costumes and props that only appear in movies, hand-drawn drawings with messy lines and abstract lines, various urban legend copywriting and photos circulating on the Internet...
A series of things are placed on shelves and posted on the wall, many of which are connected by red threads, which seems to indicate that there is some connection between these things.
"He is a writer by profession, and having these things...well, isn't that too strange?"
Zhou Yong looked at Su Xing beside him and asked tentatively to see if this powerful man could come up with a different opinion.
"It does make sense logically, but putting these things together doesn't feel as simple as simply finding inspiration for writing an article. By the way, where is the note?"
"Inside the bedroom."
Inside the bedroom, the heavy curtains blocked the light from outside, making the inside look a bit drowsy.
The air conditioner on the wall was not turned on, but there was a hint of cool air lingering in the room, making people feel like their hands and feet were cold after staying there for a long time.
There were many paper books piled messily on the desk in the room, and there were many paper balls and torn pieces of paper in the trash can and on the ground.
"When we first arrived, there were all them on the ground. We were still processing them one by one to see if there was anything missing."
With that said, Zhou Yong led Su Xing to the desk. The note in the photo was placed in the center of the desk.
"Brother Su, do you know what the funeral is about? What do you mean by the next one? If it weren't for the fact that the other party is mentally ill, I really doubt you guys have messed with someone."
Su Xing rubbed the tip of his nose and replied casually, "I didn't offend him, but I can't talk about other things."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
This meaningless sentence made Zhou Yong unable to react for a moment.
"It's nothing, I just said it casually. By the way, speaking of this funeral, I want to ask you to look up a person. Her name is Chen Xin. Lin Lu mentioned this name when he was in the clinic, which probably means that he was forced to Go to this woman’s funeral.”
In fact, Su Xing didn't have much hope. After all, there were so many people named Chen Xin in Luoxia City alone that they were too numerous to count. What's more, they had all become weird. There was no way of knowing when they died. How could they be so... Easy to find out.
But what is surprising is that when Chen Xin said the two words, Zhou Yong on the side immediately frowned and thought.
"Chen Xin, Chen Xin... this name sounds a bit familiar. Funeral... Wait a minute, wait a minute, I seem to know that there is such a case, it was more than ten years ago. I also heard it from my seniors when they were chatting. .”
As soon as these words came out, Su Xing's eyes immediately moved over, staring at the other party impartially, indicating to continue talking.
"Actually, I'm not sure. Even if I heard about it, I can't guarantee it."
Zhou Yong didn't dare to talk nonsense, so he took a preventive shot first.
"I heard that there was a case more than ten years ago involving a woman named Chen Xin. She suddenly disappeared a few nights before her wedding and never appeared again. Then about half a month later, Chen Xin's father suddenly disappeared. He ran away from the police station and turned himself in, saying that he had killed his daughter.
But when asked why he killed and how he killed, he couldn't answer any of them. After more than a month of searching, no one was found alive or dead, and Chen Xin's father was also determined to be mentally disturbed.
Because there is no way to convict without more evidence, there is no doubt that there is no guilt and that's it. That guy seems to be still in a mental hospital in our city, I don't know which one specifically. "
A case spanning more than ten years...
It is said that strange things are born because people still have huge obsessions after death, so their bodies dissipate but their consciousness remains immortal.
They will try their best to fulfill this obsession, until as time goes by, this obsession gradually becomes grotesque and unreasonable.
"I seem to understand a little bit."
After listening to the other party's story, Su Xing muttered to himself.
"Brother Su, what do you know? You don't think Lin Lu's suicide is related to the case that happened more than ten years ago, right? There's no way it's connected."
"I don't know if it's related or not, but if something can be confirmed, maybe this case from more than ten years ago can be uncovered."
Zhou Yong was even more confused after hearing these words.
"What's the relationship? Brother Su, don't be the Riddler. Can't we tell you something clearly?"
Just when Zhou Yong was about to break the casserole and ask the truth, Su Xing immediately changed the subject and was not prepared to continue to dwell on this issue. After all, the existence of weirdness in reality is really not suitable to be brought to the surface, especially since he is still a psychiatrist. Saying this would be considered mental illness.
"Let's not talk about this first. I want to know if you have obtained the data from this camera?"
As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed to the camera that was still working on the bookshelf beside him.
Looking along Xing Xing's index finger, Zhou Yong replied loudly.
"Actually, half of the reason why I asked you to come and read this note in person is because of the video recorded by this camera."
Could this camera have recorded something extraordinary?
Zhou Yong did not show off, but directly took the computer of his colleague next to him and started playing the first video in the order marked earlier.
In the video, Lin Lu was adjusting the position of the camera. After he had completely adjusted it, he was holding his arms on the bookshelf and speaking directly to the camera.
"Everything about last night lingers in my mind. I believe it is not a nightmare at all. I tried to check the community surveillance, but the strange thing is that the camera that could capture me last night was either broken. Or there is just no clear picture.
This is definitely not a coincidence, including the invitation that appeared on the bedside this morning... none of this is definitely a coincidence. "
As he said that, Lin Lu in the video seemed to hear something or feel something, and looked back nervously a few times.
But the video showed there was nothing behind him.
"I...I...actually I'm not sure if all this is true. Is it possible that everything I feel is a fantasy? I don't know, but when I woke up in the morning, my body felt very cold. I had no appetite for the food, so I forced myself to take a few mouthfuls, but I spit out a bunch of black stuff.
If there is something, hopefully this camera will catch her. "
At the end of the video, Lin Lu lay on the bed and fell asleep. Zhou Yong dragged the progress bar to find the marked position.
The scene changed. Lin Lu, who was lying flat on the bed, twitched violently, and then began to struggle. It looked like an invisible force had strangled his neck.
The next moment, he suddenly sat up from the bed, tilting his neck on the bed with his eyes half open.
After this posture lasted for a while, he finally started to move again, but it looked like he was unconsciously sleepwalking.
The forest road in the video seemed to have lost control of its limbs, crawling and squirming like a caterpillar.
The next section is full of scenes of him crawling around the room. It's really scary for an adult man to do this kind of behavior in the middle of the night.
At the end of the first paragraph, Zhou Yong clicked on the next paragraph.
"When I saw the video last night this morning, I really thought I was crazy. I have never had symptoms of sleepwalking, but... maybe it was because of the woman named Chen Xin. I vaguely remember dreaming about it again last night She stood very far away and called my name. She said the funeral bell rang, and I promised to accompany her..."
Suddenly, Lin Lu looked out the window with a dull expression, and froze in place for a long time before he came back to his senses.
"I still have no appetite today and my body is getting colder and colder. If it doesn't get better tomorrow morning, I have to see a doctor, including a psychiatrist."
Later in this video, he still starts sleepwalking after falling asleep, but this time Lin Lu in the video is no longer squirming, but using his limbs, but he still looks like a newborn baby, staggering and falling down frequently.
Neither Zhou Yong nor Su Xing spoke, they just exchanged glances and continued to click to the next paragraph.
This time, Lin Lu's eyes in the video were clearly in a trance.
"The doctor said there is nothing wrong with my body, but I can barely feel myself. The psychiatrist said I need to be observed for a few more days, but I know I can't wait that long. I feel like... I'm about to die. Yes, I heard the death knell in the distance, and I heard the cries of groups.
I'm really going crazy. I can't explain it at all. I have no memory of what I was doing these two nights.
I always feel that every night my soul is pulled to another world by that woman, while the body left behind is controlled by something else.
I can't go on like this, I have to find a more authoritative doctor...or someone who can help me, whoever it is. "
This night, Lin Lu crawled more skillfully, but the weird thing was that when he crawled, he put his hands and feet on the ground, with his belly facing up.
That night, he was so excited that he was crawling on the floor and walls like a spider. During this period, he even thrust his face towards the camera, grinning strangely at the corners of his mouth that was almost torn apart.
As if to scare the people watching the video.
Even though it was not the first time he watched it, Zhou Yong was still startled by the sudden pale face and leaned back slightly.
In the video, Lin Lu tilted his head and chuckled, then climbed out of the door in that weird posture.
The camera can't capture the outside, but the sound can be heard.
Zhou Yong turned up the volume so that Su Xing could hear it more clearly.
Bang bang bang.
There are constant dull knocks on the door in the video.
Judging from the loudness of the sound, the knocking on the door was not from the same location.
So that night, Lin Lu crawled out in this posture and knocked on the neighbor's door with his head?
Just thinking about such a scene makes me feel horrified.
Curses can be heard in the video, but no one seems to be opening the door.
Perhaps he failed to enter the neighbor's house, so the roars came out one after another.
The next two videos were similar to this one. When the last one was left, Su Xing's face became a little solemn.
Judging by the time, this video should be from last night to early this morning. This is also the video of Lin Lu before he committed suicide by jumping off the building.
"Let it go."
After receiving Su Xing's nod, Zhou Yong swallowed and clicked on the last paragraph.
"I went to a private clinic today, and the doctor who treated me was Dr. Su. He was very young. Maybe it was because we were similar in age, so I felt very relaxed talking to him. He treated me for a period of time, and I didn't feel comfortable talking to him. I understand, but I hope it's useful.
I made an appointment for him to come over early tomorrow morning. I think he should be able to help me. "
In the last video, Lin Lu did not get up in the same weird posture as before.
Progress bar dragging.
In the picture, only the curtains were lifted up by a gust of night wind.
The video flickered, as if the camera had been disturbed by some force.
For a moment, Su Xing felt a figure pacing anxiously back and forth beside the bed, but it soon disappeared, as if it had never appeared.
Lin Lu sat up suddenly on the bed, breathing heavily while widening his eyes.
After he recovered, he quickly ran to the camera and put his face up.
"She didn't come tonight! I didn't dream about her again. No, to be precise, she didn't bring me to that world tonight. I knew Dr. Su was different, he would definitely be able to help me!
It's one o'clock in the morning. Dr. Su will come after dawn. I will wait for him. "
After Lin Lu finished speaking excitedly, he immediately opened the notes on the table and started writing something.
But suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
No one said anything, just three knocks on the door.
Lin Lu froze and looked in the direction of the security door. After waiting for a long time and seeing nothing, he immersed himself in the desk again.
Boom, boom, boom.
There was another knock on the door.
Lin Lu stood up and walked out cautiously.
There was no picture, but the voice could be heard. Not long after Lin Lu walked out of the bedroom, he said three words in a doubtful tone.
"Doctor Su?"
Then the sound of the security door clicking opened was heard.
"Dr. Su, why did you come so early?"
"Dr. Su... why do you keep staring at me? Why don't you speak? You... what are you laughing at?"
"No! No! You are not Dr. Su at all!" At this sentence, Lin Lu's voice was filled with extreme panic.
Lin Lu's figure returned to the screen. He sat on the ground and kept moving his body back.
But in the picture, there was just a ball of air in front of him.
What was even more bizarre next was that Lin Lu performed a one-man show fighting against the air.
It lasted about ten minutes.
After the fighting stopped, Lin Lu became a little sluggish.
He would smile silly for a while, and cry very sadly for a while.
One moment he lay on the ground as if all his joints were falling off. The next moment he got up and hit his head with his fists.
I saw him crawling to the bookshelf with difficulty and wanting to say something to the camera, but he couldn't make a sound.
Stumbling to the desk, he tremblingly picked up a pen and started writing in his notebook.
Halfway through writing, he twisted his body and continued writing with a weird smile.
Alas, the note was torn off, crumpled into a ball and thrown to the ground.
"Get out of my body..."
After Lin Lu struggled to squeeze out the last words, he stumbled out of the screen...
When all the videos were over, Su Xing stood there with a frown on his face.
"Did you notice?"
Su Xing spoke softly.
Zhou Yong tilted his head in confusion. He didn't know what Su Xing was referring to.
"His back."
Zhou Yong rewinds the video and freezes it.
"What happened behind his back?"
"Didn't you see? There was one lying on his back, um..." Su Xing didn't know how to describe it for a moment, so he paused before continuing.
"A child that looks like a monkey. After the knock on the door, Lin Lu opened the door and came back, and this thing was lying on his back."
Su Xing's eyes narrowed slightly.
Zhou Yong's eyes trembled and he spoke tentatively in a low voice.
"Brother Su, don't scare me. I didn't see anything lying behind him... maybe the video is damaged. How about I send it to the bureau for a professional to take a look?"
During the conversation, the two of them walked out one after another, but what no one noticed was that in the pile of messy books, there was bright red blood seeping out from the gaps in the pages.
The camera that had been working on the bookshelf creaked and moved, like a living person's eyes quietly turning, moving towards the door of the room and zooming in on the two people's backs.
