I let you be a fugitive, not to set up a private army.

"Have you forgotten?"

Wang Bo frowned and said to his aunt again: "You'd better move out of here immediately. She may be turning into a weird person."

"Oh, the world is so terrible now. Where can I go? My husband is dead." Aunt shook her head and returned to the house.

The team member asked: "Brother Wang, why is it changing?"

"If it were a complete weirdness, there would be no human nature left. The resident of Building 3 should be dead by now."

Wang Bo once again looked at the quiet window on the second floor. "Whether it was the fact that Auntie didn't respond when I saw her this morning, or that she couldn't remember her name just now, it was all the remaining humanity protecting this aunt."

The team member then asked, "Should we go in and investigate?"

"I'll go check it out, you wait outside."

……

Audio 2——

The door was pushed open. "Brother Wang, where are you?"

With a bang, the door behind him closed automatically.

"Wang, Brother Wang, can you hear me?"

Click... click...

Along with the hurried footsteps, the camera kept rolling and the "clicking" sound became more and more frequent.

"Brother Wang, are you injured?"

"Alas, I told you not to come in..."

"The day I joined the Demon Hunting Corps, I was mentally prepared for this day, and here she is."

"Yang Meng, can you read this? I'm Wang Bo. Building 4, Fulin Lane, hasn't fully given birth to the strangeness yet. The current detected energy value is 1. Her name is Shui Ling... I'm sorry, I can't continue fighting with everyone."

The notebook reads: On April 5, 40th year of the Weird Chronicle, veteran team member Wang Bo, who went to investigate the house at No. 4 Fulin Lane, and Zhang He, who had just become an official demon hunter for less than a day, disappeared.

Also missing were a couple who had just rented the house the day before.

……

Act 3: Contact the neighbor who just moved out of Building 5, Fulin Lane.

Audio 1——

"Excuse me, Ms. Liu. I'm Zhou Liang from the Demon Hunting Team. Can we talk about Fulin Lane..."

"Sorry." The door closed.

"Ms. Liu, there's no point in running away. You've already established a connection with 'her,' and she'll find you sooner or later."

Wait a moment.

The door opened again, and Ms. Liu mustered up her courage: "I'll tell you everything I know. Four days ago in the early morning, I was just not sleepy at the time, and I saw, saw..."

After a deep breath, her voice continued: "I saw Old Mrs. Wu push her daughter-in-law into the well in the yard. She also had a small quarrel with Uncle Wu who came out. She said that Uncle Wu was worried about his daughter-in-law..."

"Is this true?" Zhou Liang asked.

Ms. Liu paused. "A few times, I saw from the balcony that Mr. Wu on the second floor across from me was a bit dishonest, but Shui Ling always resisted. After Shui Ling was disfigured, he never did that again..."

"Disfigured?"

"Yes, with her feet chained, unable to escape, and harassed, Shui Ling's face was scratched with her own nails."

"Why didn't you report it?"

"In this day and age, everyone prefers to keep their affairs to themselves. How can a weak woman like me dare to intervene?"

Ms. Liu's tone was a little excited. "Even if I report the case, nothing will happen to the Wu family's evil parents-in-law. At most, they will be detained for a few days. What should I do after they get out?"

"That's understandable. After being pushed into the well, did the person come out?" Zhou Liang asked.

"No." Ms. Liu shook her head. "I saw Uncle Wu filling the well with a shovel."

"Wait, shouldn't there be a well in the yard of the house in Fulin Lane?" Zhou Liang continued to ask.

"It's not really a well. The Wu couple came from Jing Village. Maybe it was a personal preference or a custom, but they dug a well in their yard a long time ago. It's probably just over two meters deep, not very deep."

"She could have gotten out of there." Yang Meng was a little dissatisfied, "If you had reported it to the police."

"What if she herself doesn't want to come out and doesn't want to live anymore?"

Ms. Liu's pupils trembled slightly. "I wanted to report the crime and was about to call the police when I heard Shui Ling yelling 'help,' but she didn't say a word from beginning to end."

……

Act 4: Go to Jing Village to find out information about Shui Ling.

Audio 1——

"Shui Ling, you're such a pitiful person. When she was little, she had a father who loved her dearly, but he was beaten to death by some scoundrels during a food grab. All she has left is her seriously ill mother."

An elderly person said, "Give me some more food. I haven't eaten for four days."

"Okay, here you go."

“It’s been a long time since I’ve had such delicious pastries.”

The old man continued while chewing, "In order to feed her mother, she did all kinds of work. She suffered so much at such a young age. She even washed clothes for others in tattered shoes in the cold weather..."

"Slow down and drink some water."

"Thank you. My life got a little better after I was favored by the Wu family. After my mother passed away, I married Wu Liang when I grew up."

The old man gulped down some water and said, "After that, the Wu family moved to the city. I don't know what happened after that. But in the village, Wu Liang, with his bad temper, didn't treat her well. Beating and scolding were common."

"Does she have any friends?" Zhou Liang asked.

"Yes, I have a close friend named... Jiang Hui. She also moved to the city. She's quite arrogant."

The old man thought for a moment, "When Jiang Hui was little, she was bullied by some scoundrels. Shui Ling came to her rescue many times, and then she herself was beaten until her head was bloody... But in my opinion, it's just Shui Ling's self-conceit. That woman might not consider a country bumpkin like Shui Ling as her friend."

"What are your hobbies?"

"Shui Ling used to like raising chickens. But chickens have to be killed for meat eventually. She cried and made a fuss, but the ones that needed to be killed were still killed by the Wu family. So she never raised any more chickens."

The old man finished his cake and closed his eyes in the sunshine. "I'm a little full. I'll take a rest for a while."

Long wait.

"Old man..."

Zhou Liang reached out and sighed, "He's passed away."

"Captain, Captain, I just saw the pointer of the energy detector stopped at the full value!!"