Chapter 101 Li Shan (ETL)
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Chapter 101: Cause trouble, keep doing it
With insufficient evidence, the police could not make an arrest, and even the questioning was done indirectly. They first went to find Huang Yong, who had someone throw Li Shan’s body into the mixer. He was responsible for the safety of the construction site. When the police found him, he was drinking tea in the office of another construction site, chatting with people, and occasionally glancing at the surveillance. His life was pretty comfortable.
When the police arrived, Huang Yong asked unhurriedly in a polite tone, “Comrade police, do you have something to talk to me about?”
“Do you know this person?” The police took out Li Shan’s photo. Huang Yong’s eyes flashed, and he concealed the panic in his eyes wordlessly. Then he answered calmly, “Sorry, I don’t know him.”
Looking into Huang Yong’s eyes, the police reminded him, “Half a year ago, when Building 15 of Changming Community was under construction, you went and hired 5 temporary workers in the market at North Bridge, including this person.”
“Oh, it’s been more than half a year, and we have already finished the handover of Changming Community.” Huang Yong smiled and added, “All these migrant workers look similar to me. I have hired so many people, how can I remember them all?”
The police frowned, realizing that this person had a good psychological state, and told Huang Yong directly, “This person is called Li Shan, and he disappeared in Changming Community.”
“Missing?” When Huang Yong heard this, he said anxiously, “Aiya, police comrade, we hired temporary workers because there is temporary work to be done, and our own construction workers are too busy. As long as the temps do their work, it’s fine. We will pay them on the same day. Some only work half a day and leave after receiving the money. Sometimes we don’t even ask them their names. This person’s disappearance has nothing to do with us.”
The police said coldly, “It’s not a matter of your words whether there is a connection between you and the temporary worker. We process cases by the evidence. You did hire someone that day, right?”
Huang Yong recalled, “It seems that this happened, but I really can’t remember who I hired.”
“Let me help you recall. It was cloudy that day. You didn’t have enough materials on your construction site, so your workers didn’t start work. However, there was a little work to do temporarily, so you simply hired 5 temporary workers in the market.”
“Yeah, didn’t I already say it? We often find temps to do work, but they leave after that. I really don’t remember who this person is. Maybe I did hire him, but I really don’t know anything about his disappearance.”
The police said tentatively, “We received a report that you cut corners.”
“Impossible,” Huang Yong laughed immediately when he heard this, “There is absolutely no problem with the building built by our company. When we handed over the building, there was a formal inspection by the national department. First, we dare not challenge the law, and second, we can’t make dirty money against our conscience, right? What if there is a problem with the house and the owner has an accident, wouldn’t our reputation be ruined?”
“What about the safety measures for the workers?”
“It’s very good, haven’t there been any accidents reported?” At this point, Huang Yong smiled and said, “You two can go to the construction site with me to take a look, our safety standards can meet domestic standards.”
The two policemen actually followed Huang Yong to the construction site to take a look, and they didn’t find any evidence. Huang Yong did not lie. The safety equipment they are using now is up to standard and has certificates.
The two policemen returned empty-handed. After returning, they discussed with the team, “Whether this case is true or false, we don’t know at the moment. This is simply a headless case.”
At this moment, there is a report from the administration department, “Colleagues in City A have found 4 people who reported the case. They have all made detailed reports, and their confessions have been sent over. You can take a look.”
After reading it, everyone felt that the case was not a lie. They were also very puzzled. Why did they report the case half a year later? After seeing the reason, they were all amused and helpless. The reason turned out to be that Li Shan’s soul came back to find them, so they didn’t want the hush money anymore.
In short, the police have to continue to investigate.
Gu Ye put the hexagram plate on the table and tsk-ed twice while looking at the hexagram result. Nine and four are close to Yin bars of six and three. Originally, Yin and Yang are in harmony, but six and three are not in the middle and not in the right position, so there is no peace. If one wants to get the answer they wanted, they will have to rely on external forces to push it.
[Banana: Not sure how to read Bagua so just roll with Gu Ye’s words yo XD Picture is taken from this SITE]
“Ghost doll,” Gu Ye called out to the ghost who was bragging about the dangers he had experienced during his trip to Kuman Thong. He ran over when he heard Gu Ye’s call and asked excitedly, “Master Gu, is there another mission for me?”
“The police must have investigated someone today. Tonight, you take Li Shan to find the person who was questioned by the police and let Li Shan identify whether he was the one who took him to the construction site. If so, you two will scare him tonight.” Gu Ye narrowed his eyes, “Scare him so that his mentality will collapse, so that he can reveal his flaws.”
“Okay!” Ghost doll likes to scare people the most, because it makes him look extremely domineering.
Earlier, when Li Shan came back with Ghost Doll, Gu Ye lit 2 soul-nourishing incense sticks for him and kept him in the soul-nourishing bottle for a day. Now Li Shan’s injuries have almost healed, and it is no problem for him to go out and scare people.
No matter how good Huang Yong’s psychological quality is, he can’t say that he is not afraid at all when the police came to look for him. That night, he felt something was wrong, but he didn’t dare to look for those migrant workers, because if he did, the police would definitely find clues. He could only hold on to the fact that he didn’t know and didn’t remember the thing that happened half a year ago. The good thing was that he handled the body very cleanly at the time, and the police couldn’t find any evidence, which made Huang Yong feel a little relieved.
Sitting in the study, Huang Yong smoked a cigarette and searched for recent accidents on the construction site. He found that the online reviews of their company were good and no news had leaked out, so he was quietly relieved. At this time, the window next to him thumped 3 times. Huang Yong’s heart skipped a beat, and his scalp instantly turned numb. There is an old saying that goes, if you don’t do bad things, you won’t be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door. He lives on the 20th floor. What could climb up to his window in the middle of the night? He didn’t dare to turn his head to look.
“Knock, knock.” 2 short knocks came from the window again. Three long and two short1, the knocks sounded very unlucky. Huang Yong’s heart was pounding. Mustering his courage, he turned his head stiffly.
At a glance, he was frightened to the point that his scalp was numb and the hairs on his body stood up. He was so scared that he couldn’t even scream. Huang Yong stared blankly at the face with blood coming out of all orifices outside the window. He couldn’t catch his breath and almost fainted.
A gust of cool air from the air conditioner swept over, making Huang Yong shiver. When he looked at the figure outside the window again, it had disappeared. Taking a deep breath, he blinked hard and stood up, tremblingly. He walked to the window and took a look, “I must be seeing it wrongly, I must be seeing it wrongly, yes, there are no ghosts in this world…”
“Huff!”
There was a sound of airflow above Huang Yong’s head. The air was freezing cold. Huang Yong shrank his neck and subconsciously raised his head to look at the air conditioner on the wall. This one look scared him so much that he fell to the ground.
Right at the air outlet of the air conditioner, a pair of strange blood-red eyes were staring at him secretly. Huang Yong was so scared that he sat on the ground and scuttled backward. He saw the ‘person’ inside, struggling to squeeze out from the air-blowing outlet as if he was imprisoned. The person’s face was squeezed out of shape when pushed and came out into a pile of minced meat. Huang Yong finally couldn’t bear the bloody scene, and he screamed.
However, the picture did not stop. After the pile of rotten meat squeezed out from the air conditioner outlet, it formed a human head. Li Shan’s face was finally pieced together and stared at Huang Yong resentfully. Then the neck, shoulders, arms, body… Li Shan actually crawled in from the air conditioner outlet little by little. Huang Yong was so scared that his eyes rolled up and he fainted; his lower half was wet.
Li Shan sneered, “Did he faint just like that?”
Ghost Doll held his little face, “It’s okay, I’ll take you to his dream.”
Ghost Doll’s only strength is that he can enter dreams, and what happens in dreams can all happen in reality. Huang Yong was so scared that he became incontinent, and he finally fainted, but he still couldn’t escape.
“Have you ever thought that the money you embezzled was earned by the workers at the risk of their lives? If someone falls down like me, they will die, just like this.”
Ghost Doll waited for Li Shan to finish speaking, and then recalled the scene of Li Shan falling from the building in Huang Yong’s mind. How could that thin chain and thin net bear the weight of an adult? If he fell down, he would definitely die!
Huang Yong was so scared that he screamed and ran away in his dream, not daring to open his eyes to look.
Li Shan said gloomily, “Are you scared now? But why didn’t you feel scared when you threw me into the mixer? You bought my life for 800,000 yuan and shut up everyone. You saved your company’s reputation, and they gave you a promotion and a raise. What about me? What did I get? Who is responsible for my life? Who can give me an explanation?”
Huang Yong was so scared that he collapsed, screaming and howling in his dream. It was not until dawn that the ghost doll took Li Shan out of Huang Yong’s dream and went back to find Gu Ye.
Making a scene the entire night, Li Shan was also very tired. Gu Ye pasted a talisman on Li Shan, and the effect was like giving Li Shan a shot of chicken blood, which made him recover immediately, even better than before.
“This talisman can protect your soul, strengthen your spiritual power, and allow you to appear during the day. Continue to scare Huang Yong and see who he will see today. As long as he went to see someone, it would arouse the suspicion of the police. Now is the time we send evidence to the police.”
Li Shan nodded gratefully to Gu Ye, “Thank you, Master Gu, I understand.”
Compared to the beginning, Li Shan seemed to be less naive. Gu Ye shook his head. The man did not fall into despair after experiencing so many unfortunate things when he was alive. But after he died, he was forced to see through the coldness of the world. Poor man.
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Huang Yong only slept for a few hours in the early morning. He did not dare to ask for leave. After getting up, he went to the company with a pale face and looked listless. He wanted to talk to Chen Hong about Li Shan, but he did not dare to call because he was afraid that the police had monitored his mobile phone. He could only talk in person.
After arriving at the branch office, he absent-mindedly pressed the upward arrow, and the elevator opened. After he entered, the elevator went underground instead. Huang Yong did not think much about it, because the basement was a parking lot and many people parked their cars before going upstairs. When he reached the basement level, the elevator door opened, and a gust of cold wind blew over. Huang Yong woke up all of a sudden, and all his sleepiness was blown away.
A ‘man’ in washed-out camouflage work clothes limped over. Huang Yong’s pupils shrank, and he pressed the Close button frantically in fear. The elevator door slowly closed. The man didn’t get up, but gave him a sad smile, and his mouth shape was saying: I’m coming.
Huang Yong was frightened and paralyzed in the elevator. When he reached the 4th floor, the elevator opened. The security guard found that Huang Yong was not in good condition. He pulled him out and asked with concern, “Brother Huang, are you okay?”
“Check, check the surveillance,” Huang Yong said tremblingly, “Check the basement, is there anyone there?”
The security guard didn’t understand what happened, so he checked the recording as requested, but unfortunately, there was nothing out of the ordinary. In the surveillance, only Huang Yong was terrified, and no one was seen walking towards the elevator.
Huang Yong stood up with a pale face and walked slowly into Chen Hong’s office. The first sentence he said was, “He’s here.”
Chen Hong was in his forties, a little fat, with a balding head, and looked like he had no temper. He asked in confusion, “Who’s here? Why do you look so bad?”
Closing the door, Huang Yong turned off the surveillance in Chen Hong’s office first before whispering, “That person who fell from a high level and died is back.”
Hearing that, Chen Hong’s expression changed. “What nonsense are you talking about? How can a dead person come back? I know the police came to you yesterday, but they have no evidence, so don’t be afraid.”
“No, ‘he’ really came back, I saw him just now.”
“You are just too tired and too nervous.” Chen Hong sneered at Huang Yong’s words and said, “I’ll give you a day off today. Go back and have a good rest, don’t talk nonsense.”
Huang Yong said anxiously, “Believe me.”
“Yes, I believe you,” Chen Hong patted Huang Yong on the shoulder and comforted him, “Don’t worry, you did a great job at that time, there is no evidence at all. If you still feel uneasy, you can go to a temple to pray and find comfort in your heart.”
Chen Hong could feel Huang Yong’s shoulder trembling; he (HY) was really scared. Chen Hong was also afraid that Huang Yong would say something unfavorable to him when he was nervous, so he whispered to him, “Don’t contact me during this period, and don’t come to me. We’ll talk about it after the matter is over.”
After sending Huang Yong away, Chen Hong’s expression turned cold, and he immediately called the financial department, “Have you settled the previous accounts?”
“Don’t worry, it’s done. The higher-ups won’t be able to find anything wrong.”
After getting a positive answer, Chen Hong breathed a sigh of relief, “Be careful in this period. If this matter is known to the higher-ups, the head office may come down to check.”
“Don’t worry, I understand.”
Chen Hong hung up the phone, his expression became more and more gloomy. He would never hand over the money in his hand.
Leaving the branch company, Huang Yong didn’t remember what was told to him, but he still remembered to find a place to pray. Most people in real estate believe in Feng Shui. When laying the foundation, they will slaughter pigs and sheep as tributes, and they’ll pray to the gods, and also the earth deity. Huang Yong’s construction company will do this before breaking ground, and they have a master who specializes in Feng Shui.
Huang Yong went directly to this master, spent 3,000 yuan to buy 3 incense sticks, and bowed 3 times to the shrine on the wall. Huang Yong said palely, “Master Meng, I’m in trouble.”
Master Meng said calmly, “Yes, you are haunted by a wronged ghost.”
Hearing that, Huang Yong said agitatedly, “Master, please save my life!”
Master Meng smiled and looked at the shrine on the wall. “It depends on how much incense money you give to the ancestor. If you are sincere, they will naturally help people instead of ghosts.”
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