"What are you eating?"

Zhang Feng said helplessly, spreading his hands at the shadow.

As expected, the person who followed inside was, of course, Shen Xing'Er.

At this moment, Shen Xing'Er's cheeks were puffed out as she struggled to chew something.

Hearing Zhang Feng's words, Shen Xing'Er blinked her bewildered big eyes and shook her head:

"No um—no um..."

Goodness, you can't even speak clearly and you're still pretending?!

Zhang Feng pointed at Shen Xing'Er and said:

"You've got tomato sauce all over your face!"

"Huh?"

Shen Xing'Er was instantly shocked and started wiping her mouth and face hastily.

As a result, not only did she not clean it, but she also smeared red tomato sauce over most of her face.

This made Zhang Feng cover his forehead in speechless dismay and say:

"You better stop wiping, wash your face at the hotel later!"

With an embarrassed look, Shen Xing'Er tried her hardest to swallow what was in her mouth and asked Zhang Feng:

"Brother Zhang Feng, did you find anything during your investigation?"

Zhang Feng shot Shen Xing'Er a sideways glance and said:

"You still remember we're here to investigate a case, huh?"

"And you even snuck in and ate someone's stuff?"

These words made Shen Xing'Er blush and bow her head awkwardly.

Zhang Feng realized for the first time that Shen Xing'Er had this foodie trait.

Looking at Shen Xing'Er in front of him, Zhang Feng shook his head and continued:

"I've pretty much investigated it, but haven't found anything unusual yet."

As he spoke, he pointed to the desk in front of him:

"However, it seems like something was here before the incident, but it was taken away by someone."

"It's likely the first person to arrive at the crime scene, though it's unclear who that person is at the moment."

"Is that so?"

Shen Xing'Er also had a thoughtful look in her eyes:

"Brother Zhang Feng, why don't we ask dad? He might know who was the first to arrive at the crime scene."

Hearing Shen Xing'Er's words, Zhang Feng nodded slightly.

Indeed, it might be worthwhile to call Shen Hanshan and ask.

While Zhang Feng and Shen Xing'Er were discussing the case in the room,

They had no idea that the young man in black who had been scared away earlier had sneaked back again.

He cautiously poked his head out from the stairwell on the other side.

There, he saw his two superiors sprawled on the ground, unconscious and motionless.

The young man turned pale, his teeth lightly chattering:

"It's over, it's over, it's over..."

"Did that female ghost kill my two seniors?"

"Oh my god, there really are ghosts in this world?"

"I knew the 20,000 yuan wouldn't be easy to earn! If I had known, I wouldn't have come back dead or alive!"

"Hopefully, the ghost lady has eaten her fill and won't trouble me anymore..."

Thinking this, the young man in black cautiously made his way toward the stairs leading downstairs.

The only thought in his mind now was to run away quickly,

to leave this place of trouble.

Then go out and find a Daoist or Demi-Immortal or someone like that to exorcise any evil spirits; he really couldn't afford to get involved with anything strange.

The stairwell he was in only went up; the downstairs exit door had been locked earlier.

So he had to use the stairs Zhang Feng and Shen Xing'Er had taken to come up.

This meant he had to cross the entire corridor.

It took him who-knows-how-long to mentally prepare himself before he, sticking close to the wall, carefully made his way to the stairwell at the far end.

He squinted his eyes slightly because closing his eyes would make it impossible to see the road.

With his hands clasped together, he muttered the whole way:

"You can't see me, you can't see me."

"I have no intention of disturbing... I'm not involved in this incident..."

"I'm leaving now, ghost lady, please rest in peace..."

He even made a cross on his chest as he chanted, then clasped his hands together again.

It was as if he had no idea whether the ghost was from the East or the West.

At this moment, a soft sound echoed in his ears.

"Creak... creak..."

The sound of a door opening.

The young man immediately shut his eyes tight, stood rooted to the spot, trembling all over, seemingly not daring to make a sound.

But nothing happened.

The young man, nervously thinking:

"Did I hallucinate?"

"It must be. I'm just too nervous..."

Uncertain, he cautiously opened a small slit of his eyes.

As his eyes opened, he saw a ghastly pale face, covered in blood, staring at him with dead, fish-like eyes.

"Ahhhhh!!!!"

He let out a wail like a crying baby and collapsed to the ground.

A second later, Shen Xing'Er's soft voice came through:

"What's wrong with him?"

"Why did another one faint? I opened the door thinking we'd be discovered, Brother Zhang Feng, scared me to death."

"But why does it seem like I scared him instead?"

Indeed...

Shen Xing'Er was indeed startled just now.

She hadn't expected that when she and Zhang Feng decided to call Shen Hanshan, turning to open the door, they'd find the black-clad man who had run off standing there!

Shen Xing'Er took a cold breath, her pupils dilated and she stood frozen on the spot.

The only thought in her mind was, "It's over, Brother Zhang Feng and I have been discovered!"

But the air was still, and the person in front seemed to be pretending to play dead with closed eyes?

As Shen Xing'Er was about to cautiously leave,

Suddenly, he opened his eyes.

As soon as his eyes opened, he let out a scream and then fainted.

Shen Xing'Er had no idea what was happening.

Only Zhang Feng looked at Shen Xing'Er, holding his forehead with an exasperated look.

Shen Xing'Er's cheek was half smeared with haphazardly applied tomato sauce.

Indeed...

But oh well, it didn't matter.

Zhang Feng waved his hand and said:

"Alright, let's go while they're still confused."

Shen Xing'Er nodded, turned with Zhang Feng, and they swiftly ran back the way they came.

However, just as Zhang Feng and Shen Xing'Er turned the corner of the stairwell,

"Hmm~" a soft hum came from beside them.

It was the black-clad man who had initially been knocked unconscious against the wall. He was swaying and standing again?

My goodness!

In a blink, they couldn't let the man notice them. Zhang Feng turned, without pause, delivered a spinning kick.

"Bam!" the kick landed on the man's neck.

"Ahhh—" followed by another cry, the man in black fainted once more.

Zhang Feng and Shen Xing'Er promptly turned and left, descending the stairs.

Damn, everyone, whether man or ghost, is putting on a show, while someone's just getting beat!

Not long after Zhang Feng and Shen Xing'Er descended,

another door opened in the hallway, and a man in a bathrobe stormed out, shouting:

"What the hell are you doing?! I was just taking a bath, and all this yelling, can't a person... Oh crap!!!"

Before he finished, he saw three of his colleagues sprawled unconscious in the hallway!

"Damn it!" His pupils widened, trembling slightly.

"Something's happened!"

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