Chapter 288: 288 Not just one, it's a group

288 Not just one, it's a group.

Three days later, after being discharged from the hospital, Tushan Jiu directly returned to Prosperous Era Luxury Residence.

Four senior postpartum caregivers and a nutritionist had already reported for duty; at home, Tushan Jiu's mood could be different.

Xie Shiyu also officially took paternity leave; with Xie Wenmo keeping an eye on things at the company, he could focus on staying home with Tushan Jiu.

Xu Airu and the others also came over every day to keep Tushan Jiu company and do various leisure activities.

Just like that, Tushan Jiu's forty-two-day postpartum period passed without her noticing.

She could also be considered to have emerged from seclusion again.

On the day she finished her postpartum period, she went straight to the office.

Because she heard that their team was going out to the scene today.

The Fengdu Great Emperor hadn't actually stopped her position, but as the saying goes, 'the devil rises a foot, the Dao rises ten feet'; she thought, as long as she didn't write her name in the case closure report, wouldn't that be fine?

After she sent this idea to the group, she received unanimous praise from the other four members.

Thus, the ghost-catching small team regrouped again and headed to the crime scene.

On the way, Tushan Jiu asked for the specifics.

Mu Mu answered quickly: "This case was transferred over from the Criminal Police Team; the reporter is a woman named Zhu Qiuqin. She said her mother-in-law has been acting strangely lately, claiming she's been keeping something unclean, and that thing is powerful enough to possess her mother-in-law's body."

"More importantly, whenever her mother-in-law eats, she always sets an extra set of bowls and chopsticks on the table; before picking up her chopsticks, she taps that bowl once, then mutters something, saying, 'Eat, eat, eat more, these are all your favorites, after this you won't be able to eat them again.'"

Zhu Qiuqin said she looked it up online and this behavior is keeping ghosts; she's not afraid herself, but she fears her mother-in-law's behavior will harm her, thinking about having to eat every day at the same table as a ghost, with two children at home—although they eat at school, she can't let her mother-in-law continue like this, so she chose to call the police.

Tushan Jiu: "No way, when a normal person encounters something like this, shouldn't the first reaction be to look for various masters?"

After all, everyone knows the police don't believe in talk of ghosts and gods.

Mu Mu shrugged: "I don't know what she's thinking, and besides, Team Leader Zhang said they went to the scene, knocked on the door, and no one was home. According to a neighbor from the same unit, half a year ago this household had a gas explosion; the fire was huge back then, and Zhu Qiuqin's family is still hospitalized now."

"Team Leader Zhang also went to the hospital to verify: aside from her husband who was working outside at the time, Zhu Qiuqin, her mother-in-law, and her two children were indeed in that fire, and they suffered serious injuries; they're still in the hospital receiving treatment."

"Moreover, she and her mother-in-law suffered the worst injuries while shielding the children, and now their conscious time is growing shorter and shorter."

Tushan Jiu narrowed her eyes: "Is there a medium?"

Mu Mu shook her head: "No, in order to be able to retire early, the whole family deliberately reported their ages as one or two years older on their ID cards, so the corresponding lunar birth dates are inaccurate."

Tushan Jiu nodded: "Alright, I understand; let's go check the scene."

Back in those days, it was common for people to deliberately add two years to their age on ID cards.

Zhang Xuefeng and the others probably figured it had just been confirmed as an abnormal incident, so they handed the case over to us.

Anyway, we'll be there soon; once they get to the scene, they'll immediately know what's going on.

Zhu Qiuqin's family lives in an old residential complex.

It's an eight-story building without an elevator; they climbed up without even changing their breathing.

When they reached this part of the eighth floor, it was actually obvious that a fire had occurred here.

Because the walls were all smoked black and haven't been restored.

Tushan Jiu and the others frowned, but not because the environment was poor; rather, as soon as they stepped onto the eighth floor, a strong yin energy hit them.

Suddenly.

With a "creak", the anti-theft door of Unit 802 opened, and a woman in her thirties carried out a bag of garbage and placed it at the doorway.

When she saw Tushan Jiu and the others, she asked doubtfully, "Who are you?"

Mu Mu frowned and was about to speak, but Xiang Yichu pressed her down.

Mu Mu turned her head to look at him doubtfully; Xiang Yichu glanced at her and lightly shook his head.

Wang Dongqing turned his head, glanced at the few people who hadn't moved, instantly understood, took out his ID, and said, "Hello, we're the police; we're here to verify the matter you reported today."

Upon hearing they were police, Zhu Qiuqin quickly put her finger to her lips: "Shh! Keep it down; luckily my mother-in-law is cooking, so the range hood's noise drowns us out."

She said, "Wait a moment; I'll let my mother-in-law know, then I'll talk to you."

Wang Dongqing nodded and said okay.

Zhu Qiuqin didn't close the door, turned, and shouted into the house: "Mom, I'm going downstairs to wait for the troops to get off work, and I'll throw out the trash on the way."

After she finished speaking, the house fell silent for a few seconds, then a voice said, "Go ahead; it's hot outside and you're allergic to UV rays, so don't go under the sun."

"Mm, got it."

After Zhu Qiuqin finished speaking, she quickly shut the door and hurried downstairs carrying the plastic bag from the doorway.

"Come on, let's go talk on the first floor." Having said that, Zhu Xiuqin walked downstairs.

Tushan Jiu and the others were on the landing between the seventh and eighth floors; they exchanged a glance and didn't move.

Zhu Xiuqin took a deep breath and complained: "Other buildings in the renovation all have elevators now; why is our community's renovation so slow?! Even just going down from the eighth floor is exhausting."

Tushan Jiu and the others said nothing.

Zhu Xiuqin turned to look at them and said, "Let me tell you, I just saw the ghost my mother-in-law is keeping—oh, no, wrong, not just one, it's a group!"

The others remained silent; Zhu Xiuqin thought they didn't believe her, and she spoke with a hint of urgency: "Really! And it happened just half an hour before you arrived."

"Today my son and daughter went to extra classes; they won't be back for lunch. My mother-in-law went grocery shopping, came back, and returned to her room. I suddenly felt drowsy and was about to nap on the sofa."

"Just as I was about to fall asleep, I heard a loud noise, accompanied by chanting at my ears; I thought I was half-asleep, so I struggled to open one eye, but I couldn't see anything clearly—only a few blurry white figures standing not far from me."

"I was startled and shouted, and then those ghosts disappeared."

Tushan Jiu lowered her head to glance at the time on her phone, didn't respond to her words, and simply asked lightly, "Your husband will be back soon, right?"