Chapter 26

26 Investigation Mission (Part 2)

"Oh my, really... so you are the brother of Hanna's lifesaver! This old woman misunderstood you!"

After figuring out what was going on, the manager, who had just been looking fierce and menacing, immediately returned to her kind and amiable appearance. She even grabbed Li Ang's arm and complained:

"Look at this mess... couldn't you have just said you heard Hanna was sick and came to visit her? Why show an old woman your credentials? I've always treated Hanna like a daughter. If I had known there was this connection, would I have stopped you from coming up?"

"......"

Give me a break... if you hadn't stopped me earlier and interrogated me like I was a thief, I would have gone upstairs directly, wouldn't I? Did I need to show credentials to prove my identity?

Seeing Li Ang's speechless expression, the manager felt a bit embarrassed. Her old face flushed, and she muttered:

"I stopped you earlier because you looked like a stranger. I'm familiar with everyone in this apartment, and I really hadn't seen you before. Plus, you were wearing... cough, cough, plus you were carrying a big bag of things, so I just thought I'd ask a bit more..."

It wasn't because I was carrying things, it was because I was dressed shabbily and you were worried I was a thief, right?

Li Ang looked at his old coat, which was severely worn at the edges and estimated to be nearly twenty years old, and smiled helplessly.

This coat was left behind by "his" father. It was several years older than he was, and it did look quite miserable. However, given his family's situation of relying on pensions, it was good enough to have warm clothes to wear; naturally, he didn't have the luxury of being picky.

Although he now had a high-paying job, his first week's salary hadn't come in yet, so he naturally had no money to buy a new coat. He was dressed quite frugally, and combined with being hunched up from the cold wind, it wasn't strange that he was taken for a suspicious person...

"Cough, cough... I'm sorry, young man, this old woman's eyes deceived her."

Seeing Li Ang's helpless expression and knowing he had understood her "subtext," the manager apologized quickly. Then, together with the middle-aged nurse's husband, she led Li Ang into the house and reached out to take the shopping bag from Li Ang's hand.

"Oh my, your sister is Hanna's lifesaver. You brought so many things when visiting, your hand is red from the strap. Put it down and rest... uh..."

Although Li Ang reacted quickly and dodged the manager's hand, the Hearing Hearing Heishanyang's horns were too sharp. Under the violent shaking, they directly tore through the bag and fell out with a thud.

"......"

"......"

"That... sorry, this is what our director asked me to buy for stewing soup."

Hurriedly bending down to stuff the Hearing Hearing Heishanyang's head back into the bag and tying a dead knot at the tear, Li Ang explained shyly to the two stunned people in front of him:

"Our director especially likes to drink sheep head soup, but she sleeps late and can't get up in the morning, so she asked me to run an errand for her at the morning market. I came here on the way after buying the sheep head."

"Um... also, I only started the job a few days ago, and I don't have much money on me, so I didn't bring anything when visiting this time. I'm sorry."

"Ah, sorry young man, this old woman's hands were too fast, hehe..."

Having made several mistakes in a row and making the atmosphere very awkward, the manager no longer had the face to stay. After forcing herself to say a few more irrelevant words, she made an excuse that she still had to watch the door and left the middle-aged nurse's home in a hurry.

After she left, the middle-aged man apologized again embarrassedly:

"Auntie Mary... she might be too worried about Hanna today, so she was a bit reckless in her actions, but she didn't mean it."

"Usually, when any tenant in the apartment has a big or small matter and needs help, she will come to lend a hand without even being asked sometimes. Auntie Mary is a very kind and meticulous good person. If she offended you, I apologize to you on her behalf."

"No, no."

Recalling the situation he saw in his soul vision before entering the apartment,

Li Ang waved his hand with a smile:

"I can tell she is a very, very kind person. And not just her, even everyone in your entire apartment building are good people... um... can I make a presumptuous request?"

After looking at the tightly closed door of the inner room, Li Ang asked tentatively:

"I heard from the gas company's claims adjuster that regarding yesterday's incident, your wife seems to have some... different thoughts?"

"Don't be anxious yet. I have guessed some reasons for your wife's situation, which might be helpful in solving her problem. May I talk to her alone?"

"This..."

Upon hearing Li Ang's request, the scholarly-looking middle-aged man hesitated for a moment, seemingly wanting to refuse. But remembering that the other party's sister was his wife's lifesaver and there was no reason to harm his wife, he finally agreed reluctantly and led Li Ang into the bedroom in the inner room.

"Hanna?"

Gently calling his wife's name and waking up the middle-aged nurse who was still sleeping soundly wrapped in a quilt, before the middle-aged man could explain Li Ang's intentions, the middle-aged nurse, with messy hair and bloodshot eyes, sat up abruptly. She looked at Li Ang and said loudly with great urgency:

"I've seen you! You are Anna's brother! You were there the day before yesterday, right!"

"Quick! Tell me! Did you see the hospital eating people! Did you see that bandage woman with the extraordinary strength!"

"Yes, I saw it, and I came here today because of that."

Giving the middle-aged man a look to signal him not to worry and that he would handle everything, Li Ang said with a gentle expression:

"Don't worry, you are not crazy. Everything you saw is real."

"Look! Look! He saw it too!"

Upon hearing Li Ang's words, the middle-aged nurse couldn't help but be overjoyed. She hurriedly grabbed her husband's arm and said loudly:

"I said I wasn't crazy! The hospital really had a problem! And there really was a woman covered in bandages!"

"......"

Watching his wife, whose expression had suddenly become excited, the middle-aged man looked at Li Ang, who had given an affirmative answer. His lips couldn't help but open and close slightly, his face full of hesitation.

After drinking some sedatives and struggling through nearly two days of being half-awake and half-asleep, although his wife still insisted she saw the bandage woman, under the insistence of others, she seemed to suspect that she had made a mistake, and the situation seemed to be improving.

But now, this lifesaver who had suddenly visited had affirmed her fantasy with certainty. Would this really not cause her condition to worsen again?

"Forget it, you can stay and listen too."

Looking at the middle-aged man's expression and knowing he probably wouldn't feel at ease leaving, Li Ang couldn't help but shake his head, giving up on the idea of letting him leave. Instead, he turned around, grabbed the doorknob, and closed the door to the inner room.

"What your wife saw is actually..."

"Zzz..."

【Encountered an incomprehensible special existence, the heterochromatic badge "Materialist Soul (Crimson)" is activated, your cognitive boundary has been expanded, and you have obtained partial information about this existence】

【Name: Apartment of Parasitic Spirits (Miracle, Protection)】

【Appearance: An old, ordinary apartment building. In the lobby's duty room, there sits an elderly woman with a head of white curly hair, a slightly hunched back, and bow legs all year round】

【......】

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