Chapter 62: Ghost Building

Not long after, the sound of pots and bowls colliding came from inside.

At this time of day, someone was living in an empty room in the same building where a murder case had occurred without saying hello. Qi Fei pulled Zhong Kui behind him, took out his gun, and knocked on the door.

Suddenly, it became quiet inside.

"If Old Yu were here, he could pick the lock," Chang Hui said behind them.

"What lock picking!" Qi Fei kicked the door without a second thought. The old apartment door wasn't sturdy and opened at once, accompanied by a heavy smell of hot pot. Inside, a person in rags raised his hands in a panic. He looked to be in his early twenties, dirty all over, and his behavior was a bit strange, glancing to the side from time to time.

Unfortunately, this person was not any of the residents of Guiyue Apartment.

"This isn't your house, is it?" Qi Fei stared at the vagrant-like person in front of him and approached step by step.

Ordinary people would be panicked when facing a police officer with a gun, but this person wasn't; instead, he was strangely excited.

This increased Qi Fei's suspicion.

Wu Shanqiu reminded him from behind: "Brother Fei, you'd better let him turn off that camera, or you're going to be famous."

Qi Fei then noticed that behind the man was a small video camera, the red light on the lens glowing, showing it was still recording video.

"I'm just a video blogger, please don't misunderstand!" the man explained in a panic.

"Turn it off!" Qi Fei shouted, scaring the other party so much that he fumbled to turn off the camera behind him.

"Where are you from?" Qi Fei stepped forward and searched him, confirming there was no danger before putting away his gun, and then looked at the man again. "This is trespassing!"

The man apologized repeatedly: "I was wrong, I was wrong! I was just curious to come and see..."

"It looks like you're a vagrant?" Qi Fei asked again.

"I'm not a vagrant!" The man was very dissatisfied with Qi Fei's title and argued reasonably, "Look at this equipment, I'm a content creator, okay!"

Zhong Kui didn't understand and asked: "Hmm? What creator?"

Qi Fei knew she didn't have a mobile phone and explained to her: "It's someone who uploads content on the internet."

Zhong Kui looked at the man's trade and said: "Oh, you're someone who uploads videos?"

"Right," the other party answered.

Wu Shanqiu remembered after being told by the man and leaned forward to look at his face carefully: "Ah! Wait, I've brushed your videos. That guy who does exploration, what's the account name..."

"Silly Dog Loves to Eat Shit..." The man's voice became smaller and smaller, perhaps feeling ashamed himself.

Wu Shanqiu remembered when she heard it: "Right, right, right, you are that Silly Dog."

Zhong Kui couldn't help but burst into laughter when she heard it.

"Silly Dog" saw Zhong Kui laughing and was flattered, looking at her infatuatedly: "This cold sister actually likes my name?"

Qi Fei suddenly blocked between "Silly Dog" and Zhong Kui, questioning the man seriously: "What are you doing here?"

"Isn't it that I heard this building had another death? The discussion on the internet is very hot... This is traffic that has come to hand, I can't miss it."

"Silly Dog..." Qi Fei felt it was wrong as soon as he called it out, cleared his throat, and asked, "What is your real name?"

"Sha Gou," the other party said.

"Be serious! I'm not playing with you!" Qi Fei shouted.

"Really, my surname is Sha, 'Gou' as in 'meticulous.' Because of this name, I was mocked a lot when I was studying..." Sha Gou muttered.

"Chasing traffic?" Zhong Kui clearly encountered a term she wasn't familiar with.

"Is this sister a time traveler?" Sha Gou looked at Zhong Kui's retro attire and her ignorance of internet slang, and his curiosity grew again.

"Time traveler?" Zhong Kui pouted. It seemed it was another term she didn't understand.

"He thinks you're from ancient times," Qi Fei helped translate.

Hearing this meaning, Zhong Kui smiled charmingly at Sha Gou: "How did you know I'm several thousand years old?"

Sha Gou actually believed it a little: "I'm going, can you let me film a video? Wouldn't that go viral directly?"

Qi Fei pulled him impatiently: "What are you thinking? She's just not using a mobile phone. Can't you tell truth from lies? Stand still, or I'll report you for interfering with the investigation!"

"Okay, okay, okay..." Sha Gou responded tremblingly.

"How did you get into this room?" Qi Fei looked at the equipment placed on the living room floor, the clay pot hot pot, the tripod, and the camera.

Sha Gou blinked his eyes, scratched his head, and said: "Eh? When I came, the key was inserted in the door? We all know this house has been empty for a long time. I saw the key was there, so I was curious and opened it. As a result, the whole atmosphere was particularly suitable for my channel, and I filmed a lot of material... I'll pull Wu Shanqiu to prove it. If you've brushed my videos, you should know that eating hot pot in such a gloomy and terrifying place is my specialty..."

"You all know this house has been empty for a long time? Who are you all?" Qi Fei felt something was wrong as soon as he heard this.

Sha Gou became energetic: "This Guiyue Apartment is a famous haunted house on the internet. Everything starts from when this apartment building was built over forty years ago. It was a drizzling evening. A truck carrying bricks drove to the construction site of Guiyue Apartment, reversed to prepare for unloading, and the truck driver didn't know why he stepped on the accelerator instead of the brake, directly hitting the school wall next door. A sixteen-year-old girl happened to pass by after school and was directly buried under the wall and died. Since then, this apartment building has been unlucky, and the people who moved in were always unlucky, and many accidents happened!"

"Ah, everyone on the internet is discussing it. After that person on the fourth floor died this time, it further confirmed our speculation." Sha Gou looked like the whole world knew it.

"Hmm? Discussing what?" Qi Fei asked.

Sha Gou looked at Qi Fei with eyes that clearly felt he was too old-fashioned and helpless: "You don't know about the 'Ghost Building' video that has been very popular on the internet recently? It says that the frequency of deaths in a certain apartment building in a city in the last ten years is significantly higher than the normal probability, and the cause of death for everyone is very strange. Although this content creator didn't point out the name of the apartment building, the omnipotent netizens analyzed through his narrative that this building is likely this Guiyue Apartment in Nancheng. Look, didn't the old lady on the second floor also die? Such a coincidence, I am a Nancheng person, so I have to come and film it on the spot. It will definitely be a hit!"

"There's such a video?" Qi Fei felt he was simply blind to what was under his nose.

"Of course, it's normal that you don't know. After all, looking at your appearance, you shouldn't be browsing our circle." Sha Gou said with some pride.

"It seems the residents here don't browse your circle either," Zhong Kui walked to Sha Gou's side enchantingly. "Can you show us that video?"

"Of course, of course, I'd give my life to you!" Sha Gou took out his mobile phone and flipped out the video. ===== CHAPTER 63 =====