Chapter 64: New Stove

Seeing this, Sha Gou fell to the ground in fear, looking at the place where the black shadow was filmed, which was empty at this time.

"Mom! There's really a ghost here." Sha Gou shouted with a crying voice.

"A big man, be steady!" Qi Fei said helplessly, and then pulled out his gun to inspect each room, but there was no one.

Qi Fei approached the position where the black shadow appeared at the door, and sure enough, a pair of footprints appeared there.

The situation at that time appeared in his mind. This person originally intended to open the door and enter this empty room, but didn't expect Sha Gou to appear with a camera and climb up the stairs. In a panic, he didn't have time to pull out the key and hid in Room 303. He didn't expect that because Sha Gou saw the key in the door hole, he actually followed him in.

Sha Gou was still immersed in the terror brought by the video, muttering: "I didn't expect that one day I would be scared to death by my own video. Did I film the evil ghost of Guiyue Apartment?"

"Don't talk nonsense. The death events of Guiyue Apartment currently show no connection. The video you saw on the internet is just like you, catching shadows and scaring netizens!" Qi Fei scolded Sha Gou, but he knew clearly that the video uploaded by someone who didn't know who it was had a clear context, which made it hard for people to firmly believe it was an accidental event.

"Then, then, it could also be a supernatural event!" Sha Gou said, his eyes looking at Zhong Kui, as if to get support.

"If it's a ghost, do you need a key to enter this room?" Zhong Kui poured a basin of cold water on Sha Gou.

Sha Gou muttered: "That's true."

Qi Fei looked around the dead room. One thing Sha Gou was right about: there were indeed ghosts in this building, but this ghost was a living person, as if he could walk through the rooms of each household at will and obtain the secrets of each household.

"I'm taking this key, and I have to take your camera too." Qi Fei said.

"Hey, hey, that won't do. This is my tool for eating." Sha Gou was anxious.

"The things inside are evidence, you can't upload them to the internet." Qi Fei didn't give Sha Gou a chance and took them away directly.

Qi Fei turned around in each room, looking at everything here, unable to figure out why the killer broke into this Room 301. He knew that the police were investigating Yue Fengsheng's death during this period, and suddenly coming here was actually very risky. And why did he have the key to Room 301?

This house had tiles on the living room and wooden floors in the bedroom. Because it had been too long, the floor had already cracked and warped. In that era, the family conditions that could afford solid wood floors were already considered quite good. Old Lin was a manager at the leather factory and was considered a small leader. Looking at this decoration, his income was not bad.

Some furniture had been moved. I don't know why. The living room was okay, but the bed and cabinets in the bedroom were all covered in thick dust, feeling like if you spoke loudly, it would fly up. But clearly, the bedroom window was tightly closed. Where did this dust come from? Qi Fei paused in the bedroom, thoughtful.

"What a pity." Wu Shanqiu's words broke this inexplicable silence. "If it weren't for everyone's selfishness back then, and no one called the police after the family died of carbon monoxide poisoning, there could have been records of the details of the tragedy back then."

"We assume that the person who killed Yue Fengsheng and instigated Chen Liangdi to commit suicide is the same person. Then it is very likely that this person's goal is the residents in this apartment. According to this logic, all the accidental deaths in that analysis video must be re-examined. 301's carbon monoxide poisoning..." Qi Fei said, walking toward the kitchen.

The gas pipe was under the stove. After decades, the gas pipe from back then had long since rusted and aged.

The old gas stove was still placed there.

Qi Fei stopped in front of the stove and couldn't move his steps for a long time.

"Brother Fei, what are you looking at?" Wu Shanqiu leaned over.

Zhong Kui also walked over and looked in Qi Fei's direction. They looked for a while, then suddenly said: "Strange, why did a family that didn't cook die of carbon monoxide poisoning?"

Qi Fei then knew the reason he felt strange—this gas stove was too clean, only dust, no oil stains at all, including the range hood directly above.

The side vegetable preparation table also had seasonings from ten years ago, all of which had not been unpacked, just like props for a crew.

"This is not a question of whether it has been unpacked or washed, it just hasn't been used at all." Wu Shanqiu checked carefully and said, "Even the stove's certificate of qualification is still there."

"I don't care when he changed the new stove, at least the night the family had an accident, they definitely didn't cook," Qi Fei said.

The few people who came out of 301 had originally planned to leave, only Zhong Kui stood in place and didn't mean to leave.

"What's wrong?" Qi Fei saw her face was not right and asked with concern.

Zhong Kui glanced at the fourth floor, then said to Chang Hui: "Go on more business trips recently, don't come back to live if you don't have to."

Her tone had an inexplicable certainty. Chang Hui was obviously very uneasy, stunned, and then muttered: "Is our place really a haunted house, just like they said?"

Qi Fei patted Chang Hui on the shoulder: "Whether it's a human or a ghost, it will be figured out."

The heavy

"You two have a close enough relationship to even go together to take out the trash?" Wu Shanqiu said with a smile when she saw them.

Zhao Xiaozhen was talkative and immediately began to complain: "You can say that again! You guys have no idea how far away that trash disposal spot is! We used to have a few mobile trash cans at our North Gate, but they ended up getting stolen by someone—truly insatiable greed! Now it forces us to walk so far; it's just nice to have company with Li Li."

Zhou Li clearly had a good temper; she smiled, linked her arm with hers, and said, "Alright, let's hurry, and we can pick up some groceries on the way." As she spoke, the two of them walked away.

"It's truly rare to find such good neighborly relations in this apartment building," Qi Fei remarked with emotion.

"How is it? Does your head still hurt? This weather really seems perfect for hot pot," Zhong Kui laughed. "Shall we fill our stomachs before investigating the case?"

"I know a pretty good hot pot place nearby!" Sha Gou's voice came from behind them.

Qi Fei looked at him with disdain: "This has nothing to do with you! I'm telling you, you are not allowed to leave Nancheng during this period; report any findings to me immediately."

Sha Gou gave a very non-standard salute and replied with mock seriousness: "Yes Sir!"

"Stop with that glib tongue of yours; you are also a suspect in this case right now," Qi Fei said.

Wu Shanqiu watched the show from the side: "If you really were the murderer, you'd probably be number one on the trending searches."

Upon hearing this, Sha Gou immediately backed down: "Then, then I won't disturb your meal. I'll head out first, head out first..." As he spoke, he awkwardly lugged his large and small bags and also left Guiyue Apartment.

"How did you know he had stomach trouble and a headache?" Qi Fei couldn't help but ask Zhong Kui on the way.