"Of course not, of course I didn't knock on his door."
"When I said no, he stopped making any sound, kept his mouth shut, and stopped talking no matter how I asked him."
"I saw something was not right, so I discussed with his brother-in-law to send him to the hospital, but he refused and shouted that he was not sick."
"My husband and I paid special attention. There was no knocking on the door at night, and there was no movement at all. But he insisted that someone knocked on his door and someone wanted to harm him..."
Zhao Meixiang let out a long sigh and looked a little tired.
Gu Mian then asked: "What happened next? I heard that Zhao Wen was finally found in a hotel outside."
Zhao Meixiang nodded tiredly: "My brother's temperament changed drastically after he came back. At first he stayed behind closed doors and only went out to eat and use the toilet."
"but then……"
She shuddered when she said this: "But then he often comes out..."
Qing Huan asked strangely: "Is this a good thing?"
"No" Zhao Meixiang shook her head: "He only comes out in the dead of night, in the middle of the night."
"That night...my husband and I both went to bed, but in the middle of the night I suddenly wanted to go to the bathroom. Just as I was about to get up from the bed, I saw..."
"I saw that the door had been pushed open a crack at some point, and he was squatting outside, with his whole face pressed against the crack, and looking at me without blinking."
"I screamed in fright, and then my husband was quarreled, and he saw the person squatting outside the door at a glance."
"I was very scared and asked my brother what he wanted to do. He said it was okay, then stood up and left..."
Qing Huan shivered and looked a little scared.
Zhao Meixiang continued: "But later, I found that he had been staring at us..."
"When I was in the living room, he would open the door a crack and keep looking at me..."
"When I was in the kitchen, he would squat behind the kitchen door, lowering his head and staring at me through the gap underneath..."
"Even when I come back from outside and open the door, he will lie on the peephole and look at me closely..."
"One time, he even hid in the closet next to our bed. I heard something moving in the middle of the night. When I opened my eyes, I saw the closet was open a crack, and his head stretched above my head, staring at me..."
Zhao Meixiang trembled violently: "Later, my husband finally couldn't bear it anymore and shouted to drive him away, but my brother said that we were the ones who wanted to harm him."
"After he finished speaking, he rushed out... He couldn't catch up, and later... Later, the police found him in the hotel..."
"They said it was already rotten when they found it. It was in the hotel closet."
"The waiter couldn't find anyone, so he wanted to clean out the room and rent it to others. As soon as he opened the closet, he fell out of it, with his eyes still open..."
When she said this, Zhao Meixiang could no longer hold back and began to sob softly.
Qing Huan also shivered, and when she encountered the ghost knocking on the door... she would eventually have a mental breakdown and develop like this.
Gu Mian frowned slightly.
Qing Huan saw this and asked, "What's wrong, Doctor Gu?"
Gu Mian looked at Zhao Meixiang: "You just said that your brother Zhao Wen's later symptoms are that he likes to spy?"
"Later symptoms..." Qing Huan swallowed. As expected of a doctor, asking about supernatural events was like seeing a doctor.
Zhao Meixiang nodded: "Well, I don't know why, he suddenly acted like that..."
Gu Mian said clearly: "I guess your brother Zhao Wen may have developed symptoms of persecution delusion in the later stages. He suspected that you and your husband were knocking on the door, so he kept staring at you."
Zhao Meixiang was a little confused: "Is it... like this..."
"By the way" Gu Mian then asked: "Before this incident happened to Zhao Wen, had he experienced any other strange things, such as exploring a haunted house and being frightened by something?"
Zhao Meixiang shook her head: "No, he is a very down-to-earth child. He usually only works in the factory. At most, he goes out to play with friends and doesn't go far."
"Then where does he work?"
"Right here, the Mingliang Plastics Factory is still open. You can see it within a short distance."
After all the questions were asked, Gu Mian didn't stay long. He stood up and picked up the chainsaw: "Thank you very much for your cooperation. We will try our best to find out the real cause of Zhao Wen's death."
Then he took Qing Huan and left.
Qing Huan was still a little confused when she came down from the building: "Doctor Gu, we are here to investigate the ghost who knocks on the door, but there seems to be no clues now."
Now I only know that the ghost who knocked on the door killed a man named Zhao Wen, but there are no clues about that ghost.
"No" Gu Mian shook his head: "Although Zhao Wen has nothing to do with me, he has a big relationship with another person."
Qing Huan was a little surprised: "Who?"
"Think about it, what are Zhao Wen's later symptoms?"
"Persecution paranoia, voyeurism...wait, voyeurism? Could it be that he is the one following Yu Wenhao!"
Gu Mian nodded: "Ba Cheng is the spying ghost who followed Yu Wenhao. After Zhao Wen was cursed and died, he himself turned into a ghost and became part of the curse."
Qing Huan's back felt cold: "This is too scary. If every cursed person becomes part of the curse after death, how many ghosts would there be!"
"I suspect that if we trace the source, the deaths of all ghosts can be traced back to the same source. For example, Zhao Wen was killed by a knocker ghost, and the knocker ghost might have been killed by a higher-level ghost.
Kill, if we trace it back like this, the one at the top is the source of the curse we are looking for."
Gu Mian continued: "The source may be one of these five ghosts, or it may be somewhere else. In short, we must first deduce the relationship between the killing and killing of these five ghosts."
Who is it and who is killed? Who is it and who is killed?
Qing Huan suddenly understood and said: "So what we know now is that... the Peeping Ghost was killed by the Knocking Ghost. If we want to trace the source, we have to go to the next level, that is, who killed the Knocking Ghost.
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Gu Mian nodded: "So let's first figure out the relationship between the five ghosts. Then go to your residence and find out the cause of death of the ghost behind it."
Qing Huan nodded and led Gu Mian towards her residence.
It was now past noon, and the two of them were a little hungry, so they bought some steamed buns to eat on the road.
"It's almost two o'clock now." Gu Mian looked at her phone: "We have to gather at four o'clock, so we have to hurry up."
Qing Huan nodded and moved forward quickly.
Just after two o'clock, the two of them arrived at Qing Huan's residence.
It's also a dilapidated apartment building. I don't know why there are so many dilapidated buildings in this place.
The landlord was a little surprised when he saw Qing Huan coming, but then he understood something and greeted the two of them to sit down: "You also think something is wrong with the house?"
