Chapter 4175 - 4163: Paranormal Stories
Chapter 4175: Chapter 4163: Paranormal Stories
Xu Ying hurriedly retreated, leaving the two in the room looking at each other.
"I should go too, before she starts overthinking."
Lin Yi nodded with a smile.
Wenhui also opened the door and left. Almost immediately, she heard two women playfully arguing in the hallway.
Lin Yi smiled and closed the door.
His mind kept replaying the conversation they just had.
Even if the villagers thought they saw animal bones, it was something that deserved attention.
A bundle of animal bones wouldn’t typically cause such a hallucination.
And those insects might be some kind of toxic bugs, given that the area is dense with vegetation—a heaven for snakes, insects, rats, and ants. Strange creatures are not surprising.
However, Wenhui also mentioned that there was an insect epidemic years ago, and it was a doctor from Jing City who cured it.
There should be records on this in Jing City; tomorrow Xiao Bing should investigate.
Early the next morning, Lin Yi was awakened by the sound of a phone ringing.
He picked it up and saw it was Wenhui calling.
"What’s up?"
"Someone wants to rent apartments to open a hotel, maybe around 30 units. It’s a big deal. I can’t handle it by myself, so I’m calling you."
"Where are you?"
"I’m just outside the door; I knocked, but you didn’t open..."
"Uh... just a moment."
He ended the call, got dressed, and went to open the door.
Wenhui stood outside wearing washed denim pants and black knee-length boots, with a wine-red shirt.
Compared to before, her style now had a hint of mature femininity.
And in her hand was a bag, probably breakfast she just bought.
"You can really sleep, not up even at this hour."
As she spoke, she casually placed the breakfast on the table and took the items out.
"Eh, getting up early for nothing."
Speaking, Lin Yi went to the bathroom to freshen up.
When he came out, Wenhui hadn’t eaten; she was sitting at the table waiting for Lin Yi.
"What did the person who wants to rent say to you?"
"Actually, he contacted me yesterday and got a general understanding of the situation. Then he said he’d think about it, and since it wasn’t settled, I didn’t mention it to you." Wenhui said:
"This morning, he called again and said he wants to come take a look. I feel that since he’s coming, there might be something to this deal. It’s such a big business, and I don’t know how to negotiate, so I came to you."
Lin Yi nodded.
This does seem plausible; opening a store and doing business, typically a long-term rental deal, would mean less worry in the future.
"Did he say what time he would come?"
"Around eleven o’clock."
Lin Yi looked at the clock; it’s now 10:10, plenty of time left.
After breakfast, Wenhui packed up the leftovers and thoughtfully wiped the table and swept the floor.
A woman like her is truly perfect for home life.
Once the cleanup was done, Wenhui went back.
Lin Yi picked up his phone and called Xiao Bing.
"Lin Bro."
"I have something for you to look into." Lin Yi got straight to the point:
"Over a decade ago, there was an insect epidemic in a village near Ailao Mountain. I heard it was quite serious and eventually, it was Jing City’s doctors who calmed it down. Check what was done, who led the operation, and what kind of bug caused the epidemic."
"Got it." Xiao Bing said:
"Lin Bro, didn’t you just buy Shengda Apartment Building, you’re not interested in their commercial complex, right?"
"No, why?"
"I plan to make a move on Shengda’s complex, buy it while the prices are low."
"Shall I talk to someone for you?"
If it was someone else, Lin Yi naturally wouldn’t bother with this trivial matter.
But since it’s someone from the group, it’s different.
"If it’s not too much trouble, Lin Bro, I just want some practice."
"Alright, go ahead; if there’s any issue, come back to me. But hurry up on the insect epidemic investigation."
"Okay."
After hanging up with Xiao Bing, Lin Yi also began researching it himself.
But he found no news whatsoever on the internet.
Not even a tiny bit.
Lin Yi was quite surprised.
Given it’s not a minor issue, there shouldn’t be no signs online.
Lin Yi continued searching for a while, indeed finding no information.
This strange incident puzzled Lin Yi further and made him feel the situation here was even stranger.
In this age of advanced networks, this was totally abnormal.
Could the information have been blocked?
Upon further thought, that seemed to be the only possibility.
Then, Lin Yi bypassed the firewall to access sites outside the country, hoping to find information there.
The ideal was full, but the reality was starkly empty; there was no relevant information abroad either.
After sifting through dozens of pages, when Lin Yi was about to close the computer, he suddenly saw a very eye-catching headline.
[Supernatural Experience, Author’s Real Encounter, Ailao Mountain’s Crying]
Seeing the title, Lin Yi’s eyes widened with interest. No matter the content inside, the keywords Ailao Mountain and crying matched.
He clicked on the article online and discovered it was written by a foreign student.
Written in first person, the content was vividly detailed.
Lin Yi thought the person had some talent; it was hard to tell whether it was true or fabricated.
It described hearing crying outside in high school one night, and when his father went out to check, thinking a neighbor didn’t want their newborn.
But once outside, the sound stopped.
After returning indoors not long after, the crying resumed, prompting another check; yet the sound ceased again. Upon returning, it started again.
The father-son felt fearful, thinking someone was playing a prank, grabbed a hoe to check.
Once they found something suspicious, they planned to give a solid beating.
With hoes in hand, the father-son duo ventured out once more.
As in the previous attempts, the sound stopped again upon their exit.
This time, they didn’t return but set off to find the prankster, walking around their house.
The article attached an image, depicting their home’s layout.
Surrounding it were wooden fences, with the house in the center.
Carefully skirting around to the rear, they hoped to spot someone there.
But upon reaching the back, both were terrified!
Upon seeing the house of Old Ma next door, there was a giant, towering shadow over two meters tall, leaning against the window.
Terror-stricken, his father mustered courage and shouted, scaring away the enormous shadow.
The story abruptly ended here.
Lin Yi furrowed his brows deeply; wasn’t the infant’s crying made by those black bugs?
What does it have to do with that shadow?