Brother-in-law, be normal!

Chapter 10 A New Case

"Okay, teacher. Next week is the May Day holiday. I'll go to school after the holiday and pay the tuition fee."

"Your body hasn't fully recovered yet, please get some rest."

Xu Qianyan contacted the female teacher she had rescued and arranged a time for her to return to school.

She sat on the sofa, looking at the empty desk.

...Where did that scoundrel go again?

It's been almost a week since the last incident.

His current state is even more worrying than when he was acting crazy before.

"Don't think about doing anything rash..."

But Lu Wuxin is an adult with autonomy and economic independence, and she simply cannot control him.

Although she is an adult, she is not independent in any way.

This made the girl somewhat unhappy.

Helpless, she realized that overthinking was useless, so she got up and continued cleaning the office.

She was halfway through cleaning when her phone suddenly rang.

It was a call from the fifth fish.

……

Xu Qianyan walked out from Longhua District, north of Nancheng.

She wore a thin long-sleeved hoodie and a baseball cap, still dressed in a way that made her unwilling to reveal her appearance.

However, this time she wore shorts instead of a pleated skirt, revealing her straight legs.

Paired with mid-length white socks and running shoes, it exudes a youthful and girly vibe.

Even if she hides her appearance, she will still attract the attention of those around her.

The sunshine at the end of April was so bright that it illuminated the girls.

"Xiao Qianyan! Over here!" Fifth Fish waved from across the street.

The girl lowered her head and walked over timidly.

"Ugh, this is so annoying. The case from last time isn't even fully closed yet, and now there's a new mission," Fifth Fish laughed.

"You mean the mastermind behind that ghost?"

"Yes, but I'm of low rank, so it's not my place to be in charge. Besides, this matter involves people, so we can only let the criminal police investigate."

Fifth Fish abruptly changed the subject, glancing left and right before asking in a low voice, "Where is Mr. Lu?"

"I texted him before I left, and he said he would come..." Xu Qianyan said timidly.

She was still a little angry and didn't quite understand why Fifth Fish cared so much about Lu Wuxin...

About five minutes later.

A ride-hailing car stopped on the road in front of them.

Lu Wuxin got out of the car.

He was still wearing a suit, but without a tie, and his collar was casually undone.

He walked over with a cigarette in one hand, the other in his pocket, and a melancholy expression on his face.

"So cool and roguish... Awesome~!" Fifth Fish's eyes were practically sparkling with hearts.

Xu Qianyan unconsciously revealed dead fish eyes, glancing at her sideways.

"What kind of mission is this time?" Lu Wuxin asked lazily.

"It's quite a novel feeling to have the police contact me for the first time without having to compete for business myself."

Fifth Fish patted Lu Wuxin on the shoulder in a familiar manner.

"Come, come, let me explain this to you properly!"

……

After half an hour.

They arrived at an apartment building built next to a small hill.

"This building was built twenty years ago and has housed more than a hundred families for a long time. However, starting several years ago, all sorts of strange rumors began to circulate about this building, but there was no substantial evidence, so the police didn't pay much attention to it," Fifth Fish said, holding the documents.

"Then why are you suddenly coming to investigate?" Xu Qianyan asked, puzzled.

"Because someone died," Fifth Fish explained simply and clearly.

Lu Wuxin looked up at the fifteen-story apartment building.

It is one of many apartment buildings standing side by side. The tiles on the exterior walls are covered with dirt and have an old color, looking like they were built in the last century.

"The first death occurred in this building six months ago. At the time, the police thought it was an accident. Later, as the number of deaths increased, they upgraded it to a criminal case. It wasn't until a few days ago that they couldn't explain the cause of these deaths and classified it as a bizarre case," Fifth Fish continued.

"Then it was passed down to our miscellaneous affairs department, and the leaders then passed it on to me, a trainee police officer."

At this point, Xu Qianyan interjected, "Actually, I've always been curious... why is your department, which handles bizarre cases, called the Miscellaneous Affairs Department?"

"Oh, I don't know either..." Fifth Fish stuck out his tongue and scratched his head.

"Because the strange occurrences first appeared fifty years ago, in order to avoid panic, the department specifically in charge of strange cases was disguised as a miscellaneous affairs department and allowed to handle them secretly. But as the frequency of the strange occurrences increased, the whole population became accustomed to the situation, and this comical name was retained, which can be considered a historical reason."

The one who said this was Lu Wuxin.

This surprised both Xu Qianyan and Fifth Fish.

"Mr. Lu is so knowledgeable! He even knows about this kind of thing!" Fifth Fish praised again.

Xu Qianyan thought Lu Wuxin looked dejected, wondering how he knew so much.

As they spoke, they entered the apartment.

"Because of the continuous deaths over a long period of time, the residents of this building gradually fled, and now only a dozen or so families remain."

An elderly man was watching a play in the guard room on the first floor.

Fifth Fish went to coordinate with him and then obtained the spare key for the entire building.

"Let's go! Let's go up and take a look!"

……

They stepped onto the moss-covered steps.

Because of design problems with the old house.

The stairwell is often flooded, the walls are all damaged, and it's a bit dirty.

Moreover, the lighting was very poor.

Because of the scarcity of residents, the corridors on each floor are extremely deserted and gloomy in the dim light.

The light bulb at the end of the corridor was still flickering, and the cobwebs in the corner looked somewhat petrified.

Xu Qianyan was a little scared and subconsciously moved closer to Lu Wuxin's back.

When she was little, she would hug Lu Wuxin whenever she was scared. Now that she's grown up and become more arrogant, she still instinctively gets close to him.

"How should we proceed with the investigation now? Mr. Lu, you have more experience, how should we begin?" Fifth Fish asked with a smile.

"..." Lu Wuxin didn't really want to talk.

He lazily pulled out a dusty compass and looked at the pointer.

"Professional! He actually carries around some kind of mysterious gadget! And it's such an old-fashioned one!" Fifth Fish stared at the compass with curiosity.

Mysterious items are tools specifically designed to deal with the mysterious and are also commonly used weapons by people with supernatural abilities.

However, Lu Wuxin stared at the compass for a long time, but the pointer did not move.

"Is something wrong? Or is there nothing strange about this floor?" Lu Wuxin tapped the compass hard.

He continued up the stairs, wanting to see if the compass would react to the higher floors.

When we reached about the fourth floor, the compass needle suddenly started spinning wildly.

"It's not broken, there's a problem with this layer!"

This feels just as exciting as being able to turn on a phone that's been used for over ten years.

Lu Wuxin picked up the cigarette from his mouth, exhaled, and then turned to look at them.

"The rest is up to..."

But the two women who should have been following behind him have now disappeared.

Not only them, but even the staircase behind Lu Wuxin disappeared, leaving only the upward section.

The area where Lu Wuxin had just walked up has now become a flat area, just like the first floor.

The amount of dust on it doesn't look like it formed temporarily.

Lu Wuxin quietly took a drag of his cigarette.

He looked at the woman who had appeared at the end of the corridor.

The woman was covered in blood, and her face was a blur.

"Was this your doing?"