"There's one more thing," Zhu Xi Ning said, pulling on Nan Yue's sleeve. "Wenwen..."
Nan Yue knew what she meant; Wen Xiang Yuan had said she could only tell them the truth about the pollution world once they were inside the mission.
"Find a chance for the five of us to meet up."
Nan Yue patted Zhu Xi Ning's head. "Focus on the mission."
"This mission isn't hard, it's just cluttered with clues. It shouldn't even trigger your death warning, but you still can't let your guard down."
Nan Yue felt the same. Although she knew Li Hui had killed Xiang Guang, many details were still unclear, and she had to find them out.
After work, Nan Yue went to find Wen Xiang Yuan. While Granny Zhao was out selling scrap paper, she told Wen Xiang Yuan her logical analysis.
Wen Xiang Yuan blinked, unable to help but admire Nan Yue's strength.
"I didn't deduce the main line of the mission, but I found out Li Hui used to come to Granny Zhao often for bruises and injuries."
Nan Yue nodded. "She was a victim of domestic violence by Xiang Guang."
Anger flashed in Wen Xiang Yuan's eyes, but she controlled it well.
"Also, there were things I didn't understand before, but now I do."
"The person Zhao Yao harmed was Li Wang."
The eerie figure from yesterday was definitely Gu Xiang Kai's silhouette. Now they knew it wasn't Gu Xiang Kai, but Li Wang, who was seeking his life using Gu Xiang Kai's current appearance.
Why would a slacker be killed by a frail girl?
This was Wen Xiang Yuan's own mission, and she had no intention of letting Nan Yue help.
Nan Yue's line was more complex and difficult; she could handle her own.
"I'll find a way to investigate Li Hui's connection with Granny Zhao."
Wen Xiang Yuan tidied her hair. "To know what really happened in this factory, we need to let all the clues surface as much as possible."
...
Zhu Xi Ning went to the factory office again. With Jiang Siyan's help, she saw the files of Yang Xufen and Song Chunhua.
She pointed at Song Chunhua. "It's her."
The female ghost haunting Zhao Mingming was Song Chunhua.
The person Zhao Mingming harmed was Song Chunhua.
That girl who stitched insoles to earn extra money for her home, whose family conditions weren't good, and who also liked Zhong Guochao.
Jiang Siyan didn't speak. Since he had found out Tang Yu killed Li Hui, he had been thinking about the reason.
Tang Yu was a pervert, no doubt. But for a college student who had just entered the factory, even if he liked a married woman, murder didn't seem like a good choice.
There were people everywhere in this factory, and he was the center of attention. It didn't seem easy to commit a crime.
How... did he kill Li Hui?
Zhu Xi Ning glanced at him. "How does it feel to have A-Nan coming for your life every day?"
Jiang Siyan thought carefully and smiled. "It's a pretty good experience."
How could that be called seeking his life?
It should be considered a kind of time alone.
It was just that he was using Tang Yu's body.
At the thought of this, Jiang Siyan's fingers twitched involuntarily.
Sigh, he still wanted to gouge out those eyes.
"By the way, A-Nan said we still need to find a chance for the five of us to meet."
Especially Gu Xiang Kai, who was almost abandoned because of his slacker status.
Jiang Siyan pondered for a moment and looked at the notice he had just finished writing, still wet with ink stains.
"There's a movie in two days."
Zhu Xi Ning raised an eyebrow. "This factory shows movies often."
The last time Zhao Mingming was disfigured was also during a movie.
"Once or twice a week," Jiang Siyan explained, noting it was a factory benefit.
"And that should be the final deadline. Looking at the development of the supernatural phenomena, the fifth day should be fatal. We can't stay any longer."
Zhu Xi Ning made a bitter face. Instead of saying they couldn't stay, it was more like they needed to dig out the massive web of cause and effect in two and a half days.
Her own clues weren't enough; she had to dig into others'.
Jiang Siyan posted the notice on the bulletin board. "I'll go find Gu Xiang Kai."
...
Gu Xiang Kai was repairing machines in the factory. Fortunately, it was just a job of replacing parts.
As a technical worker, he usually did assessments and repairs, which was considered easy.
When Jiang Siyan came to find him, no one thought it was a problem. After all, Tang Yu was in the factory office, a popular figure in the factory, and a future member of management.
The two came to a quiet corner. Jiang Siyan told Gu Xiang Kai the situation and the clues they had gathered.
Gu Xiang Kai wiped his face with a bitter smile. "Li Wang is a piece of work."
Jiang Siyan: "...You've had it hard."
Gu Xiang Kai had guessed before that the female corpse appearing in the illusion was killed by Li Wang.
This was exactly the kind of thing he would do.
It coincided with Nan Yue's thoughts.
He wasn't surprised that Li Wang was haunted by a woman's vengeful spirit. He deserved it!
Except...
"Looking at the sky, it was night. Why would that girl go to such a remote place alone? It doesn't make sense."
The complexity of the mission's relationship network forced Gu Xiang Kai to grow a stubble of green beard; he was a bit exhausted.
"Wen Xiang Yuan said she saw me... That means Zhao Yao harmed Li Wang. I don't know how she did it, or if she actually killed him."
Could it be that Li Wang did something to Zhao Yao...
No, no. Gu Xiang Kai shook his head. He was being biased.
Wen Xiang Yuan was a great beauty, but Zhao Yao was just an ordinary-looking girl who was a bit sallow and thin.
Wait, that's not right either. Li Wang was less than human. Who knows what he was capable of?
Gu Xiang Kai sighed. He could only ask those two lackeys.
As for the vengeful spirit of Li Wang wearing his skin to scare Wen Xiang Yuan, Gu Xiang Kai could do nothing. That wasn't something he could control.
He was still being haunted by the female ghost who died in the pile of steel pipes.
Nan Yue still ate with Huang Ya Nan, but she wasn't as enthusiastic as at the beginning.
Huang Ya Nan didn't ask. She just carried a bit of guilt, half-caring for and half-monitoring Li Hui.
She didn't know her son had already told her everything he knew.
Nan Yue returned to her room early and ran into Yang Hua using the sieve Li Hui's family had left drying outside.
Yang Hua forced a smile. "Why are you back so early? It's stiflingly hot in the room."
Nan Yue didn't speak, just quietly looked at Yang Hua.
Li Hui wasn't just imprisoned by Xiang Guang; these other people were all accomplices.
Yang Hua hadn't been afraid of Li Hui originally—just a weak woman with a pretty face.
It wasn't that she didn't know Xiang Guang didn't treat Li Hui as well as others in the factory said. They all heard the noise when he got physical.
How should she put it? You shouldn't hit women; that was the new trend and civilization.
But in the past, which man didn't hit his wife?
Besides, Xiang Guang was so capable; getting hit a couple of times was nothing.
But today, this originally soft and weak Li Hui... why was her gaze suddenly so terrifying?
Cold, deathly silent, looking... not like a person.
Yang Hua was startled by her own thought. Something extremely terrifying suddenly flashed in her mind, disappearing as soon as she realized it.
She shuddered, instinctively wanting to get away from this neighbor.
She didn't say a word, didn't even take her vegetables, threw down the sieve, and ran back home.
Nan Yue looked down at the sieve with the vegetables and threw it into the trash can.
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