Chapter 1008 974: The People Who Stay by My Side

There were quite a few topics discussed at the meeting, and they were a bit mixed, but the two most important matters remained.

One was the supernatural event codenamed Black Umbrella.

This matter must be resolved in the near future to prevent the impact from expanding and causing significant damage.

The other matter was investigating the mysterious captain on the fifth floor of the post office. Yang Jian wanted to learn more about the post office by contacting such a person.

The result was disappointing for him.

The mysterious captain on the fifth floor of the post office had disappeared for as long as six months. The old eagle speculated that she might have gone missing during a delivery task, most likely dead, or possibly trapped inside a supernatural place, unable to escape, just like when they were trapped in the old house earlier.

“It seems we can’t rely on others. Ultimately, we have to rely on ourselves.”

Yang Jian glanced at Li Yang.

Li Yang also slightly shook his head, indicating helplessness.

An important clue on the fifth floor had been lost just like that.

But thinking about it carefully, it made sense.

If the captain-level figure on the fifth floor of the post office was still around, the information of the post office would have already been acquired by the headquarters and wouldn’t be as unknown as it is now.

And that missing captain never imparted the post office’s information.

She intentionally concealed it.

This concealment led to Yang Jian having to investigate anew; one can’t help but wonder what that fifth-floor captain was thinking.

Perhaps she was very confident, wanting to solve the post office issue with her own abilities, hence not willing to let others know the information of the post office.

“This matter is temporarily settled. We will participate in that Black Umbrella supernatural event in three days. This time, the whole team doesn’t need to be deployed; Feng Quan, Huang Ziya, Xiong Wenwen, and I will suffice,” Yang Jian said.

“Captain, what about me?” Li Yang asked in surprise.

Yang said, “You rest. The post office matters are yet to follow. With your current state, you won’t withstand continuous supernatural events; after all, you’ve only harnessed two ghosts and you’re still at risk of revival.”

Li Yang had not yet harnessed two ghosts for long. Although he frequently used supernatural power, his current state was still manageable.

But compared to him, Huang Ziya, Feng Quan, and Xiong Wenwen were somewhat more leisurely.

This time, naturally, they had to put in some effort.

“Yang Jian, I have more experience than Huang Ziya; I think I can replace her,” Tong Qian said.

“Your body is a normal human body; it can’t withstand the erosion of the supernatural, unsuitable to enter that rainy supernatural place,” Yang Jian said, “It’s decided. If any of you are on duty, rotate shifts. This supernatural event won’t delay us for long; we can settle it within half a day at most.”

“Is it really efficient?” Tong Qian expressed doubt.

Yang Jian replied, “If it can’t be settled in half a day, it means the ghost is too terrifying; in that case, we need to escape.”

He stated directly.

In supernatural encounters, a few attempts will tell if it can be dealt with. He has the coffin nail at his disposal; if it can’t be resolved in half a day, then it’s incredibly terrifying, and they must retreat timely.

“Time is not on our side; let’s eat first. Zhang Liqin, go to the canteen and bring us our meal,” Yang Jian subsequently instructed.

Sitting on the nearby chair, Zhang Liqin stood up: “Alright, President Yang.”

She stayed quiet, knowing her place; being a regular person, she had no business participating in such meetings. Thus, she merely accompanied and listened, and once leaving the office, she’d forget everything heard during the meeting.

As she passed by Yang Jian, Zhang Liqin suddenly bent down and said softly: “By the way, President Yang, Zhang Wei seems to be somewhat out of sorts lately. He wanted to see you a few days ago, but you weren’t around. He asked me to inform him when you returned. I suspect it has to do with a supernatural event.”

“Why didn’t you discuss this with others?” Yang Jian furrowed his brow and said, “If it’s related to some supernatural event, others in the company can handle it too.”

Feng Quan, Tong Qian, and Huang Ziya all have experience dealing with matters.

Zhang Liqin replied, “Zhang Wei seems to only want to discuss this with President Yang.”

“Alright, I got it. I’ll check with Zhang Wei about the situation later,” Yang Jian said.

Zhang Liqin nodded and then left.

Yang Jian understood Zhang Wei’s character; this guy was evasive when he had important matters to discuss but would make a big fuss if inviting him to play games or eat.

“Is it about the last time Sun Ren kidnapped him?”

He couldn’t help but speculate.

Last time, Sun Ren kidnapped Zhang Wei to obtain a detained ghost. Yang Jian released a detained ghost to ransom Zhang Wei, later issued a warrant for Sun Ren.

Although Sun Ren and Yang Jian were high school classmates and survived the Ghost Door Knocker incident, Yang Jian was not familiar with him. Furthermore, Sun Ren had become somewhat unhinged, deceiving Zhang Wei into traveling out of town to kidnap him and demanding a detained ghost, evidently involving the supernatural. Yang Jian wouldn’t be lenient with such a person.

Unfortunately, Yang Jian couldn’t free himself at the time, or he’d have personally dealt with Sun Ren.

“Liu Xiaoyu, what’s the result of Sun Ren’s kidnapping incident?” Yang Jian asked immediately.

Liu Xiaoyu had taken over Zang Hua’s work for some time now and was naturally clear about matters relating to Yang Jian.

“No progress yet; your high school classmate Sun Ren is still missing, but the warrant remains in effect.”

Yang Jian’s gaze shifted slightly: “A living person, missing for so long and still not found?”

“There are too many supernatural events; it’s normal for an invisible fugitive to be overlooked,” Liu Xiaoyu explained.

Yang Jian waved his hand, no longer inclined to ask further.

He reckoned Zhang Wei’s reason for approaching him wasn’t this. After all, a person hiding wouldn’t likely run to Dachang City for revenge; that would be walking into a trap.

Soon.

Zhang Liqin brought lunch on a serving cart.

Once everyone finished eating, Yang Jian temporarily left the office, inquired Zhang Wei’s whereabouts, and went to look for him.

Zhang Wei was also at Shangtong Tower.

However, not on the top floor, but on the twenty-second floor.

The twenty-second floor is a fireproof level.

Usually unused, it only stores some irrelevant items. However, Zhang Wei had transformed it into a shooting range just for himself.

Even though it was against the rules.

Yang Jian tacitly allowed it, and no one cared about this matter, considering a tiny personal request from the city manager.

When Yang Jian found Zhang Wei, he saw Zhang Wei sitting alone in the middle of the shooting range. His hair was messy, his tie was undone, and stubble covered his chin, making him look very haggard. It seemed like he hadn’t had a good rest for some time. It was unclear what he’d been busy with lately to become like this.

“Zhang Wei, what’s up? I heard from my secretary that you wanted to see me?”

“Brother Tui, you’re just in time. Quick, come over and take a look.” Zhang Wei turned around and, upon seeing Yang Jian, excitedly waved his hand eagerly.

As Yang Jian approached, he noticed a spread of photos in front of Zhang Wei. The photos were of various young people, both male and female, and judging by the backgrounds, they seemed to be in Dachang City.

“Why are you looking at these photos?”

Zhang Wei immediately glanced around to ensure no one was listening, then hastily shushed, “Brother Tui, lower your voice. Don’t be so loud. Be careful not to let it hear you.”

“It? Is someone watching you?” Yang Jian asked.

“I don’t know who’s watching me. I just know it’s right by my side and could very well be in the company right now. I’m afraid to wander outside now. It could be your secretary, a company employee, or even my dad… It could be anyone. I trust no one now, except for you, Brother Tui.”

Zhang Wei seemed paranoid, not knowing what kind of stress he had been under.

“Are you sure it’s a person? Could it be a ghost?” Yang Jian replied.

“Shush, don’t say that word. If it hears, people will die.”

Zhang Wei pulled out some more photos and said, “Several of my informants have mysteriously disappeared. They all mentioned that thing to me before vanishing. They disappeared the day after they told me about it.”

“It knows someone around me is suspicious of it, so it kills those who suspect. This has been going on for over a week, and I suspect it might have something to do with our last case, where we attracted some unclean things.”

He referred to those murder cases in Dachang City.

There were inexplicable deaths, bodies showing signs of dismemberment, with some limbs missing. At the time, Yang Jian had discussed it but didn’t take it too seriously, thinking it wasn’t a supernatural event. He left it to Liu Xiaoyu to handle and didn’t receive any similar reports later, so he didn’t pay much attention to it.

After all, Yang Jian was very busy, dealing with more significant supernatural events. The strange deaths of those few people were hardly worth his attention.

“Are you sure there’s an issue around you? Not just paranoia?” Yang Jian again asked.

Zhang Wei whispered, “There’s no mistake. The first time I sensed it, I was squatting by the roadside eating skewers, and I felt a bit uncomfortable, like someone was watching me from behind. But I wasn’t too worried since I had many people around me at the time and just thought someone was eying my butt.”

“The second time I was in the bathroom. There was clearly no one outside, yet I saw a shadow standing at the door as if peeping at me. It scared me so much I quickly pulled up my pants, and I was sure someone was targeting my butt.”

“And what’s it got to do with it?” Yang Jian said.

Zhang Wei said, “That was the second time, but the following encounters got weirder. One morning, an informant told me there was something unclean near me. I didn’t take it seriously until that night when I was home alone, playing on the computer, you know, and I realized there was a second person in my room.”

“How did you find out?” Yang Jian asked in surprise.

“Was it hard for me? You haven’t forgotten about the mirror thing last time, have you, Brother Tui?” Zhang Wei said.

Yang Jian said, “Last time it was a ghost from the mirror that came out and followed you, but that’s over. Looking in the mirror now won’t help.”

“No, I wasn’t looking in a mirror this time. I was looking at a monitor, you know… a man’s reflection appeared on that beauty’s body on the screen, as if someone was standing in front of my computer watching a movie with me,” Zhang Wei said softly.

“Could you have seen it wrong?” Yang Jian asked.

Zhang Wei said, “Impossible, my eyesight is excellent. I was staring at that beauty, and someone else’s reflection on the monitor couldn’t possibly go unnoticed.”

“I judged right then that there must be a second person in my room, yet I couldn’t find anyone.”

“He exists, yet seemingly doesn’t.”

Yang Jian frowned, “Sounds a bit eerie.”

“It’s indeed bizarre, but that’s not the eeriest part. The eeriest part is the next day when my informant vanished. He had told me there was something unclean near me, and then the day after saying it, he disappeared. I couldn’t reach him by phone, nor could I find him. I even went to his home; he never returned that night.”

“Do you think you have an invisible ghost following you?” Yang Jian made such a guess.

Zhang Wei covered Yang Jian’s mouth, “Shush, Brother Tui, you’re mistaken. It’s not invisible. It’s visible, but it’s easy to overlook. It’s like something inconspicuous right beside us, but none of us notice, especially in crowded situations. That’s why I only dare to be alone now.”

“A ghost that exists but is easily overlooked?” Yang Jian’s expression shifted as he thought of someone familiar.

Li Leping, the person in charge of Dachuan City.

He’s someone who can easily be forgotten, extremely unfamiliar, and easy to overlook.

For instance, right now, Yang Jian didn’t remember who Li Leping was; he just knew there was this person, a captain, but couldn’t recall what he looked like.

But Li Leping was just forgettable. If he were to appear in your room, he’d definitely be noticed. After all, how could you overlook a live person standing there?

Zhang Wei’s experience was even more bizarre.

Something seemed to be following him, yet he couldn’t see it. It hid around him, possibly being any person around him.

But Zhang Wei was an ordinary person; it’s easy for something supernatural to deceive him. If he were a ghost handler, he could resist such interference and possibly discover such a special existence.

“Now I clearly know it’s following and looking for me, yet I dare not tell anyone else. Once others know, they might disappear the next day. If I told your secretary, for instance, she’d probably vanish mysteriously too,” Zhang Wei explained his reason for secretly meeting with Yang Jian.

“You want me to find that thing and deal with it?” Yang Jian said.

Zhang Wei nodded, “I’m trying to eliminate suspects among the people I’ve recently interacted with. The photos are of everyone I’ve encountered lately. I think it’s hidden among them.”

A ground full of photos showed Zhang Wei had been interacting with many people recently.

Yang Jian glanced at the photos but couldn’t identify anything special. They were just ordinary people. It’s unrealistic to point out issues based on looks alone. He was a ghost handler, not Sherlock Holmes.

“After recent investigations, I think it’s hidden among these five photos,” Zhang Wei picked out five photos, focusing them on the table.

Yang Jian didn’t look but replied, “Can’t we use the most direct method? You wander around, and I’ll watch in secret. If it shows up, I’ll definitely catch it.”

“I wouldn’t believe anyone else saying this, but I trust you, Brother Tui. I’ll use myself as bait to draw it out,” Zhang Wei’s eyes lit up, encouraged.

Then he handed over the five photos, “It’s definitely one among these five. Brother Tui, I’m counting on you this time.”

“No problem. I’m also curious to see if something is indeed following you,” Yang Jian accepted the photos, puzzled.

Could there really be a ghost lingering around Zhang Wei?

Why didn’t Feng Quan or Tong Qian notice anything?

Before he could ponder further, Zhang Wei took action, deciding to go on the offensive, lure that thing out, and work with Yang Jian to capture it.

Yang Jian didn’t quite believe there was anything unusual around Zhang Wei, considering both the company and Dachang City, he’d already inspected both.

However, for some reason, he chose to believe Zhang Wei, deciding to observe things around him to confirm.

After all, the last case remained unsolved, and perhaps Zhang Wei did encounter something unclean.

Yang Jian did not follow but opened his ghost eyes to lock onto Zhang Wei, following him with his sight.

If there was something unusual, the ghost eyes would definitely notice it.

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