Chapter 571 - 569: To the Rooftop

"Old Daoist, thank you so much for the warning."

"I’ll take people up to the roof right now and fish the dead cat out of the water tank first!"

The middle-aged cop expressed his thanks from the bottom of his heart.

The landlord and his son had thrown animal corpses into the residents’ secondary water tank twice in a row; this already constituted a violation of the law.

But before arresting anyone, they needed to get some evidence.

At the very least, they had to fish the dead cat out of the tank.

After saying that, the middle-aged cop pulled out his phone and called for support from his colleagues.

Since the commercial street wasn’t far from the station, the other officers arrived at the scene very quickly.

After the middle-aged cop and the young cop explained the specifics to the others, everyone decided to go up to the roof first and check things out.

"Xiaoyou, should we follow them up?"

Seeing the group of cops leave, Qin Zhen asked in a low voice.

"I kind of want to go see too..."

You You felt a bit tempted when she heard that.

"Then should we go?"

Qin Zhen was clearly tempted as well.

"Mm mm mm!"

You You nodded lightly to show she agreed.

Once the two of them reached a consensus, they immediately put on their jackets, ready to go up together and check out the rooftop water tank.

At the same time, the viewers also heard the two girls’ conversation.

The drama was right in front of them; how could they not watch?

"Sister Qin, Sister You, take the phone with you!"

"Yeah yeah yeah, let us join in the fun too!"

"Qin, You, not to guilt-trip you or anything, but everyone’s been comforting you and helping you look for the culprit. Can’t you two return the favor a bit, bring the phone over and stream the scene for us?"

"You two can’t let the folks in the livestream down!"

"I remember in the Old Daoist’s livestream, there were two or three on-site corpse-digging sessions, right?"

"Damn, it was that hardcore?"

"Of course it was hardcore! I remember the first time, someone asked the Old Daoist to divine the whereabouts of a missing kid. Under his guidance, they actually dug up the kid’s corpse, and then the Old Daoist got his account banned for a while."

"Haha, I remember that too!"

"The other two times, one was about a cousin: the cousin got murdered and the body was dumped into the backyard well. The other was someone having nightmares, and under the Old Daoist’s guidance, they dug up a corpse in their own front yard."

"Beating my chest in regret here! I followed the Old Daoist too late and missed all that juicy content."

"It’s fine, maybe someone else will come to him for missing-person divination in the future, and then we’ll probably get another corpse-digging stream."

"Stop, stop, stop... seeing you all this hyped is way too freaky, okay?"

"Exactly, even as a perv myself, I think you guys are sick!"

"I’m a normal person stuck in the middle of you lot and I feel completely out of place!"

"Shut up, Turkey-Flavor Crunch! Did you ever manage to get that Lingling?"

"My dear wives, what are you still hesitating for? Hurry up and take us to watch the show!"

The viewers’ entire reason for being here was to watch the spectacle.

If they didn’t jump on this chance now, wouldn’t that be betraying the whole purpose of coming into the livestream?

Egged on by everyone, Qin Zhen and You You exchanged a helpless look.

"So? Are we bringing the phone or not?"

You You asked quietly.

"Bring it."

Qin Zhen sighed.

She knew that if they didn’t take everyone along to watch the fun today, they could forget about ever mixing in this livestream again.

So the two of them picked up the phone they used for streaming, climbed the stairs together, and went up to the roof.

The middle-aged cop and the others were standing on top of the water tank, shining high-powered flashlights into it.

-Some nearby residents had also been startled awake by the commotion from the police cars.

They were curious too and had followed them up.

But they didn’t dare get too close; they just stood in the distance watching.

"What’s going on?"

"No idea, the cops just suddenly came up here."

"I don’t know either. I was about to go to sleep and got scared awake by the sirens."

"You scared of sirens? Guilty conscience much?"

"Does sleeping with your wife count as having a guilty conscience?"

"Fuck your grandma!"

"Don’t... don’t get mad, the cops are right here. If you take a swing at me, you’ll save them the trouble of calling the police."

"Thin-skinned much, can’t even take a joke!"

The residents clustered in little groups, quietly talking among themselves.

Just then, someone suddenly let their imagination run wild and said, "What if someone killed a person and then dumped the body into the water tank?"

As soon as he said that, all the residents around were stunned.

"Holy shit, no way, right?"

"Why not? The cops are already here, aren’t they?"

"These past two days my heart’s been pounding like crazy; turns out something really did happen!"

"I’ve been seeing a shadow flick by in the stairwell recently, could that be the dead person’s ghost?"

"For real or what? Don’t fucking scare me!"

"Ugh... no wonder I felt the tap water tasted off these two days!"

"Good thing we’ve been drinking bottled water at home."

"Do you use bottled water to wash dishes and vegetables too?"

"This killer is fucking disgusting, seriously."

"He better hope I don’t run into him, or I’ll beat him so bad he spends the rest of his life in a wheelchair!"

"Heh, the scary thing is if you run into the killer, you might end up in the tank too..."

Everyone was talking at once—some cursing, some mocking, some scared—every reaction under the sun.

Right then, one of the cops on top of the tank suddenly shouted, "Found it! Found it!"

As soon as the words left his mouth, the crowd exploded with a buzz.

Everyone’s eyes went wide on the spot.

Even though something like a murder and body-dumping was terrifying,

their feet still moved forward in unison.

"Holy shit, someone really dumped a body into the tank!"

"If the body’s in the water tank, wouldn’t that mean the killer’s someone nearby?"

"Could be someone in this building!"

"To move a body up here without anyone knowing, it’s gotta be someone from this building!"

"No way, right? If the killer really lives here, wouldn’t they be drinking corpse water just like everyone else?"

"Ugh... can you fucking not bring that up?"

"They already killed someone, what’s a little corpse water on top of that?"

"Our country’s cops are badass, huh—no clues at all and they still find the body."

"How do you know they had no clues? Without any leads, who the hell would think to check the water tank?"

"Maybe they already caught the killer and he confessed?"

"The guy on the third floor of our building hasn’t shown his face for a month; could he be the killer?"

"I heard he and his wife didn’t get along and were always fighting. Could it be he killed his wife and hid the body in the tank?"

"Fuck your grandma! I’m the guy from the third floor, and my wife and I are both right here!"

"You bunch of old fossils, why the hell are you cursing us out of nowhere?"

"Ahem... Li, it’s all a misunderstanding... a misunderstanding!"