Bloodstained Truths Uncovered Chapter 2

Dear Officer Chu:

This is the third time I write to you. I am still alive, but I don't know how long I can live. I told you that something is haunting me, maybe a demon, maybe a person, it has been haunting me, and it wants to take my life all the time. Recently, 'it' has been calling me at 3:15 in the morning. It doesn't say anything, just laughs, a woman's slow and gentle laugh. 'It' greets me with a smile, and then the laugh becomes crazy, and then it becomes a scream, like a man-eating beast opening its bloody mouth in my ear------ Please save me, save me before 'it' takes my life. Now, after the lights of the city disappear, and the whole city is swallowed by darkness, I can see my dead body lying alone on the street when I close my eyes. My skin is like a piece of torn rags, bloody and covered with maggots. They eat my body and soul, leaving my ghost wandering in the world.

I have nowhere to go, I am in hell and I am begging you for help, Officer Chu, please save me! 』

At the construction site in the western suburbs of Yinjiang City, the trees around Qingling Lake were cut down, revealing a bare surface. Four or five heavy excavators were working at the same time, digging out the soil along the foundation line where the lime water was sprinkled, and digging down to form the foundation. A young man in a suit holding a design drawing led the workers to shuttle back and forth in the excavator to direct the construction route.

"The media is filming ahead, we need to make some noise here."

A man in a suit raised his voice and said this to the foreman, Old Wu, amid the rumbling sound of the excavator.

Old Wu said repeatedly: "Yes, yes, we will do whatever Mr. He says."

Just as he finished speaking, the excavator standing next to them suddenly shut down and stopped working. The quartet was missing a member and suddenly became less lively.

"Hey! Old Xing, what's going on?"

The driver, Old Xing, poked his head out of the two-person-high driver's seat and said, "Boss Wu, it seems we have dug something up, and the bucket is stuck."

"Shovel up the stones."

Old Xing jumped down neatly on the tire: "No, no, it's stuck."

Four or five young workers jumped into the deep pit where the truck bed had sunk, trying to move the big rock that was blocking the machine. They jumped down but suddenly there was no movement. The foreman, Old Wu, stood by the pit and said impatiently: "Work, are you dead?"

"ah!!!!"

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by a scream that almost tore his throat. Four or five young workers were climbing up from the bottom of the pit with their hands and feet like ants caught in a flood, shouting in unison: "Dead people! Dead people!"

As the soil on the surface was dug up, two fully decayed corpses appeared at the bottom of the pit, their flesh and skin dried up, their bones exposed, and the sharp teeth of the excavator bucket stuck in their waists. The ants and maggots underground suddenly saw the light of day, and were flowing out of their collapsed eye sockets like water, as if they were running for their lives.

The skin on my body was like torn pieces of cloth, bloody and full of maggots. They were eating my body and soul, leaving my ghost wandering around the world.

This is the third time he has received this email claiming to be a letter for help. Judging from the wording between the lines, it should be from the same person, but there is no signature. It is a letter for help without an owner.

Liam Chu sat in front of the computer, looking at the email with a faint fluorescent green color that protected his eyes. He scanned it from top to bottom, then looked up at the sender, which was still just the sending address.

He closed the email, sat at the table and lit a cigarette. Tiredly, he held his forehead and smoked half of the cigarette, then unplugged his half-charged cell phone and dialed a number.

"Boss, aren't we going to rest today? I beg you to block me for a day, okay? If I don't get some sleep, I'll suddenly die!"

Suddenly there was a slight noise in the bedroom. Liam Chu quickly put out his cigarette, stood up and picked up a document to fan the smoke. He lowered his voice and asked, "Do you still have the contact information of the person who used the email address I asked you to check last month?"

The lazy female voice became more energetic: "Hmm? Keep it, did that person send you an email again? Hey, he must be teasing the police. Didn't he say he didn't send you an email last time you called him? Don't worry about it, I think he probably has paranoia. Yinjiang City is very peaceful recently, there are no corpses or demons, he is just bored."

Liam Chu felt that what she said made sense. The last time he received an email, he asked his men to investigate the email address and found a registered mobile phone number. When he called to ask, the other party was even more confused than him. He hung up impatiently after just a few words.

Maybe he just had nothing better to do and played a prank on the police?

"It's okay. You can block me within 24 hours from now."

There was a cheer on the other end and then they hung up on him.

Liam Chu walked to the balcony and opened the window. His sight passed through several rows of residential buildings with white walls and red tiles, and he happened to see the Pearl Tower standing in the city center, reaching the top of the clouds. At this time, the morning light was pouring down, and the sun had risen to the waistline of the Pearl Tower. On the giant LED color screen embedded in the Pearl Tower was a huge clock, which was moving diligently every second. When the hour hand turned to the eight o'clock position, the clock was dispersed, and then the theme song of the city's morning news channel sounded. In the live news broadcast, the female host in a white suit began to broadcast the city's key financial news with a professional smile.

Liam Chu didn't care much about national affairs, but only paid attention to the municipal news in Yinjiang City. He rarely watched the CCTV news broadcast every night, but he never missed any morning news on the city channel. He once joked with his deputy team leader that if the Yinjiang morning news ended one day, he would retire.

The bedroom door was gently pushed open, and a tall and beautiful woman stood at the door. She was forced to admire the picture of a half-naked handsome man bathing in the morning light, but the other person was watching the news, and she stood there for a long time without attracting his attention.

"cough."

The young woman coughed lightly and lowered her head slightly to tidy up her hair.

"you're awake."

Liam Chu turned around and saw her standing at the door of the bedroom. He smiled at her uncomfortably. He quickly picked up the short-sleeved shirt on the back of the sofa and put it on. While tidying up the sofa piled with clothes and sundries, he hurriedly explained: "You drank too much last night, and they all left. I didn't know where you lived, and your phone was out of battery, so I brought you here. Come sit down."

"It's all my fault. I just thought about our old classmates and drank a few more glasses. I'm sorry for causing you trouble."

Liam Chu straightened up while holding a pile of clothes, and threw the dirty clothes into the storage basket at the door of the bedroom in a standard shooting posture. He glanced at the girl. She was wearing an old white shirt that she had worn out, and her two slender legs were so beautiful that they lit up a touch of spring in this small house bathed in the morning light.

Liam Chu's courage was all used in catching smugglers and criminals, so when it came to girls, especially pretty girls he liked, he had no heroic spirit at all. He only glanced at her quickly, then looked away and pointed to the bathroom in a slightly helpless manner: "You can take a shower. I washed your clothes last night. They are on the balcony. They should be dry now. I'll get them for you."

Sophia Shu glanced at his back as he stood on the balcony getting clothes. Her fair and handsome face suddenly turned red. She tugged at the hem of her shirt with both hands and hurried into the bathroom.

Liam Chu put a skirt at the door of the bathroom, then went back to the balcony to blow the wind with a big head and a daze. A moment later, the rustling sound of water in the bathroom seemed to pour on him, which made him shudder suddenly. He felt a little unbelievable, thinking that he had spent the whole night with Sophia Shu.

But the two of them were innocent and had done nothing. It was just that the credibility of this statement was a little low, and those old classmates who brought them together last night would definitely not believe it.

Liam Chu shook his head, trying his best to ignore the sound of water in the bathroom, and refocused his attention on the giant screen broadcasting the news in mid-air over the city.

Coincidentally, the largest urban expansion project in Yinjiang City since the reform and opening up in the past 50 years was officially launched today. This urban expansion directly means that Yinjiang City has risen again in the national city rankings, rising to the same level as the capital, the capital, the first-tier cities directly under the jurisdiction of the capital. Therefore, this suburban expansion can be said to be the focus of the whole city, and many politicians and people are waiting to witness the rise of another prosperous city. The project contractor and the government jointly invited reporters and media to the scene to broadcast this grand ribbon-cutting ceremony live.

In the scene being broadcasted by the camera at this time, the three leaders and the general manager of the state-owned enterprise Xuri Steel, one of the contractors, were already accepting interviews from reporters on the temporary podium, with the vast and flat land in the background. Dozens of engineering vehicles were lined up in an orderly manner, looking very imposing, with the momentum of "rebuilding China".

The three leaders and the general manager of Xuri Steel had arrived, but the representative of the other engineering contractor was nowhere to be seen.

The picture on the TV suddenly shifted slightly to the left by about 15 degrees, and a parked SUV came into the frame, including the young man standing next to the car, wearing a fitted, high-end black suit. The man had broad shoulders and a narrow waist, and was tall and slender. Even standing next to the two-meter-tall SUV, he still looked very impressive. His outstanding appearance and figure made it hard for people not to notice him in the crowd, not to mention that the camera was intentionally pointed at him.

Even through the screen, Liam Chu could feel the awkwardness of the scene. The people on the stage were obviously stalling for time, waiting for the man who was staying in the audience and refused to go on stage.

The man who refused to go on stage was wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and looked very young. He was talking to a man dressed as an assistant with his head down. When he saw the camera suddenly pointed at him, he smiled at the media in a very commercial and perfunctory way. Then he turned his back slightly and ignored the camera, and took a mobile phone from his assistant.

Liam Chu watched through the screen as he made a phone call to someone in public. Suddenly, he looked at his own phone as if he had sensed something. Sure enough, the phone rang immediately, and the caller ID on the screen lit up - Wells HE.

So many people are waiting for him to speak, but he is on the phone. Can this guy be any more arrogant?

Liam Chu was speechless for a moment, then answered the call exhaustedly. Before he spoke, he sighed, "Hmm?"

"Where are you?"

Wells HE on the screen glanced sideways at the camera facing himself, frowned impatiently, and spoke in a cold tone as if he was collecting a debt.

Liam Chu looked at his handsome face full of frost and said rudely: "Don't bother me. Isn't it the ribbon cutting ceremony today? Just cut your ribbon well."

Wells HE on the other side closed his eyes, suppressed his anger, and said: "I want to ask you whether you have returned from Han River, alive or dead."

Liam Chu couldn't help but feel a toothache: "Boss He, can you please not curse me to death every time you catch me on duty? If I really have a glorious day, it must be you who cursed me."

Wells HE smiled slightly, and said slowly and heart-piercing words: "I don't have time to curse you, do you still need to curse? Check your work injuries carefully, there are dozens if not hundreds of them, count them on your fingers, what is the probability of you living to old age, do you still need me to curse you?"

Liam Chu was not to be outdone and retorted, "You don't understand. I am accumulating good deeds. My merits are so great that the underworld won't accept them. It's different for you. What's the old saying? Oh, right, it's better than being greedy for blood and food at home and ending up with nothing but a stinking skin in old age."

Wells HE's smile was as cold as ever, and he said slowly, "You feel superior to a public office that is thankless and laborious. Do you think you are Tang Seng? I am a vegetarian, but who is greedy for blood and food, me or you? Where is this wild Buddha you are worshipping? Your party doesn't care?"

Liam Chu:......

Once again defeated in the war of words, he felt that sooner or later he would be angered by that b@st@rd Wells HE and have a myocardial infarction.

Liam Chu rubbed his forehead and sighed, "Let's just hang up. I'll have to say less to you. I can still live a few more years."

Wells HE glanced at the secretary on the stage who kept winking at him, and lowered his voice impatiently: "You think I have time to talk nonsense with you? I asked you where you were, but you didn't tell me. You kept talking about this and that for a long time. I'm about to cut the ribbon, so tell me where you are."

"Hanjiang Police Station, you won't be able to go back for a year or so. Remember to call your brother and kowtow to him during the Chinese New Year, kid."

After saying that, she hung up the phone first, and relieved her heart that was choked by his anger.

After he hung up the phone, he saw Wells HE strode up to the podium in a dashing and unrestrained manner and stood between the two city leaders. Perhaps because he had just won the argument, Liam Chu felt that he was like a victorious male peacock.

But the gentleman on the stage had not been showing off for long after cutting the ribbon when he saw some movement in the crowd at the edge. Wells HE's assistant Xiao Shu walked to the middle of the crowd. A man dressed as a contractor could not control his voice and grabbed Xiao Shu and shouted: "Dead people! Dig out two bodies!"

The contractor relies on his good voice to inspect the construction site all year round. This voice is more powerful than a speaker. It immediately alarmed dozens of people on and off the stage. There was a commotion in the camera and the scene was out of control. A leader was alerted that something was wrong and ordered the reporter on the scene to turn off the camera. The picture ended and the commercial was cut unexpectedly.

Liam Chu, who witnessed the commotion just now, had no time to take action before his cell phone rang.

"Ok, I know."

Liam Chu put on his coat, holding his phone between his shoulders, and walked towards the door in a resolute manner: "I just saw the report. You and Xiao Yang go first. I'll be there soon."

"Walking clouds?"

Liam Chu braked suddenly and looked back to see Sophia Shu standing at the door of the bathroom, dressed neatly after taking a shower. Her black satin-like hair was still wet and draped over her shoulders, and her fair complexion was steamed to a peach-like pink.

Liam Chu: "I have to leave the scene now, you can go back by yourself."

After saying that, he wanted to hit his head against a wall and die. Maybe if he sent her home this time, there would be some follow-up development. But d@mn it, he had to deal with the unlucky corpse that Wells HE cut out when he cut the ribbon.

Sophia Shu carried her bag and walked to the entrance to change her shoes. She tucked her wet hair behind her ears and said with a smile, "It's okay. Business is more important. I'll go back by myself."

The two people who were equally reserved in their feelings chatted with each other in a non-awkward manner and stood at the gate of the community. Liam Chu stopped a taxi for her, sent her to the car, bent down, looked at her through the window and smiled: "I'm sorry, I should treat you to a meal."

"Next time, let's make an appointment next time."

Liam Chu nodded, patted the front of the taxi and said to the taxi driver: "Let's go."

The author has something to say: I don’t know what to say, and I don’t know how long I can struggle in the environment of big data explosion. I will just survive one day at a time.

In addition, in this article, Qiangqiang and Wells HE are the attackers. Of course, it would be better if they could attack each other.