Cindy, You Have a Big Heart
Cindy lived in a single-room apartment with an open kitchen. The living room sofa was located outside the kitchen, and a small coffee table was placed in front of it.
Although the place was not big, it was tidy and cozy, indicating that Cindy was diligent in keeping it clean.
Susie sat on the sofa, holding a glass of juice and gulping it down in one go, letting out a light sigh, "Ah~"
Cindy poured her another glass of juice and hesitated for a moment before asking, "Susie, how come you and your father came here in the middle of the night..."
Judging from the Hummer they collided with during the day, this father and daughter should be wealthy people who wouldn't be living in this area.
Susie held the glass of juice and was about to lie... no, her father said it wasn't a lie, it was a well-intentioned falsehood. Hmm... how to come up with a well-intentioned falsehood?
She heard her father say calmly, "My job is half that of a detective. I'm currently investigating a case, and there happens to be a lead here."
Cindy was a little skeptical.
What does half a detective mean? Can there be half a detective?
Moreover, which detective would bring his own daughter to work...
Kellen crossed his arms and came up with a nonsensical excuse, "I worked too late today, and my daughter was waiting for me in the office after her tutorial class. She's been waiting until now."
Cindy and Susie were both thinking, Is that so...
Cindy was a little skeptical, but seeing his serious and dignified expression, she thought it was probably true.
Cindy asked, "What case... does it have anything to do with me?"
She became nervous all of a sudden and tried to think back. Besides staying up late scrolling through her phone, she hadn't done anything suspicious.
The only thing she had done was to hit his car during the day...
Kellen didn't beat around the bush and said directly, "A girl was murdered some time ago, and her body is missing."
Cindy remained silent.
She suddenly felt scared again, the body...it's gone!?
She stuttered, "I... I haven't seen anything...maybe it's not here?"
Kellen surveyed the room.
Who knows if it's here or not!
He only heard Susie say that there's a female ghost trapped here.
The little girl also mentioned that some people died unexpectedly and couldn't leave their place of death.
He was just going along with this information without really knowing more. He didn't have the chance to talk to Susie about anything else, so he had to go with this for now.
"Have you seen any unusual occurrences recently? Or have you heard or seen anything?" Kellen asked with pursed lips and a stern face that made him look like he knew what he was doing.
Cindy instinctively said, "No... nothing."
Susie suddenly grabbed Kellen's hand and whispered, "Dad, the closet..."
Kellen stood up and took out a pair of gloves from his pocket.
As he slowly put on the gloves, he asked, "Nothing? Think again."
Susie watched with awe, not knowing what her father was doing.
But she felt like her father was really professional.
This was probably what Grandma Chloe always said about nonsense...
She learned nothing!
Cindy was pressured by Kellen's presence, and her brain started working nervously. Suddenly, she thought of something and quickly said, "Yes!"
She stood up anxiously, "I've been smelling the smell of dead rats recently, but I don't know where it's coming from."
As Cindy spoke, she felt her scalp tingle.
Could the smell of dead rats...be the smell of the body?!
Does that mean that the body is very close to her rented room, maybe even hidden nearby?
Cindy's hair stood on end, and she almost cried out of fear.
Kellen pretended to look around and grabbed a book from one place and quickly flipped through it.
"When did you smell it? Where did you smell it? Where was the smell the strongest?"
Kellen's questions made Cindy stiff, and she quickly replied, "In...in my room...the strongest in the closet..."
She shivered and remembered the eerie scene earlier, with a voice in her ear saying, "Lend me seven years," and the handprint on her shoulder...
She trembled behind Kellen and Susie as they entered her room and opened the closet.
Kellen glanced around and finally his sight fell on a cabinet at the very bottom.
This cabinet should be drawer-style, with a length and width of 60*60cm.
The width of a typical wardrobe is also exactly 60cm, so this cabinet is not conspicuous at all, but if you want to stuff a corpse into it... it can still fit.
Now the gaps around the cabinet are sealed tightly with transparent tape.
"What's inside?" Kellen asked.
Cindy quickly shook her head, "I don't know, it's not mine, it's the landlord's... He said it's some computer parts and his miscellaneous stuff, and told me not to open it, just use it like this."
Kellen sneered, "Are you that trusting?"
Renting a place, you should see what's in other people's houses.
Cindy was speechless and said sullenly, "It's just a drawer, there shouldn't be anything in it..."
This situation is also common. Sometimes, landlords rent out their properties but can't bear to throw away their old belongings, so they leave them in the room.
They only warn the tenant not to touch these things, or they may simply allow the tenant to use them. Kellen sneered, "Bold."
Susie shook her head and said, "Cindy, you're really brave!" Kellen, wearing gloves, tore off the transparent tape that sealed the drawer.
Cindy explained that she had sealed it because she smelled a strong odor of dead mice in the morning.
Susie was puzzled and asked if she didn't find it strange that everything inside smelled bad.
Cindy said she thought a mouse had died inside and had called the landlord. Kellen was speechless.
Some young people who are just starting out in society are indeed naive, but being so naive and thick-skinned is really... they might even be grateful if someone cheats them someday.
The transparent tape was completely torn off, and a strong smell rushed out. Susie quickly covered her nose.
Her patched-up female ghost woke up and asked, "Who are you?" Susie didn't answer.
Her dad said not to talk to ghosts when she's outside, so as not to be mistaken for a lunatic...
Although Susie didn't think it was necessary, her dad must have had a good reason for saying that, so she remembered it.
The female ghost, who was used to being ignored, stared suspiciously at Susie. Just now, she only heard the door being kicked open, followed by a yellow talisman flying towards her... Then she "died."
The female ghost wasn't sure if the little girl in front of her was the one who had "killed" her, or... The female ghost fixed her gaze on Kellen and floated over to her with a grin from ear to ear. She suddenly got close to Kellen and asked, "Is it you? Can you see me, right?" Kellen remained indifferent and unaffected.
Susie thought, "Sister Ghost, what are you up to?"