C27 Mountain ghost

When Yun Duruo said this name, the portrait in my hand fell to the ground. Yes, it was the woman in red that I saw that night, and when the butcher heard that I had met Mu Hanzhi, he asked me in surprise how I had met her, and for a moment, I did not know how to answer him. After all, in front of so many people in the conference room, it was hard for me to picture what happened that night.

Yun Duruo looked at me and asked urgently. Do you still remember where you met Mu Hanzhi before?

I nodded and replied that I knew where Mu Hanzhi lived.

Yun Duruo looked at the butcher, he nodded her head silently, signalling that there was no need for him to participate in the meeting any longer, and immediately followed me to find Mu Hanzhi. Yun Duruo and I drove to the residential building that I met Mu Hanzhi, and on the way, Yun Duruo seriously asked me.

"Did something happen when I saw you mumbling in the conference room?"

"I met Mu Hanzhi at Taoboreal Hall. Oh, there was also a child with her." I nodded.

"Why is it the Taoboreal Hall again, and the children with Mu Hanzhi?" Yun Duruo tilted her head and frowned, hesitating. What are they doing in Taoboreal Hall? "

I told Yun Duruo everything about meeting Mu Hanzhi that night in detail. I intentionally left out the matter of playing hide-and-seek with the child and the mirror on the porch, mainly because those few things were strange enough that I was afraid that I would mislead Yun Duruo's judgement.

The car stopped at the entrance of the run-down residential complex. When I got off the car, Yun Duruo frowned even more and looked at me in surprise.

"You … Are you sure that you saw Mu Hanzhi here the last time? "

"That's right, I saw Mu Hanzhi at the corner of the fifth floor's stairs. I even chatted with her for a long time, and she said that she lived here." I answered with certainty.

Yun Duruo took out the investigation file and looked through it for a while before handing it over to me.

I took it and looked, on the fourth woman under investigation, was written below Mu Hanzhi's information.

Room 21, 53rd floor, Changping Street.

Yun Duruo walked to the side of the street below the residential complex. There, he found an upright iron pillar hidden amidst the weeds. The brand on the metal pillar was mottled with rust and was covered by a thick layer of dust, making it hard to see the words on it.

Yun Duruo picked up a dried up branch and smashed it onto the metal plate. The dust and dirt on the branch fell and a row of blurry words appeared before our eyes.

53 Changping Street.

This is the address Mu Hanzhi left at the wedding shop. Yun Duruo told me in shock that she came here a day ago and initially thought that it was a fake address Mu Hanzhi had left behind, but she didn't think that I would actually meet Mu Hanzhi here.

"It's impossible for Mu Hanzhi to live in this place." Yun Duruo threw the branch in her hand and said seriously. The residential buildings here have been abandoned for many years. Previously, it was the dormitory of the provincial Beijing Theatre. Later on, the residents moved away. Five years ago, there was no one living here anymore. "

Yun Duruo paused for a moment, some worry could be seen in her eyes, and only after a long time did she ask.

"Recently, your condition hasn't been very good. Come to think of it, have you really seen Mu Hanzhi here? Or … Was it you who misjudged him? "

I rubbed my forehead for a moment, not knowing how to reply. When I saw the child on the seventh floor and the things that the mirror reminded me of, I found it hard to speak in front of Yun Duruo. When I went downstairs later on, I didn't see Mu Hanzhi and her son again.

Yun Duruo's words were very tactful, but I was clear that she was afraid that I would have the same reaction as the previous video. I had to say that there was a woman behind the thirty-two minute video because she was afraid that I would hallucinate again.

But my conversation with Mu Hanzhi was very real. I put my hand in my pocket and felt something cold, and in my palm was a round, smooth glass bead that I didn't have time to return to the child after she was lost. Looking at the glass bead, I nodded my head firmly and tried to recall what happened that night.

"I'm not wrong, it's really Mu Hanzhi, and I clearly remember that there was a mole on her left earlobe."

Yun Duruo immediately went to look through the records of the inquiry that she had received from the wedding shop and shook her head. According to the clerk's memories, I repeatedly asked him about the facial features of the woman who bought the wedding dress, but the clerk never mentioned anything about a mole on her earlobe.

"It must be. That mole is very obvious. If the shop assistant has a deep memory of her, she will definitely notice it."

I insisted on my own explanation. Yun Duruo didn't argue with me, but instead drove to the wedding shop, found the clerk who received Mu Hanzhi and took out the Mu Hanzhi that was drawn according to her description. Let her see if there were any other areas that she needed to add or correct.

The shop assistant looked at it for a long time, and then told us with certainty that it was just like that, with Yun Duruo and I looking at each other. I pointed at the portrait and asked if there was anything special about this woman.

The shop assistant thought about it and shook his head, saying that he only remembered that the woman had a very good temperament. Every gesture and smile she made sounded like she was acting, but there was nothing else special about her.

I kept Mu Hanzhi's portrait in disappointment. Yun Duruo looked at me with a sad expression and said with relief.

"Maybe I met someone who looked the same."

"What about the name? It can't be that they all have the same name, right? " I still persisted on seeing that the woman I saw that night was Mu Hanzhi who bought the wedding dress.

As I turned to go downstairs, someone called to us from the second floor, and the clerk stuck his head out of the window and called out urgently.

"I remember now, that woman has a mole on her left earlobe!"

I instantly smiled happily, and looked down to see the shocked Yun Duruo. It was only after a long time did I finally hear her voice.

"The person you are seeing is really Mu Hanzhi!"

From the looks of it, the address that Mu Hanzhi left behind wasn't completely fake. The place and address that I saw Mu Hanzhi at matched together, so it could be seen that this place had a special meaning to Mu Hanzhi.

But Yun Duruo told me, that there was no one in the residential building, why is Mu Hanzhi bringing the children there most of the night? I only remember that Mu Hanzhi told me that she lived there, as for why there wasn't anyone present, I don't know.

Yun Duruo's expression was a little disappointed. Every time we found a clue and thought that there was hope for it to be solved, we would always return empty-handed. Where would we go to find Mu Hanzhi's origin?

"Child!" My eyes lit up, and I suddenly remembered.

It doesn't matter if Mu Hanzhi told me lies or not, but I am certain that she cared for and cared for the child in her dreams. I remember Mu Hanzhi telling me that the child has sleepwalking problems, and that he would wake up on time every night, before following a set route out.

Those who are sleepwalking will choose the route that they are accustomed to, and Mu Hanzhi will not disturb them. I met Mu Hanzhi and her son on the streets of Taoboreal Hall, which means to say, as long as the child is still sleepwalking, he will definitely pass by Taoboreal Hall every night.

After saying that, Yun Duruo turned around and drove straight to the Taoboreal Hall. It was only 8 in the evening, and every time a kid passed by the Taoboreal Hall, it would be at least 3 in the morning. To prevent them from alerting the enemy, Yun Duruo and I would go up to the sealed second floor of the Taoboreal Hall.

Suddenly realizing that killing time was a very troublesome thing to do, furthermore, Yun Duruo and I didn't have much to say. Both of us sat in silence, each of us thinking about our own matters.

I took out a cigarette from the corner of my mouth and looked at her. Unknowingly, I started not smoking in front of her, and when I took the cigarette from the corner of my mouth, I saw Yun Duruo's grateful eyes.

"The man in the mountain is Xi Fang Du Ruo, drinking the stone spring water from the west pine and cypress." I faintly smiled as I withdrew my cigarette and looked towards Yun Duruo. This should be the origin of your name. "

"What is this?" Yun Duruo looked at me blankly.

"..." "I was startled, I thought Yun Duruo would know where her name came from, but judging from her expression, she obviously doesn't know." This is one of the nine songs of Qu Yuan's poetry collection, titled "Mountain Ghost". "

"My name is related to this?" Yun Duruo asked me with great interest. What is《 Mountain Ghost》 talking about? "

Qu Yuan's《 Mountain Ghost》 was a story about a young girl with an extremely beautiful temperament, an honest and infatuated heart, who went to meet the Mountain Ghost. The Mountain Ghost was the legendary Goddess of the Forest, and was not even titled a True God, so it was called a ghost, an image of a demigod and a demigod.

The story was very simple. The girl went to a remote mountain to greet the ghost, even though the road was difficult, she still rushed there full of joy, but the ghost did not appear.

The rain and wind had come, and she was so engrossed in waiting that she forgot to return home, but the mountain ghost did not come. It was already late in the night, and when she returned to her house, she was filled with grief and grief.

After telling it all to Yun Duruo, I smiled and teased him.

"Who gave you that name? Your parents looked pretty nice. How could they let you be a cop? "

"He's even so elegant …" "Yun Duruo shook her head and laughed bitterly, and said to me helplessly. This is the first time that I know the origin of my name, but the name wasn't given to me by my parents.

"Depends?" "I looked at Yun Duruo curiously, and said with some surprise. You still believe this? "

"Of course I don't believe it, but my dad really believes it. It's just a name, what's the point of being so scheming. I didn't expect it to be related to Chu Yu. It's quite unexpected."

Yun Duruo and I chatted like this all the time, time flew by really quickly. It was already 3 in the morning outside, and the sky had already darkened for a long time, so we stood up and walked towards the window, focusing on looking outside. It was at this time that I saw Mu Hanzhi, the child who was passing by and pushing a child carriage.

Time passed bit by bit, and the bell that I had been waiting for did not ring as I had hoped. Even Mu Hanzhi did not appear.

According to Mu Hanzhi, the route and timing of the child's sleepwalking was fixed, so the fact that this point had not appeared made me feel weird. Yun Duruo was at a loss for words and sighed, I remembered Mu Hanzhi saying that the child would return to the residential building to play after sleepwalking.