January 6, 2001: The first owner of the house where the incident occurred was Tang Yingxiong, male, 32. He worked as the East District Purchasing Manager at Meijia, a large supermarket chain. Divorced. Currently residing at Room XXX, No. XX, Wangshui Court. Neither he nor his close relatives had died under unusual circumstances.
The second owner of the house where the incident occurred was Li Guang, male, 27. He worked as the manager of Meijia Supermarket's Southwest Road branch. Married to Yin Xiaohui. Currently residing at Room XXX, No. XXX, Lane XXX, Southwest Road. His mother, Zhou Chunfang, died on November 4, 2000, of a sudden illness.
January 8, 2001: Contacted Tang Yingxiong. Audio file 00120010108.wav.
"Hello, Mr. Tang. Sorry to bother you. We're reporters from Strange Tales and Oddities magazine. We spoke with you on the phone earlier. Here's our press card."
Ding-a-ling... click!
"Come in. No need to take off your shoes."
"Thank you."
Tap, tap, tap...
"Have a seat."
"Thank you."
"You... want to ask about the house on Tianmu Road?"
"Yes. Have you heard about what happened there?"
"Yeah. I sold the house to a coworker a few years ago... I heard something happened to his family recently, too."
"What happened while you were living there?"
"..."
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"Phew... It wasn't much, really. I like dogs. Well, it wasn't really that I liked them. To be honest, one of my wife's coworkers had a dog, and she thought it was cute. When the dog had a litter of puppies, she wanted to bring one home. I wouldn't let her. Mainly because she got so carried away, and it would've cost a fortune. We'd have to buy a dog bed, dog food, all kinds of toys and clothes for it. Raising a kid wouldn't cost that much.