Luo Pu said evenly, "I run a tea plantation up there. I've never heard any rumors about this place being haunted."
"See? I told you we shouldn't have meddled." The old man suddenly seemed bored. "If you don't believe me, forget it. Didn't I say before that this factory complex had been abandoned for too long and attracted thieves? That was two years ago. Someone found a thief's body inside one of the buildings. They said his expression before he died was terrifying. Everyone said he'd run into a ghost and been scared to death. Some people didn't believe in that stuff and wanted to take advantage of the two-hundred-thousand-yuan rent to open a bakery here. But less than three months after the bakery opened, two employees died. Both of them died of heart attacks. Their expressions were terrifying too. The bakery couldn't stay open, and the owner ran off overnight. Since then, no one has rented this factory complex again."
Hearing the old man's words, Shen Huaiyu and Cheng Lang both turned to look at Luo Pu.
Luo Pu frowned and thought carefully for a moment before saying hesitantly, "I seem to remember hearing that this factory complex was rented out more than a year ago. It shut down again not long after. But I never heard anything about it being haunted."
The veteran craftsmen and apprentices at the workshop practically lived here. If there really had been such paranormal rumors, they could not possibly have heard nothing about them.
Cheng Lang silently asked the system, "When we inspected the factory just now, did you detect any unusual energy fluctuations inside?"
The system said nothing, as though it wanted to roll its eyes at Cheng Lang.
Cheng Lang also knew that unless they encountered a life-threatening emergency that affected