After Zhang Chengwu's soul scattered into oblivion, Seventh Master stood dazed for a long time.
His old friend's death was already painful enough. He had never expected his soul to be scattered too, with nothing he could do to stop it.
"Seventh Master..."
I patted his shoulder, wanting to comfort him.
He drew a breath. With no time to grieve, he immediately left the morgue, ready to go to the address Zhang Chengwu had given us.
This whole thing was too strange.
Zhang Chengwen and Zhang Chengwu had been killed for no apparent reason, and both brothers had remembered an address.
At the address Zhang Chengwen had given us, we had found a woman's hanging corpse. Could someone have died at Zhang Chengwu's address too...?
Once we got into the car, we headed straight for Tengxi Avenue.
"What exactly is going on?"
Brother Liu questioned us as he drove. "Why is there another address? Don't tell me someone else is dead!"
Neither Seventh Master nor I spoke. We didn't know how to explain it.
We were just as baffled ourselves.
"Are you sure Zhang Chengwen and Zhang Chengwu killed themselves?" I asked Brother Liu.
Brother Liu nodded. "They died from poisoning. They drank veterinary medicine, a massive dose. Each of them downed a whole bottle. They were already dead when they were found. There were no signs of a struggle at the scene, and nothing else suspicious. It really was suicide."
I sighed. "You should still investigate more carefully. Check the surveillance footage nearby."
Brother Liu frowned. "Why?"
"Because they didn't kill themselves," I said. "The ghost himself told me they were murdered. And the people who killed them belong to the same group as the person who hypnotized you last time."
Brother Liu knitted his brows and sighed several