Afterlife Department

Chapter 652 - Another Angle

"And that another angle is?" Xiao Xie rolled his eyes as he turned back to Song Mingfan.

"And this another angle is – " Song Mingfan spoke and turned to look at the dumbfounded Jiang Xinduo.

"… huh? What?" Jiang Xinduo blinked, waking up in his daze. "Why are you looking at me?" he asked Song Mingfan.

" – a supernatural event… am I right?" Song Mingfan said as he looked at Jiang Xinduo in the eyes.

As expected, Jiang Xinduo was stunned. "… ah." He muttered.

Xiao Xie's brows knitted. "A supernatural event?" he said as he looked at the two.

Song Mingfan turned to him. "Xiao Xie. Do you remember that time when I was possessed together with the other officers?" he asked him.

Xiao Xie's expression changed. "The Apartment Murders?" he asked, referring to that case where a deliveryman was stabbed on the back by one of the tenants in the apartment building while he was delivering to another tenant of the building but this tenant, a woman, actually was dead.

If Huo Ling, or Yi Bing, was here, he would definitely recognize that this Apartment Murders Case is actually the case where he was one of the victims.

And Xiao Xie really did remember Huo Ling. "That delivery guy was really unlucky, huh…" he muttered and sighed as he shook his head in pity of Huo Ling's fate. "Speaking of him…" he looked at them. "Wasn't he a singer? He was using an alias, though, named 'Howee Jackson'." He said.

"Yeah." Jiang Xinduo nodded in affirmation. "He is a singer abroad, though." He said.

The Apartment Murders Case was an alarming case because no one has ever noticed that there were murders happening in that apartment building.

"Speaking of this…" Song Mingfan spoke.

They looked at him.

"We still don't know who called us that time." Song Mingfan said.

Jiang Xinduo and Xiao Xie fell silent. That's right. They have received a call about a murder happening in that apartment building but when they arrived, the delivery guy, Huo Ling, who was the latest one that died in that apartment building that day, was already lying in his pool of blood and has turned into a cold corpse. They have arrested the person who killed Huo Ling, but they didn't see the witness, the one who called them.

They thought that the witness has fled due to fear, but after they asked the murderer of Huo Ling, he said that he didn't see anyone around at that time. Maybe because he only had all of his attention on Huo Ling at that time due to hatred so he didn't see anyone, or that there was really no one around.

The most puzzling is that they can't find the owner of the number who called them. That time, they thought that since this witness isn't really a crucial person since the case can be solved without him, they didn't try finding the witness again. Also, they have to protect hide the identity of the witness or else someone might find the witness and harm them for being involved in the case.

But, now that they recalled it, that event was really a bizarre one. They looked at each other with their gazes speaking. Now that they have looked at both their cases in another angle, which is the supernatural, could it be that the 'witness' who called them that time… isn't a human being?

Thinking this, they all shuddered, suddenly feeling that the surroundings turned colder.

"This… seems possible." Xiao Xie said with a complicated expression on his face.

After all, the murderer of Huo Ling vehemently denied that he was the one who killed Huo Ling despite the evidence on his hands, which is the blood of Huo Ling on his hands and clothes. So, it couldn't be him who called the police to turn himself in. Not to mention that there wasn't a call to the police on Huo Ling's phone, so it couldn't be Huo Ling who called the police to ask for help before he took his last breath. It was even more impossible for the other tenants of the apartment building to call the police even if they have witnessed Huo Ling was killed because each of them has a skeleton in their closets.

So, the witness can only be an outsider. Yet, that time while they were investigating the Apartment Murders Case, they have checked the CCTV records in the surroundings and found that there was no one around in the vicinity that day. So, where could this witness be that day? And how did they see Huo Ling was killed?

Jiang Xinduo, who already knows that there were other beings aside from humans, plants and animals in this world of theirs, is fully convinced that the 'witness' that called them that day that Huo Ling was killed isn't really a human. After all, he felt first-hand earlier the presence of a being, no, two of them, that he only has read in books or heard from the movies.

It is really as they said, fiction is based or a product of reality!

"Vice-chief? Vice-chief?" Xiao Xie called while Song Mingfan shook Jiang Xinduo's shoulder when they saw that he is in a daze.

"Huh?" Jiang Xinduo muttered and blinked as he turned to them. "What were you saying?" he asked.

"That the case that we are handling must be a supernatural case." Song Mingfan answered.

"No…" Xiao Xie spoke, but then his voice isn't as disproving as earlier. After all, with so much of their deliberation just now, he can see that this another angle really has a basis. "Well…" he muttered and sighed. He admits that he believes this, too, since he can't find any other explanation for this, not even scientifically anyway. "Where should we start investigating now, then?" he asked and looked at Song Mingfan.

Song Mingfan thought about it. Then, suddenly, he paused.

"What now?" Xiao Xie asked when he saw that Song Mingfan's expression changed.

Song Mingfan turned to look at him. "Actually… after we left the telecommunication company, I went to a fortune-teller." He answered.

Xiao Xie froze before his eyes slowly widened in shock. He gaped at Song Mingfan in disbelief. "You…!" he spoke. "You are doing things behind my back!" he pointed at Song Mingfan with an accusing gaze.

Song Mingfan didn't deny it.

Jiang Xinduo looked at them both. "So, xiao Song, you actually already believed your case to be a supernatural case?" he said.

Song Mingfan nodded. "Yes." he confessed. "Ever since that time that I was possessed, my three views were broken. So, as soon as I hit a wall in a case, I would think about this in this way." He explained.

"You - !" Xiao Xie gnashed his teeth.

Song Mingfan turned and calmly looked at him. "I was just looking for an opportunity to convince you, and that this was the first case that I have hit a wall." He told Xiao Xie.

Xiao Xie gasped and then glared at him in anger. He looked like he was itching to hit Song Mingfan. But, this is their station and fighting isn't allowed in here.

"How dare you treat the cases as guinea pigs!" Xiao Xie hissed at him.

"Calm down, xiao Xie!" Jiang Xinduo mediated as he pushed Xiao Xie down his seat.

Song Mingfan's expression looked calm. "But, look, didn't we hit the jackpot?" he said.

Xiao Xie almost exploded on the spot. Jiang Xinduo looked at Song Mingfan with a chiding gaze. Xiao Song, are you trying to piss xiao Xie deliberately?! Do you still want him to be your wife?! He thought.

It is as if Song Mingfan read his gaze since he immediately appeased Xiao Xie. "Come on. At least we now have a new lead." He told him.

As expected, Xiao Xie immediately calmed down after he saw an advantage from the situation. "Hmph!" he scoffed at Song Mingfan.

Jiang Xinduo helplessly smiled at these two young men. "So, about that fortune-teller that you said…" he said, returning to the topic at hand.

Song Mingfan turned to him. "En. As I have said, I went to find a fortune-teller since we have already exhausted all the possible means that within the humans' logic." He said.

Xiao Xie snorted. Song Mingfan helplessly sighed. He really has pissed his yet-to-be-wife. He has to appease him later. What is fortunate is that Xiao Xie is a professional. Even if he is mad at him, he wouldn't bring his personal feelings at work. This is one of the reasons why he likes Xiao Xie.

"Ehem." Jiang Xinduo cleared his throat after he saw the pink bubbles surroundings the two. Did they forget that he is still here? He thought and sighed. "So, what did this fortune-teller say?" he curiously asked Song Mingfan.

Song Mingfan turned to him. "It actually puzzled me." He answered.

"Huh? Why?" Jiang Xinduo asked in surprise.

"Because he said that he can't see the daughter's fate.." Song Mingfan answered.