Chapter 101: Speculating the Cause of Death
After listening, Chu Jiang thought for a moment and asked, "Hasn't headquarters sent anyone to investigate this temple?"
Luo Yifeng shook his head and replied, "No, ever since the paranormal revival, there have been too many strange places all over the country. Unless there are ghosts or casualties, they won't be able to investigate here so quickly."
"Besides, even if something happened, the local authorities would handle the investigation first. Headquarters doesn't have enough manpower to worry about these trivial matters."
"Alright, let's focus on Wang Lei's death, including your own speculation about the possible cause."
Luo Yifeng nodded and said, "Mr. Wang passed away six days ago. On that day in the morning, I went to work as usual. When I passed by his office, I wanted to see if he had come today, so I knocked on his door."
"There was no response at the time, but I didn't think much about it and went to my own office."
"Unexpectedly, right before the end of lunchtime, Lin Yun went to the boss's office to invite him for a meal. When he pushed open the door, he found Mr. Wang dead in his office chair."
"Is it the chair I'm sitting on?" Chu Jiang lightly tapped the armrest of the chair.
"Yes, at that time Lin Yun ran over to me in a panic and asked me to come and see what was going on."
"I immediately left and asked him how he knew the boss was in his office?"
"Lin Yun said that when he came in the morning, he saw the boss's figure, specifically, the boss got on the elevator in front of him."
"When the two of us arrived at the office, what we saw was the situation in the photo."
Luo Yifeng spoke and handed a photo to Chu Jiang to examine.
In the photo, there was a man with a shaved head and a tall stature. He was sitting in a chair with his head hanging down, showing no signs of life.
"I myself have a background in criminal investigation in the police force, so even though Mr. Wang died suddenly, I remained calm. I just took photos and surveyed the scene, and immediately reported the incident to headquarters."
"After reporting, I didn't dare to touch Mr. Wang's body. I just led the team out of the company, afraid that the ghost in him would revive and harm someone."
At this moment, Chu Jiang interrupted him, "Wait, where was the accountant at that time?"
"This floor is very big, and the finance office is not near us. So Miss Chen doesn't know what happened here. As soon as it's time to leave work, she leaves on time."
Seeing that Chu Jiang didn't continue asking, Luo Yifeng continued, "At that time, we even had everyone evacuate the whole building. Luckily it was lunchtime, not many people, so we managed to deceive them with the excuse of a fire inspection."
"The head office sent the person in charge of Luoxi City to come and investigate Mr. Wang's cause of death."
"The person in charge with the last name Xu arrived quickly, and the three of us went up together."
"After Mr. Xu finished inspecting, he said that the ghost inside Mr. Wang had disappeared. The cause of death seemed to be sudden death, with no obvious injuries on his body."
"At that time, Mr. Xu suspected that the ghost escaped when we were leaving the building with the others."
"I immediately explained that Mr. Wang was possessed by a water ghost. If that ghost had come out, there would be no way there would be no trace of water at the scene."
"So Mr. Xu temporarily ruled out this possibility and continued investigating in the office."
"But unfortunately, the scene was spotless, and there were no useful clues left behind."
"After making sure that there were no supernatural events happening around, Mr. Xu, who was in charge, left. He said that the higher-ups would handle it and told us to continue with our daily work."
Chu Jiang thought for a moment, "Did anyone from the police come?"
"Yes, someone from headquarters was responsible for contacting them. After Mr. Xu left, they took over the investigation."
"Unfortunately, the final result was the same. The forensic doctor said it was sudden cardiac death, not murder."
Hand on chin, Chu Jiang smiled slightly, "This is getting interesting. And what about you? What do you think?"
Luo Yifeng said seriously, "It absolutely couldn't be sudden death. Although Mr. Wang's body was invaded by ghosts, I've never heard of any heart problems he had."
"I suspect it's still related to supernatural forces, maybe something to do with the river god; maybe something to do with the Lin Ancestral Hall."
"The most likely possibility, I think, is the ancestral hall. Mr. Wang may have gone there multiple times to investigate and got infected with some unseen curse."
"This curse keeps accumulating and eventually caused Mr. Wang to suddenly die without any precautions. Even the ghosts on him were influenced by the curse and transferred to some unknown place."
Chu Jiang nodded and asked, "Why didn't you mention this guess in the preliminary report?"
"The preliminary report was submitted on the day Mr. Wang died, and at that time, I didn't have such a clear understanding."
"It took me about five or six days to gradually figure out this idea. If you hadn't taken over, I was planning to submit another report."
Luo Yifeng said, and also handed over a draft report for Chu Jiang to review.
"Hmm, show me the surveillance footage from that day."
"Okay."
Next, Chu Jiang checked the surveillance footage of Tianfeng Mansion. However, the footage only showed Wang Lei entering the building, going up to the top floor, and entering the office. There was no footage from inside the office.
According to Luo Yifeng, Wang Lei removed the surveillance cameras himself because he didn't like being watched.
At this point, the investigation seemed to be at a standstill. Next, Chu Jiang might have to go to Sanjin Mountain or visit the Lin Ancestral Hall.
However, Chu Jiang was not worried. He asked Luo Yifeng to leave and called the operator, Lin Yun, over.
Lin Yun was a young man wearing glasses. He had a slightly nerdy look, wearing a checkered shirt.
As soon as Lin Yun entered, he became a little nervous. "Hi, Mr. Chu," he stammered.
"How do you usually address the person in charge?" Chu Jiang asked, crossing his hands on the table and giving Lin Yun a scrutinizing look.
"I call them 'boss'."
"Then you can call me 'boss' from now on."
Lin Yun nodded repeatedly. Before Chu Jiang could even ask any more questions, Lin Yun started spilling everything he knew like pouring beans out of a bamboo tube.
This included how he first met Wang Lei, how he got hired, and how he discovered Wang Lei's death.
Lin Yun was a local and Wang Lei had saved him during a paranormal incident. Wang Lei thought the company needed someone to handle communications in that area, so he had this young guy come to work for the company.
As for the information provided by Lin Yun, it is similar to what Luo Yifeng provided.
The only thing that's a little different is the relationship between Lin Yun and Wang Lei, which is more like close friends. While Luo Yifeng and Wang Lei have a more typical superior-subordinate relationship.
According to Lin Yun, this is Luo Yifeng's personality - he's a good person, just a bit rigid.
