Chapter 32 Chapter Thirty-One

Langma is dead. He died suddenly in his apartment just before midnight. He is the protagonist of this story, and the story is not over yet, but he died.That's it, it's not literature, it's life. After the police arrived, Wan Sui'er was curled up on the sofa and crying. Before going to bed, Langma kissed her and said to her, "Baby, good night." That became the last words he said to Wan Sui'er in this life. At this moment, Wan Sui'er felt that the world had collapsed. A tall policeman asked Wan Sui'er some information, and a forensic doctor was examining Langma's body.Half an hour later, the forensic doctor called the tall policeman over and said something. Then, the tall policeman came over and said to Wan Sui'er, "You can contact the deceased's parents and let them handle the funeral!"

Wan Sui'er said blankly, "Is he just... dead?" The tall policeman spread his hands helplessly. Wan Sui'er said: "He was murdered! You don't care?" The tall policeman said: "Little girl, there is no evidence to prove that the deceased was homicide." Wan Sui'er became even more excited, and said loudly: "You should know how many people in the Acropolis died inexplicably recently? Is this accidental?" The tall policeman was very patient. He said, "This belongs to the category of medicine. I can tell you that the Health Bureau is investigating the cause of these people's sudden death recently. We all hope to have an answer sooner. I personally feel that modern people may be under too much pressure. gone."

Wan Sui'er was still unconvinced: "When Youyou's father died, I saw with my own eyes two suspicious people at the scene, one of whom was jostling beside him, and then he died..." The tall policeman asked, "Who is Youyou's father?" Wan Sui'er said, "It's the deputy chief of your Public Security Bureau!" The tall policeman said, "Bureau Xu from the Changlin District Bureau?" Wan Sui'er said, "That's him." The tall policeman said, "You mean someone murdered him?" Wan Sui'er said: "Anyway, the situation at that time was very abnormal."

The tall policeman said, "Do you have evidence?" Wan Sui'er had nothing to say. After a pause, the tall policeman said: "It is impossible for our police to be idle. We have been paying attention to these sudden death incidents and have been studying this sudden death phenomenon. There are several reasons for sudden death - cardiac arrest, acute heart failure , shock, acute respiratory failure, acute liver or kidney failure, and brain death. Sudden death may occur during carnival, quarrel, drinking, eating, defecation, bathing, sexual intercourse, walking, driving, labor, smoking. A Excessive laughter, excessive anger, excessive tension, excessive fear, and excessive fatigue may lead to sudden death, as well as overheating, overeating..."

Wan Sui'er said: "Lang Ma just slept on the bed, he didn't do anything!" The tall policeman said: "I was just about to tell you that there is another situation - without any inducement, the person involved may also die suddenly during sleep." Wan Sui'er lowered her head and cried: "Those two suspicious people are wearing white clothes and black clothes. I suspect they are the black and white impermanence of the underworld..." The tall policeman was a little surprised: "Black and white are impermanent? How do you know such an old legend at such a young age? It's not easy! Did you study folklore at school?"

Wan Sui'er stopped talking. Her heart was in turmoil, and she just wanted to end the conversation with the policeman as soon as possible, and she knew it was useless to say anything.If the police were off duty and just an ordinary neighbor, it would be possible to believe her and even discuss these strange things with her.However, as soon as they put on the police uniform, they will professionally deny all paranoid assumptions. Seeing that she didn't answer, the tall policeman bent down and patted her on the shoulder lightly, saying, "It must be very sad for you to lose your boyfriend, but you can't be resurrected after death, so you have to live a good life."

Then, they withdrew. At this time, it was still dark. Only Wan Sui'er and Langma were left in the house.Langma was still lying on the bed in the bedroom, covered with sheets.Wan Sui'er sat on the sofa, weeping silently.For some reason, Wan Sui'er wasn't afraid at all. Langma's mobile phone was placed on the coffee table in the living room, and it had been turned off.Wan Sui'er wiped away her tears, walked over and opened it.She wanted to find Langma's mother's phone number and tell her the bad news. The phone rang, and he received a text message, which was sent to him by Wan Sui'er at nearly twelve o'clock——

Darling, are you asleep? Little did she know at the time that Langma had fallen asleep, forever. Wan Sui'er burst into tears again. Fenshui is more than 100 kilometers away from the Acropolis and is under the jurisdiction of the Acropolis.After Wan Sui'er called, Langma's mother and uncle arrived more than an hour later. Langma's mother is very young, more like Langma's sister.It should be said that she is a beautiful woman, but her dress is very tacky, her hair is permed in big waves, her eyebrows, eyeliner and lip liner are tattooed. Seeing Langma's body, she burst into tears and lost her breath several times.This woman is unfortunate enough, she lost her husband and son in her middle age...

In the afternoon, Langma was sent to the Acropolis Funeral Parlor for cremation.Langma's uncle did all the formalities. Wan Sui'er has been by Langma's mother's side all the time. The funeral parlor is located just north of the Acropolis, in Dashan Village, Tiewei Township, eight kilometers away from the urban area.A straight road leads to the funeral home. It is located at the end of the road, with mountains behind it, which seems to remind people that this is everyone's final destination. This is Wan Sui'er's first visit to the funeral home. On both sides of the gate, there are two tower-shaped pine trees.Wan Sui'er doesn't like pine trees. Although it is evergreen and green all year round, it is a lifeless green, like a plant mummy.The tall gatehouse is gray and white, with a large black plaque hanging on it - Acropolis Funeral Home.Looking up, you can see a big chimney, towering into the sky.

Before the cremation of the body, the staff led the family to see the deceased for the last time.Wan Sui'er helped Langma's mother into the cremation workshop. There are twelve cremation furnaces in a row, each with twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac—rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig.Langma was born in 1990 and is a horse. His body will be pushed into the seventh cremation furnace soon. The staff opened the yellow body bag, revealing Lang Ma's handsome face. At that moment, Wan Sui'er recalled too many images. The first time we met, Wan Sui'er wanted to eat roasted kidneys, and Langma asked stupidly, "Where is the snack street...?"

After meeting, Wan Sui'er said, "I won't praise you for being handsome, you must have heard too much." Langma said very honestly: "Only my mother has praised me like this." That day, Langma drank too much, Wan Sui'er was worried and wanted to open a room for him.A smirk appeared on Langma's face: "The pace is too fast, I don't agree." Once, Wan Sui'er said that both her cousin and cousin had kissed her, and Langma played tricks again, saying: "Although your China Merchants Bank is very ordinary, those two Construction Banks have business dealings with you. " Once, Langma took Wan Sui'er for a drive, and she insisted on trying to drive. Langma said, "Based on the driving skills you have practiced in the video game hall, how dare you really play on the highway?" Once, Langma, Wan Sui'er and Bao Wu encountered each other.Leopard Five proposed to play rock-paper-scissors, and whoever wins Wan Sui'er will get it.It was rejected by Langma at that time, he said: "We disrespect Wan Sui'er too much by doing this, I don't agree." Once, Wan Sui'er asked Langma worriedly: "Langma, have you ever blasphemed the gods?" Langma's expression was so sincere for the first time, he said: "Although I don't believe in anything, I have never blasphemed the gods. It is not for other reasons, because it is the belief of many people. If I blaspheme it, I blaspheme many people." On that day, he also said: "I have already thought about it. Let's pick an auspicious weekend and hold two weddings. One on Saturday and one on Sunday. Saturday is Chinese style. I will cover you with a red hijab and hire eight weddings. Carry a big sedan chair and carry you into the bridal chamber; Sunday is Western-style, and I will put on the most beautiful wedding dress for you, and we will hold the ceremony in a nearby church..." On the last night when the two were together, Wan Sui'er said, "Be honest, do you want to be the groom tonight?" Langma smirked again: "No. I just want you to be the bride." ... Wan Sui'er's tears flowed down, she bit her lip to keep herself from crying. Langma's mother threw herself on the corpse and fainted again from crying.Wan Sui'er quickly wiped away her tears, and together with Langma's uncle carried her out of the cremation workshop. Wan Sui'er firmly remembered Langma's last appearance - he didn't look dead at all, like a sleeping baby. One day later, Wan Sui'er came to Violet Community early in the morning to visit Langma's mother.Langma's mother looked haggard and her eyes were red. It seemed that she hadn't slept all night. Wan Sui'er sat with her on the sofa and talked, and Langma's uncle kept calling, contacting to sell the property and Langma's Poussin car. Langma's mother took Wan Sui'er's hand and said slowly: "Langma told me about you last time when I came home. He said you are a very good girl. I thought you could be our daughter. Where is my daughter-in-law..." At this point, tears flowed down again. Wan Sui'er's eye circles were also red. Langma's mother said again: "From now on, you can be my goddaughter, we are still a family. Langma will be happy under the nine springs..." Wan Sui'er nodded vigorously.In fact, today Wan Sui'er came to have an important matter. I'm afraid Langma's mother would not agree, so she thought about it all night yesterday, how to talk to Langma's mother. Langma's mother continued: "This house is full of Langma's relics. Take a look and choose something to keep as a souvenir. Otherwise, it will be sold in the past two days." Wan Sui'er said, "Auntie, I want to discuss something with you. I wonder if you will agree?" Langma's mother said, "Speak." Wan Sui'er hesitated for a long time, and finally said: "I want to keep his ashes..." Langma's mother was stunned: "Huh?" Wan Sui'er said: "I want to make a portrait of his ashes, so that I can be with him forever." Langma's mother thought for a while and said, "It's rare that you love Langma so deeply. I won't stop you from being together." Wan Sui'er held Langma's mother's hand tightly, and the two women, one big and one young, began to cry again. That night, Wan Sui'er learned from her father that Bao Wu was also dead. Wan Sui'er was horrified: "How did Bao Wu die?" Dad said: "Fighting... This kid has been fighting fiercely since he was a child, and I knew something would happen sooner or later!" Wan Sui'er said, "He was beaten to death?" Dad said: "I heard from Leopard Five's mother that he was chased and ran for more than ten kilometers. His body was seriously exhausted, and he fell to the ground and died. The police have not caught anyone who chased him." Wan Sui'er asked, "When did it happen?" Dad said, "It was the night Langma died." Wan Sui'er asked again, "Where did he die?" Dad said: "I heard that the dispute happened at the gate of Ziluolan community in the eastern suburbs. A security guard saw it. The place where Bao Wu died is far away." Wan Sui'er seems to be in a fog, what a coincidence! Langma's mother and uncle have returned to Fenshui. Langma's house was sold, Langma's car was sold, and Langma's people went to another world. Wan Sui'er's heart seemed to be hollowed out, and she even felt that that handsome boy had never been in her life. appeared in . She lay at home and ate only one meal a day. Dad understands his daughter and rarely bothers her. The house was very quiet. Wan Sui'er began to think about a series of strange things that happened recently. In this world, people die normally every day, and some people die abnormally. However, it is obviously not right for so many people to die suddenly. Even if hell really exists, then, no matter how bad people are, they go to hell after they die. What's wrong now?Before anyone died, the god of death came and took him away!Life is dying out inexplicably one after another, and human beings can only do nothing? Wan Sui'er wanted to find out the answer, even if she went down to the 18th floor of hell and never came back, at least she could understand it.But where is hell? She thought of that CD again, perhaps, only from there could she find clues. However, Xu Youyou sent out all the CDs, where can I get another one? Wan Sui'er remembered that Xu Youyou said that one of the people she sent CDs to was a writer named Zhou Dedong, so Wan Sui'er found his Weibo on the Internet and wanted to write him a private letter, but his last Weibo Bo was updated three months ago. It seems that he seldom logs in. If you write him a private message, you may not see it for several months. She wanted to post a post on the Internet to ask who received the CD, but it was very likely that she would not get any effective feedback for three days or five days, and she was already impatient. Finally, she thought of the two people, one white and one black, they are the source of the disc! Where to find them? Only across the river bridge. In the evening, Wan Sui'er wandered around the crossing bridge alone, expecting the appearance of those two mysterious figures. Very late, a man passing by her stopped and asked in a low voice, "Girl, are you alright?" Wan Sui'er took a look at him, he didn't look like a bad guy, and said, "It's all right." The man said: "I thought you couldn't think about it. Two days ago, a girl about your age threw herself into the river here. I don't know if I can save her or not..." Wan Sui'er said, "Thank you, I'm just here to blow some air." She didn't know that the other party was talking about Xu Youyou.Xu Youyou's phone is still off. Time flows slowly, slower than the speed of the river.Dad called twice, and Wan Sui'er lied that she was at a classmate's house, telling him not to worry.When it was close to twelve o'clock, which was the time of Langma's death, Wan Sui'er's eyes lit up, and finally saw the man in white clothes appear, and he walked slowly from the direction of the Internet cafe. Wan Sui'er was not afraid, and walked towards him. The two stopped facing each other. The man in white waved his hand at her as a greeting. Wan Sui'er said: "I dug up a lockbox, it's full of money, is it yours?" The man in white smiled and said, "Not only are you willing to help others, but you also donate money. You are really a good person. However, it does not belong to me." Wan Sui'er said: "I'm not here to find the owner, I want to ask you one thing." The man in white said, "What's the matter? Just say it." Wan Sui'er said, "Do you have a CD?" The man in white asked suspiciously, "What CD?" Wan Sui'er said: "The CD-ROM of the eighteen levels of hell." The man in white looked into the distance and lowered his voice: "I heard that many people have received this CD, but I haven't." Wan Sui'er said, "You went to the Aimin Convenience Store to sell it!" The man in white said, "That's a blank disc! And I've changed jobs, so I won't be selling that." Wan Sui'er stared into his eyes, and suddenly asked, "Have you ever been to Yishuiqinglai Community?" The man in white said, "It's green? No." Wan Sui'er asked again: "Then have you been to the Violet Community?" The man in white said, "I haven't been in Acropolis for a long time, and I haven't heard of these two districts at all. Why do you ask this?" Wan Sui'er said: "Listen carefully, let me tell you about a few people—Dean Meng, Lin Xingwang, Yang Zhi, Li Jiming, Xu Li, Langma, Leopard Five—you should know at least one of them, right?" The man in white was even more confused: "Little girl, I don't even know what you are talking about." Wan Sui'er smiled and said, "Remember, I will find out who you are. Otherwise, you can take me away now." The man in white was stunned for a moment, then suddenly smiled: "Little girl, it's time for you to go home." Wan Sui'er stared at him for a while, and finally turned around angrily, and strode away. On the surface, she wasn't scared at all, but in fact, the other party's last smile made her feel cold all over. The next day, when Wan Sui'er woke up, her father had already gone to work. He left a note for Wan Sui'er on the dining table, telling her that the food was in the microwave and asked her to heat it up before eating.In addition, Dad also said that he received a courier in the morning, and he put it in the study for her. Wan Sui'er walked into the study and saw a special express envelope. She picked it up and looked at it. Just like last time, there was no sender's address or phone number on it. She knew it couldn't happen this time. She tore open the envelope and out came a CD!Her heart rose to her throat—could this be a video of Lang Ma being tortured in hell? After working up her courage for a long time, Wan Sui'er inserted the CD into the DVD player. After opening it, she was shocked—it contained the live scene of the 18th floor of hell!It's really hard to find a place to go through iron shoes, and it doesn't take much effort to get it. Who is this from? Wan Sui'er immediately thought of the man in white, only he knew that Wan Sui'er was looking for this CD. She didn't care to think too much, and stared at the TV screen. There are eighteen floors, and the punishment on each floor makes people crazy. Wan Sui'er's eyes widened and her breathing became more and more rapid.She gritted her teeth and insisted on reading it all the time, but she didn't find Langma. Originally, she thought that there should be mountains of knives, mountains of flames, seas of oil and so on in hell, but the scene shown in the CD was different from what she had imagined, a bit like... aliens. Alien? Wan Sui'er played the CD from the beginning again, hoping to find clues from it.She can't be afraid, it's her job, like a policeman with a dead body involved. In the entire hell environment, there is no detail related to human society, such as a certain scene, a certain brand of an item, a certain accent, a certain eating habit, or an animal or plant that is only found in a special area... Nothing at all.Moreover, the "law enforcers" are well hidden, only one of their hands appears in the twelfth floor of hell, gouging out the victim's flesh with a knife, and then throwing it into a transparent box to feed the mice.However, it was impossible to tell whether it was a man's hand or a woman's hand. Dad is about to leave work, Wan Sui'er hastened to watch it for the third time. The first level of hell—the middle-aged man was imprisoned in a ball, scratching his eyes frantically with his hands, howling one after another, and collapsed. The second hell - the young woman is imprisoned in a transparent room, naked, and her inner world is displayed on the walls like a movie.It was dark outside the room, surrounded by a group of onlookers, with blurred faces... Wan Sui'er's eyes seemed to be pierced by something, and she suddenly pressed the pause button. However, the screen has slid over.She stepped back, played it again, and suddenly pressed the pause button again—there were spectators in the picture, and the person standing in the front was a little clearer, and Wan Sui'er was staring at this face. Looking at it, her hair stood on end!