Chapter 164: Chapter 162: There’s a Ghost

“There’s a ghost! There’s a ghost!”

Gou Jie shouted in alarm.

The on-duty police officers quickly rushed over when they heard the shout.

They saw Gou Jie looking terrified and pointing at the wall, repeatedly exclaiming “There’s a ghost.”

The on-duty officers looked up at the wall, which was smooth and only cast shadows from the lights, there was nothing extra visible.

“Gou Jie, calm down!”

“Where’s this ghost you’re talking about?”

The on-duty officers reprimanded with a frown.

“There really is a ghost! There really is a ghost!”

Gou Jie, pale-faced, with wide eyes, kept shouting in fear.

“Is he faking it?”

“Doesn’t seem like it, right?”

“Should we take him to the hospital first?”

“Let’s try moving him to another room first, if he keeps this up, we’ll send him to the hospital…”

After discussing, the on-duty officers decided to observe for a while, then assess the situation further.

Thus, Gou Jie was moved to another holding cell.

But soon, Gou Jie started yelling about a ghost towards the wall again.

The on-duty officers, seeing this, couldn’t tell if he was pretending or if he truly had mental issues.

After consulting their superiors, they took Gou Jie to the hospital.

At the hospital, after a brief examination by the attending doctor, nothing unusual was found.

However, after arriving at the hospital, Gou Jie became much quieter, not shouting about ghosts like before.

This made the on-duty officers a bit puzzled.

Could there really be a ghost in their precinct’s detention center?

But they’ve been at the precinct for years and never seen even a ghostly shadow!

“Gou Jie, what did you see in the holding cell?”

The on-duty officer decided to ask.

“A… a… a woman’s shadow!”

Gou Jie replied with a terrified face and trembling voice.

“A woman’s shadow?”

Upon hearing this, the on-duty officers exchanged glances, feeling the matter became increasingly bizarre.

“Why not have a full examination done by a psychiatrist when they come tomorrow?”

The attending doctor suggested.

In his view, the whole ghost thing seemed too unreal!

The only explanation is that this guy wants to use mental health issues to avoid legal consequences.

“Alright!”

After much hesitation, the on-duty officers nodded in agreement.

They still needed to call their superiors to report the situation.

…

Early the next morning, the attending doctor came to check on Gou Jie’s condition.

But when he walked into the ward, he was dumbfounded.

Besides the two on-duty police officers, there was no one else in the ward.

This means Gou Jie was missing!

The two on-duty officers were bewildered upon being awakened.

Last night they had handcuffed Gou Jie to the hospital bed.

But now, only a pair of shiny handcuffs remained on the bed.

The two officers panicked and hurriedly called their superiors to report the situation.

Soon, the leadership of the South City District substation arrived at the hospital.

The police immediately reviewed the hospital’s surveillance footage, and then everyone was stunned.

In the footage, at 2:10 AM, Gou Jie suddenly walked out of the ward. When he reached the staircase corner’s shadow, he inexplicably disappeared.

This scene made everyone’s spine tingle and scalp numb.

A perfectly living person vanished right before their eyes!

The police continued to look through the footage, hoping to find Gou Jie’s whereabouts.

After persistent efforts, they finally spotted Gou Jie in the surveillance footage at the hospital’s back door.

At this moment, Gou Jie, with a vacant expression, was running barefoot step by step.

After discovering Gou Jie’s trail, the police followed surveillance from street shops and major intersections and successfully found him.

At this moment, he was lying unconscious under a commercial building.

This commercial building was not in the South City District, and it was nearly thirty kilometers away from the hospital the night before.

Yet, Gou Jie had managed to run all the way to the building on his own legs.

When the police found him, his feet were already worn out, bloody and raw, which was quite eerie.

Gou Jie was soon taken back to the hospital.

But when he woke up, he seemed deranged, continually babbling incoherently.

“I was wrong! I really was wrong!”

“I’ll never dare again! Really, never again!”

“Please save me, I saw a ghost!”

“I really saw a ghost! A female ghost in white, she’s been haunting me…”

These words seem bewildering to the police and doctors, and a little funny.

But in fact, this was exactly what Gou Jie experienced last night!

Last night in the detention cell, he suddenly fell unconscious for a while.

When he woke up again, he found himself lying in a fog of darkness, and while looking for a way out, he saw a white ghostly figure.

The white ghost kept chasing him, while he kept running and running.

After an unknown amount of time running, he finally escaped the black fog, felt his head become heavy, and fainted.

Gou Jie’s story left the police utterly confused.

“Gou Jie, are you sure you passed out in the holding cell?”

Director Wu of the substation asked with a puzzled look.

“Yes, yes, yes!”

Gou Jie nodded repeatedly: “I saw a woman’s shadow on the holding cell wall, then knew nothing more.”

“A woman’s shadow?”

Director Wu took note of this information and then asked, “Last night you were taken to the hospital by our on-duty officers, do you remember that?”

“Hospital? What hospital?”

Upon hearing this, Gou Jie appeared puzzled: “I didn’t go to any hospital yesterday!”

This statement immediately furrowed the brows of those present.

Gou Jie was personally escorted to the hospital by the on-duty officers.

And after arriving at the hospital, the attending doctor and nurses also saw him.

The hospital’s surveillance footage also showed his presence.

So why would Gou Jie say he hadn’t been to the hospital?

“Sssss…”

Director Wu drew a breath of cold air, feeling the situation went beyond his imagination.

…

Dream Pharmaceutical Group, Chairman’s office.

A middle-aged man in a suit stood in front of the desk, reporting something to Gou Wei.

“Didn’t you say it would only take two days to completely suppress the heat?”

“I’ve already spent the money, why are these related videos still online?”

Gou Wei questioned angrily.

“Chairman, our public relations department has done its utmost.”

“We’ve suppressed the trending topics on all major platforms, and deleted many related videos.”

“The remaining video bloggers simply refuse to delete…”

The middle-aged man in a suit said helplessly.

“I’m giving you one more day, no matter what it takes, that car accident video must disappear, understand?”

Gou Wei demanded sternly.

“Yes, Chairman!”

The middle-aged man in a suit wiped the sweat from his forehead and quickly agreed.

“Is there anything else?”

Seeing his hesitant look, Gou Wei frowned and asked.

The middle-aged man in a suit quietly said, “Last night the young master inexplicably ran from the detention center and was then caught again…”

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