Chapter 401 - Truck (2/2)

“Why are you all alone at a place like this so late at night? And why are you hugging a cat?” The driver thought Chen Ge was suspicious. There was just something off about this man.

“I’m the proprietor for a Haunted House and a famed host online. I like to do supernatural series, and I’m here to look for inspiration for my Haunted House.” Chen Ge’s unique self-introduction surprised the man, and he did not respond for a long time.

“Look, this is my online profile and the reports on how I have assisted the Jiujiang law enforcement.” Chen Ge tossed his phone through the gap to the driver. The man looked through the articles before believing Chen Ge.

“This is a moving company truck. If you don’t mind, then you can crawl inside the cargo, and I’ll drive you back to the city.” The driver passed the phone back to Chen Ge.

“Thank you.” Chen Ge did not hesitate. He opened the door and jumped in. “Boss, you can drive now.”

“Remember to close the lock or else the stuff will tumble out.”

“Don’t worry.” After Chen Ge locked the door, the car started. Standing inside the back, his body swayed alongside the other stuff. He wanted to find something to sit on, so he turned his flashlight on. He discovered that the cargo had many ropes lying around. The ropes should be used the driver to tie down the furniture—they were normal—but Chen Ge notice that parts of the ropes were dyed with blood. He used his finger to touch them, and the blood had already dried.

“Boss, where are you coming from? How come you’re still working so late at night?” Based on the voice, one could not hear anything weird. It sounded like Chen Ge was just trying to make conversation.

“Don’t remind me. Yesterday, we ran into a very weird client. He paid us double to help him move at night,” the driver answered.

“Moving at night? We?” Chen Ge focused on the curiosities in the man’s reply almost instantly. “But boss, you’re the only one in the car. Where’s your colleague?”

“They’re still at the man’s house. The client is very generous. Every one of them was given a three hundred tip.” There was envy in the driver’s voice.

“Is this common for moving companies? To move at night?”

“It’s just to move furniture into the house. It’s very normal.” The driver did not think too much of it. If anything, he thought that Chen Ge was acting quite weird.

“Boss, I see that you’re a good man, and that’s why I’m telling you this.” Chen Ge snapped a few pictures of the ropes. “When you helped move the furniture, did you discover anything weird?”

“We’re there to lend our muscles; why would we care about such details?”

The car sped up, and the road became narrower. With no other questions, Chen Ge gave up his questioning and thought that he was perhaps overthinking things. When he planned to close his eyes to rest, his phone vibrated. It was a call from Lee Zheng.

“It’s probably some very important discovery.” Chen Ge answered the phone. “Captain Lee, how can I help you?”

“The coroner found epithelial cells of a missing person on the interior of the statue. A few years ago, someone used that statue to move a dead body!”