Chapter 14

Ji Wanqing, panicked, grabbed the policewoman’s hand: “Right! I, I don’t want to drink the charm water, so I just scared them, then knocked out my dad and the old man and ran out. Police sister, will I have killed someone?”

The policewoman quickly comforted the girl, whose eyes were red like a little rabbit: “It’s okay, we’ll go to the scene with you.”

Then she winked at her partner, asking him to call the members of the Revolutionary Committee. They were in charge of dealing with superstitious activities.

Two policemen and four members of the Revolutionary Committee with red armbands arrived at the No. 4 Family Courtyard of the Steel Mill.

It was the time when adults went to work and children went to school. Every household opened their doors for ventilation, and the corridors were full of people coming and going.

Li, an old lady, seized the opportunity to stop Ji Wanqing: “Girl, what happened to your family again?”

Ji Wanqing bit her lower lip and shook her head, unable to speak.

Her hesitant appearance immediately piqued everyone’s curiosity, and they all lingered around.

However, with the red armbands present, they dared not crowd around like last time, only stretching their necks to look into Ji’s house.

3-2.

Ji Wanqing opened the door with her key, and the four members of the Revolutionary Committee rushed in first.

In the living room, the objects used for superstitious activities were neatly arranged, undeniable evidence!

They had gained a new achievement early in the morning, and smiles appeared on their faces.

“Hey, wake up!” The leader shoved them rudely.

Ji Jian Guo woke up and shouted “Ghost!” After seeing the red armbands on their arms, his eyes became vacant, and his legs trembled like sieves.

He was in deep trouble.

Who the hell called the Revolutionary Committee!

Nie Yougen woke up and saw the Revolutionary Committee, his face turned pale. He let out a “burp” and fainted.

He was involved in this, and his crime was much heavier than the people who hired him!

Before he fainted, Nie Yougen regretted it! He wished he hadn’t been greedy for those hundred yuan!

Ji Jian Guo’s voice trembled: “Comrades… misunderstanding… it’s all a misunderstanding… I, I…”

The leader kicked him: “Misunderstanding? What misunderstanding? Now we have caught you red-handed, what else do you have to say? Shut your mouth, don’t talk nonsense, take him away!”

The police, of course, were not as reckless as the Revolutionary Committee. They had to pay attention to witnesses, evidence, and statements.

The male police officer took out his notebook, and Ji Wanqing spoke: “Last night, I was hungry and couldn’t sleep. When it was past eleven, I was about to fall asleep when I smelled a very fragrant smell, a fragrance… with a hint of pungentness. I thought it was strange, so I got up to check. I saw a little red firelight coming in from the crack of the door.”

The female police officer walked to the bedroom door, found the ash, and nodded to the male police officer.

“I was very scared, I had a feeling that the incense was wrong, so I hid far away under the bed. Then, when the incense burned out, my dad pried open the door lock and came in with a rope.”

The female police officer went to the bedroom, checked the lock core and compared the footprints, confirming that Ji Wanqing’s words were true.

“I was very panicked at the time, I wanted to escape quickly, thinking they believed in superstition so much, I pretended to be a ghost to scare them. But I didn’t expect my dad to be so easily frightened, he fainted immediately, and the old man was so scared that he ran away, tripped and fell. I took the flashlight and knocked him out in the chaos.”

“I was afraid that they would wake up and perform rituals on me, so I tied them up with a rope. I didn’t dare to go out at night, so I went to the police station as soon as it got light.”

There were no problems with the scene, the evidence chain was complete and clear, and the male police officer quickly closed the case.

The female police officer comforted her: “You are the victim in this matter, they were wrong first, this is considered self-defense.”

The two people on the ground were not dead, so they couldn’t intervene in this matter. At most, they would criticize and educate them. In the end, the two would be handed over to the Revolutionary Committee.

The police station was busy, so the two police officers comforted the little girl and went back with the statement. They also notified the street committee and the factory office to come over and use this as a typical case for propaganda and education.

The Revolutionary Committee was quite curious: “Girl, you said you pretended to be a ghost to scare them, how did you scare them so badly?”

Ji Wanqing saw that he really wanted to know, so she turned around and closed the curtains, the room instantly plunged into darkness.

“Like this.”

“——Ah!!”

A female ghost with disheveled hair suddenly appeared in front of them, scaring the members of the Revolutionary Committee three feet high!

Ji Wanqing turned off the flashlight that was resting on her chin and said dryly: “Ha, haha, it’s a bit scary, huh?”

This little game was something her cousin used to scare her when she was a child.

She didn’t expect it to come in handy here after so many years.

The Revolutionary Committee members patted their chests.

My goodness, the little girl is so beautiful, but the light shining from below is so scary!

Learned something.

I’ll go scare my good brothers later!

The red armbands escorted the two criminals away. The aunts and grandmothers swarmed in, asking about what had happened to the Ji family.

Ji Wanqing, of course, wouldn’t hide anything from them. She told them the story in a few words, and finally said with a grievance: “Auntie, don’t you think my dad is crazy? Just because I’m no longer a good girl who can be beaten and scolded, he suspects I’m a demon?”

Li, the old lady: “My goodness, I think Ji Jian Guo has been acting more and more irrationally since Xiao Yu left. He’s even doing such absurd things! His mind is like a donkey kicked it, who would be a demon and stay in the sun all day long?”

… Auntie, that’s also superstition, who said demons are afraid of sunlight?

The aunt next to her also said: “Yes, they dare to act against the wind even though it’s so strict over there. I think we should stay away from them, don’t get involved.”

After this incident, the Ji family became famous in the family courtyard again.

Ji Wanqing retired with honor and asked the aunties around where there were carpenters, she wanted to buy some sawdust to burn in the stove.

In the bedroom.

Su Xiu held her precious son and cried, her hands pinching Ji Xiaorou: “You said you were fine, why did you mention that bitch as a ghost? Otherwise, your dad wouldn’t have gotten into this mess!”

They had woken up early because of the commotion outside.

But they were afraid of being implicated, so they stayed hidden in the bedroom and didn’t dare to go out.

Ji Xiaorou was aggrieved: “I didn’t know about Dad looking for a Taoist priest until last night. I just thought she, she looked different, I didn’t say I wanted to find a Taoist priest to perform rituals!”

Su Xiu’s mind was racing for a solution: “Right, the guy you’re dating, isn’t he the brother-in-law of the Revolutionary Committee’s Captain Chen? Ask him for help, ask him to get your dad out!”

Ji Xiaorou said in a muffled voice: “Mom, I haven’t even married yet, and I’m asking my future brother-in-law to do something for my family. I’ll always be a step below him in his family.”

“You idiot!” Su Xiu pinched her again. “If your dad can come out of the Revolutionary Committee safe and sound, he’ll still be a deputy director! He’s a good match for the Li family. If your dad dies in there, forget about the Li family wanting you, even if you want to find a husband, you won’t even find someone from the cadre class!”

Ji Xiaorou finally understood, and quickly got up: “I’ll go find Zhiqiang to help!”