Even After My Death
Chapter 315 - 230 Zhang Lang: A Mistake in Payment

Chapter 315: Chapter 230 Zhang Lang: A Mistake in Payment

The sound of the System issuing tasks could only be heard by Jiang Ning, so Jiang Ning pointed at the phone screen to Chen Ergou and the others, and said to Qi Xingzhou, "These are the bad guys we’re going to catch in a while, and we can’t miss a single one."

The two of them didn’t sit in the driver’s seat or the passenger seat, but in the back seats of the car. Jiang Ning held the phone, while Qi Xingzhou leaned over to look, like two little kids sharing a cartoon. Hearing Jiang Ning’s voice, Qi Xingzhou nodded slightly.

The people in the villa had no idea they were being watched, especially Chen Ergou, who was clueless about his secrets being revealed.

The moment Hao Manman entered the room, Chen Ergou’s shrewd eyes had already sized her up. He knew from Wang Qingli that she was the popular celebrity.

Even though Hao Manman was wrapped up tight, Chen Ergou could tell that the clothes and bags she wore were expensive.

Having not met with disaster in his many years of deceiving and swindling proved that Chen Ergou had some skills. He could casually draw upon various mysterious metaphysical knowledge, and he was very articulate.

His calm and collected manner while speaking not only made Wang Qingli and the others more convinced by him but also earned some respect from Hao Manman, who just met him.

"Master Xuwang, do you still have any of those peace charms?" Hao Manman couldn’t help asking, "I want to buy one, too."

She had noticed that on the bodies of Wang Qingli, Liu Zuolin, and Huang Xianfu, each bore a striking red mark.

Chen Ergou glanced at this big fish and felt a surge of inner joy, but he remained calm and nodded, "I do have them, but your situation is different from these three. You’ve already been attacked by animals with hostile energy. The karma on you is more severe..."

Hao Manman’s heart tightened, and then she heard him continue, "Peace charms won’t be effective for you anymore."

Hao Manman panicked, "Then, what should I do?"

Chen Ergou made a few hand gestures, as if calculating something, and said, "Well, tomorrow at noon, twelve o’clock, is an auspicious time. I will personally expel the evil spirits from your body then."

Hearing that there was still hope for her, Hao Manman quickly nodded in agreement.

In the past, Hao Manman would never have believed in such things. But, after experiencing the stray dog carrying the doll and being bitten by mosquitoes, perhaps influenced by the metaphysical claims widely shared online, Hao Manman was increasingly convinced that there existed things in this world that she couldn’t see, such as: Ah Yuan’s ghost!

It must be Ah Yuan seeking revenge on her!

Otherwise, how could one explain all these events!

"Master," Huang Xianfu, who was sitting on the other side, eagerly began, "Can we go check out the situation in the back now?"

"Yes, yes, the sun is strong outside, now is the perfect time to go," Liu Zuolin also hastily added.

Chen Ergou nodded, "Then let’s go have a look."

Under Hao Manman’s guidance, the group quickly made their way to the villa’s backyard.

Eight years ago, after Ah Yuan’s incident, Hao Manman quickly moved out, and she seldom came back unless necessary.

The long-neglected backyard was overgrown with weeds, much of its large area shaded by the house in front.

Perhaps it was just Hao Manman’s psychological effect, but standing under the eaves, she always felt a sinister chill penetrating her own body.

A few sparrows perched on the opposite wall, their small dark eyes staring at the scene, occasionally chirping away in a cacophony.

Hao Manman, frightened, pointed to a certain spot in the backyard and said, "It’s buried right underneath here."

Ah Yuan and the other two victims were all tormented to death by Wang Qingli and his two accomplices, their bodies covered in wounds, clearly indicating the extent of the torture they had suffered before death.

The first time Hao Manman saw Ah Yuan’s body, she felt as if her world was about to collapse.

But Wang Qingli and his accomplices threatened her, saying she was also an accomplice, and if she dared to speak out, as an accomplice, she would likewise face legal sanctions.

The three alternated between slapping Hao Manman and giving her sweet dates, providing her with plenty of resources within the entertainment industry.

Hao Manman had no choice but to swallow the bitter fruit, hold back her tears, call an excavator, and dig a pit in the backyard to bury Ah Yuan.

It was only because she and Ah Yuan didn’t have any other close relatives that she was able to keep Ah Yuan’s death concealed until now.

She had thought that Ah Yuan’s case was scary enough, but Wang Qingli and his accomplices seemed to have found a new thrill from it, and in the following years, they killed two more, still making Hao Manman deal with the aftermath.

The latter two girls, one abducted and one bought, couldn’t be shown even in death, so they were also buried in a pit in the backyard.

All three were buried by Hao Manman herself, imprinting the location of the burials deeply in her memory.

Jiang Ning, sitting in the car, noted the spot pointed out by Hao Manman, which coincidentally was where the System had indicated the evidence would be.

In the backyard, Chen Ergou took out his Magic Artifact and walked around the yard, murmuring continuously.

Gauging the distance from the city center to there, Jiang Ning took out her cellphone to call Zhang Lang.

The phone had only rung a few times when Zhang Lang picked up, his voice filled with a hint of mirth, "Q city hero, not busy now?"

"Q city hero?" Jiang Ning couldn’t help but glance down at the name displayed on her phone—right, she hadn’t called the wrong number.

"Isn’t it? I’ve been messaging you for two or three hours now, and you haven’t replied," Zhang Lang said.

After sending WeChat messages to Jiang Ning, although he didn’t specifically wait for her reply, he would glance at his phone now and then. Jiang Ning hadn’t replied to him, but now she was calling him, so Zhang Lang subconsciously thought that she had seen the missed call and messages and had called him back in response.

"I haven’t checked WeChat yet, wait a moment," Jiang Ning said, then with a quick tap engaged the hands-free option and left the call screen to open WeChat.

Jiang Ning didn’t chat with many people regularly, so upon opening WeChat, she instantly noticed Zhang Lang’s chat bubble, with several unread messages that were particularly conspicuous.

Glancing at the time Zhang Lang sent the messages, Jiang Ning explained, "Sorry, I’ve only just seen the messages you sent."

The time of Zhang Lang’s messages was two and a half hours earlier, when she and Qi Xingzhou had been on the airplane, and with her phone on airplane mode, it couldn’t receive any information or calls.

As for after getting off the plane, Jiang Ning had been driving and trailing all the way here, with no time to check her phone for messages.

"No worries, no worries," Zhang Lang, realizing his misunderstanding, then asked, "Calling me now... did you encounter something else?"

In Zhang Lang’s mind, Jiang Ning was not the type to call someone just to chat idly.