Qingye Supernatural Office Chapter 22

Chapter 22: As The Shadow Follows The Body (2)

"After that, nothing seemed strange and everything seemed normal."

"Then, it started to happen more and more...it started in the mirror, later on, it wasn't in the mirror anymore..."

"Not the mirror?"

"Yes! Like a glass window! We have windows in our school hallway. The upper part of the window is transparent and the bottom part is kind of like frosted glass and it's not that transparent and most people just look up and you can see a shadow there. When...when I was walking in the hallway, I felt...I felt that there was a shadow everywhere, just following beside me."

"I looked there wasn't anything."

"Do you two always walk together?"

"Yes, we walk together. Our classroom is in the middle of hallway, going to and back from school and going to another classroom, we always had to pass two other classrooms, there's about...4 windows. Xiaorui always said that there was something following her. I have seen it, sometimes it was just someone else's shadow caused by them leaning against the window and I thought she was talking about that. At that time, she didn't tell me about the whole mirror situation."

"After talking to Miss Duan and she confirmed it, did the shadow you noticed disappear?"

"Ah...this...it seems so. After I talked about, I feel better."

"I sit with her right now so I can comfort her, but I can't always sit next to Xiaorui..."

"And what else besides that? Are there any other appearances?"

"I don't know what to say. I may have...may have seen it once and I became overly suspicious."

"It's fine, you can talk about anything."

"In my home, there is a floor-to-ceiling window between the balcony and the living room and there are some clothes left there to dry."

"Ok."

"The clothes are hung and when the sun is bright, the clothes would have a shadow that casts on the floor."

"Ok."

"I...I feel like the shadow is just staring at me...not only the shadow, but the clothes, too! It might have been the wind blowing the clothes, but I think I saw the clothes turn 180 degrees following me...I went from my bedroom to the kitchen and it just followed me turning an 180 degree angle! That kind of regular hangers just hanging there, obviously cannot turn 180 degrees!"

"That's right."

"And also those plants on the street, those around this tall kind of small tree."

"A shrub?"

"Yes, a shrub. When I passed them, I felt like something was watching me."

"Was it a feeling?"

"Yes! I could feel the hair rise on my spine and I was so scared I ran. The shrubs were making its swaying noises, running after me. I ran to the intersection and it was still a red light and around the corner I saw the shrubs. I wanted to cross the road, cross the road from the side and I turned around and suddenly got hit!"

"Xiaorui...."

"I...I almost got killed by a car accident...I almost died from a car accident..."

"The one that hitted Xiaorui was a stray cat, it followed Xiaorui running after her. When Xiaorui crossed the road, it jumped ahead and hitted Xiaorui. The driver pushed the brakes and it almost went over Xiaorui's head..."

"Ok. What was the stray cat like? Did you catch it?"

"*whimpers*"

"No, it escaped. Xiaorui didn't see it either, it was the driver who said it. He said he was also shocked."

"So in other words, it was physical that time?"

"That wasn't the only time. Xiaorui said that the neighborhood dogs, stray cats, and even sparrows and now she looks at everything with suspicion. It...It looked quite normal to me..."

"Then, have you ever encountered anything similar to that?"

"No, they all just stare at me..."

"Miss Zheng, before you first encountered these types of situation, did you do anything special?"

"...Special?"

"Like did you ever go to a cemetary? Have you seen dead people? Or have you been to a murder scene?"

"No, I have not been to those kinds of places!"

"Don't get too stirred up! Judging from our knowledge and experience, you can't just encounter these things without any reason. The root cause might be a small thing you don't really care about. Please recall carefully again, what have you done before this whole situation?"

"I don't know...I really don't know..."

"And what about you, Miss Duan?"

"No, I don't remember if we did anything, we just go to school and after school we go out and have fun."

"Then, what about your family? Have any of your family or family friends experienced any spiritual encounter?"

"No, our family is very normal."

"If there is no clues, then we can only do a carpet investigation." (T/N: I didn't really know what 地毯式调查 meant, it's literal translation is a carpet investigation.)

"Don't you guys have any special ways to solve it? Like a ouija board or summoning spirits..."

"Miss Duan, we are a business firm, not a psyhic shop."

"What...then how long is the investigation going to take? Xiaorui doesn't feel very good right now!"

"If you can provide more clues, then we might have a more clearer investigation target."

"If it is ok with you, Miss Zheng, can we go to your home to see it? The first time, you had it was in your bathroom, right?"

"Yes. My...my parents don't know that I came to visit you guys. Can you wait till they're not at home, then come?"

"Sure."

"This is our office's amulet. You should wear this first."

"What is this?"

"Amulet."

"What..."

"Can you guys write down what you did and where you went in detail on a piece of paper?"

"There are so many...and I can't remember."

"Never took an video or photo?"

"There should be some."

"Write as much as you can."

December 4, 2013: Background check on the client was investigated and it was confirmed that there were no spiritual encounters or anything similar from any close relatives.

December 5, 2013: The client's middle school was visited. The school was confirmed to be established in 1953 and went through a lot of transfers. In 1998, it was changed to the No. 1 Middle School in Huangnan District. There was a total of 21 deaths between the students and the teachers of which 5 in 2001 from an car accident outside of school, 3 committed suicide in school, 7 died from different car accidents, and 6 died from different diseases. In addition, investigation revealed that there was 3 legends in the school that was all related to "shadows", "stalking", "mirror", and "animals."

December 6, 2013: The current address of the client was investigated and it was confirmed that there was no deaths in the residence.

December 9, 2013: All 21 deaths in Huangnan District's No. 1 Middle School had no abnormalities.

December 12, 2013: The whereabouts of the client in the last half year was investigated.

Attached: A list.

December 13, 2013: Duan Shishi's whereabouts in the past 6 months and her background information was investigated and was confirmed to have no abnormalities.

December 14, 2013: The client's call was recieved. Telephone recording 201312141931.mp3.

"Hello."

"Hello, Miss Zheng."

"Um, my parents are going out this weekend, you guys can come tomorrow."

"Alright. Can we come earlier? Preferably during the time when you go wash your face."

"Ah? Oh, then...then it's better if you guys come the day after tomorrow, they will leave tomorrow during the afternoon for vacation. You should the day after. That time when I saw it...was at 6:15 in the morning."

"Then we will arrive at your house at 5:30."

"Ok."

December 16, 2013: The client's residence was visited. Audio file 07820131216.wav.

novelcool

Great, now I'm kinda afraid of mirrors now d(-_☆)

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