"No, don’t misunderstand, this is just my line of thought." Yang Xiao didn’t bother to explain much, as the more he explained, the more complicated it got, "Chief Zhou, has there been a fire at our factory since it was built, the kind where people died?"
"Well, there have been two incidents, if I remember correctly, but those were many years ago. They probably have nothing to do with the current case, right?" Chief Zhou recalled.
"I need the investigation reports on those two fires, and I ask for your assistance." Yang Xiao went straight to the point.
"Alright, I know you’ve been educated abroad, you’ve got some fresh ideas in your head. Although I don’t understand what you’re trying to do, I hope you don’t disappoint me."
"I’ll have someone retrieve the files on those two cases immediately. It’ll take some time, but I’ll have them sent over to you tonight." With that, Captain Zhou hung up the phone.
"Yang Xiao, I know you’re very capable, but can you explain to me why you suddenly brought up... brought up the fire?" Ye Zheng was growing increasingly confused by the man in front of him, whose move seemed completely illogical.
"I have my own way of reasoning. If I’m not mistaken, there is a high probability that this ghost was burned to death."
Yang Xiao was too lazy to explain to her, and it wasn’t easy to explain anyway, as he was considered an alien in many ways under the influence of his good sister.
In some forms like receiving ghost scripts, he would avoid speaking whenever possible to prevent any intentional person from spotting flaws.
In the evening, the Cultural Palace gradually became lively. The workers who had been busy all day gathered here after dinner, as this was one of the few places they could relax in this monotonous life.
The auditorium opened as well, and outside the Cultural Palace was a blackboard showing the name of the movie to be screened tonight and the screening time.
And Yang Xiao and the others met at the secret base as promised, but not all ten were present. Including Yang Xiao and Ye Zheng, there were only eight people.
For safety reasons, they left two people outside to keep watch.
"Let me go first. In the afternoon, I wandered around the deceased Old Zhang’s dormitory. When I had a chance with no one around, I picked the lock on the door. It was turned upside down inside, probably by the security department, so if there were any clues, they’ve been messed up. I didn’t find anything," Guo Tiejun said.
"We also found out that there hasn’t been any vicious incident in that building, I mean the kind where people died, this was the first," Feng Xiaoyan, who was in the same group, added.
"We walked back and forth five times from the Cultural Palace to the female workers’ dormitory and didn’t find anything peculiar, and there are street lamps all along the way," Ma Jing said.
"We visited the warehouse where Pan Xiaoxiao disappeared. It’s a secret room structure, though it has windows, they’re all sealed and can’t be opened."
"Oh, we heard that some female workers privately think that warehouse is unclean. After Pan Xiaoxiao went missing, some people saw a white ghost shadow near the warehouse, but we couldn’t trace the source; everyone just heard about it," Hu Weimin explained.
"My turn, my turn!" Wang Yong was eager to show himself, "We went to the lakeside in the afternoon and stayed there until not long ago, just before night fell. There’s nothing during the daytime, but at night, it’s interesting. Many couples who are dating in the factory go to the lakeside to sit. We ran into quite a few couples when we went over, and they were quite shy when they saw us!"
"Any other leads?" Yang Xiao looked around at the crowd.
Everyone kept silent, apparently it was no, in Yang Xiao’s view, they almost came up empty-handed.
But this was normal; he hadn’t had much hope initially.
"What about you? Captain, did you discover anything?" Wang Yong stared at him and asked.
"I suspect the ghost is a victim of some accident in the factory, dead from being burned."
"I’ve already asked Chief Zhou to retrieve all the files on fatal fire cases in the factory over the years, they’ll be sent over later," Yang Xiao said calmly.
"Burned to death..." Zhao Xuehua looked confused, "How do you know?"
"I have superpowers, I can see parts of the vision related to that ghost." Faced with these newcomers, Yang Xiao started bluffing.
Um... it doesn’t seem like bluffing either. In short, he was too lazy to explain to these people, what they needed to do was trust him.
"Whoa! Are you serious?!" Guo Tiejun was momentarily stunned, then a trace of ecstasy appeared on his face.
Yang Xiao raised his hand, pointed three fingers to the sky with a solemn expression, "I can swear in the name of my parents, absolutely true!"
Upon learning that Yang Xiao had supernatural abilities, the level of admiration among the crowd for Yang Xiao significantly elevated, and they all started calling him Captain Yang.
"This is a mission world, call me Captain Ma, don’t slip up." Yang Xiao reminded very seriously, "Also, make sure to keep the fact that I have superpowers a secret; otherwise, if the ghost knows, we’ll be in danger."
Ye Zheng, listening to Yang Xiao’s exaggerations next to him, couldn’t help but take a deep breath, but he had to admit, this guy really had a way of bluffing these newcomers into a daze. The way they looked at him seemed like they were gazing up at a deity.
However, Ye Zheng had concerns as well. If Yang Xiao’s judgment was wrong, and they found out the ghost wasn’t burned to death in the end, it would be troubling. The trust they worked so hard to build would collapse instantly, causing serious chain reactions, and it would be difficult to command this team again.
But now she didn’t have a better plan, she could only choose to believe in Yang Xiao and walk with him.
Chief Zhou was still very considerate, knowing they were unfamiliar with the area, and left a map here specifically for them, it was a floor plan of the entire factory area.
Through this map and their half-day exploration, they already had a preliminary understanding of the entire factory.
The Eastern General Machinery Factory occupies a large area, with thousands of employees. The factory area is divided into the front area and the back area.
The front area is the work area, mainly consisting of the workshop, office buildings, etc. The back area is the living area, where residential and leisure activities take place.
The Workers’ Cultural Palace is almost located at the center of the entire factory, although it’s in the back area, it’s close to the boundary line between the front and back areas. Further inside are the workers’ canteen, clinic, outdoor activity field, wild lake, workers’ dormitory, and other living areas.
Just as they were chatting, suddenly, the door outside was lightly knocked, and then someone walked in—it was one of their own, Liu Hongwei.
At this moment, Liu Hongwei was holding a small cloth bag in her hands.
"It’s from Chief Zhou’s people, meant for you," Liu Hongwei handed the cloth bag to Yang Xiao, she had been on watch outside.
Upon hearing this, everyone gathered around, all staring at the cloth bag in Yang Xiao’s hands.
He opened the cloth bag and took out three kraft paper envelopes. This made Yang Xiao a little surprised because Chief Zhou previously mentioned two accidents.
The first envelope had a line of small characters written on the cover in steel pen: Report on the Explosion Investigation in the Auxiliary Warehouse of Workshop Four.
Yang Xiao just took a quick glance and put it down, then picked up the second one, which was labeled as a Report on the Explosion Investigation of Surplus Materials in the Production Department.
Yang Xiao put it down and picked up the last one.
The Workers’ Cultural Palace is almost located at the center of the entire factory, although it’s in the back area, it’s close to the boundary line between the front and back areas. Further inside are the workers’ canteen, clinic, outdoor activity field, wild lake, workers’ dormitory, and other living areas.
Just as they were chatting, suddenly, the door outside was lightly knocked, and then someone walked in—it was one of their own, Liu Hongwei.
At this moment, Liu Hongwei was holding a small cloth bag in her hands.
"It’s from Chief Zhou’s people, meant for you," Liu Hongwei handed the cloth bag to Yang Xiao, she had been on watch outside.
Upon hearing this, everyone gathered around, all staring at the cloth bag in Yang Xiao’s hands.
He opened the cloth bag and took out three kraft paper envelopes. This made Yang Xiao a little surprised because Chief Zhou previously mentioned two accidents.
The first envelope had a line of small characters written on the cover in steel pen: Report on the Explosion Investigation in the Auxiliary Warehouse of Workshop Four.
Yang Xiao just took a quick glance and put it down, then picked up the second one, which was labeled as a Report on the Explosion Investigation of Surplus Materials in the Production Department.
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