Chapter 47

Yang Jian was stunned as he looked at the photo on his phone.

Although he couldn't see the face of the person in the security uniform, there was only one other person in the entire mall who wore a security uniform... Liu Qiang.

That's right, there were only two security guards in the mall, one was him, and the other was Liu Qiang.

It was impossible for it to be Yang Jian, so Liu Qiang's identity was confirmed without a doubt.

He was... a ghost.

Yang Jian recalled his first time entering the mall, and indeed, he had smelled a stench of decay.

At that time, he saw Liu Qiang walking out of the darkness and greeting him. He clearly remembered that Liu Qiang said he was coming back from the restroom.

The restroom?

If he really went to the restroom, how could he not have noticed Jiang Yan hiding there?

It seemed everything was falling into place.

Yang Jian furrowed his brow deeply: "This can't be. If Liu Qiang is a ghost, then why wasn't I attacked when I was with him in the dorm? At that time, I should have met the conditions for being attacked by this ghost..."

However, the possibility that Liu Qiang was a ghost was high, but there were still doubts.

Speculating randomly wouldn't help.

He needed to investigate further.

With his current understanding and grasp of this ghost, he felt confident enough to deal with it.

"Is, is the ghost gone? Is it safe now?" Jiang Yan asked nervously.

Yang Jian replied, "It's safe now. The ghost is gone, and you're temporarily safe."

"You can stop pressing on me... and what's poking me?" Jiang Yan was almost lying on the door, her back to Yang Jian.

"It's just a sausage. By the way, weren't you hungry? Do you still want to eat?" Yang Jian asked.

Jiang Yan was surprised, "Ah? Now? Can't we talk about this after we get out?"

"If you don't want it, fine. I don't want to give it to you anyway." Yang Jian said.

Jiang Yan hesitated for a moment, then said, "Okay... but can you hurry up? Don't take too long."

"You're so nagging."

Yang Jian turned on his flashlight, illuminating the surroundings, and then took a sausage out of his pocket.

"Here, I bought it this morning for three yuan. Consider it a favor, but you're really something, thinking about the sausage in my pocket even when there's a ghost around."

Jiang Yan looked at the Shuanghui sausage in her hand and was stunned. This, this is really a sausage...

"You eat slowly, I'm going out."

Yang Jian opened the door and walked out with the flashlight.

He shone the light around.

There was nothing, everything was quiet and peaceful.

However, when he shone the light on the nearby private rooms, he was stunned.

The door of the private room that had been broken by the ghost earlier was now... completely intact.

Yes, the door was tightly closed, with no signs of damage, which was completely unscientific.

"Encountering a ghost isn't a scientific matter."

Yang Jian retracted his gaze and stopped dwelling on the ghost's abilities.

"Where are you going? There's a ghost outside. Why don't you stay here with me until dawn?" Jiang Yan cautiously walked out, her hair disheveled, her clothes messy, and a sausage in her hand.

Yang Jian said, "I have things to do. I finally figured out some things about the ghost, so I need to find him. Besides, I came here to make money. If the boss Tang dies, this trip would be for nothing. He offered a million yuan to solve the ghost problem in the mall, and that's why I'm here."

As he spoke, he walked out of the restroom with the flashlight.

Jiang Yan quickly followed, "What about me if you leave?"

"Miss, I'm not your parents or your nanny. How should I know what to do with you? Why don't you stay in the restroom? I'll come back to get you when it's over, and then you can leave." Yang Jian turned to look at her.

"No, no, what if the ghost comes back to the restroom? And can you protect me?" Jiang Yan asked.

Yang Jian said, "I can try."

"Can you protect me, please?" Jiang Yan pleaded.

"Why should I protect you? I don't even know you. Saving a beauty is something heroes do, and heroes usually die young. I don't want to be a hero; I just want to do my own thing." Yang Jian shone the flashlight around the first floor of the mall.

Jiang Yan followed, holding onto Yang Jian's arm, "Then I'll be your girlfriend, okay?"

"You're not only beautiful but also naive. You don't even know my name, and you want to be my girlfriend? Once we're out, who will recognize who? You just want me to protect you, right?" Yang Jian looked at her.

"I'm serious, I won't change my mind," Jiang Yan said.

Yang Jian said, "I don't trust you, and being your boyfriend won't benefit me at all. It will only cause me trouble and might even get me killed. I've had bad teammates before."

As he spoke, he continued to search with the flashlight.

"It won't, I'm smart and won't cause you any trouble. Trust me," Jiang Yan said.

She was almost on the verge of breaking down. As an accountant in the company, she was considered a white-collar worker, and she wasn't unattractive. Although she wasn't tall, she had slender legs and a large chest, and she had many admirers. Now, she was offering herself to a small security guard, and he was rejecting her.

But even so, Jiang Yan still clung to this small security guard.

Because she knew that only he could protect her.

"Found it." Yang Jian's flashlight quickly illuminated something.

A human head.

A rotten, stinking human head.

This head belonged to... Wei Xiaohong.

It had been there all along, unmoving.

"Jiang Yan saw the ghost as Wei Xiaohong, and the ghost I photographed was Liu Qiang... She had no reason to lie, and I couldn't have taken the wrong photo. The only possibility is that this ghost can change its identity? Whether it's Wei Xiaohong, Liu Qiang, or even that Miss Li, or other employees."

"Anyone could be the ghost." Yang Jian furrowed his brow deeply.

"No, now we should also consider Boss Tang, Manager Li, Master Luo, and the others, as they have been here for a long time."

"To truly find out who the ghost is, we only need to go to one place."

"The surveillance room."

Everything that has happened in the past few days must have been recorded by the surveillance cameras. If we go to the surveillance room and check the footage, everything will be clear.

"Jiang Yan, do you know where the surveillance room is?" Yang Jian asked.

"On the fifth floor," Jiang Yan replied.

"Take me there, and I promise you will leave here alive," Yang Jian said.

"Really?" Jiang Yan was pleasantly surprised.

"Really, but you must listen to me. You must do exactly what I say. If you run around out of fear, I won't be responsible for your death," Yang Jian said seriously.

"I promise to listen to you," Jiang Yan said firmly.

Yang Jian said, "I hope you keep your word, not for me, but for yourself. Now, follow me... to the fifth floor."

He looked up.

Although it was dark upstairs, there was still some light, making it clearer than downstairs.

But there was no movement upstairs.

He didn't know what had happened to Boss Tang, Master Luo, and the ghost tamer Yan Li.

Maybe they had escaped, or maybe they were already dead...

But he had to check. If they were really dead, he would have no reason to stay here any longer.