Jiang Jincheng was looking at the navigation with a serious expression at this time, and there was a newly lit cigarette in his hand.

The phone call just now brought his memory back to fifteen years ago, a dark past that he didn't want to mention to anyone.

The moment Jiang Jincheng received the call, he felt the chill of that year again. The language used in the report over the phone was exactly the same as it was fifteen years ago.

"Hello? Are you the police? There's a girl being illegally detained in Sumire Village! Come quickly!"

"Dududu..."

Same rhetoric, same report, same incomplete information, same ambiguity...

The difference is that the person who reported the case back then was a man, but this time the voice was a woman...

Jiang Jincheng understood that it couldn't be such a coincidence. Someone was deliberately trying to lead him there. It must be because of what happened that year. He got retribution because he stopped investigating the case and pursuing justice.

Jiang Jincheng could have mobilized police force. He is no longer the young and inexperienced man he was fifteen years ago, but Jiang Jincheng still chose to go on his own.

He was the one who sowed the seeds back then, so he should bear the consequences alone.

How could he let his colleague be in danger because of his going to Qin Village? That person called him specifically to target him.

I did not uphold justice back then and now I have to pay the price for it.

When the familiar scenery appeared in front of Jiang Jincheng again, the difference was that because of the government's poverty alleviation project, the winding dirt road had become a passable cement road, and the dilapidated earthen houses had become small tiled houses.

But he didn't know if it was Jiang Jincheng's illusion, he always felt that the village was still dead and lifeless. He had this feeling when he first came here.

He didn't know whether it was because of luck or because he had gone through the process, but he still went to ask the local villagers questions. The result was predictable...

Same questions, same confession, same smiling denial that there are imprisoned girls in the village...

Jiang Jincheng was in a trance for a moment, and suddenly felt as if he was slowly falling into a huge cage trap. Everything was exactly the same as the scene back then... Then the woodshed that could not be opened...

Jiang Jincheng has a good memory and he is not a directionally challenged person. After all, as a policeman he needs to have an extremely keen sense of direction. Although the village has changed a lot, there are still traces of the past. Jiang Jincheng groped his way to the woodshed based on his memory of the past.

I originally thought that after so many years the woodshed would have to be demolished and rebuilt, but the strange thing is that the woodshed is still standing there, and it is exactly the same as it was back then, with no signs of reconstruction.

However, probably because no one had used the woodshed for a long time, there were many spider webs outside the woodshed, which were covered with the remains of flies, moths and insects.

Jiang Jincheng hesitated for a moment and took a step forward. He had found his way here in the same way fifteen years ago but was interrupted by a phone call.

So now…

No...I shouldn't...

With every step Jiang Jincheng moved, he got closer and closer to the woodshed. When he was five steps away from the woodshed, his cell phone suddenly rang.

"Drip drip!"

"Drip drip!"

The rapid ringing of the cell phone made Jiang Jincheng's pupils constrict. It was the same scene, the same stopping, the same interruption, the same ringing of the cell phone.

The harsh music sounded particularly weird and creepy at the door of the dilapidated woodshed. Jiang Jincheng was silent for a moment, then picked up the phone tremblingly. After a series of ideological struggles, he finally pressed the call button.

"Hey…"

Jiang Jincheng's voice was low and hoarse, showing obvious fear and fatigue. The voice on the other end of the line was not from the leader as it was back then, but from a strange woman... To be more precise, it was the voice of the person who reported the crime...

"Hehehe...Officer Jiang...are you familiar with me?"

A sharp and shrill laugh came from the phone. Before Jiang Jincheng could react, he heard the woman on the phone sneering strangely, but the words she said made him shudder.

"Officer Jiang, do you still remember?"

"That's where you stopped..."

"Why don't you go in...if you go in you can find me..."

The woman's voice was mournful and full of resentment and sorrow: "You killed me! Why didn't you go in and save me? You only had to walk a few steps forward to find me! I wouldn't have died!!"

"How much benefit did they give you, Officer Jiang?"

The woman laughed strangely again, and Jiang Jincheng realized that he was being stared at by Li Gui. He rolled his Adam's apple with difficulty and then just asked, "Did you lead me here to take revenge on me?"

"Revenge? It's more than just revenge!!"

The female ghost roared crazily and laughed hoarsely: "I will make you pay with your lives! I will make you taste the despair and pain I felt back then!! "

"Do you know how much I hoped you would open that door, Officer Jiang..."

"You could have rescued me, but you abandoned me because of a phone call! You haven't planned to come back to continue investigating this case in all these years! Is this the justice you police officers uphold?"

"Since you are running away and you don't want to come back, I have no choice but to use my methods to force you to come back."

"Does it feel familiar? Is it the same scene as before? You were right here! It was here that a phone call ended all my hopes of survival!!"

The ghost girl's crazy scream stung Jiang Jincheng's ears. She suddenly gasped for breath and then replied grimly: "Now, Officer Jiang..."

"I'll give you two choices."

"There is a girl imprisoned in the woodshed, and now you are still stopped by a phone call just like you did back then..."

The female ghost smiled maliciously: "Do you want to leave it at that and leave it alone like you did before... or do you decide to stick to justice and push open that door..."

Jiang Jincheng paused, he realized that this was a dead end. If Jiang Jincheng chose to stop here and turn around and leave like he did before, it would be equivalent to proving to the female ghost that he was a hypocritical and disgusting villain who always talked about justice but was actually greedy for life and afraid of death.

But if Jiang Jincheng chooses to push open the door and rescue the girl inside... then what awaits Jiang Jincheng will be the endless resentment of the female ghost.

Why did you choose to open the door now! Why did you turn away from me back then!

Why didn't you rush in and save me like you did now? !

Is my life cheaper than others?

Why didn't you save me now but chose to save others!

Damn you!!

"Gulu..."

Jiang Jincheng swallowed and remained silent. He was trembling and breathing heavily, as if he didn't know what to do for a moment.

The female ghost on the phone quietly waited for his response. After waiting in vain, she sneered even more maliciously: "Officer Jiang, what are you hesitating about?"

"Don't you stand up for justice? Why don't you go and save people? Are you going to leave like before?"

Jiang Jincheng suddenly felt difficulty breathing, he was in a daze for a moment and suddenly realized that he was no longer the young man like he used to be. He should not bow to the darkness. Back then, he was forced to stop the investigation because he had no choice but to do so because he was threatened. But he can't do that now. No matter how unfair it is to the female ghost, he can't let the tragedy happen again!

Back then, he was not strong enough to fight against her. Now it is different. He must make up for the regrets of the past. He should not hesitate! Regardless of whether there is a girl in the woodshed, he should ensure the safety of the victim! Even if he has to bear the resentment of the female ghost, he should open the door!

Jiang Jincheng rolled his Adam's apple and walked forward step by step. He stopped here before, but he won't stop now...

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