Memory inheritor

Chapter 49 The Curse

(P.S. before the chapter: After finishing last night's chapter, I looked back and found that some content was handled rather hastily, and some details were left unexplained. Therefore, I rewrote everything starting from Wei Hongsi's self-analysis. Readers who have already read it can refer back to it. If you're too lazy to read it, it won't significantly affect the flow of the subsequent plot. Because there were many revisions, the beginning of today's chapter overlaps slightly with the one I posted before. I apologize to everyone. I will make time to add more later.)

After considering it for a moment, Wei Hongsi felt that it was not advisable to tell his older brother about his mental state. Otherwise, his schizophrenia and multiple personality disorder might cause his brother a lot of worry, and if it got back to their parents, things would get really bad.

So he said, "I don't have much of an impression of Uncle Zhang, so I just assumed that person had a problem. Actually, when I first met him, I found that he had a rather obvious mental disorder."

"On Monday morning this week, I ran into that mentally unstable man again on my way to work. But this time I couldn't talk to him. When he was about 30 meters away from me, he suddenly ran into the roadway and was hit and killed by a bus."

"What?!" Wei Hongbo was taken aback. Amidst his surprise, he vaguely guessed why his younger brother had been acting strangely tonight.

That so-called "spirited middle-aged man" was hit and killed by a car right in front of my brother. Then, in his family's photo album, my brother found a person dressed very similarly to him, who had also been hit and killed by a car.

Such a coincidence would indeed be terrifying for the person involved.

Wei Hongsi suggested, "This happened three days ago, and it's within your branch's jurisdiction. I think you could look into it in detail and compare it with Uncle Zhang's situation back then; you might discover something."

"How is that possible? The traffic police are under the unified leadership of the city, not our branch, and traffic accidents are not under our jurisdiction. Uncle Zhang's accident file is at the Xicheng Police Station, which makes things even more complicated since it involves other cities."

Wei Hongbo also felt that something was amiss, but he couldn't just meddle in such matters.

"What if this is a criminal case?"

"Didn't you say that person ran into the traffic lane on their own?"

"Pong Jun also jumped off the building himself."

"Hmm?" Wei Hongbo's expression immediately turned serious upon hearing this. "You mean, that person was driven by external forces to act that way?"

"Although that person has some mental issues, every time I see him, he still looks relaxed and his clothes are decent and clean."

"But when I saw him on Monday, he looked rather disheveled. There was half a footprint on his hat, and his clothes didn't seem to be his own. He looked like he had been bullied and had run away from somewhere, and he looked completely lost."

"When he looked at me, he paused for a moment, then looked as if he had seen something extremely terrifying. His face contorted, and he ran towards the middle of the road without a care. It all happened so fast that I was a little scared. I couldn't understand why he did that, and I didn't want to think about it."

"Looking back now, from the very beginning when I met him, he was always the one who approached me first. He never showed even the slightest sign of fear. So I think what frightened him was something else, and it was right in his line of sight. If we review the security footage from that time, we might find something."

"Another possibility is that he has had a special experience in the past few days, which makes me the object of his fear, causing him to have a stress response whenever he sees me. In this case, we need to investigate his whereabouts in the past few days."

Wei Hongbo frowned. Regardless of which scenario his brother described, this matter was far from simple. But if he tried to take over the case based solely on his brother's speculation, they certainly wouldn't agree, and the branch office probably wouldn't support it either. Unless, during the investigation, evidence emerged proving that the incident involved a criminal offense.

He shook his head and said, "It still doesn't work."

"The last time I met the mentally unstable man, he gave me a novel called 'The Story of Time.' There was a chapter in the book that described a car accident, and the plot was almost exactly the same as how the mentally unstable man was hit. That book was published six years ago."

Wei Hongsi hadn't originally intended to discuss this book. The coincidences of novel plots mirroring reality are actually quite common. If the book depicted a murder disguised as a suicide, that would be a different story. The only unique thing about this book is that its original owner was the "spiritual uncle." It was given to him by the "spiritual uncle."

Of course, if Wei Hongsi were to reveal the "system" or the illness along with the book, its importance would immediately change, but that would not be so pleasant for Wei Hongsi, as it would leave behind many unforeseen consequences.

After listening, Wei Hongbo asked, "What about that novel?"

"It's in my dorm room."

"Bring it over when you have time tomorrow, and I'll talk to Chief Yu about it."

"That's it?" Wei Hongsi was somewhat surprised.

Wei Hongbo smiled and said, "Using this novel alone as a clue certainly won't be very effective. But if there are many similar things, it will be useful."

Wei Hongsi nodded thoughtfully. It's like this: one accident can be called a coincidence, but if there are too many coincidences, then it becomes an inevitability that was intentionally created.

"Alright, go to sleep first. We can talk about it tomorrow."

Wei Hongbo understood his younger brother's thoughts, so he was preparing to do something. However, he wasn't entirely sure if he could get the case; his earlier words were just to reassure him. Of course, he wasn't completely without confidence.

That night, Wei Hongsi lay on the not-so-unfamiliar bed, but tossed and turned for a long time without falling asleep, which was extremely rare for him.

With my eyes closed, faces kept flashing past me: Li Yunxiang's, Peng Jun's, the middle-aged man's, and that Uncle Zhang's...

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The next morning, Wei Hongsi had breakfast at his older brother's house and went to work. Before leaving, he gestured to his brother, reminding him not to forget.

Little did he know that shortly after he left, Wei Hongbo also went out.

Upon arriving at the company, Wei Hongsi went into his temporary office and continued working on the IR1 project team.

Around noon, my brother called to ask if I could come to the branch office in the afternoon.

Wei Hongsi wanted to ask for more details, but Wei Hongbo only told him to come and talk about it later, and also told him to make sure to bring that book with him.

So Wei Hongsi went to Yu Sheng and submitted a request for time off. His work had always been ahead of the project team's schedule, so Yu Sheng naturally had no reason not to approve it.

When lunch break arrived, Wei Hongsi quickly finished his lunch, went back to his dormitory to retrieve "The Story of Time," and then took a taxi to the branch office.

When they arrived at his brother's office, his brother handed the novel to someone else and then took him to find Yu Zhen.

"Hongsi's here, please have a seat." Yu Zhen led Wei Hongsi to the sofa and then said, "You provided us with a lot of help with the Paradise GG case, we really want to thank you. As for the car accident you reported, we'll look into the situation before taking any further action, so please don't rush into it. The reason we invited you here today is to ask for your help with another matter."

Wei Hongsi was a little confused by Yu Zhen's opening remarks; why was this different from what he had expected? But he still asked, "Chief Yu, what do you need me to do?"

Anyway, with my brother here, why should I worry about them selling me out?

Yu Zhen said, "I'll show you a video. Once you leave this room, don't mention this to anyone."

Wei Hongsi nodded and said, "No problem, please don't worry."

Yu Zhen led Wei Hongsi to his seat and opened a video file on his computer.

The picture shows a large bed with a man in his early thirties lying on it.

Although Wei Hongsi had never met Mu Jie, he had heard his older brother describe how they arrested Mu Jie, so he quickly figured out what the video was about. Moreover, judging from the people in the video, he knew it was filmed by his older brother's body camera or body camera.

Although this was completely unexpected, since Captain Yu had asked him to look at it, he seriously looked for the problems inside.

After the video finished playing, Yu Zhen asked him, "Based on your professional knowledge, why did this person fall into a coma?"

Wei Hongsi wasn't sure if his older brother had told Captain Yu his speculation, so he repeated it again. His observations didn't contradict his initial speculation, only with some additional details.

It seems that Captain Yu is also resentful towards Gan Zi and hopes to dig out more clues from this video.

Yu Zhen nodded and expressed his gratitude to Wei Hongsi.

Wei Hongsi pondered for a moment and said, "I want to watch it again."

Yu Zhen quickly replied, "Sure, I'll watch it as many times as I want."

It was Yu Zhen's idea to show Wei Hongsi the video of Mu Jie's arrest. He believed that Wei Hongsi could find clues in Li Yunxiang's unusual behavior and might be able to glean something from the video.

After reading it this time, Wei Hongsi remained silent for a long while before saying, "This person seems very surprised that the police were able to find him."

"What's wrong with that?" Wei Hongbo asked, puzzled. "Many suspects react this way when they are apprehended."

"But I think this suspect is different. For example, their methods of committing crimes are like high-tech; for example, their methods of acting carelessly use human lives as tools. Logically speaking, such a criminal gang should be very sophisticated, but we found this person very quickly, it's like a makeshift operation."

Wei Hongsi's words surprised both Yu Zhen and Wei Hongbo.

Yu Zhen said, "Actually, when we solve cases, there are so-called 'golden 24 hours,' '48 hours,' and '72 hours.' In the end, if a case is not solved after three days, it becomes very difficult to solve it later."

"Yes, Yu Zhi is right. We're like brothers, and I'd get embarrassed if I praised you to the skies," Wei Hongbo said with a smile. "Especially in front of my superior. I have to say, your analysis and deductions were a great help in finding this suspect."

Yu Zhen said sincerely, "Your brother is right, we will definitely recommend you for credit. Even if this case is handed over, no one can take away your credit."

"That's not what I meant." Wei Hongsi's expression was very serious. "What I meant was that, according to the mastermind's plan, we shouldn't have found the suspect so quickly."

Yu Zhen didn't quite understand, so he looked at Wei Hongbo.

Wei Hongbo understood a little: "You mean, we unexpectedly found a breakthrough, which is why we found the suspect so quickly?"

"Yes!" Wei Hongsi said with great certainty, "When I was watching the video just now, I suddenly realized a problem: if we don't consider the possibility of instilling abilities and implanting skills, will we still be able to find this suspect?"

Wei Hongbo was a little confused again: "Isn't this your line of thinking?"

"No," Wei Hongsi said seriously. "I thought about it carefully, and the reason I came up with this idea is because our company's CEO Meng pointed out Li Yunxiang's strange transformation."

"Wouldn't you have thought of these things if he hadn't said those words?" Wei Hongbo was stunned.

"It should happen, but it certainly won't be that soon," Wei Hongsi said seriously.

"So what are you trying to say? That it's a coincidence?" Wei Hongbo asked.

Wei Hongsi sighed softly and said, "What I want to say is that the person who gave me the hint already knew the truth. The real culprit who caused Li Yunxiang's death is most likely this person who already knew the truth."

"What?!" Wei Hongbo said incredulously, "You're saying that your company's CEO Meng is the real murderer of Li Yunxiao?"

Wei Hongsi nodded: "Do you still have the video of our meeting in the conference room?"

Yu Zhen had it on his computer. He found the video, clicked play, and focused on the part where Meng Haolin and Li Yunxiang had a conflict.

Wei Hongbo asked, "Have you found a problem?"

Wei Hongsi pondered for a moment, then asked, "Do you think President Meng's laughter sounds rather strange?"

Yu Zhen said, "His state at the time didn't seem strange."

Wei Hongbo asked, "Do you think his laughter was a trigger? Like Peng Jun's self-hypnotized dancing, or the unknown audio files on his phone?"

Wei Hongsi said somewhat helplessly, "I couldn't tell from the sound, that's why I asked you, but I guess that's probably the case."

Wei Hongbo looked at Yu Zhen.

Yu Zhen pondered for a few seconds, then slammed his hand on the table and said, "Arrest them first!"

Wei Hongbo immediately replied, "Yes!" in a very loud voice.

Before he could even leave the office, someone knocked and came in.

"Yu Zhi, Wei Da." The person who came in was Wu Yuhong from the first team. She was holding the book "The Story of Time" in her hand. "We have verified that the publication information for this novel is false. It has never been published."