Tales of Aegiceras: Cave in

28. The Little Boy (9)

Translator: Superbomb

“Any problem?” Sun Zheng moved closer.

“I found a photo of Liu Qunfang and a boy in the archives room. It says on the back of the photo: Auntie Qunfang, ask Dr. Yan and that strange uncle to come to visit me!!”

“Is that little boy called Gao Letian?”

“What?” Lu Xia looked at Sun Zheng in confusion.

“You will know after reading this record. I suspect there is something wrong with the little boy.”

Bearing his question in his mind, Lu Xia started reading this record. Halfway through it, he turned back to the previous recorders, and then came back to it again. After he had repeated this several times, Sun Zheng’s patience got worn out finally.

“Can you finish reading this one first?”

“Well, I think there is something wrong with this record.”

Lu Xia explained while glancing over the record with his brows knitting tightly.

Finally, he finished reading it. He heaved a long sigh and looked at Sun Zheng, his eyes shining brightly.

“Have you found out any problems with this record?”

“What’s the problem?”

“Don’t you think this record is different from the others? In this record, no one has disappeared.”

Sun Zheng was still a little confused. He looked at Lu Xia, waiting for his further explanation.

“Look, in each record we’ve ever seen, a real person has disappeared. They must have been in the cavern now. In the record written by Mao, Zhang disappeared, in Liu Qunfang’s record, Chen Juan disappeared after the fire, and in Li Ting’s record, Liu Qunfang disappeared.”

Sun Zheng looked at the notebook in Lu Xia’s hand and responded with a nod, “But in this record, no one has disappeared.”

“Yes, this record is more like a traditional ghost story. It’s not about the disappearance of a real person, but about an illusory ghost, including something like inexplicable footprints, horrible ringing of the phone…” After pausing for a while, Lu Xia said, “I think there’s something wrong with this Dr. Yan.”

Sun Zheng didn’t say anything, as if he was lost in thought.

“Look, there is something strange in the archives room too. Liu Qunfang and some other people’s profiles were taken away, and the dates on those missing documents should be around 2002, about the same time my brother disappeared. According to this record, Dr. Yan worked as an intern at this hospital from 2001 to 2002, so he also left around 2002, but I couldn’t find his information either…”

“Do you mean… the leaders of the hospital are trying to hide something from you? And your brother and Dr. Yan have something to do with it?”

“Yes! I think the key to the problem is this Yan Yang. Liu Qunfang, my brother… Everything seems to have something to do with him.”