The blood was redder than the plastic basin, steaming and emitting a fishy odor.
Thinking of this, Song Zhi didn't dare to look at the upper body clearly and ran to another bathroom to vomit.
By then, the others had also rushed over. They swarmed into the master bedroom, which instantly became crowded.
Yet Ning Wei was still squatting there. Someone impatient immediately asked her to move.
Ning Wei had seen what she wanted to see. She got up and gave up her spot.
As soon as she moved, the upper body was completely exposed to everyone.
It was the curly-haired woman. Her mouth was maliciously stretched open, like the Slit-Mouthed Woman from legends. Her mouth was filled with blood-stained teeth, and inside was a hollow void.
Her tongue had been pulled out!
All the blood was flowing from her mouth. On the floor lay a long, red object. It was undoubtedly her tongue!
Fu Chengwei and Song Zhi, having just finished vomiting, were lying on the sofa resting. Someone immediately took their place and ran to the toilet to vomit.
Ning Wei, while rinsing the blood off the soles of her shoes in the bathroom, shouted, "Clean it up after you're done throwing up!"
At these words, someone immediately vomited on the floor.
The yellowish vomit contrasted sharply with the white tiles, and the smell was even worse.
Everyone left the master bedroom and squeezed into the living room.
The two women who had been resting in the same room as the curly-haired woman still looked terrified. They sat in the middle of the sofa, with other passengers on either side. Even the coffee table had a row of people sitting on it.
Everyone was anxious and couldn't help but say, "Stop crying, quickly tell us how she died!"
The two women could only shake their heads. One of them sobbed, "I went... to the bathroom... When I turned on the light, I saw her... She was staring at me with wide eyes. She died with her eyes open!"
The scene, just thinking about it, was terrifying. One wondered if this woman would ever dare to go to the bathroom at night again.
At this moment, Ning Wei had finished cleaning the blood from the soles of her shoes. Taking advantage of the woman's words, she said, "She was tortured to death after her tongue was pulled out. There were no other external injuries on her body."
Someone suspected, "How do you know?"
Ning Wei put down the towel she was using to dry her hands and said, "I was the first one to go in. I performed a full examination on her."
But how could someone have their tongue pulled out and tortured to death without making any sound for help?
Only one explanation was possible: she was killed by a ghost.
The ghost must have first confused the other two women, and then brutally pulled out the curly-haired woman's tongue. Perhaps the ghost even stood by, wickedly watching her blood flow and her life slowly ebb away!
The reason for saying this was that it would take time for so much blood to flow out, yet her face showed no pain, only fear. This indicated that she had seen the ghost standing by her side, hence the expression.
As soon as Ning Wei voiced this speculation, everyone else looked around in terror.
Someone whispered, "Is it still here?"
No one could answer this question. They could only comfort themselves, "We have many people, and our yang energy is strong. It definitely wouldn't dare to come close."
This was also wisdom gained from watching many movies. Whether it would actually work was unclear, but the words were enough to calm everyone down for the moment.
The cause of the curly-haired woman's death was clarified, but the reason why she was killed by a ghost remained a mystery.
Everyone patiently comforted the two frightened women and then slowly inquired, "Were you with her all day?"
The two women nodded.
"Then did anything unusual happen today?"
"Especially anything she did that you two did not do!" someone immediately prompted.
The two women fell silent for a long time. Everyone dared not disturb them, for fear they wouldn't remember.
After a long while, one of them finally spoke, "We just wandered around the community, then went to 0901 and sat in the room until it got dark, then returned to 1001. She didn't do anything strange."
"No, she did!" the other woman immediately retorted.
She stood up excitedly and pointed at Ning Wei, who was leaning against the wall, "In the small garden, Nannan said a few unpleasant words, and they were directed at you, Ning Wei!"
Ning Wei found herself in an unexpected predicament.
She looked at everyone with an innocent expression.
Although the curly-haired woman named Nannan had indeed said some unpleasant things to Ning Wei, it did not prove that Ning Wei was involved.
Ning Wei had gotten on and off the bus with everyone else to complete tasks. She did not have the ability to kill Nannan under the noses of three people.
The eyes of these two women were clearly blaming Ning Wei and even suspecting her of being the murderer!
This was somewhat of a stretch, and no one agreed with their words.
At this moment, Song Zhi stepped forward, "I was also present. She did say those words, but Ning Wei said nothing and did nothing. This matter has nothing to do with Ning Wei!"
The two women were about to say more, but Ning Wei's gaze silenced them.
Ning Wei knew that everyone was guessing the connection. She did not want to be suspected by everyone so early in the mission. After all, there were still many stations to go, and she was not confident that she could escape unscathed on her own.
"Although this matter has nothing to do with me, I can roughly guess the reason why she was killed by a ghost. It is highly likely due to her long tongue. Because she falsely accused others, she paid the price with her life!"
Ning Wei spoke righteously. The two women dared not blame her further after hearing this, as this speculation was highly likely to be true!
This matter was considered concluded. The person was already dead, and there was no use in speculating here.
Since they were already here, Ning Wei brought up, "Did you hear any arguments or other noises tonight?"
Everyone shook their heads. The only sounds heard tonight were the startled screams of their two companions.
After this interlude, the other two women refused to sleep in the master bedroom for anything. They even refused to stay in room 1001 where someone had died.
The passengers from 0901 voluntarily offered to take them in. The group entered and exited with a rush, but this time they brought two more people.
The once noisy living room was now left with only Ning Wei, Fu Chengwei, and Song Zhi.
Song Zhi comforted them for a moment and then returned to 1002. He had sneaked out, and he vaguely felt that 1002 was wary of people from 1001 and disliked his casual cousin interacting with people from 1001.
Another person left, and now only Ning Wei and Fu Chengwei remained.
Fu Chengwei was already afraid of ghosts. With someone dead in the house now, he reluctantly stayed here because Ning Wei showed no intention of moving to another room number.