With his own daughter being about the same age, a surge of anger rose in his heart. He barely suppressed the urge to beat them up and coldly said, “This is illegal! You’ll be spending time in detention and paying a fine! Besides spying and recording, what else did you do? Why were you sneaking around up there?”
The man said reluctantly, “What law are we breaking? We’re just looking for ourselves, not spreading it, officer…”
A police officer behind him barked, “Stop talking nonsense! Answer what you’re asked!”
The man shrank back.
His companion’s eyes darted around, and he said ingratiatingly, “Officer, I’ll explain. I’ll be clear.”
He looked around, lowering his voice mysteriously: “There are ghosts on that rooftop. We couldn’t go down because of ghost possession.”
Captain Zheng’s heart skipped a beat. Another officer said, “Nonsense. Do you think this will absolve you of responsibility? Tell me, did you knock down that sculpture?”
The man protested, “How could I dare make up such supernatural stories! Officer, think about it – if we could go down, why would we stay there waiting to be caught? There are really ghosts up there…”
Captain Zheng looked at the arresting officer, who nodded, indicating that the suspect was telling the truth this time.
However, he was puzzled because the scene was truly strange. The two sleazy men couldn’t go down, but when they went up to arrest them, they had no obstacles – this didn’t seem like ghost possession, but more like someone secretly helping them, deliberately blocking the suspects from going downstairs.
Luo Yingbai had already left the campus. After helping the wronged soul find peace, he went back to look around the building, noticed people on the rooftop, and was about to go up and investigate when police sirens suddenly sounded in the campus.
Luo Yingbai knew the police would go upstairs, so he casually set up a small barrier to stop them, then left the area. Just after he left, another police car quietly stopped at the campus entrance. Several people got out, showed their credentials to the guard, and walked directly to the scene.
Captain Zheng was unaware of these details and felt even more uncertain after hearing the suspect’s words, only hoping that Xia Xianning would arrive soon.
