The City of Terror - Chapter 183

Chapter 183

Chapter 183 - Follow-up on the Strange Van

    “I missed you too, but you are a big girl already . You can tell your big brother if you have any problems . Your big brother will help you vent, but don’t you let others laugh at seeing you like this . ”

    Wei Xiao Bei flexed his muscles while saying this to display that he was now very strong .

    “Okay, Xiao Yun, stop embarrassing your brother . Don’t you see that your brother brought back a guest?”

    A happy voice came from within the room . Wei Xiao Bei raised his head and noticed that his mother and father were standing there . Among them, his mother’s expression was the most excited .

    He was even able to guess what his mother was feeling right now .

    Just from the expression on her face, he could tell that her words meant, “Stop being so enthusiastic toward your brother already . You will be laughed at by your sister-in-law . ”

    He could also tell that the most important thing his mother wanted to do was to pull Zhu Xin Yi over and interrogate her .

    Xiao Bei finally yielded interest!

    He found a girlfriend, but he did not report back about it, causing this mother of his to go around and ask for marriage interviews . Did he think it was simple?

    When they finally entered inside the house, Wei Xiao Bei introduced both sides . His mother quickly went to the kitchen and prepared a meal . Wei Xiao Yun, on the other hand, moved her attention to Zhu Xin Yi and pulled her into her room .

    Many things happened that night .

    In brief terms, his mother was very satisfied with this daughter-in-law, while his father, who did not express his opinion, was smiling the entire night .

    Instead of being happy, this made Wei Xiao Bei worry . If his lie was exposed, his ending would probably be ugly .

    The Wei family’s upbringing was a bit strict . At night, Zhu Xin Yi slept with Wei Xiao Yun, while Wei Xiao Bei slept in his brother’s room .

    The next day, Wei Xiao Bei had overslept . When he woke up, he sighed as he felt that the atmosphere in the house had completely changed .

    He never imagined that he would actually have such a serene sleep the first night he returned home .

    It must be known that Wei Xiao Bei never had such a comfortable sleep back in Cui Hu City .

    Today was a Saturday . His little brother had returned home from school, but because he had many assignments during his third year senior high school, he quickly returned to his school after eating lunch .

    When Wei Xiao Bei saw his little brother, he felt that his changes were too huge .

    Now, his little brother’s height was almost the same as his .

    While Wei Xiao Bei was sighing, he did not know that his parents were worried for him .

    In the afternoon, Wei Xiao Yun volunteered to serve as a guide for Zhu Xin Yi and pulled her to go window shopping .

    Her situation was different from Wei Xiao Peng . No matter how many assignments third year junior middle schoolers had, it could not be compared to the workload of third year senior middle schoolers . With her grades, her mother would not say much even if she idled a bit .

    When the both of them left, Wei Xiao Bei’s father called him over . The two of them sat on the sofa . His serious expression startled Wei Xiao Bei, causing him to think that the fake relationship between them had been found out .

    After all, neither Wei Xiao Bei nor Zhu Xin Yi had been in a real relationship before . This made it awkward for the both of them, making it easy for people to see through this falsehood .

    “Xiao Bei, is your body alright?”

    His father asked worriedly while his mother was a bit nervous .

    “Body? There’s nothing wrong . ”

    Wei Xiao Bei was baffled by this sudden question from his parents .

    Naturally, he also sighed in relief . As long as the truth about his relationship with Zhu Xin Yi was not exposed, then everything was still good .

    “Nothing wrong? You have suddenly grown so tall . Could it be that something bad is growing in your brain? Why not go see a doctor this afternoon?”

    Before his father was able to continue his question, his mother spoke up with concern .

    Height?

    Wei Xiao Bei immediately understood it .

    He had thought about it before going to sleep the night before . He was originally 1 . 71 meters tall, but now, he was 2 meters tall .

    With such a huge change, how could his family not notice it?

    He never imagined that his family was actually waiting for him like this .

    They actually thought that his brain had a tumor, which resulted in him growing so tall in such a short period of time .

    This also had its precedents .

    Now that information had spread so much, many things that were unknown in the past became clear in the modern era .

    Everyone knew that there was an illness known as gigantism . This was caused by a brain tumor, resulting in abnormal secretion of the growth hormone and increasing a person’s height at a fast speed .

    It was no wonder that his parents were tense . His little sister also shared their concerns as she pulled Zhu Xin Yi outside so that they could talk .

    After noticing this, Wei Xiao Bei did not know whether to laugh or cry .

    He felt moved by his family’s concern and care, but he felt a headache on how to explain this to them .

    This was different from his master and apprentice brothers .

    No matter how close they were, there would still be personal space left in between them .

    However, parents were different . They would care for you in every possible way and force you to go to a check-up and other things .

    It was not that Wei Xiao Bei disliked it, but he had no way of explaining this at all .

    “It’s just secondary growth . I already had it inspected the previous month by the best hospital in Cui Hu City . It’s real since I value my own life . ”

    Luckily, Wei Xiao Bei’s thought process was faster than before . He was able to quickly find a dependable excuse and attempted to cover this matter .

    However, his mother was not easy to fool . She immediately followed up with more questions, almost making Wei Xiao Bei speechless .

    In the end, Wei Xiao Bei also brought out the ace card known as Zhu Xin Yi and told them that she also knew about this, making them drop the topic .

    Afterwards, Wei Xiao Bei took the opportunity to go to the toilet and sent a message to Zhu Xin Yi to urge her to support his claims .

    Only when Zhu Xin Yi and Wei Xiao Yun returned was the matter settled .

    In the next few days, Wei Xiao Bei enjoyed his family’s company . At the same time, he also tried to gather information about the strange van .

    In the end, Wei Xiao Bei found out more about it when he brought Zhu Xin Yi to his classmate’s reunion party . A classmate who worked for the police talked about it which attracted his attention .

    For this reason, Wei Xiao Bei grabbed onto him and poured him more wine to loosen his mouth .

    Originally, before 10 p . m . on that day, there was person in a different car that noticed the empty vehicle, so they called the police .

    Afterwards, the traffic police and the criminal police were sent over there, but just like Wei Xiao Bei, they were not able to find any clues . The only clue that they found was that the van came from some village and was heading toward the county . When the van left the village, it was half full of people .

    However, because it passed through several villages, people would depart and join, so there was no fixed number of passengers . Thus, it was hard to count how many passengers there were .

    Without any clues, the traffic police could only tow the van to the side of the road and did not dare move anything inside . Only two criminal police remained there to guard the place, and then they continued the inspection on the next day .

    Something unexpected had happened in the wee hours of the day before 2 a . m .

    While the two police were smoking and chatting, they would look at the van from time to time .

    One of them joked, “Xiao Li, do you think that this van is a ghost van? How could a car full of people suddenly disappear? It's probably impossible for each of them to jump down from the car and jump into the river, right?”

    The other police was just a new recruit that had not yet reached two months of his training . He was still considered as a newbie without any experience . When he heard this, all his hairs stood on their ends as he looked at the river ten meters away from the road .

    If he had heard of this in the day when people were around, he would not have been scared .

    However, under the night where the road was rarely used and the darkness surrounded the place, even the sound of wind would be chilling .

    The old officer’s sudden words were truly frightening .

    “Old Wang, do-don’t joke around . How could that be possible . ”

    Although Xiao Li’s back chilled when he heard this, he was not willing to express his fright . If he did this, he would have lost face once Old Wang spreads the news .

    Being afraid of the supernatural as a police officer was a truly embarrassing thing .

    “Joking? We have already encountered many cases like this in the force . Tomorrow, you should go to the archives and check those old cases that could not be solved . For example, a woman had hung herself by the river, and a corpse appeared inside of a van in the middle of the night . Many other cases like these  had taken place . ”

    The old police smiled . Who knew if he was lying or not, but his tone had changed .

    Fuck!

    If it wasn’t scarier outside, Xiao Li would have opened the door and jumped out . In his heart, the thought of Old Wang being a demon arose .

    Bang . At this time, a striking sound suddenly came from above the van .

    In the quiet night, the sound was extremely clear .

    “Ah!”

    At this time, Xiao Li’s mind snapped from the tension . He opened the door in fright and jumped down from the car while crazily shouting .

    The following scene had startled Old Wang, but his psychological resistance was higher than Xiao Li’s .

    He never expected Xiao Li’s psychological resistance to be that bad .

    He pulled out his gun and went down from the car . Then he gave Xiao Li two slaps on the face and shooted, “Wake up! Something happened in the direction of the van!  Quickly inform the team . I will go take a look first!”

    After being slapped, Xiao Li finally became clear-headed . He quickly pulled out his phone and made a call, but he never imagined that this would be the last words he would hear from him .

    “Vice-captain, this is Xiao Li . Something happened in the direction of the van… . ” Xiao Li was still tense, but he calmed down after making the call .