At these words, Wang Youcai and the others froze.
Then Ye Weiwei began, "That's right. The ghosts are hindering us."
She explained, looking at her teammates, "The first time a ghost appeared, Screw-head mentioned the 'eighth person' in the victim's dormitory. The ghost appeared a second time after we met Liu Baoma's mother."
Every time they uncovered a clue, the ghosts would interfere.
"'Ever since I realized this, I've been thinking about what the so-called 'correct judgment' in this task might be.' Gu Mian looked at the three people in the other group. 'When you seek the truth, the ghosts will kill you. What does that imply? The ghosts don't want their cases reopened; they want the culprits dead.'"
At this, Ye Weiwei suddenly felt a chill run down her spine. A strange suspicion arose in her heart, and she desperately hoped it was wrong.
