Chapter 129: I Am Not Lying

After hanging up the phone with my grandfather, I was occupied by a single thought: Wang Lei’s younger brother is certainly younger than him, and definitely not the person I saw at the window earlier today. Is it possible that Wang Lei is not being haunted by his brother at all, but by someone else, targeted because of these eyes of his?

After a moment of reflection, I went outside, told Song Zhong and Wang Song to wait, and led Wang Lei into the room alone. Wang Lei stood by the door with his hands pressed against his chest, looking cautious and not daring to raise his head.

I pondered for a moment before waving him over. "Come, sit down. There’s no need to be afraid. The man standing behind me is a good person; he won't hurt you."

Wang Lei stood his ground, shaking his head without moving. I didn't press the issue and asked directly, "When did you start being able to see people standing behind others?"

Wang Lei didn't answer immediately. Instead, he looked up and gave me a long, searching look. "Do you... do you really believe everything I've said?"

I nodded. "I have no reason not to believe you."

I thought for a moment, then pulled up a photo of Yu Nie from before his death on my phone and handed it to Wang Lei. "Take a look. Is this the person in the photo?"

He took the phone, compared it for a moment, and nodded at me. "He is in great pain..."

Yu Nie is my heart’s burden and my karma. To find true liberation, I must find Lin Feng and kill her with my own hands.

"When did you start seeing them?" I asked the same question again. This time, Wang Lei answered directly, saying that after his brother died, he began to see one or several black shadows behind everyone, regardless of whether it was day or night. At first, he was terrified and told his father, but Wang Song thought he was suffering from mental health issues and took him to see a doctor.

The doctor also concluded that he was under too much mental stress. No one believed him, and as time passed, Wang Lei realized that these shadows following people didn't intend to harm him. After two years, he had grown accustomed to them and gradually reintegrated into normal life.

That changed a few days ago. The shadows, which had never shown any movement, suddenly stirred. Based on my understanding, these shadows are merely manifestations of karmic obsessions; they lack consciousness and cannot act on their own.

However, Wang Lei insisted that he saw a shadow move and kill a person. After the killing, the shadow crawled into the victim's corpse. Wang Lei had been watching from the shadows the entire time.

"Believe me, the shadow really crawled into the body, and then it controlled the corpse to move!" Wang Lei grew more agitated as he spoke. "I... I don't know what happened, I just wanted to run, but he discovered me. He looked at me and smiled, telling me he would come back to gouge out my eyes."

"I told my father, but he thought I was joking. I’m not! I really saw it."

I pursed my lips. What Wang Lei was saying now differed from what Wang Song had told me. I stared at him for a long time, then suddenly looked past him. "Wang Lei, the truth is, I can also see the shadows behind people. There is one behind you right now."

Wang Lei went silent, his face turning deathly pale as he asked, "Are... are you telling the truth?"

I nodded. "I see Wang Tian, your younger brother. The boy who fell right in front of you."

Wang Lei’s expression shifted. He didn't seem as terrified as before; instead, he began spinning around, looking frantically. I don't have the Eyes of Karma, so naturally, I couldn't see anything. I only said this to gauge his reaction to his brother’s death.

"Is it really my brother? Is it really him? I can't see him! I can't see him! Can you ask him for me why he is torturing me like this? What did I ever do to him? Why did he jump that day? Why!"

At the mention of Wang Tian, his brother, Wang Lei’s emotions became incredibly volatile.

"Calm down, stay calm."

I took a deep breath. His agitation was too genuine to be an act, which meant he didn't push his brother. There must be something else going on with his brother. I decided to set his brother’s situation aside for a moment; the priority was to resolve the threat to Wang Lei himself. Although I didn't know exactly what he was seeing, the boy’s yang energy was extremely weak and in danger of being extinguished, which would cost him his life.

"Where did you see him? What did he look like, and did he say anything else to you?"

Wang Lei shook his head. "He wears a light blue suit, and his hair is very stylish, dyed yellow..."

I frowned. This description was almost identical to the person I had seen in the window downstairs earlier.

Wang Lei continued, "He appears in my room every night, just standing by the bedside, watching me."

I looked at him with a strange expression. "He just stands by your bed and watches you? He doesn't do anything else?"

Wang Lei shook his head. "No, he just stands there and watches me sleep..."