Chapter 61: Newly Discovered Clues

Jack has seen many hesitant customers in the sculpture shop. In the past, these customers were worried about their family's opposition and usually returned quickly to buy the sculpture after getting their family's consent. Of course, some customers just talked and never showed up again. These customers usually don't pay a deposit. However, customers like this middle-aged man Jay, who paid a deposit of one thousand yuan and kept reminding Jack not to sell the sculpture within a week, were obviously very eager to buy this artwork. Jack did not doubt this. He agreed to Jay's request and took the mask sculpture out of the display cabinet and locked it in the cabinet to prevent other customers from taking a fancy to it, which would be difficult for him to explain.

Jack also made a record. The man who paid the deposit was named Jay. He left a mobile phone number and took a business card of the store. At the end of the day, Jack was very happy. If the store made money at this rate every day, he could study the abnormal phenomena with peace of mind and find the cause of Eva's death.

When he went home, Jack bought Clare a box of milk at the supermarket outside the community and asked her to remember to drink it every day. The next morning, Clare went to school quietly, while Jack woke up at nine o'clock because he was sculpting until late at night. He did not plan to open the store in the morning, but had other plans.

Since the last time he encountered an abnormal phenomenon, Jack has been wanting to visit Rainy again, mainly to find out how she encountered the abnormality. Although Rainy may not know the specific situation, as long as he can ask some clues, combined with his experience in dealing with abnormal phenomena, he may be able to infer some useful information.

Jack got Rainy's mobile phone number from the orphanage and called her after getting up. The call was quickly connected. Rainy's voice sounded that she and her family were recovering well, but they were still in the hospital. Her father Peter was less seriously injured and was already in the observation stage of hospitalization. Only she and her mother Anna needed further treatment.

Jack arrived at the hospital gate, bought some fruits and a bunch of flowers, and came to the ward on the 12th floor according to the information provided by Rainy. The ward here is a room for three people, which is just occupied by Rainy's family of three. After Jack arrived, he suddenly felt that he had bought too few fruits and flowers. But the Song family didn't care because they heard that Jack played a big role in getting rid of the danger for them.

Jack had a polite conversation with Rainy's family for a while, and after asking about the recovery of the three, he turned to the main topic and began to ask Rainy. Rainy's head was still wrapped in gauze, with only her eyes, lips and nose exposed, and her mother Anna had untied the bandage, but the back of her head was still being treated with medicine.

"The police officers may have asked you these questions, but I'm still curious and want to ask." Jack said to Rainy: "Did you go anywhere before you felt your scalp itchy? For example, you've never been to any place before."

Rainy shook his head: "I haven't been to any other place, because my life is very regular, basically home, work, or orphanage."

Jack asked again: "Have you ever been exposed to something you've never been exposed to before? For example, have you touched unknown objects, met strange people, or even had nightmares during that time?"

Rainy recalled carefully, but still shook his head: "The police officers have also asked these questions you asked me, but I've been recalling these days and I really haven't encountered these situations."

Jack began to remain silent. About two or three minutes later, he asked again: "Think about it, from the beginning when your scalp itched, do you remember what you were doing during that period?"

Rainy lowered her head and recalled, while slowly saying: "Two days before the itching, I ate too much chili peppers, and I felt a little irritated. I thought it was caused by that. That day I took the elevator downstairs to go to work, and after getting out of the elevator, I felt hot all over, and then I started scratching my scalp."

Speaking of this, Rainy suddenly stopped talking, as if she thought of something. After a while, she continued: "I met a neighbor in the elevator, an acquaintance, and he was still asking if I was irritated and my skin was very bad. Then... then..."

"Then what?" Jack asked, moving a little closer.

At this time, Peter and Anna also came over, sat beside their daughter's bed, staring at her without blinking, and they had never heard their daughter talk about this.

"Then... he started scratching the back of his head." Rainy seemed to remember it at this moment, and spoke faster, "Yes, he scratched his head suddenly, and his nails rubbed against his scalp, making a rustling sound. Soon after I got out of the elevator, I scratched my head subconsciously, especially the back of my head, but I didn't think much about it and didn't realize anything."

"Are you sure it started from that time?" Jack asked.

Rainy thought for a while: "It should be... that's it, I really can't think of other suspicious places. If not, I can't do anything, maybe he just happened to have an itchy head at that time? What if I infected him?"

Jack nodded: "What's the name of that person?"

Rainy turned to look at Anna in confusion: "Mom, the family who lives on the same floor as us, I think it's 8-5, what's the name?"

Anna lowered her head in thought, and couldn't remember the name of this family for a while. Peter asked: "Is it the man who came to my house to borrow a hammer to install curtains that time?"

"Yes, what's the name of that family?" Anna tried to recall.

"That person's name seems to be something like Tree..." Peter said.

"I remember, it's Tree." Anna slapped her thigh and said in a positive tone: "He lives alone, is not married, and has no children."

As the "gossip queen" of Jujiayuan Community, she knows that if she knows a person's name, there is no one whose family background she can't tell.

"Did you meet this person named Tree again in the next few days?" Jack asked.

They thought hard and shook their heads. It's not that they haven't seen him, but they don't know. They were controlled by their scalp later, and they didn't know whether they saw Tree again.

After asking for a long time and getting no other useful information, Jack came out of the hospital. He asked the same question just now, Rainy didn't tell the police officer about Tree, after all, she just remembered it now.

Looking at the time, it's not yet noon, thinking of taking this opportunity to go to Tree to take a look. Called Lily, the other party said that she had received other cases and couldn't come for the time being, so he was asked to go and take a look as a temporary investigator of the investigation team. The investigation method is the same as last time in Jincheng Building. If there is something wrong, exit first and wait for support. But now Jack has the equipment given by Ray, so he can deal with it even if he encounters a situation. Compared with before, his ability to deal with abnormalities has improved a lot. And now it is just a suspicion, and it is not necessarily that Rainy's memory is accurate. Otherwise, even if the family over there does not call the police, relatives and friends may find special circumstances and call the police.