After surviving my ordeal, I learned that the school beauty had given birth to twins for me.

Chapter 259 The Souls in the Reservoir, They Long to See You

Shen Yu walked step by step to the desk, looking down at him.

"In the winter of '37, your grandfather led Japanese soldiers to sweep through five villages at the foot of Qinglong Mountain, driving all 3,217 villagers into the ravines and killing them with machine guns."

"Those bodies were buried in that ravine. Later, when the Qinglong Reservoir was built, the ravine was flooded, and the remains sank to the bottom of the reservoir."

"Am I right?"

Chu Tianxiang's face was as white as paper.

He slumped into the boss's chair, trembling all over, and didn't even notice that the cigar in his hand had fallen onto the table and burned a hole in it.

"How... how do you know all this..." he muttered to himself, his eyes filled with fear.

These are things his grandfather told him before he died, and very, very few people know about them.

How could this young man know so much?

They even know the exact number of deaths?

"How I know is none of your concern," Shen Yu said coldly. "I'm asking you, do you know that the remains of those people are buried beneath the Qinglong Reservoir?"

Chu Tianxiang opened his mouth, wanting to say he didn't know, but under Shen Yu's gaze, he felt as if he had been stripped naked, unable to hide any secrets.

He nodded subconsciously.

"Know……"

The sound was so faint it was like a mosquito's buzz.

"As expected." Shen Yu's eyes grew even colder.

"So you're saying you did it on purpose? Knowing there was a mass grave underwater, you deliberately threw evil spirit talismans into the water to stir up resentment?"

"I... I didn't mean to..." Chu Tianxiang quickly tried to explain.

"I just... I just wanted to create some buzz and make land prices drop... I didn't expect it to get this serious..."

He did know there was a mass grave underwater; his grandfather told him about it before he died, saying that the place was very eerie and it was best not to go near it.

But he didn't believe in superstition.

He thought, "It's just a pile of dead bones, what's there to be afraid of?"

Moreover, he felt that this was an opportunity.

If word gets out that the reservoir is haunted, the surrounding land prices will definitely plummet, and he'll be able to buy the land at a low price and make a fortune.

As for the dead...

They've been dead for decades, what else can happen?

Back then, they couldn't do anything to his grandfather, and now that he's been dead for so many years, he can't cause any more trouble.

At worst, we can build a villa area and hire a master to perform a ritual to help the deceased.

He truly didn't expect things to escalate to such an extent, with the water turning blood red and even alarming Bureau 749.

"Didn't expect that?" Shen Yu sneered.

"You knew there were more than three thousand wronged souls at the bottom of the water, yet you still dared to throw evil spirit talismans into it. You've got some nerve."

"I... I was just blinded by greed..."

Chu Tianxiang's voice trembled, "I was wrong... I was really wrong... I'll pay... I'll pay a lot of money... Please, please let me go..."

His earlier arrogance had vanished without a trace, leaving only fear.

He knew that this matter had blown up.

He killed twelve people and disturbed so many innocent souls. Even if he has powerful connections, he probably can't get away with it.

"Let you go?" Zhao Rui laughed angrily.

"Chu Tianxiang, you have killed twelve people and disturbed the souls of more than three thousand compatriots who perished. Do you think we will let you off the hook?"

"I didn't kill those people..." Chu Tianxiang continued to argue.

"They wanted to go into the water themselves... And those dead people, they've been dead for decades, what does that have to do with me... It was my grandfather who did it, not me..."

"Your grandfather did it, it has nothing to do with you?" Shen Yu's eyes were as cold as ice.

"If you hadn't thrown the evil spirits-gathering talisman into the water, would those wandering souls have been disturbed? Would the reservoir have turned red? Would millions of citizens have faced a drinking water crisis?"

"Do you know that if the resentment were to erupt completely, millions of people in the entire capital city would be infected by it? In that case, it wouldn't just be twelve people who would die, but millions!"

"Millions of people..." Chu Tianxiang turned green with fright, slumped in his chair, and couldn't speak for a long time.

He truly hadn't expected the consequences to be so severe.

He thought that at most a few people would die, some ghost stories would circulate, land prices would drop, and he would make some money and that would be the end of it.

How could it involve the lives of millions of people?

This... this is way too exaggerated.

"I... I really didn't know it would turn out like this..." Chu Tianxiang's voice was trembling with tears, "If I had known, I wouldn't have dared to do it even if you gave me ten lives..."

"It's too late to say all this now," Shen Yu said coldly.

He looked at Chu Tianxiang with no pity in his eyes.

This kind of person will do anything for money, and doesn't care about the lives of others at all.

Even if nothing happens this time, he'll do something even more despicable for money next time.

"What...what do you want?" Chu Tianxiang asked, trembling. "Do you want money? I'll give you money! All my money! Please, please let me go!"

"Money?" Zhao Rui scoffed. "You think we're here for the money?"

"Then... then what do you want..." Chu Tianxiang was almost in tears.

"So?" Shen Yu said calmly, "You've killed twelve people and disturbed three thousand innocent souls, so you must pay the price."

"However, before I take you away, there's something else I need to tell you."

"Wh...what is it?" Chu Tianxiang asked tremblingly.

Shen Yu looked at him, a cold smile curving his lips.

"The souls in the reservoir already know you've arrived."

"They really want to see you."

Chu Tianxiang's eyes widened instantly.

"You... what did you say?" His voice trembled. "They... they know me?"

"Of course," Shen Yu said calmly. "You are Chu Ergou's grandson, and his blood flows in your veins. Those wandering souls are very familiar with your aura."

"They've waited decades to seek revenge on the Chu family. Now that you've delivered yourself to their doorstep, do you think they'll let you go?"

Chu Tianxiang was so frightened that he trembled all over and slid off the chair with a "plop" and collapsed to the ground.

"No... It's impossible..." His face was deathly pale, his lips trembling. "They've been dead for decades... How could they still recognize me..."

"Don't believe me?" Shen Yu sneered. "Then you can come with me to the reservoir and see if they recognize you."

"No... I won't go... I won't go..." Chu Tianxiang retreated repeatedly in fright, "I won't go to that place... I won't go..."

His grandfather told him before he died that the place was very evil, and the dead there were full of resentment. If they knew that the Chu family was nearby, they would definitely come out to take lives.

He didn't believe it before, but now...

He believed it.