The People in the Walls 15 (Original Novel, Suspense)

Who exactly wanted Gao Zhenxiang to disappear back then? Wang Jing'an's question plunged the consultation room into silence. The voice from behind the wall had vanished, but Gao Zhenxiang insisted, "My brother isn't dead." This was because his brother had promised him that as long as he remembered his name, he would never truly disappear. The next day, the police re-examined Gao Zhenwei's records. His existence was documented in school, hospital, and private records, but his household registration data was completely absent. Even more shocking was that his school transfer records had been deliberately scraped away. Officer Zhou began to suspect that it wasn't just the Gao family hiding Gao Zhenwei's identity, but a group of people. The police found a retired staff member who was responsible for academic records back then. The old man confessed that someone had asked them not to leave any records of Gao Zhenwei and handed over an old document stamped by a child counseling agency. That agency had suddenly closed down ten years ago, and the old man only remembered that a child surnamed Gao had gone missing around that time. That evening, Wang Jing'an replayed the recording left by Teacher Zhang. She unexpectedly discovered that before the man appeared, there were three knocks in the background, exactly the same as the sound from the basement. Just as she was about to contact Officer Zhou, she received an anonymous message on her phone: "Stop investigating Gao Zhenwei." Immediately after, another message appeared: "The one who truly needs protection is Gao Zhenxiang." When Wang Jing'an returned to the consultation room, she found a piece of paper on the desk. It read: "You think it's me controlling them?" The next line gradually appeared: "The one truly controlling everything might have been protecting you all along." For the first time, Wang Jing'an suspected that the mysterious man might