“If you don’t believe me, you can check it yourself,” said Li Mazi. “Call the police! We must call the police! Let’s wait a while then tell them we smelled the stench. That’s why we came to the villa to check it out.”

Then, Li Mazi took his phone out of his pocket.

I didn’t want to believe it since I couldn’t explain the cry for help we had just heard.

Even if Ms. Song was murdered and became a ghost, it was broad daylight. How could she scream for help?

I wanted to check but Li Mazi said he wouldn’t enter the house again, even if I beat him up.

“The skinned corpse is too scary,” he said.

Feeling helpless, I walked into the house alone.

Since Li Mazi had prepared me in advance, I wasn’t that scared. I carefully approached the bathroom.

When I saw the scene inside the...