False evidence

Chapter 151 Demon
I nodded: "It should be the key."

I briefly recounted the story of Kou Yun, Zhang Xuan, and others.

Xiao Shen immediately responded, "Hiding the safe key in the birdcage is a good idea."

I shook my head. "It's not the key to the safe."

His first reaction was accurate, but as someone from a hundred years ago, he may have only heard of safes and never seen one in person, so he didn't know that safes mostly used combination locks.

I said, "Even after that matter was resolved, Gao Ge and I still had one question that we couldn't answer. That is, where did the key to the old house come from? Now that I think about it, it must have been shortly after Kou Yun died that Chou Dan secretly hid his set of keys in the hidden compartment of the birdcage."

Even if it was all pretense and for show, Zhang Xuan would still occasionally go to the old house to tidy it up and offer incense to Kou Yun. She knew that Kou Yun loved stinky eggs the most when he was alive, and that Kou Yun had once said that without stinky eggs, they would have nothing.

Therefore, Zhang Xuan usually took Chou Dan with her when she went to the old house. It was around that time that Chou Dan opened the hidden compartment and secretly hid the key inside the old house. It wasn't until it met someone it believed could avenge its master that it brought that person over and handed over the hidden key.

After hearing my analysis, all three of them sighed in dismay.

Xiao Shensan said, "My second brother often says: 'The human heart is treacherous, more wicked than a ghost and deserving of death.' Now it seems that some people are even worse than animals. To use 'animal' to insult others is to insult animals."

Yan Fengwei sighed, then looked at the birdcage again and analyzed, "It's not a bird in the cage, it's a cat, so it can't be hung up. It should be placed on the ground, and the hidden compartment should be opened..."

He reached into the cage and flicked at one part of the edge, sometimes quickly and sometimes slowly. With a click, a hidden compartment popped open on a piece of the cage panel below, and it was indeed empty.

The hidden compartment is at most ten centimeters square and less than two centimeters thick, and it can only hide small items such as keys.

At this point, it doesn't matter what's in the hidden compartment.

Yan Fengwei only demonstrated how to open the hidden compartment to me once more before saying he wanted to meet Chou Dan. He bluntly stated that although Kou Yun was a bad person, he was a cat who knew how to seek justice and revenge for his master, making him more believable than most people.

I refused his request and told him, "Stinky Egg is too old. It has used up a lot of energy lately. Now... I've put it in the blanket and a hot water bottle. I hope it can get through these next few days."

When the food was delivered, the monkey and the others also came over.

Monkey said that Meng Zhen was confirmed to be pregnant. The reason it took so long was because he was worried and took Meng Zhen to the nearest large hospital for a checkup.

However, Meng Zhen's expression was strange from the moment she saw Yan Fengwei.

Pidan quietly pulled me aside and whispered, "Third Grandma just came back from outside and saw her. She said she's pregnant with her husband's lover."

I realized what was happening and my whole body jolted.

According to the monkey's description of the pregnancy time, it was shortly after Qi Zhen left.

Meng Zhen hadn't conceived for so many years, but after this incident, she got pregnant so quickly... Could it be...?

In any case, pregnancy is a joyous occasion, and from that day on, I became the owner of the house, so the meal was quite lively.

My hand injury hasn't healed yet, and Pidan absolutely refuses to let me drink alcohol.

That's why, even after the banquet ended and Mr. and Mrs. Yan Fengwei left, I hadn't forgotten about the clay figurine incident.

Xiao Shen San took out the clay figurines he had previously collected and showed them to me.

I only glanced at it twice, but I felt incredibly heavy-hearted. It was just a very ordinary clay figure, and although it wasn't painted, it still looked endearing.

At first glance, it looks like a child, a "big Afu" figure, but upon closer inspection, it looks exactly like Meng Chao, just as he did when he was a child.

The clay figure grinned, laughing heartily.

However, this cheerful clay doll, upon closer inspection, reveals a sinister glint in its smile and eyes!

Shen San said, "When I told you that story before, my purpose was to completely capture your attention. At that time, all you showed was your most instinctive focus."

So, at that time, Clay Figure Li, relying on his family's traditional craftsmanship, sculpted the images of two of you. Moreover, he captured their most original and essential appearances and expressions. I won't say much about the girl, but the child…”

He looked at Meng Chao and shook his head. "He's not a good person at heart."

Meng Chao frowned immediately: "Kid, what nonsense are you talking about? You're no good either!"

I pressed down on his shoulder, hesitated for a moment, and asked him, "Do you still remember that time at Bamboo Forest Manor?"

"Of course I remember." He glared at Bai Jing hatefully. "Because of that time, you ended up with a wolf's head on your body and were possessed by an evil spirit!"

I squeezed his shoulder hard: "It's not just me who got infected, you got it too."

Meng Chao was taken aback: "What do you mean?"

I looked at Bai Jing.

Bai Jing said, "I didn't think things through that time, but transferring the evil spirit to another person was necessary. I will take full responsibility for this."

But an accident happened that time. I didn't expect that Lü Xin's consciousness would be preserved. When Sanqi came into contact with his corpse, she absorbed a wisp of his consciousness.

And you… I blame you for your impulsive actions. You took the Heavenly Ruler that originally belonged to Lü Xin. The Heavenly Ruler was originally a magical artifact, but Lü Xin used it to deal with the Huang family disciples.”

Meng Chao asked blankly, "And then?"

Bai Jing's expression grew increasingly solemn: "What's attached to Sanqi should be Lü Xin's instinctive consciousness. And before Lü Xin died, he became extremely ferocious, and all his evil and ruthlessness were attached to the Tianpeng Ruler."

In other words, through the Heavenly Ruler, Lü Xin's malevolent consciousness has transferred and possessed you. While Sanqi could still outwit and outmaneuver him, when Lü Xin's consciousness dominates you, you are a cunning, insidious, lustful, and cruel demon!

Meng Chao said "Oh," and looked at me: "Is this why I had amnesia yesterday morning?"

I nodded: "The day before yesterday, we drank until midnight, and when I looked at your face, I felt something was off. That night, I dreamed not only about what happened the next day, but also about how you got me drunk that night and did... did things that were enough for me to kill you."

That's when I realized something was wrong, so I contacted Gao He beforehand and asked him to lie and say that Zhang Xuan had been admitted to the ICU again. You know what the 'butterfly effect' is. One thing changes, and everything that follows changes as well.

"You must not covet your friend's wife! I would never lay a finger on my brother's woman!"

Meng Chao stared wide-eyed and said something, then looked down at himself, his eyes filled with terror when he looked up again: "He...he's really inside me now? He can control me at any time?"

(End of this chapter)