False evidence

Chapter 476 Painted Skin (26)

"What?" Cao Xinyun and I asked at the same time.

Looking back at Old K, his eyes flickered behind his glasses, his pupils slowly moving. This indicated that he had already figured out some of his questions.

He pointed to the 'wax figure' and said, "Look closely at her hands. She's just trying to lift her head, not trying to crawl out from under the bed. And look at her Adam's apple... sorry, women don't have Adam's apples. Just look at the twisting and stretching of the different muscles in her throat, and the twitching of the muscles from the corners of her mouth to her ears..."

Given her physical condition, being hit by the bed board must have caused her some degree of injury. In pain... I mean, if she could feel pain, her first reaction would be to escape it, that is, to desperately crawl out from under the bed board. But she didn't.

Her first reaction upon regaining consciousness was to speak.

I think what she wanted to say must be very important!

I carefully observed the details Old K mentioned, and it was indeed true. I couldn't help but sigh inwardly, Tong Xiangnan was right, even if Old K wasn't a genius, he still possessed extraordinary wisdom in certain aspects.

With just a few words, he greatly alleviated Cao Xinyun's psychological trauma. The current analysis of the 'wax figure' even involves human behavioral science.

Understanding audience psychology and influencing their behavior are essential qualities for a good magician.

And as meticulous as Old K...

I was reminded of Tong Xiangnan's comment about him: If he had received a good systematic education, he would likely have been a top figure in the field of psychology!

"What does she want to say?" Cao Xinyun walked back.

“I don’t know.” Old K shook his head and turned to me, saying, “My personal opinion is that this was one, no, two special murders.”

I remained silent, simply staring at the 'wax figure's' upturned face.

Cao Xinyun squatted down next to me again, and said in a hoarse voice, "Thanks."

With his quick wit, he had already figured out that in one of the 'special murders' Old K had mentioned, he himself was the protagonist.

Whether through illusion or the use of drugs, a normal person and a 'monster' are placed in the same bed.

As long as a normal person wakes up and sees the monster's terrifying appearance up close...

Wouldn't that be the same as murder?
I touched the white fish jade pendant on my chest through my clothes and said to him, "Don't just talk the talk, you just got my coat dirty, you have to pay for it."

Cao Xinyun glanced at me sideways and stared blankly without saying a word.

I compromised, saying, "Alright, alright, I won't make you pay. Just do me a favor, as a way of repaying the life-saving grace I owe you."

Cao Xinyun remained silent, his dark pupils almost completely hidden beneath the corners of his eyes.

"Why did that woman move just now?" Old K asked from behind.

I sighed inwardly, thinking to myself, "You're really something else. If it were my own uncle, he would definitely see through it but keep quiet."

Cao Xinyun's lips curled into a smirk. After a moment, he asked, "This guy is neither dead nor alive... Is she able to move because of the yang energy leaked out when a living person speaks?"

"Smart!" I gave him a thumbs up.

Old K has poor eyesight. The first time he closely observed the 'wax figure,' he got really close, and it was at that moment that the 'wax figure' suddenly moved.

Old K dodged and retreated instantly, and the 'wax figure' stopped moving.

Cao Xinyun rolled his eyes at me again: "Why doesn't she react to you?"

I said frankly, "I was soaked in the rain, which is equivalent to being a water ghost. In this state, I have no yang energy for her to absorb."

Cao Xinyun glanced at Tong Xiangnan, then at the 'wax figure,' "It can move after absorbing the yang energy of a living person... Do you really need to know what she wants to say?" I shook my head. "She's a corpse. We were there, and none of us can escape responsibility. I'm not interested in what she wants to say. But if we know her identity, or even the cause of her death, it will save us a lot of trouble when facing Gao He."

I'm stating the facts. The 'wax figure' isn't a real wax sculpture. If, as Old K said, the 'wax' on her body is actually her own sebum...

A living person couldn't possibly be in this state, so she could only be a waxy corpse!

I don't want to delve into why the wax corpse can move. However, whether for the reasons I just mentioned or out of curiosity, I feel it's necessary to first find out the origin of this wax corpse.

Using simile can achieve a considerable degree of purpose.

However, physiognomy is not just about facial features, but more importantly about a person's facial expressions at that moment.

The expressions on people's faces during the event.

"I don't like owing people!" Cao Xinyun finally looked me in the eye.

He stared at me and said something, then suddenly turned his head, put his hands on the ground, lowered his upper body, opened his mouth and breathed a long breath on the wax corpse's face.

"……Well!"

The wax corpse indeed moved again, raising its head slightly higher, and uttering two syllables: "Go...home..."

It only lasted a short moment before it stopped moving again.

Cao Xinyun slumped back, then hurriedly retreated, "I can't... she really can absorb yang energy! I feel weak! So weak!"

"That's enough."

I stood up and looked around the room. For a moment, my chest felt like it was filled with weeds and catkins, making it hard for me to breathe.

"What did you see?" Old K asked.

“I know who she is.” I felt my voice was muffled, as if it came from the resonance of my whole brain. “Her name is Wang Xi. She used to be a ticket seller on the No. 9 suburban bus. Two years ago, she was in a car accident with the night bus. The minibus plunged into the moat. Everyone, including the driver, survived, but she was the only one who was never seen, neither alive nor dead.”

I did indeed use clairvoyance to obtain a great deal of information in the brief moment when the wax corpse opened its mouth.

These messages are messy and strange.

However, I still managed to summarize what I consider to be the most crucial point in the shortest amount of time.

The wax corpse in front of me...

I have seen her personal information through Zhao Qi.

Like Li Meizhi, her landlord was Zhu Yunwen. Later, through Zhu Yunwen's introduction, she worked as a ticket seller at the bus company as a temporary worker, mainly working on the No. 9 suburban bus.

According to the information provided by Zhao Qi, including Li Meizhi, there are a total of sixteen missing women from ancient times to the present.

They share the same birthday... Wang Xi, who is twelve years younger than Li Meizhi, is the second to last missing person.

Old K (Tong Xiangnan) hesitated for a moment after I told him about the 'unnatural disappearance case,' adjusted his glasses, and said:
"Leaving aside ghosts and gods, let's just talk about the present. First of all, she, Wang Xi, is definitely dead. I personally think she hasn't been dead for long, otherwise she wouldn't have pronounced it so clearly."

I don't know why she became like this... The cause of her death can only be determined by a professional forensic doctor.

This is also just my personal opinion, but I feel that right now, right before our eyes, she's merely a prop. A prop being used to murder and frame others!

(End of this chapter)