The Mystery of the Inner Demon

Chapter 104 Side Effects

"Unless someone opened the window that night, causing the temperature to plummet and the fresh greenery to freeze, we misjudged the time of death during the autopsy. Furthermore, Hong Mei vomited all the food in her stomach due to her pregnancy, which made the auxiliary method of inferring the time of death through the digestive matter in her stomach ineffective, thus invisibly concealing the true time of death.

"I've discussed this with Shanqiu before, and we've discovered that the ghosts seen by people in the villa come in two types: those with blood and those without. Aunt Liu has only seen the female ghost with blood. She encountered the 'female ghost' in the backyard around nine o'clock in the evening. So, it's very likely that she saw Lan Die, who had just finished committing a crime and was about to leave the villa?" Qi Fei said, then dismissed this conclusion. "But even if it was nine o'clock in the evening, she wouldn't be in time to show up on the Lianhu set at twelve o'clock to participate in the filming, right?"

Zhong Kui glanced at the towering mountains outside the window and said, "Of course, taking a plane is impossible, because both the studio and this villa are very far away from the airport. But don't forget where you found that paparazzi Wang Defa."

"A winding mountain road?!" Qi Fei suddenly realized.

"What if Lan Die drove herself instead of flying?" Zhong Kui said, "I've thought about your question and have already confirmed that Lan Die has her own car, which is with the crew. Driving across mountains and rivers just to kill her betrayed friend is truly impressive. I think you should have many ways to check her driving records. If nothing unexpected happens, there must be something unusual about her itinerary that day."

"No, that's not right, Zhong Kui, I'm sorry, your inference is not valid. Hong Mei asked the front desk for red wine at twelve o'clock, and the waiter saw her when he delivered it." Qi Fei denied.

Zhong Kui smiled. "We'll go to Hong Mei's room in a bit, and you'll understand. But before that, let's watch some dramas, Hong Mei's dramas." As she spoke, she had already clicked on an urban idol drama starring Hong Mei. When the opening music started, she shook the red wine glass in her hand and said casually, "Didn't they say Hong Mei is pregnant? Why would someone who knows she's pregnant drink?"
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Qi Fei and Zhong Kui once again walked into the room where Hong Mei was murdered. The blood in the room had completely turned black. Zhong Kui stood in front of the window and looked out.

"Hallucinations are a highly personal phenomenon; no two people would experience the same hallucination," she said. "And they all say they see it from this perspective."

Under the gloomy sky, the smell of blood still lingered in the room.

Zhong Kui calmly analyzed the case, but Qi Fei saw a familiar scene - Zhong Kui began to cry without her realizing it.

Gradually, those normal narrations turned into devilish whispers, a language Qi Fei could not understand, low and wailing, even more terrifying in this bloodstained room.

"Zhong Kui?" Qi Fei called her name worriedly.

However, Zhong Kui's eyes were empty, as if she was immersed in her own whispers and didn't hear what he said at all.

Suddenly she turned her head and said to Qi Fei with pleading eyes: "Kill me, please, kill me..."

This expression seemed familiar, and Qi Fei was shocked. He knew that the person standing in front of him was not Zhong Kui, but Zhong Xiaoyu.

The only eyewitness to the tragedy, the only one who knew who the monster was.

"Tell me quickly, who killed your entire family?" Qi Fei asked immediately.

Unexpectedly, when Zhong Xiaoyu heard this question, she said nothing, but raised her hand and pointed at Qi Fei. She lowered her head and stared at Qi Fei, as if to say, it's you.

Qi Fei didn't understand what she meant by this and wanted to continue asking, but suddenly he saw Zhong Xiaoyu's expression change drastically. She decisively grabbed a pencil placed beside her, suddenly raised it up and stabbed her arm hard.

"What are you doing?" Qi Fei shouted and stepped forward to snatch the pen from her hand. Zhong Kui's black hair covered her entire porcelain doll-like face. Suddenly, a cold voice came out: "Humph, you're not dead yet."

The tone of voice clearly showed that he had returned to Zhong Kui.

After making those harsh words, Zhong Kui suddenly lost all his strength and fell into Qi Fei's arms.

Qi Fei saw Zhong Kui so weak for the first time, and he hugged her anxiously. Zhong Kui was clearly trembling all over, but she still said stubbornly, "How annoying! Zhong Xiaoyu is pretending to be dead again. It's no big deal."

Qi Fei didn't think so. He immediately picked up Zhong Kui and asked the people in the villa to treat his wound.

"What's the big deal about this little injury?!" Zhong Kui struggled.

"Don't move! Listen to me!" Qi Fei was anxious and didn't agree with her this time.

After getting iodine and gauze, Qi Fei took Zhong Kui back to their room. He treated Zhong Kui's wound himself and repeatedly confirmed whether she was okay.

Zhong Kui raised his head stubbornly: "How can a man be so fussy?"

Qi Fei was not angry: "Let me ask you, did you take the initiative to wake up Zhong Xiaoyu in Zizai Mountain in order to find out about Lan Die's medical treatment with Zhong Xiaoyu?"

Zhong Kui said nothing.

Qi Fei was distressed: "When you analyzed it so clearly before, I guessed it. I don't know what your experience is like, but I guess what happened just now can be regarded as a side effect?"

"This is my own business, why do you care so much?" Zhong Kui said childishly.

"Even if it's for investigating a case, I don't want you to do it in a way that hurts yourself. You are just a consultant, and I am the criminal police." Qi Fei said deliberately.

If it were in the past, Zhong Kui would have fought back immediately and choked Qi Fei to death with just a few words.

But today, Zhong Kui said nothing, which was unusual. The more she did this, the more worried Qi Fei became.

He had no choice but to sit quietly beside her so that her body was close to his.

The two of them leaned on the bed silently. After an unknown amount of time, Zhong Kui's body was finally exhausted. Without any warning, she tilted her head and fell asleep on Qi Fei's shoulder.

The transformation during the day seemed to have greatly consumed her mind.

Qi Fei looked at Zhong Kui gently and used his hand to push a strand of hair behind her ear.

When Zhong Kui was asleep, her face was as peaceful as an angel, but when she was awake, she always felt that there were two fires burning in her body, one cold flame and one hot fire.

The sky gradually darkened, and the scene of the day kept lingering in his eyes. The finger pointing at him and the extremely resentful eyes still made his heart tighten when he thought of them.

I was clearly asking who killed her entire family, so why did she point to him?

Just when too many thoughts were about to burst out of his mind, Zhong Kui grabbed his arm...

(End of this chapter)