The Mystery of the Inner Demon

Chapter 7 Electrotherapy
Qi Fei received news that Zhu Mingen was sent to the hospital because he had injured himself by hitting his head against the wall in the detention center and fell into a coma.

Qi Fei was outside the ward, looking at Zhu Mingen, who had gauze wrapped around his head and had not yet woken up, with a frown on his face.

What made him anxious was not Zhu Mingen's physical condition, but his mental condition. His abnormal behavior could be used as an excuse to use mental illness as an excuse during the second trial.

Logically speaking, the result of the first trial was in favor of Zhu Mingen, and he had no reason or need to do so.

"Hey? Xiao Lu, do you know why Zhu Mingen committed self-harm?" Qi Fei asked the policeman guarding the door.

"It's a ghost." Xiao Lu muttered.

"Tsk, just answer the question, why are you complaining?" Qi Fei knew that Xiao Lu was always honest, and this didn't sound like something he would say.

"No, no, Brother Fei, I'm talking about Zhu Mingen hitting his head against the wall and him claiming to have seen a ghost."

"Huh? Why are you here again? What the hell is going on?"

"We don't know either. Since being detained, he's mentioned several times that he can't stay in this place and wants to leave. The trial hasn't concluded yet, so we can only follow the rules. He's been staying up late at night, pacing around and talking to himself. We thought he was just anxious, but yesterday he suddenly started banging his head against the wall, like he was banging his head against the wall. When we found him, his face was covered in blood."

"Do you know what he was talking to himself?" Qi Fei asked.

Xiao Lu scratched his head. "It's just a little funny. The content is pretty much the same, but it has nothing to do with the case. He keeps saying that the monster is back. I'm afraid he really has a problem with his brain."

Qi Fei didn't find it funny at all. He had heard of monsters. This was the dream that Zhong Kui told him about Zhu Mingen.

He looked at the unconscious Zhu Mingen and recalled their last conversation. That time, in the face of sufficient evidence, Zhu Mingen finally admitted that he was the real murderer of Chen Xiaojing.

He followed the suspicious Zhu Qi and discovered Chen Xiaojing, Zhu Qi's mistress. Without hesitation, Zhu Ming'en raised the rusty axe and chopped Chen Xiaojing.

Those bodies might have been chopped off when Chen Xiaojing was still alive.

For Qi Fei, this was not the cruelest part. The cruelest thing was that Zhu Mingen in front of him had no regrets at all.

"That bitch deserves to die, and so does Zhu Qi. I should have chopped him off too."

"Your father has already admitted to helping you move the body and absconding with the crime."

"Hmph, that's what he should do." Zhu Mingen said gritting his teeth.

"If you think they all deserve to die, then what are you afraid of?" Qi Fei blurted out. He remembered the dream that Zhong Kui told him, Zhu Mingen's dream.

Zhu Ming'en was stunned. Fear finally appeared in his hateful eyes. It was the fear of being chased by a monster in a flood.

At that time, Qi Fei guessed that Zhong Kui had not cured Zhu Mingen's nightmare.

In the quiet ward corridor, the rhythmic sound of high heels hitting the ground could be heard.

Zhong Kui appeared in front of Qi Fei again.

"What are you here for?"

"I was asked to perform an exorcism."

"Who asked you to come?"

"Didn't Chen Youwei ask me to come?"

"If you mess around, I will bring you to justice, no matter if you are a half-immortal or not." Qi Fei raised his fur and warned like a dog whose territory had been invaded.

"What are you thinking? Chen Youwei's little money isn't worth the risk of me having to face a murder lawsuit." Zhong Kui chuckled, "I'm here to help you solve your problem." She still had that careless and arrogant look on her face, tearing off a sticky note from the ward door and folding it up for fun. "Huh? Are you saying he's faking it?"

"Humph, the last time he came to see me, I realized he had no remorse at all. I was the one who helped him exorcise his inner demons. If they relapse, it would be an insult to my abilities."

"Then I don't understand. Logically speaking, the result of the first trial was already lenient enough for him. Does he really need to pretend to be crazy and stupid to escape punishment?"

Zhong Kui looked at Qi Fei with her ethereal and charming eyes and said, "If he was content, he wouldn't let his father take the blame."

"Are you the worm in his stomach? You know so well."

"He is a very typical..." Zhong Kui blurted out, and for some reason, he suddenly stopped and turned his head, "Indeed, he doesn't need a witch, what he needs is treatment." Then, Zhong Kui leaned close and whispered a few words to Qi Fei.

Along with the sweet fragrance, the words were finished, and the paper was folded into an exquisite flower. Zhong Kui threw it away and left the hospital under Qi Fei's approving gaze.

Early in the morning, Zhu Mingen was awakened from his sleep by the sound of several people talking.

When he opened his eyes, he saw doctors and nurses in white coats surrounding his bed. Suddenly, someone uncuffed him and put a strange outfit on him. The long sleeves tied him up behind his back, making him unable to move. Several people helped him to the wheelchair and pushed him out of the ward.

"Where are we going?" Zhu Mingen asked anxiously.

No one answered him. The corridor of the ward was very long and led to a secluded corner. Finally, they stopped at the door of a room with the words "Electrotherapy Room" written on it.

After a simple handover, Zhu Mingen was pushed in.

The metal headband was connected to an unfamiliar device, which made him completely panic.

"What are you going to do to me?" he shouted.

"You have severe hallucinations, which is a functional delusion disorder and requires treatment with electric shock." The doctor's cold voice came through the mask. As soon as he finished speaking, two nurses lifted Zhu Ming'en up and pulled him onto the electric shock chair.

"No, you are wrong, I am not sick!" Zhu Mingen twisted his body desperately and struggled and shouted.

"Oh, that's what every crazy person says." A nurse muttered indifferently.

"I'm just faking it. I don't need treatment! Call my lawyer over here!"

With two "clicks", the belt buckle on the treatment chair firmly fixed Zhu Mingen's body.

The electric shock device lit up red and green lights, making a terrifying sound like charging. Zhu Mingen pleaded helplessly, "I beg you, please believe me. I deliberately said I saw a monster to avoid going to jail. In fact, I didn't see anything. I'm confessing everything. Call the judge and the police. I'll tell you everything. I killed Chen Xiaojing, and my father and I dismembered her body together. I'm willing to go to jail. I'm willing to apologize to Chen Xiaojing's parents..."

The beeping sound of the device suddenly stopped.

The dim room suddenly lit up.

The "doctor" took off his mask and looked at Zhu Mingen with cold eyes.

"You, you are Officer Qi?!" Zhu Mingen was stunned.

"We will submit what you just said as supplementary evidence to the court, and we will also conduct a mental evaluation on you. Whether you go to prison or a mental hospital depends on your luck." Qi Fei said with disgust.

"You lied to me?!" Zhu Ming'en went from being horrified to furious and humiliated, then he shouted, "You are inducing me! You are inducing me!"

"You were the one who lied to us first, weren't you?" Qi Fei said coldly.

(End of this chapter)