Mysterious Séancer: My Doll Can Really Show Its Power

The officer in charge of the questioning returned to his seat.

"You really know our Captain Liu?"

Yang Ning shook his head: "I don't know him, but I guess he should know me."

The officers had nothing to say and continued questioning.

"What grudge do you have against Qi Xue? Why does she want to kill you?"

"I don't know that."

"Don't know? You'd better explain yourself first. Qi Xue's condition is unstable right now. If she confesses after she stabilizes, the situation will be different."

"Is that so? Well then, why don't we wait and see?"

......

Outside the interrogation room.

Liu Ming looked at the plainclothes man next to him who was extremely nervous and said, "Hey, Lao Hu, look at yourself! You're supposed to be the criminal investigation captain of Jingping, can't you be a little more dignified?!"

The man surnamed Hu pointed into the interrogation room and said, "Brother Liu, let me tell you, this is a big case!"

"Wherever this brat goes—Cang'er, Zhongzhou, Binhai—now it's your turn, Jinzhou—"

"Shut the hell up!"

Liu Ming retorted angrily, "You've repeated his battle record countless times along the way; I practically know it by heart! And what was the result?"

"These are all speculations from local police departments; not a single one can be confirmed!"

The man blinked and said, "Brother Liu, isn't this precisely his most terrifying aspect?"

Liu Ming frowned and looked at the man, saying, "Don't you understand the principle of 'innocent until proven guilty'?"

"Besides, didn't he go to your place? How come nothing happened in Jingping?!"

The man lowered his head, took a deep breath, and smiled wryly, saying, "It's nothing serious, just two small things. A dead person from a special unit came back to life in our hospital."

"Then there was a wildfire that wiped an entire village off the map."

"Both of the above are absolutely genuine."

Liu Ming stared at him blankly. "What novel is it that's so captivating?"

The man said wistfully, "If only this were a novel, Brother Liu. Be careful, and good luck!"

Liu Ming sneered, "Hmph, my luck has always been good! Don't worry! He can't cause any trouble for me!"

Just as Liu Ming finished speaking, "Ring ring!"

His phone rang.

"Feed? What is it?"

"Captain Liu, the police in Shanghai just called to say that an elderly woman boarded a plane on our side and disembarked on their side. She suddenly passed away in the air."

"..."

"Captain Liu? It's not a criminal case. The police in Shanghai made it very clear that the old lady was just frightened because of her age and the car accident she had a couple of days ago. They were just giving us a routine notification."

Liu Ming's gaze relaxed slightly as he looked at the man. "Okay, I understand."

After hanging up the phone, before he could even speak, the man said, "See, Brother Liu, things have come to fruition, haven't they?"

Liu Ming feigned disdain and said, "She was an elderly woman who had just been in a car accident a couple of days ago and happened to die on the plane."

The man sighed, "Brother Liu, what if I told you that the old woman was the only woman allowed to live in that village in Jingping that was wiped off the map?"

"Then this woman's daughter, in the noodle shop at your Jinzhou Airport, fired a shot at that refined and handsome young man, Yang Ning."

"Do you still think it's a coincidence?"

Liu Ming's expression gradually turned serious. "You mean, Yang Ning is a suspect in the murder? What are your thoughts?"

The man surnamed Hu took a deep breath and said, "Brother Liu, my advice is to forget about Yang Ning himself; we won't find anything out."

"After all, the police in those places aren't incompetent. I suggest we intensify the interrogation of Qi Xue. Once she talks, things might become much clearer."

Liu Ming pondered for a moment and said, "Qi Xue is currently being looked after by our people at the hospital."

The words had barely left his mouth—

"Ring ring!"

His phone rang again.

Upon seeing the caller ID, Liu Ming's expression changed slightly!

He turned and walked towards the parking lot while answering the phone, his voice urgent and grave: "What's going on?!"

......

Jinju Hospital, nursing ward.

Qi Xue lay on the hospital bed with her hands wrapped in layers of gauze, her expression numb.

Suddenly, she raised her hand towards a female police officer who was guarding her. "I have something to say, about Qingyu Mountain, about Qianzhi Village, about...!"

There were two female police officers in the ward to provide care, and two male police officers outside the ward, plus four riot police officers.

Because firearms are involved, the police are taking it very seriously.

Upon hearing that Qi Xue had something to say, the two policewomen immediately stepped forward.

But......

"Mmm, mmm!"

Qi Xue was horrified to discover that she couldn't speak!

In particular, she couldn't say the two words "Yang Ning" no matter what she tried!

Outside the ward, people came and went in the hospital; some cried, some laughed.

A little girl in a red dress was holding flowers, jumping and skipping.

The accompanying police officer...screamed.

When Liu Ming arrived with a group of criminal investigation officers, Qi Xue was already dead.

Without any warning, with no wounds other than the external injury on her hand, and no signs of poisoning, she simply lay on the hospital bed and quietly passed away.

She was ultimately unable to say what she wanted to say.

On her bedside table was a bouquet of blooming flowers with a note on top of it.

"Aunt Qi Xue, you'll get better. Let's go play together then, okay?"

The note ended with a simple smiley face drawn in red crayon, and a little person wearing a red dress.

Liu Ming had his men search the entire ward thoroughly several times, examining the hospital's surveillance footage frame by frame, but still found no clues.

"Captain Liu, the cause of death was indeed cardiac arrest, but the patient's heart was not damaged."

"It's like your heart, which was working, suddenly stopped for no reason."

"Captain Liu, we've checked everyone who was around this ward this afternoon, but we don't have any useful information yet."

After listening to the reports from his officers and the doctor, he raised his head, closed his eyes, and remained silent.

A pair of hands patted his shoulder, and the man surnamed Hu sighed, "Brother Liu, I'm leaving."

"Where are we going?"

"Go back to Jingping."

Suddenly, Liu Ming looked down at the criminal investigation captain of Jingping City and asked, "Why did you suddenly come to Jinzhou today?"

The man surnamed Hu gave a helpless smile. "You found out? I came here to follow that kid, but I couldn't find any clues. So I was hoping you could... Brother Liu, looks like your luck isn't so great today either!"

Liu Ming: "..."

At this moment, all Liu Ming could hear were the boasts he had made to that guy surnamed Hu earlier—

"Hmph, I've always been lucky! Don't worry! He can't cause any trouble for me!"

......

Inside the interrogation room.

The police officer had asked Yang Ning for what seemed like the umpteenth time, "You really don't know why Qi Xue wanted to kill you?"

Yang Ning said listlessly, "Comrade, even if you ask me a hundred times in different ways, I still don't know."

The officer seemed to have reached his limit, waving his hand and saying, "Alright, you can go now. We might contact you again later, so please be sure to answer the phone."

Yang Ning nodded and said, "Okay, I will definitely cooperate with the investigation."

When he came out of the interrogation room, he looked up at the sky and saw that it was already five or six in the afternoon, with half of the sky dyed red by the sunset.

As Yang Ning walked towards the gate of the police station, he muttered to himself, "Why bother?"

"I already told you, if you take that thing out, our bad karma will begin."

"You were trying to kill me, that's an extremely serious offense. You think cutting off a finger would settle it? Besides, you're going to try and slander me afterwards... well, I'm sorry..."

"Now look what's happened. You've lost even your last five years, and I only have one last bit of good karma left. It's a lose-lose situation for everyone."

"In a way, you did have a slight advantage. At least, thanks to those police officers, you left with some dignity."

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