The Mystery of the Inner Demon

Chapter 10 Coincidentally

What came into Qi Fei's sight was another shocking scene. On the wall, a monster was drawn with dark red blood. It had two faces, four hands and four feet. The two faces were not exactly the same. It could be vaguely seen that one was a man's face and the other was a woman's face, showing a weird smile to them.

Below was a plastic bucket filled with blood with a mop stuck in it, which seemed to be a tool used for painting.

Now, Zhu Mingen's blood was also found.

But this painting looked so strange, as if the monster had crawled out of Zhu Mingen's dream.

"Oh my god..." Xiao Lu muttered, "Is this all done by the guy who brought me the lunch box yesterday?"

"Xiao Lu...you just brushed past the devil." Qi Fei said in a deep voice. Only he knew it, and he felt a chill down his spine.

The old man was strangely calm, complaining, "Oh, your father, you made such a mess here, it will take a long time to clean up."

"You don't need to clean up. This is a crime scene and we have to protect it." Qi Fei looked at the skinny old man with suspicion and said.

Qi Fei walked out of the morgue. His colleagues, who had heard the news, were busy setting up a cordon behind him. He was still uneasy. Everything inevitably pointed to one person - Zhong Kui.

And he had no good reason to summon her, nor any way to find her.

The mysterious address seemed like a demonstration, showing him that she had the absolute initiative and would only appear in front of him when she needed her.

If it was really Zhong Kui, then who was the painting on the wall for? The flamboyant style filled with death and passion shocked Qi Fei more than Zhu Mingen's broken body.

Evidence has been collected at the scene, and the wheelchair left outside the door is being carefully packed and prepared to be taken back to the police station for further inspection.

"It's only one step away, why leave it outside?" Qi Fei muttered to himself. If the purpose was just to kill, it would have been much easier to push Zhu Mingen's wheelchair to the side of the dissection table. He couldn't see the need to abandon the wheelchair at the door.

From the inspection just now, it can be seen that the murderer had carefully cleaned the scene and not a single fingerprint was left.

"Brother Fei, what are you looking at?" Wu Shanqiu, who rushed to the scene, said beside him, interrupting Qi Fei's thoughts.

"I was wondering why someone so meticulous would leave so many obvious clues..." Qi Fei peered through the cordon. The monster drawn in blood was still shocking no matter how many times he saw it. "The murderer wants us to discover Zhu Mingen and can't wait for us to see him."

"This matter is really tricky. I just talked to the forensic doctor. Judging from the condition of the wounds, Zhu Mingen should have been still alive when he was dismembered. It's too cruel." Wu Shanqiu said dejectedly.

"The other party did what he did to Chen Xiaojing."

"Originally, the Chen family was a very strong suspect, but we just received news from the team that Chen Xiaojing's parents and other close relatives were in Sanwu Town last night, not in Nancheng, so they can basically be ruled out as suspects." Wu Shanqiu said.

"But there was a person in Nancheng yesterday." Qi Fei said with mixed feelings.

"Huh? Who did we miss?" Wu Shanqiu asked.

"Zhong Kui." Qi Fei took a deep breath, as if he hoped he hadn't said the name out loud.

However, Wu Shanqiu's reaction was beyond Qi Fei's expectations. She actually laughed: "Haha, it can't be her, Brother Fei."

Qi Fei looked at Wu Shanqiu in surprise: "What are you doing? Have you been brainwashed by that witch?"

"What? It's just such a coincidence. Yesterday, when I was leaving get off work, I met a very beautiful big cat on the road. I couldn't help but pet it a few times. Unexpectedly, the cat's owner was Zhong Kui. She told me that she missed the last bus to Sanwu Town, so I invited her to spend the night at my house. We talked until quite late. I received a notice this morning, and I can testify that Zhong Kui didn't have the time to commit the crime." Wu Shanqiu said with a smile. "Huh? What a coincidence?"

"That's right. Nan City is so big, we still met in the middle of the night."

"That's not what I'm talking about. I met her earlier than you last night. Similarly, it was the cat that led the way. I met two policemen in one night, and both of them were in charge of Chen Xiaojing's case. Isn't that a coincidence?" Qi Fei looked at Wu Shanqiu with deep eyes.

When Wu Shanqiu heard this, her lively expression disappeared: "Brother Fei, are you saying she did it on purpose?"

"Oh, at least she's ruled out as the murderer. However, she accepted money from Chen Youwei and promised him in front of me that she would make Zhu Mingen suffer the consequences he deserved. And then, Zhu Mingen was actually tortured to death. Isn't that a coincidence?"

Wu Shanqiu's eyes widened after hearing this. "Ah, that's... very suspicious, Brother Fei. My hair is standing on end. To be honest, when she was chatting with me last night, I almost thought she was a friend. She sounded very frank and kind."

"Well, does she have a kind of captivating feeling?"

"Huh? You sound like you understand that, brother."

Qi Fei's ears flushed as if he'd been poked by Wu Shanqiu. He quickly asked in a serious tone, "Seriously, where is Zhong Kui now? Is she still staying at your house?"

"She left home with me and said she was going back to Sanwu Town. If I had known, I would have left her in Nan City. It would be hard to find her once she returned."

"You said she had a very pleasant conversation with you last night. What did they talk about?" Qi Fei suddenly asked.

"Well, uh..." Wu Shanqiu was about to say something when she suddenly frowned. "Hey? What did we talk about? I just remember we were petting cats and chatting. We were so happy."

"You can't remember it, right?" Qi Fei looked as if it was expected.

"Damn it, I really can't remember it, how could this happen!"

"Just like when I came back from Sanwu Town."

"Oh, Brother Fei, you still haven't remembered her address?"

Qi Fei shook his head. "Forget it. Even if Zhong Kui hadn't come looking for you, the chances of her being the murderer wouldn't be very high. I just looked at the autopsy table. There are a lot of new scratches on it, probably left by the murderer when he dismembered the victim last night. The wheelchair was left at the door. It's beyond her size and strength to control an adult male and move him to the autopsy table without the help of any tools."

"If it's not even Zhong Kui, then who could it be?"

"The Chen Xiaojing case has received so much attention. I see the details of how the body was found have been circulated online. I can't rule out the possibility of a copycat crime."

When the two people were carefully analyzing the case, a "gurgling" sound was heard at an inopportune time.

After hearing this, Wu Shanqiu glanced at Qi Fei's belly and then smiled evilly: "Hey, Brother Fei, you didn't have breakfast?"

"I received a call early in the morning, so how could I have time to eat? Have you eaten?" Qi Fei said deliberately forcefully to hide his embarrassment.

Wu Shanqiu chuckled: "I'm very full. Zhong Kui made this. It's really delicious."

"How dare you eat this man's food? Are you a policeman with such a big heart?" Qi Fei paused when he said this. Wu Shanqiu's words reminded him, "Lunch box, that lunch box!"

(End of this chapter)