The Mystery of the Inner Demon

Chapter 100 Trumpet
It was still Li Peter who was chasing Hua Deping to seek an explanation, and the two of them were fighting fiercely.

When Hua Deping heard Qi Fei say that he wanted to question him, he was about to protest. Qi Fei showed him the photoshopped photo of Hong Mei, and Hua Deping was speechless for a moment.

Li Peter became even more excited: "Did you do this?!" He almost started fighting again in the detention center.

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"I posted it, so what?" Hua Deping was quite arrogant at first. "The Lan Die incident was just a coincidence, and the photos I took were clearly of Hong Mei, not Lan Die. Doesn't that explain something?"

Qi Fei showed him the photos of Hong Mei's death scene, which softened Hua Deping's arrogant attitude: "This... this is different. The photo of Hong Mei that I sent did not have any injuries on her face..." Because the content of the photo was too bloody, Hua Deping's voice was trembling despite his tough words.

"How do you explain this manipulation?"

"I didn't kill Hong Mei. Believe me, I was on the crew that night and didn't go anywhere! Didn't you ask me about it when Hong Mei just died?! Who is framing me?!" Hua Deping said hysterically.

Qi Fei continued, knowing in his heart that Hua Deping was right. So far, all the suspects they had found with a motive for murder, except Liu Yi, had been ruled out due to their clear alibis. The filming schedule of this drama made Qi Fei feel vaguely amiss, and he immediately said to Hua Deping, "We'll talk about the timing later. Let me ask you, why did you post these photos on Hong Mei's anti-fan circle?"

After hearing this, Hua Deping's tough attitude immediately became hesitant: "Don't get me wrong, I have no problem with Hong Mei, I won't kill her."

"You have no objection to cursing people like this?"

"That's to bring popularity to the drama. Being popular or not is also popular. You don't know how much pressure a producer has! Besides, isn't Liu Yi doing the same? Go and ask how much of Hong Mei's popularity is due to being popular or not. She doesn't care at all. Hong Mei is a very realistic person. She knows very well that those dramas choose her because every time she performs, there will be controversy. If her reputation is not good, black fans will also scold her and make her a hot search. How many dramas have contributed to the ratings because netizens who don't know the truth saw the black hot searches out of curiosity?" Hua Deping said confidently.

"You said someone imitated the black photos you took to kill people. Are there any suspects?" Qi Fei continued to ask.

"Well, every time I post something, there is an account that will definitely forward it, but I don't know who this person is. Anyway, he seems to be very interested in the photos I posted. Before Hong Mei was killed, he suddenly sent me a private message. He said that I have an audition in this city and it may be my major breakthrough. This sentence sounds very familiar to me. I don't know where I have seen it, but I always feel uncomfortable listening to it. If you can find me, you can definitely find this person." Hua Deping said.

"Does this mean that he is also an actor?" Qi Fei asked.

Hua Deping shook his head: "No, I remember someone said this, but I can't remember where."

When the interrogation was over, Qi Fei went to the observation room next door and almost bumped into Liu Tong. A lot of water spilled out of the thermos in Liu Tong's hand.

"What's going on? Are you in such a hurry to see me?" Liu Tong said, wiping the water stains on his body.

"Is Zhong Kui not here today?" Qi Fei asked.

"Shouldn't I be asking you this?"

"Captain Liu, I don't have time to joke with you. I have to ask Zhong Kui for help!" Qi Fei didn't know why he was so anxious.

"Is it related to Hua Deping?" Liu Tong also became serious, knowing what Qi Fei was thinking. "Hua Deping said that private message, where did he hear it before? This is a seemingly plausible memory. I need Zhong Kui to help Hua Deping remember it." Qi Fei said immediately.

After hearing this, Liu Tong pointed outside and said, "It's snowing heavily outside. Zhong Kui won't be showing up in the near future."

Qi Fei had heard Liu Tong's words a long time ago. He vaguely remembered that when he went to Sanwu Town and was waiting for Zhong Kui at the Wong Tai Sin Temple, the people in the town told him that Zhong Kui would not appear in heavy snow.

Ever since he investigated Zhong Xiaoyu's case, Qi Fei suddenly had another realization when he heard these words again. It was snowing heavily in Baicheng when her family was killed.

It seems that she has returned to Zizai Mountain.

Qi Fei recalled the time he went to Zizai Mountain to look for her. It was also a snowy day. Although Zhong Kui always said that Zhong Xiaoyu had erased this part of her pain, if she didn't have the pain, why would she hide away alone every time it snowed?

Thinking of this, Qi Fei felt extremely regretful. She must have been very uncomfortable at that time, and he even lost his temper at her.

"I'm here to hand in my homework!" Wu Shanqiu's words interrupted Qi Fei's thoughts. "Hua Deping is right. There really is an account reposting photos uploaded by Hua Deping. And this account is very strange. He never interacts with other people in the anti-fan circle. He only reposts negative information and photos about Hong Mei and even likes his own posts. It's really strange."

"Have you found out who owns the account?" Qi Fei asked.

"This person hasn't updated since Hong Mei died. We found out it wasn't registered under real name, and we're looking for him through other channels."

As she was speaking, Wu Shanqiu received a call and almost dropped her phone.

"Why are you so reckless?" Qi Fei said.

"This is a major discovery!" Wu Shanqiu could not hide her excitement.

"what happened?"

"We've tracked down who's using this account. This person is so surprising!" Wu Shanqiu couldn't wait to answer herself before Qi Fei could ask. "It's Lan Die. Our technicians discovered that another account associated with this account has real-name registration information, showing it's Lan Die. They've already cracked the phone Lan Die used before her death and confirmed that she was indeed the one logging into this account."

"Landie?" Qi Fei was indeed surprised. "Is it true that her attitude of changing times was just a disguise?"

"Alas, Brother Fei, your intuition is right. It seems that Lan Die has never let go of her hatred for Hong Mei and has been using her second account to lurk in Hong Mei's circle of black fans." Wu Shanqiu said.

"But there's one thing I don't understand. Is there any other reason why she reposted those Hua Deping's secondary creations besides venting her anger?"

"Shanqiu, I think what's even more suspicious about this matter is that on the night of Lan Die's death, there were three people on the entire set who knew that the set for Lan Die's scene had been used to depict Xian Yao's death. Lan Die was one of them, but that night, she didn't raise any objections at all. This is incredibly suspicious."

(End of this chapter)