The Mystery of the Inner Demon

Chapter 119 Mute
Qi Fei looked at her calm face and didn't understand how a person could say such cruel words so openly.

"I haven't lost myself. You've let me see more of my flesh and blood, the pain and joy that are vividly entangled between soul and flesh, Qi Fei." Zhong Kui suddenly turned her head to look at him, with the charm of a witch, and called softly, "Love me, love me without reservation, don't listen, don't look..." As she spoke, she covered Qi Fei's hesitant eyes with her cold palms.

In the darkness, Qi Fei could feel the sweet floral scent growing stronger and stronger. When Zhong Kui's soft lips touched his, he knew that nothing else mattered anymore...

Downstairs of Nancheng Hospital, Qi Fei had just turned into the gate when the headlights of his car suddenly caught the figure of a skinny old woman. He was so scared that he slammed on the brakes and stopped on the spot.

When he came to his senses, he found that it was Granny Meng standing in front of his car with a stern face. It was a cold day and late at night, and it seemed that she had been waiting here for a long time.

Zhong Kui slowly rolled down the car window and said nonchalantly, "Grandma, it's cold, get in the car."

After just a few words, Granny Meng's anger suddenly subsided and she got into the car obediently.

It only took a few minutes to drive to the basement, but since Grandma Meng was sitting in the back seat, Qi Fei felt it was especially long.

After getting out of the car, Qi Fei finally couldn't help but said to Granny Meng, "We are going up to investigate the case now. Are you going to follow us like this?"

"Wherever the immortal goes, I will go." Grandma Meng said stubbornly.

Zhong Kui asked as if she was enjoying the show: "Grandma is pretty good, what's wrong with following her?"

Qi Fei looked at Zhong Kui in disbelief. He didn't expect that she would not stand on his side. He then leaned over to whisper in her ear, but was stopped by Grandma Meng's dry hand.

Inadvertently, my lips touched the wrinkled back of the old lady's hand.

A subtle smile actually crossed the old woman's haggard face, and for a moment Qi Fei didn't know who was taking advantage of whom.

"Okay, let me be frank. It's you, grandma, who's beside me that gives me goosebumps all over my body and makes me feel cold and uncomfortable." Qi Fei raised his voice and said.

Zhong Kui smiled and said, "Is it possible that you have something to hide?"

The elevator door opened with a ding, and Granny Meng followed closely behind Zhong Kui and entered the elevator before Qi Fei.

Ying Shuigen has been sent in for emergency treatment.

As soon as Wu Shanqiu saw them coming up, she stepped forward and said, "Ying Shuigen's current diagnosis is throat edema caused by acute allergies. If Zhong Kui hadn't opened Ying Shuigen's trachea in time, he probably wouldn't have made it to the hospital."

"What about the letter?"

"It's been sent for inspection. In this case, it's suspected that the envelope contained a strong allergen that only reacts to water roots."

After hearing this, Zhong Kui said quietly, "It seems these two people are old acquaintances."

Qi Fei stroked his chin and continued, "At least the other party needs to know what Ying Shuigen is allergic to. Could the person who delivered the letter be the monster himself?" At this point, he couldn't help but get excited. After all, this was the closest he had ever been to the monster. "According to his habit of leaving no one alive every time he commits a crime, he miscalculated this time."

"Hmph, he didn't miscalculate. If it was Zhong Xiaoyu, he wouldn't have stabbed Shui Gen. There's a 50% chance that the knife would have killed him directly. It's just that I don't care." Zhong Kui said coldly.

The emergency treatment was still going on. Wu Shanqiu looked at Zhong Kui and suddenly recalled a pleasant memory. She took her hand and said, "Xiao Kui, will you stay at my place when you return to Nancheng this time?"

Zhong Kui smiled slightly: "I have found a place, thank you."

"Didn't you come back to Nancheng temporarily? When did you find the place?" Wu Shanqiu asked in surprise.

"Don't forget, I bought the Laurel Apartments. I can live there before they are demolished." "Ah, that haunted house?"

"What I'm least afraid of is a tomb." Zhong Kui's red lips curled up, and she raised her hand to touch her hair. Then she turned to Granny Meng and said naturally, "I need to ask Ying Shuigen some questions. Granny, please go to the apartment and clean up first."

Grandma Meng was worried and glared at Qi Fei a few more times before leaving reluctantly.

Wu Shanqiu glanced at her phone tactfully. "Ah, I have to go back to the police station to check on the physical evidence and the autopsy report. Bye!"

The corridor became quiet. Qi Fei and Zhong Kui sat side by side on the chairs. After a while, Zhong Kui fell asleep leaning on Qi Fei's shoulder, just like when they were in the Yunshen Secret Realm.

But Qi Fei was not sleepy at all and his mind was restless.

Although Zhong Kui didn't care, he couldn't be so carefree.

She just said that if it were Zhong Xiaoyu, she would care about Ying Shuigen's life or death and would not decisively cut open his trachea, but Zhong Kui would.

This is the difference between Zhong Kui and Zhong Xiaoyu, and also the difference between Zhong Kui and him.

Maybe Jiang Tianyi is right.

Zhong Kui is a personality, a created one, too perfect in his eyes but a seriously flawed personality in the eyes of the world.

Even though she deeply understood his dilemma in their relationship, her setting would make her not care.

However, he knew that he could not lose Zhong Kui, and he cared about her more than Zhong Kui did.

……

When it was almost dawn, Wu Shanqiu returned to the hospital and saw Qi Fei sitting upright from afar, while Zhong Kui was lying on his legs, still asleep, with Qi Fei's coat covering her body.

Qi Fei also saw Wu Shanqiu. Seeing her playful smile, he wanted to confront her, but was afraid of disturbing Zhong Kui, so he could only mouth: "What are you laughing at?"

Wu Shanqiu had quietly walked up to them, bent down and looked at Zhong Kui's face for a long time, and whispered to Qi Fei: "She looks like an angel when she is asleep!"

After hearing this, Qi Fei couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, and he didn't even know why he was so proud.

Zhong Kui slowly opened her eyes, looking much better than last night, as if she had had a good sleep next to Qi Fei.

"We checked the contents of the envelope and found that it contained ragweed pollen. This substance is non-toxic and odorless, but it can cause serious consequences for people who are allergic to it," said Wu Shanqiu.

"When I pulled out the envelope, Ying Shuigen knelt at my feet and begged. The pollen just happened to fall on his face and a lot of it was absorbed into his face," said Zhong Kui.

"It seems that the other party has long planned to kill Ying Shuigen when you read the letter."

"In addition, we compared Ying Shuigen's shoes with the bloody footprints found at the scene and confirmed that shoe print number 42 was his. This means he definitely visited the scene after the crime and walked around all the bodies. However, this doesn't prove whether he was the murderer or a witness."

At this time, the nurse ran over and told them that Ying Shuigen had finally woken up.

Zhong Kui won the bet and decisively performed a tracheotomy, pulling him back from the brink of death.

(End of this chapter)