The Mystery of the Inner Demon

Chapter 120 God in Nanling
Outside the ward, the doctor explained Ying Shuigen's condition to the police: "His life was saved, but his vocal cords were damaged..."

"He just became mute." Zhong Kui said coldly.

"That's right," the doctor replied.

"Then how do we interrogate him?" Qi Fei became anxious when he heard this.

"As long as his brain is fine," Zhong Kui said, "If he doesn't talk, he can write. Why not just prepare some paper and pen for him?"

There is a truth to what Zhong Kui said, but it always sounds strange to everyone. She saved his life, but was so cruel to him.

Qi Fei looked at Ying Shuigen lying on the hospital bed with tubes inserted into his body and murmured, "How ironic! A charlatan ends up becoming mute."

Ying Shuigen didn't know that he was mute. When he saw Zhong Kui, he made a few dry sounds from the bottom of his throat, as if he wanted to say something, but he couldn't make a complete tone.

"I know you want to thank me, but you don't need to. If you want to thank someone, thank the person who asked you to ask me for help." Zhong Kui said slowly.

Qi Fei whispered in her ear: "He doesn't know you saved him, maybe he's blaming you."

Zhong Kui glanced at him and said arrogantly, "I want you to be so talkative."

Opposite them, Ying Shuigen, who was lying on the hospital bed, tried several times but couldn't speak. Realizing with horror that he could no longer speak, he reached out and touched the breathing tube still inserted in his neck, and made a sound that was almost wailing.

"That's right, you're mute." Zhong Kui told him the truth mercilessly, "You can always write."

As Zhong Kui spoke, Qi Fei had already handed the paper and pen to Ying Shuigen.

Qi Fei showed Ying Shuigen his ID and said, "You posted online that you didn't kill anyone, but we found your footprints at the scene and surveillance footage of you leaving Jiangting Island at the ferry. We police rely on evidence to investigate cases, and you are a serious suspect."

Ying Shuigen immediately shook his head after hearing this. Every time he moved, the tubes inserted into his body were pulled, making a terrible noise. The nurse was so anxious that she quickly held him down.

He hurriedly picked up the pen and wrote a few words on the paper with trembling hands: "I don't know."

"You don't know who the murderer is?" Qi Fei asked.

Ying Shuigen nodded.

"Then where is the person who asked you to find me?" Zhong Kui asked in a deep voice.

Ying Shuigen immediately wrote on it and turned it over to show them.

There was only one word written on it—"God."

"What a joke! You said God told you to come find me?" Zhong Kui sneered, "There is no God in this world. You'd better tell the truth."

Qi Fei looked at Zhong Kui, recalling the day when he first met her, the look of a complete witch. At that time, he never thought that one day, the words "There is no God in this world" would come out of Zhong Kui's mouth.

In front of them, Ying Shuigen opened his eyes wide, truly believing in the existence of God.

He gestured in confusion and made sounds in the back of his throat that no one could understand.

Seeing that no one understood, Ying Shuigen wrote in the notebook for a long time, and finally finished it and showed it to them.

However, what was written on the paper seemed like nonsense to Qi Fei. "I've seen God. If I could exchange with God, He would grant me any request." He pointed at Zhong Kui and touched his neck.

Zhong Kui understood the gesture and asked, "You mean, he asked you to trade your voice in exchange for your life?"

Ying Shuigen nodded hurriedly.

"Hmph, the first four words are worth my rescue. Since you have seen him, you should know what he looks like, right?" Zhong Kui asked calmly, but one could feel that there was a murderous intent hidden in this calmness.

However, Ying Shuigen's words disappointed her, because there were only two words written on it: "Mask".

Qi Fei was unwilling to accept this and immediately asked, "It doesn't matter if you're wearing a mask, but what about your gender, height, weight? Write down everything you can think of!"

Ying Shuigen seemed to be trying hard to recall. He wrote with the pen in his hand, stopping and starting. After a while, he crossed out everything and only wrote one sentence.

He put down the pen in his hand and did the action that Qi Fei feared the most.

Ying Shuigen raised his hand and pointed at Qi Fei. There was only one sentence written on the paper: "Same as you."

If it were in the past, Qi Fei would have thought it was nonsense.

Then there was the confrontation with Zhong Xiaoyu in the Yunshen Secret Realm. When Qi Fei saw Ying Shuigen's answer, he felt cold all over. The chill that came from nowhere swept over his whole body.

Ying Shuigen was the only person who had seen this monster, and he now confirmed that except for the face, the rest of this person's features were very similar to Qi Fei. This could not help but make people feel a chill in their hearts.

Just when Qi Fei was in shock, Ying Shuigen wrote another line on the paper.

"The voices are similar." After Ying Shuigen finished writing, he realized something. After doubt, he felt awe, as if Qi Fei was the god he worshipped.

Qi Fei said disdainfully: "No need to look, I have never seen you before, and I had never been to Jiangting Island before the incident in your family."

But Ying Shuigen immediately wrote down four words: "God is in Nanling."

"Nanling?" Qi Fei blurted out. This place is the most famous ancient site in Nancheng. It is a thousand-year-old imperial tomb. Because only incomplete inscriptions are left, the identity of the tomb owner has never been verified. Legend has it that it was a prince who was wrongly killed by Emperor Zhao of Zhou. In order to atone for his sins, this nameless imperial tomb was built and the prince was buried there.

Qi Fei cares about Nanling because it was the place he visited most often during his childhood.

His home is near Nanling. He vaguely remembers that when he was young, his mother would take him to play under the ancient monuments in Nanling. He was too young at that time, and many of his memories have long been blurred. He vaguely remembers having playmates, his mother's company, and playing marbles. In short, it was the happiest time in his life.

Qi Fei's absent-mindedness did not escape Zhong Kui's eyes, but she just looked at him meaningfully and didn't say anything.

After leaving the hospital, Qi Fei insisted on sending Zhong Kui to Guiyue Apartment.

"I know what you are worried about. Don't worry, if that monster wanted to kill me, he would have done it long ago. You should just worry about yourself." Zhong Kui did not appreciate it.

"Why didn't he kill me?" Qi Fei asked the question that lingered in his mind while driving. Zhong Kui had told him about his peculiarities, which were verified by various events. Qi Fei gradually realized the absurdity of the matter. "You said he would kill everyone you cared about."

"I want to know too. I can feel that special aura from you, but you don't have the hostility that he has. I think you two are not the same person." Zhong Kui analyzed seriously.

Qi Fei got anxious when he heard this: "Of course not! No matter what you say, I know very well that I couldn't have been there when my mother was murdered, when your family was in trouble, or when Ying Shuigen's family was in tragedy. Even if my memory is wrong, it's impossible for my classmates and colleagues to lie collectively, right?"

(End of this chapter)