The Mystery of the Inner Demon

Chapter 126 Making an exception
Wu Chun's pupils suddenly contracted, "I know nothing." Wu Chun denied weakly, but his shaking feet under the interrogation table had already betrayed him.

The content in the tablet computer changed from driving records to surveillance screenshots of the Jiangting Island ferry. In the picture, the staggering figure fleeing looked exactly the same as he did in the evening.

"You can deny it, but we are already searching your house. Soon, we will know whether the footprints found at the scene of Huang Daqiu's death are yours. You know, a person's footprints, like fingerprints, are unique." The screen of the tablet computer reflected Qi Fei's firm jawline. Opposite him was Wu Chun, who was becoming more and more panicked.

"I didn't do anything. I know nothing about Mr. Huang's affairs." Wu Chun denied it before he confessed. He looked at Qi Fei and the others with a seeking look, as if looking for some kind of guarantee. Unfortunately, he did not get the response he wanted.

"What is Huang Daqiu doing on Jiangting Island?" Qi Fei stood up, walked to a corner of the room, took a disposable water cup, and in the silent interrogation room, the sound of pouring hot water was heard.

The sound of water seemed to remind Wu Chun of the waves at the Jiangting Island ferry, and he couldn't help but tremble. He hesitated for a moment and took the hot water handed to him by Qi Fei.

The interrogation room was well heated, but he held the hot water tightly in his hands as if he were frozen.

"We found out you borrowed 500,000 yuan from Huang Daqiu due to gambling debts. You knew you couldn't repay the debt on your driver's salary, so you decided to kill Huang Daqiu. You knew Ying Shuigen wouldn't be home on the 15th day of the first lunar month, so you deliberately took Huang Daqiu to Jiangting Island and killed him. She Xiaohui and her son, who witnessed you killing someone, weren't spared either, right?!" Qi Fei leaned forward, his gaze fixed on Wu Chun's face with a powerful pressure. Everyone present, except Wu Chun, knew Qi Fei was talking nonsense.

According to Xiao Tao's latest autopsy results, She Xiaohui and her son had already died before Huang Daqiu and Wu Chun arrived on the island.

Although Wu Chun's suspicion of murdering Huang Daqiu cannot be completely ruled out, at least the death of She Xiaohui and her two children had nothing to do with him.

However, this tactic of using offense as defense really worked. Wu Chun's already fragile psychological defenses collapsed in an instant, and he hurriedly defended himself, "I did borrow money from Mr. Huang, but I really didn't kill him. I swear, if I lie, I will be struck by lightning!"

"If swearing is useful, why do we need the police? You didn't kill the person. Judging from the traces at the scene, you were there, which means you knew Huang Daqiu was dead. Why didn't you call the police?" Qi Fei asked immediately, leaving him no room to think.

When Wu Chun heard this, it was as if a puppet that had just stood up fell apart again: "I didn't want to do that. I just thought that I shouldn't get involved in such a troublesome matter. There have been rumors that Mr. Huang has an unclear relationship with the Golden Snake Immortal. If Mr. Huang dies and I call the police, what if the Golden Snake Immortal finds out? Who knows what he will do to me? He knows magic! I have a family to support in my hometown. If anything happens to me, I won't be the only one to die." Wu Chun was already crying when he said this.

"Do you think Huang Daqiu was killed by the Golden Snake Immortal?" Qi Fei leaned forward and sat back, asking.

"But, but at that time I didn't know that other people had died. I only found out later when I saw the news." Wu Chun looked up and looked back and forth at Qi Fei and Wu Shanqiu, as if he wanted to find evidence of his innocence on their faces.

"Start from the beginning and tell me what happened that day." Qi Fei opened the transcript, removed the cap from his ballpoint pen, and waited for Wu Chun to speak. Wu Chun took a sip of the hot water, watching it sway, as if remembering the day that had left him in a trance and nightmare. "I was about to leave work that day, but Mr. Huang had said a few days ago that he was going on vacation to Europe. With the boss out of the country, it was time for me, the driver, to rest. So even though I was working during the first month of the year, I was happy to do it. As usual, I drove to pick him up in my black Maybach, the one you saw."

Qi Fei certainly knew that on the day of the incident, the eye-catching Maybach had been surrounded and many photos taken.

"On the way back, he suddenly asked to go to Jiangting Island. In the past, Mr. Huang always drove there himself. Although I never dared to ask why, I could probably guess.

It's the Burmese rumor I told you about. Mr. Huang's relationship with the Golden Snake Immortal is definitely not simple. Sometimes when I'm driving, Mr. Huang calls the Golden Snake Immortal. Although the conversations are sporadic, I'm not stupid. The content is definitely not fortune-telling. It seems to be about money, or even black money.

I don't know what happened that day, it was as if God had destined me to this island. Mr. Huang had abdominal surgery when he was younger, and the injury had recurred, so he couldn't drive. Mr. Huang looked anxious after reading a document in the car. He made a few calls but couldn't get through. Later, I thought, he must have called the Golden Snake Immortal. After the call went dead, Mr. Huang muttered to himself, "..."

Wu Chun paused and imitated Huang Daqiu's tone: "Damn, I forgot what day it is today!"

This crude imitation somehow captured the ugliest part of Huang Daqiu's expression, making the originally serious interrogation atmosphere suddenly more humorous.

Wu Shanqiu, who was sitting next to Qi Fei, suppressed the corners of her mouth that were raised, and could only lower her head to hide her face and pretend to concentrate on taking notes.

"Well, your Mr. Huang should have remembered that today is the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and Ying Shuigen is not on Jiangting Island." Qi Fei was as serious as ever.

Wu Chun didn't seem to know about this and said "Oh" softly: "So that's what you mean. However, Mr. Huang seemed to be very determined to meet Ying Shuigen, and even made an exception to allow me to drive him there." Perhaps it was the exhaustion after escaping and being frightened, his voice was like a rusty hinge, and his eyes swept across his face in the one-way glass as he spoke, "I shouldn't have driven him there. If the car hadn't gone to the island that day, maybe... Alas, but who knows, Mr. Huang is my boss, and I can't disobey my boss's orders." Wu Chun swallowed hard after he finished speaking. The atmosphere in the interrogation room made him so nervous that the hairs on his cheeks stood up.

"What then?" Qi Fei tapped the table with the tip of his pen.

Wu Chun picked at the rim of a disposable paper cup. "I arrived and parked not far from the house. Mr. Huang told me to pick him up at the door in an hour. Normally, he would call me when he was done, but he didn't this time. So I waited an extra hour."

"Wait another hour? Didn't you call to ask?" Qi Fei found it unbelievable.

(End of this chapter)