The Mystery of the Inner Demon

Chapter 16 Scumbag
This graffiti shows a spherical body with two heads and two sets of hands and feet.

The two heads, one male and one female, both showed strange smiles, as if they were alive.

"Hiss, what does this mean?" Wu Shanqiu stared at the strange painting and touched her arm. "My hair is standing on end!"

"I remember they took the fingerprints from the gasoline barrel discarded at the scene." Qi Fei looked at the weeds below the low wall, as if he had returned to the time of the crime. Then his eyes cast towards the gas station not far away. "The gas station has surveillance cameras. The Lanhe police checked all the vehicles that entered and exited before Yang Jinhan was murdered. The drivers' fingerprints didn't match those found at the scene."

"Just like Zhu Mingen's case, the murderer was very cautious and good at disguise. The only evidence left behind was that fingerprint." Wu Shanqiu said.

Her words reminded Qi Fei, and he murmured thoughtfully: "Only?"

As he spoke, Qi Fei stretched out his hands and looked at his fingers.

"Brother Fei, what are you looking at?" Wu Shanqiu asked curiously as she watched from the side.

"A person has ten fingers. Why do you think only one identical fingerprint was extracted from the two crime scenes?" Qi Fei asked.

Wu Shanqiu seemed enlightened. "That's a bit strange indeed. When I found the fingerprint on Xiao Lu's lunch box, I was a little puzzled. This isn't the way a normal person would hold a lunch box. Logically..." Wu Shanqiu made a gesture of picking something up. "It's impossible for only this fingerprint to be left. Besides, it's strange that this finger appeared on the lid. No one would hold a lunch box like that."

"It seems that he may have left it here on purpose to mislead us. This person is very meticulous and likes to manipulate others. He seems to enjoy this feeling." Qi Fei said, "We have encountered a very tough opponent."

"Even fingerprints are part of the plan? That's too scary." Wu Shanqiu was horrified when she thought about it.

"If it weren't for this fingerprint, we wouldn't be able to connect Zhu Ming'en's death to Yang Jinhan's case, and we wouldn't be in Lanhe right now. This murderer seems to want us to know something." Qi Fei looked at the monster's graffiti again. "I wonder why Yang Jinhan would come to this deserted corner alone?"

"The restroom is next to the gas station. There's no need to walk there." Wu Shanqiu also agreed.

"Or, he made an appointment with someone to meet here." Qi Fei said, "Gu Ruyun said that during the time they were getting divorced, Yang Jinhan started to return to Lanhe frequently. There must be a reason for this." As he spoke, his eyes fell on an inconspicuous iron can in the dry grass.

The can was discarded right below the monster graffiti. Qi Fei picked it up and saw that it was a black paint can.

There is only this one graffiti on the wall, and it is self-evident what this paint can means.

However, the police had no reason to pay attention to the pattern on the wall at the time because it had nothing to do with Yang Jinhan.

"Paint spray cans are flammable and explosive. There's a traceability management system. Let's quickly check where this batch of spray cans was sold last year to see if there's any clues!"

This was their first gain since arriving at Lan River, and it seemed like a good start.

They soon arrived at the place where Yang Jinhan opened his B&B.

Continuing his good luck at the gas station, the B&B sold by Yang Jinhan is still in operation.

A woman who looked like a proprietress at the front desk saw Qi Fei and his friends and thought they were guests checking in, so she immediately greeted them warmly. When Qi Fei and his friends explained their purpose and wanted to know about Yang Jinhan, the proprietress asked blankly, "We have a lot of guests here. I don't remember this person, but I can help you check his registration information."

Wu Shanqiu was puzzled after hearing this: "Didn't you buy this store from Yang Jinhan?"

The proprietress showed a surprised look: "This house has been ours for generations. It has nothing to do with the person you are talking about. If you don't believe me, I can show you the title deed!"

Seeing that the other party was so confident, Qi Fei and Wu Shanqiu were not so surprised.

It's no surprise that Yang Jinhan lied to Gu Ruyun all the time and lied to her about the B&B.

Just in case, Qi Fei took out Yang Jinhan's photo and showed it to the owner of the B&B. The owner's face changed immediately when she saw the photo.

Then he looked at Qi Fei and Wu Shanqiu in confusion: "You said this person is called Yang Jinhan?"

"Isn't it?" Qi Fei asked back.

The proprietress's attitude changed drastically, and she gritted her teeth and said, "I'll never forget this person, Liang Ming, the man who killed my sister. He's been missing for a long time. How come you found him?"

"Don't you know that this person is dead?" Wu Shanqiu asked.

Hearing this, just like the Gu family, the proprietress's joy was undisguised. She pulled them to the tea table nearby and said, "Tell us how he died."

After learning about Yang Jinhan's death, the proprietress's eyes flashed with complex emotions, and then she murmured sadly to herself: "Good death, good death! My sister's spirit in heaven must have given him retribution!"

Then she looked at the two people who looked suspicious and said, "You don't have to doubt me. We are also looking for this person all over the world. It would be great if he died."

"It sounds like you hate him quite a lot?" Wu Shanqiu continued.

"Of course!" the proprietress said immediately. "Oh, by the way, my name is Yao Beibei, and my sister is Yao Leilei. This B&B was originally run by my sister, and after she passed away, I didn't want this place she once loved to close, so I took it over."

"What is the relationship between Yang Jinhan or Liang Ming and your sister?" Qi Fei asked.

"Liang Ming is my sister's husband, and they met in this B&B. Liang Ming was just a tourist at first, but he sweet-talked Lei Lei and ended up staying here for a long time. This man's background is unknown, and we all opposed their marriage, but Lei Lei was like a drugged maniac, and she insisted on being with him. This man has no outstanding qualities, but he is very obedient to Lei Lei. We thought that as long as he treats Lei Lei well, nothing else matters. Who knew that after getting married, this man would stop pretending, and would beat and kick Lei Lei at every turn. She was hospitalized several times. We persuaded Lei Lei to divorce him, but Lei Lei finally couldn't stand Liang Ming's tearful apology and softened her heart.

Later, Lei Lei became pregnant, but Liang Ming, still a stubborn man, beat my poor sister until she had a miscarriage. This made Lei Lei determined to divorce him. She had already found a lawyer, but who knew the accident would happen.

"What accident?" Qi Fei and Wu Shanqiu looked at each other, as if they had guessed something.

(End of this chapter)