The Mystery of the Inner Demon

Chapter 204 Regaining Consciousness
Blood began to seep from the gauze on Su Jing's arm.

Su Jing stubbornly repeated Xiao Hei's swear words, while Zhong Kui gripped Su Jing's injured arm tightly, continuously causing her pain.

Gradually, the sobs finally drowned out her mechanical repetition of profanities.

Zhong Kui waved her hand, and the scattered powder rose in the air like dust. Her cold voice rang in Su Jing's ears: "Remember this scent. This is not cosmetics. It is your survival mark left in the Bird Pavilion—you have never been a myna bird to be manipulated."

Tears finally welled up in Su Jing's usually stagnant eyes, revealing a complex emotion unique to humans.

Zhong Kui gazed into her eyes, his voice like that of a temple priest: "Now, tell me your name."

"Su Jing." After saying these two words, the woman suddenly covered her face and burst into tears, her cries filled with immense fear and relief at surviving the ordeal.
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"How did you do that?" Qi Fei looked at Su Jing, who had finally regained her senses, incredulously, and asked Zhong Kui beside him.

“I said I would try, and I used some radical intervention methods.”

Recreate a sense of reality by using the scent of loose powder and her appearance with makeup, and of course, making her feel pain is an important part of this process.

Another aspect is to put pressure on her false identity fragment as a black myna bird, simply put, to make her realize that being a bird is also painful and that she cannot meet the training requirements.

This is somewhat similar to the method of 'fighting poison with poison,' which breaks the dissociative state by creating cognitive dissonance.

"I bet Zhong Xiaoyu wouldn't use this method, which is the biggest reason she lost to Xi He." Zhong Kui triumphantly tossed her long hair, her eyes full of arrogance.

Qi Fei looked at her, slightly worried.

Although he didn't understand, he couldn't bear to watch that treatment method.

Fortunately, Su Jing finally regained consciousness.

The doctor who was checking on Su Jing came up to them and told them that the patient's condition had stabilized and they could ask her questions.

Qi Fei pulled over a stool and sat down next to Su Jing.

However, when Su Jing saw him, she timidly hid in the opposite direction.

Qi Fei thought she didn't remember what he looked like, so he said softly, "Don't be afraid, I'm Qi Fei from the Nancheng Criminal Police Brigade."

However, when she heard him say that he was a policeman, the fear on Su Jing's face intensified.

Having noticed something amiss, Zhong Kui walked over to them and said bluntly to Su Jing, "Don't be afraid, he's not the person you think he is."

Qi Fei then realized that Su Jing had mistaken him for Xi He.

"You saw what he looked like?" Qi Fei asked, deliberately emphasizing the tone of a third party, as if to convince Su Jing that he and the person she had encountered were not the same.

Su Jing then sat up slightly and slowly shook her head: "He always stands in the shadows, I can't see his face clearly, but this feeling..." As she spoke, she looked at Qi Fei with lingering fear.

Qi Fei took out a notebook and said to Su Jing, "You are now involved in two cases: Chen Hao's death and your own kidnapping. You should know why you're involved." His pen hovered over the paper as he looked at Su Jing, waiting for her answer. Su Jing lowered her head guiltily and didn't hesitate for long before admitting, "It's come to this point; there's no point in denying it."

Yes, I'm smuggling diamonds.

I swear, I only did this business to make money; I never intended to kill anyone!

“We heard it from Ge Feng, a salesman at Jitong Ticketing, that you killed Chen Hao,” Qi Fei said, enunciating each word clearly.

Upon hearing this, Su Jing quickly waved her hand, but the movement aggravated her wound, causing her to cry out in pain: "That was a lie I made up because I was eager to get him to join. Please don't believe it!"

“We have discovered that Chen Hao lost the priceless diamond you brought back from Angola, and you have a strong motive to kill him.”

Su Jing hurriedly denied it: "No, no, no, I really didn't kill Chen Hao. I only found out about his accident online! Besides, he told me before the accident that he would be found soon, and I still needed him to bring the diamonds back. How could I kill him at that critical moment!" As she spoke, she slapped her forehead, "I remember now, the night he had the accident, I went to Baicheng to buy goods. Don't I still have a clothing business?"

You can ask my suppliers; they treated me to dinner last night, and it didn't end until after 9 PM. Even if I flew back, there wouldn't be enough time to kill anyone!

"Chen Hao's social connections are very limited. So far, all the clues pointing to Chen Hao's death are related to Pink Diamond, and we will definitely investigate your alibi. So what about you? Tell us how you ended up at the Bird Pavilion too? What a coincidence!"

"I'll say it again..." Su Jing's face showed a hint of helplessness, "I really just want to make money. Someone offered 20 million to buy my diamond, and I couldn't possibly refuse."

You need to find someone named Jin Yan. After thinking it over, I'm convinced that he betrayed me and tried to embezzle the diamonds!
"Was that person the hitman he hired?!" She became angrier as she spoke, and coughed violently, phlegm stuck in her throat.

"In fact, it was Jin Yan who provided us with the clues that made us realize you might be in danger," Qi Fei said.

Just as a hint of warmth appeared in Su Jing's eyes, Zhong Kui poured cold water on it: "You don't need to rush to thank your business partner. He just suspected you of embezzling and happened to reveal the information."

While Su Jing was still in a daze, Qi Fei continued, "Tell me how you got locked up in the artificial hill in the Bird Pavilion."

"When I first learned online that Chen Hao was dead, I was honestly shocked. After all, he was the one who lost my diamond, and I even suspected that someone had double-crossed him and killed him."

Originally, I wanted to lay low for a while and put this big deal on hold.

A few days later, Jin Yan found me. It seems he's already told you all about what happened.”

"Tell me about what happened before and after you disappeared."

"You've all found Jin Yan here, so it seems you've figured out how I deal with him. This time, as agreed with Jin Yan before, and following the same procedure as before, I'll return and give the diamonds to the ticketing manager. He'll book a flight departing from Nancheng Airport, pick up the diamonds from that manager, and then he'll trade them with the client."

However, while I was abroad, I received a message from the ticketing manager named Ge Feng. I didn't expect you guys to find me so quickly.

If we return on the original flight, wouldn't we be walking into a trap?!

So I immediately changed my flight and came back early.