The Mystery of the Inner Demon

Chapter 205 Hide and Seek

"I never even considered bypassing the agent. After getting off the plane, I planned to risk contacting Jin Yan directly. However, that mysterious benefactor somehow got the information and called me directly."

He told me to go to Nanling immediately to make the transaction, and not to let anyone know. He said if I didn't go, the transaction would be canceled immediately.

Sigh, I was blinded by those 20 million yuan. I agreed without thinking and immediately took a taxi to Nanling.

Looking back now, how could a normal person choose to meet in a place like that?
I changed my flight to a red-eye flight, and it was still dark when I arrived in Nanling by taxi.

I remember the car stopped at the foot of Nanling Mountain. I was just about to pay when the driver suddenly lunged at me from the driver's seat, just like a tiger! Su Jing said, her eyes widening as if she could see the scene again, filled with terror.

"Is he a taxi driver? Are you sure?" Wu Shanqiu asked in surprise from the side.

“Of course I’m sure! Even though it was pitch black, I still saw his fierce eyes, like he was going to eat me up!” Su Jing’s voice trembled. “I didn’t even have a chance to struggle before I passed out.”

"Oh, that driver! We even questioned him! Damn it, we just missed him!" Wu Shanqiu said in frustration.

“That’s normal.” Zhong Kui said calmly. “His last bloody performance in Nanling successfully set Nanling as a special ‘anchor point’ in your minds. When you investigated the news that Su Jing took a taxi to Nanling, Nanling became a priority anchor point to suppress other possible paths of thinking.”

This will make you naturally overlook the fact that taxi drivers could also commit crimes.

"What a bastard!" Wu Shanqiu pouted angrily. "We almost did a thorough search of the mountain..."

“I didn’t actually get off the bus… let alone Nanling.” Su Jing’s weak voice came through. “I was woken up by that bird’s chatter. I remember it was swearing…”

Upon hearing this, Qi Fei and the others exchanged glances, realizing that Su Jing didn't remember "becoming" a myna bird.

At this point, Su Jing suddenly stopped, her brows furrowing as she looked pained: "I was thrown to the ground, bound tightly, and couldn't even crawl. The ground was covered in bird droppings, and it stank so badly it made you want to vomit."

Then I saw a pair of feet, wearing those hiking boots, walking towards me.

I thought the taxi driver was going to rob me, so I endured the stench and told him I could have as much money as he wanted.

But he didn't make a sound, as if he hadn't heard me at all.

He squatted down and stared at me for a long time. I didn't know what he was looking at. His cold fingers just slid across my face... Su Jing gestured with her bandaged hand, "Just slowly, as if I were his toy. I was about to scream for help when he suddenly spoke."

He spoke to me like he was soothing a kitten, "Shh... Be good, listen to me..." Su Jing imitated his tone, as if every word that came out of her throat was like a blade cutting through her throat, bringing pain and trembling. "That place was very dark, and I could hear a lot of strange noises around me. I thought I was in Nanling."

He seemed to pull out a knife and brandish it at my body.

He spoke to me in such a gentle tone, telling me not to make a sound, and said…” At this point, Su Jing choked up and could no longer speak, only sitting on the bed trembling.

Qi Fei couldn't bear it, so he poured her a cup of hot water and handed it to her.

Su Jing held the water glass in both hands, as if the warmth could give her some energy to continue her story: "He said he was very timid, and if I screamed and scared him, the knife in his hand would become uncontrollable, and he was afraid of hurting me..." At this point, Su Jing closed her eyes, tears streaming down her face. That bone-chilling despair seemed to invade her body again, making it impossible for her to escape. "The tip of the knife was pressed against my chest. I saw him raise it, about to stab me, but my mind went blank, and I thought I was going to die."

As a result, the bird kept calling, calling to him…

"Call him an idiot?" Wu Shanqiu spoke her mind, saying what Su Jing didn't want to say.

"Ah, how did you know?" Su Jing exclaimed in surprise, her mouth agape as she looked at Wu Shanqiu. "Ha, because you kept imitating this bird's voice when you were delirious."

"Huh?" Su Jing was puzzled.

Qi Fei waved his hand: "That's not important, what's next?"

Su Jing took a sip of water and continued, "That bird saved my life."

This person was annoyed by that bird.

He cursed me as a stupid bird, then left me and rushed to the cage where the bird was kept.

A little while later I heard him cursing again, apparently because he hadn't caught the bird and it had escaped.

As the bird fled, it didn't forget to taunt him, saying things like, "Come here, or I'll kill you."

Hearing this, Qi Fei was both amused and exasperated. Xiao Hei had learned those words from the previous victim, Chen Hao.

I didn't expect this bird to be so quick to learn and apply what it learns.

When he couldn't catch the bird, he came back to me and asked, "Where's the thing?"
It looks like they've already checked my luggage and know it's not inside.

I didn't dare lie to him and tell him it was in the inside pocket of my coat.

After he found it, he had just opened the box when the bird flew over from somewhere again, as if it wanted to steal the diamond from him.

Speaking of which, this bird is really strange, just like a person.

I didn't see clearly what happened, but it seemed like this person caught the bird, and then the bird never chirped again. I know that soon I will be like that bird.

I told him I could give him the diamonds for free, just to ask him to let me go.

He asked me if I wanted to play hide-and-seek.

That's when I finally realized, this man is insane! Nothing I said to him mattered.

At this moment, Zhong Kui leaned against the wall and said, "Hmph, of course, you have nothing to exchange with him. He just wants to get amusement from you."

"Fun?!" Su Jing found it unbelievable. "I'm a living, breathing person. He grabbed me and dragged me away like he was a dog."

Fortunately, when he went through my pockets, he also found the box of loose powder, which I grabbed while he was being bothered by the bird.

My woman's intuition tells me that this trip is likely to end badly.

I quietly opened the loose powder container and let the powder spill out.

"Ha, he's such a meticulous person, yet he didn't notice your little tricks," Zhong Kui chuckled from the side. "It seems that bird really did disturb his peace of mind."