The Mystery of the Inner Demon

Chapter 227 Stunner
The more luxurious the house, the colder it felt; Lou Jing's tired face was reflected in the gold-plated combination lock cover.

She opened the door to a dark room. Her husband was away on a business trip and hadn't returned yet. Her daughter was all grown up and boarded at school, only coming home on weekends. She was alone now, having returned after a long and stressful day.

She casually pressed the switch, and a warm yellow light came on. The walnut bookshelf was filled with books, and among a pile of finance books, classic science fiction works such as "The Three-Body Problem," "Dune," "Neuromancer," and "2001: A Space Odyssey" were neatly stacked.

She threw herself onto the sofa, let out a long sigh, and was just about to rest when the doorbell rang.

When she impatiently opened the door, she saw the three officers from the Nancheng Police Station she had met at the bank standing at the door.

This surprised her: "How did you end up in my house? Didn't Xiao You help you?"

"On the contrary, we need to thank you, because your keen intuition led us to You He, who is a very key person," Qi Fei said immediately.

"I'm glad I could help. So, you've come here because..."

"We want to talk to you about You He," Qi Fei said, glancing over her shoulder and into the room.

Lou Jing's frown lines deepened, and she reluctantly made way for the three people to enter.

“You can ask me these questions at the bank; there’s no need to come all the way here.” Lou Jing opened the double-door refrigerator and took out three bottles of soda water, placing them on the spotless coffee table.

“But the questions we want to ask you are not official business.” Zhong Kui’s fair face was reflected on the coffee table.

“I’m not very familiar with Xiao You. He’s shy, and we haven’t had much contact in private. I don’t know what you mean by ‘not business’?” Lou Jing sat down on the single sofa opposite them, as if she were holding a meeting with her employees at the company.

“But you hate him,” Zhong Kui said, staring at Lou Jing’s face.

"Is this how the police are making baseless statements these days?" Lou Jing said firmly, her eyes defiant as she looked at Qi Fei. She seemed to know that of the three, this man was probably the most agreeable.

However, to her disappointment, it was clear that they had reached some kind of tacit understanding before coming to her door; Qi Fei remained expressionless and did not give any subtle response.

“Language can lie, but a person’s body language does not. At the Baisha branch, when you took us to find You He, your way of speaking and the angle of your body were different from others. No matter how you looked at it…” Zhong Kui tilted her head slightly, raised an eyebrow at Lou Jing, “You had a dislike for him that went beyond that of a superior and subordinate.”

Lou Jing's eyes were full of surprise and doubt: "We know each other...you are Dr. Zhong..."

“You’ve mistaken me for someone else. I’m not a doctor, but I can read faces,” Zhong Kui firmly denied.

When Lou Jing mentioned Dr. Zhong, Qi Fei was surprised. However, he quickly noticed a carefully framed yellow iris origami on the bookshelf and immediately understood that Lou Jing had once been Zhong Xiaoyu's patient.

Although Zhong Kui and Zhong Xiaoyu share the same face, their manner of speaking and temperament are completely different.

Lou Jing was immediately swayed by her decisive denial.

Moreover, at this moment she was eager to defend herself: "Even if, even if I have some issues with You He..." Her eyes were no longer as sharp as before, but were flustered and darting around, "That's a personal matter... If you suspect that I'm related to the case you're investigating just because of these unfounded rumors, then I can tell you, you're wrong!" This argument seemed familiar—the owner of the Aegean Bookstore, "The Swordholder" Dongfang Tian, ​​had said the same thing.

“Heh…” Zhong Kui sneered, “Don’t be so confident. The last person who said that to us was proven wrong.”

This question did not anger Lou Jing; instead, it made her more expectant: "Is You He involved in this murder case?"

Her demeanor speaks volumes about her attitude towards You He, even without further explanation.

“It’s not just You He. Actually, our biggest purpose in coming to your house today isn’t you…” Qi Fei looked at Lou Jing with a heavy expression.

Lou Jing, a vice president, is an extremely intelligent person. Within seconds of hearing his words, she seemed to have already quickly come up with a decision in her mind, and her sallow face turned bluish due to the loss of color.

"Your husband, Luo Yong, went on a business trip two weeks ago, which you told us during our last meeting. Do you know where he went on his business trip?"

"I..." Lou Jing stammered, as if every extra word Qi Fei spoke pushed her a few steps closer to the edge of a cliff. "He said he went to Pucheng to discuss business..."

“You didn’t tell us that your partner was also a senior executive at Jiangnan Development Bank.”

“But he has already switched jobs and started his own company, and he no longer works at the Baisha branch, so…” Lou Jing continued to argue, but she could no longer be so assertive. Hesitation, humiliation, and stubbornness—all sorts of emotions—transformed into her face turning pale and then red.

"Was it Luo Yong who asked you to get You He into the Baisha branch?" Qi Fei continued to ask, gradually approaching Lou Jing's most unspeakable secret.

"Enough! You've already investigated everything, why are you still torturing me?" Lou Jing suddenly exploded, shouting and almost jumping off the sofa.

“Some things might make you feel better if you say them yourself.” Qi Fei’s words carried a hint of sympathy. “We learned about these things from another witness…”

"Another witness? Does anyone else know about their shady relationship?!" Lou Jing finally stopped hiding her true feelings and asked with utter disgust.

"You don't know how they met?"

“I have never voiced my suspicions to Luo Yong. I have a daughter, and I can endure anything for her sake. I have kept everything to myself. But what does all this have to do with the murder case you are investigating?”

"We suspect that the person who committed the murder in Nancheng is your husband, Luo Yong." Qi Fei stopped beating around the bush and said the most crucial thing.

Lou Jing was completely stunned, as if her soul had been ripped out.

“I don’t understand… I can tolerate his betrayal, his quirks, but would he kill someone? We’ve been husband and wife for twenty years…” Tears welled up in her eyes and finally fell. She trembled all over, not knowing whether it was from fear or resentment.

"You He's place in his heart may have far exceeded your imagination," Zhong Kui's ruthless voice rang out.