The Mystery of the Inner Demon

Chapter 228 Betrayal
As dawn broke, Lou Jing sat in the unfamiliar room, rubbing her hands together. She had never been so nervous before.

She looked in Zhong Kui's direction.

Zhong Kui stood out awkwardly among the group of police officers.

All equipment is in place, and everyone is on high alert.

Lou Jing dialed the number. After a few rings, a very magnetic male voice came from the other end: "Hello, what's up?"

"Nothing, I just wanted to ask when you're coming back."

After many years of marriage, their conversations have become so bland that they have almost nothing to say to each other, and they don't even start conversations with nicknames.

"There's still some finishing work to be done on the project. Is there something wrong?" Luo Yong's words were surprisingly gentle, although the underlying gentleness was so pale and soulless, with responsibility outweighing love.

"It's nothing. It's my daughter's birthday next week, and she definitely wants you to come back and celebrate with her." Lou Jing's voice trembled as she said this. Mentioning her daughter made her suddenly soften, and she looked at Zhong Kui with pleading eyes, as if to say that she couldn't do it.

"Okay, I'll be back as soon as I'm done," Luo Yong replied calmly on the other end of the phone.

Lou Jing's lips parted slightly, and Zhong Kui's eyes darkened. Their hope of finding Luo Yong rested entirely on the location tracking provided by this phone call. If Lou Jing suddenly changed her mind and revealed the truth to Luo Yong, everything would be for naught.

"Is there anything else?" Luo Yong's voice came from the other end of the phone again, a dismissive tone that swept away Lou Jing's momentary wavering, like a cold wind.

Qi Fei and Lou Jing gestured, indicating that they needed her to buy them some more time.

Lou Jing was a smart woman and reacted quickly, immediately saying, "By the way, I can't think of what birthday present to prepare for my daughter. Why don't you take some time to see if there's anything suitable and bring it to her?"

The person on the other end seemed to let out a heavy sigh. For some reason, these trivial topics had put endless pressure on Luo Yong: "I might not be able to find the time. You figure it out yourself."

"Are you that busy?" Lou Jing's pent-up resentment, like a volcano about to erupt, slowly spewed out fiery lava.

"What's wrong with you today? Don't bring your work-related emotions home!" Luo Yong tore off his gentle mask, his words carrying a sharp edge, showing no sympathy whatsoever.

"Luo Yong, did you ever love me?" Lou Jing asked with her last shred of restraint.

"Why are you asking such useless questions like those women? If you have nothing to do, just go to sleep. You're tired."

At this point, Lou Jing completely forgot about the so-called task and questioned, "Are you really unaware or just pretending not to know? My dissatisfaction is directed at you, not at work."

Qi Fei was afraid she would give herself away, and was about to gesture to hang up the phone when Zhong Kui stopped him, signaling him to wait and see.

Lou Jing was already engrossed in her accusations: "For so many years, you've always told me to maintain a stable emotional state at home, and I did, trying my best to separate a career woman from my wife and mother. I was exhausted at work, and when I came home, I still had to put up with your indifference and try to maintain a facade of peace. And what have you done for me?"
To others, we were a perfect family. Only I know that after our daughter was born, you never touched me again! I always comforted myself, saying you were too tired. Hah, and what happened? Lou Jing, you were tired.

"No, I'm fine! For so many years, I've listened to you and been a calm and restrained good wife. Thanks to you, I've been too calm. So calm that even though I guessed your relationship with You He, I still pretended not to know."

"Heh, how ironic. Someone as brilliant as you, a financial genius, was actually fooled by me!" Lou Jing's last sentence was a double entendre, but Luo Yong, who had been cold and aloof, was instantly enraged by the name You He.

"Are you crazy! What nonsense are you thinking?"

“I’m a woman. Do you know how obvious the way you look at him is? When you talk about him, you always try to make it sound casual, but that undisguised smile is something only a lover would have. Even though I don’t want to believe it, time and time again, I wish that your tender, doting gaze was directed at me, not this androgynous thing!”

"Shut up! I won't allow you to talk about You He like that!" Luo Yong finally snapped, yelling into the phone.

Then came Zhong Kui's victorious smile. Anger can cloud judgment. During this argument, the Nancheng police had already located Luo Yong and should be arriving at the scene soon.

Sure enough, the faint sound of police sirens could be heard coming from Luo Yong's phone.

The sound of the sirens grew clearer, and Lou Jing cried.

At this moment, Luo Yong finally realized that the police car was coming for him.

"You betrayed me?!" His tone was sinister, a stark contrast to his initial gentle and magnetic manner, and the call was abruptly ended.

Lou Jing turned her back to the police and wiped away her tears. This strong-willed woman ultimately did not show the police her vulnerable side.
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The man who appeared in the interrogation room was in his early fifties. Years of exercise had given him a physique and skin that were much better than those of his age.

However, his mature and composed demeanor had nothing to do with the eccentric and rebellious image of the cyber assassin they had imagined.

"You've got guts, actually staying in Jiangbei all this time without running away." Qi Fei, travel-worn, sat down here as soon as he returned from Baicheng.

Luo Yong's eyes were very calm, a calmness that, like his writing, seemed unremarkable at first glance, but in this situation, it gave people a sense of unfathomable terror.

Facing the silent Luo Yong, Qi Fei flipped through his resume and continued, "A graduate of a top university in China, a double PhD in finance and computer science, yet you rent a single apartment in Jiangbei and commit murder. It's truly baffling." He then looked at Luo Yong, "We found Hao Weiwei's computer hard drive in your residence. Our technicians are analyzing your browsing history. Soon, we'll know who you are: a neuromaniac, a cyber killer."

As Qi Fei spoke, Luo Yong's face remained expressionless. He slightly adjusted his posture and asked unhurriedly, "How did you find me?" His calm demeanor made it seem as if this was just a place for drinking tea and chatting, not an interrogation.

"You thought you had everything covered up, that every word you left online was a clue," Qi Fei said coldly. "Why did you kill Hao Weiwei?"

“I thought I had made myself clear.” His eyes were as cold as ice. “My novels are my only private sanctuary in this world. He can say that my writing is not good enough, but he cannot accuse my work of being a forgery.”