The Mystery of the Inner Demon

Chapter 296 DVD
Zhong Kui's smile was sinister as she said to Lü Ying, "I didn't travel through time, but I certainly don't belong to your world."

Lu Ying was startled by the way she spoke and obediently explained, "This is just a social platform where people can post photos and videos and share their lives."

Zhong Kui looked Lü Ying up and down and said, "Judging from this change in your style, your target audience on Instagram is different from when you were doing live streams, right?"

Lü Ying smiled smugly: "Hey, it's just more fashionable. I prefer things that look understated yet high-end, simple yet trendy. I'm just trying to get some advertising for trendy products. If I'm lucky, I might even become a minor celebrity."

“Xiao Kui, what she’s talking about is called ‘Instagram style’ online, which specifically describes the style that’s become popular on Instagram.” Wu Shanqiu finished speaking, then suddenly realized something, “Hey? Speaking of which, those design drafts we saw on Lin Yu’s computer are very typical Instagram style…”

“We only checked his WeChat and email, not his Instagram. Could it be…” Qi Fei’s eyes lit up as if he saw a glimmer of hope.
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Lin Yu's Instagram was opened, and Qi Fei scrolled through his following list again and again, but couldn't find Lü Ying's account at all.

The only possibility that could have brought these two people together was cruelly cut off by reality.

Lin Yu's Instagram is very simple. There are no selfies. Apart from sharing some design cases, it is just abstract copywriting that is hard to understand. His account is as simple as his real life, and even a little lonely.

"Huh? Someone is actually asking Lin Yu out." Wu Shanqiu had already opened the account's private messages and found a special conversation among a bunch of advertising messages. The other party took the initiative to introduce herself as Kong Xiaowen, saying that she had read Lin Yu's letter carefully and was very touched. Because she was also very busy, she wanted to ask Lin Yu to meet her that evening and suggested coming directly to his house.

It seems that Zhong Kui's guess was correct; Kong Xiaowen was not a person Lin Yu made up on the spot.

When Kong Xiaowen's homepage was opened, everyone was shocked. All the photos inside were exactly the same as those on Lü Ying's account. They were all Lü Ying's "pure" selfies. The only difference was that this person claimed to be named Kong Xiaowen instead of Lü Ying.

"What?! This person stole my picture! I'm going to report her!" Lü Ying exclaimed excitedly.

Qi Fei wasn't interested in that, of course. He scrolled back to the date of Kong Xiaowen's first post, which was the night Lin Yu went to Ma Ziqiang's floor.

Lin Yu went to Ma Ziqiang's place, and then Kong Xiaowen was born.

It's almost certain that she wasn't alone; she was more like a trap, a trap designed to kill Lin Yu.

"Someone impersonated Lü Ying and flirted with Lin Yu on Instagram, but it was such a coincidence that Lin Yu actually saw Lü Ying. Otherwise, no one would know that Lin Yu had arranged to meet someone at his house that night." Qi Fei's words sent chills down everyone's spines, but Lü Ying remained unfazed, muttering, "There are so many bars and livehouses near Huantai Community, I go there all the time, it's not surprising that I was caught. I'm so angry, who is impersonating me and doing bad things!"

“Yes, we’d like to know too,” Qi Fei said in a deep voice. “Looks like we’ll have to go to the first victim’s house again.”
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The moment Song Yun opened the door, her gaze quickly shifted from Qi Fei to Zhong Kui.

Perhaps it was a woman's intuition, but when Zhong Kui and she met eyes, Song Yun's hand holding the doorknob trembled slightly. However, she quickly masked this panic with a gesture of inviting everyone in.

The moment Qi Fei walked in, Song Yun's father-in-law came out of the bedroom and berated him, "Why don't you go outside and find the man who killed my son? What are you doing coming here every day to cause trouble for my daughter-in-law? With such limited abilities, what kind of police are you?"

Qi Fei wasn't angry, but he noticed the problem in the old man's words: "How do you know that the person who killed Ma Ziqiang was a man?"

The old man seemed a little flustered, but quickly retorted, "Didn't you find the surveillance footage? Everyone's saying that a man robbed our Qiang."

“We still haven’t seen this person’s face clearly, so it’s hard to say whether it’s a man or a woman,” Qi Fei said, glancing at Song Yun. Song Yun remained expressionless, simply going to the kitchen as usual, and soon returned with a plate of fruit, placing it on the coffee table.

"I wonder what you'd like to know this time?" Her voice was gentle, but her tone was icy.

"I need to ask you again whether you saw Lin Yu the day we first came to your house," Qi Fei asked, staring at Song Yun's face.

Song Yun shook her head: "Of course not. Do you have a lie detector? I can let you test me. I swear, I really didn't see that person that day."

When she said this, Zhong Kui narrowed her eyes slightly, then got up and began pacing around the room.

Song Yun's attention was constantly drawn to Zhong Kui, and her eyes would occasionally glance at her.

A moment later, Zhong Kui stopped by the TV cabinet in the living room, seemingly casually flipping through some dusty DVDs in the corner.

"This was popular twenty years ago, do you still have it?" Zhong Kui suddenly asked.

"Uh, it's been sitting here for ages, and even the playback machine is nowhere to be found. I don't think I saw you the last few times. Are you a police officer too?" Song Yun looked at Zhong Kui's shapely figure accentuated by her cheongsam, and she didn't seem to have anything to do with being a police officer at all.

Zhong Kui didn't answer. She held a DVD in her hand and looked at the synopsis with interest: "Your family has quite a few movies set in the Republican era."

“Yes, Lao Ma likes to watch historical films from modern times, and he bought all of these,” Song Yun said.

"Is this film about the Soong sisters special? I think it should be placed at the top," Zhong Kui said, shaking the DVD in her hand.

Song Yun seemed confused as to why Zhong Kui was asking this: "It's not that, it's just that we don't look at it anymore, it's just sitting there untouched."

Zhong Kui glanced at the TV remote control next to her, and a slight smile appeared on her lips: "Could you give me this DVD of the Song sisters?"

No matter how you look at it, none of this seems to have anything to do with Ma Ziqiang's case. Song Yun looked at Qi Fei with suspicion, as if asking what the strange girl's relationship was with the police station.

Qi Fei had no choice but to explain, "Zhong Kui is a consultant we hired. She's a bit of a character, so please don't take offense."

On the other end, Zhong Kui asked again, "I want this DVD, is that okay?"

Song Yun readily agreed, after all, this thing was already outdated.

Qi Fei questioned her repeatedly, but received the same impeccable answers. Feeling somewhat defeated, she left Song Yun's house.

The moment they stepped into the elevator, Zhong Kui said with certainty, "Song Yun is Kong Xiaowen."