The Mystery of the Inner Demon

Chapter 297 The Unseen Husband
Regarding the fact that Kong Xiaowen was actually Song Yun in disguise, Qi Fei had his own suspicions, but as a police officer, he didn't dare to make such a definitive statement as Zhong Kui did before he had solid evidence.

"Are you sure?" Qi Fei asked.

As before, Zhong Kui said to Wu Shanqiu, "Just like the principle behind Feng Yongfu's fabrication of lies, people cannot fabricate things beyond their understanding. The specific name Kong Xiaowen comes from this CD."

Wu Shanqiu asked in surprise, "Xiao Kui, have you seen this movie about the Song sisters?"

"No."

"Then how did you know?"

“Because of this cover.” Zhong Kui waved the DVD in his hand. The old cover, which had faded, showed three actresses dressed in Republican-era attire, with their names written next to it: “Soong Ai-ling, Soong Ching-ling, and Soong Mei-ling.”

Qi Fei wasn't a shameless person, but for the sake of the case, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and look at the DVD cover, though he couldn't understand how it had anything to do with the name Kong Xiaowen.

Wu Shanqiu, seemingly acting as his "mouth substitute," muttered, "Aside from the fact that the surname is the same as Song Yun's, how can you tell that Song Yun is impersonating Kong Xiaowen?"

“Don’t you recognize this actress?” Zhong Kui asked, pointing to Soong Ai-ling’s portrait.

"Oh, I vaguely remember her. She was quite famous when I was little. What was her name again?" Wu Shanqiu frowned, unable to recall.

"Zheng Xiaowen!" Qi Fei thought of it quickly.

Zhong Kui seemed not to hear him speak, but just looked at Wu Shanqiu, as if she was still waiting for her answer.

Qi Fei finally lost his temper and stood in front of Wu Shanqiu, repeating his previous answer: "I said, this person's name is Zheng Xiaowen. Zhong Kui, if you're still angry with me, why did you come back?"

Zhong Kui merely raised an eyebrow slightly. Just then, the elevator arrived on the first floor, the doors opened, and she walked out without looking back.

"Brother Fei, are you really unaware or are you pretending not to know?" Wu Shanqiu said from the side.

"Hmm?" Qi Fei looked at Zhong Kui, who had left first, with a sense of loss, not understanding why.

“Since Xiao Kui is back, of course you should coax her. She’s such a proud person, and for her to be willing to return to Nancheng is such a huge concession. If you put half of the effort you put into investigating the case into your relationship, that would be great.”

"I..." Qi Fei felt ashamed after Wu Shanqiu's words.

"Hurry up and chase after them," Wu Shanqiu encouraged.

Qi Fei ran over in a few steps. Just then, several children on bicycles rushed over on the road in the community. Seeing that they were about to hit Zhong Kui, Qi Fei reached out and pulled her into his arms.

Zhong Kui tried to struggle, but Qi Fei used his grappling skills to hold her tightly in his arms and said, "I'm bad with words, I don't know what to say to make you happy. Don't ignore me, if you ignore me, I, I..." Qi Fei was speechless for a moment, and after a long pause, his face turned red as he said, "If you ignore me, I feel like I'm going to die."

"Then I'd rather die." Zhong Kui finally spoke.

Qi Fei looked down and saw a smile on her face, and was overjoyed: "You're not angry anymore?"

"Hmph, I laughed out of anger." Zhong Kui rolled her eyes.

Just then, a series of chaotic sounds, accompanied by children's shouts, came from not far away. Qi Fei and Zhong Kui looked over at the same time and saw that the children who had been riding bicycles earlier had fallen down in a group while watching them make a scene.

Qi Fei, being kind-hearted, went up to help the children. He overheard one of them muttering, "I'm never going to watch a show again. Last time I watched those two arguing on the 18th floor and I fell too."

Upon hearing "18th floor," Qi Fei immediately took notice and asked, "Which building's 18th floor?"

"Look, that's it." The child pointed to Ma Ziqiang's balcony.

"Was it someone who got drunk and started arguing?" Qi Fei asked naturally, since he already knew that Ma Ziqiang was a drunkard who caused trouble everywhere.

The child shook his head: "I know that uncle who was drinking. I overheard my parents talking and they said he died. I don't know him. The one arguing was the other guy from the 18th floor. I know that uncle. He's a volunteer from our school. He taught us how to make telescopes out of paper cups."

Qi Fei listened, and it seemed the child was talking about Wu Weiwei's husband. After all, each unit in Huantai Community consists of two households per floor, so if it wasn't the drunkard Ma Ziqiang's family, it was most likely Wu Weiwei's other half.

Although this seemed unrelated to the case, considering Wu Weiwei's suspicious behavior of deliberately approaching them to obtain investigative information, Qi Fei couldn't help but bend down and patiently ask the child, "Oh, what does this uncle do?"

"He's amazing!" the child said, his eyes shining. "He's an engineer, and he said that our neighborhood is full of surveillance cameras to protect us, and he installed them all."

Upon hearing this, Qi Fei's heart tightened, and he immediately pointed to the surveillance camera on the streetlight ahead and asked, "Is that the 'Sky Eye' you're talking about?"

The child nodded: "Uncle's company makes Sky Eye surveillance systems. With Sky Eye, we can be protected."

Do you remember when this uncle you mentioned got into an argument with someone?

"It was during last year's Mid-Autumn Festival, that aunt was holding a mooncake in her hand," the child said.

Do you know that auntie?

Upon hearing this, the child covered his mouth and chuckled. Another child joined in the fun, exclaiming in an exaggerated tone, "It's his wife! His wife! Hehe..."

Qi Fei wasn't as happy as the children.

The surveillance cameras in the residential area on the day Lin Yu died were all replaced. Coincidentally, Wu Weiwei's husband claimed that he installed all the surveillance cameras in the residential area. Qi Fei did not think this was a coincidence.

The three of them returned to the eighteenth floor, but this time Qi Fei knocked on Wu Weiwei's door instead of Song Yun's.

When Qi Fei appeared, a hint of surprise flashed in Wu Weiwei's lively eyes: "You're the police investigating Lao Ma's case, right? I remember you're here to ask me about the situation?"

“No, we want to speak with your partner to find out what’s going on,” Qi Fei said expressionlessly.

After hearing this, Wu Weiwei forced a stiff smile: "My husband is away on a business trip recently. What do you want to ask?"

"What a coincidence that you're away on a business trip?" Qi Fei's words carried a hidden meaning. "When are you coming back?"

"I'll be away for a long time this time, um, I'm told I'll be back at the end of the month."
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Wu Shanqiu acted quickly. She had only been back at the police station for a short time when she had new information. She ran to Qi Fei and said, "I've found out. Wu Weiwei's husband is named Chen Zhuo, an engineer at Tianwang Technology. That kid was absolutely right; Tianwang Technology installed and maintained the surveillance cameras throughout the Huantai residential area. Moreover, I learned something strange from the company..."