The Mystery of the Inner Demon

Chapter 36 Dislocation of Time and Space
"So, what Niu Yinzhu meant was that someone came to Nancheng to pick her up and take her to Hai City, right?!" Wu Shanqiu reacted quickly.

"That's right. The key point is that Pan Ting obviously didn't know about this arrangement, but Niu Yinzhu on the other side believed it was Pan Ting who arranged it."

"Huh! This sounds more like a parallel universe, Brother Fei, why do I feel like this is Zhong Kui's area of ​​business?"

"You, this is pure path dependence. How can we rely on a fortune teller to solve the case?" Qi Fei said to Wu Shanqiu unhappily, but his words were full of doting. Then he focused on the case again and said, "Parallel universes are impossible. I think there's a high probability that someone is interfering."

"Someone is pretending to be Pan Ting and coordinating with Niu Yinzhu about the business trip?" Wu Shanqiu said in surprise.

"There's another question. The last time Niu Yinzhu asked Pan Ting for her location, she sent a message. Because of this signal, we've always believed that she disappeared on the way to Hai City. We've been searching for her for a long time along the way. If she was waiting for someone in Nancheng to pick her up, and this person was pretending to be Pan Ting to deceive her... maybe she didn't even leave Nancheng?"

"That is to say, the person who sent the second message to Pan Ting was most likely not Niu Yinzhu." Wu Shanqiu thought immediately.

"This person took Niu Yinzhu's place on the bus to Hai City. Judging from the location of the message, it was only an hour's drive from Nancheng. During this time, we don't know what happened between the person who came to pick up Niu Yinzhu and this person."

"It's impossible for a project manager like Niu Yinzhu not to call in an hour, right? Don't we have any signal about her location?"

"Hey, have you read the file carefully? The most bizarre thing is that during this period, Niu Yinzhu was indeed replying to work messages. Isn't it amazing? She seemed to be completely unaware of the abnormality. It was obvious that something was wrong from the moment she set out." Qi Fei said in confusion.

"But who could this person be, pretending to be Pan Ting's subordinate and coming to pick up Niu Yinzhu?"

"You know what's even more troublesome?"

"What?"

"Don't forget, this was a case from three years ago. Back then, our suspect, Xu Wei, wasn't dead yet. Monster patterns were also found at the scene, so we can't rule out Xu Wei as a suspect."

"It's true. If you say it was Xu Wei, it makes sense. Niu Yinzhu didn't know him at all, so it's perfectly reasonable for him to say he worked for Pan Ting's company. However, didn't we analyze that Xu Wei's original motive for murder was the death of his first love, Yao Leilei? Niu Yinzhu disappeared long before Yao Leilei's accident, and the timeline doesn't match up. It's a misplaced time and space, no matter how you look at it. It's so strange." Wu Shanqiu muttered, "I feel like my CPU is going to burn out."

As the two were talking, the sound of high heels came from the corridor outside the door. The sound of high heels was not often heard in the police station, and recently it could only be attributed to one person - Zhong Kui had arrived.

Sure enough, Zhong Kui appeared at the door of their office, dressed to the nines. However, this time she wasn't alone. She was accompanied by an unexpected person—Qi Fei's immediate superior, the captain of the Criminal Police Brigade, Liu Tong. Liu Tong claimed to be Qi Fei's superior, but he was actually quite young. He was a writer by profession, a rare example of someone who had chosen to fight for his country. With his glasses and baby-faced face, he had no real connection to the captain of the Criminal Police Brigade.

"Everyone, stop what you're doing." Liu Tong clapped his hands with a smile, attracting everyone's attention. "Let me introduce you to a new partner."

Qi Fei had a bad feeling. Could the so-called new partner be the coquettish and arrogant Zhong Kui who was stroking her hair?
Sure enough, Liu Tong pointed at Zhong Kui and introduced him, "This Zhong Kui, I think you're already familiar with our serious crime squad. Considering the difficulty of the recent cases and Zhong Kui's outstanding performance in the Chen Xiaojing case, with the approval of the leadership, Zhong Kui will join our team as a consultant. Everyone, welcome!"

The atmosphere was a bit awkward and there was silence for a while. It was Wu Shanqiu who started to applaud first, and then the others followed suit sporadically.

Qi Fei did not applaud. He looked confused and kept winking at Liu Tong, but Liu Tong pretended not to see anything.

As expected, Zhong Kui still didn't care about other people's opinions. She threw a coquettish glance at Qi Fei without caring: "Officer Qi, please take care of me in the future!" This caused a burst of laughter at the scene, and Qi Fei felt that his face was so hot that it was about to smoke.

Liu Tong remained calm and smiled, "It seems like everyone is getting along very happily. Qi Fei, take Zhong Kui to meet everyone. I'm going to the meeting now."

With that said, he turned and left.

"Captain Liu!" Qi Fei hurriedly followed him. "No, please think carefully about this matter. Zhong Kui's identity is unclear. It's not appropriate for her to be in our police station, let alone have access to case information."

Liu Tong walked forward calmly: "It's already been decided, just cooperate with her well."

"Cooperate? How can I cooperate with a witch?" Before Qi Fei finished speaking, Liu Tong had already quickened his pace and walked away.

When Qi Fei returned to the office, the situation was out of control.

Zhong Kui was holding the palm of a young man from the team, and speaking confidently to the lines on his palm: "The line from the thumb rises sideways and winds down like a dragon. You will have a long life and abundant energy. Even if you encounter storms along the way, you will eventually overcome the danger."

The young man was listening with great interest, but Qi Fei ruthlessly pointed out his mistake: "If you listen to your words for so long, then we'll all go away. Why don't you get back to work?"

After saying that, he pulled Zhong Kui's arm and walked out.

"What are you doing? What kind of magic potion did you give our Captain Liu to bring you in?" Qi Fei asked him a barrage of questions.

Zhong Kui was not in a hurry. She blinked innocently at Qi Fei and said, "Liu Tong invited me! If it weren't for the decent consulting fee, I wouldn't have come all the way here!"

"Nonsense, Captain Liu is a very wise man. If you hadn't hypnotized Captain Liu, he wouldn't do such a boring thing!" Qi Fei didn't believe a word of it.

Zhong Kui curled her lips and said, "Liu Tong's core is much more stable than yours, and he's not that easily hypnotized. Is it possible that he's just very smart and saw that my ability can help you?"

"Do you fortune tellers also talk about whether the core is stable or not?"

"Fortune tellers tell you everything, no taboos." Zhong Kui smiled. "Have you found your Niu Yinzhu?"

"Since she's not in Haishi, you can be psychic, so use your special abilities to help find out where she is."

Qi Fei said this obviously to make things difficult for Zhong Kui.

(End of this chapter)