The Mystery of the Inner Demon

Chapter 53 Provocation
"Are you saying that it was really Yue Fengsheng who hit the person?" Qi Fei stopped and muttered.

"If even a dead person can instigate an old lady to buy medicine to assist in committing a crime, what else is impossible?" Zhong Kui asked in return.

The two looked at each other, turned around and walked towards Guiyue Apartment in perfect sync.

The door of Room 101 was knocked again.

"Are you sure the person who hit you that night was Yue Fengsheng?" Qi Fei asked Zhou Li as soon as he saw her.

"Of course it's him, who else could it be?" Zhou Li blurted out.

"Did you see his face?"

"Yes!" Zhou Li said firmly.

"We went to the place you mentioned last time. The streetlight there has been broken for over two months... and it hasn't been repaired. Based on the time you were running, you probably couldn't see people's faces clearly. If you don't believe me, we can go check it out tonight."

Hearing Qi Fei say this, Zhou Li began to hesitate and muttered: "Strange, I just saw him..."

Zhong Kui smiled and said, "That's not surprising. He wanted you to think the person you saw was Yue Fengsheng. People always make up their own minds about what they believe. You want yourself to believe that the person who bumped into you was Yue Fengsheng." Zhong Kui took out the yoga mat that Zhou Li used every day and placed it on the ground. "Lie down on it. I'll help you regain your true memory."

Zhou Li lay on the yoga mat doubtfully.

"Now close your eyes and relax..." Following Zhong Kui's step-by-step guidance, Zhou Li began to talk about her exercise that day after she was completely relaxed.

"That day, I had dinner as usual, chatted with Lao He for a while, and soon it was time to go out for exercise. It had just rained in the evening, and Lao He advised me not to go out. But I have been used to running for so many years, so I changed into sneakers and that red sportswear and insisted on going out. When I was leaving, I heard the sound of quarreling from the fourth floor. Yue Fengsheng would quarrel with his wife every night when he drank too much. It was not surprising at all. I didn't want to listen to these things, so I went out on my own. Because it had rained outside, the air was very fresh, which made me temporarily forget the unpleasantness of the previous day, and unconsciously quickened my pace.

My route is very fixed. I usually run counterclockwise from the small bridge facing north, around the park opposite, and then run back home along the river.

When I was almost home, the road was a little unclear because it was damaged. Fortunately, I was very familiar with this route and could run with my eyes closed, so I didn't pay much attention to it.

Everything happened so fast. The bicycle behind me suddenly hit me. I was completely unprepared and fell to the ground with my bicycle. The man said, "You deserved it," with a vicious tone, just like Yue Fengsheng said when he was drunk!

"I know you are very angry, so what happened next?" Zhong Kui's voice quietly penetrated Zhou Li's narration.

"My palms were burning with pain, and the skin was rubbed raw. But I didn't care because I was furious and had to teach Yue Fengsheng a lesson. I immediately got up and grabbed his car. I didn't care, I was going to fight back this time. But Yue Fengsheng was so strong that he pushed me down again!"

"What expression did he have on his face at that moment?" Zhong Kui continued to ask.

At this time, Zhou Li, who had her eyes closed, couldn't help but frown: "Just, just very angry."

"Can you tell me more specifically?"

"I, I can't explain..."

"Think carefully, his eyes..."

"He seems... to have no eyes..." Zhou Li took a deep breath, "Oh, no, he turned his head away, not daring to face me, but the clothes he was wearing, a black coat, I've seen before, it's Yue Fengsheng's..."

"Did you see his face?"

"I... didn't seem to see it." "You said he pushed you down?"

"That's right..."

"Remember how he smelled?"

"Taste? No taste..." Zhou Li murmured.

Zhong Kui woke Zhou Li up and asked He Zhixin, "You said that last time Yue Fengsheng clashed with you at the intersection, you punched him twice. Did he fight back?"

He Zhixin said disdainfully, "This drunkard has drunk himself to the point of staggering. He can't even stand without a fight. How could he possibly fight back?!"

Zhong Kui then said to Zhou Li, "You said Yue Fengsheng hit you on his bicycle and pushed you down, but your husband said Yue Fengsheng couldn't even stand steadily. This doesn't sound like the same person you met."

Zhou Li said doubtfully, "But my husband and I have always gotten along very well with everyone and never offended anyone. Apart from Yue Fengsheng, I really can't think of anyone else who would do this to me!"

"So, actually you didn't see the man's appearance clearly." Zhong Kui said.

Zhou Li nodded guiltily: "Well, it seems not..."

"And you just said you didn't smell anything. When you left, you heard a quarrel on the fourth floor, which means Yue Fengsheng was drunk. He only causes trouble when he's drunk. He's a very nice person when he's sober. It's impossible for you to not smell any alcohol on a drunk person, right?"

Zhou Li was confused after hearing this: "That's strange, who could this person be?" She looked at He Zhixin uneasily.

Qi Fei said on the side: "We also want to know who this person is."

Someone pretended to be Yue Fengsheng and hit Zhou Li on a bicycle, making the conflict between the two families even more difficult to reconcile.

Qi Fei walked out of Room 201 with his hands in his pockets and looked at Zhong Kui: "What do you think about this?"

"Someone doesn't want Xiaoyou to be taken in by He Zhixin's family. He has to make sure that He Zhixin's family and Yue Fengsheng have a complete falling out, otherwise there will be no chance to get close to Xiaoyou." Zhong Kui said.

"It's really interesting. It's as if someone is monitoring the life of the deceased. Let's go. The scene is still blocked. Let's go and take a look together." Qi Fei said as he climbed the stairs to the fourth floor.

Even after a few days, the unpleasant smell is still there.

Yue Fengsheng's home is still decorated in the style of decades ago. In fact, all the homes of the residents in this apartment are like this. According to the standards of the time, it was in very good condition, but with the passage of time, it has become dilapidated.

"How can they endure living in such a bad environment?" Zhong Kui said, covering his nose.

"My God, not everyone has a good place to live." Qi Fei said, looking around. He always felt that he had missed something the last time he came here, but he couldn't remember it.

Finally, his eyes fell on the glass top of the dining table. Under the glass were some old photos, one of which was a photo of Yue Fengsheng when he was young and some others.

The two men stood on a hillside with their arms around each other's shoulders, looking full of energy and vigor.

Qi Fei had just seen the face of the person next to him. It was exactly the same as the portrait hanging in the living room of Room 202 - it was Chen Liangdi's son who had died many years ago.

(End of this chapter)