The Mystery of the Inner Demon

Chapter 65 Clearance Plan
"Although I don't have a mobile phone and have never watched his videos. But doing these eye-catching things is probably not entirely for money. His obsession with traffic shows the characteristics of a histrionic personality. In order to attract other people's attention, such people sometimes suffer from some unexplained illnesses, the most common of which are stomachaches and headaches. There is actually no major physical problem." Zhong Kui said.

Qi Fei looked at her without saying anything.

Zhong Kui looked at him intently and lowered her eyebrows: "What are you looking at?"

"You're not a fortune teller, right?" Qi Fei said.

"Hmph, who else am I?" Zhong Kui didn't like such questioning.

"What you said just now reminded me of my psychologist." Qi Fei said.

"Oh, you are so self-consistent, do you also need a psychologist?" Zhong Kui did not comment.

"It's self-consistent, and it doesn't sound like something a fortune teller would say."

Zhong Kui just smiled and didn't answer.

"Okay, no matter who you are, Shagou, do you think this person is suspicious? I always feel that it is too coincidental that he appears here at this time." Qi Fei said.

"I was thinking, that person hiding in the dark, we haven't found any key clues until now, but he was so careless that he was almost caught by Sha Gou, so that even his human form was recorded. Don't you think this is very strange? If it is the same person, his behavior is generally consistent. A cautious person would not suddenly become careless and risky." Zhong Kui pondered, looking serious for the first time.

As they were talking, the door of Room 102, which had never been opened for a thousand years, suddenly opened, then slammed shut again when it saw someone.

"Huh? Didn't the video just now say that the owner of Room 102 had been dead for several years?" Wu Shanqiu thought immediately.

"I knocked on the door when I was investigating Yue Fengsheng before. The person living here now should be the dead old man's son. He doesn't like to talk and doesn't like to go out." Qi Fei said.

Wu Shanqiu was puzzled: "Huh? Doesn't it mean that the house will be taken back when the owner dies? How can this person continue to live there?" She was now very familiar with the property rights of Guiyue Apartment.

"Guess why he's quiet and doesn't go out?" Zhong Kui said from the side, "There's always a reason for being so secretive."

"Are you saying this guy's an illegal resident and you're afraid someone will find out and tell the trustee company?" Wu Shanqiu said, thinking carefully. "In theory, that's true. They don't even have separate water and electricity meters, and they pay for them separately. If the trustee company doesn't want to take good care of it, they might not even notice someone is still living in the house."

The three of them walked all the way to the hot pot restaurant. After sitting down, Qi Fei looked at the key he took from Sha Gou thoughtfully.

The key bore the following eight characters: "Exquisite Lock Factory, Public-Private Partnership."

"Old Yu..." he murmured, "Could it be this person?"

"Brother Fei, the team has investigated Old Yu's situation. Because the company is disbanded and he has few relatives, there's not much information available. However, everyone who has come into contact with him says he's very honest and kind. As for Yue Fengsheng's ex-wife, her name is Ai Lili. She also worked at the International Trade Company and was previously a salesperson at a department store. Unlike Yue Fengsheng and Lu Xiuxia's current relationship, it's said that Yue Fengsheng and Ai Lili had a good relationship. When Ai Lili was around, even if Yue Fengsheng drank too much, he wouldn't make a scene as long as Ai Lili persuaded him. So this elopement is quite unbelievable."

"If it's not elopement, then it's death." Zhong Kui said suddenly while playing with her copper knife.

"Have you discovered something new?" Qi Fei asked immediately.

"Guiyue Apartment has such a strong negative energy, there must be more dead than just the few people who have been exposed. This is a plan to eliminate them." Zhong Kui suddenly said. "Elimination plan?" Qi Fei was stunned.

"The deaths of Yue Fengsheng and Chen Liangdi were not accidental. The reason ultimately lies in the property title deed. Because there is only one property title deed for the entire building, if everyone disagrees, then why not use a different approach to solve the problem? Kill everyone else, and the last person alive can own the house with the only property title deed, right?" Zhong Kui said.

"Damn, if I hadn't studied criminal psychology in the police academy, this would be a really perverted idea!" Wu Shanqiu sighed.

Qi Fei looked at Zhong Kui with a hint of worry in his eyes. He had not forgotten the antisocial personality that his psychiatrist, Jiang Tianyi, had analyzed with him. Lately, he had been reading the psychology book that Dr. Jiang had given him, intermittently.

The idea proposed by Zhong Kui is something that only a typical antisocial personality would think of.

The murderer thought of it, and Zhong Kui also thought of it.

But what Zhong Kui said next really chilled him to the bone: "So, no matter whether you investigate this case or not, the real murderer will eventually surface. Whoever survives to the end will be the murderer."

"Ha, then we can't just sit there and wait for the murderer to kill everyone else, right?" Wu Shanqiu immediately raised an objection.

"He wouldn't kill anyone who had nothing to do with the house. Lu Xiuxia and Xiaoyou should be thankful that Yue Fengsheng didn't try to give them the right to inherit the house, so they're both safe. However, there's one thing I still can't figure out..." Zhong Kui actually brought Xiaoyou's picture book with her. "Why isn't Daddy-Long-Legs a stick figure... and..." she continued, "Don't you think the smell permeating the third and fourth floors is familiar?"

As she spoke, her eyes swept over Qi Fei and Wu Shanqiu, as if they should know the answer.

Seeing that the two people didn't react, Zhong Kui smiled helplessly: "It's no wonder you two are so different. After all, Yue Fengsheng's house is filled with the smell of vomit because of his long-term alcoholism, and Chang Hui has mysophobia and uses things like aromatherapy to remove the odor, which makes you two not connect with each other."

Qi Fei recalled Zhong Kui's unusual expression when he left just now, and immediately asked, "What on earth is it?"

Zhong Kui's face darkened: "The stench of corpse."

The hot pot in front of them was bubbling with steam. These two simple words made Qi Fei and Wu Shanqiu instantly lose interest in the food on the table.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier?" Qi Fei knew that Zhong Kui had discovered it before leaving Guiyue Apartment.

"I told you not to come for lunch. I'm hungry and need you to accompany me for lunch." Zhong Kui said as a matter of course.

"Eating is more important than investigating a case?"

"Of course." Zhong Kui raised an eyebrow, "The murderer doesn't know we've discovered it anyway."

"you!"

"Since we are here, we might as well make the best of it and eat first." Zhong Kui calmly started to eat the mutton.

Wu Shanqiu looked at the angry Qi Fei and said weakly, "Brother Fei, why don't we eat lunch first?"

(End of this chapter)