The Mystery of the Inner Demon

Chapter 66 Hiding the Corpse
"Well, and when we went downstairs just now, Zhao Xiaozhen said the trash can downstairs was stolen. If I wanted to hide the bodies here, I definitely wouldn't want them exposed to the air. If I did, flies would quickly fly over and they'd be discovered." Zhong Kui seemed to be thinking from the murderer's perspective. "Buying boxes or something like that to hide the bodies would make it easy for people to trace them. But those big community trash cans are the perfect size. If they were stolen, people would just think someone was trying to get something for free and wouldn't investigate seriously."

Zhong Kui was eating while talking, but Qi Fei was so anxious that he couldn't eat at all.

After finally finishing his meal with great patience, Qi Fei almost jumped up from his chair and hurried to Guiyue Apartment.

The rain that had just stopped started to fall again.

Qi Fei had already kicked the door once, so he didn't care about it again. He kicked the door of 402 open.

The moment the door opened, a disgusting fishy smell hit me in the face.

At first glance, the house seemed fine, but following the strong stench, they found the large wardrobe in the bedroom. The wardrobe door was closed tightly, and traces of brown liquid seeping through the crack in the door could be seen.

However, over the years, the liquid has dried up, leaving only a sticky film attached to the bottom of the cabinet.

When they opened the wardrobe door, two huge trash cans appeared in front of them.

Although the lid of the trash can was tightly closed, there were still traces of liquid leaking out.

Looking into the trash can, I saw something covered by a large black garbage bag soaking in the dark brown liquid. Needless to say, I knew what was inside.

Not to mention Wu Shanqiu, even Qi Fei couldn't help but pinch his nose: "Damn, the rest can only be handed over to Xiao Tao..."

The rain outside was getting heavier, and the dark figure seemed to still be lingering nearby, watching their every move...

Soon, Xiao Tao appeared in front of them fully armed with protective clothing and goggles.

Qi Fei said with a heavy heart: "Today's scene is a bit troublesome..."

Xiao Tao glanced inside and said nothing. He walked forward swiftly, opened his tool kit, took out a large spoon, and slowly began to scoop the brown liquid one spoonful at a time and collect it into a special bucket.

Although Qi Fei was wearing a mask, the smell still stubbornly remained in his nasal cavity and could not dissipate for a long time.

He hadn't recovered from the smell yet, and when he turned around, he saw Zhong Kui crying.

It’s not accurate to say that she was crying. To be precise, she was shedding tears with an expressionless face.

Qi Fei handed her a tissue.

Zhong Kui looked at him blankly: "What?"

Qi Fei gestured for her to wipe her tears.

Zhong Kui touched her cheek and found that it was wet. She looked at the tears on her hand, seemingly unaware that she was crying.

Then he wiped it dry with his hands two or three times and did not take the tissue that Qi Fei handed to him.

Qi Fei looked at her with some worry. He didn't know why, ever since she found out about the accident with 402, her condition had been a little strange, as if something had awakened inside her.

...Laying on the dissection table were two black skeletons. This was the third time that a resident of Guiyue Apartment had "visited" Xiao Tao's dissection room.

"Judging from the skeleton's characteristics, the two skeletons are one male and one female, approximately 50 and 40 years old at the time of death, respectively," Xiao Tao said. "Both skulls have obvious cracks, which is likely the cause of death. We'll need to see the toxicity test results of the tissue exudate I brought back to confirm the details."

"Judging from age and height, he meets the requirements of Lao Yu and Ai Lili," Qi Fei said from the side.

"Because it was Lao Yu who was missing, no one can open the lock this time." Wu Shanqiu sighed.

"What about the time of death?" Qi Fei asked.

"About six years." Xiao Tao answered concisely.

"It just so happens that Lao Yu and Ai Lili disappeared at the same time. In fact, to put it bluntly, the two of them never left this building from the beginning to the end of their so-called elopement." Wu Shanqiu said on the side.

"What a fucking headache!" Qi Fei said what he had been holding back all the way. His frustration came from the fact that it seemed like God was playing a joke on him. Whenever a suspect appeared, he would end up dead.

From any angle, Lao Yu was the perfect suspect, but now he has turned into a pile of bones.

"Brother Fei, as you said, we confirmed the occupational backgrounds of the residents in Guiyue Apartment one by one. Except for Lao Yu, no one works in the lock factory." The information provided by Wu Shanqiu undoubtedly doubled his depression.

"In other words, apart from Lao Yu, no one has the ability to enter and exit other people's houses freely?" Qi Fei said disappointedly.

At this moment, Qi Fei received a message from Sha Gou, asking him if he had watched the latest video of the decryption blogger.

Qi Fei frowned and immediately opened the video account. It didn't even have a name like Sha Gou's, just a string of randomly assigned numbers. Sure enough, the latest video appeared, still related to Guiyue Apartments. It said an elderly woman had recently died there, detailing the situation at her home. Of course, the cause was still haunted, stemming from an accident during the building's construction that had caused the girl's ghost to linger, causing a series of tragic deaths.

He immediately called the Internet police and asked whether there was any result in investigating the account that posted the video and who had been asked to assist in investigating the platform.

The Internet police said that they had just obtained the information and the IP address that posted the video, and were now sending it to Qi Fei's mobile phone.

A strange yet familiar name appeared on the phone - the real-name registration name of the account was Dai Jie. He had seen this name somewhere before, and when he saw the IP address, he suddenly realized it.

Because the location shown by the IP address was Guiyue Apartment, Qi Fei now remembered that Dai Jie was the name of Chen Liangdi's son - the son who had been dead for twenty years.

This website has only become popular in recent years. It was obviously not registered when Dai Jie was alive. Someone impersonated his identity and even used his old desktop computer.

"What is the purpose of this person posting the video?" Qi Fei frowned and looked at the skeleton on the dissection table. He knew that it wouldn't be long before the matter about Lao Yu and Ai Lili would be posted on the Internet. "Zhong Kui, what do you think?" he asked casually.

As a result, there was a moment of silence in the autopsy room and no one responded to him.

He raised his head and looked around, then he remembered that Zhong Kui was not in the autopsy room. He couldn't help but mutter, "Where did she go today?"

At this moment, Xiaoyou was mumbling to himself while drawing on his new sketchbook with a paintbrush. Behind him, he heard the sound of someone walking towards him in high heels...

(End of this chapter)