The Mystery of the Inner Demon

Chapter 73 Eat Candy
"The standard answers to the ten questions just now have been placed in the box in advance. Officer Qi, please be a teacher and check everyone's answers. Oh! By the way, for a sense of ceremony..." As she spoke, Zhong Kui clapped her hands twice, and Grandma Meng took out a blackboard from the inner room.

Zhong Kui stood up, handed a piece of chalk to He Zhixin, and said, "Old He, please count the votes on behalf of everyone."

He Zhixin looked pale and didn't stand up from his seat.

But Zhong Kui was so close, her ethereal eyes staring at his face, as if there was some kind of magic that made it impossible for him to disobey her orders.

After a few minutes of awkward stalemate, He Zhixin finally gave in. He reluctantly took the chalk from Zhong Kui's hand and walked to the blackboard under everyone's gaze.

On the other side, Qi Fei had already sorted out everyone's answers and compared them with the standard answers one by one.

The answers to the ten questions came out quickly.

Wang Dakang got zero points, and the rest of the people only answered one or two questions correctly, probably by guessing.

Only He Zhixin had two complete "正" characters after his name - he got all ten questions right.

Wang Dakang complained loudly: "Ten years have passed. Back then, we were busy saving people. Who the hell cared about these little details?"

However, the others remained silent, staring at He Zhixin's back. He was facing the blackboard and did not turn around for a long time.

Zhong Kui's sweet but cold voice came: "Yes, Wang Dakang, you are absolutely right. Ten years have passed. Who can remember so many details?" As she spoke, she stood up from the chair, and the sound of high heels, "thump, thump, thump" came slowly from behind He Zhixin.

"I think even a fool can tell who the final winner of this game is?" Zhong Kui took out a "candy" and once again approached He Zhixin.

In the gloomy room, Xiaoyou's childish voice came: "Mom, I want some candy."

Xiaoyou was probably the only person at the scene who envied He Zhixin.

"An extreme egoist is the most suitable for this kind of game. Congratulations." Zhong Kui said in a sarcastic tone. He Zhixin opposite her stood stiffly like a statue.

Zhong Kui whispered in He Zhixin's ear: "Is it possible that your chalk is poisonous? If you don't take this antidote within a minute, the chances of recovery are slim."

After hearing this, He Zhixin suddenly turned around and looked at Zhong Kui.

Zhong Kui smiled widely, but there was no sense of joy in his smile, only endless threats.

Not only was He Zhixin horrified, even Qi Fei, who was standing beside him, was shocked - in his mind, Zhong Kui's smile perfectly matched the face of the monster that had appeared repeatedly in previous cases. It was a smile that seemed to come from heaven, but upon closer inspection, it was so close to the devil's smile.

He Zhixin dropped the chalk in fear, as his fingertips had begun to go numb. "It's okay, you don't have to believe it. But you know I can kill people, we are the same kind." Zhong Kui stared at He Zhixin intently, and the terrifying sense of oppression made He Zhixin breathless.

He couldn't wait to snatch the pill from Zhong Kui's hand and stuffed it into his mouth. However, the moment he swallowed it, his face changed immediately. He suddenly fell to the ground, retching non-stop, and was so nauseous that he couldn't even speak.

"What did you feed me?!" He Zhixin asked intermittently with veins bulging out of his vomit and red eyes.

"Here's..." Zhong Kui stretched out his voice. "It's a mixture of Chen Liangdi's cephalosporin pills, Old Lin's dust, Yue Fengsheng's vomit, and the fluid from Old Yu and Ai Lili's corpses. How's it? Isn't it extraordinarily delicious? That stench of death, haven't you imagined it countless times in the dead of night? Oh, no, you dare not think about it. None of them ever stained your hands. You simply used your dark schemes to let them rot along with this building."

He Zhixin shook his head stubbornly: "I don't know what you are talking about!"

At this moment, Zhong Kui's expression suddenly changed, as if he had become a different person. In a low voice, he said to He Zhixin, "Ah Xin, I've been so kind to you. I've found you a job and taught you the art of locksmithing. But for the sake of the house, you not only killed me, but you're also trying to smear me even after I'm dead. Aren't you afraid of divine retribution for doing this?"

He Zhixin's face changed, and he looked at Zhong Kui tremblingly: "You, who are you?"

"Don't you even remember me? The worst thing I did was discuss with you about the Guiyue Apartment property. From that moment on, you decided I was going to be the scapegoat for everything, right? I know that when I discussed it with you, you didn't react at all because you had already heard before me that the Guiyue Apartment property was for sale, and the only way to do it was for someone to take the property deed of the entire building and buy it back from the company, right?"

"You are trying to scare me. I don't believe you. I know nothing!" He Zhixin denied it firmly. He wanted to clench his fists and hit someone, but because of the reward antidote, he felt powerless. His stomach was churning, and he was suddenly hit mentally. He trembled all over in the astonished eyes of everyone.

"Old He, could it be that Old Yu has returned..." Zhao Xiaozhen reminded He Zhixin at an inopportune time.

"Nonsense! Lao Yu is not dead at all. I saw it all. He was the one who stole the trash can and hid the body. He was the one who copied everyone's keys. He was the one..." As he said this, he couldn't help but vomit again.

"Pa, pa, pa..." Applause broke out at the scene. Zhong Kui sarcastically "praised" it, "It's really impeccable! But how did you know all this?"

"I, I was just guessing!" He Zhixin avoided looking.

Zhong Kui suddenly came close to He Zhixin, so close that he almost touched him. He Zhixin was so scared that he fell off his chair and backed away.

"Axin, I'm so cold. That place is cold and wet. What place is it?" Zhong Kui stared at He Zhixin blankly, hugging herself with her hands, as if she was really cold.

"You are not Lao Yu, you are not..." He Zhixin denied stubbornly.

"I want to tell them how you killed me. I want to tell them where you hid me. In which mountain did you hide me? Why did you put me in someone else's grave?"

Upon hearing this, He Zhixin's expression, which had been close to collapse, instantly recovered. Like a defeated beast that suddenly found its hunter's weakness, he was afraid of missing this opportunity to strike back and shouted, "You're lying! Old Yu has never left this building!"

(End of this chapter)