The Mystery of the Inner Demon

Chapter 85 Backyard
"I'm talking to Mr. Qi, why are you interrupting?" Qi Fei's tone was full of malice. Even Wu Shanqiu couldn't stand his arrogant attitude and muttered softly, "Brother Fei, don't be like this."

Qi Fei, contrary to his usual behavior, ignored Wu Shanqiu and stared at Lu Man with cold eyes that she had never seen before. No one knew what had happened.

Qi Fei asked for a room and questioned all the people one by one.

However, needless to say, Qi Dongjun and Huang Daqiu were confirmed to be alive when they left.

Because the villa was a collective dormitory, the service staff of the villa could all testify that Bao Chuchu was the last one to return to the dormitory to rest. Before that, everyone had returned.

Even for Bao Chuchu, there was no way she could have completed such a complicated crime in fifteen minutes.

Because the phone call Hong Mei made to the front desk and Xiao Sun's delivery of red wine can both prove that Hong Mei was still alive that night.

Qi Fei looked at the list and crossed out the people who had been questioned one by one.

In the end, only Aunt Liu, a cleaning lady, was left.

As a result, I waited for a long time but no one showed up.

Qi Fei had no choice but to go out and look for Bao Chuchu: "Where's the last person?"

"Aunt Liu has had a fever since last night and can't come to the dormitory." Bao Chuchu replied.

"Then let's go to the dormitory and ask." Qi Fei said immediately.

"She went back to rest early yesterday. It's impossible for her to kill anyone."

"Are you a policeman or am I a policeman? You'll know whether he killed anyone or not after asking him!" Qi Fei was obviously very dissatisfied with Bao Chuchu's attitude of always making decisions. Of course, this was also due to his anger towards Bao Chuchu because of Qi Dongjun.

Compared with the extremely luxurious Yunshen Secret Villa, the staff dormitories are neat but very simple.

"Because we mainly work at night, President Qi takes care of everyone and arranges a shift system. Only those on duty that day will sleep here. There are five bunk beds in total, which can accommodate ten people. Yesterday, there were only ten people staying here." Bao Chuchu said when showing the dormitory.

The last interviewee, Aunt Liu, was lying on the lower bunk of one of the beds. Her face was pale and she was panting. She really looked sick.

Xiao Sun was standing by and feeding her porridge.

"How is Aunt Liu?" Bao Chuchu asked, her tone obviously much softer than the aggressive one she used when speaking to Qi Fei.

"I just took my temperature, and it's still 40 degrees." Xiao Sun said worriedly.

Aunt Sun opened her eyes and saw Qi Fei and Wu Shanqiu. She said weakly, "Are these two people police officers?"

"How do you know we are police officers?" Qi Fei asked vigilantly.

"Xiao Sun said something happened at the villa and a lot of police came. I knew something was going to happen..." When Aunt Liu said this, the other four people had different expressions and different surprises, including Bao Chuchu, who was always calm and did not expect Aunt Liu to say this.

Qi Fei's intuition told him that this was an important breakthrough, and he immediately asked, "Did you see anything last night?"

When Qi Fei asked this, Aunt Liu seemed to be back to last night. She suddenly grabbed Xiao Sun's hand tightly in fear, breathing more rapidly: "I saw a female ghost, covered in blood, her face, hands, all..."

"when?!"

"Just before 9 o'clock, I remembered I forgot to sweep the backyard during the day, so I decided to go and do it before finishing work. And then I saw that ghost girl! Her hair was disheveled, and she was covered in blood. I was so scared I passed out!" Aunt Liu said, as if she were reliving the scene. It seems the cleaning lady fainted because she was too frightened.

Bao Chuchu said to Qi Fei in a provocative tone: "I said, there is no need for you to come here specially."

Wu Shanqiu muttered, "How come we're in Zhong Kui's territory again?"

"Zhong Kui?" Bao Chuchu obviously didn't know what Wu Shanqiu meant.

Aunt Liu took it seriously and suggested to Bao Chuchu, "Yes, yes, Manager, since we're working in the wilderness, why don't we get a portrait of Zhong Kui?"

"..." Bao Chuchu looked speechless.

Only Qi Fei was listening carefully to Aunt Liu's words: "Nine o'clock? Hong Mei had just sent Huang Daqiu away at that time?" Then he asked Bao Chuchu, "Where did you find Aunt Liu?"

Bao Chuchu seemed helpless: "You believe this nonsense?"

"You just need to tell me where it is. We will decide whether to investigate or not." Qi Fei looked at Bao Chuchu, a hint of doubt in his eyes.

Bao Chuchu had no choice but to take them to the backyard.

The Yunshen Secret Realm is built against the mountain. It looks like it is on the first floor, but as the stairs wind around, you will unknowingly walk down several floors. The back is right below the room where Hong Mei is. However, this place is two floors away from Hong Mei's room on the first floor. On one side of the yard is the hotel room, and on the other side is the wall of the villa. Outside the wall are endless forests and mountains.

This small courtyard is designed in Chinese garden style, with a small fish pond, some rockery, pine and bamboo. It is obviously a masterpiece of a master and has a high-level aesthetic.

The bluestone floor was very smooth. It seemed that the snow had been swept away by the diligent Aunt Liu last night.

Bao Chuchu pointed at the stairs and said coldly, "Yesterday, when I and others heard the screams, we came here and saw Aunt Liu lying here unconscious. There was no one around."

Qi Fei looked around and pointed at the paths on both sides of the yard and asked, "Where does this lead to?"

"This leads to the front garden. The paths throughout our villa are open for guests to take walks."

"So it's possible that the other party could go anywhere?"

"Heh, Officer Qi, you're not talking about a female ghost, are you?"

"Well, it's not certain whether it's a human or a ghost."

Qi Fei looked up. He had seen this wall in Hong Mei's room before. However, from there, it looked only less than one floor high. But now, looking from the sunken backyard, it was as high as two floors. It was a clever design, as it prevented outsiders from climbing over the wall to enter.

There was a thick layer of snow on the wall because of the snow, and the long pure white strip added extra height to the wall.

Qi Fei's gaze stopped at one place while scanning the wall, and he couldn't help but say "Huh?" He saw that a section of snow on the wall facing Hong Mei's window was missing.

The advantage of snow is that any traces are easier to leave before they melt than usual.

Wu Shanqiu saw him staring at that place for a long time, so she followed his gaze and soon discovered the clue: "Brother Fei, it looks like there was something up there last night?"

"Hmph, it seems that ghosts can climb over walls!" Qi Fei glanced at Bao Chuchu, and immediately led his men out of the villa and walked along the wall to the place where there was a gap.

(End of this chapter)