The Mystery of the Inner Demon

Chapter 86 Paparazzi
The terrain outside the wall is actually higher than that inside the wall. From the outside, the wall looks like it is of a normal height.

Soon, several large stones stacked at the base of the wall attracted everyone's attention. They were obviously used as stepping stones. There were messy footprints everywhere in the unmelted snow, which seemed to indicate that someone had been here for a long time.

Qi Fei picked up a cigarette butt on the ground and said with a smile: "It seems that this ghost can smoke?"

The footprints followed the hillside all the way into the woods. Continuing to follow them forward, we came out of the woods and found the winding mountain road.

Sure enough, there were a few cigarette butts on the ground by the road. It seemed that someone had been waiting here for a long time.

……

Brother Fei, the DNA comparison results of the cigarette butt are out! Wu Shanqiu trotted over.

"You're so excited, it seems you've found the person?" Qi Fei said.

Wu Shanqiu immediately said: "Of course! It can be said that it is effortless! The saliva above is this person's."

As she spoke, she showed Qi Fei the information, and sure enough, it contained all the photos and personal information.

"This person has been detained several times."

"What's the reason?"

"Stalking, harassment, provoking trouble... Ha, a long list of bad deeds."

Qi Fei noticed the man's name and couldn't help but read it out loud: "Wang Defa? Is this name serious?"

Wu Shanqiu laughed: "Hehe, we specially checked the household registration book, there is no way, that's his real name."

"Haha, he can really be a pair with the previous Sha Gou." Qi Fei said.

"You're right, Sha Gou's traffic has been booming since he partnered with Luo Yang. The two guys must have made a lot of money." Wu Shanqiu said, "Hey! Let's get back to the point, Brother Fei, we've tracked down Wang Defa's rental place. We checked the surveillance footage and found that he drove out last night and hasn't returned. He arrived home early this morning and hasn't left since. We've already sent our colleagues from the district over there first, so we need to get going."

"Then what are we waiting for?!" Qi Fei immediately grabbed the car keys and rushed downstairs when he heard it.

Soon they arrived at where Wang Defa lived. It was a place similar to a shantytown. Unlike most places in Nancheng that were bright and shiny, this place was full of electric wires everywhere, and some houses didn't even have house numbers.

In a shared house, they found the room rented by Wang Defa.

When they broke into the house, Wang Defa hadn't even gotten out of bed. He was pinned to his bed by several police officers without explanation. He wasn't surprised by the police's arrival at all. He responded with a seasoned, shrewd tone, "What are you doing? Did Hong Mei call the police? I haven't broken any laws. Are you police officers colluding with capital now?"

Qi Fei and Wu Shanqiu looked at each other in surprise. They didn't expect that Wang Defa took the initiative to mention Hong Mei before they even mentioned her.

"Wang Defa, we now suspect that you are involved in the murder of Hong Mei. Come with us." Qi Fei said.

This made Wang De stunned: "What?! Hong Mei is dead?"

……

The glaring lights in the interrogation room flicked on. I don't know if the saying "appearance reflects the heart" is true, but Wang Defa, from any perspective, couldn't be considered "honest." His ordinary features gave off a certain surly air.

After going through all this trouble, he finally woke up.

He looked at Qi Fei and Wu Shanqiu with a questioning look: "This is not a prank, right? Hong Mei is dead? That can't be possible?"

Qi Fei and Wu Shanqiu looked at each other, wondering whether his disbelief was fake or genuine.

Qi Fei threw the photo of the scene to Wang Defa: "Do you know this person?"

The moment he saw the photo, Wang Defa screamed and threw it away.

"This, this is special effects makeup, right?"

"Hong Mei's body is now lying in the autopsy room. If you continue to play dumb, we will continue the interrogation next to her body."

"That's not necessary." Wang Defa smiled. "I'm just an entertainment reporter. I can't do anything like killing people..."

Qi Fei took out Wang Defa's camera and looked through the photos inside: "The photos are well taken." They were all pictures of Hong Mei and Huang Daqiu being affectionate in the room.

Wang Defa immediately explained, "Officer, I'm just trying to make a living. Look, it's freezing cold, and I'm lying there taking these photos. It's hard-earned money. Hong Mei is my cash cow, how could I possibly kill her?"

"We've checked everyone who had contact with Hong Mei that night, and we all have alibis for the time of her death. You're the only suspect now." Qi Fei's words were somewhat intimidating. "What were you doing from 12am to 5am?"

"It was 12 o'clock and I was still taking pictures. Wasn't Hong Mei alive and well at that time? Look at the photos!" Wang Defa suddenly became confident. "I watched her send Huang Daqiu away, come back to take a shower, drink, sleep and turn off the lights, so I left after I couldn't take any pictures." Wang Defa said.

Qi Fei followed his instructions and flipped through the photos. Sure enough, there was a photo of Hong Mei wrapped in a bath towel. The next few photos were of her changing into a nightgown and drinking red wine alone in the room, which was consistent with the testimony of the waiter Xiao Sun.

"I have to make it clear that I didn't climb over that wall. I have stepped on their yard. The wall is not high on the outside, but it is ridiculously high on the inside. I would definitely fall to death if I climbed over it. You can go and see for yourself!" Wang Defa's words were well-reasoned. Qi Fei certainly knew that they had surveyed that place a long time ago.

"Hmph, you don't necessarily have to climb over the wall. You've been following Hong Mei for a long time, and have been posting ambiguous messages online hinting at exposing Hong Mei's explosive secrets. You knew that Hong Mei was suing you, and that you had a deep conflict, so you harbored a grudge and wanted to kill her?" Qi Fei said.

Hearing this, Wang Defa grinned: "Sir, you obviously don't understand the entertainment industry. Look at the relationship between me and Hong Mei. Haha, how could she be willing to kill me?"

"Oh? How do you say this?"

Wang Defa said proudly, "Her success is due to me. Ask her agent how she got the starring role in that hit drama. Oh! No, after she became famous, she turned her back on herself and fired her agent who started everything with her from scratch! Hahaha!"

"Are you talking about the character 'Xian Yao' in The Conspiracy Against the Tang Dynasty?" Wu Shanqiu said immediately.

Qi Fei obviously had never watched this drama.

"Haven't you heard that this role wasn't originally Hong Mei's? At that time, she wasn't qualified to be with the big boss. The little girl was quite scheming and leaked some negative information about the original female lead to me. I knew her purpose, but everyone gets what they need, so I helped her with a little effort." Wang Defa said without any guilt.

Hearing this, Wu Shanqiu immediately remembered: "Oh! There was originally another one, what was its name…"

(End of this chapter)