The Mystery of the Inner Demon

Chapter 88 Female Ghost
"I don't know... First of all, let me make it clear. I knew yesterday that I would have to work all night for this job, so I drank three cups of coffee in advance. I was definitely not sleepy at that time, and I didn't feel dizzy." Wang Defa emphasized.

"If you have something to say, say it quickly. As long as you tell the truth, we won't do anything to you no matter how outrageous it is." Qi Fei urged.

"After Hong Mei sent Huang Daqiu away, wasn't she throwing a tantrum? Suddenly, something flashed behind me, and I felt like... I saw a female ghost appear in her room. I swear, in the blink of an eye, a female ghost in white clothes with disheveled hair floated in the air. If I hadn't pressed the shutter fast enough..."

"How come you didn't capture the moment? You're just bragging about being the best paparazzi in the country, right?" Qi Fei complained helplessly. He certainly wouldn't believe the ghost's story. "So, there's another person in Hong Mei's room, right?"

"I said it's not a human, it's a female ghost." Wang Defa claimed very firmly.

"Hiss, you paparazzi, have you seen a ghost before or something? How can you tell the difference between humans and ghosts so clearly?" Qi Fei was puzzled.

Wu Shanqiu whispered in Qi Fei's ear, "Can you tell if he's lying? Should we ask our consultant to help?"

"You don't believe him!" Qi Fei said to Wu Shanqiu angrily, then continued to stare at Wang Defa, "Suppose, I'm just assuming. If you really saw a ghost, what's the evidence?"

Unexpectedly, Wang Defa said without hesitation: "I haven't seen a ghost, but I'm sure what I saw wasn't a human. This thing was translucent and floating in the air. How could it be a human? Of course, it could also be that my eyes were blurry. It was just a moment. Maybe I stared at that room for too long and it suddenly went dark. What is that called? Persistent vision." Seeing Qi Fei's unfriendly attitude, the sly guy began to leave room for his words. Looking at the two policemen in front of him with stern faces and full of doubt, he muttered a little regretfully, "Forget it, I'll just say what I don't want to say."

When Qi Fei and Wu Shanqiu brought Wang Defa out of the interrogation room, Wu Shanqiu exclaimed, "As expected of a great immortal, he appeared right after I remembered him."

Zhong Kui appeared in the corridor at some point.

Qi Fei hadn't seen Zhong Kui since their last meeting in Zizai Mountain. For some reason, every time he saw Zhong Kui after a while, she looked more radiant than the last time. However, this time, she looked at Qi Fei with empty eyes, just like the first time she saw him, like a computer with its data reset to zero after being restarted. This made Qi Fei once again doubt whether his ambiguous dream was true or not.

"Your girlfriend?" Wang Defa observed Qi Fei's expression and said from the side.

"No." Qi Fei denied immediately.

"Don't insult my professional ability, this is what I do." Wang Defa showed a paparazzi gossipy smile.

Zhong Kui had obviously heard their conversation, and she showed that charming smile that Qi Fei was familiar with. Qi Fei knew that she was going to do something bad again, and he felt something was wrong. Sure enough, she had already walked up to Qi Fei with a charming figure, put her arm around Qi Fei's, and smiled sweetly: "Dear, I miss the feeling of that night so much..."

"Ah!" Wu Shanqiu couldn't help but exclaimed softly, looking at Qi Fei in surprise, "Brother Fei, are you guys developing so quickly?"

"What are you thinking about? That's not what I meant!" Qi Fei was speechless and too embarrassed to shake off Zhong Kui's hand, so his face turned red all of a sudden.

Qi Fei was in a panic, and Zhong Kui's eyes had already fallen on Wang Defa. After looking at him for a while, she finally let go of Qi Fei's hand, moved close to Wang Defa, and looked at him straight, which made Wang Defa feel uneasy.

"You have to be careful recently..." Zhong Kui said this in a delicate voice, but for some reason it made people's hair stand on end. "Your eyes are dim, your face is pale, and your forehead is black. Hmm, it seems that you have encountered something unclean."

Wang Defa's face turned green when he heard this: "You, how did you know?"

"Because of me..." Zhong Kui was about to say something, but Qi Fei had already covered her mouth with one hand and said to Wang Defa, "Ignore her, she's not in her right mind..."

As he said this, he pulled Zhong Kui aside and whispered to him, "Don't forget that we have already laid our cards on the table. Don't play tricks with superstition anymore!" "I'm a fortune teller. This is part of what Zhong Xiaoyu set for me. I can't change it." Zhong Kui said angrily, unmoved.

"What are you doing here all of a sudden?"

"It's not sudden. I came down the mountain much earlier than you did to take care of a business deal. Later I found out you guys were there too. Isn't that a coincidence?"

"What do you mean? We went there too? You went to the Yunshen Secret Realm?" Qi Fei reacted immediately.

"When you came to me, I had already received an order from the Cloud Deep Secret Realm. They said there was a ghost there, and they wanted me to perform an exorcism. The price was quite high. You know my turnaround time for orders is over a week. I was still working on it when I heard someone had died there."

"You heard? This matter is strictly confidential. How did you know?"

"Ha, I'm a consultant, of course I should know."

"Hey! Is that Captain Liu, that loudmouth?"

"Hoo, you care about your boss's big mouth."

"Wow, is that the point?!"

"Wait, sorry to interrupt your flirting. I just want to ask, can I leave now?" Wang Defa listened for a long time and finally couldn't help but asked cautiously.

Zhong Kui continued to look at Wang Defa: "Have you seen that thing recently?"

Wang Defa felt even more puzzled after hearing this. He opened his eyes wide and asked Zhong Kui, "Ah, who are you?"

"I am this policeman's girlfriend. Haven't you figured that out? Of course, my profession is a fortune teller. If you need anything later, come to me." Zhong Kui lied without blinking an eye.

Wang Defa listened and gave Qi Fei a meaningful smile: "Is this Sir so particular when it comes to finding a girlfriend?"

Qi Fei warned seriously: "Regarding Hong Mei's case, if you dare to talk nonsense online and interfere with the investigation, then it will not be as simple as detention!"

Wang Defa nodded and promised and left.

Qi Fei then turned to Zhong Kui and said, "Tell me, who came to you in the Cloud Deep Secret Realm?"

"Their manager, Bao Chuchu, is from Sanwu Town. She placed the order for my donation box, saying her workplace was haunted and asked me to perform an exorcism. She had just been here before you came to see me that day."

"Bao Chuchu?" Qi Fei couldn't help but feel his heart sink. This person made him suspicious from the very beginning. As for the so-called haunted Yunshen Secret Realm, no one would have mentioned it to them unless he insisted on finding the sick cleaning lady to investigate.

(End of this chapter)