After breaking up with my girlfriend, I became a Great Sage of the Demon Clan.

What wouldn't the mastermind say to deflect suspicion?

"Little one, I have a feeling..."

Suzaku made his voice as cold as Miss Machima's conscience.

"Compared to Chu Daoyun, you seem more like the murderer?"

After speaking, Zhuque stared at Zhou Yan's face. Having lived for over a hundred years, Zhuque felt that she could still glean a lot of information from the face of an underage child.

However, Zhou Yan, who was constantly activating his future vision, had already heard these words. Taking advantage of these two seconds of precognition, Zhou Yan also prepared a lot of his thoughts.

Zhou Yan sighed sadly.

"As expected, I was suspected by Senior Sister Leng Qing. Indeed, my attitude yesterday was a bit abnormal. However, Lord Zhuque, I have no reason to go against Lin Anru. In order to deal with Chu Daoyun, I offered the 'Illusory Heart Sutra' to Senior Sister Leng Qing in exchange for her to assist Lin Anru and help her increase her power."

Zhuque interrupted.

"You might be taking advantage of her in advance, giving her benefits first so you can curse her with a clear conscience."

Zhou Yan sighed for the second time.

"So let's try a different approach. Lord Suzaku, you think I framed Lin Anru for Chu Daoyun's sake, right?"

Zhuque remained silent. She had prepared the Ten Cruelest Tortures of the Qing Dynasty to teach Zhou Yan that knives should only be used against outsiders, and never against one's own people.

"If I can prove that Chu Daoyun was the one who took the initiative in this incident, and that I could get Chu Daoyun without any conspiracy, wouldn't I be able to clear my name?"

Suzaku became curious.

"If you can prove it."

……

ICU ward.

Chu Daoyun, who was sitting by Lin Anru's bedside, withdrew her hand. Lin Anru slowly got up, and the girl's complexion had improved a lot. If Zhou Yan were to look at Lin Anru's status bar at this time, he would find that Lin Anru's serious illness and severe weakness had changed to moderate illness and moderate weakness.

However, it will take a long time before she is fully recovered, and Chu Daoyun needs to allow enough time to catch up with Zhou Yan.

Lin Anru, her upper body propped up, nodded gratefully to Chu Daoyun.

"Thank you. If it weren't for you, I would have thought I was going to die."

Chu Daoyun smiled reservedly.

"It's what I should do."

Footsteps were heard outside the ICU ward, then the door opened, and Zhu Que and Zhou Yan walked in.

Zhuque saw that Lin'an's complexion had improved significantly and a smile appeared on her face.

"Very good, Xiao Chu, I owe Xiao Ru a favor because of you. I owe you one."

Chu Daoyun nodded respectfully.

Zhou Yan, who was behind Zhuque, stepped out. The young man scratched the back of his head with a simple and honest expression and chuckled.

"Senior Chu, do we still need treatment? If not, how about we go out for a walk and investigate who's behind this?"

Chu Daoyun's eyes lit up, and she stood up.

"of course can."

The Vermilion Bird made way.

"Don't overwork yourself. Also, call me if anything happens, and report back to me if you find any clues. Don't push yourself. I'll help you as much as I can."

After the incident in Lin'an, Zhuque also hired some professionals to investigate, but only a few days have passed and the helpers still haven't found any results.

Chu Daoyun hummed in agreement, and then left the ICU ward with Zhou Yan. As soon as they were outside, Zhou Yan suddenly spoke up.

"Senior Sister Chu, I have an idea. Why don't we go to the places we've been to in Lin'an these past few days to check the situation? Well, to avoid alerting them if we go too far."

Zhou Yan licked his lips, looking uneasy.

"How about just the two of us go investigate?"

Chu Daoyun looked at Zhou Yan in disbelief.

What she really wanted to say was that her own female driver downstairs was getting in the way, so Chu Daoyun was thinking of taking Zhou Yan to a secluded place so the two of them could enjoy some sweet time together.

However, since Zhou Yan spoke first...

Chu Daoyun pretended to be in a difficult position.

"Isn't this a bad idea?"

Zhou Yan immediately changed his tune.

"All of this is for Senior Lin, Senior Chu. Look at Senior Lin's condition. Do you want to see others like this?"

Zhou Yan opened his arms, his face full of righteousness.

"We must find the mastermind behind the curse as quickly as possible."

Chu Daoyun's face flushed.

"Well, okay, it's all for Lin, my junior."

Zhou Yan led Chu Daoyun downstairs, then went to the storage room downstairs to get sunglasses and a hat. After a simple makeover, the two went down to the inpatient department and sneaked out through the back door.

There was a small electric car with two seats parked at the back door, and Zhou Yan and Chu Daoyun got in together.

Zhou Yan inserted the key, started the car, and drove towards the back door of the hospital, saying as he did so.

“Yesterday we investigated Lin Anru’s room but didn’t find anything. When I got back, I thought about where Lin Anru had been these past few days. She hadn’t been to many places. Most of the time she was at the Wu Family Martial Arts Academy’s training ground. At most, she went out for barbecue, strolled along a snack street, and watched a movie for a while.”

Chu Daoyun clasped her hands together instantly, and the girl said happily.

"Then investigate all these places!"

Zhou Yan hummed in agreement and then drove out the back door of the hospital.

As soon as they stepped out, even through the electric car, the surrounding pedestrians sensed something was wrong and turned to look at it.

Chu Daoyun gave these people the highest level of energy and spirit replenishment, making them feel clear-headed and full of vitality. This comfortable feeling was directional, causing a large number of eyes to converge from outside the car to inside.

Zhou Yan thoughtfully said something.

"If you're scared, just close your eyes."

Chu Daoyun, already somewhat frightened, gave a soft "hmm" and then closed her eyes.

With her eyes closed, Chu Daoyun could no longer see the relationship between the men around the vehicle, which made her feel much better. However, the girl still pretended to be very scared and slowly reached out her hand towards Zhou Yan. Halfway out, Chu Daoyun felt a hand grab hers and gently hold it. The palm was broad and warm.

Zhou Yan's gentle voice came over.

"It's alright, I'm here."

A warm feeling welled up in Chu Daoyun's heart. How wonderful, Zhou Yan is so gentle.

Zhou Yan drove away from the Red Cross Hospital with one hand. Not long after, he arrived at the barbecue restaurant in Lin'an where he had eaten barbecue the night before. The young man rolled down the window, called over the owner of the barbecue restaurant, asked a few questions, paid for the restaurant's security camera footage from the past few days, and then left before the pedestrians outside the barbecue restaurant gathered around.

Next, I went to the pedestrian street in Lin'an, which I had visited when I was bored at night. I randomly asked around at a few shops, then went to the management office of the pedestrian street and paid to get the video footage of the pedestrian street.

After leaving the pedestrian street, Zhou Yan slowly drove to a movie theater.

Chu Daoyun, with her eyes closed, heard Zhou Yan sigh.

"The movie theater is so quiet today."

Chu Daoyun turned to look out the car window. Outside was a small street with few newlyweds, and most of them were women. The women looked at Zhou Yan's car with surprise, and a few tried to come over.

Zhou Yan spoke again.

"I was bored earlier, so I watched a movie here with Lin Anru and a few other classmates. We sat here for quite a while. Maybe the curse was cast here. Senior Chu, why don't we go in and take a look?"

See a movie?

And Zhou Yan?

Chu Daoyun clearly sensed that Zhou Yan's attitude towards her was different from yesterday; he seemed more intimate and his actions were more proactive.

This was not unexpected. In the past, the men Chu Daoyun had encountered either directly expressed their affection for her or initially acted coldly, but then couldn't resist their joy and soon showed a completely different attitude, pursuing Chu Daoyun passionately.

Zhou Yan was probably too reserved and proud to express his love to her yesterday, but now that they've been together longer, he's started pursuing her passionately.

Like many men in the past, yet different, none of those men could match her liking as much as Zhou Yan.

"Sure, for Lin'an Ru, my junior."

Chu Daoyun readily accepted good advice.

Zhou Yan and Chu Daoyun got out of the car and walked into the movie theater together. As they entered, Chu Daoyun quietly moved closer to Zhou Yan and touched his hand with her small hand. Zhou Yan grabbed Chu Daoyun's soft hand without hesitation.

Chu Daoyun's heart fluttered, and she immediately moved closer to Zhou Yan.

It's alright, Chu Daoyun believed she could always use her fear of men as an excuse to explain her current intimacy with Zhou Yan.

Perhaps because it wasn't a holiday, there was only one female staff member at the cinema reception, and a cleaning lady was going in and out of the restrooms in the distance. There were no other customers. Zhou Yan led Lin Anru to the staff member and then showed her the movie tickets for the Ugly Group.

The staff member scanning the movie tickets glanced at Chu Daoyun a few more times, and then exclaimed in surprise when they saw what they had scanned.

"Sir, did you buy all the seats in Theater 5?"

Zhou Yan grinned.

"I hate being disturbed when I'm watching a movie."

The staff member laughed.

"Of course, I would love to have such a lovely girlfriend."

The staff stared at Chu Daoyun. At this moment, Chu Daoyun was wearing a mask and a hat, which covered a lot of her delicate features, but it could not hide her intoxicating charm and beautiful figure. She was obviously a super beauty.

"I'd also be willing to book the entire movie theater to enjoy some alone time with my girlfriend."

After scanning the e-movie ticket, the staff member looked around and whispered.

"Sir, the movie 'The Royal Family's Hundred Years' in Cinema 5 is a terrible film. I recommend you watch 'Romance in Love' in Cinema 8. That movie has a rating of 8.6 on Huaban."

Zhou Yan shook his head.

"No, I'll watch 'The Royal Family's Centennial' instead."

The waiter took out a QR code and then said...

"Guests, our cinema is having a promotion. Scan this QR code to receive a mystery gift. If you don't mind, please scan this QR code. Who knows?"

The waiter looked at Chu Daoyun with a smile.

"Could you scan your girlfriend and find some good stuff?"

Zhou Yan glanced at Chu Daoyun, who lowered her head. Her worries about Zhou Yan explaining that they weren't boyfriend and girlfriend didn't come true. Zhou Yan simply took out his phone and scanned a QR code.

After scanning the QR code, a webpage popped up on Zhou Yan's phone, which read, "Unfortunately, you did not receive anything."

The waiter then looked at Chu Daoyun.

"Beautiful lady, why don't you scan it too? Maybe you can find something good for your boyfriend who loves you so much?"

Chu Daoyun liked what the waiter said, so she also took out her phone and scanned the code, but unfortunately, like Zhou Yan, she didn't get anything.

Chu Daoyun sighed as she looked at her phone screen.

Zhou Yan smiled.

"It's nothing, I'll buy you whatever you need later."

Chu Daoyun nodded weakly, like a frail and aggrieved little girl.

"Okay, let's go see a movie."

Zhou Yan led Chu Daoyun by the hand toward screening room number five. Once inside, Zhou Yan spoke.

"This is the place where Lin Anru and I watched a movie before. Lin Anru was in this seat back then."

Zhou Yan led Chu Daoyun to the third seat in the fifth row.

Chu Daoyun carefully examined the seat before speaking.

"Nothing seems amiss?"

Zhou Yan shrugged.

"Shall we check other places?"

Zhou Yan and Chu Daoyun began searching other locations. Ten minutes later, Zhou Yan and Chu Daoyun met up at the third seat in the fifth row. Zhou Yan smiled wryly.