Chapter 201

Little did he know, since Lou Hongyi went to Zizhen to meet Yan Kefei secretly, until Lou Honglan "devoted herself" to the Supreme Divine Sect again in Island City thousands of miles away, there had always been a mysterious and powerful black hand manipulating everything behind the scenes.

After Yan Kefei confessed the whole process of Lou Hongyi being accidentally pushed under the Buddha statue to death and Lou Honglan returning to his side, Gu Changzheng felt suspicious: He speculated that Lou Hongyi must have had an unspeakable secret to convey when she went to see Yan Kefei back then. And her repeated questioning about the whereabouts of her mother Lou Zhen, if Yan Kefei didn't misunderstand her meaning, Gu Changzheng boldly guessed that Lou Hongyi was highly likely to know that her mother hadn't truly died.

Otherwise, why would she mention wanting to resolve all of this again and again? Only when Lou Zhen was still alive in this world would this deep hatred not turn into a dead knot that could never be untied! However, at that time, Yan Kefei was completely blinded by emotions, and after he had just been intimate with Lou Honglan and enjoyed the pleasure of fish and water, his whole body and spirit were exhausted to the extreme. Plus, he was always afraid that the evil deeds he committed with Lou Honglan would be exposed, so he had no way to understand the profound meaning hidden in Lou Hongyi's words.

After careful deduction and analysis, Gu Changzheng felt that Lou Hongyi must have been incomparably conflicted and painful in her heart at that time. On one hand, she still held old feelings for Yan Kefei that were hard to let go of (this could be seen from the fact that although she didn't refuse intimate contact with Yan Kefei, she didn't appear as devoted as before); and on the other hand, she was bound and restricted by some irresistible order.

Combining the above various situations, Gu Changzheng boldly guessed that Lou Hongyi should have been ordered by her mother Lou Zhen to deal with Yan Kefei. However, after truly seeing Yan Kefei, her heart suddenly softened, plus Yan Kefei's series of flowery words finally made her have a naive idea of wanting to reconcile the tense relationship between the two sides.

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After tearing off the disguise on her face, the old woman, oh, at this time she shouldn't be called an old woman, although this face still had traces of time, it was completely different from when she had the disguise before. It truly lived up to the saying: Time cannot defeat a beauty. At this time, she, who should be over 50, looked only in her early 40s, and there was a natural charm of a mature woman between her brows!

If Gu Changzheng saw her at this time, he would definitely call out her name without hesitation—Lou Zhen!

The one disguised as an old woman was exactly Lou Zhen who had "died" for many years!

After she tore off the disguise mask, she rubbed off the ugly yellow skin on her hands. Her pair of plump, fair, and tender hands gently stroked her cheeks. After rubbing for a long time, she looked at herself in the mirror and muttered to herself: "This day has finally come, everything will also cease to exist, only the last thing is left. Once completed, it will be over!"

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After ending the interrogation of Yan Kefei, Gu Changzheng basically understood the various entanglements between the Lou mother and daughter and Yan Kefei back then, although he didn't understand it. And there were still a few details that needed to be clarified: How did Lou Zhen return from the dead? How were Lou Hongyi's remains transferred to the hospital basement? How did his master disappear in the hospital? Whose child was that boy?

Just as he was thinking about these questions, the mobile phone in his pocket suddenly rang. He picked it up and saw it was a strange number, so he pressed the answer key. Only hearing a woman's voice come through: "Officer Gu, it's me. Do you have time to meet me? I think my story might be able to solve many puzzles!"

This voice sounded somewhat familiar. Gu Changzheng suddenly remembered that this voice was exactly the old woman he suspected to be Lou Zhen!

He hurriedly agreed, and the two made an appointment for a place to meet. Gu Changzheng hurried away!

Arriving at the agreed location, under the huge outdoor advertising screen in People's Park in the old city of Jiangdong District, Gu Changzheng parked the car and walked toward the agreed location with big strides. Only to see a good-looking middle-aged woman sitting on a bench under the big screen. Gu Changzheng glanced at her and couldn't help but be stunned. This woman's brows and eyes were like Alan's, only she looked more mature than Alan!

The woman saw Gu Changzheng's expression and knew she recognized herself, so she nodded slightly and said: "Officer Gu, come here and sit." Although it was just a simple greeting, it made people feel that there was some indescribable charm in her gestures, and those eyes were also like a pair of hooks. The person being looked at by her seemed to be firmly hooked instantly, only wanting to obey her instructions.

Gu Changzheng tried to stabilize his mind, walked over slowly, looked into her eyes, and said: "Lou Zhen?"

Lou Zhen smiled and said: "Officer Gu, didn't you already know of my existence long ago?"

Gu Changzheng smiled: "Yes, but there are still too many unclear things. So today, Ms. Lou is going to solve the puzzles for me?"

Lou Zhen patted the bench beside her: "You sit down, I will answer all your questions." Gu Changzheng was already standing in front of Lou Zhen at this time, but his intuition told him that this woman was very dangerous, so he delayed sitting down. After hearing Lou Zhen's words, he couldn't help but secretly blame himself. What was wrong with him! So he looked left and right and sat down slowly.

Lou Zhen seemed accustomed to men's discomfort in front of her. She smiled faintly and said: "Officer Gu, are you wondering why I didn't die?"

Gu Changzheng knew she was referring to how she escaped after being "poisoned to death" by her unfilial daughter and buried underground back then. He nodded: "Yes, I am indeed very curious. I ask Ms. Lou to solve the puzzle for me."

A layer of hatred floated on Lou Zhen's originally beautiful face. She took out a box of ladies' cigarettes from the handbag beside her, lit one by herself, elegantly exhaled a string of smoke rings, and said: "I am truly a failure. I have thought of many ways to die, but I never expected to die at the hands of my own daughter and my own man!"

Lou Zhen's head and neck slowly leaned against the back of the chair behind her, turned her face to look at Gu Changzheng: "Officer Gu, isn't this very absurd! I hid this secret for more than ten years, never expecting that in the end, I would have to confide in a police officer!"

Following Lou Zhen's narration, time returned to that day in the 1990s. Lou Zhen was "discussing" things in her boudoir with a believer who had just been promoted by her to "Divine Envoy", but she found that her spirit was somewhat trance-like. Looking at the handsome new "Divine Envoy" in front of her, his eyes seemed somewhat straight, which made her realize that something was wrong. She wanted to get up, but the two were entangled together. In the panic, not only did she fail to sit up, but she also knocked the pillow at the head of the bed off. At this time, only to see a piece of yellow mounting paper underneath, on which some symbols that had never been seen before were drawn.

She hadn't figured out what was going on when suddenly her chest felt as if it was blocked by something. Her eyes went black and she didn't know anything else!