Chapter 144

Zhong Kui's fingertips gently rubbed the edge of the teacup. The celadon reflected the iris stickers on her nails with a cold light. "You said his words were like magic..." She suddenly leaned forward and brushed her hand in front of his eyes. The silver pendant on her wrist swayed, reflecting Chen Shan's twisted face.

Chen Shan's pupils shrank suddenly, and his whole body was as stiff as a puppet. Qi Fei was about to speak, but saw Zhong Kui suddenly retreat and smile lightly: "Just kidding, why is Mr. Chen sweating so much?"

"Ma, maybe the heating is too strong." Chen Shan pulled his collar, and the jujube wood beads on his wrist collided with a crisp sound. Zhong Kui's gaze lingered on the string of beads for two seconds, then turned to Qi Fei and said: "I think Mr. Chen doesn't mind if we look around the room? Maybe there are traces left by the suspect."

"Uh, that fake doctor has never been to my house..." Chen Shan muttered.

Zhong Kui ignored him and pushed open a room on the side of the living room. It looked like a study, but Chen Shan couldn't be called a cultured person, and there were more feng shui ornaments inside.

One of the toads had a jade ring in its mouth. Just as Zhong Kui was about to touch it, Chen Shan's hand suddenly reached out, trying to stop her.

Zhong Kui instinctively grabbed the string of beads on his wrist in defense. Only a clattering sound was heard, the wrist rope was pulled apart, and the beads fell all over the floor.

Zhong Kui picked up one of them and greedily sniffed the smell on it: "The unique smell of jujube wood, but here... it seems to carry something else..." As she spoke, she looked at Chen Shan and suddenly said, "Lightning-struck wood is most afraid of blood. If it's stained with blood, it won't be efficacious for attracting wealth, Mr. Chen. Have you killed anything recently?"

Chen Shan's face turned pale, and he pointed to the kitchen: "I bought a fish today. I forgot to take it off when I killed the fish. Would you like to stay for a meal?"

Zhong Kui's mouth curled slightly: "No need~" As she spoke, she gave Qi Fei a wink, "I think we won't gain anything here at Mr. Chen's. Let's withdraw."

As she spoke, she left without saying goodbye to Chen Shan.

Qi Fei felt embarrassed and explained to Chen Shan in a low voice: "Our consultant has a bit of a personality. Sorry about that!"

In the police station, Wu Shanqiu bounced to Qi Fei's side with a curious look: "Brother Fei, what happened when you went to find Chen Shan?"

"Hmm? Nothing. Another day of returning empty-handed." Qi Fei said, carrying some annoyance.

"Sigh~~~ That's strange." Wu Shanqiu said.

Qi Fei put down the materials in his hand and looked up at Wu Shanqiu: "What's wrong?"

"Ha! Xiao Tao told me that Zhong Kui sat there, facing She Xiaohui's body, without saying a word. It was very strange. It's the first time I've heard someone as strange as Xiao Tao say someone else is strange." Wu Shanqiu's eyebrows were high and low, looking very puzzled.

Hearing about Zhong Kui, Qi Fei was naturally extra concerned and immediately got up and walked toward the forensic room.

The spring chill in Nancheng finally ended, which made the temperature difference particularly large when entering the forensic room. No matter how many times he came in, he had goosebumps all over.

When Xiao Tao saw Qi Fei coming, he gave him a wink. Following his gaze, Zhong Kui was sitting in front of an opened freezer, looking at the body in the freezer, examining it as if she were communicating silently with the body.

Qi Fei walked to Xiao Tao's side and whispered: "How long has she been like this?"

"She came as soon as she went to work this morning. She didn't even eat lunch." Xiao Tao seemed quite used to this way of getting along. While answering Qi Fei, his work in his hands didn't stop, and he was checking tissue sections of other deceased people under the microscope.

Qi Fei walked to Zhong Kui's side and spoke as gently as coaxing a child: "What's the matter? So focused, you didn't even eat lunch?"

"Shh..." Zhong Kui's slender fingers pressed against her lips, interrupting Qi Fei's speech, her gaze never leaving She Xiaohui's body.

Qi Fei had no choice but to be patient and accompany Zhong Kui to look at She Xiaohui's severely injured body.

"He hated her to the core." Zhong Kui finally spoke, touching She Xiaohui's face with her gloved hand. The five-finger bruise on her cheek was clearly visible, "He slapped her." As she spoke, she grabbed She Xiaohui's hand again. A deep purple injury on her wrist was like a wristband wrapped around her gray-blue skin, "He grabbed her hand and questioned her." Then, her fingertips wandered and stopped at She Xiaohui's temple, "He grabbed a heavy object beside him and smashed it toward her head. Everything developed in a direction out of control. She Xiaohui was dizzy, and a mother's instinct made her run toward the second floor, not knowing that this would bring the god of death, letting her two young children accompany her to their deaths.

How could an injured woman outrun an adult male who had already mutated into a demon? She was slashed in the head after only a few steps. Once, twice... until the woman stopped moving, until he heard the crying of the children on the second floor, and the bleeding blade pointed at the innocent young children..."

With this scene, plus Zhong Kui's ethereal and ethereal voice, Qi Fei listened intently, as if he saw the situation at the time of the crime.

Looking at She Xiaohui's body in front of him, it finally had a different meaning—he couldn't help but say "Ah!" There was regret and self-blame in it—he had to admit that because Huang Daqiu was a wealthy businessman, he had focused more of his attention on him.

He immediately found the freezer storing Huang Daqiu and pulled it out.

Comparing the two bodies left and right.

Obviously, comparing the scars, Huang Daqiu's injuries were much simpler. If it weren't for the initial fixed mindset, he might have already discovered that the killer had invested much more personal emotion in She Xiaohui.

Even if Qi Fei didn't say more, this "Ah" had already let Zhong Kui know his inner activity. She said leisurely: "Normal. You are not the first person to have an attribution bias because of the victim's special identity, leading to a deviation in the investigation direction. What's more, at the beginning, the internet was full of gossip, and it's hard not to interfere with people."

"I never expected that the thing confusing our vision would be a corpse. But I can't figure out why the sample Xiao Tao found, the person who has a parent-child relationship with Huang Daqiu, appeared at the scene?" Qi Fei muttered.

Zhong Kui sneered: "Look, you still haven't walked out of your own fixed mindset. Who said... that if there is a father-son relationship with Huang Daqiu, the target is his father?"

"Could it be that this illegitimate child of Huang Daqiu, his murder target was She Xiaohui?" Qi Fei's brain was running at high speed, reviewing all the clues before, "After the killer killed She Xiaohui, he didn't leave the crime scene and waited until Huang Daqiu arrived to kill him. The only problem is that no one knew that Huang Daqiu and She Xiaohui would appear on Jiangting Island at the same time on this day. If this is the case, it's not like saying..." All