Chapter 286

In Guiyue Apartment, sandalwood was misty, rolling in the light coming through the gauze curtains.

A hurried knocking sounded on the rusty anti-theft window, breaking the tranquility of this morning.

Meng Apo opened the door. Qi Fei appeared at the door, his eyes red and swollen, looking in a bad mood. As soon as he came up, he asked aggressively: "Where is Zhong Kui?"

Meng Apo didn't speak, as if she had known he would come, turned around, and took him toward the inner room.

Zhong Kui was leaning on the sofa, touching Luosha's head with one hand, not looking at Qi Fei, waiting for him to speak first.

"Slap!" An evidence bag was slapped on the coffee table. Zhong Kui glanced at it and saw a yellow paper fragment the size of a fingernail in the transparent bag, with black burn marks all around.

"This was discovered at the scene where Sheng Dazhi and Zhang Yingdi were blown to death." Qi Fei came to hold her accountable, "The color of this paper is exactly the same as the iris you folded. Don't tell me it's just a coincidence."

"This kind of yellow paper can be seen everywhere. You can't prove it has anything to do with me." Zhong Kui said unhurriedly, neither admitting nor denying.

"That day I took your origami, and you didn't care at all. I should have known at that time that this matter wasn't so simple. The Zhong Kui I know wouldn't give up so easily on things she plans to do. Does their death have anything to do with you?!" Qi Fei's voice was hoarse; it seemed he hadn't slept for a whole night.

"When they had an accident, you and I were on the rooftop. You know I don't have any means of detonation. As the person who provides my most powerful alibi, asking such a question is unreasonable." Zhong Kui laughed shamelessly.

Qi Fei rubbed his hair irritably: "You used me to help yourself escape guilt again!"

"You are so sure it has to do with me just because of a piece of paper? Is this still the excellent criminal police officer I know?" Zhong Kui's question left Qi Fei not knowing how to answer for a moment.

He took a deep breath, stabilized his emotions, and said: "After we returned from Yuanxi, you have always insisted that Xi He is still alive. Although I don't want to admit it, there is a strong bond between you and him. Before Yuanxi, I always thought that the monster with male and female bodies drawn by Xi He was him, and the female was Zhong Xiaoyu..." Speaking of this, there seemed to be tears in Qi Fei's eyes, "You have always known, that other half is you, right?"

Zhong Kui didn't deny it and said meaningfully: "No one will like the other self in this world. But they will be interested in the same things and will have love and jealousy for the same people." As she spoke, she looked straight into Qi Fei's eyes, which was unreserved love.

Qi Fei's hand trembled as he clenched his fist. He didn't know how to respond to this almost pathological confession. This look was just like the way Xi He looked at him in the dark night of the Nanling Labyrinth.

Zhong Kui's inexplicable love for him actually came from the fact that she and Xi He were too similar.

Xi He had an extraordinary love and jealousy for his younger brother. He had already fully learned this. He always had an uncontrollable obsession with Zhong Kui. Emotion is not something that can be peeled away like a case to find the truth. It seems to be a mystery forever, a mystery that can never be solved.

Zhong Kui patted Luosha's head twice. Luosha got up silently and walked away gracefully.

Zhong Kui got up from the sofa, walked to Qi Fei's side, and whispered with her hand lightly on his shoulder: "Xi He hasn't collected fewer puppets outside these years. Feng Yongfu won't be the last one. As long as there is a dispute in this world about what is justice, he will definitely have a chance to take advantage of the void. You know how he plays with people's hearts. That day outside the ward, you took away my iris. Are you sure no one saw this scene? Don't be stupid."

As Zhong Kui's voice fell, Qi Fei shuddered as if electrocuted. He was surprised: "Was it Xi He who deliberately left evidence to make me suspect you?"

Zhong Kui picked up the evidence bag with contempt: "First of all, if I did it, you wouldn't get this thing. Secondly, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't bother to explain these things." As she spoke, her hand brushed the wind chime hanging by the window.

Meng Apo appeared instantly and made a gesture of seeing off the guest to Qi Fei.

It was already two o'clock in the morning. Nancheng, this busy city, finally calmed down and entered the quietest moment of the day.

In an ordinary high-rise residential area, the designer who was rushing to work at home finally finished the drawing and closed the laptop. He stood by the window and stretched, looking at the window on the same floor opposite. Sure enough, it was still lit.

Because of work, he often stayed up late. After a period of time, he discovered a small matter: the same window in the building opposite was always lit late at night, just like his.

As a designer, he inevitably had some romantic imagination. Perhaps behind that window, there was also a worker who stayed up late like him. That lamp seemed to be encouragement from a stranger, telling him that he wasn't the last one in this residential area to go to sleep.

He looked at the warm yellow light and smiled knowingly, then pulled the curtains...

In the police office, Wu Shanqiu placed a bag of melon seeds in front of Qi Fei and asked with concern: "Brother Fei, I see you've been absent-minded all morning? Could it be related to Zhong Kui? I heard she went back to Sanwu Town. Is everything okay between you two?"

Qi Fei said irritably: "Is there too little work lately? So gossipy."

Wu Shanqiu stuck out her tongue: "In our line of work, the easier it is, the better, which means the world is at peace!"

Just as they were talking, Liu Tong appeared at the office door.

Wu Shanqiu saw him and shrugged: "No way, he came as soon as he was mentioned."

Sure enough, Liu Tong walked toward them: "Received a report, a homicide occurred in JN District. Let's get to work."

The police car arrived at the side of a road in JN District, and yellow warning tape was set up around the green belt.

Qi Fei got out of the car, climbed over the cordon, and walked into the green belt. He saw a middle-aged man lying on his back on the grass inside the low shrub hedge. The blood on his body had already coagulated and hardened. It seemed he had been dead for a long time.

Qi Fei raised his head and looked. Not far away, several people were hugging each other and crying. It seemed they were the deceased's family.

"It looks like the identity of the deceased has been confirmed?" Qi Fei asked the police at the scene.

"Yes, the deceased is Ma Ziqiang, a resident of the Huantai residential area across the road. The cleaner who was cleaning the road this morning discovered it and reported it. When we checked the corpse, we found the access card of the Huantai residential area. During the investigation, Ma Ziqiang's family said he hadn't returned after going out last night. After bringing them to identify the body, it was confirmed to be him."

Qi Fei squatted down to check again: "The phone and wallet are both missing. Have you checked the surveillance?"