Chapter 319: Wu Xingzhou

"That's right, my meeting with Wu Xingzhou was not accidental." In the interrogation room, Yi Luo said calmly, as if telling an ordinary story. "I always wanted to know who abandoned me. After trying various methods, I finally learned about what happened back then. I was Wu Shulan's illegitimate daughter, sent by Wu Chongyue to a family in Nancheng as the shame of the clan. That family later changed their minds and threw me into an orphanage. Because I had no parents, I was bullied and mocked, and I went to bars to dance to earn a living. But the Wu Chongyue family could enjoy the clan's welfare, do nothing, live in a big house, and his son could do whatever he wanted. This is unfair!

You won't understand how deep the hatred is. I want to take revenge on Wu Chongyue, and the best way is naturally to start with his son."

"Ge Ming said you took the initiative to strike up a conversation with him when you were in the bar. At that time, you were aiming for Wu Xingzhou, right?"

"That's right. I knew Wu Chongyue's son was named Wu Xingzhou. Perhaps it was fate that they appeared in the bar where I danced. This name is not common, not to mention I had long known he was studying at the Art Academy. I just didn't expect them to play a game and swap names. That person wasn't Wu Xingzhou.

However, it's not difficult to inquire about someone. Just create a few chance encounters at the academy, and he fell into it.

I just didn't expect him to fall so deeply. He accompanied me to every competition, and even accompanied me to India to collect inspiration.

Since I was born, no one had ever cared about me like this.

I admit, the feeling of being loved is too addictive.

However, that trip to India changed everything. I fell in love with a dance called 'Kali Song' as if possessed. Kali is the goddess of revenge in India. Every time I danced this dance, the anger in my heart burned my soul like a flame.

What love, it's all illusory. Only hatred is real. The torment of those days and nights left unhealable scars on every inch of your heart, and every beat hurt so much that it made one suffocate. Wu Xingzhou had to die, he had to die." Yi Luo covered her heart with her hand, gritting her teeth, but tears flowed from the corners of her eyes.

"How did you kill Wu Xingzhou? Where was the first scene?" Qi Fei asked.

"At his home." Yi Luo gave an answer that was surprising yet expected.

"In his bedroom?" Qi Fei immediately thought of that room that had been cleaned spotlessly.

"Yes, we would sneak into that villa to fool around when his family wasn't there. That time was the same. No one knew about this except us.

I put poison in his water cup. The medicine wouldn't take effect very quickly. He would only be found dead at home, and no one would know I had been there."

"Wu Xingzhou's place of death was not at home, but the Wu family ancestral hall. Do you know why he went there?"

Hearing this question, Yi Luo choked up, with stubbornness on the corner of her mouth: "This is the reason I chose to surrender. That girl named Zhong Kui told me the place of Wu Xingzhou's death, and I only then knew he went there after being poisoned.

He knew from the very beginning..."

"He knew from the very beginning that you two had swapped names. You were Wu Chongyue's child, and he wasn't," Qi Fei said. "When he went to watch your competition, he should have noticed the red mole on your belly, exactly the same as the one on Zhu Haitang's body.

I don't know if he ever confided in you, but he hadn't been happy with the Wu Chongyue couple for so many years. He was always treated as an outsider. When he saw the genetic marker on your body, I believe he soon confirmed that you had been swapped."

"I didn't know at all. I always thought I was disguising myself very well. It turns out I was the clown. Zhong Kui said she could communicate with spirits, and Wu Xingzhou's soul told her that he was willing to die to fulfill my wish for revenge. He even went to the Wu family ancestral hall clutching the Shiva statue, because Shiva is not only the god of destruction but also the god of dance. He wanted you to return to the Wu family clan; this was his greatest last wish. Why would it be like this..."

Qi Fei knew that Zhong Kui used these words to disintegrate Yi Luo's psychological defense. If Yi Luo hadn't confessed voluntarily, the relevant evidence had already been destroyed by Wu Chongyue and the others. He didn't know how much more time it would take to solve the case.

"Then what about Wu Xingyang? Why did you kill him?" Qi Fei continued to ask.

Hearing this, Yi Luo looked blank: "I didn't kill him."

"What about Xi He? Have you seen this person?"

Yi Luo shook her head: "Actually, after Wu Xingzhou drank that cup of poisoned water, I had already given up on revenge. I don't know what the meaning of all this is. Even if all the people in the Wu family died, so what? Could the first twenty years of my life be restarted?"

After Yi Luo was taken away, Zhong Kui, who was listening in the observation room, found Qi Fei and said as soon as they met: "The death of the Wu family's second son has nothing to do with her."

"You are so sure?" Qi Fei asked curiously.

"Hmm, because that dog was poisoned to death." Zhong Kui was always particularly focused and sharp whenever she mentioned things involving Xi He. "There are many reasons for a person to be killed. A dog can't speak and doesn't need to be specifically poisoned to be silenced. There is only one reason for poisoning a dog, and that is that it is too noisy. Although that house was deserted, it's hard to say if someone passing by would cause unnecessary trouble. Yi Luo often followed Wu Xingzhou to the house, and the dog should have already been familiar with her. And guard dogs usually bark fiercely at strangers."

"So it was Xi He who did it himself?"

"Isn't it very possible? In his world, there is no right or wrong, only those who deserve to die and those who don't. The murderer in this case is Yi Luo, but given Xi He's personality, the person he should hate the most is Wu Chongyue. Killing Wu Xingyang is truly cutting off Wu Chongyue's path; this is the most vicious way of punishment," Zhong Kui said coldly.

"The things you told Yi Luo about Wu Xingzhou, were they fabricated to make her speak, or..." Qi Fei asked.

"What? Don't you believe there is great love in the world?" Zhong Kui rolled her eyes imperceptibly. "Do you still remember the story about Shiva and his wife Parvati I told you before? Kali is Parvati; they are just different incarnations of the same goddess, both are Shiva's wives. Kali is Parvati's dark side. Wu Xingzhou died clutching the Shiva statue; it was his sacrifice for his Kali goddess, Yi Luo.

Perhaps in his heart, he never really hated Wu Chongyue and the others. He wanted to end this grudge through his own sacrifice. Unfortunately, he was too naive. Oh right, there is one more thing. Just now I was observing in the next room. When you mentioned the name Xi He to Yi Luo, her eyes betrayed her..." ===== CHAPTER 320 =====