Chapter 55: The Widow

"Living with this old grandma?" Qi Fei asked curiously.

Xiao You drew while saying: "Daddy-Long-Legs sends Xiao You home. Daddy-Long-Legs lives with the old grandma."

This perfectly confirmed Chen Liangdi's statement—Chen Liangdi said her deceased son had returned.

At this time, Lv Xiuxia hesitated for a long time and finally said to Qi Fei: "Um, I want to ask, when can we mother and child move back? Xiao You isn't used to living in a hotel and can't sleep well at night."

"Hmm? I'm afraid you won't sleep well if you go back," Zhong Kui glanced and said.

"Don't talk like that." Qi Fei felt that Zhong Kui sometimes lacked empathy and said politely to Lv Xiuxia: "Sorry, Room 401 is currently a crime scene. We have to wait until the case is closed before we can let you go back."

Lv Xiuxia was clearly disappointed when she heard this, lowered her head, and muttered: "Then how long will I have to wait?"

"You have to believe us. Whoever killed Yue Fengsheng, we will find them. By the way, we found this photo under the glass tabletop of your dining table. Did Yue Fengsheng ever mention this person?" Qi Fei showed the group photo.

When Lv Xiuxia saw it, she immediately said: "Ah, this photo. Sometimes when he was drunk, he would cry at it. As long as you asked him, he would start losing his temper. Several arguments were because of this."

"Before Yue Fengsheng died, did anything special happen between him and Chen Liangdi in Room 202?"

Lv Xiuxia thought for a while and said: "I remember, a few times when Yue Fengsheng was drunk, he said that sooner or later he would die at Chen Liangdi's hands!"

Before Qi Fei could continue to ask, Zhong Kui had already stood between the two of them, staring at Lv Xiuxia's face, and said sarcastically: "Yue Fengsheng wouldn't like you making things up about him, you know."

Lv Xiuxia's face turned pale when she heard this, and she stared straight at Zhong Kui's face: "Everything I said is true."

"You are not a clever liar. Doing this will only increase the suspicion that you killed Yue Fengsheng." Zhong Kui's sharp gaze was burning. Lv Xiuxia couldn't continue the confrontation and couldn't help but dodge. Zhong Kui pressed on step by step: "The day Yue Fengsheng died, you were clearly very happy. Do you know? When people are happy, it's hard to suppress the corners of their mouths from turning up. Many times, they don't even notice it themselves. That day, although you acted very sad and shocked, when no one was paying attention, you would show a strange smile. It didn't escape my eyes."

Lv Xiuxia shook her head repeatedly when she heard this: "No, I didn't! You are slandering me!"

"Tell me, what are you happy about? Why did you guide us to suspect Chen Liangdi?" Zhong Kui's aura was something Lv Xiuxia couldn't handle at all.

"I..." Lv Xiuxia sat on the bed dejectedly. "I didn't want to... but I've suffered too much these past two years, having to serve this drunkard. If it weren't for giving Xiao You a home, I would have divorced him long ago!"

"You and Yue Fengsheng are so far apart in age; don't tell me you married him for true love," Zhong Kui's tone was cold, as if Lv Xiuxia would be cursed if she prevaricated even a little.

"Heh, who would like this kind of drunkard? Xiao You's father died suddenly, and I lost my support in Nancheng overnight. When we first came to Nancheng, it was for nothing else but hoping Xiao You could go to school in the city in the future. His father always said that when he saved enough money, he would buy a house in Nancheng, so he could get Xiao You a household registration. Now, seeing this hope about to be shattered, I had no way out and thought of matchmaking. For Xiao You's sake, I had to marry a city person. Once Xiao You had a new father, he could stay in Nancheng."

"Who knew, that black-hearted agent introduced Yue Fengsheng to me."

"The first time I saw Yue Fengsheng, I saw that although he was a bit old, he was quite polite and very careful in his dealings with others. It was just a bit strange; his face looked very swollen. I thought it was because he hadn't rested well. How could I have thought it was from drinking!"

"His true nature was only exposed after I entered the house. That was when I found out he was a well-known drunkard."

"Every time he drank, he started scolding me for marrying him for his property, saying things as ugly as they could be, calling Xiao You a bastard... The two years I spent with him were truly worse than death! I won't hide it from you, what kept me going was thinking that this person was over sixty and drank so much every day that he wouldn't live long. I truly didn't have a day where I didn't hope for him to die. But! I didn't kill him! Can't you tell if I'm lying? You should know that what I'm saying right now is true!" Lv Xiuxia was already somewhat hysterical, desperately trying to prove herself to Zhong Kui.

Zhong Kui was not infected by her emotions, just continuing to ask at her own pace: "Why did you mislead us to investigate Chen Liangdi? Yue Fengsheng shouldn't have even dared to mention her name, right?"

"Because you said you wanted to find the person who killed Yue Fengsheng so that Xiao You and I could move back. Listening to what you meant, that old lady was very suspicious, so I thought, maybe if she was arrested, I could move back."

"I don't understand this. The police station found a way to pay for you to stay in this hotel, comfortable and nice. What's so good about that broken house where someone just died? Why are you in such a hurry to move back?"

"I'm afraid if I go back late, I won't be able to live there anymore..."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Because after I married Yue Fengsheng, I found out that this Room 401 wasn't his at all! He rented it from his workplace! If I don't go back quickly to handle it, I'm afraid I won't be able to live in this house anymore!" Lv Xiuxia said resentfully. "This liar, he said he had a house and a pension in Nancheng, how good it was, but it turned out, it was all fake!"

Qi Fei couldn't help but say: "Even so, you can't frame others because of this, right?"

"That old lady is over eighty; who knows if she'll be here tomorrow? I thought it didn't matter..." Lv Xiuxia's words carried an ignorant cruelty.

Just after leaving the hotel, Qi Fei finally said to Zhong Kui what he had been holding back for a long time: "You discovered Lv Xiuxia was suspicious on the first day Yue Fengsheng died. Why didn't you tell me?"

Zhong Kui looked at Qi Fei with her big, innocent eyes. "She was just happy because her husband died. That's not against the law."

"You!" Qi Fei didn't know how to answer. He knew clearly that what she said made no sense, but he was speechless.

Immediately, Zhong Kui sneered: "The person who killed Yue Fengsheng is quite interesting. I've seen people frame others for murder, but I've never seen anyone frame a dead person for murder."

"Eh? You, a shaman, don't believe in ghosts either?" Qi Fei said deliberately.

"Is it possible that this just happens to touch upon my professional field as a Great Immortal?" Zhong Kui said proudly. "Chen Liangdi said her son's quilt was warm. Do you believe it's a ghost?"

Just then, Qi Fei's phone suddenly rang. After answering the call, his face clearly changed. He muttered to Zhong Kui: "Chen Liangdi is dead..." ===== CHAPTER 56 =====