Chapter 110: The Hua Family Massacre (Guaranteed Second Update—Please Subscribe!)

Fang Yue felt suspicious, but in front of Lin Ling, he dared not voice it.

Just by looking at Lin Ling, it was clear he sided with Hua Wuye; if he raised such doubts, he'd only hurt himself.

After all, Lin Ling and Hua Wuye had worked together for years, and their relationship was even a little ambiguous—Fang Yue didn't want to get killed by that couple.

He held his ground and listened patiently as Lin Ling continued.

"I circled around Hua Daniang's corpse, kicked open the door, and rushed into Hua Wuye's chamber—inside lay the corpse of Hua Wuye's younger sister. The sight was horrific: her face twisted in terror, her throat slit, dead from extreme fear."

"Then… it was Hua Wuye's turn."

"You can guess—she was still alive, trembling all over, hair disheveled, tendons and meridians in her limbs severed, utterly powerless, eyes bloodshot and gaze darkly menacing, as if she wanted to tear apart everyone she saw."

At this, Lin Ling stared deeply at Fang Yue.

"Before losing consciousness, Hua Wuye told me you killed her family—in front of her: first her father, then her mother, and finally… her sister."

"After I handed her over to An Shenyi, I flew into a rage and came straight here."

That was indeed brutal.

If all this truly was my doing, Hua Wuye had every reason to tear me into a thousand pieces.

But I can't be torn apart!

Because I'm innocent!

Fang Yue asked calmly: "How did she survive?"

"How did she survive… you didn't kill her."

"No, Brother Lin, let's use 'the killer' instead of this person who destroyed Hua Wuye's family. The killer didn't kill Hua Wuye—but why?"

"I don't know."

"You don't know?"

Fang Yue smiled: "Then it's strange—the killer murdered Hua Wuye's entire family but spared her. Doesn't that look like the killer deliberately let Hua Wuye witness everything, so he could frame me? Or… this whole thing is a play staged by Hua Wuye herself!"

"Impossible!"

The moment Fang Yue finished speaking, Lin Ling cut him off loudly, his face dark: "A martial cultivator places filial piety first! Hua Wuye would never do such a thing, nor has any reason to—she's not that kind of person!"

"A martial cultivator places filial piety first" means martial cultivators are mostly filial.

Because training martial arts places a heavy burden on the family; those who let their children train are usually deeply supportive.

Without sufficient filial devotion, one is despised and shunned by the entire village—the Guard Team won't accept such a person.

Fang Yue immediately raised another possibility: "Then it's Possession? Hua Wuye is no longer Hua Wuye."

"An Shenyi personally examined her—Hua Wuye has no issues!"

"If Hua Wuye has no issues, yet she still insists you're the killer, then I can only suspect she's the traitor! It was the traitor who did it, Brother Lin—the traitor has no morals, the traitor isn't even human! That night they wanted to destroy Gu Yue Cun—what were her parents to them!"

Fang Yue's final words carried ambiguity, causing Lin Ling to glare at him furiously.

"Hypothetical! Hypothetical… don't get worked up."

Fang Yue chuckled awkwardly, but Lin Ling said: "Rather than suspect Hua Wuye, I suspect you. Tell me exactly what you did last night—and better have someone to vouch for every detail."

Fang Yue, with a clear conscience, immediately recounted his movements from last night.

Lin Ling didn't hold back—he immediately summoned Mu Zi.

"Captain Lin, Deputy Captain Ye's movements last night were exactly as described—only during his night patrol was he unaccompanied."

Lin Ling had Mu Zi leave, then summoned the Guard Team members who had been on duty at the Talent Market last night.

"Captain Lin, we did see Deputy Captain Ye last night—he helped us catch Mo Laozei's apprentice, but we let him escape in the end. Still, evil begets evil: this morning we found Mo Laozei's apprentice dead on the street—probably killed by the runaway refugees who slipped out last night."

Runaway refugees slipped out last night?

Fang Yue asked two questions and learned that last night, the Talent Market had seen a minor disturbance—some people couldn't bear the prison-like confinement and fled.

Players aren't obedient. Some runaway refugees were caught, some provoked the Guard Team members and were killed, and some fought among themselves and died too.

But no one cared.

These were minor matters—no need for Fang Yue, who was nominally Deputy Captain but in truth a high-ranking figure, to intervene; the subordinates handled it themselves. They were supposed to report at dawn, but before they could, Lin Ling had already summoned them.

After hearing these testimonies, Lin Ling was already seventy or eighty percent convinced of Fang Yue's innocence.

The remaining doubt lay only in Hua Wuye's words.

"Perhaps… Hua Wuye is the problem?"

Fang Yue raised the issue again.

This time, Lin Ling fell silent, muttering: "Maybe the night was too dark—she mistook you for someone else."

"Then let's go see her now?"

Fang Yue had one thought—Hua Wuye was definitely the traitor!

He handed Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu to a Guard Team member to take for breakfast, then rose and followed Lin Ling to Han Fu.

…

Han Fu.

"Good! Very good! Wonderful~ Wow~"

An Shenyi circled Hua Wuye, whose tendons and meridians had been severed, rendering her nearly crippled, his face glowing as if he were staring at a mountain of silver.

Though Hua Wuye's face was grim, as if everyone were her father's murderer, An Shenyi still grinned cheerfully.

Each needle he inserted felt like another coin in his pocket—he couldn't have been happier.

But just then…

Bang!!

The door suddenly burst open.

Two people who interfered with his profits walked in.

"!!!"

The instant Hua Wuye saw who had come in, she bristled all over, her murderous eyes nearly popping out of her head. She tumbled straight off the head of the bed, writhing and twisting like a snake, jaws snapping as she tried to lunge and bite at Fang Yue.

"No, no, no! The needles just went in! They're expensive!"

An Shenyi was still aching over the cost of those few needles when he heard Hua Wuye roar and snarl: "It's you! It's you! It's you!! I'll kill you! Kill you! Kill you!!"

At this moment, Hua Wuye on the floor, hair loose and wild, looked like a madwoman gone berserk—where was the poise she'd had when Di He appeared the night before?

That look—no one could possibly call it an act.

"Hua Wuye!"

Lin Ling's face changed, and she hurried to help Hua Wuye up.

Only Lin Ling could calm her down even a little, but Hua Wuye still immediately roared and snarled: "Lin Ling, kill him! Avenge my father, my mother, my little sister! Kill him!!"

Fang Yue's scalp went numb—this woman really was a little terrifying when she went mad.

Steeling himself, Fang Yue pointed at his own face and said: "Captain Hua, are you sure it was I who killed your family?"

"Liar! Fraud!! I remember last night perfectly clearly. Even if I turned to ash I'd still recognize your face! You killed them, you killed them!! You beast who isn't even fit to be called an animal!!"

Well, she and Lin Ling really were a pair—even their cursing was this similar.

There's more, don't rush

(End of chapter)