Hearing Chu Feifan's words, Su Jin'er turned around cautiously. She looked at Chu Feifan in front of her, his face revealing a strange smile under the dim light, a smile that sent chills down her spine.
She slowly retreated into the secret room. The staircase was too narrow, and she gently held Linyuan's hand, then lightly nudged Captain Xing with her elbow and said, "Since the door is closed, let's go downstairs and see if there are any other exits!"
After saying that, she pulled Linyuan's hand and went down first.
Captain Xing glanced at Chu Feifan and then followed Su Jin'er down.
Su Jin'er pulled Linyuan to stand in a corner, positioning Linyuan behind her. Linyuan looked at Su Jin'er with confusion, then glanced at Chu Feifan. It seemed she was deliberately keeping her distance from him. She furrowed her brow, suddenly realizing something, and tightly grasped Su Jin'er’s hand.
Captain Xing stood beside Su Jin'er, watching Chu Feifan, who was shining a flashlight around with an ambiguous smile.
"How long are you going to keep pretending?" Su Jin'er said coldly.
Upon hearing her words, Chu Feifan was momentarily taken aback before turning his face to look at Su Jin'er in confusion. "What are you talking about? What am I pretending?"
"You are not Chu Feifan at all!" Su Jin'er said firmly.
"Jin'er, what's wrong? I am Chu Feifan!" Chu Feifan stepped closer, trying to take Su Jin'er's hand but was shrugged off. Captain Xing quickly stepped in front of her, staring intently at him.
"I know you have a high skill in making human masks, but while making masks is simple, you cannot replicate my feelings for Chu Feifan or mimic his scent."
"Chu Feifan" paused for a moment, then took a step back and suddenly burst into laughter. "When did you figure it out?"
"When you blamed me for Wen Shishi's death. At that time, I only suspected but wasn't sure. But just now when you said it was all your fault for falling, that confirmed it for me—you are not Chu Feifan."
"Oh, little girl, it seems you have quite a good relationship with that guy Chu Feifan. So close? You can even smell his scent?" His tone shifted immediately to a mocking one as he leered at her and asked, "Heh heh, have you had any deep interactions with him? How was it? Enjoyable? If not, I can make sure you have a good time!"
"You are truly shameless." Su Jin'er's face flushed red; she didn't expect him to change so quickly and speak such disgusting words. She glared at him coldly.
"I am shameless? No, no, no... Beautiful Su, have you ever seen a more gentlemanly person than me? Or shall we get a bit closer?" Saying this, Chu Feifan stepped forward, reaching out to pinch Su Jin'er's face.
With a loud slap, just as Chu Feifan's hand was about to touch Su Jin'er's fair cheek, the Captain of the Criminal Investigation Team suddenly moved forward, swatting away Chu Feifan's hand and pulling Su Jin'er behind him. He frowned and shouted angrily, "Get your dirty hands off her!"
"Oh, a hero saving a beauty? I'm so scared," the fake Chu Feifan mocked. Suddenly, he struck out with a punch aimed at the nose of the Captain, but the latter tilted his head just in time to narrowly avoid it.
Chu Feifan was relentless and quickly moved forward, delivering an elbow strike to the Captain's stomach. The Captain let out a pained grunt and grabbed Chu Feifan's shoulder, forcefully pushing him down while driving his knee into his chest.
The two separated after a brief but intense exchange. Both were slightly panting as they coldly sized each other up, trying to find weaknesses in their opponent. The short skirmish had allowed them to gauge each other's abilities; clearly, they were evenly matched. Chu Feifan had underestimated his opponent's strength—after all, he was the captain of the criminal investigation team, and his skills were not to be taken lightly.
Su Jin'er tugged at Captain Xing and said to him, "I know who you are, so there's no need for you to wear that mask anymore; just take it off!"
Chu Feifan looked at Su Jin'er in surprise and asked, "You know who I am?"
"Of course we know. But since you dared to bring us here, you should also know that this is the captain of the criminal investigation team. Do you still dare to act recklessly in front of the police?" Linyuan stepped forward and pulled Su Jin'er behind her, glaring at Chu Feifan. She hadn't even had a chance to respond to his earlier insult towards Jin'er!
"The captain of the criminal investigation team? Here, you're just my prisoner," Chu Feifan shrugged nonchalantly.
Captain Xing glanced at him and quietly retreated while grabbing Su Jin'er and Linyuan to run outside. Unfortunately, they were too late; a metal gate suddenly descended from above, blocking their escape.
Chu Feifan chuckled darkly. "Although I don't know if you really know who I am, you definitely know too much. There's no way I'm letting you leave alive."
Su Jin'er looked at him with disgust.
"Beautiful Su, what's wrong? Has Chu Feifan always been a gentleman in front of you? Can you not accept this sudden change? I'm much better than that boring Chu Feifan; don't you agree?" Chu Feifan continued to smirk at Su Jin'er.
Seeing that Su Jin'er seemed unwilling to engage with him, he became even more brazen: "How about this? This face of Chu Feifan isn't bad; if you like it, I can wear it all the time. You can just be my woman."
Linyuan glared at him as his words became increasingly audacious and said, "You? A toad wanting to eat swan meat?"
Hearing Linyuan's words, Chu Feifan's face immediately changed color. He looked at Linyuan angrily and said, "Try saying that again!"
Linyuan was startled by his expression but still firmly replied, "You're just a toad wishing to eat swan meat!"
"You’re looking for death!" He rushed forward but was blocked by the fence. Looking at them from behind the fence, he suddenly laughed, "Say whatever you want; anyway, you're all going to die."
"Did you kill Wen Shishi?" Su Jin'er asked calmly.
"So what if I did? But if you managed to escape from me, I suppose that shows your skill. However, I'm curious—how did you untie the ropes?"
Su Jin'er smiled lightly and said, "You left the knife you used to kill Wen Shishi behind."
Chu Feifan frowned and thought for a moment before saying, "Is that so? Haha, turns out I let you go myself! But it doesn't matter; didn't you come back to me obediently?"
After saying that, he laughed loudly again.
"You're insane!" Linyuan scoffed.
"Do you dare insult me?" He squinted at them. "By the way, I almost forgot—you came to save Zuo Yi, right? I can't touch that kid Chu Feifan, but Zuo Yi is fair game. If you don't behave, I'll make you watch how Wen Shishi died!"
Su Jin'er's mind buzzed. She had witnessed how tragically Wen Shishi died, and she couldn't let the same thing happen again.
"Why wouldn't I dare? You have no idea how satisfying it is to hear someone scream in agony, especially a woman’s. Watching a woman cry for her beloved man must be even more satisfying."
"You really are a lunatic!" Linyuan shouted.
"Yes, you're right. I am a lunatic."
"Why do you kill people?" Captain Xing asked him, looking at his almost twisted expression.
"Hmph! Does killing need a reason? If you really want a reason, then I'll tell you, it's because I like it, so I kill."
Su Jin'er closed her eyes for a moment and then said, "Even if you really want us dead, at least let us die with clarity."
Chu Feifan crossed his arms and cleared his throat, saying, "Sure, but didn't you just say that you know who I am? Go ahead and tell me how much you really know."
Su Jin'er looked around and then found a place to sit down, saying, "I know you are Zhang Junsheng." She smiled and added, "It's strange; the two cases I've encountered both involve killers who are already dead. However, I think you should know Grandpa Liu!"
Chu Feifan looked at Su Jin'er in surprise. "How did you know that?"
"It seems I guessed correctly," Su Jin'er smiled. Linyuan also looked at Su Jin'er in disbelief; she had thought Su Jin'er was referring to Zhang Jun but was surprised it was actually Zhang Junsheng.
"Hmph! That old fool actually dared to threaten me. However, I'm not afraid. If it weren't for his granddaughter using her body as a trade, I wouldn't have given him the fake death potion! What else do you know?"
Linyuan frowned and said, "Another fake death potion?"
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