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After thinking for a long time without coming up with a reason, Zuo Yi's stomach began to growl.
"Alright, you take your time thinking. I'm going to the cafeteria to get some food. Although the hospital food isn't great, I guess I'll just make do!"
"Hey!" Chu Feifan called out to Zuo Yi, who was about to leave. "What time is it now?"
Zuo Yi glanced at the watch on his wrist and said, "It's six o'clock."
As Zuo Yi left the ward, Chu Feifan sat alone on the bed. He stared blankly out the window; it had already grown dark outside. The leaden gray sky was uncomfortable to look at, resembling an elderly person in twilight, waiting for death to arrive, evoking feelings of sadness and despair.
Chu Feifan furrowed his brow tightly. His heart had never felt as restless as it did now, as if a fire was burning in his chest, ready to turn him to ashes at any moment.
Su Jin'er had once said that when feeling very anxious, taking deep breaths is the best way to relax.
He took a deep breath and then slowly exhaled, but that feeling of restlessness remained.
Earlier, Zuo Yi mentioned that Su Jin'er felt everything was aimed at her. If she died, everything would end. But soon after, she received a text message warning her not to commit suicide; otherwise, everyone would be killed.
Why was this person opposing Jin'er? Could they be an enemy of hers?
Perhaps only the Killer knew the answer to that question.
Before long, Zuo Yi returned with two plates of food.
"Just make do with this! The cafeteria's food can only be like this," Zuo Yi said helplessly.
Chu Feifan didn't say anything. Having not eaten all day, he was indeed very hungry and started eating without picking at the food. In truth, he was still pondering over this series of cases that began with Zhuo Xiaoman's suicide.
If that person really was targeting Su Jin'er, then why kill Zhuo Xiaoman? If they wanted to torment her, wouldn't it be better to go after someone close to her? Like himself, or Zuo Yi, or Ruan Hongmei?
Chu Feifan shared his thoughts with Zuo Yi.
"You are not wrong to say that, but why does the Killer have to go through such a long detour? First, Zhuo Xiaoman committed suicide, then Wang Xiangxiang was killed, followed by Guo Xiaoli, and then Lu Lili and Hao Hongtao. These people are all connected, yet they have nothing to do with Jin'er. Only Ruan Hongmei, who died later, is related to Jin'er. What does all this mean?"
Chu Feifan suddenly recalled what Lin Yazhi had told him: pay attention to the people around you!
What does this mean? Could the Killer be someone close by? But who could it be? The only people around her now are Zuo Yi and Su Jin'er, both of whom are unlikely. Who else could there be?
Right, there's also Cheng Xiaoying. She has always appeared as a victim, but no one said that a victim cannot be a perpetrator. If she really is the Killer, then everything seems to make sense. However, that would put Su Jin'er in danger.
"Not good, Jin'er is in danger."
Chu Feifan's sudden statement startled Zuo Yi.
"How could she be in danger? Could it be..."
Zuo Yi immediately called Captain Xing, who was nearby and should arrive quickly.
After hanging up the phone, Zuo Yi breathed a sigh of relief.
"What’s the update?"
"Captain Xing has already rushed over there. He thought of what we did too, so he went."
Chu Feifan also relaxed.
Inside the psychiatric hospital.
Cheng Xiaoying was talking to Su Jin'er about her life with Hao Hongtao in high school.
It was already dark outside, but they had no intention of turning on the lights.
"Do you know how much courage it takes for a girl to confess her feelings to a boy? When I finally mustered the courage to say it, he told me he already liked someone else, but he would treat me like a sister. But how can a sister be the same as a girlfriend? Even though Qin Yu doesn't like him, he said that one day she would be moved by him. Do you know how I felt at that moment? That kind of feeling made me want to kill Qin Yu several times; it drove me insane."
She turned to look at Su Jin'er, her eyes filled with hatred, startling Su Jin'er.
Seeing Su Jin'er's panicked expression, she smiled and said, "Sorry, did I scare you?"
Could she be the Killer?
As this thought crossed Su Jin'er's mind, she felt all the hairs on her body stand on end. The situation became even more terrifying as Cheng Xiaoying looked at her with malicious intent and stepped down from the bed, slowly approaching her own bed.
"Xiaoying, what's wrong with you?" Su Jin'er asked with a trembling voice.
"Nothing, I just want to kill you." With that, she lunged forward and tightly grasped Su Jin'er's neck with both hands.
"Xiaoying, what's wrong? Are you the Killer behind all this?" Su Jin'er managed to say with great difficulty.
"Heh heh, if you think I'm the Killer, that's fine. Anyway, I've lost my most beloved person; living has no meaning for me now." She tightened her grip again.
Su Jin'er struggled to push her away, but without the ability to breathe, she couldn't muster any strength. She desperately tried to take in some oxygen, but the excruciating pain in her neck prevented her from inhaling even a little.
"Xiaoying, are you... crazy?"
"I've been crazy all along. Since I'm going to die anyway, I might as well take someone down with me. Unfortunately for you, you've become my scapegoat."
"Even if I die, you should let me die with clarity. Why is all of this happening?"
"Because I hate, I hate everyone. I hate Qin Yu; she took Hong Tao away from me. If it weren't for her, we might have already been married. But it's all because of her, and she even made him rape Zhuo Man. Do you know how cruel Qin Yu is? That day she invited me to watch a good show. I didn't want to go at first, but she said it was related to Hao Hongtao, so I went. In the end, I witnessed the entire process of Hong Tao raping Zhuo Man. Do you know what that feels like? Ah! You wouldn't know, you will never know."
"But what does all of this have to do with me?"
"It has nothing to do with you, but I don't want to live anymore. I want someone to take the blame; it's that simple. You should just die!"
Gradually, she felt her body losing strength bit by bit, and oxygen could no longer enter her body.
Am I going to die?
She closed her eyes, waiting for the arrival of death.
Suddenly, she felt a sense of relief around her neck, and her breathing became smooth again.
She opened her eyes and saw Cheng Xiaoying being pulled by two people in police uniforms, still struggling desperately.
She coughed violently, tears streaming down her face.
"Are you okay?" Captain Xing asked.
Su Jin'er shook her head and took a few sips of water from the cup on the table.
"How did you guys get here?" Her complexion slowly returned to a healthy color.
"Because we found out about something."
"What happened?"
"Actually, Cheng Xiaoying is a rare bisexual."
"Bisexual? Are you saying she likes Zhuo Xiaoman?"
"You are quite clever. The specifics are known only to her. We just found out that she scared Wang Xiangxiang to death and killed Guo Xiaoli."
"What about Lu Lili, Ruan Hongmei, and Hao Hongtao?"
Captain Xing shook his head.
"The White-Clad Girl you saw several times is actually not Lu Lili, but Cheng Xiaoying. We found that white dress in her closet along with Zhuo Xiaoman's clothes. If you look closely, you'll notice that she and Zhuo Xiaoman have very similar figures."
"But that's not enough to prove she's the Killer, right?"
"True, but we also discovered the poison that affected you. I believe that drug was only meant to warn you, am I right, Cheng Xiaoying?"
Cheng Xiaoying turned her head away and remained silent.
"Initially, this wasn't enough to prove she's the Killer, but just now she attempted to kill you. Isn't that evidence enough?"
Although it still sounded a bit far-fetched, the fact that she tried to kill him was real.
"Where did you find all this?"
"Lotus Street! Next door to Hao Hongtao's place is actually her room. However, she doesn't stay there at night; she goes there during the day. We also found a photo of her with Zhuo Xiaoman; otherwise, we wouldn't be so certain."
Su Jin'er looked at Cheng Xiaoying. Although she wasn't looking at her, she could still sense her despair.
"Xiaoying, is that so?"
"Since you've discovered it, I might as well tell you. But let me make it clear first: I only scared Wang Xiangxiang to death; I didn't kill anyone else. However, they are all dead, so I didn't have to do anything."
"Guo Xiaoli wasn't killed by you?"
"Of course not. He committed suicide, and Zhuo Man also committed suicide. When I found out she was dead, I couldn't accept it, which is why I screamed. But then I realized that would make people think she was murdered, so I stopped screaming in time. However, that ended up backfiring. But when Zhuo Man died, I thought, why not use her ghost to kill those who harmed her? The first person I wanted to kill was Wang Xiangxiang, the woman who seemed to be her best friend. If it weren't for her, Zhuo Man wouldn't have suffered so much; she deserved to die."
"So I put on Zhuo Man's clothes and used that story to scare Wang Xiangxiang to death. You should have seen her expression; it was hilarious. She wanted to scream but couldn't, just watching me slowly approach her. She was so terrified that she hid under the bed. I said the same words as in the story, and she was scared half to death. At that moment, I just wanted to frighten her a little; who knew she would actually die from fright? Haha, that was exactly what I wanted."
Something felt off about her words.
"And then there was Qin Yu. I originally planned to use the same method on her, but she was clever and ran off to live with a man, which made it impossible for me to act. So I waited for an opportunity. However, Guo Xiaoli discovered this; he liked Zhuo Man. Initially, I should have teamed up with him, but he refused, saying something about how the law would punish them—nonsense like that. So I decided not to team up with him anymore. But then he committed suicide; what a coward."
That couldn't be right; Guo Xiaoli had no reason to commit suicide. If he wanted to take his own life, he wouldn't have mentioned the law punishing them. But what was wrong?
It seemed Captain Xing also sensed something amiss; he frowned tightly as well.
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