33 Buddha's Eye

“You should be familiar with this.” Fang Chengjin took the statue and retrieved the manicured nails stained with poison powder from under the base.

Xia Xue lifted her eyelids slightly, her eyes revealing surprise. At this moment, she had no time to suppress her emotions, or rather, she was unable to suppress them.

She was so familiar with the manicure that she once thought the evidence had been destroyed.

She remembered flushing her manicure down the toilet, so why was it still here...?

Yes, when she woke up, she found that two nail clippers were missing. She thought she had accidentally lost them and no one had come looking for them.

"How could this be..." Xia Xue's lips trembled, her face turning pale instantly.

Fang Cheng stared intently at her and said, "Back then, you poisoned Xia Yi's glasses case, blinding her. Now, you're using the same method, hiding poison powder in your nail polish and then poisoning her. All of this is for one person, Zhou Yiming. Xia Xue, your love is truly insane."

Xia Xue met his gaze and said fiercely, "You have no evidence, no proof, you can't slander me! It's just a manicure, how can you prove it's mine?!"

Fang Chengjin: "The lab technicians have already found your DNA information on this manicure. How do you explain that?"

Xia Xue remained silent, staring at Fang Chengjin, not daring to say anything easily.

Fang Chengjin continued, "I never expected that this would be your first concern. Shouldn't you be more interested in why your sister collected your nail art? Or perhaps she already knew that you were the one who blinded her, and because you are the older sister, she gave up investigating the case? Is she keeping this nail art hoping to expose you someday?"

Xia Xue gripped the grip board tightly with both hands, her fingers almost squeezing out juice.

Fang Cheng glanced at her and noticed that the nails on all ten of her fingers were shiny and thin.

He also smelled a scent, the smell of nail polish remover. The nails were so thin, it looked like they had just been removed.

Immediately, Fang Chengjin's gaze fell on Xia Xue's neck.

Xia Xue wore a sparkling crystal necklace with interlocking gold and silver accents around her neck, which looked quite exquisite and elegant.

It has a faint, subtle gold scent, mixed with trace elements like silver, copper, and zinc. This is the typical scent of Tiffany's 18K gold necklaces and Cartier's 18K rose gold necklaces...

This necklace isn't cheap.

Fang Chengjin turned his head slightly and whispered a few words to Lin Long.

Lin Long understood and immediately left the meeting room.

Inside, Xia Xue stared intently at Fang Chengjin, her body stiff as a board.

Fang Chengjin's gaze remained fixed on her.

The necklace smelled of oranges. It seemed that after killing someone that day, she had unconsciously touched it. She had removed her manicure, but she couldn't get rid of the necklace.

Indeed, if it weren't for my sensitive nose, probably no one would have guessed.

Fang Chengjin continued, "You probably don't know yet."

"Your dear sister was on the phone with Jiang Huai when you poisoned him. We found that Jiang Huai's last call was to your sister, and the call lasted two hours. Do you think your sister recorded it this time, and recorded some kind of evidence, like the content of their argument..."

Xia Xue's heart jumped. This time, she clenched her fists and involuntarily bit her lip.

“I’m curious why you went back from the factory. You were carrying explosives. I think your sister Xia Yi must have found out that you did something to Jiang Huai, so she wanted to persuade you. Or maybe she was fed up and didn’t want to protect you, her so-called sister, the murderer who blinded her.”

Xia Xue closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

......

At this moment, Lin Long returned from outside and whispered a few words to Fang Chengjin.

Fang Chengjin's lips curled into a smile, victory seemingly assured.

Xia Xue was extremely perceptive; she kept a close eye on the two of them.

Fang Chengjin suddenly said, "The necklace is very beautiful. It's endorsed by Zhou Yiming, right?"

Xia Xue swallowed hard, feeling unconsciously nervous.

At that moment, Lin Long gave a signal to the police officer next to him, who immediately stepped forward and took off Xia Xue's necklace.

"No, what are you going to do!" Xia Xue finally broke down.

She didn't want anyone else to take the necklace.

However, since her hands were restrained and she couldn't use her hands directly, she simply moved her whole body around.

The police officer was unable to take it for a moment. Seeing this, Lin Long got up from the table and strode towards her.

Lin Long reached out and forcefully ripped the necklace off. A red mark immediately appeared on Xia Xue's neck. "No, no!"

Lin Long held the necklace in one hand and grabbed Xia Xue's neck with the other, rendering her unable to move. His tone was as cold as ice. "Behave yourself."

Xia Xue's breathing quickened, and fear flashed across her face.

Lin Long withdrew his hand, turned around and went back to the door, handing the officer next to him, "Go get it tested."

........

Xia Xue fiercely questioned Fang Chengjin: "What are you going to do!"

Fang Chengjin stood up, looking down at her. "There are traces of poison on the necklace. I think you can't escape. You probably didn't realize that you accidentally touched the necklace with your manicured nails, or perhaps after you killed Jiang Huai, you thought Zhou Yiming was yours, so you unconsciously touched the necklace."

Xia Xue finally revealed a look of horror, "Impossible, no... I clearly..."

She vaguely remembered that she didn't seem to recall touching the necklace that day.

All she remembered was removing her manicure and flushing it down the toilet, just like she had done years ago.

"Whether Xia Yi told you or not, I don't believe it. How could you possibly know?!" Xia Xue went berserk.

With a bang, the door was pushed open again from the outside, and Zhou Yun appeared at the door of the interrogation room.

She walked in coldly, "Xia Xue, Xia Yi has been protecting you from beginning to end. On the contrary, it is you who have been harming her. Don't you have any remorse at all? You have ruined your sister's bright future!"

Xia Xue was stunned for a few seconds, looked at the unfamiliar and angry woman, and suddenly burst into laughter.

The more she laughed, the sadder she became.

"Repent? I hate her. She took everything from me." Xia Xue only said this one sentence before lowering her head and remaining silent.

Lin Long waved his hand: "Take her away. Xia Xue's charge of murdering Jiang Huai has been established, and the evidence is conclusive!"

Two police officers approached Xia Xue from the left and right and took her away. When Xia Xue passed Fang Chengjin, she stopped and refused to leave.

She asked, "What did my sister say to you?"

Fang Cheng stared intently into her eyes, emphasizing each word: "As you wish, nothing was said."

Xia Xue was stunned for a few seconds, then closed her eyes, and a tear fell from the corner of her eye.

........

Soon after Xia Xue was taken away, only the three of them remained in the room. Lin Long shook his head, "This sister is truly vicious."

Fang Chengjin: "Do you think my sister is that naive?"

Lin Long raised an eyebrow, seemingly not expecting this explanation.

Zhou Yun's gaze shifted to the statue on the table, her eyes deep and thoughtful. She agreed with Fang Chengjin's words.

At this moment, the Bodhisattva statue on the table still exudes a warm luster. It is a jade Buddha, and the eyes of the Buddha statue seem to be closed and open at the same time. Half-closed and half-open, isn't this also Xia Yi's heart?

Was she really so innocent that she forgave her sister so easily? If she truly forgave her, she wouldn't have needed to put her manicure inside the Buddha statue.

This manicure is evidence of guilt, silent evidence.

**

Back in Xia Yi's interrogation room, Xia Yi sat there peacefully as always, seemingly content to remain so.

She had no idea what had happened in the interrogation room next door.

This time, Zhou Yun spoke first. Looking at such a beautiful person, she said cruel words: "Xia Yi, your sister has confessed. She admitted that she was the one who ruined your eyes back then, and she also killed Jiang Huai."

Xia Yi paused, but she didn't react at all, as if someone had pressed the stop button.

After a long pause, Zhou Yun continued, "Is there anything else you want to say?"

Xia Yi suddenly started sobbing. She turned her face away, tears streaming down her cheeks uncontrollably. She didn't want anyone to see.

“You probably don’t know our story. Actually, when you came to me, I wanted to tell you this story because I was so tired, so very tired.”

Her voice was soft, yet tinged with a broken, hazy hoarseness.