"name."

Wu Li grinned, but just as he was about to utter the name, his head snapped back.

With lightning speed, Shekh controlled the black-gold liquid remaining in Wu Li's body, forcibly interrupting his actions.

But Wu Li's physical changes went far beyond that; his limbs began to twist, and blood kept seeping from his body.

Thick, inky, foul-smelling blood pooled at Wu Li's feet. He was in excruciating pain, his throat making a hoarse sound as if something was pressing down on his throat, as he lay on the ground in agony.

Shekh clenched his fist, wresting control of his body from the force that wanted to kill Wu Li, and quickly restored Wu Li's broken and twisted body.

Zhou Xiao silently took a breath; this time he could finally see that the people in this building were truly ghosts.

If a normal human body were rotated like that, their bones would shatter into pieces.

Four golden vines hung down from the ceiling, quickly winding and coiling around Wu Li's restored limbs, fixing his body in place.

Shi Jinzhe came to Wu Li and used his scepter to absorb the extreme Yin energy that suddenly emanated from Wu Li.

"Was that person Zheng Jingjing?"

Wu Li opened his mouth, but only foul-smelling blood kept flowing out, and he could not utter a single word.

"If it's her, just nod or blink."

Wu Li tried with difficulty to nod his head, but a powerful force held his body firmly in place, preventing him from making any movement, including blinking.

"Time is running out, we're at a stalemate here. If I let go, his neck will be snapped by that force."

Sheh dared not let go. Whether Wu Li nodded or shook his head, he needed to break free from her and that power's control in order to make his own choice. But once she released her grip, Wu Li would surely die.

The room was filled with murderous intent. Sher was certain that the force was not trying to silence him, nor was it panicked from being discovered. Rather, it was filled with resentment and hatred, a desire for Wu Li to die.

The master of the power wanted Wu Li dead immediately.

Wu Li struggled to look at Shi Jinzhe, trying his best to convey his plea not to let go.

The surrounding scenery blurred into patches of color as death approached in his eyes, and he struggled desperately to focus his vision.

She finally managed to get a clear look at Shi Jinzhe, who was looking down at her, but all she saw was his indifferent expression.

Faced with Wu Li's pleading gaze, Shi Jinzhe lowered his eyes.

The resentment emanating from him was chilling, but it wasn't Wu Li's resentment towards the person who wanted to kill him.

Amidst his chaotic thoughts, Shi Jin recalled the scene he witnessed in room 603 that night, and gradually pieced together a line of thought.

The charred corpse he had wounded escaped into the charred wall near room 602.

The woman, whose face was obscured, crawled and tried to grab him, constantly pleading for help. After he ignored her pleas, her eyes began to fill with resentment.

Connecting this to what Wu Li had said earlier, that he had given Xiao Zhao a small amount of the "miracle water," Shi Jinzhe suddenly understood some things.

That charred corpse, that woman, is Xiao Zhao.

The teacher's homemade "miracle water" was less potent. When it caught fire, the thick smoke woke Xiao Zhao. She wanted to survive, but her body was immobilized by the effects of the medicine, so she could only crawl out with difficulty to escape.

In her fantasy world, Xiao Zhao was climbing from the balcony into the room, but in reality, Xiao Zhao was climbing out of the room.

Only when he walks backward in the fantasy, while in reality I am retreating off the balcony, is it possible for me to fall from the sixth floor.

The reason why Xiao Zhao was climbing out and staring at him with resentment was because Wu Li, who had drugged her, left through the window!

She begged Wu Li for help, but Wu Li, fearing exposure, not only refused to help her but also made sure to close the doors and windows tightly before leaving.

He was indifferent to the fact that Xiao Zhao would be burned to death, and just abandoned him and ran away, even though Xiao Zhao clearly had a chance to be saved!

Shi Jinzhe glared at Wu Li, who was being pulled by Shehe and another force, so painful that he couldn't make a sound, only able to let out tight gasps from his throat.

"Shekh, let go. The answer is obvious."

Shekh received the look that Shi Jinzhe was giving him and decisively let go.

The next second, Wu Li's head was torn off by external force, and the "crack" sound of his neck bone breaking echoed in the room, with blood splattered all over the floor.

Shi Jinzhe gripped the scepter tightly, facing the empty air: "Zheng Jingjing, did you kill him because it was the first time you also learned that Xiao Zhao's death was related to him?"

This is Xiao Zhao's second death.

That was the first time I saw it myself.

However, the person who wanted to kill Wu Li was not Xiao Zhao, because Xiao Zhao had hatred before she died, and if she wanted to kill Wu Li, she wouldn't have waited until now.

The only possible reason Wu Li was killed is that his words, which he just revealed, made the person behind the scenes understand the whole truth of the matter.

And the person behind this is Zheng Jingjing.

Shi Jinzhe turned on his phone screen, which displayed all of Zheng Jingjing's and Xiao Zhao's chat history.

Sunday, January 23, 2022.

17:23

He's really not a good man. If you don't believe me, hide somewhere on the sixth floor tonight and see the truth for yourself.

21:02

[See? He's so guilty he doesn't dare admit to those reports. He never told you any of this. He's a complete hypocrite and a scumbag.]

21:24

【How are you. 】

23:45

Xiao Zhao replied: 【We were just arguing, and I was a little scared. I want to get some rest and I'll talk to you again tomorrow.】

Zheng Jingjing: [Get some rest, goodnight.]

After that message, Xiao Zhao never replied again.

Or rather, Xiao Zhao can no longer reply.

Although the date and time were different from Tuesday night, Shi Jinzhe still gleaned a clue from the sentence "I was a little scared".

Before Zheng Jingjing knew that Wu Li was deliberately following Xiao Zhao, she would have thought that the sentence meant that the truth she showed Xiao Zhao had frightened him.

So she told Xiao Zhao to rest well without thinking too much about it.

In reality, what Xiao Zhao meant by being frightened was that she was being followed and was terrified.

The reason they were frightened was because Zheng Jingjing told Xiao Zhao to hide, which gave Wu Li an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

The cause of Xiao Zhao's death cannot be attributed to any specific person; it was a chain reaction triggered by an initial minor incident.

To test the sincerity of the artsy young man, Xiao Zhao begged her best friend to seduce her husband.

Zheng Jingjing agreed, but from this conversation, it's clear that something else must have happened between the two of them. Perhaps Xiao Zhao is just deceiving himself and doesn't want to believe it, or perhaps Zheng Jingjing did something else.

In short, after a period of time, Zheng Jingjing set a trap for Xiao Zhao to observe, so that Xiao Zhao could see the true face of the artsy youth.

Unfortunately, due to a series of coincidences and other clues that have not yet been pieced together, this trap indirectly led to Xiao Zhao's death.

This is probably why Zheng Jingjing wanted to kill Wu Li.

Actually, there are still some confusing examples. For instance, when Sher found him on Tuesday night, the white high heels were in room 603, but Zhou Xiao said today that the white high heels were in room 602.

Both places are real, but the time of death is different. So, will the location of Xiao Zhao's death be different in the two instances?