Chapter 11 Master Chu, you are amazing!

"What?!"

While Master He was still in shock, her daughter had already arrived at her father's bedroom.

Turn on the bedroom light, and in the bright light, his father lay on his back on the bed, covered with a blanket, his face pale, and the blanket was covered with blood.

"Dad! What's wrong, Dad! Wake up!"

Li Meiyun rushed forward to check on her father's condition and found that he was still alive. She quickly used the home phone to call an ambulance.

Master He trembled with fear as she stared at Chu Ci, who stood in the center of the room, her face turning deathly pale.

She quickly helped her most capable son-in-law to his feet, grabbed her daughter's hand, and the three of them retreated to the doorway together.

"You...you stay away!"

Seeing Chu Ci stride towards her, she screamed, and all the motion-activated lights in the hallway immediately turned on.

A rustling sound came from the house behind me; it was a neighbor who had heard the scream.

"What's wrong, Master He?"

Seeing her retreat outside with her daughter and son-in-law, the neighbor opened the door and kindly inquired.

As if grasping at a straw, Master He quickly grabbed her neighbor's hand, almost bursting into tears.

"Call the police! Call the police! Home invasion and murder! She killed my husband!"

The neighbor followed her gaze and immediately spotted Chu Ci standing in the center of the living room.

Upon hearing that it was a murder case, the neighbor quickly pulled his head back, intending to call the police.

But in a fleeting glance, he saw a pair of bloody hands.

The fair-skinned, always-smiling son-in-law of Master He's family stood behind the two women, his fair and slender hands stained with bright red blood.

His hands, covered in blood, were still clutching a watermelon knife about the length of his forearm.

The watermelon knife was stained red with blood, and thick, fresh blood slid down the blade to the ground, forming a small pool of blood.

Neighbor:"……"

His scalp tingled, and when he looked up, he saw the fair-skinned young man staring at him with a gloomy expression.

The moment he looked over, his gloomy eyes instantly became timid and clear.

"This...this isn't mine..."

The young man with glasses trembled, and the fruit knife fell to the ground with a sharp sound.

Wu Zhenhao seemed to be terrified, pointing tremblingly at Chu Ci standing in the room.

"This is hers! She brought it! If I hadn't taken the knife from her, she would have killed our whole family by now!"

Master He paid no attention to these details; she was already terrified, her face contorted with worry as she looked at her neighbors.

"What are you standing there for! Go call the police! We've already told you that this damned old hag is trying to kill our whole family, what are you still standing there for?!"

The neighbor closed the door a little tighter and looked at Master He with suspicion.

Master He trembled with anger: "Why...why are you looking at me like that! I've been married to my husband for over twenty years, how could I have killed him?"

She glared at him and pointed at the watermelon knife in her son-in-law's hand.

"Call the police first! The murder weapon is right here. When the officers arrive, they can compare the fingerprints, and they'll know who the killer is!"

She didn't notice that her son-in-law's gaze suddenly changed, and he continued to ramble on.

"Call the police right now! If you don't, this gossip will run away. If you won't call, I will!"

As she spoke, she yanked open her neighbor's door and tried to go inside.

Suddenly, someone grabbed his neck.

The son-in-law held a blood-stained watermelon knife to her neck, the sharp tip piercing her skin, causing excruciating pain.

Master He was dumbfounded.

"Zhenhao?"

Wu Zhenhao grabbed her shoulder with one hand and held a watermelon knife to her neck with the other. He had completely lost his previous timidity and kindness and was gritting his teeth in anger.

"Quiet down, you fat woman! Stop talking so much, or I'll kill you!"

Not only was Master He stunned, but her daughter, Li Meiyun, was also stunned.

She stared blankly at her husband, then subconsciously took two steps forward.

"Zhenhao..."

"Don't come any closer, you old hag! If you take another step, believe me, I'll kill this fat woman right now!"

A bloodstained knife was pointed at her. Li Meiyun stared at the sharp tip of the knife, then at her husband who looked like a stranger, and stood there dumbfounded.

Her voice trembled as she spoke in disbelief, "...My father, did you kill him?"

"You idiot, what do you think!"

Wu Zhenhao brandished the knife in his hand, glaring hatefully at Master He, whose neck he was gripping, wishing he could stab her to death right now.

"It's all your fault, you fat woman, for meddling in other people's business! If you hadn't been so bored as to go and have your fortune told, I wouldn't have ended up like this!"

"And you too!" After scolding Master He, he turned to his wife, "It's all your fault for insisting on coming back for dinner! If you hadn't insisted on coming back, none of this would have happened!"

His voice was sharp and piercing, echoing throughout the corridor and stabbing into Li Meiyun's eardrums.

"Who is it, shouting in the hallway so late at night!"

Another neighbor was woken up by the noise and impatiently pushed open the door, only to see Master He's son-in-law holding a knife to her neck, looking at her with murderous intent.

Neighbor: "...I'm still half asleep, I'm going back to sleep, you guys continue."

With a bang, the door was slammed shut, and the neighbor hurried back to wake his wife.

"Wife, wife! Wake up! Something terrible has happened!"

His wife rolled over in bed. "Ugh, this is so annoying! Let's talk about it tomorrow!"

"No, didn't you go to have your fortune told with Master He today, and the master said her son-in-law is a murderer?"

"What master? He's just a fraud..."

"It's not a lie! Master He's son-in-law really is going to kill someone! He's right outside our door right now, holding a knife to Master He's neck, trying to kill her!"

"What!"

His wife's sleepiness vanished instantly, and she sat up with her eyes wide open.

"Really? Right outside our door?"

"Really, I just saw it!"

The couple sneaked to the door and, looking through the peephole, saw Master He and her son-in-law outside.

"OMG!"

The neighbor's wife leaned against the door, glancing at her husband in fear.

"It really is them! That master was right after all!"

"Right!"

The couple slid down the door panel together and sat on the cold ground.

"Honey, you should apologize to the master tomorrow, and be polite!"

"Nonsense, do you need to tell me that!"

His wife stood up again and looked through the peephole, but this time she couldn't see anyone.

Why is no one outside?

"Nobody's here?"

"Wait! It looks like the police have arrived!"

The hallway was filled with noise, a mix of police warnings and Wu Zhenhao's screams, which only subsided after a while.

Only after the police subdued the man did the couple open the door a crack.

Just then, they saw a doctor in a white coat pass by their door. A moment later, the doctor carried out a stretcher, on which lay Mrs. He's husband, whose life or death was unknown.

After the ambulance left, the police officers left immediately. They only dared to come out and look after the hallway had completely quieted down.

Hearing them open the door, almost everyone else on the same floor came out of their homes.

"What happened, it was so lively outside just now?"

"I think I heard something about the police..."

"Have they found the murderer? The one in the case of the five-faced female corpse!"

"No, none of that! It's Master He's family! The master on the 15th floor was right, her son-in-law really is a murderer! He not only stabbed his father-in-law, but Master He almost fell victim to his crimes!"

The only nun who knew the inside story excitedly gave a long and detailed explanation.

"I never expected such a powerful master to come to our building! I'm going to pay him a visit tomorrow! Anyone want to come with me?"

After tonight's events, the other nuns were also curious about the master's background and readily agreed.

After agreeing on what to do tomorrow, everyone went back to sleep.

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"So, you mean to say that everything was calculated by that master named Chu Ci?"

Police Department Major Crimes Unit

Li Meiyun sat opposite Ji Jingtong, looking completely lost and dejected.

"Yes, it was all calculated by the master."

She covered her face, her voice escaping from her palms, tinged with sobs.

“My mom said that the master predicted my husband was a murderer and that we couldn’t get married. My mom even brought people to argue with the master. I don’t believe my husband is a murderer.”

“I dated Zhenhao for over two years. He was so shy, he wouldn’t even kill a fish. I never imagined he would kill someone. My dad treated him so well, like his own son. How could he do that…”

Ji Jingtong stared intently at her, seeing that she was crying so hard she could barely breathe, and didn't seem to be lying, so he handed her a piece of paper at the right moment.

"Okay, Ms. Li, we understand the general situation. We'll contact you again if there are any new developments. If you have any other information, please feel free to come to the police station to let us know."

After he finished speaking, he nodded to his colleagues.

The female colleague took the initiative to comfort the crying Li Meiyun, while Ji Jingtong left the interrogation room and went to the next room.

The next room was also an interrogation room, where Chu Ci was dozing off at the table.

Hearing the door open, she looked up and saw a man with a particularly rugged appearance enter, followed by a police officer taking a statement.

Technology was not very advanced at that time, so the two people used a voice recorder to make double records during the questioning.

"Hello, my name is Ji Jingtong."

The rugged-looking man extended his hand, and Chu Ci shook it.

"Chu Ci."

"Hello, Miss Chu."

Ji Jingtong sat down opposite her.

"Can you explain why you were at Li Meiyun's house at 11 p.m.?"

The whole case was very simple; the reality was right in front of them, and the suspect had confessed. It was so simple that the police didn't even need to think about it.

But this Chu Ci is the only exception...

Who's a kind soul who comes to apologize to someone at 11:30 at night?

She even knew all along that Wu Zhenhao was a murderer, and after warning Master He, she just happened to stumble upon the scene of Wu Zhenhao's crime.

Where do so many coincidences come from in this world?

Chu Ci smiled at Ji Jingtong's probing gaze.

She had also been a police officer, so she naturally knew what the police wanted to hear at that moment.

"Sir, that's a long story."

She spread her hands out, mimicking the original owner's posture.

"Well, I make a living by telling fortunes. In order to earn a living, I deliberately practiced my observation skills. I can basically tell what a person does just by looking at them, so people who come for fortune telling trust me a lot."

"I only wanted to trick Master He into paying more money by saying her son-in-law was a murderer; I didn't intend to do anything else. But I didn't expect her to have such a bad temper, and she even brought people to tear down my signboard!"

"I just moved here and this happened right away. What am I supposed to do? I spent the whole day trying to figure out a solution. I never expected to run into Mrs. He's son-in-law when I went out to buy cart noodles tonight!"

As she said this, she leaned forward, her eyes shining, looking as excited as if she had stumbled upon some great gossip.

"Inspector Ji, guess what I saw?"

Ji Jingtong ignored her excited expression and continued to stare at her expressionlessly.

Chu Ci clapped his hands and lowered his voice mysteriously: "I saw him buying a watermelon knife!"

"You suspect him just because of this?"

"Of course not." Chu Ci crossed his legs. "Didn't I say before that I'm good at observing people? I'm very familiar with the eyes of these murderers. Their eyes are different from those of ordinary people."

She pointed to her eyes with two fingers.

“When ordinary people look at others, no matter how indifferent they are, their eyes still have a normal look. But these murderers are different. When they look at other people, they look at them no differently than they would at livestock.”

Finally, she came to a cryptic conclusion, "So I'm sure this kid is definitely not up to anything."

“As for saving people,” she rubbed her hands together, “it really was just a coincidence.”

“I saw him return to Master He’s house. I originally planned to remind Master He after they left, but who knew they would stay overnight… and that’s how we ended up saving them.”

She spoke in a way that was half true and half false, which made it seem plausible.

Ji Jingtong stared at her silently, while Chu Ci smiled back, showing no guilt whatsoever.

Regardless of whether the officers believed her or not, without evidence that she had committed a crime, the police station had no choice but to release her.

Sure enough, she sat in the police station for an hour before being kindly escorted home by the officers.

The next morning, Chu Ci went downstairs to buy something and ran into the nun in the elevator. The nun had come to cause trouble for her the day before with Master He.

She originally intended to pretend she didn't see it, but the nun got so excited that she grabbed her arm.

"Master, I saw it! Master He's son-in-law is indeed a murderer! Yesterday, her husband was stabbed several times and rushed to the hospital!"

The nun assumed she wasn't there last night, so she embellished the story and told her what happened last night. Finally, she grabbed her arm and looked at her with awe.

"Master, your prediction was so accurate! I was wrong yesterday, I apologize! Please take this!"

She stuffed a large bag of fish balls she had just bought into Chu Ci's arms with a solicitous smile.

"Please don't hold a grudge against me. I bought these fish balls from Yuwan Sha. They have the best fish balls. Please don't mind!"

A note from the author:

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Here are 20 little red envelopes to thank you for your support, everyone! [kiss][kiss]