Chapter 7 The Villain Chen Xinxin

daughter?

Chu Ci looked at her left shoulder, which was empty and extremely cold, but she didn't see anything there.

"Are you the first wife?"

She turned her right shoulder. "Are you the concubine?"

My right shoulder clearly didn't like the name; the already cold feeling became even more chilly.

Ignoring her impotent rage, she asked the two "people":

"How exactly did you die?"

The woman on her left shoulder kept crying and begging her to help her daughter, while the woman on her right shoulder kept emitting cold air. Neither of them spoke.

As the already small amount of incense sticks burned less and less, she became anxious.

“How can I help you if you don’t speak up? If you don’t want my help, then forget it,” she reached for the incense sticks in front of the mirror. “Anyway, I don’t necessarily have to help.”

"No, wait..."

A faint, urgent, ghostly voice came from the air, but then it quickly went silent.

Her left shoulder stopped crying, and her right shoulder stopped emitting cold air; both sides fell into an eerie silence.

As the incense burned less and less, Chu Ci couldn't help but get anxious. "That person has already killed you all, what are you still hesitating about?"

The left shoulder remained silent, while the right shoulder seemed to have made up its mind. A young woman's voice murmured, "It was her husband who killed us."

It goes without saying who this "she" is.

Chu Ci looked in the mirror and saw a woman in a red dress with curly hair, a pretty face, leaning on her right shoulder. Her face was the bluish-gray color typical of the dead.

Her arms and neck, exposed outside the red dress, were covered with gruesome wounds inflicted by a tool resembling an axe, from which black blood was still flowing.

She was the mistress who was dismembered.

On the left shoulder was a female ghost in her thirties, wearing a pilling short-sleeved shirt, her hair tied low, and she dared not look at the red-clad female ghost opposite her.

"What exactly happened to you all?" Chu Ci withdrew his gaze.

The red-clad, curly-haired female ghost on the right shoulder continued to answer: "That Chen Xingping is simply inhuman! In order to defraud insurance money, he not only drugged his wife, but also tried to drug me as well, continuing to kill his wife for insurance money!"

"When I found out about this, I went to find this idiot and asked her if she wanted to call the police. She insisted that she couldn't call the police for her daughter's sake, and she was so stupid as to question that bastard Chen Xingping!"

"Damn it, you idiot! You not only got yourself killed, but you also dragged me down with you!"

While cursing, the red-clad, curly-haired female ghost reached out to grab the hair of the female ghost on the left.

"You idiot! You damned bastard! You made me get dismembered, and even in death I'll be trapped with you day and night! I'll kill you!"

The female ghost on the left had her hair tightly gripped, but she didn't struggle; she just kept her head down and cried.

She gripped Chu Ci's shoulders tightly, repeating:

"Please help my daughter! I beg you, please help my daughter! I was stupid, I misjudged people, I still had hope for Chen Xingping. It's all my fault, but my daughter is innocent!"

"If Chen Xingping can commit murder to collect insurance money, he can do the same to my daughter! Please help me!"

The incense sticks were almost burned out, and the figures of the two ghosts in the mirror were fading.

The female ghost on the left gripped her shoulder harder and harder. "I've hidden the evidence in one of my daughter's books on her bookshelf. Please, help me, help my daughter..."

"Damn it! You sweet potato head! You shovel!" The female ghost on the right grabbed the face of the female ghost on the left with all her might. "Pay back my life! Pay with your life!"

Amidst the female ghost's desperate curses, the incense burned down to its last bit.

The two people in the mirror disappeared without a trace, and the light above her head came back on.

When she walked out of the room, the people outside were already waiting impatiently. Zhou Jiacheng was holding a kitchen knife and was about to force his way in.

Upon seeing Chu Ci emerge, the people outside were overjoyed. "Master, how did it go?"

"Not good, I didn't see anything."

Everything must remain a secret until the case is closed; she has no intention of telling them the truth.

Looking at He Lihua, he asked, "You said before that your first wife has a child. Do you know where she lives?"

“Well…” He Lihua thought for a moment, “I only remember that his family also lived in Kwun Tong District, but I don’t know exactly where they lived.”

A nun standing behind He Lihua thought for a moment and then suddenly spoke up: "I remember seeing that child before. She seemed to be wearing the uniform of St. Mary's Girls' School at the time!"

"St. Mary's Girls' School?" Chu Ci searched through the original owner's memories but found no information about this school. "How do I get there?"

"This school is quite far away, and the location is very remote." He Lihua said in surprise, "It's a new school, and I heard it's very chaotic, with many students being unruly. What respectable family would send their child to that school!"

The nun who had spoken earlier sighed, "A child without a mother is like a weed that no one wants on the ground. Who will care about the child's future?"

She had been to the vicinity of this school before and told Chu Ci how to take the bus there.

Chu Ci nodded, noting down the nun's words. "I've got it. I'll go find the deceased's daughter this afternoon to get some information, and then I'll contact you again."

“Okay…” He Lihua watched her leave in a hurry, worried that she would suffer an accident following in her and her husband’s footsteps, and couldn’t help but remind her, “Master, you must be careful!”

Watching her enter the elevator, He Lihua looked away and pinched the soft flesh on Zhou Jiacheng's waist.

"Now I have time, take me to see your ex-wife right now! Hurry up!"

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St. Mary's School was indeed remote; Chu Ci changed vehicles twice before arriving two hours later.

She arrived just as the girls' school was letting out.

The girls at the school, dressed in matching white school uniforms, came out of the school chatting and laughing.

Chu Ci didn't know the girl's name, only that her father was Chen Xingping. But if she shouted her father's name here, given the sensitive nature of a child of this age, she probably wouldn't be able to find him.

She thought for a moment, then sneaked into the school, intending to ask the teachers for information.

Once inside the school, she didn't know that the building was the teachers' office building. She wanted to ask a student for directions, but as she turned a corner, she stumbled upon a bullying scene.

Three girls surrounded a short-haired girl; one held a camera, while the other two giggled and pulled at the short-haired girl's clothes.

"Your mother is a murderer, and you're no better! Since your father doesn't care about you anyway, we'll do you a favor and take some nice photos of you to apply for a job in your red-light district!"

"Yeah! See how much we care about our classmates? Knowing you wouldn't be able to find a high-paying job after graduation, we've already planned things out for you, hahaha!"

The two girls pulled off the short-haired girl's jacket and tried to pull off her underwear, but the short-haired girl screamed and pushed them down.

Her resistance finally stopped the three bullies from laughing. The female student with the camera frowned, walked over, and raised her hand.

"You ungrateful slut, where did your seductive charm go when you were trying to seduce my boyfriend? And you dare to hide from me!"

She was about to slap the short-haired girl across the face when her arm was grabbed firmly.

Chu Ci looked at the young female student in front of her, her brows furrowing into a knot. "You're so young, why don't you study properly? You're always thinking about finding a boyfriend, and you even bully your classmates. Do your parents know about this?"

She grabbed the female student's wrist with one hand and easily twisted both of her hands behind her back.

With his other hand, he snatched her camera and flipped through it at random; all the photos were of them bullying the short-haired child.

"You old hag, who do you think you are?!" The girl, who was being held down on the ground, struggled but couldn't break free. "Give me back my camera!"

Chu Ci stared coldly at her, "How old are you?"

"What's it to you, you old hag!"

Whether her mouth was clean or not, Chu Ci tightened his grip, and the girl screamed in pain, tears streaming down her face.

"Ouch! Ouch! Let go of me, it hurts so much!"

Seeing their leader being subdued, the two remaining bullies stood obediently to the side, wanting to run but afraid of being punished by their leader later, hesitating and unsure whether to leave.

"You...you're a police officer?"

Seeing Chu Ci's professional way of pinning the big sister's arm behind her back, the two bullies felt uneasy.

She stopped struggling and panicked. "We...we didn't bully anyone! We...we were just joking with her!"

Worried that Chu Ci wouldn't believe her, she quickly glared at the short-haired girl over there, "Chen Xinxin, we were just joking with you, right!"

The short-haired girl trembled and didn't dare to look up.

Chu Ci knew that the order in Hong Kong was very chaotic in this era. Judging from the tone of the nun's words, the children who could come to this school were all without parents to take care of them.

Asking the parents or telling the teachers about such children is useless, because the parents and teachers may not necessarily take care of them.

She gripped the girl's wrist, gradually increasing the pressure.

Be polite to my sister!

"Your sister?!" The girl whose wrist was being gripped panicked for a moment.

She's not an idiot, but she never bullies just anyone. Every time she bullies someone, she makes sure to find out about their family background and circumstances.

Didn't I hear that the short-haired girl has an older sister?

Chu Ci tightened her grip, "Yes, my sister. You're the one who's been bullying my sister?"

"I...I didn't..." the girl said慌张地, "I...we were just joking, just messing around with her!"

"Chen Xinxin!" The girl who was being held down was furious, but dared not say anything more outrageous. "You better explain to your sister right now, tell her we were just joking with you!"

Chen Xinxin sat on the ground with her head down, her short hair hanging down to cover her cheeks, only revealing a section of her chin.

Chu Ci pressed her hand down harder, "Are you kidding me? I can tell. Come with me to the police station. What you've done is enough to land you in juvenile court."

"No, officer!"

Upon hearing the word "court," the girl burst into tears.

"If my parents knew I'd embarrassed them by going to juvenile court, they'd kill me!"

"Officer, I was wrong! I'll never do it again. I really know I was wrong. Please don't take me back to the police station. I apologize, I apologize, okay? I'll never bully her again. I apologize to her!"

After hearing what the leader had said, the other two bullies quickly helped Chen Xinxin up from the ground and apologized politely.

"Xin Xin, we were wrong. Please ask your sister to release our eldest sister."

"Xin Xin, I'm sorry. We're classmates. Could you please not send us to juvenile court for the sake of our past friendship?"

Chen Xinxin lowered her head, glanced quickly at her two classmates, then cautiously looked at Chu Ci, and nodded almost imperceptibly.

"Officer! Your sister agreed! She agreed to forgive us!" The girl, who was being held down by Chu Ci, turned her head excitedly. "Please let us go, officer! We really won't do it again!"

"Since my sister has decided to forgive you, I will let you off this time."

Chu Ci took out the memory card from the camera. "I'll keep this memory card. The photos on it are all evidence. If I find out you're bullying people again, I'll definitely send you to juvenile court."

The girl looked at the memory card in her hand and felt a pang of heartache.

Although her family is not short of money, this little thing is still super expensive!

But he nodded helplessly, secretly glared at Chu Ci, and quickly ran away with his two little followers.

Seeing them run over, Chu Ci squatted down next to Chen Xinxin and asked gently, "Are you alright?"

She looked closer and discovered that the child had many injuries, with bruises all over his arms and even freshly scabbed wounds on his neck.

"They did all of these?"

"No, it was my dad who hit me." Chen Xinxin picked up her schoolbag that had been thrown on the ground and held it in front of her chest, her thick bangs covering her forehead. "Thank you, officer, thank you for helping me."

"No need to thank me, I'm not a police officer," Chu Ci added with a smile when he saw Chen Xinxin's face turn pale. "But don't worry, I'm very good at fighting."

She took out paper and pen from her pocket and wrote down her pager number for the child.

"If they bully you again, contact me and I'll teach them a lesson."

Chen Xinxin looked up in shock, glanced at the paper the woman handed her, then at her face, and finally saw what she looked like.

Chu Ci also saw the child's face clearly. It was fair and tender, but there were bruises around the corners of his eyes and mouth. His eyes were timid and he dared not look directly into other people's eyes.

However, the moment their eyes met, her mind went blank for a moment, and a lot of images flashed before her eyes like a revolving lantern.

A few seconds later, she regained consciousness.

He was falling on top of Chen Xinxin, and the child was already crying from fright.

"I...I'm fine, it's just an old problem."

She patted Chen Xinxin's shoulder to comfort her, and once Chen Xinxin's crying subsided, she began to hold her head and question the meaning of life.

It's been three days! She's been in time for three days!

She only just realized that she hadn't transmigrated into an ordinary time-travel story, but into a suspense novel set in Hong Kong in the 1990s!

To make matters worse, the woman crying her eyes out in front of me, Chen Xinxin, turns out to be a major villain...

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