Chapter 18

The words just fell.

There were constant whispers and discussions.

"Why can't she eat cake?"

"Yes, it sounds like she is even better than her biological father."

"I may not even remember to buy a cake for my daughter."

"Still obedient to everything? What if my biological child makes some unreasonable remarks? It is impossible to comply with the request.

"In fact, my adoptive father is pretty good."

Liu Jiayun is Du Miao's best friend. Seeing Du Miao's uneasy expression, she also felt confused: "Uncle Du personally ordered the cake. He specially asked a dessert designer to customize it a month in advance. Why can't he eat it?"

"Could it be that he calculated that Miaomiao would suffer from food poisoning?" Liu Jiayun even said Extraordinary use of imagination.

Ashanpo came over and pulled Chu Yueqing to the side, staring at Du Miao who was also confused, "Xingxi, is there really something wrong with the cake?"

Chu Yueqing told the result of the calculation: "The cake is indeed problem, but the bigger problem is Du Miao's adoptive father, he put something in the cake.

" "Put something in it?" A Shanpo was shocked, "What did he want to do by putting something in

it ?" Young people have been in society for decades and have encountered gangs forcing women into prostitution. What methods have they not seen?

Is there anything that can only be put inside a cake to trick people into eating it? "What else can I do?" Chu Yuqing thought about what she had figured out and couldn't help but feel sick. "He is a pervert

. He likes to enjoy excitement. His desire for excitement is getting stronger and stronger, so I finally decided to complete it."

The more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. He turned to persuade Du Miao, "You also know that Ling Ling's fortune-telling is very accurate. Remember, don't touch the cake when you go home tonight."

On one side was the master who was said to be a great fortune-teller, and on the other side was A father who nurtures you.

Du Miao was so frightened that her face turned pale, but she immediately shook her head and denied it: "Impossible, Daddy would never do such a thing!"

"Master, did you calculate wrong?" Liu Jiayun also helped to clarify and explain. "Uncle Du is definitely not the kind of person you say he is. He is a really good person. Not only did he adopt Miaomiao as his own child, he also adopted stray cats and dogs. Such a kind-hearted person would never hurt Miaomiao."

Chu Yue He looked at Du Miao's face.

When he reached adulthood at the age of 18, Du Miao's face changed.

The face that originally indicated a smooth life and longevity was gone, replaced by the face of early death.

"That is to say, after tonight, Du Miao will commit suicide."

After explaining everything he had calculated, Chu Yueqing emphasized the cake issue and looked at Du Miao. "Since you said you ordered a ten-layer cake, Who else was invited to the birthday party?"

"Ten-layer cake, many classmates and friends must have been invited." Liu Jiayun looked at Du Miao, full of confidence. "Am I right?"

Du Miao was asked, and pulled Shi Jiayun in embarrassment. Liu Jiayun held Hui's hand, "I'm sorry, Jiajia, Daddy won't let me invite anyone home, saying that coming of age only happens once, and he wants to spend it alone with me."

"Is it not possible for me?" Liu Jiayun was surprised. Liu Jiayun was obviously sad for a while, but thinking of Du Miao's life experience, she still helped to protect her

. "It doesn't matter. The birthday of 18 is indeed different. Even if only Uncle Du and you celebrate your birthday, it doesn't prove anything." Du Miao also thought about this, and finally stood up and took out a hundred yuan from the small bag on his shoulder. He handed it to Chu Yueqing with both hands, with an elegant smile on his fair face: "Thank you, Master Chu. Daddy raised me. If it weren't for him, I would still be suffering in the orphanage." Du Miao also remembered that she had been in the orphanage . Every meal in the orphanage was distributed, but she was young and a girl, so every time she was given a meal, it would be snatched away by older boys. It was only after her adoptive father adopted her that she gradually began to live a good life. "So, I really can't bear to doubt him, and I can't bear to see him sad." Du Miao trusted her adoptive father wholeheartedly. Chu Yueqing didn't rush to take the money, and felt that Du Miao was soft-hearted. But things haven't happened yet, she There was nothing else to say. Li Huiwen stood outside the crowd, listening and thinking deeply, until Du Miao said that she didn't want to doubt her adoptive father, she could no longer stand there, took out her camera and took a photo of the people in the dessert stall, then angrily Pushing through the crowd, he entered. "No! Master Chu has never made a mistake. Since she said the cake cannot be eaten, then it must not be eaten!" Chu Yueqing looked at Li Huiwen's hand hanging by her side holding the camera, and blinked: No way... things can't be really like that, right? Li Huiwen was embarrassed to be stared at. Even her thick skin could hardly feel the heat. After all, being a paparazzi is not a glamorous job. She stared at people and took pictures every day. Before long, Li Huiwen stretched out her hand and smiled apologetically: " Hello, Master Chu. I am Li Huiwen, a reporter from Daxi Newspaper. You...should have read the report I wrote, right?" "Yes, it's well written." Chu Yueqing's pertinent comments seemed to make Li Huiwen even more embarrassed. "I work as a paparazzi and barely make a living. The results of Master Chu's two fortune tellings shocked me very much. I admire Master Chu very much." Regarding compliments, Chu Yuening did not refuse compliments and smiled lightly: "Thank you very much. ." Li Huiwen made sure that Chu Yuening was not angry before she calmed down. He breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Du Miao again, "Master Chu has done everything possible, and the examples I saw are not wrong. Why not, I will follow you home secretly. Don't worry, I will hide it well. In this way, if you really If something happens, I can help you." Du Miao looked hesitant. Liu Jiayun beside him whispered, "Sure. If Uncle Du doesn't do anything to hurt you after tonight, doesn't that prove that everything will be fine in the future?" Chu Yueqing didn't think that was possible, but she still nodded. : "That's the theory." Du Miao nodded and agreed: "That will be troublesome for reporter Li." "It's not troublesome." Li Huiwen thought for a moment and raised the camera again, "However, I would like to ask for your opinion on the materials I will shoot. Agree to report it." Du Miao also agreed to this point.

Chu Yueqing took out a red plastic bag from under the stall, took out a cinnabar brush and wrote a few amulets, folded one of them into a triangle and handed it to Du Miao.

"The amulet can ward off evil spirits and protect the body. I can help you once, remember not to get it wet."

Du Miao's eyes brightened when he saw the amulet. After all, Su Yinyin said that she relied on this amulet to save her life.

There was no hesitation.

Du Miao took the amulet, took out two hundred yuan from her small bag and handed it to Chu Yueqing together with the one hundred yuan for fortune-telling. She thanked him and the three of them left.

The three of them left.

Chu Yueqing reached out and took down the cardboard, and one or two of the onlookers were eager to try.

"Boss, I want to have my fortune told, too."

"Yes, boss, let's do it together, you can give us a discount."

Chu Yueqing smiled and refused: "Sorry, today's two fortune tellings are over. If you want to have your fortune told again, you can come back tomorrow."

A middle-aged man in the crowd had been observing for a long time. He thought for a while and said, "Okay, I'll come back then."

"Welcome to come next time." Chu Yueqing said, and stuffed the cardboard under the stall.

The female boss has a pretty face, more beautiful than the Hong Kong beauty on TV, and her kind and smiling face makes people like her even more.

People can't wait for fortune telling, but they can buy sweet soup. So, a line gradually formed in front of the sweet soup stall.

The sweet soup was sold out one cup after another, and it was soon sold out.

A Toyota Corolla with a white license plate GG8088 stopped, and the noise attracted the attention of many tourists on Temple Street.

A man was lying on a stretcher, with his legs in plaster casts, and was carried from the car to the sweet soup stall.

Zhong Guoming woke up from a coma in the hospital, and the first thing he remembered was what Chu Yueqing had warned him. The doctor told him that he might face the risk of amputation, but he completely ignored it and asked someone to drive to Temple Street to find the master.

Just kidding.

Things on the construction site are getting weirder and weirder.

His life is almost over, what's the point of having legs?

"Master, please save my life."

Chu Yueqing packed the last portion of sweet soup for the customer. She glanced sideways from the glass cabinet and found Zhong Guoming lying on the stretcher in a miserable state. The diffuse black air had already wrapped around his legs and was gradually crawling up to his head.

She understood in her heart.

"How many people have died on your construction site now?"

Zhong Guoming's panicked heart gradually calmed down.

It is said that an expert can tell whether there is a problem or not with just one move.

He hadn't said anything yet, but Master Chu knew what happened on the construction site. Thinking back to when he was stupid enough not to believe in metaphysics, Zhong Guoming wanted to slap himself.

If he had listened to Master Chu at the time, his legs would not have been injured.

"Thirteen workers have died."

Zhong Guoming sat up from the stretcher, sorted out his thoughts, and then slowly told what had happened recently.

"It all started when we just started working. When we were digging the foundation, the soil seemed to be mixed with blood. The next day, the excavator operator died on the machine. Immediately afterwards, another person was killed in the cement machine and his body was crushed to pieces..."

Chu Yueqing asked, "Why did the soil seem to be mixed with blood?"

"Fishy." Zhong Guoming recalled the smell and reluctantly resisted the urge to vomit. "The soil seemed to be filled with the smell of blood pickled from dead people."

"Oh, so that's it." Chu Yueqing supported her chin with both hands, thinking.

The soil smelled of blood...

It seemed that something incredible was buried there.

-

Mid-Levels is located between the Peak and Central.

Li Huiwen followed Du Miao to the villa area, holding a camera, and took pictures of the scenery along the way as they walked up the mountain. The villa was very large, and the red carpet with gold trim was laid all over the floor.

The two just walked in.

Du Miao handed the package to the maid and said, "Sister Qiu, please make a cup of coffee and come over to greet the guests."

When Li Huiwen saw the photo of Du Shaoren hanging on the wall, she was surprised, "Your adoptive father is Du Shaoren?"

"Yes, is Dad very famous?" Du Miao smiled, "Since I was a child, many of my classmates knew him."

Sister Qiu brought the coffee over, and Li Huiwen took it and thanked him, still looking at the wall, "Du Shaoren started out as a parallel importer in his early years. I heard from people who have done business with him that he is kind and generous, and he often helps the poor."

"I'm a reporter, so naturally many famous people in Hong Kong have heard of him."

If she hadn't witnessed Master Chu's plan

, she wouldn't believe that Du Shaoren would do bad things in the face of such a good person with a successful reputation.

At this time.

Sister Qiu interrupted: "Miss Miaomiao, it's almost five o'clock. The master told us yesterday that we have to get off work early today. The food is already cooked and hot in the kitchen, so I will get off work first."

Du Miao was surprised: "Do all the workers have to get off work early today?"

"Yes." Sister Qiu clasped her hands together with a smile on her face, "The master loves you the most. Today is your coming-of-age day. The master must have prepared a big surprise for you. It's not convenient for us to stay."

Du Miao didn't understand why even the maids couldn't stay on your coming-of-age day.

But after listening to Sister Qiu's words, Du Miao suppressed her strange feeling again.

She still didn't quite believe in the fortune-telling. After all, her adoptive father really loved her like his own daughter. On the way back, she recalled all the way and tried to find out the strange things about her adoptive father, but she couldn't find any.

All the maids got off work.

Du Miao opened the wine cabinet in the living room. Looking at the dark and narrow space, she felt very sorry: "Maybe you have to stay here for half the night."

"It's okay. We are paparazzi and have been through worse environments."

Li Huiwen didn't mind at all. She took out her pager, turned it to mute, and put it back in her jeans pocket. She held up the camera and bent down to get into the half-person-high wine cabinet.

Du Miao returned to her room to dress up. After putting on makeup, she took out the pink and black veil dress specially customized by Du Shaoren from the closet, and took out half-arm-long black satin gloves from the drawer of the dressing table. She put all her shoulder-length hair up to the top of her head and put on the pearl earrings Du Shaoren gave her on her last birthday.

The more she dressed up, the more uneasy Du Miao felt.

She closed the lipstick tube, turned around, and found the yellow amulet from the pocket of the clothes she had changed on the mattress. She held it tightly, thought for a moment, and hid the amulet paper in her gloves.

After everything was done.

Du Miao's frowning eyebrows gradually relaxed, and she patted her collarbone with satin gloves, comforting herself: "Don't worry, everything will be fine."

It was at this time.

A car horn sounded outside the villa, followed by the laughter of Du Shaoren entering the living room.

"Miao Miao, it's your eighteenth birthday, come downstairs quickly and let Daddy take a good look."

Du Shaoren suppressed his scheming smile and sat on the leather sofa, with several layers of cakes placed next to him and several large gift boxes on the table.

Until he saw the graceful girl coming down from the building, with a slender neck, tall and slender figure, and her satin gloves caressing the revolving escalator.

Du Shaoren suppressed his infatuated gaze, patted the seat next to him, and his usual fatherly image came to life, "Come and sit down."

No one noticed that in the kitchen not far from the sofa, the red wine cabinet slowly opened.

A dark camera poked out.

"Daddy." Du Miao called out, looking at the seat next to him with her fair face, hesitated for a moment and did not choose to sit down, but sat opposite Du Shaoren.

Seeing that no one came over to sit down, Du Shaoren showed dissatisfaction on his face full of wrinkles, and said in a tough tone: "You haven't even come of age yet, and you've grown wings and disobeyed your daddy?" "

I'm older than my daughter. How can a grown-up daughter be so close to her father?" Du Miao made an excuse to cover up, "My classmates will laugh at me if I tell others."

Du Shaoren felt better, and waved Du Miao over, smiling and saying: "So that's how it is, I almost thought you were going to rebel. Come over and take a look at the birthday present that Daddy asked a friend to bring back from France."

Du Miao had never dared to disobey her adoptive father since she was a child, so she could only obey him and sit over. As soon as she sat down, Du Shaoren hugged Du Miao's shoulders.

Du Miao glanced at him subconsciously and endured the discomfort.

She told him that she felt uncomfortable with this action because of the fortune-telling, and tried to focus her eyes on the gifts, smiling: "Thank you, Daddy."

There were eight gift boxes in total.

Du Shaoren gradually opened seven of them, all of which were big brands, including Chanel clothes, pearl necklaces, and perfumes...

all of which were very valuable.

Du Miao breathed a sigh of relief, don't worry, her adoptive father really cares about her.

When the last gift box was left, Du Shaoren stopped, first stood up and pushed the cake cart in front of Du Miao, lit the candles and sang the birthday song, and finally cut a piece of cake and handed it over.

"Daddy's good girl, eat the cake quickly."

Du Miao looked at the cunning Du Shaoren with a smile on his face. A chill gradually crept up her back. She subconsciously pushed the cake away and forced a smile: "Daddy, can we not eat the cake today? My stomach is upset."

"Of course not." Du Shaoren handed the cake over again, and even picked up a fork to pick up a small piece of cake and handed it to Du Miao's mouth, "Who doesn't eat birthday cake on their birthday? The cake is customized, and if you don't eat it, won't those old friends laugh at your daddy if it gets out?"

Du Miao didn't know why, she felt sick at the sight of the cake, and the yellow talisman against her arm gradually became hot. She searched anxiously, and when she saw that there was still a gift on the table that had not been opened, she hurriedly said, "I want to see what that gift is."

Du Shaoren followed her gaze and looked over, "No hurry, it won't be too late to open that gift after you finish eating the cake."

"No, I want to see it now." Du Miao quickly stood up, picked up the gift box on the coffee table and opened the lid. The next moment, her face turned pale.

Because.

Inside the box was a set of burgundy sexy underwear.

Du Miao was so scared that she threw the underwear on the ground, trembling.

Du Shaoren didn't expect the truth to be revealed so quickly. He threw the cake on the table. Thinking that there was no one else in the villa, he took off his suit jacket and threw it on the sofa, laughing.

"Miao Miao, you should choose to eat the cake. There is chloroform in it. You will not feel any moral pain after eating it. When you wake up the next day, you will be the woman that Daddy loves most in this world. Don't you like this?" Chloroform

, an anesthetic.

The master's calculation was correct. There was something in the cake.

Du Miao was so scared that she was shaking all over. She never expected that the adoptive father whom she trusted since childhood was actually a beast. She was in great pain, "Why?"

"How stupid. Why do you ask such a stupid question. Of course Daddy likes you." Du Shaoren gradually approached Du Miao.

Du Miao ran to the door quickly, only to find it locked. She knocked on the door and saw Du Shaoren approaching. She ran towards the kitchen anxiously, shouting for help.

"It's useless. No one can let you go today. I have raised you for eighteen years. It's time for you to repay me." Du Shaoren followed with a smile.

The wine cabinet was pushed open.

Li Huiwen came out and pulled Du Miao behind her for protection, angrily scolding: "You don't even let your own daughter go. You are worse than a pig or a dog!"

"Otherwise? I have raised her for eighteen years and I have to get something in return."

Du Shaoren sneered. He didn't expect that there were outsiders at the scene. In order to ensure that the matter would not be leaked, he raised his hand and took the knife on the table.

He approached the two step by step.

"It's a pity that you will never see the sunshine tomorrow."

Li Huiwen handed the camera to Du Miao and told her, "I will hold him back, you go to the second floor, lock the door and find the landline to call the police." She

did not forget to remind her.

"Remember, the camera is more important than my life. It doesn't matter if I die, but you must protect the camera."

The camera contained evidence that Du Shaoren wanted to commit a crime.

Even if he died, he would rely on these photos to bring him to justice.

Du Miao's face was pale and trembling as she hugged the camera in her arms and nodded hurriedly. She wanted to shout to Li Huiwen not to die, but fear had already made her unable to speak.

Facing Du Shaoren who was getting closer and closer with a knife.

Li Huiwen had already thrown many things at him, but it was useless. Suddenly, she jumped forward, hugged Du Shaoren's legs tightly, and turned back to yell: "Hurry upstairs!"

Du Miao gritted his teeth and ran upstairs quickly with the camera in his hand.

During this time,

Du Shaoren swung the knife hard to stop Du Miao, but Li Huiwen hugged him tightly.

Li Huiwen was not afraid of death, but when she thought that the end would be one or two deaths, she was determined. Du Shaoren hit her back with two punches. She stood up and hugged her legs. Du Shaoren fell to the ground with a grim face and stabbed forward with a fruit knife.

The two fought.

Li Huiwen's physical strength was gradually overdrawn, and sweat blurred her eyes. She only heard a bang from the glass window, and a figure jumped in with glass fragments splashing everywhere.

Li Huiwen was dazed and saw the yellow talisman paper that appeared out of thin air and stuck on Du Shaoren's forehead.

Du Shaoren, who had a grim face, froze. The arm holding the fruit knife stopped in the air, and only his eyes could move.

Li Huiwen covered her neck and gasped for air. She quickly broke free and sat up, looking at the window. A hole was smashed in the huge patterned glass window.

The girl squatted on the floor, looking at the stone that smashed the window. Her fair face was very distressed: "Cobblestones don't work after all. I have to add another step. Next time, I should use bricks in this situation."

Chu

Yueqing saw Li Huiwen covering her neck and asked: "Fortunately, I passed by and had a fortune-teller. Are you okay?"

Li Huiwen's head has been buzzing since the accident. Finally, she was so scared that her whole body went limp and fell to the ground.

"It's okay, but..." Li Huiwen buried her arms in a trance and choked, "On-site news is really too difficult to get. If the editor-in-chief draws a big pie again, I won't do it." Just

now, she was only one step away from death.

-

Twenty minutes later.

Three uniformed police arrived at the villa.

A policeman took the statement of Du Miaolu, who was wrapped in a towel blanket and looked dazed, while taking notes.

Another uniformed policeman squatted on the ground to observe Du Shaoren's talisman, and then asked Chu Yueling, who was drinking iced milk tea on the sofa, "What is the main function of this talisman?"

Chu Yueling bit the straw, his eyes rolling around, "If I said it was called a talisman, would you think it was a joke?"

"The talisman only exists in martial arts novels and zombie movies, how can it really exist?"

The police officer really seemed to hear a joke, "If you really say it is a talisman, according to regulations we have to send you to a mental hospital for a mental evaluation."

"Oh." Chu Yueling looked away and took two sips of milk tea, "Then it is just a decoration."

Opposite.

Li Huiwen took the camera and after the shock, she showed the photos enthusiastically like a female uniformed police officer. "Madam, the camera is full of photos of that beast. I can provide them to the police as evidence unconditionally. Also, there is chloroform in the cake. You can also send it for testing."

Madam immediately packed the cake and prepared to send it for testing: "Are you a reporter? You look familiar."

Li Huiwen smiled, "Really? I often go to major police stations to interview special prisoners."

"Special prisoners?" Madam was confused, "Prisoners are prisoners, what's so special about them?"

"For example, celebrities who sell drugs, and celebrities who were caught for prostitution, I have interviewed them all."

Madam understood instantly, "So you are a paparazzi reporter." As

soon as the voice fell, a message came in on the pager. After reading it, Madam took out handcuffs from her back pocket.

"Miss Chu, based on the clues you provided, we did find out that Du Shaoren had an adopted daughter in the past. When she was 18 years old, she also prosecuted him for rape. Unfortunately, there were corrupt policemen in the police station at that time, and the case was left unresolved."

"Can the old and new cases be investigated simultaneously?" When Chu Yueqing saw Du Shaoren's face, she found that he had hurt more than one girl.

"Yes." Madam handed the handcuffs to the assistant, "Arrest him and bring him to justice."

The sir took the handcuffs from Madam and handcuffed him. Looking at Du Shaoren, who was unable to move with his eyes open, he muttered to himself.

"It's weird. It's bad enough that he fainted with his eyes open, but the decoration also has to hinder people from doing their work."

As he said that, the sir reached out to take off the yellow talisman.