I killed him.
The murderous aura dissipated, and the group stood wearily in place, silently processing what had happened.
Lin Chaoying asked Qian Fei beside her, "How did Qin Ming control the scar?"
Qian Fei: "Handcuffs are similar to inhibitors; they can suppress superpowers."
Qin Ming checked her injuries. "Can you still move?"
Qian Fei patted his chest casually, "He's not dead."
Lin Chaoying gave Qin Ming a look, gesturing for him to look behind him, and said, "Are you going to feed me candy again?"
Qin Ming rubbed his head in frustration. "Are there any candles left?"
Qian Fei: "Yes, Kong Yue left a few more. I put them in your room. You can light them for them later."
Qin Ming: "You know the location of 12th Street, right?"
Lin Chaoying nodded.
Qin Ming: "Please, I'll leave the car here and take Qian Fei and Scarface back to Kong Yue to handle."
Lin Chaoying: "Okay."
Qin Ming said apologetically, "I'll compensate you for any damage to the guesthouse later."
Lin Chaoying patted his shoulder urgingly, "You should hurry up and take the money back for treatment."
After the three left, Lin Chaoying looked at the mess on the ground, sighed heavily, and dared not turn around for a moment, feeling as if her back was being stared through.
"Sis! Are you alright?!" Linlin ran out of the guesthouse first, asking anxiously, "The blood on your face..."
Lin Chaoying gave a bitter smile, biting her lower lip guiltily. Inwardly, she cursed: Qin Ming!!! He always leaves her with a mess!
Thinking about how to explain, and then pretending to light candles for a few people normally, she felt miserable. She took a deep breath and turned away.
Jiang Chuan Gu stood at the door, leaning on a wooden stick. His beautiful face was swollen and red, and there were finger marks on his neck. Blood dripped from his hands onto the ground.
The moment he looked into Lin Chaoying's eyes, all the strength in his body vanished, his legs went weak, and he fell straight backward with his head tilted back.
"Jiang Chuan Valley!" Lin Chaoying tried to grab him, but their hands just missed each other, and he fell to the ground with a thud.
Zhou Pei was standing nearby checking on Li Ming and Jiang Xu's injuries. Finding them to be alright, he turned his head and caught a glimpse of a fleeting, cunning look in someone's eyes as they collapsed...
Jiang Xu: "Jiangchuan Valley!"
Zhou Pei pulled him back with one hand, turned her back, and said in a low, surprised voice, "You didn't notice?"
Jiang Xu was completely bewildered and asked, "What did you see?"
Li Ming interjected, "Jiang Chuan Gu is physically weak."
Jiang Xu retorted, "You're the weak one! He was the one taking all the damage just now!"
Zhou Pei wished she could smash those two wooden heads to pieces.
Lin Chaoying helped Jiang Chuangu up and carefully examined his injuries. She regretfully said, "I should have let Qin Ming take you back just now! Where does it hurt? Should I take you to the hospital or to Twelfth Street to find Kong Yue?"
What pained her most was that large swollen patches appeared on her beautiful face, as if her mouth was stuffed with cotton.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Jiang Chuan Gu grabbed her hand. Not daring to support himself fully, he only used a token amount of strength to stand up with difficulty. Then, frowning, he said, "I'm fine. Just don't lock me in there next time..."
This feeling was extremely unpleasant for him, even more painful than his current physical injuries.
Before, when they were one human and one ghost, they always stood united against the outside world. Now that Lin Chaoying has recovered, her first reaction is to push him away, abandon him, and turn to face the outside world with others.
Lin Chaoying was speechless, and stammered, "No... I want to..."
“I know,” Jiang Chuangu interrupted, his tone both forceful and perfectly timed. “You saw it yourself, I can help you. Even without superpowers, I can take a few blows for you… Besides…” A hint of hatred surfaced in his eyes, “I know who the murderer is. You can’t use the excuse of protecting me to stop me from killing Scarface… Lin Chaoying… I’m not 17 anymore…”
Lin Chaoying didn't know how to respond and stood there dumbfounded.
With a serious expression, Leon Lai suddenly said, "I miss my brother."
Jiang Xu sighed and put her arm around his shoulder to comfort him. Seeing that he could express his feelings so frankly beneath his strong exterior, it was clear that Li Chao and his family truly loved and doted on him.
"Cough cough-" Jiang Chuan Gu covered his chest and pretended to cough a few times.
Lin Chaoying looked him over carefully, "Is he injured somewhere internally?"
"No." Jiang Chuan Gu suddenly released her hand and said considerately, "You go and explain to them first. I'll wait for you here. Once you've dealt with it, we'll go to Twelfth Street. I want to see Scarface."
"Okay, then wait for me." Lin Chaoying snapped out of her reverie and remembered something more important. She beckoned the others to go into the guesthouse. "I have something to tell you. Wait for me at the restaurant."
After saying that, she picked up a candle, lit it quickly, and wisps of smoke drifted intermittently into the sky. The four people looked at Lin Chaoying with suspicion as she placed the candle in the middle of the table.
Linlin: "Sister, what's this?"
Zhou Pei: "Is it really that atmospheric?"
Lin Chaoying forced a smile, thinking to herself: I forgot to ask how long it would take to take effect. What if I have to wait until the whole root burns out?
Unexpectedly, with a "bang," Jiang Xu collapsed onto the table, and immediately afterward, the other three fainted.
"So fast!" Lin Chaoying exclaimed, taking out her phone to dial Qin Ming's number.
Lin Chaoying: "I've taken care of things here. Now that I'm going over, how long can the candles keep them asleep? I still need to find someone to restore the guesthouse."
Qin Ming: "Don't worry, ten hours should be enough. I'll give you a few more when you get back tonight."
Lin Chaoying: "Won't this affect their brains or something?"
Qin Ming: "No, this is less harmful than candy, since it's a dream-dissolving effect, not a memory erasure."
After hanging up the phone, Lin Chaoying helped Jiang Chuangu into the car. The gates to the courtyard and the guesthouse were all broken. For their safety, she had to drag the four of them back to their rooms separately and lock the doors.
After operating the equipment together, she felt as if she had run 10 kilometers with a heavy load, and she was completely exhausted.
Jiang Chuan Gu's condition is getting worse and worse. At first, he pretended to be weak, but now he has to pretend that he is fine. After all, after taking several punches from Scarface, his internal organs feel like they have all shifted.
When the two arrived at 12th Street, fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead from the pain.
Kong Yuebai's lab coat was covered in blood. As she took Jiang Chuangu from him, she angrily cursed Qin Ming: "If you dare to mess things up like this again, I'm really quitting!"
Lin Chaoying was terrified, "What happened to Qian Fei?"
Kong Yue comforted her, saying, "It's okay, you'll recover in an hour. The blood is from the scar."
When Jiang Chuan Gu was being helped to lie down on the bed, he heard this and angrily said, "He only left this much?"
"Don't talk," Lin Chaoying reminded him. "If you feel unwell, say it. Don't hold it in!"
Kong Yue closed the door and began to examine him.
Qin Ming: "Are you alright? Chai Yan is still locked in the interrogation room in the basement. Scarface just finished his injection, so the interrogation will have to wait."
Lin Chaoying moved her limbs. "I'm fine. I used my superpower several times quickly this time, so why didn't my body resist?"
Qin Ming explained, "After you were injured in the fight with Li Ming last time, Kong Yue used the most expensive medicinal herbs to help you recover. She also used acupuncture to clear your meridians. You stayed in a coma for seven days, so of course your physique is different now. I heard from Qian Fei that you can now fully adapt to your superpowers."
In a way, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise. After thinking it over, she said, "Alright, since you saved my life, I won't make you pay for the guesthouse this time!"
Qin Ming's eyes lit up, "Really!"
Lin Chaoying: "Let's hurry up and leave! We've all forgotten everything when money is mentioned!"
The style of the two underground floors of Twelfth Street is quite different from that of the upper floors. A light is lit in the middle of the dark corridor, mainly to create atmosphere rather than for illumination.
Lin Chaoying didn't see clearly and almost tripped over the gray carpet on the ground, complaining, "Qin Ming, why is the decoration here like a basement?"
Under the dim light, Qin Ming raised the corners of his mouth, "Isn't it atmospheric? Every criminal's psychological defenses will be shattered by me in such a repressive environment!"
"Heh." Lin Chaoying rolled her eyes.
When they entered the interrogation room, the slender and elegant woman was sitting on a small stool in the middle of the room, her limbs firmly locked.
Qin Ming turned on the computer and recording equipment. "Hello, Chai Yan."
Chai Yan is indeed strikingly beautiful. Approaching forty, she has fair, rosy skin and long, smooth, straight black hair draped over her shoulders.
Based on her past experiences, Lin Chaoying sensed a resilient quality in her.
She nodded slightly and said in a calm tone, "Hello."
Qin Ming cut to the chase, "Did you ever think we'd come looking for you?"
Chai Yan was unusually calm, as if she had expected this day to come. She said, "Thank you, please let me take my child to school first."
Qin Ming spoke sharply, throwing out two photos with a menacing air: "Scarface has been caught by us. After the drug was administered, he will tell us the truth, so he can't escape his crimes. Your blood has also been collected, and whether you are a superhuman will be determined. Today, you only need to explain three things clearly: first, whether you are involved in the brainwashing of the two witnesses; second, whether you have joined the Ghost Gate; and third, whether you have used your superpowers to kill ordinary people."
Lin Chaoying realized Qin Ming's role; he wouldn't let the other party's hidden motives or whether they were weak influence his judgment.
Chai Yan raised her head, looked directly at Qin Ming, and said calmly, "I admit to helping Scarface brainwash the two witnesses, but I have not joined the Ghost Gate, nor have I harmed anyone!"
Qin Ming: "First, explain your relationship with Scarface and how you specifically carried out the brainwashing process."
Chai Yan: "Scarface helped me before. After he killed someone this time, he came to me and begged me to help him. At dawn on May 6, I hypnotized the police officer to leave the hospital, entered the ward, took Linlin's phone, hypnotized her, and left. Later, Scarface came to me again and said that Dawn was about to investigate him, so he asked me to help hypnotize Dawn at the police station to divert attention."
Qin Ming was not satisfied with the answer and questioned, "Helped you? What did Scarface do to help you?"
Chai Yan: "He helped me...get a divorce..."
Lin Chaoying and Qin Ming exchanged a glance.
Qin Ming asked, puzzled, "Could you please explain more clearly?"
Chai Yan: "Back then, he found me and said that I was different from ordinary people and that I could take revenge by entering the Ghost Gate. But at that time, I had a child and I just wanted to get a divorce and live an ordinary life. He agreed to help me get a divorce, but later he asked me to do something to repay him."
Lin Chaoying asked, "When he contacted you, his supernatural abilities were already present. Why couldn't you hypnotize your husband to divorce you?"
Chai Yan: "At that time, I had just awakened and didn't know how to use it or how to trigger it. You can see my phone conversations to see my connection with Scarface, or you can ask Scarface yourself."
Qin Ming changed the subject, "Explain why your and Linlin's testimonies are exactly the same?"
Chai Yan: "That day I was summoned. The information about Scarface was sent over, but it didn't say who Li Ming was. I could only hypnotize the police to get the information. Unexpectedly, another police came in. Before I could give my testimony, I could only hypnotize the police to copy Lin Lin's testimony."
It actually coincides with my guess?
Qin Ming: "Are you aware of the deaths of Ma Feng, Miao Cheng, and Yang Wei?"
Chai Yan's eyes finally showed emotion. After a few seconds of hesitation, she sneered, "Dead?"
Qin Ming and Lin Chaoying quietly scrutinized her.
Unexpectedly, she suddenly burst into laughter, and as she laughed, tears streamed down her face. She couldn't utter a complete sentence, her whole being enveloped in intense sorrow, as if all her struggles were in vain.
The sobbing lasted for more than a minute.
When Chai Yan looked up again, her red-rimmed eyes were filled with resentment, and she said sarcastically, "I killed him."
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