Chapter 111: Life and Death
ps: The order of chapters is wrong, embarrassing, this chapter is the last one, please reverse it when you read it
Chang Erbing was suddenly struck by a blessing: "I was just here to handle a mundane missing persons case, but I unexpectedly discovered the trace of [Mask]. I am so lucky."
Chang Erbing quickly took out his cell phone from his pocket and dialed Li Shang's number without hesitation.
As soon as the call was connected, he reported eagerly: "Captain Li, I found a strange mummy in No. 8 Middle School."
He paused deliberately, then emphasized his tone and continued, "It is very similar to Director Wang's mummy!"
Li Shang's voice on the other end of the phone sounded nonchalant and even a little impatient at first, but the next second his voice suddenly rose several degrees. Even through the phone, Chang Erbing could feel Captain Li's excitement.
Chang Erbing immediately stood up straight and responded to the microphone in a loud and firm voice: "Yes, Captain Li, I understand. I promise not to let anyone get to the scene."
Outside the door, Feng Yuhuai covered his stomach with one hand and unconsciously put the other hand into his pocket, tightly holding a rag doll.
Feng Yuhuai was in a state of confusion: "I couldn't help it. The puppet mother was too hungry and urged me too much. I was in a hurry. It was my first time killing someone and I was too flustered and inexperienced. I didn't have time to hide the body. I could only dump Yazhi's body in the toilet."
"Damn it, the police arrived too quickly. The only thing I'm thankful for is that the puppet mother ate rather roughly, and her body was destroyed beyond recognition. This is equivalent to helping me clean up the traces."
While Feng Yuhuai was thinking, he kept his ears perked up the whole time, concentrating on eavesdropping on every word Chang Erbing said on the phone, not daring to miss a single word.
"Huh? The captain seemed to have mentioned a corpse. Is that corpse very similar to Yazhi's?"
Feng Yuhuai was stunned. She lowered her head slightly, her dark eyeballs rolling around in her eye sockets, and a bold but cunning plan to escape the crime quietly hatched in her mind.
“Perhaps, I can take advantage of this…”
Chang Erbing stood up slowly, gently closed the door of the cubicle, then turned and walked towards the toilet exit.
His gaze was cold, like ice, sweeping across the teachers and students who were watching, and he warned them bluntly: "Everyone, please step back and do not enter the toilet without permission. Teacher, please make sure to control the students and avoid causing unnecessary chaos."
Guo Feng looked very unhappy, and he sternly ordered the students who were watching to return to the classroom.
Du Li was extremely anxious. She pushed the crowd away in panic and rushed to the toilet door desperately, but was stopped steadily by Chang Erbing.
"Is that Yang Tuo in there? Is he my son?" Du Li's voice trembled, her eyes were full of despair, and she seemed to be on the verge of collapse.
Chang Erbing was also full of doubts. He suspected that the body in the toilet was Yang Tuo. Otherwise, how could the disappearance of Yang Tuo and the appearance of this body be a simple coincidence? With his professional intuition as a head of the police for many years, Chang Erbing had almost concluded that the body was Yang Tuo, and the murderer was most likely the [Mask] they had been looking for.
Chang Erbing blocked the door tightly and calmly said, "The body inside is unrecognizable. It is difficult to confirm the identity with the naked eye. Don't worry. The body inside may not be Yang Tuo."
"Yang Tuo's mother?" Feng Yuhuai was originally preparing to leave with her classmates, but when she heard this, she stopped involuntarily and her eyes inadvertently swept over Du Li several times.
Taking a deep breath, Feng Yuhuai walked to Du Li nervously but politely and asked softly, "Auntie, didn't Yang Tuo go home last night?"
Du Li's body swayed slightly, and her eyes showed helplessness, as if her mind had stopped thinking. She just instinctively answered Feng Yuhuai's question: "Yes, Yang Tuo didn't go home last night. He told me in the afternoon that he went to the martial arts gym with a girl named Feng Yuhuai, and I haven't heard from him since then."
Feng Yuhuai took a deep breath: "Auntie, I am Feng Yuhuai."
Du Li's eyes suddenly widened and she looked at Feng Yuhuai without blinking.
Chang Erbing's pupils shrank slightly, his eyes fixed on Feng Yuhuai's unusually pale face, and countless thoughts in his mind swirled into a whirlpool.
Then, he asked in a deep voice: "Feng Yuhuai, what did Yang Tuo do with you yesterday?"
Feng Yuhuai did not rush to answer, but just nodded slowly, with an indescribable complex emotion in her eyes.
Chang Erbing's gaze seemed to penetrate Feng Yuhuai's cheeks. He wanted to confirm from her expression whether the latter was the murderer of Yang Tuo, but he also didn't want to see through that seemingly beautiful face to see if there was a "mask" hiding a predatory person.
While asking the question, Chang Erbing's hand had quietly slid to his lower back and gently touched the handle of the gun.
It can only be said that Chang Erbing had not personally experienced the thrilling incident in the "Black Pillar" community that night, and had not faced the cruel blood and terror of that night, which gave him the courage to touch the gun.
Otherwise, Chang Erbing’s first reaction at this moment would probably be to turn around and run away.
Feng Yuhuai frowned slightly, as if trying to recall the details of yesterday: "Yesterday afternoon, Yang Tuo and I went to the Canglong Martial Arts Hall together. After practicing martial arts, we left there, and he accompanied me to the Fourth Hospital. After that, he personally sent me back home and then left."
After finishing her narration, Feng Yuhuai's tone revealed a hint of concern. She looked at Du Li again and asked softly, "Didn't Yang Tuo go home last night? Did something happen?"
Before Du Li could say anything, Chang Erbing snorted coldly and asked, "How do you know that Yang Tuo didn't come home last night?"
Feng Yuhuai shook his head: "I don't know, I'm just guessing, because Yang Tuo didn't come to class as usual this morning, and this aunt just asked if the body in the toilet was Yang Tuo, which made me think..."
Feng Yuhuai said cautiously: "If the body inside is indeed Yang Tuo, then he probably did not return home last night, but went directly back to school, and then in the toilet..."
Like Feng Mu, Feng Yuhuai can also learn how to lie without any instruction.
She had thought about telling the police the truth about the attack last night and that Yang Tuo had "disappeared".
After all, theoretically speaking, Feng Yuhuai was also a victim last night, but, no!
Because she was infected by the puppet mother's seed, her identity could no longer be cleared, and her hands were stained with blood this morning from feeding the puppet mother.
Feng Yuhuai was guilty as a thief, so she had to cover up the truth of last night, whether it was the black clinic, the puppet mother, or protecting Feng Mu from disaster.
Feng Yuhuai had thought about covering up only the part about the black clinic and revealing the rest, turning it into the story on the taxi radio where the hero died to protect the heroine.
But in the end, Feng Yuhuai did not do so, because that might prompt the police station to point the finger at Feng Mu.
Feng Yuhuai was not worried about Feng Mu, she was doing it purely for her own sake, because if the police station learned about the "black-handed monster" from Feng Mu, and if they arrested him, then the fact that she was rescued by the puppet mother's minions last night might also be exposed.
Feng Yuhuai didn't dare to gamble if there was even the slightest possibility of this happening, so even though she felt aggrieved, she had to cover up the trouble that had happened to herself and Feng Mu.
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Feng Yuhuai did not continue speaking, but covered his lips tightly and made a retching sound in his throat, as if he was going to vomit at the next moment.
Chang Erbing frowned and thought to himself: Feng Yuhuai's reaction doesn't seem to be fake, so her guess is reasonable.
He couldn't help but suspect that this case might have nothing to do with this girl, and Yang Tuo might indeed have returned to school alone after parting with her, as she said, and then was brutally murdered by [Mask] on campus.
After all, he could see that Feng Yuhuai's expression of intense physical discomfort did not seem like an act, and how could a person who had such a violent reaction to seeing a corpse create such a horrific scene.
But he had not yet completely dispelled his suspicion, so he continued to ask: "What are you doing at the Fourth Hospital?"
Feng Yuhuai hesitated for a moment, but still answered honestly: "My father was seriously injured while on a mission some time ago and was admitted to the Fourth Hospital."
Chang Erbing seemed to realize something and asked, "On a mission? Who is your father?"
Feng Yuhuai answered: "My father is Feng Ju, the head of the police station. Yesterday, my father asked me to go to the hospital to get the bone-refining pill. Yang Tuo accompanied me. It was already late when we left the hospital. Yang Tuo was worried about my safety at night, so he insisted on sending me home. I didn't expect..."
Feng Yuhuai's face showed deep sorrow, and two crystal tears rolled down from the corners of his eyes.
In her sadness, she seemed to still hold on to a glimmer of hope. She turned her gaze to Chang Erbing and asked in a trembling voice, "Is that person in the toilet really Yang Tuo?"
After hearing Feng Ju's name, Chang Erbing's doubts were basically dissipated.
On the one hand, Feng Ju is his colleague, and Feng Yuhuai, as a family member of the police station, is naturally one of their own and should not be subject to unwarranted suspicion; on the other hand, Feng Ju has now suffered a broken arm and is seriously injured due to the attack by [Mask], and Feng Yuhuai, as his daughter, cannot possibly be [Mask] in terms of both emotion and logic.
Chang Erbing slowly withdrew his hand from his lower back. His explanation was simple and calm: "The identity of the deceased has not yet been determined. Don't ask too many questions."
Feng Yuhuai nodded slightly to show her understanding. She looked at Yang Tuo's mother again. Du Li seemed to have lost her soul and her eyes were empty.
Feng Yuhuai sighed lightly, slowly walked down the stairs and headed towards the dormitory.
When I returned to the dormitory, the room was empty.
Feng Yuhuai sat by her bed, and after a while, her heartbeat gradually calmed down. She took out a colorful doll from her pocket and gently placed it next to her pillow.
Then she went to the bathroom, turned on the faucet, and let the water continuously wash her hands. Lu Yazhi's heart-wrenching cry seemed to still echo in her ears.
"I'm sorry, Yazhi, I really have no choice. The puppet mother is hungry, and I really can't do anything. You once said that I am your best sister and you will help me no matter what difficulties I encounter. So, you won't blame me, right?"
Feng Yuhuai talked to herself for a long time, and when she walked out of the bathroom, her eyes were still a little dazed.
After a while, Feng Yuhuai picked up her phone and called Lu Yazhi. As she expected, no one answered the call.
She hung up the phone, as if Lu Yazhi was still alive, and sent her a text message: "Yazhi, why didn't you come to class this morning? Something big happened in the school, and a body was found in the toilet. I heard from the police that the body might be Yang Tuo..."
During her lifetime, Lu Yazhi was Feng Yuhuai's closest friend, and there were almost no secrets between the two.
Even though Lu Yazhi has passed away, Feng Yuhuai still habitually shares campus gossip with her, as if Lu Yazhi is still by her side.
……..(End of this chapter)
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