Suddenly, a sharp tinnitus sounded in Qi Mi's ears, and his head felt like it was about to explode. He was in so much pain that he broke out in cold sweats.
The faces of He Qixuan and Xu Wei flickered in front of him, their mouths opening and closing as they said something, but Qi Mi didn't hear a word they said. As the lightning flashed by, he became pale and saw blood-like rain falling outside the kitchen window.
He grabbed his head with his hands and took deep breaths. His headache was so severe that he could only regain some clarity by banging his head against the hard counter over and over again.
After an unknown amount of time, the tinnitus subsided and the concerned voices of He Qixuan and Xu Wei finally reached Qi Mi's ears.
Qi Mi seemed to have escaped a disaster and slowly leaned towards the cabinet, cold sweat soaking his clothes.
Like washing with water.
After a few seconds of being out of focus, his eyes gradually recovered and regained their luster.
"How are you? Are you okay?" Xu Wei frowned.
Qi Mi licked his dry lips, nodded, and stood up with his hands on the ground: "It's okay..."
He Qixuan and Xu Wei tactfully stood on his left and right, helping him walk from the kitchen back to the living room.
The people in the living room had complicated expressions. When they saw Qi Mi coming back, they all made room for him.
Qi Mi pulled a few pieces of paper from the table, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and sat back down by the window as if nothing had happened. "Continue."
Several people were curious but didn't dare to look directly at Qi Mi. They all glanced at Xu Wei and He Qixuan, asking what had just happened.
In the eye contact among the crowd, only Cao Mingze seemed to be indifferent to the matter, with an ambiguous smile on his face.
When he said those words, he had actually anticipated how Qi Mi would react. He knew Qi Mi's irritable and quick-tempered nature, so he deliberately provoked her.
Then when other people turned around to talk to him, Cao Mingze regained his usual honest expression of a peacemaker, looking as innocent as a victim, and said that he knew nothing.
Qi Mi stared at Cao Mingze silently.
Although his eyes looked murderous, he pretended to be calm.
After regaining his senses, Qi Mi realized that Cao Mingze just wanted to deliberately provoke him and make him act like a madman in front of these people.
The more restless he is, the more likely he is to arouse suspicion from others.
Even if he is turned into a dangerous person, if there is a voting session for murderers, he will definitely be the first choice of others due to his emotional excitement.
There is no evidence for what happened back then, and even the reasonable inferences that everyone makes now are just inferences. Although Cao Mingze has personally admitted in front of Qi's fans that he killed someone, no one has any evidence to prove his point.
It was because of this that Cao Mingze revealed the fact that he had killed someone without any scruples, enjoying the pleasure of Qi's fans knowing the truth but not being able to find any evidence against him.
After all, Cao Mingze has always been known for his honesty and simplicity, and no one would suspect that he would be the murderer.
Including Qi fans themselves.
If Cao Mingze had not deliberately blown himself up, he would not have suspected this honest man.
"Qimi, is the B&B owner's daughter your girlfriend?"
Mao Xiang's words brought Qi Mi back to his senses. When he came to his senses, he found that several people were looking at him with pity.
Including Cao Mingze.
Qi Mi felt annoyed for no reason and avoided their gazes: "Yeah."
"Oh, that's such a pity. Who could have thought that something like that would happen that night?" Cao Mingze seemed to be comforting, but in fact he was being sarcastic.
Qi Mi suddenly clenched his fists and glared at him.
After a brief chat, the seven continued to discuss the murderer.
Listening to the increasingly unreliable things they were saying, even drifting into some metaphysical realm, Qi Mi glanced at Cao Mingze, who was secretly chuckling, and tried to pull their thoughts back: "Maybe we should think about it another way. Liang Hui said that the same person who killed him and Qiqi was the one who killed him. Why don't we discuss who killed Liang Hui?"
At this moment, Li Hui's mind raced, and he raised his hand: "That's not right. Liang Hui is right here. Why should we just ask him directly? Why are we still guessing?"
Everyone suddenly realized - that's right, Liang Hui couldn't just ask him directly here? He would definitely know who killed him!
Qi Mi glanced at the sky above the house and said calmly, "The ghost is not as powerful as we think. He is just a consciousness now and cannot accurately convey information to us."
"What should we do then?" someone asked.
Qi Mi looked at them, and his gaze finally fell on Cao Mingze: "If Liang Hui possesses him, maybe it will work."
As soon as these words came out, everyone was once again entangled:
"Possessed... possessed by a ghost, it's like a resurrection from the dead, right?"
"What if Liang Hui doesn't leave?"
…
After all, no one is willing to take the risk.
"Then let me do it." Qi Mi slowly stood up and accidentally extinguished another candle while walking, which shocked everyone and made them open their eyes wide.
Only three candles remained.
The room grew darker.
Only occasional flashes of lightning could illuminate the room's true appearance.
Qi Mi walked to the corner of the room, picked up a mirror, and stood in the middle of the room. "When the bell rings, you can ask me questions. But a ghost can't tell me much, only yes and no. When you're done asking questions, come over and smash the mirror in my hand and call me back."
Everyone nodded, not quite understanding.
Xu Wei hadn't realized Qi Mi had such a small magical power, and couldn't help asking, "How do you know ghosts can be possessed like this? Have you tried it?"
Qi Mi raised his eyes and curled his lips slightly: "Guess?"
Xu Wei: “…”
Qi Mi was now holding a mirror in his hand. From everyone's perspective, when he smiled, an upside-down smile appeared in the mirror, and there was blood on the mirror surface, which made people's scalps numb.
No one dared to talk to him anymore.
Not long after, the sound of bells began to ring again in the quiet house, and it became more and more rapid.
Everyone held their breath and stared at Qi Mi.
He just let out a long, confident sigh, and the bell stopped ringing.
Qi Mi lowered his brows and stared at the ground, as if he had lost his soul.
He Qixuan was quite courageous. After exchanging glances with the others, he took the initiative to speak to Qi Mi: "Are you... Liang Hui now?"
"yes."
A very tired sigh.
Everyone was shocked and frightened, and their nerves were all tense.
Maybe it was because the atmosphere was too eerie, but they felt that Qi Mi, who was only 1.8 meters tall, looked disproportionately over two meters tall, looking down at them, which was quite oppressive.
Several people helped him stand up slowly, and he was able to regain some balance.
Mao Xiang usually talks a lot, but now that he has the chance to speak, he really doesn't say anything. He just keeps prodding He Qixuan and asking, "Hurry up and tell me who the murderer is."
He Qixuan rolled his eyes at him and asked, feeling forced into a corner, "Then Liang Hui, who killed you?"
“…”
Qi Mi remained silent.
Mao Xiang reacted for a moment and shook He Qixuan's arm: "Didn't you hear Qi Mi say that ghosts can only respond with yes or no? What do you expect him to say when you ask him that?"
"Then you come!" He Qixuan pulled his hand out of his arms and moved away unhappily.
"I'll do it if I want..." Mao Xiang raised his hand and pointed at He Qixuan, asking directly, "Liang Hui, was it He Qixuan who killed you?"
"no."
"Is that me, Mao Xiang?"
"no."
Hearing this answer, Mao Xiang smiled and breathed a sigh of relief.
Xu Wei rolled his eyes at him speechlessly, thinking that he still didn't know whether he was the murderer. He cleared his throat, pointed at Cao Mingze and asked, "Did Lao Cao kill you?"
Qi Mi raised his eyes and said in a clear voice, "Yes."
It happened almost in the blink of an eye. After hearing this answer, the people who were originally standing next to Cao Mingze all took a few steps back, isolating him alone.
Cao Mingze said innocently, "It really wasn't me. I'm afraid of bugs, how could I kill someone? Xiangzi, you and I were in the same room that night, and we turned off the lights and went to bed before 11 o'clock. Did you forget?!"
"I haven't forgotten...but Liang Hui has identified you as the murderer." Mao Xiang hid behind Xu Wei and poked his head out to explain.
Cao Mingze pointed at Qi Mi and said, "No, you really believe that Liang Hui possessed Qi Mi? Didn't you see Qi Mi yelling and screaming at me just now? Don't you suspect that he's deliberately playing tricks on me?"
Several people seemed to be moved by these words and were at a loss for a moment.
Cao Mingze sighed, "I know Qi Mi must be upset after losing his girlfriend, but you can't just frame someone. You don't know me yet. I wouldn't even dare to kill a fish, so how could I possibly kill someone? I think Qi Mi might have missed his girlfriend too much and gone insane. He's a pitiful man."
Everyone didn't know what to say, so they just remained silent.
A few minutes later, He Qixuan, who had been the first to sort out a line of thought from the chaotic logic, spoke up: "This matter is actually quite simple. We just need to ask Liang Hui questions that Qi Mi doesn't know. By seeing how he answers, we'll know if Liang Hui is possessed, right?"
"That makes sense!" Mao Xiang agreed. "Then let me ask you a question. Liang Hui, do you remember where you sat on the bus when we went to the B&B?"
Qi Mi didn't go that day, and taking the bus was random, so it's really only Liang Hui himself who will remember it.
Mao Xiang asked around, and Qi fans all answered no.
It was not until he asked, "Are you standing?" that Qi Mi slowly uttered one word: "Yes."
Everyone was reminiscing about their bus ride that day, but several couldn't quite remember. Only Mao Xiang, upon hearing this answer, excitedly admitted he was Liang Hui. "I remember it clearly. Liang Hui stood next to me the entire way. Yes, it was him! Liang Hui is back!"
After proving that Qi Mi was really possessed by Liang Hui, his words became completely credible.
Everyone immediately stood opposite Cao Mingze and stared at him.
Mao Xiang, the fence-sitter, immediately glared again: "Lao Cao, I never thought it would be you!"
"It wasn't me!" Cao Mingze said anxiously, "Why would I kill an innocent girl and the owner of the B&B for no reason? It really wasn't me!"
Li Hui: "So you think Liang Hui deceived us?"
"It's possible he's still a Qi fan! What if Qi fan was chatting with Liang Hui that day and happened to know he was standing there the entire time? Just based on that one sentence, you concluded he was Liang Hui and I were the murderer?" Cao Mingze asked back, "You say I killed someone, do you have any evidence?"
In the silence, a deep voice slowly spoke:
"yes."
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