While struggling, in a daze, Ji He met Jiang Shihe's eyes.
The ferocity in his eyes was no longer concealed; they were like vengeful ghosts crawling out of hell, capable of devouring people completely. The darkness within them was unlike that of a detective solving a case.
A fear of death slowly surfaced in Ji He's eyes.
Yes, she should have thought of that sooner.
Jiang Shihe is no righteous detective. He had already threatened her once before in Fengxian Village, and now...
'Does he really not believe in the evidence?'
Just then, in the midst of her struggle, Ji He belatedly realized what she was thinking—Jiang Shihe, do you really not believe me?
"Ji He, listen carefully to what I'm about to say."
Finally, just as Ji He seemed about to breathe her last, she heard Jiang Shihe's voice. Through her blurred vision, she struggled to look at Jiang Shihe, tears streaming down her face.
At this moment, Jiang Shihe finally released his grip as if taking pity on her, and Ji He immediately went limp and collapsed to the ground.
She braced herself on the ground with both hands, breathing heavily, her forehead beaded with cold sweat.
Even so, Ji He dared not relax, because a fixed, extremely oppressive gaze fell upon her, as if she were being locked onto by a wild beast, unable to escape.
And she looked up, her vision blurred—
The man's tall figure was blocking Ji He's way. The bright sunlight was shining, but when it fell from behind Jiang Shihe, it seemed to shroud him in shadow.
He looked down at her, his gaze lowered as if he were standing high above on a cloud, and said, "There are some words, and some things, that I don't want to hear a second time."
"Keep it to yourself, or else—I'll shut you up."
"..."
Ji He paused for a moment, then said in a hoarse voice, "I know."
After Ji He said those words, the oppressive feeling that had been so pervasive finally disappeared. Only after she relaxed did she realize that her entire back was soaked with sweat.
Ji He couldn't help but look up at Jiang Shihe. The man was holding a coffee cup in one hand and a stack of photos in the other. He didn't seem to care about dealing with them; on the contrary, he organized them very well.
It's as if they're treasuring these photos that were taken while they were being followed.
Just thinking about it sent chills down Ji He's spine.
But at this very moment—
Before Jiang Shihe could finish organizing the photos and enter the police station, Long Qi had already pushed the door open and came out, his face extremely ugly. Upon seeing Jiang Shihe, he didn't even have time to care about Ji He on the ground.
He said directly, "There's a new case."
"What?"
Jiang Shihe paused, somewhat stunned, and said.
At this moment, Long Qi explained, "It's that serial murder case. The killer has struck again, and a second successor has appeared after Zhang Wu, who is also a male college student at F University."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Shihe's expression darkened slightly: "Let's go."
Immediately afterwards, the entire police station became busy again. Soon, Long Qi led the team to set off, while Jiang Shihe accompanied them all the way, leaving Ji He alone sitting in front of the vending machine outside the police station.
She was completely stunned, seemingly not quite reacting.
A moment later, Ji He suddenly sat up. Her intuition as a veteran player immediately made her realize that something was wrong—how could the dungeon, which should have been almost over, suddenly change?
No, global thrillers wouldn't do something so pointless.
Could it be that—
Recalling the current stalemate, Ji He rallied again. At the very end of the dungeon, there would be no useless dungeon design in the global horror.
Just like Fengxian Village, something must be revealed, and this process is probably the biggest breakthrough!
With that thought in mind, she followed him again. As for the menacing Ruan Qing'an, Ji He no longer had the energy to deal with him. She could only hope that the ghost would restrain himself when he was with Jiang Shihe.
As for Jiang Shihe?
He's just an unfathomable madman.
...
By evening, police cars arrived at F University again, and Long Qi quickly led his men to cordon off the crime scene.
But this time the disturbance was much less, and even the number of college students coming and going at F University was much smaller.
No, perhaps it's not just F University, but the entire capital city.
After the scene was cordoned off again, criminal police officers who had arrived earlier quickly ran up to Long Qi and Jiang Shihe.
"Captain Long, Mr. Jiang, you've finally arrived. We've brought the scene under control, and the forensic team is still investigating the specifics."
Long Qi asked in a deep voice, "What's the situation on the ground?"
After saluting, the detective immediately said, "At four o'clock in the afternoon, a security guard was passing by the path behind the three teaching buildings when he found the body on the ground. That's why the security guard chose to report it to the police."
"Captain Long, Mr. Jiang, please take a look."
As they were talking, the detective led the two to the back of the three teaching buildings, where there was a small grove of trees. Right next to the grove was F University's famous Lover's Lake, which was very close by.
Upon closer inspection, they could see the cordon tape. The three of them pulled the tape aside and went inside.
The detective continued, "The security guard who reported the incident said he didn't dare to look too closely, but after reviewing the school's surveillance footage, we discovered that the deceased was a male student from the dance department who fell from the rooftop."
Is suicide a possibility?
"Captain Long, we are still investigating the situation."
Hearing their conversation, Jiang Shihe countered, "There are no surveillance cameras on the rooftop, right? How can you determine that he was a serial killer rather than a suicide?"
Jiang Shihe's words were particularly sharp, after all, the initial report to the police station stated that the serial killer had committed another crime.
The detective gave a wry smile: "Mr. Jiang, although we are investigating the possibility of suicide, we can basically confirm that the deceased had no reason to commit suicide."
"Because the day before, he had bought a gift online, which his friend said was for a girl. Given this situation, we have been unable to find any motive for suicide or any corresponding evidence."
"At the same time, simply put, it was just one night and one day. In this short period of time, there were no witnesses who could prove that any sudden event could have made the deceased suddenly want to commit suicide."
As the detective explained the police's deductions, he led Long Qi and Jiang Shihe to see the body: "Captain Long, Mr. Jiang, this is the body we found."
"Although it's not quite the same as before, it leads us to speculate that the reason the serial killer committed another crime is that all the blood in the victim's body was drained and left on the rooftop."
As the detective spoke, Jiang Shihe and Long Qi both looked over, and couldn't help but frown.
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