Merchant of the Underworld

Sure enough, my guess was right.

She told me that she seemed to have been involved in a life-threatening lawsuit and was still in the police station.

I immediately felt my scalp numb. I asked for the location of the police station without asking, and hurried there.

I don't know why I am so worried about her? In fact, I was just so nervous at that time that I didn’t have time to think too much.

After arriving at the door of the police station, I called Yin Xinyue. Not long after, a middle-aged police officer came out and led me into the office.

Yin Xinyue was sitting in the office at the moment, pouting and looking a little sad. After seeing me, she actually started to cry, crying like pear blossoms with rain, her eyes blurred with tears.

I hugged her a little distressed and said it was okay, don’t cry, wasn’t I here?

The police officer handed me his business card and introduced himself with a smile: "Hello, Mr. Zhang, I have heard of your name. My name is Li Yuntian, and I am the current captain of the Criminal Police Brigade."

"Hello, Officer Li." I immediately shook hands with him: "Excuse me, what happened?"

Li Yuntian smiled bitterly and said: "I don't know how to explain it specifically, but this case is a bit weird! I have been on duty for so many years, and I have never seen such a weird case..."

With that said, Li Yuntian briefly described the case to me.

At around five o'clock this morning, the police received a report that a particularly bad murder had occurred in Binjiang Community.

The police were dispatched immediately and saw the murder scene on the third floor of the community.

A young woman, whose head was cut off with only a piece of skin connected to her neck, was lying on the stairs of the community, her head facing down, and she kept crawling. Her blood dyed more than a dozen stairs red, and the scene was shocking.

The door to the deceased's house was open, and blood stains spread all the way from the room. The police immediately determined that this was a particularly brutal murder, immediately protected the scene and searched for all relevant clues.

After searching like this, they felt more and more incredible about this case...

First, they discovered through the surveillance video in the corridor that the deceased's head had been severed when he crawled out of the house. It stands to reason that such a person must be dead and cannot die anymore, but she is still alive and climbed all the way from home to the stairs, which makes her extremely angry.

Secondly, the wounds on the neck of the deceased were very neat, and it was obvious that his head was cut off directly with a sharp knife. However, no murder weapon was found in the deceased's home, and there were not even fingerprints of a third party.

What is even more bizarre is that at four o'clock in the morning, two hours after the death of the deceased, two phone calls were made.

One of the calls was to Yin Xinyue, and the other was to an unknown number. But until now, the police have not found the owner of the unknown number.

Moreover, the last person the deceased had contact with before his death was Yin Xinyue, so the police called Yin Xinyue to record a statement.

My hair stood on end, and the clothes on my back were all wet. Only a layer of skin is left connecting the neck and head, and he can still crawl out of the house.

Could it be that it was a fake corpse?

I looked at Li Yuntian with a bit of horror: "Officer Li, what is the police's conclusion now?"

Li Yuntian took out a cigarette and handed it to me with a frown on his face: "How do you ask us to conclude a case like this? This is completely a headless case. There is no way to investigate it with normal means. Alas, it's really disappointing. People have headaches.”

"Forget it, let's go!" Li Yuntian waved his hand: "But Miss Yin, please try not to travel far recently so that we can summon you at any time. In addition, we suspect that the deceased's last phone call was made by the murderer. Yes. It is impossible for the murderer to call you for no reason. Please be careful during this period. If you feel it is necessary, you can apply for police protection."

Yin Xinyue shook her head. Her face was pale and she had no intention of caring about any of this. She said thank you and walked out of the police station with me.

After leaving the police station, I immediately asked Yin Xinyue, what was the relationship between the dead person and her?

Yin Xinyue said: "We are considered best friends! We are former college classmates. We studied in the acting department and are currently interns in the company."

I asked: "What did you do the last time you met her?"

"My best friend has a hobby of collecting calligraphy and paintings. Yesterday I went to the antique market with her and bought a pair of ancient calligraphy and paintings." Speaking of this, Yin Xinyue looked at me with a strange look: "The reason why I asked you to come is because……"

"Do you think it's something evil that's causing trouble?" I suddenly interrupted Yin Xinyue's words.

Yin Xinyue nodded: "Yes."

I took a breath and smoked a cigarette quietly: "So, you want me to help solve the case?"

Yin Xinyue smiled bitterly: "I don't know, but she died inexplicably like this. I'm really worried that she won't be reconciled and turns into a ghost and comes to me. Alas, I'm quite confused at the moment..."

I patted her shoulder: "Actually, I probably can't help with this kind of thing. It's not that I can't deal with negative things. It's actually the police handling cases, especially the mainland police handling cases. It's impossible to deal with such things as supernatural beings." It depends on the incident. They will definitely find a bunch of experts to use science to explain all this. If you say there is something evil at work, will they believe it?"

Yin Xinyue nodded and said, "Then don't worry about it. Anyway, I'm innocent. I won't do anything wrong, and I'm not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door."

I patted Yin Xinyue on the shoulder, comforted her and said it was okay, I will take you home first.

When I sent Yin Xinyue home, I realized that this girl actually lived in a villa by herself. I'm a little surprised. How can a secretary of an entertainment company have a huge amount of money to buy a villa?

Could it be that this girl...has recognized her godfather? But I think it’s unlikely, because I’ve never seen this girl being close to any man, especially an older one.

Yin Xinyue said that something happened to her best friend and she didn't dare to live alone anymore, so she wanted me to stay with her for a few days.

I saw that she was really scared, so I nodded and agreed. It just so happened that I could also experience the life of a rich person. If it doesn't work out, I will buy a villa in the future and realize Diaosi's dream of counterattack.

Yin Xinyue was in a bad mood, so she went to bed early and didn't even eat dinner. I was bored in my free time, so I sat in the living room and watched TV.

Until the early morning, sleepiness came over me, and then I fell asleep.

But I felt like I was woken up not long after I closed my eyes. I opened my eyes drowsily and found Yin Xinyue standing in front of me crying, shaking my arm gently.

I woke up immediately and quickly asked Yin Xinyue what happened?

Yin Xinyue gingerly handed me the phone and said, "She...she sent me a text message again."

My scalp suddenly exploded, and I immediately sat up halfway: "Who sent you a text message?"

"My dead best friend."

I immediately picked up the phone. There were two missed calls and a text message on the phone. The text message read: "Have you seen my hand?"

Grass!

I was so frightened that I almost dropped my phone on the ground: "Are you sure it's your best friend's number?"

Yin Xinyue nodded: "It's absolutely not wrong."

I couldn't sleep anymore, so I quickly turned on the lights in the living room and comforted Yin Xinyue, saying that someone might be playing a prank. The phone should be at the police station now. Did Yin Xinyue offend any police officer, so the other party deliberately made a joke.

Yin Xinyue quickly shook her head and said that she had never offended anyone in the police.

I frowned immediately and said to stay up until dawn! Then go to the police station and ask, and everything will be clear.

As a result, before we went to the police station, we received a call from Li Yuntian first.

Li Yuntian's voice sounded a little nervous, and his words were stammering. It was obvious that his thoughts were very confused.

But I finally heard clearly what Li Yuntian meant. What he said was: the hands of the deceased were missing.

This is exactly the same as the content of that text message!

I took a deep breath and glanced at Yin Xinyue. Yin Xinyue was completely frightened.

And Li Yuntian on the other end of the phone, after brewing his emotions for a while, suddenly said that he wanted to invite me out for a drink.

I said I don't drink.

Li Yuntian said: "It doesn't matter if you don't drink. I'll treat you to tea. That's it. See you at Qingyun Tea House."

After saying that, Li Yuntian hung up the phone without giving me any chance to refuse.

I put down my phone helplessly and said to Yin Xinyue: "Are all the police officers shameless? Before I agreed, he took it upon himself to invite me to tea..."

Yin Xinyue suddenly understood and smiled sheepishly at me: "I'm sorry, Brother Zhang, I've dragged you into the water again."

"It's okay." I said, "What's supposed to come will always come!"

Yin Xinyue and I both knew that Li Yuntian probably couldn't bear it any longer, so he decided to take the opportunity of drinking tea to ask for help from me, a ghost dealer!