Lu Xinhong continued, "At first, the two of them exchanged roles only during exams, but later, it developed to include classes that Chen Yanyan didn't want to take, parties that she didn't want to attend, and sometimes, even social events that Chen Yanyan didn't want to go to were given to Fan Xin."
"Their body shapes are similar. Fan Xin is a very serious person. As long as she wants to imitate, there will be almost no flaws. She also taught Chen Yanyan a lot, telling Chen Yanyan how to imitate their postures, small movements, habits, and preferences. After a long time, I slowly couldn't tell them apart..."
The exorcist leaned forward slightly: "Why have you never mentioned this?"
"Because Chen Yanyan said that if any of us tell others, we will 'pay the price'." Lu Honghong closed his eyes, "We are just ordinary people. We don't know anything about exorcism. Who knows how Chen Yanyan will retaliate. We seem to be friends on the surface, but we are actually quite hypocritical."
He laughed dryly a few times: "Besides, I think the matter of 'exchanging identities' has nothing to do with the murder case, so I never mentioned it."
"The reason I wanted to talk about this today is to get rid of something that was on my mind." He let out a long sigh. "After talking about it, I really feel much more relaxed."
Lu Xihong finally smiled and said, "However, Fan Xin has been dead for so many years. When I talk about her, I still miss her very much."
Dong slaughterhouse.
Chen Yanyan stared at Lu Yingjiu.
She was more than ten meters away from the three men, and the cold air seemed to be frozen.
Lu Yingjiu looked very calm, as if he was simply waiting for an answer. Xiao Li looked at a loss, and Jing Xian was right next to Lu Yingjiu - he didn't have much expression, but the fear that made Chen Yanyan's scalp tingle surged into his heart again.
Chen Yanyan suppressed her pounding heartbeat, took a deep breath, and said word by word: "There are exceptions to everything, right? Can you guarantee that the ghost didn't make a mistake?" She softened her tone and said easily, "Mr. Lu, let's put things in order and solve the ghost first. Besides, you three grown men won't do anything to me, right?"
Lu Yingjiu spread his hands and said, "Indeed, after all, you are not a 'threat' to me now. But to be safe, please follow me to investigate later. I know a few people from the Chen family. As long as you prove your identity, there will be no problem."
The mask must have been made by someone in the Chen family. The Chen family is generally upright. If there is a problem within the family, the speed of thorough investigation and elimination is very fast. If violations are found, they will definitely be dealt with.
The few people Lu Yingjiu knew had been friends with him for many years and were completely trustworthy.
Chen Yanyan clenched her teeth tightly.
The next second, she turned and ran!
Without one shoe, she started to run with a limp, her white feet stepping on the rough ground. Before she had run a few steps, she was knocked down by the black hairy ball!
The fur ball looked small, but it was not light at all. "Chen Yanyan" screamed madly and scratched the ground, raising a large cloud of gray dust, which danced wildly in the air and fell on her white clothes.
She screamed, "Chen Yanyan is a slut! All of you are! Go to hell! Go to hell!"
…
15 hours later, Lujiang Central Hospital.
Outside the ward, Lu Yingjiu looked through the one-way glass and saw the girl lying quietly on the bed. Her right hand was still in a plaster cast, and her left hand was handcuffed to the bed.
After tossing and turning all night, she fell asleep.
The light from the window shone on her face, making her skin look a little rough and dehydrated, no longer radiant.
There were a lot of talismans pasted on the wall, and a guard from the Chen family was guarding next to her to prevent her from escaping.
Last night, they brought "Chen Yanyan" all the way from the Xidong slaughterhouse to this hospital.
This hospital cooperates with exorcists and has a separate floor dedicated to receiving special patients.
Xiao Li registered in his own name and reported it to the Qingdeng Society, asking them to contact the Chen family. Lu Yingjiu also found the Chen family and discussed the matter with them.
So, in the early morning of that day, several members of the Chen family came over and used a series of talismans amid the screams of "Chen Yanyan".
As the talisman paper burned, the skin on her face seemed to be too dry, and a layer of peeling slowly formed. Finally, with a slight peel, she took off the entire skin/mask.
Her small nose, her rosy lips, her soft black hair were gone.
It was like a ghost with painted skin, whose true form was gradually revealed.
The likable "Chen Yanyan" disappeared, and in her place was a girl with a yellowish face and chapped lips, who could not be found once put into the pile. Her eyes were full of resentment and horror.
After comparison, it was basically confirmed that she was the "dead" Fan Xin.
But she refused to say anything.
Lu Yingjiu stared at her in silence for a while.
There was some noise behind him. He turned around and saw Jing Xian holding porridge and fried dough sticks.
Jing Xian smiled at him and said, "Let's have breakfast first."
The two of them went to the end of the corridor and found a place to have breakfast.
Lu Yingjiu took a bite of the century egg and lean meat porridge and found it very delicious, not too salty or bland, just the right amount.
Jing Xian, who was sitting next to him, was eating a red bean paste bun and said, "This is delicious. Try it."
After saying that, he stuffed a bun into his hand.
Lu Yingjiu accepted the buns fed by Jing Xian, and the buns were hot in his hands.
Lu Ying was just sipping his wine when he suddenly heard footsteps from the end of the corridor and a large group of people came in noisily.
When I looked up, I saw a man in a suit and tie with a neatly combed hair coming with a group of exorcists.
As usual, when Chu Banyang saw Lu Yingjiu, his expression was very subtle, as if he wanted to laugh, but also looked tense, as if he wanted to laugh, but with a hint of arrogance and awkwardness.
Anyway, it's so confusing.
He looked at Lu Yingjiu and finally said, "Why are you still here?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Jing Xian again.
Jing Xian sat next to Lu Yingjiu, his profile was handsome and tough.
For some reason, at that moment, Chu Banyang's heart was filled with alarm bells - it felt like a flamboyant male peacock that had just walked over with his head held high when he suddenly bumped into another male peacock.
Chu Banyang subconsciously stood up straighter, and many thoughts flashed through his mind:
There's definitely nothing wrong with my hairstyle.
My clothes are definitely fine.
My shoes are definitely fine.
After this, he was sure that his appearance was impeccable and felt much more comfortable.
"Aren't we just waiting for the food?" Lu Yingjiu answered him, leaning back in his chair comfortably. "There's still no progress on the mask issue."
"Other members of the Chen family will be here soon." Chu Banyang said, "President Chen will also come tomorrow. We will tell you when the results come out."
It seems like a euphemism to drive away guests.
As a suspect, Lu Yingjiu went to find "Chen Yanyan" himself, and the situation was already very serious.
Although he sent Fan Xin back to the hospital in the name of Xiao Li and asked Chen's family to unmask, the exchange of identities between Fan and Chen undoubtedly brought more doubts to the case, and no one dared to jump to conclusions.
But in the final analysis, he shouldn't have anything to do with this matter. Leaving now and not being seen by more people is the best choice.
Lu Yingjiu certainly knew this.
But he drank a sip of soy milk and said slowly: "It's okay, no rush, just wait for Chen Zheng to come, I might be able to give him some ideas. We haven't had tea together for a long time, just to catch up."
He pretended not to know he was being investigated.
—If he didn’t receive the text message at the Lane East Bar, he really shouldn’t have known.
Chu Banyang was stunned for two seconds.
He was almost stunned.
To be honest, Master Chu was very confused: This was clearly stated in the text message to Lu Yingjiu, why is Lu Yingjiu confused again now? Isn't this guy usually very alert
He quickly suppressed this attitude.
But Lu Yingjiu has already seen it.
Chu Banyang frowned and continued, "Look, if you were present at this kind of investigation, it wouldn't be too bad. Even I would try to avoid it, after all, it involves the Chen family's secrets. I'll put it bluntly, you should go home and wait for the results."
He was trying hard to get Lu Yingjiu out so as not to be seen by other people in the club.
Chu Banyang didn't show it on his face. Seeing that Lu Yingjiu didn't answer for a long time and was even concentrating on drinking the soy milk that Jing Xian fed him, his brows furrowed even deeper: "Lu Yingjiu, what on earth are you..."
Lu Yingjiu finished the last sip of soy milk, stood up, and smiled: "Okay, I'll go now." He turned around and shouted, "Come on, let's go."
Chu Banyang didn't know why he changed his mind.
Lu Yingjiu stood up and walked past him, then stopped and whispered, "There is something I didn't tell you. Before us, someone else went to the mask processing room. He took some things, but the smell is still there, attracting a lot of cockroaches."
Chu Banyang was stunned for half a second: "Do you know what it is?"
"I suspect it's a leather mask." Lu Yingjiu said, "It doesn't matter whether it has a smell or attracts cockroaches."
Chu Banyang nodded, his face expressionless: "Okay, I understand."
Lu Yingjiu nodded slightly: "Thank you for your text message."
Chu Banyang was stunned.
He reacted and realized that his previous shock had exposed himself!
Perhaps Lu Yingjiu had already suspected that the text message was sent by him, coupled with his obviously abnormal look of surprise...
"Wait!" Chu Banyang said.
"Hmm?" Lu Yingjiu turned around and looked at him.
Chu Banyang said in a deep voice: "I don't know what you are talking about."
Lu Yingjiu smiled lightly: "Then I don't know."
He and Jing Xian parted ways and disappeared at the end of the corridor.
Chu Banyang stood there for a few seconds before he realized that his earlobe was burning terribly.
He suddenly turned around, grabbed Xiao Li and asked, "Who is that person next to Lu Yingjiu?"
"Ah—" Xiao Li was startled by him, "His name seems to be Jing Xian, an old friend of Brother Lu."
"Old friend." Chu Banyang pondered the word for a moment. "Where did he get his old friend from? Isn't Ye Feng his only childhood friend?"
"I don't know either." Xiao Li scratched his head, "But they seem to have a very close relationship. But Master, how do you know that he only had one friend when he was a child... You really know Brother Lu."
Chu Banyang: “…”
Chu Banyang said, "Xiao Li, you haven't finished copying the book from last time, right?"
"Ah?" Xiao Li was confused. "Yes, yes, yes."
Chu Banyang patted his shoulder and said, "Copy it three more times to consolidate the knowledge."
Xiao Li:
Chu Banyang brought her to Fan Xin's ward.
He turned around and said, "Don't come in." Then he pushed the door open alone.
The room was silent, and the handcuffs gleamed silver under the cold light.
The girl's eyes were closed.
Chu Banyang pulled a stool and sat down in front of her, saying, "You are awake, right?"
This sentence is not a question, but a statement.
Chu Banyang continued, "I actually only have one simple question: On the day of the murder, who went to Xiangdong Bar to meet the Chen family? Was it Chen Yanyan or you?"
Fan Xin still had her eyes closed. She looked very relaxed, as if she was still in a deep dream.
Then she heard a rubbing sound.
It felt like something soft was rubbing against her, she couldn't tell what it was, she just felt the wind blowing across her face.
Something scratched her cheek lightly.
Numb and itchy.
Fan Xin could hardly control her expression, the thing kept pestering her, making her skin itchy. She couldn't hold back at all, and when the thing brushed across her eyelids for the first time, Fan Xin couldn't help but open her eyes.
What caught my eye was... a peacock
The peacock was probably only as big as a cat, with a blue-green body and golden eyes blinking. It stood beside the pillow and tilted its head to look at her. And every inch of the eye spots on its tail feathers were moving, just like real eyes!
Just now, it was it that was scratching her face with its feathers.
Fan Xin wanted to get up and move away from it, but when she turned her head, she was caught off guard and looked into a pair of golden-green eyes.
Chu Banyang invited the peacock, and at this moment, the color of his eyes became exactly the same as that of the peacock.
When Fan Xin looked into his eyes, she felt dizzy, as if she was seeing the colorful tail feathers behind a peacock's screen, constantly changing like a kaleidoscope, almost dragging her into a fantasy world.
Chu Banyang leaned forward and asked word by word, "Who went that day, was it Chen Yanyan or you?"
…
"I think the person who went to the bar that day was Fan Xin." Lu Yingjiu said.
Jingxian is getting in the car.
He wanted to try out the new feel of the car and show off his wealth at the same time, so he bought another Maybach, leaving the Aston Martin to gather dust.
Perhaps the pursuit of speed and power is engraved in every man's heart. Jing Xian likes racing: This thing is much better than the hook snake, candle dragon, ghost unicorn in the ghost world! Much cooler!
When Lu Yingjiu saw his new car, she got in and said slowly, "I think you don't need to come to work in my office."
"Why?" Jing Xian was stunned.
"You're doing exorcism internship here, and I only pay you 6,000 a month." Lu Yingjiu said, "You've been working for more than a thousand months, and you've already bought another car like this." He held his forehead with his hand, "To be honest, knowing Chu Banyang and you, I have a huge misunderstanding of the average income and economic level of the people. I even feel like I should be helped out of poverty."
Unexpectedly, Jing Xian suddenly became alert: "That guy surnamed Chu is also rich?"
"Yes." Lu Yingjiu said, "Isn't the Chu family the richest in the south? His father only has him as his only son, so he must be a wealthy man."
Jing Xian murmured, "The weather is cold, let the Chu Group go bankrupt."
Lu Yingjiu: “Ah?”
He obviously didn't understand Jingxian's train of thought.
Jing Xian recalled the many domineering CEO novels that Bai Wuchang brought back, and thought of the famous saying "childhood sweethearts cannot beat parachutists", and couldn't help but become alert - although he didn't figure out for a moment whether he was a childhood sweetheart or a parachutist.
He shook his head worriedly: "Get in the car quickly." After that, he took out a bag of snacks from the back seat and stuffed it into Lu Yingjiu's hand.
They were on their way back to the "Wednesday 50% Off Office".
Lu Yingjiu ate a bag of sandwich cookies and said, "I still stick to my point of view. A simple game of two characters cannot summon such a powerful ghost. If someone deliberately brought the ghost's obsession to the private room, it would be much more reasonable."
He continued: "Chen Yanyan had no motive to do this. So, I couldn't figure it out."
"But if it was Fan Xin who went to the private room, it would make sense."
Jing Xian said: "In other words, it is very likely that Fan Xin cooperated with someone to complete the murder of the entire family."
"Yes." Lu Yingjiu nodded approvingly. "It's obviously impossible for a lay girl to make such a detailed plan. Besides, the mask she wears needs to be replaced constantly."
"It has been six years since the murder. I have several friends of the Chen family, and they said that the skin/mask can be kept for a maximum of one and a half to two years. That is to say, during these years, someone was still making new masks for Fan Xin."
The Maybach overtook several cars in a row in a smooth arc.
Jing Xian said: "Just ask the Chen family to investigate."
"This case is related to me, I can't let it go completely." Lu Yingjiu opened a box of juice, "Besides, this case is quite interesting, isn't it? If I don't investigate it, I will have nothing to do."
He usually has very few entertainment activities.
Firstly, I have no interest in it, and secondly, my time is completely occupied by various supernatural commissions.
Jing Xian hesitated for a few seconds and said, "Besides the investigation, there are still many other things to do."
"For example?" Lu Yingjiu turned her head to look at him.
"For example, we can go to the sea, go to the shooting range, go hiking, or ride a roller coaster." Jing Xian said, "I think an amusement park is good."
"Amusement park." Lu Yingjiu smiled, not knowing what she was thinking of. "The only time I went to an amusement park was when I accompanied Ye Feng to take care of his cousin. My cousin was timid and wanted to go to the haunted house, so we went with her. She screamed all the way, and Ye Feng and I almost fell asleep. The roller coaster was pretty good."
"Then let's go to the amusement park to solve this problem." Jing Xian stepped on the accelerator, "Isn't there a big amusement park in Lujiang City?"
"Yes, Yunxiao Amusement Park." Lu Yingjiu took a sip of the grape juice in her hand, "I thought you were not interested in these."
Jing Xian smiled and said, "How can I not be interested? I am interested in many things and want to try them one by one."
Just with you.
He didn't say the second half of the sentence.
Lu Yingjiu hummed and said, "Go if you want to. If this case is over and I'm not a wanted criminal, I'll accompany you."
Jing Xian thought that it didn't matter if he became a wanted criminal, he could then make the whole amusement park haunted, let real ghosts appear in the haunted house, make the fountain spray some blood, and make the Ferris wheel move by itself, then no one would dare to play on it, and it would be more convenient for him and Lu Yingjiu to spend quality time together.
... Come to think of it, it’s a bit exciting.
Lu Yingjiu glanced at him and asked, "What are you laughing at?" He had a bad feeling.
"Nothing." Jing Xian denied flatly and drove faster.
The road greeted the wine and laughed, and lowered the seat to catch up on sleep.