Chapter 20: Who is the Murderer?

  Linglong's expression was worried as she sighed, thinking for a long time, seemingly unsure of where to start. Yanfeng waited quietly, not urging her.

  "Aren't you supposed to be on a business trip? I didn't have the mood to go shopping either, so I just stayed here reading books every day. Fortunately, Dr. Rong has been keeping me company lately, although she's a bit..." Linglong finally started speaking slowly.

  "A bit too enthusiastic, isn't it?"

  Linglong smiled lightly, but her eyebrows didn't relax, still troubled by her own problem. "Actually, thanks to her, otherwise you might have seen my corpse. She washed up after returning to the bureau, or else you would have seen her covered in blood. She wasn't scared by a ghost, but by a corpse, because that headless corpse could move and harm others, it's not just a pile of dead flesh."

  How is this possible! How can a corpse attack others, even if it's the legendary resurrection, it's said to be a special phenomenon caused by the interaction between animal nerves and something.

  "Was it a nightmare?" he asked, and immediately thought of Rong Yu, and immediately denied his own idea. That woman was tough-minded and couldn't possibly have nightmares.

  "If only it were a nightmare, then the doctor wouldn't have to wrestle with the corpse to protect me, and as a result, she was so scared that she almost got strangled to death just now!"

  "You said she was covered in blood just because she wrestled with a corpse?" He recalled the chaotic scene and the bloodstains. "Yes." Ling shuddered, remembering the previous scene, "We've been sleeping early these days. But tonight I slept well, suddenly heard someone talking in the living room, it was a man's voice, and light came through the door gap. I thought you were back, so I put on my clothes to welcome you, but as soon as I walked out of the bedroom door, I saw one person... no, should be two people. But they should count as one person, they were arguing in the living room." "Displaced body parts were talking, right?" Seeing Ling shudder violently, Yanfeng grasped her small hand.

  Linglong nodded and said, "Yes, it's a misplaced corpse. They were already separated at that time, their body was sitting on the sofa, and their head was placed on top of the TV. It was just one body and one head, but they were arguing with each other in a very fierce tone. The head said: I'll go back first. The body said: Why should you? You took my body, you owe me! The head said: I didn't want to either, who made you run over here? The body said: You stole my body and still have the nerve to talk nonsense! I was scared stupid, wanting to run back to my room, wanting to wake up Rong Yu, but I couldn't move or shout. At this time, they discovered me. They both turned their heads at the same time! I guarantee this is not an illusion, they really did turn their heads at the same time. Although there was no head on the corpse, its neck twisted around."

  "Don't be afraid, it must be some bad people causing trouble. Isn't everything fine now?" Yanzhu felt a bit strange because Linglong was too invested in telling this story, and she even imitated the tone of the misplaced corpse, constantly changing her voice, and one sentence after another of vicious words came out of her mouth, which not only didn't make sense but also had a thrilling effect.

  "That's because Dr. Rong was suddenly awakened and ran out." Linglong shook her head, "For some reason, as soon as Dr. Rong came out, they didn't move or speak anymore. Dr. Rong saw this scene and got a bit angry, saying: Which bastard brought the corpse here to scare people? I have a gun, I'll shoot you to death!"

  "Does Dr. Rong have a gun? She must be bluffing."

  "Yes, she was bluffing, but she really thought someone was intentionally harming us, not knowing that the corpse could move on its own. She rushed into the room, pulled out a knife, which I recognized as the one we used to cut fruit at night. But before she could threaten the misplaced corpse to leave, the corpse suddenly jumped up and pounced on Dr. Rong's body. And the head floated in front of me, saying: 'Return my body! Return my body!' Ling seemed to have seen that scene again, covering her face. 'I don't know what happened next because I fainted. When I woke up, I saw Dr. Rong standing there, covered in blood, shaking and calling the police.'"

  "Alright, let's just forget about the past. Don't worry, I guarantee this matter will be resolved quickly." said Yan Feng, "But can you be certain that what he said was to return your body to you, and not to return your head to you?"

  "He's definitely after my body."

  "Before Dr. Wong came out, were they bleeding?"

  Linglong thought for a moment and shook her head.

  "Alright, you rest now. Don't worry about anything in the police station, we can talk about it tomorrow. Now I want to ask Dr. Rong, what happened after you fainted." Yifeng comforted Linglong again before going to meet with Gulong, who had already questioned Rong Yi.

  "You must have gone home to be with your wife and kids, so you just left the two women there unattended." Yanzhong was somewhat reproachful of Gulong, "You went home, at least you should have assigned a police officer to keep watch."

  "It was my negligence." Gu Long frankly admitted, "However, you said I went home, but that's a wrong accusation. I haven't been home for many days, and I've almost forgotten what my wife and son look like. It's because we found a witness who saw the case for the first time, and I personally interrogated him. Also, our investigation has made some progress, which is enough to keep me busy. Now the police force is severely insufficient, and I thought it would be calm for so many days, nothing would happen, that was my mistake. But this also proves that the murderer is around us, otherwise how did he know I wasn't here today and chose to commit the crime today?"

  "Are you saying the killer is Ula?"

  "It's very likely." Gu Long nodded, "She wants to harm Cheng Ling, because she is jealous, with time and motive. Let's assume it was her who did it, maybe the first time, Cheng Ling was unintentionally chosen as the person to discover the body, but the subsequent events could have been intentional. She is a doctor by training, although in traditional Chinese medicine, but with rich medical knowledge; her body is now that of a man, and she has strength; she has always been around you, and has that kind of magical herb that can make people hallucinate or fall asleep. Think about it, isn't she the most suspicious? Let's investigate the characteristics of the cheese and compare them with Wula, and the truth will be revealed."

  "This reasoning is a bit far-fetched." Yan Feng did not want to believe that Wula was the one who harmed people.

  "But you can't deny the possibility." Gu Long patted Yan Feng's shoulder, "He is no longer Wula, he is just a man with a Wula head, and may be a murderer. If it wasn't him, then Cheng Ling's suspicion would be greater, I am starting to believe that people can kill in hallucinations or dreams, because the fact that this kind of head and body can still survive cannot be explained by current scientific theories, and the corpse can even attack people, what kind of evil magic is this?! In short, Old Yan, either your ex-girlfriend or current girlfriend must be the murderer, you may not want to accept it but there's no other way."

  "If it's true, I'll accept it." Yan Feng looked at Gu Long, his eyes shining with determination. "But I think we need to investigate why so many people were killed and beheaded in order to determine the cause and effect of the whole thing. And besides, Miss Cheng is not my girlfriend."

  "Alright, you're right about everything, but don't you want to hear how Dr. Rong escaped the corpse attack?" Gu Long suddenly grinned eerily.

  Yan Feng greatly admired this optimistic friend, who could find fun in any difficult and complicated situation. "Speak quickly, fart quickly, I'm still waiting to hear the testimony of eyewitnesses and the progress of the cheese investigation."

  "Haha, our lovely Dr. Rong, performed a hysterectomy on the corpse and cut off its little bird."

  Swallows chirp and laugh, all fake. "This... corpse is also afraid of this? Moreover, in that state, how could she have done it?"

  "As for whether the corpse was afraid, I don't know, but I do know that Dr. Rong's surgical skills are exquisite, and this operation was a great success. Who would have thought that these corpses would always run around naked?" Gu Long continued to laugh strangely. "According to Dr. Rong, she was almost strangled by the corpse, but at the time, she had a fruit knife in her hand, and the position of the struggle between her and the corpse was very suitable for this operation. So Dr. Rong thoroughly liberated the corpse, and all that blood flowed out from there. How strange, the corpse's head was chopped off, not a bit, but so much blood flowed out from that place."

  "What a mess!" There were too many inexplicable things in this case, and Yan Feng could only ramble on. As for the specific reasons and explanations, let the forensic doctor who performed the castration surgery explain it himself next time.

  PS: I had something to attend to this morning and didn't go online, so the update is late. Sorry about that. In the future, if Editor-sama doesn't notify me, I'll update once in the morning and once at night.