Chapter 8 has a fever

  Ge Yufeng said, paying attention to her expression all the time, "As for why such a big thing hasn't spread, she doesn't understand either. It's just that those who were killed really disappeared, but no bodies were found. Those who disappeared seemed to have never existed, leaving no trace in anyone's heart. Only after that night did the Lishui Tree bloom with eternal flowers, but for some reason, there was a rumor that the Lishui Tree had been blooming 100 years ago."

  Katsuragi spoke in a low tone about the truth of Kishinaka Rikka's tree, then emphasized, "You're that girl!" The woman felt a momentary tremble in her heart, but her face didn't ripple at all. She lifted her head to meet those sharp eyes.

  Ge Yu's eyes widened as he stared at her, his voice firm with conviction: "You... are Mu Shu Zhen! You're also the woman who crossed swords with me that night when the Blue Jade Gemstone was stolen!"

  If it were Musu, he would have laughed at the sound, what woman, obviously just a girl. The woman did not retort, nor was there any stunned and flustered exposure of her identity, she simply vanished into thin air in front of him. Ge Yufeng clenched his fist tightly, a drop of blood flowed down through the fine seam of his fingers, the wound on his palm didn't feel any pain at all, he was still immersed in that unbelievable, dare not believe truth. His eyes struggled and then seemed to have made up his mind, dialed a phone call.

  "Officer Ge, how did you end up here?"

  "I just heard there was a fight here and came over to take a look, it was already like this when I arrived."

  "Didn't you see anyone suspicious?"

  "There is no..."

  Ge Yu Feng slightly lowered his eyelids, sighed, perhaps still holding onto hope in his heart. After all, he hadn't personally seen her kill anyone. In reality, his inner self strongly told him that she was the killer, an unchanging fact. However, he tried to suppress it. The Qi Nan case confirmed that this woman had killed many people. Ge Yu Feng hesitated for a moment, but if everything were truly proven to be related to her, he would absolutely not show mercy!

  Mushu was sent back to school by his father, who drove him there. "You still have a few days of classes left, and then I'll call you again during the holidays." After saying that, he walked towards the school with his backpack on.

  Suddenly a hand patted her shoulder, "Hey, how's the play been these few days?" Carefree and casual, who else could it be but Xu Jing? "Have you seen the Blue Jade Crystal? I don't know what happened to it, but it was stolen!"

  She said angrily, but after finishing her rant, she found that Musu had not responded to her at all, and didn't even give her a glance. She felt strange and asked: "What's wrong with you? Why are you so down and out of spirits today?"

  Mu Shuqiang shook his head, Li Yanghua usually rough around the edges, but today he could see Mu Shuqiang's abnormality, walked over and asked: "Had a fight with Ge Yufeng?"

  One sentence hit the nail on the head! Seeing her a bit dazed, it's indeed like that! Comforting her: "It's okay, small quarrels and scolding can deepen feelings, you'll eventually make up, you're already quite silly usually, staring out of the window for a whole day today, if this goes on, you'll become even more silly to the point of no cure!"

  Mu Shu thought to himself with a twitch of his mouth corner, it's obviously your fault, but I don't have anything good to hide either, my mood was already bad!

  "Or should I give Officer Ge a call?" Li Yanghua ventured.

  "No! I have nothing to do with him!" The words came out of her mouth before she could even think about it, and just this "suspicion" was enough to annoy her.

  Li Yanghua silently looked at her trying-to-cover-but-actually-revealing appearance, and didn't even bother to say anything. If they don't appreciate it, then let them deal with it themselves!

  The next day, Mu Shu was running a fever and lay in bed in the dormitory, covering his head with the quilt. In a daze, he heard someone talking, "Officer Ge, Mu Shu is on the innermost bed, you can chat slowly, I'll go to class first."

  Mu Shuqiang scolded in her heart, knowing that she was ill and needed to rest, yet still meddling in so many things. Hasn't he come to aggravate my illness? How annoying! The footsteps slowly approached, stopping beside her bed, saying in a very gentle voice: "I just came to take a look at you."

  Looking at the person with a covered head, he couldn't help but smile wryly. "I know it's not good to say this now, I didn't expect you to be ill, sigh... But for so long we haven't had a good talk, that person was here to kill you, right? Otherwise, you wouldn't have taken action. As for the circumstances of death, I won't question you about it now, you can choose not to say."

  Mushen curled up in the quilt, facing him, and was stunned. She thought he would interrogate her mercilessly, and a chill spread through her body. Wasn't it obvious that she was a murderer? All that was left was to find evidence, although she didn't think he could, but why did he?

  My mind was racing, unable to find an answer. Then I heard his soft voice, as if he was trying to comfort me, "I've been very confused, what should I do? I know there must be a reason for you, but I'm a police officer, I shouldn't bend the law for personal reasons. However, you're only 18 years old, why did it end up like this? I don't want to see you go to prison, that place isn't suitable for you."

  "Hmph" Mu Shu couldn't help but laugh out loud, who would be suitable to stay in prison? However, the words "I don't want to see you go to prison" kept echoing in her mind. Still the same old self, I'm really impressed by you, Ge Yu Feng.

  Under the quilt, Mushu Xiang smiled slightly and closed her eyes to say to Ge Yu Feng: "Can you turn your back on me?" Hearing the rustling sound of him turning around, Mushu Xiang lifted the edge of the quilt and saw that he was facing away from her. She sat up and said softly: "Thank you, but you don't have any evidence to prove that I'm the one who killed someone." Ge Yu Feng listened to a tone that was different from before, an unprecedented coldness without any emotions, turned around and looked at her.

  Her face was even paler due to illness, with two strands of white hair hanging down her chest, giving off a vague sense of sickly beauty. Previously, she hadn't dared to believe it, and there was that inexplicable pain, so she hadn't looked closely. Now, taking a closer look, she and Mu Shu were completely different people, whether in appearance, personality, or the aura they emitted. Not speaking, she was very still, with an air of carefree nonchalance. Her features were extremely beautiful and delicate, without any flaws, giving off a feeling that wasn't quite human. A cold, piercing gaze brought his thoughts back to reality.

  "My name is Qī Xuě, also Mù Shū Zhāng." The voice was no longer as cold and piercing as before, slightly warmer.

  "Are you two different personalities?"

  Seeing her shake her head, sitting on the bed behind her and listening to what she had to say calmly, Qi Xue said faintly: "People have many faces, wearing countless masks, with kindness, evil, warmth, indifference, cruelty, purity... I can only say that Mu Shu is a cold-hearted and ruthless side. There are multiple personalities with shared memories, as well as independent entities with their own thoughts, and I am the personality that shares the same thoughts and feelings."

  "We... have we met before? Why do I feel a sense of familiarity when I look into your eyes?"

  She just looked at him, really forgetting, with a hint of desolation in her heart, and said calmly: "Think about it yourself, I don't know either." Although no emotional fluctuations could be seen on her face, he was certain in his subconscious that they must have met somewhere before, but why couldn't he remember? There were only those vague memories and a pair of shallow blue, pure and heart-moving eyes.

  "Seven Snow, can I take it that you trust me now? About the cases of Hu Fei and Nan Qing's disappearance at the Summer Delight Garden, do you have any connection to them? I won't harm you, I just want to know the truth or find some clues to investigate further, so I can help you."

  Qī xuě bù míng bái tā wèi shén me yào qù bāng zhù zì jǐ, zhǐ shì yīn wèi wǒ hěn shú xī? Kuàng jiā zhǎo dào zhēn xiàng duì wǒ bìng méi yǒu shén me hǎo chù, dàn shì kàn dào tā yán sù zhēn chéng de yǎn jīng, dào le zuǐ biān de huà yòu tiáo le qù.

  English Translation:

  Qi Xue didn't understand why he wanted to help himself, just because I was familiar with him? Moreover, finding the truth wouldn't bring me any benefits, but seeing his serious and sincere eyes, the words that reached my lips were swallowed back.

  "That night, Hu Fei came to find me. I'm sure you know that she made a big commotion and I had the opportunity to go out. She handed over the blue jade crystal fragment to me. She said someone was trying to kill her. I didn't expect her to fall victim so quickly that same night. As for Xia Li, I really don't know anything about it. The reason I went to Nanqing Amusement Park was because my friend told me another friend had gone missing. I went to 301 Baicheng Street and found a female corpse at the amusement park closest to there. That's why I wanted to investigate further. As for the man from the other day, yes, it was me who killed him. His name is Ye Gui. And yes, I did take the blue jade crystal. That's all I can say. I hope you won't interfere with anything else. It has nothing to do with you anyway. Some forces are not something you can investigate, and continuing will only bring disaster upon yourself."

  Ge Yu Feng shook his head and said firmly, "At this point, I won't let you face it alone. You're on guard against those black-clad men, right? The ones from that night's fight should be in cahoots with each other. As a police officer, I'm even more unlikely to turn a blind eye. As for Xia Li, she lived at 201 Baicheng Street before her death. There was no one else in the house; they all lived in the countryside. She came alone to this unfamiliar city to work and live for four years, without offending anyone. Yet, so coincidentally, your friend went missing, and then she died. Doesn't that have any connection?"

  Qī Xuě looked at him with unwavering determination, saying: "You think her death is related to my friend? Whatever." After finishing speaking, she didn't hesitate and put on a human skin mask, transforming into Mù Shū Qiāng.

  "Alright, I'm still running a fever, you can go now. I need to sleep, I'm exhausted!"

  His eyes were almost unable to open, Ge Yu Feng's eyebrows and eyes exuded a warm aura, he glanced at the two different personalities of the same person, then stood up and left.

  Mushuqie lay down again after he left, muttering to himself, "It's not clear whether this is right or wrong, if he goes deeper, he will only fall into danger." Unbeknownst to him, he had already fallen asleep, and in his dream, a boy was smiling at a girl, saying: "Your eyes are beautiful, you must look even more lovely when you smile! I won't forget your blue crystal-like eyes! I'll come back to find you!"