Chapter 461: A Jinxed Encounter

Chapter 461: A Jinxed Soul (Update 4)

Criminal Investigation Team Interrogation Room.

A young man sits in the interrogation chair.

At first glance, he appears to be around twenty-four or twenty-five.

But a closer look reveals a surprising air of maturity.

However… he’s blind!

The young man looks utterly exhausted, his clothes seeming as if they haven’t been washed for days.

They’re caked with dust, stains, and even spots of blood.

His name is Gong Hongyun, 25 years old, from Bincheng, and he works as a masseur!

The Criminal Investigation Team arrived just three hours after he reported the case.

Only two hours after his report, the team uncovered… six corpses!

One was found in a residence, three in a basement, one on a highway, and one horribly burned body inside a charred car… the victims being four men and two women!

After reviewing the documents and a statement, Xiao Yu confirmed there was no ‘437’ error. He then fixed his gaze on the young man wearing sunglasses. ‘Tell me every detail of the case,’ he demanded.

The young man grew visibly nervous, his hand repeatedly clenching the armrest of the chair.

After a long pause, he began slowly, ‘Three days ago, I wasn’t actually blind—I was pretending. But now…’

Gong Hongyun slowly removed his sunglasses to reveal a pair of murky, faded eyes. ‘I really am blind!’

Frowning and with a twitch of his eyelid, Xiao Yu urged, ‘Continue.’

‘It all started three days ago…’

Gong Hongyun, his face etched with pain, began to recount the events that led to this moment.

……

Gong Hongyun is a masseur who has long been faking his blindness.

Because of his act, he has witnessed many secrets.

For instance, he discovered that some individuals are disturbingly perverse.

Once they learned he was a ‘blind man’,

they intentionally flirted in front of him.

They even carried out disgusting acts right before his eyes.

They even—in his presence—committed murder!

His line of work brought him into contact with many wealthy individuals and people with serious injuries.

That much was easy to understand.

After all, who seeks out a massage when they’re in perfect health?

And only those with money to spare indulge in massaging services.

Five days ago.

Gong Hongyun was working part-time at an Unknown Bathhouse when he encountered a wealthy man.

The wealthy man was impressed by his ‘skill’.

He left his phone number and address with Gong Hongyun.

He scheduled a massage appointment at his home for two days later.

Then, three days ago—exactly as agreed—

Gong Hongyun arrived at the wealthy man’s home.

The door was opened by a woman, who turned out to be the wealthy man’s wife.

But for reasons unknown, she wouldn’t let Gong Hongyun enter.

Gong Hongyun bristled with anger.

He had agreed with the wealthy man that this session would come with a 1,000-yuan tip.

One thousand yuan is no small sum; he told the woman, ‘Your husband called me—I need to speak with him.’

While Gong Hongyun and the woman were at an impasse, a neighbor began to gather and watch from next door.

Fearing exposure, the woman quickly ushered Gong Hongyun inside.

But scarcely had he stepped in than he nearly wanted to slap himself dead.

Why?

Because Gong Hongyun was only pretending to be blind.

The moment he entered, he saw a corpse lying in the hall.

The body, along with the floor, was drenched in blood.

It was the very wealthy man who had summoned him for the massage…

Gong Hongyun was so frightened he nearly lost control.

Then he noticed the woman standing at the doorway, coldly watching him while clutching a knife.

Perhaps by sheer luck, she assumed he was blind and refrained from attacking—for the time being.

But Gong Hongyun was terrified; after all, he had requested the meeting with the wealthy man himself.

If he simply turned and left, wouldn’t that raise her suspicions?

Might she decide to kill him?

So, Gong Hongyun claimed he needed to use the restroom.

Partly because his fear was such that he might wet his pants,

and partly so he could hide in the bathroom and try to call the police in secret.

At least the bathroom would offer him a momentary sense of safety.

But as soon as Gong Hongyun stepped into the restroom,

he nearly collapsed to his knees once more!

Inside, he discovered a man covered in blood.

Not only was the man staring at him coldly, he also held a wrench stained with blood.

In that moment, Gong Hongyun felt an overwhelming sense of cosmic misfortune.

On the brink of a breakdown, he could only pretend not to see and hurriedly take care of his business in front of the toilet…

So, what exactly happened today?

In truth, the events of the day weren’t all that complicated.

It was the wedding anniversary of the wealthy man and his wife.

The wealthy man had planned a surprise for his wife and mentioned in the morning that he wouldn’t be coming home.

Believing him, his wife, once he left, turned around and called her lover…

But then the wealthy man secretly returned that very morning.

He ended up arriving at the chaotic scene.

Subsequently, the wife and her lover together brought about his downfall—turning him into nothing more than a corpse!

How did Gong Hongyun learn of all this?

That revelation came the following day…

For now, Gong Hongyun had no desire to get involved in the unfolding murder.

Determined to maintain his act, he and the woman began a bizarre charade.

First, the woman pretended to greet her husband.

She even had the man in the bathroom play the role of her husband.

Claiming that her husband’s throat was sore, she asked Gong Hongyun to massage him in the bedroom.

In reality, it was a test to prove whether Gong Hongyun was truly blind.

Showing remarkable nerve, Gong Hongyun actually went ahead and massaged the man.

Even though he knew the man was not the wealthy man himself, he still gave him a full massage.

Throughout the ordeal, he meticulously maintained his act of blindness.

After all, he’d been pretending to be blind for four or five years.

He even wore grayish-white contact lenses.

For an ordinary person, it would be nearly impossible to tell the truth.

Yet, keeping up the act made time drag on for him—this afternoon felt like an eternity.

It wasn’t until he finished the massage that the woman handed him a 1,000-yuan tip.

Only then did Gong Hongyun leave the wealthy man’s home.

But he never reported the incident to the police.

Because he realized that the man he had just massaged at the wealthy man’s home…

had been silently trailing him all along.

Although that pair of wild lovers no longer doubted his blindness,

they remained cautious, wondering if the ‘blind man’ might uncover something amiss.

Gong Hongyun was at his wit’s end: What should he do now?

In the end, he simply returned home.

When he stepped through the door, he finally exhaled a sigh of relief.

He began to mull over several questions.

First, should he alert the police?

Second, should he continue pretending to be blind?

Third, was the man still lurking outside, watching him?

Perhaps the events of today had shaken him to his core.

Maybe he was simply utterly exhausted.

In his dazed state, he drifted off to sleep.

The next morning, when he finally woke up…

and had just decided to report the incident to the police,

someone knocked on his door.

When Gong Hongyun opened the door and saw the wealthy man’s wife,

he nearly wet himself from fright once again!