Chapter 400: The Case from Five Years Ago

Chapter 400: The Case from Five Years Ago (Update 4)

Is it illegal to lie to the police?

If the matter isn’t part of a case, then it’s no big deal.

But if it involves a criminal case, intentionally lying…

At best, you’re detained; at worst, you’re sentenced!

So what happens if you lie to National Security personnel?

And if the case involves state security,

what kind of consequences will follow?

You can’t even imagine!

Zhou Xin’s body trembled.

She didn’t know yet the repercussions of her lies.

But once she realized the person on the other side was from National Security,

she nearly wet herself from fear!

“I’m asking you one more time.”

Xiao Yu glared coldly at Zhou Xin in the interrogation chair. “Do you know Che Yu?”

“Yes, I do!”

Zhou Xin stammered.

“What is your relationship?”

Xiao Yu pressed on.

“We…”

Zhou Xin hesitated, then lowered her gaze. “He’s my… lover, someone I keep on the side!”

Calling him a lover wasn’t exactly misleading.

After all, Zhou Xin was married, with a husband and a three-year-old child.

During the interrogation,

Xiao Yu learned this from Zhou Xin.

Che Yu had been training in Muay Thai at a boxing gym a year and a half ago.

Afterwards, he got involved with Zhou Xin.

Thus began their illicit affair.

Clearly, suspect Che Yu treated Zhou Xin like an ‘auntie’.

And Zhou Xin treated Che Yu like a ‘puppy’.

When a married woman finds herself lonely and unable to find another partner, things can turn out like this…

…

“Having maintained a lover relationship for over a year, you must know him well, right?”

Xiao Yu asked icily, “In all this time, has he ever acted abnormally? For example, shown any murderous tendencies?”

“Murderous?”

A perplexed Zhou Xin looked at Xiao Yu. “Are you kidding? He’s just a college student. How could he possibly be a murderer…”

Before she could finish, a sudden thought left her momentarily stunned.

Xiao Yu maintained his calm stare at Zhou Xin, waiting to hear more.

“About half a year ago, he did seem really irritable,”

Zhou Xin admitted hesitantly, “He’d lose his temper easily and enjoyed violent games.”

Her expression showed no hint of deceit… Xiao Yu nodded, “Anything else?”

“It appeared that during that time, something—or someone—set him off.”

Shaking her head, Zhou Xin said, “I can’t recall clearly, but I remember him often muttering about… Disc Spirit, or something like that.”

“Disc Spirit?”

Xiao Yu was taken aback. “You’re not mistaken, are you?”

Half a year ago, Che Yu had already mentioned that six victims were to be involved in a Disc Spirit event?

Such an unbelievable notion left Xiao Yu baffled.

“Probably not,”

Zhou Xin insisted, “He mentioned it in passing. Whenever I asked about the Disc Spirit, he dodged the topic. Oh, and he also told me about a haunted house he sometimes takes me to.”

Disc Spirit? Haunted house?

Xiao Yu’s face stiffened, his heart sinking a bit.

A troubling question began to form in his mind.

The scene of the Disc Spirit murder case was none other than the haunted house from five years ago.

That place had once been the site of a brutal massacre.

He couldn’t believe he had overlooked that detail!

……

The scene of the Disc Spirit murder case—the haunted house.

“Five years ago, a massacre occurred here,”

A member of Team Two held a tablet, reviewing the case files, and reported to the two team leaders, “Calling it a massacre isn’t entirely accurate—it was more like a murder followed by a suicide.”

“According to the J City police investigation, the victims were a 38-year-old man, a 37-year-old woman, and a 13-year-old child. When the officers arrived, the deaths of the woman and child appeared extremely bizarre.”

“They were both dressed in tight scarlet outfits, their hands hung from beams, their feet bound with ropes, and even weighted down.”

“Yet, the true cause of death was different… the woman and child were disemboweled, their organs torn from their chests, and they bled out.”

“The man’s end was equally strange—his feet hacked off, his left hand severed, and with a kitchen knife clutched in his right hand, he slashed his own throat…”

“After thorough investigation, the police concluded that the man brutally killed his wife and child before mutilating himself and committing suicide.”

“As for his motive, the police have no solid leads. Neighbors recalled that before the massacre, the family was harmonious and kind—no one could have imagined such cruelty.”

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“Ever since then, neighbors claim that at night the house is filled with cries and screams, prompting many to move away and leaving the house abandoned…”

After the report, the team member turned to the two leaders. “We’ve analyzed the files and found nothing particularly suspicious.”

“Abandoned?” Xiao Yu asked.

“The case was closed, and the house was handed over to relatives as part of the property division.”

The team member explained, “But nobody wanted that cursed house, so it was eventually taken over by the woman’s parents, though they never moved in, leaving it vacant.”

“And apparently, a few years ago, someone even called the police over cries and screams coming from the house.”

………..

“Police have visited several times, even conducting multiple night investigations, suspecting a hoax, but in the end, they found nothing.”

“Afterward, nobody in the area ever heard those cries or screams again, although everyone knew it was a haunted house where no one dared to go.”

After hearing the report, Wang Dong looked at Xiao Yu, lost in thought. “Do you think this is connected to the case from five years ago?”

“I don’t know either,”

Xiao Yu replied, shaking his head. “Whether it’s related or not, we need to investigate further. Besides, there are many inconsistencies in the case from five years ago.”

After all, it has been five long years.

Whether the two cases are connected remains to be seen.

But one thing is very odd.

The suspect, Che Yu… is missing!

There are no records of an ID, travel logs, or online banking transactions.

It’s as if he knew the police and National Security were after him, so he went into hiding…

“The key point is Che Yu,”

Wang Dong complained, “I feel that once we find him, the case will finally come to light…”

Suddenly, his phone rang.

After answering, Wang Dong’s face changed. He said nothing for a minute, then hung up and looked at Xiao Yu. “Che Yu has been found… a body!”

“A body?”

Xiao Yu murmured, “It’s over… all leads have completely dried up!”