Chapter 596 - Ghost Story (1/2)

Translator: Lonelytree  Editor: Millman97

Everyone turned to look at Jia Ming. From an observer’s point of view, Chen Ge indeed did not have any motive to harm Jia Ming. The police were not fools. Before they captured Jia Ming, they had already investigated his background, and there was no interaction between him and Chen Ge before they met.

He curled backward. After hearing Chen Ge, Jia Ming became even more afraid. “I can’t say. If I do, then there is no way I’m leaving this hospital alive! He will kill me here! He will use methods that you can’t ever imagine to welcome death. He is the devil, the devil that peels back human skin to feed on their flesh!”

“Stop changing the topic. If you don’t give us an honest answer, I will leave you alone to stay in the same room as him,” Lee Zheng warned.

“Am I that scary?” Chen Ge knew that Lee Zheng was purposely saying that to force out the truth, so he cooperated fully. He stood up to examine the windows and door. After making sure that all the openings were locked, he sat back down.

With his exit barred, Jia Ming hesitated before coming clean. “I once witnessed his murder, and while I was running away, he saw my face.

“When was this?” Lee Zheng waved to signal for the doctor to leave, and then he took out his recorder pen.

“It was around three or four years ago.” Jia Ming looked at Chen Ge cowardly, and his voice was as soft as a mosquito—one would not be able to hear him unless one paid full attention. “I worked at an insurance company before this, and I was tasked with handling a car accident for a realtor’s family. The people escaped unharmed, but the car was not so lucky. After the traffic police’s investigation, it was revealed that the person was driving under influence, and the deepest scar on the vehicle was discerned by a professional to be the drunken driver’s own doing, so following the company rules, I did not approve of his insurance claim.

“Because of that, the man brought people to come to the company to create trouble. The man came from a powerful background, so the manager did not dare make him an enemy. As such, he sacrificed me as the scapegoat. At the time, I was still a young man, unable to control my emotions. After the man sent his people to beat me up, naturally, I fought back, and in the end, both of us were sent to the police station.

“My wife went through a lot of hoops to save me. For that, she lost her job, and we lost a lot of money. I was deeply resentful, and all I wanted to do was to take revenge.

“That night, I sneaked into the man’s house. Initially, I just wanted to familiarize myself with the place, but I ran into something extremely scary.”

At this point, Jia Ming stopped. He looked at Chen Ge, and his forehead was covered with cold sweat.

“Why are you stopping now‽” Lee Zheng and the female officer were both quite agitated.

“I ran into someone who was trying to kill the realtor.” Then he raised his finger, but he was too afraid to point it at Chen Ge. “I just wanted to take a small revenge on the man. I never thought to kill anyone. I had nothing to do with his death.”

The case suddenly became complicated because it involved another murder. Lee Zheng frowned. “Who is this realtor that you’re talking about? I think I know all the real estate agents in Jiujiang.”

“His name was Jiang Long. He once took over the plot at Ming Yang Residence, the largest abandoned residential area in Eastern Jiujiang.”

“It’s him?” Chen Ge and Lee Zheng shared a look as they connected the many clues in their mind.