Chapter 40: The Truth (2/2)

“Okay.”

We went into the Dean's office and found that the light in the room was still on. The policeman who was just yelled at by Huang Xiaotao defended himself, saying, “We saw the light from the distance and thought that he was always inside, so we got careless...”

Huang Xiaotao shook her head and sighed.

“It’s my fault,” she said. “I should’ve put more people around the orphanage.”

I looked at the room. There was a Bible and a pen on the table. There was an ashtray with burnt paper inside it. A forensics team member was going to pick it up. I Immediately cried, “Wait!”

There might be important clues on this piece of paper. It had already burned into ashes, and I was afraid that it would be shattered if anyone touched it. I said to Dali, “Go buy a squid with an ink sack and a bottle of linseed oil.”

“What? At this time of day? All the stores are closed, dude!”

“The nearest big supermarket is three kilometers away,” said Wang Yuanchao, “I’ll drive.”

“Great!” I said. “Thanks!”

Wang Yuanchao went out with Dali. I stayed in the office but there was no other clue to be found there. Then, Xiaozhou came over and tapped me on the shoulder.

“Song Yang, I want to tell you something.”

“What is it?” I asked.

“There’s a vampire in Nanjiang City!”

I almost coughed up blood. What was this guy’s problem? Why was he so insistent about vampires?

When he saw how doubtful I was, he immediately took out a yellow file from his briefcase and handed it to me.

“Xiaozhou,” said Huang Xiaotao, “don’t tell me you haven’t been analyzing the video these past two days but spent all your time researching vampires?”

“I believe that this is an important clue to solve the case!” said Xiaozhou, full of confidence.

Huang Xiaotao’s cheeks twitched, if it wasn’t out of respect because the two were of the same rank, she probably would’ve sworn at him.

I opened the file, which recorded a bizarre murder case from 18 years ago. The deceased was a 37-year-old prostitute who was found dead in her rental house. Her blood was completely drained out of her body.

There were also some photos of the dead body in the file.

The victim was wearing a red dress, she was lying on the bed, her skin was as pale as paper. The other photo was a close-up of the head and neck, and there were distinct puncture wounds her neck that looked like teeth marks, but it was small and not as big as in the case.

When I saw these photos, my brain started to turn like clockwork. Red skirt… Prostitute... 18 years ago... Orphan...

Xiao Zhou did not notice my abnormal reaction. He asked, “What do you think? Pretty compelling, right? This case is really important, because it proves that there have always been vampires in Nanjiang City!”

“Yes, it is very important, thank you!” I said, nodding at him again and again.

Xiaozhou became very confused. He probably didn’t expect that I would thank him. I said to Huang Xiaotao, “If my guess is right, this victim from 18 years ago was Bai Yue’s mother!”

“Are you sure?” asked Huang Xiaotao.

“I’m very certain that he killed his mother 18 years ago,” I said. “Which means that the director lied to us that day. Bai Yue was not abandoned—he was escaping from a murder that he committed!”

“But why would the director cover for him?” Huang Xiaotao asked.

“I don't believe that he is the saintly man that people think him to be at all,” I said. “If he was willing to cover up Bai Yue’s past murder and even help him commit new murders, then there can only be one conclusion—the director is Bai Yue’s biological father!”

Everyone in the room was stunned. I pointed the facts out to everyone in an orderly manner. When the director was young, he broke the rules of the church and went out and met Bai Yue’s mother.

We might never know the true nature of the relationship between the director and Bai Yue’s mother, but one thing was true—Bai Yue’s mother got pregnant and eventually gave birth to him.

Because of his profession, the director absolutely couldn’t recognize this son who was born out of wedlock; and Bai Yue’s mother couldn’t perform her motherly duties well because of her profession. A prostitute who got pregnant was abandoned by the man and she then gave birth to such a freak. Naturally, Bai Yue’s mother was full of resentment, and Bai Yue himself became her target to vent off her resentment.

It is unsurprising then, that Bai Yue, who grew up in such an environment, would grow into a cruel and malicious child who hated his mother!

Until one day, he killed his mother.

The director might have been secretly paying attention to him, and he appeared at that moment and brought him to the orphanage so that he would escape the punishment for committing murder... Previous ChapterNext Chapte