Chapter 319: Casting A Long Line To Catch A Big Fish (1/2)

After the scene was cleaned, Dali told me to hop into the car. ”Let me help you save some gas,” I shamelessly uttered. “I'll take Xiaotao's car back.”

“Throwing your buddy away like that when a woman comes along huh!” he lambasted. “What’s the point of the police giving you a car?!”

We arrived at the station at around 11 pm. During the journey, Ding Xu woke up and kicked up a huge fuss. The officers had to escort him off the vehicle in handcuffs.

”Take the handcuffs off!” ordered Xiaotao. “He’s not a suspect.”

”No, he may hurt himself,” I quickly stopped her. “Just leave it on for now.”

”Check if there’s a clothing store nearby that’s still open,” I said, turning to Dali. “Get a dress and two mirrors.”

”A dress?!” Dali exclaimed. “How much will that cost?!”

”There’s no need to spend money on this,” interrupted Xiaotao. “I have summer dresses that I want to donate. They’re in the trunk. I’ll get them for you.”

Dali left to buy the mirrors while I headed straight to the interrogation room with Xiaotao.

At the moment, Ding Xu was making a fool out of himself, claiming that we violated his human rights and insisted on calling his own lawyer. Xiaotao watched him through the one-sided glass. ”If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn’t believe such a thing actually exists!”

”We can’t be certain that he’s possessed by the victim,” I replied. “I’ll verify this later. Let's stabilize him first.”

When we entered the interrogation room, Ding Xu glared at me with his chin haughtily raised. ”I haven’t broken the law. Why should I be arrested?” he yelled. “I’m warning you, let me go now or I'll make you pay!”

I sneered at his words. Who did he think he was to make us pay?!

”Qiu Wanxia, I brought you some clothes,” I said. “I think you’ll like it.”

When I placed the bag of clothes on the table, Ding Xu’s gaze seemed to relax as he picked up the clothes to look at them. Sure enough, girls couldn’t resist beautiful clothes, even after death. ”Hmph, what sort of cheap clothing is this!” he mocked. “It’s so tacky! Doesn’t match my noble temperament at all!”

Xiaotao was smoldering under her stony expression but I motioned for her to calm down.

Ding Xu told us to leave the room so he could change into the dress. Xiaotao and I pretended to leave but we watched the whole process through the one-way mirror. ”The way he’s putting on these clothes is just like a woman. Even the subconscious action of tucking his hair behind his ears isn’t a habit boys develop.”

Right then, Dali came running into the room, only to be greeted by the sight of Ding Xu twirling around like a girl. ”Fucking hell, my eyes!” he screamed.”I might’ve been blinded by that!”

Xiaotao asked what the mirrors were for, and I explained the folk ritual of detecting spirits called the ‘mirror within the mirror.’ The reflection of one mirror in the other supposedly revealed the true face beneath their disguise.

After all these incredible things happened, I might as well try a folk ritual to see if we could determine the authenticity of Ding Xu’s possession.

Xiaotao and I waited while an officer brought in the two mirrors. ”Young lady, would you like to look in the mirror?” asked Xiaotao.

”Yes!” Ding Xu clapped his hands excitedly.

Xiaotao held up one mirror while I raised the other behind Ding Xu, paying special attention to the angle so Ding Xu wouldn’t notice my actions. However, I was disappointed to find that the man reflected in the mirror appeared completely normal.