Chapter 327: The Truth Behind The Possession (2/2)

”Nonsense!” shouted Ding Xu. “I speak the truth!”

”Is that so?” I sneered. “You said Lang Jun cut open your stomach and stuffed hamsters inside. You claimed he was the one who beat you, and you told me you lied about being pregnant with his child which spurred his anger because he was infertile.”

Ding Xu bit his lip and kept mum. ”All of these are merely embellishments you made!” I continued. “They were based on cases you read or heard. In fact, you’re not really possessed by a spirit. You’re Ding Xu!”

”How can you turn the truth upside down?!” Ding Xu stamped his feet. “If I’m not Xiao Xia, how could I have...”

I held up two pieces of paper, one with a signature left by Ding Xu on his shopping trip and the other was written by Xiaotao on my instructions. ”These two handwritings are yours and Xiao Xia's! It’s difficult to change your handwriting!”

Ding Xu shook all over as he stared wide-eyed at me. ”You witnessed Xiao Xia's death that night, but you felt guilty because you were too scared to rescue her,” I concluded, enunciating each word. “Then you ran over to dig out the body and saw the clothes she was wearing and the hamsters in her stomach. However, you didn’t have the courage to call the police. You were afraid of the consequences. You hate your own weakness so much you gradually formed another personality. You became Xiao Xia just to relieve your guilt!”

Lips trembling, Ding Xu dropped to his knees and covered his face while he wailed and wept. His voice became lower, like a man’s. ”I really am weak and contemptible! I hate myself. Forgive me, Xiao Xia.”

Xiaotao was so shocked her mouth fell agape. ”His demons are gone!” I declared.

I walked up to Ding Xu and said, ”Why do you think Lang Jun abused Xiao Xia? Was it because you saw him kill her?”

Ding Xu nodded with tears running down his face.

”Now that we’ve come to this,” I sighed. “You might as well tell us everything you witnessed that night!”

Ding Xu hesitantly explained that he met Xiao Xia on the Internet two years ago and soon grew closer through their chats. Ding Xu gradually became fond of Xiao Xia, but his deep inferiority complex prevented him from meeting her in person because he knew Xiao Xia would despise his physical appearance.

Later on, Xiao Xia revealed that she was sent by a big CEO to approach someone and become a commercial spy. Ding Xu was extremely worried about her and advised her on more than one occasion to leave.

But Xiao Xia couldn't go back because she had grown used to the beautiful clothes, delicious food, and the handsome, domineering CEO. This was the life every girl with a Mary Sue complex yearned for!

Xiao Xia eventually fell in love with the object of her betrayal and foolishly came clean to the man. Lang Jun angrily threw her a parting gift and told her to leave.

Downhearted, Xiao Xia confided a lot in Ding Xu, causing him to mistake her candor as affection for him. So he summoned up the courage to express his feelings to her, but was rejected.

On the night that Ding Xu planned to delete her from his friends list, Xiao Xia suddenly issued a “Goodbye.” Ding Xu frantically asked where she was but to no avail. In the end, he found Xiao Xia's location through QQ location services. But when he arrived, he saw a man stomping on Xiao Xia's throat. He hid in the grass, too horror-struck to make a sound and watched as Xiao Xia breathed her last.

The man placed something into Xiao Xia's hand before burying her body. After the man left, Ding Xu wept for a long time before dialling 110. But he hung up immediately after hearing the operator’s voice because he didn’t have the courage!

He didn’t dare to offend the wealthy, powerful man.

After a year of living in deep remorse, Ding Xu ran back to the scene to dig up Xiao Xia's body. When he saw the badly decomposed corpse beneath the soil, he was so frightened he covered the body once more and continued to retreat into his cowardly shell to escape reality.

Through all this self-blame, he began to have strange dreams where the rotting Xiao Xia came to him. The dreams grew more and more frequent until he imagined seeing Xiao Xia’s shadows and hearing her voice when he was awake.