Chapter 788 - 788 The Most Dangerous Place Is Not Safe
788 The Most Dangerous Place Is Not Safe
“Aunt, Old Master Qiu asked for this. He said that the most dangerous place is the safest place,” Fa Le said as if he knew Su Xiaolu’s doubts.
“I see.”
Su Xiaolu was skeptical.
“If Aunt wants to see Miss Qiu, it’s fine. Miss Qiu will cooperate with us.” Fa Yin looked at Su Xiaolu for her opinion.
When Su Xiaolu heard that they could still meet, she said, “Then let’s meet if we can. Everyone thinks from different perspectives. We might discover something different if we ask.”
Miss Qiu Ran was in the inner room. There were more than a dozen maidservants standing silently in two rows.
Su Xiaolu, Fa Yin, and the others first checked the outer room. They checked carefully and looked everywhere. The entire room was clean. Apart from the marks on the door, there were no traces anywhere else.
After entering the inner room, Miss Qiu Ran sat behind the curtain and couldn’t be seen through the screen.
Fa Le explained in a low voice, “Aunt, this is because Miss Qiu has seen too many people. Old Master Qiu is worried that someone will offend her, so he arranged this.”
This allowed the people who came to investigate the case to ask Qiu Ran some questions and not be rude to her. After all, she was an unmarried girl and most of the people investigating the case were men. It would not be good for word to spread.
Su Xiaolu nodded in understanding and they sat down on the other side of the screen.
Su Xiaolu asked, “Miss Qiu, is there really nothing abnormal about your life in the past two days? For example, have you ever gone out somewhere or taken a few more glances at anyone? Even if it’s women, have you ever had any contact or eye contact with them.”
Why did he eat the hearts, livers, and lungs of beautiful women and specially target those with good family backgrounds?
Could it be that those with a good family background would have more delicate organs?
No, even if they were more delicate, it was just the layer of skin on the outside. Inside, it was only divided into healthy or unhealthy.
“No. I haven’t been out for the past two or three days. I didn’t go anywhere. I—I don’t know why I was chosen.”
Qiu Ran replied quickly. She had said these words countless times. Ever since she was marked yesterday and reported it to the officials, she had been repeating them non-stop.
She did not go out. Her activity was restricted in the courtyard. This was where she spent her time. She dressed up, changed her clothes, ate, washed up, and slept here. She also embroidered, placed flowers, played the zither, and wrote.
Even the poems and half-finished embroidery had been checked.
But after checking, no one had a clue.
Su Xiaolu and the others asked, but they had no clue.
The room had already been checked, but they did not find anything unusual.
Fa Yin sighed and said, “Looks like we can only guard her strictly. If we can’t find any clues, we can only set up a trap and wait for that demon to throw himself into the net. He has chosen her. As long as he dares to come, we’ll do our best to capture him.”
With such an official residence and their abilities, they would definitely be able to catch him.
Su Xiaolu nodded. This was the stupidest but only method at the moment.
As the sky gradually darkened, everyone became vigilant.
The Qiu Residence was filled with lights, illuminating the entire residence. Miss Qiu Ran’s pavilion was already surrounded layer by layer with people, and there were many experts lurking in the dark.
Su Xiaolu was also observing.
As midnight approached, a shrill scream suddenly sounded. Everyone heard it and their hearts trembled.
Su Xiaolu was the first to jump over and head towards the source of the sound.
Behind her, others followed.
When she reached the top of the courtyard, she saw a figure fly out. Under the light, it was a fox-faced man with a sharp mouth and a monkey’s face. He had black claws on both hands and was dripping blood. His mouth was filled with blood and he was holding a lump in his hand. He stuffed it into his mouth. His figure was dozens of feet tall, fast and anxious.
Su Xiaolu flew after it. With a flick of her finger, countless water droplets hit the demon.
After hitting it, the demon fell and disappeared under Su Xiaolu’s watch.
Su Xiaolu frowned. He actually had superpowers.
She didn’t dare to be careless. She directly released her water-element superpower, and countless water currents wrapped around this narrow alley. As long as there was someone, there would definitely be a shape, but there was nothing. It was empty.
After that demon became invisible, no one knew where it had fled to.
“Aunt, how is it?”
Fa Yin and Fa Le rushed over and asked anxiously.
Su Xiaolu sighed. “He ran away. He can become invisible.”
Upon hearing that demons could become invisible, everyone frowned even more.
However, at this moment, they still had one thing to figure out. Why was Miss Qiu Ran, whom they had protected layer by layer, screaming from other courtyards?
Actually, the answer was already obvious.
However, they still wanted to see if the person who was killed was really Qiu Ran.
When they returned to the Qiu Residence, a woman was crying her heart out. The simple and elegant courtyard was also filled with the smell of blood.
A white cloth covered the corpse.
Old Master Qiu also sat at the side dispiritedly and shed tears.
It was obvious that the corpse on the ground was the real Qiu Ran.
Madam Qiu was immersed in sorrow and cried her heart out.
Jiang Zhengjun frowned and asked, “Old Master Qiu, if this is the real Miss Qiu, then who was the person we were protecting?”
Old Master Qiu was dejected, as if all his energy had been sucked out. He replied sadly, “It’s one of Ranran’s maidservants. How could he recognize her? Ranran was clearly disguised. How could this happen?”
Old Master Qiu couldn’t understand how it went wrong.
Apart from him, his wife, and the maidservant, no one knew about the swapping of real and fake daughters. They had done it flawlessly, so how could the demon differentiate between them?
“Old Master Qiu, the matter has already happened. My condolences. Madam, please tell us what you witnessed and help us catch the demon as soon as possible.”
Jiang Zhengjun’s expression was solemn. Today, they had let the demon escape without even fighting it. Now that he had succeeded, the demon would continue to harm people. As long as they did not catch it, the murders would not stop.
As for Madam Qiu, she should have seen it with her own eyes this time. She might know how the demons came about.
Old Master Qiu looked at his grieving wife and finally said in pain, “Everyone, please leave. That demon is very capable. My wife is old and probably didn’t see it clearly and can’t help you. Instead of wasting time here, why don’t you investigate whose daughter is marked next?”
He had failed to protect his daughter and suffered a huge blow. His daughter was already gone, and his wife was in pain now. What was the point of saying anything else?
As for whether other women would be in danger, it had nothing to do with him. Capturing the demon was the government’s business.
“Leave, leave. All of you, leave. Why couldn’t you protect my daughter? Why did you come so late—” Madam Qiu suddenly roared angrily. Tears and snot flowed down her face. At this moment, she had no image. The pain of losing her daughter was too heavy for her to withstand, so she vented her resentment. She blamed them for coming too late.