Volume 3: Death in Progress Chapter 048 Speculation
Chen Ping thought about it and answered, "Because our police found that your wife had contact with a suspected criminal suspect. Think carefully about whether you have had contact with strangers in the past few days?"
After Shen Cheng thought about it for a while, he shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be possible. My wife usually stays at home and doesn't like to go out. But if you insist on saying that she has had contact with strangers, then it was the two great gods I invited to perform rituals for my wife the day before yesterday. There was no one else who had contact with my wife, and the person who delivered the takeaway also had no contact with my wife!"
Hearing Shen Cheng say that he had looked for a great immortal, Chen Ping was delighted and took over the topic and said, "That great immortal is the criminal suspect our police have been looking for!"
"What! This...!" After hearing what Chen Ping said, Shen Cheng's head suddenly buzzed. Thinking that he had actually led the murderer to his home, Shen Cheng's forehead suddenly broke out in cold sweat.
"Okay, Mr. Shen, since our police officers have come to your home, you don't need to worry about anything. Our police will protect your safety. Can you please ask your wife out now? There are still some questions that need to be verified with your wife."
"this……"
Shen Cheng looked embarrassed, after all, Chen Yue had just fallen asleep. But when he thought of the murderer, Shen Cheng nodded and said, "My wife has just fallen asleep. Wait a moment, I will go up and wake her up and bring her down."
After Shen Cheng finished speaking, he ran upstairs. It must be said that Shen Cheng's house is very big. Although they did not go upstairs, just looking at the living room of 60 square meters is enough to imagine the area of the house. Now they also know why Shen Cheng did not dare to open the door for them in broad daylight. It is obvious that he is afraid that the bandits will rob him for money.
There was no need for Chen Ping to make up so many lies to Shen Cheng, but in order to make Shen Cheng cooperate better, those words were indispensable.
Five minutes passed in the blink of an eye, and there were only five minutes left before the stipulated death time. At this time, Shen Cheng supported Chen Yue and walked down from upstairs.
After seeing Chen Yue, Zhang Fengyu discovered that it was just as Shen Cheng had said before. Chen Yue's face was extremely pale. Not only did she have two dark bags under her eyes, but her eye sockets were also somewhat sunken. It could be said that there was only a layer of skin covering the bones left on Chen Yue's face.
"Ms. Shen, I think your husband has just explained to you why we are here. Don't be afraid. We will be here to protect your safety today. And it's not just us. The armed police have also been dispatched and are lying in ambush around this community. Don't worry, you will be fine."
After hearing this, Chen Yue smiled and said to the three people, "Thank you."
However, Shen Cheng asked in confusion after hearing this: "Comrade police, what if the murderer doesn't come today?"
Chen Ping shook his head and said, "No, he will definitely come! Because this is a kind of witchcraft. If he wants to kill your wife, he must wait until the prescribed time of the witchcraft, and the person who casts the witchcraft must be close to the person he casts the witchcraft on in order to succeed. Otherwise, if any of these conditions are violated, the witchcraft will fail!"
After hearing this, Shen Cheng did not ask any more questions. He had also seen the idea of planting Gu in novels. Besides, it was easy for him to think of those two immortals as evil Taoist priests who practiced Gu magic.
Seeing that the seeds of trust had been planted, Chen Ping got down to business: "According to our investigation, the activation time of this witchcraft is between 1:05 and 1:15. As long as this period of time passes, everything will be fine. During this time, please tell me the origin of your dream, Miss Chen."
Chen Yue nodded and began to speak.
"It started the day my husband came back from a one-month business trip. After that, I would have the same dream every time I went to sleep. In the dream, I felt very tired and had difficulty breathing. Every time I struggled to open my eyes and wake up, I would see a bright, almost enchanting blood-red color."
After hearing Chen Yue's narration, Zhang Fengyu and Chen Ping looked at Shen Cheng at the same time, but their gazes were quickly retracted. It was obvious that Shen Cheng was very likely a ghost. After a little contemplation, Chen Ping continued to ask: "Do you dream of this kind of dream every time you fall asleep, or do you sometimes not dream of it?"
Chen Yue thought for a moment and said, "My husband has been staying up all night watching over me these past few days, but I haven't dreamed about it, not even when I fell asleep just now."
After hearing this, Chen Ping and Zhang Fengyu exchanged a glance. It was obvious that they both had a rough guess in their minds. As for Cheng En, he kept looking around nervously, not knowing what these people were talking about.
After that, Chen Ping asked Chen Yue a few more questions. Seeing that there were no more questions, Chen Ping said to Shen Cheng, "Mr. Shen, don't let Miss Chen go to bed yet. We will wait in the living room until 1:15."
After hearing this, Shen Cheng asked Chen Yue, "Xiao Yue, can you still hold on?"
Chen Yue nodded firmly. The palpitation in her heart was becoming stronger and stronger. Now, even if Zhang Fengyu and others asked her to sleep, she would never dare to go to sleep.
Zhang Fengyu looked at his watch and found that he was one minute away from the prescribed death time. However, he already had a guess in his mind, which was that Shen Cheng was the ghost!
Zhang Fengyu's speculation coincides with Chen Ping's speculation!
Because Chen Yue had never had such a nightmare before, but since Shen Cheng came back, Chen Yue has been having the same nightmare over and over again. Moreover, Shen Cheng did not come back from a business trip early or late, so why was it such a coincidence that he came home on vacation at this time? Thinking about it this way, it is very likely that Shen Cheng standing in front of them has been replaced by a ghost.
But these were just the two of them analyzing Shen Cheng's identity, not the opportunity for Shen Cheng to kill. As for the opportunity for Shen Cheng to kill, Zhang Fengyu and Chen Ping thought it was that Shen Cheng and Chen Yue slept together!
According to what Chen Yue said, it can be found that when Chen Yue fell asleep alone and Shen Cheng was guarding her, she did not have a nightmare, but otherwise Chen Yue would have a nightmare. It is not difficult to see that Chen Yue would only have a nightmare when Shen Cheng and Chen Yue fell asleep together. The reason why Chen Yue was not killed before may be because her death time had not arrived, but now it is different, now she has entered the range of her death time.
And everything was caused by Chen Yue's nightmare, so no matter whether Shen Cheng was a ghost or not, Chen Yue must not be allowed to fall asleep! Otherwise, Chen Yue might be killed by the ghost in her dream!
The time had already come to 1:10. As long as another 5 minutes passed, their mission would be completed. But would the mission allow them to pass through it so easily? The answer was obviously no.
"Comrade police officer, I haven't closed my eyes for almost four days. Now that you are here to protect Xiaoyue, I feel relieved. I will take a nap here for a while."
At this time, Shen Cheng rubbed his panda eyes and yawned and said to Zhang Fengyu and the other two. Chen Ping thought for a while and said, "Well, you should get some sleep. We are here to help."
Shen Cheng nodded and was about to sleep on the sofa, but at this time Zhang Fengyu suddenly said, "Wait a minute, Mr. Shen! You sleep inside, we'll go outside to avoid catching a cold!"
