Chapter 497: Chapter 497: The Old Prince Is Killed (First Update)
“Su Xiaoyue, are you alright?” Lin Fei saw Su Xiaoyue staring blankly at him, so he asked her with concern.
Su Xiaoyue finally snapped out of it, why does this seem like it’s not a dream?
Could this be real…
Su Xiaoyue was unable to distinguish between reality and dream for a moment.
To distinguish between reality and dream, Su Xiaoyue reached out her hand to touch Lin Fei’s lowered face.
Her hand actually touched his face, smooth and warm.
Warmth?
Do people in dreams also have warmth?
As if realizing something, Su Xiaoyue’s hand recoiled as if shocked.
Lin Fei was left speechless: What was Su Xiaoyue doing?
Leng Ying, witnessing the scene from the side, was stunned, oh my, what did he just see?
The young miss of the Su family, teasing Lin Fei in front of him?
This girl is something!
“Ahem, Lin Fei, I won’t disturb you two.” Leng Ying cleared his throat, said to Lin Feng, and then walked toward the balcony.
Lin Fei, filled with embarrassment, quickly said to Leng Ying: “No, Leng Ying, it’s not what you think…”
On the bed, Su Xiaoyue’s face was flushed all the way to her ears.
She wanted to cry but had no tears.
How could she embarrass herself so much?
She blamed herself for thinking she was dreaming and that it wasn’t real, leading her to lose control and touch his face.
“Help!~~~” Just then, a scream came from outside.
Lin Fei recognized the scream as coming from Sotu.
Something clicked in his mind, and in a flash, he was at the balcony, while Leng Ying, hearing the scream, had already leaped from the balcony.
Swish.
Lin Fei followed, flying down.
Leng Ying crouched in front of Sotu to check, then stood up, looked back at Lin Fei, and said, “His neck has been twisted, he’s already dead.”
Lin Fei looked at Sotu lying on the ground and saw that although his body was prone, his face was twisted behind him, eyes glaring wide, blood trickling from his mouth—a horrifying sight.
The masked man in black who had been lying on the ground had vanished.
There was no doubt that the masked man had feigned unconsciousness and Sotu had definitely been killed by this masked man.
Lin Fei took out his phone and dialed Qin Zheng’s number.
“Lin Fei, calling at this hour, is there a case?” Qin Zheng answered and promptly asked.
Lin Fei said, “The old prince has been found.”
“Where?” Qin Zheng hurriedly asked.
“At the Su family, but he’s already dead.”
“Dead?”
“Yes, you should bring your people over quickly.”
“Alright, I’ll bring them over right away.” Qin Zheng said and then hung up.
Just after Lin Fei put down the phone, the startled Su Zhenjiang couple came over.
The servants in the villa also came out with faces of surprise and doubt.
Seeing Sotu dead on the ground, Su Zhenjiang and the servants showed expressions of shock.
“Young Master Lin, what’s going on?” Su Zhenjiang looked at Lin Fei and asked in astonishment.
He did not expect Lin Fei, who had already left, to appear again at the Su family.
Lin Fei knew the ten noble families had all been controlled by the old prince, so he must be very familiar with the old prince.
Thus, Lin Fei told Su Zhenjiang and his wife about how Sotu was the old prince, and also shared the prince’s attempt to harm Su Xiaoyue.
The Su Zhenjiang couple was greatly shocked after hearing this.
“Housekeeper Tu was called here by Yan Chunhua a few days ago without our consent, and was appointed as the housekeeper. Who would have thought he was the old prince who threatened our ten noble families?” Su Zhenjiang said with a face full of hatred.
Half an hour later, several police cars arrived at the Su family’s courtyard, Qin Zheng and the police got out of the cars.
“Lin Fei, where’s the old prince?” Qin Zheng couldn’t wait to ask Lin Fei as soon as he saw him.
Lin Fei pointed to Sotu, whose neck was twisted on the ground, and said, “He is Sotu, the old prince.”
Qin Zheng, looking at the deceased Sotu, was somewhat puzzled: “Lin Fei, how do you know he’s the old prince Sotu?”
Lin Fei then recounted how he had clashed with the old prince at the Sea of Death, left a wound on his hand, and today, noticed a sword mark on Sotu’s hand, leading him to suspect he was the old prince.
And how he secretly had Leng Ying watch him and discovered his plot against Su Xiaoyue.
Qin Zheng then confirmed Sotu was indeed the old prince.
The demon controlling Shencheng’s ten noble families, known as the true master of Shencheng, was finally dead.
Qin Zheng felt like he had accomplished a great task, a deep breath of relief filling his heart.
“That demon is finally dead, Shencheng can now find peace.” He said.
“Lin Fei, did you and Leng Ying kill the old prince?” Qin Zheng asked Lin Fei.
Lin Fei shook his head and said, “No, it was a masked man in black who killed him.”
Then Lin Fei explained how the masked man pretended to be unconscious and killed the old prince.
Qin Zheng and the Su Zhenjiang couple showed signs of surprise.
“Lin Fei, who is this masked man in black?” Qin Zheng asked Lin Fei.
Lin Fei said, “If I’m not mistaken, this masked man in black is Master Qingteng.”
Qin Zheng was startled: “The same Master Qingteng I brought back from the police station today?”
Lin Fei nodded and said, “It’s just my guess. You could call the duty officer at the police station to see if he’s still in your station?”
Qin Zheng listened to Lin Fei and promptly took out his phone to dial.
“Xiaoli, go check the holding cell where Master Qingteng is detained to see if he’s still there? Get back to me later.” Qin Zheng said into the phone.
“Yes, Director Qin.” A young officer’s voice replied from the phone.
Qin Zheng hung up the phone and said to Lin Fei, “I’ve sent someone to check.”
A few minutes later, Qin Zheng’s phone rang, he spoke a few words and hung up.
Then, Qin Zheng said to Lin Fei, “Xiaoli went to check, Master Qingteng is in the holding cell sleeping, and there’s nothing unusual.”
Lin Fei furrowed his brows slightly, “Could I have guessed wrong? Is the masked man someone else?”
“Lin Fei, I’ll have the investigation intensified; we must find the masked killer.” Qin Zheng said.
Lin Fei nodded, that’s all they could do for now.
The masked man had been heavily injured in the room, struck by Lin Fei’s punch through the wall, falling to the ground; it would likely take at least a month to recover.
So, the masked man would likely find a safe place to hide and heal, even if Qin Zheng wanted to send people to find him, they might not be able to.
Half an hour later, the vehicles from the funeral home arrived and took Sotu’s body away.
Qin Zheng also bid goodbye to Lin Fei, leaving some police officers at the Su family for protection, to prevent retaliation from the masked man.
Then, Qin Zheng left with the other officers.
For Su Xiaoyue’s safety, Lin Fei suggested to the Su Zhenjiang couple that Su Xiaoyue temporarily stay at the Zheng family villa.
The Su Zhenjiang couple agreed to Lin Fei’s proposal.
If it weren’t for Lin Fei tonight, their daughter would have fallen into the hands of evil men, with unimaginable consequences, so they trusted Lin Fei greatly.
Su Xiaoyue, hearing that Lin Fei was taking her to the Zheng family villa to protect her, was naturally very pleased and happy.
This way she could spend time with Lin Fei at the Zheng family villa every day.