Chapter 73: 73 - Memories
Li Yun could hear the woman cooking the meal. The sizzling sound of grilled fish and the smell of hot chili oil simulated his appetite. The man watching her from behind was savoring the sight.
"You're home early today," the woman said as she looked back.
She screamed, not recognizing the man. The man overpowered her and tied her up quickly. She struggled and cried, begging him to release her. He slapped her once with the back of his hand, a fiery stinging pain spread across her face, silencing her.
After tying her and dragging her up to the bedroom, he sealed her mouth with a cloth. She struggled to loosen the rope around her as she heard him walk down the stairs. Her husband should be home soon, but she was frightened for her safety. She wanted to pound on the wall, but she didn't want to alarm the intruder.
At exactly six, the husband returned from work. Instead of his wife, he was greeted by a knife, puncturing directly into his stomach.
"Yudan! You bastard!" The husband cried out, flailing his elbow to attack back.
The man tightened a rope around the husband's neck and dragged him upstairs. On top of the stairs, the husband was about to lose consciousness. The intruder loosened up his rope.
"Gutao, you better not die now! I'm not done with you!!"
Dragging the husband into the bedroom, he tied him tightly to the iron bar by the window. He then proceeded to rape and kill the wife. The husband screamed out the intruder's name and shouted as his wife's eyes turned emptied and lifeless.
"Damn you Yudan!!!"
Yudan laughed.
"I will f****** drag you to hell!"
Soon, the blood and hate from the husband drained, and he followed his wife to the afterlife.
The little baby inside the womb was the last to breathe, and at that moment, Li Yun's heart beat again. In the span of ten seconds, Li Yun lived the life of the baby during her last moments.
"Are you really all right?" Rouxi looked worried as she drove him back. Although he said he was okay, she was still going to drive him to the Yide Hospital for a checkup.
Li Yun felt his own pulse. His jing, qi, and shen drained by half, but there wasn't any affect on his physical body.
"I should be fine," he replied.
Maybe using spirit detection wasn't the best idea. Or he should avoid it if there was a possibility of a Yin Ning, or a baby fetus ghost.
According to legends, Yin Ning were powerful spirits because they were technically not completely human and couldn't just go to the afterlife. They stayed on Earth until their energy evaporated. However, Yin Ning with a strong grudge could create a gravity like yin energy that absorbed negative emotions. He could feel the negative emotions from the husband, and a lot from the wife since she was directly connected with the baby.
Li Yun didn't think spirit detection was that powerful. He had heard of sonic boom before, but he had no idea yin vibration could knock him out like that. When Li Yun's consciousness appeared inside the womb, he could only hear things that happened around him. He could pick up a few pieces, but he had to fill in the gap with a lot of guesswork.
Rouxi pulled into the Hospital parking lot and dragged Li Yun in line. Looking ahead, he saw Ju De waiting near the front line. He remembered Ju De was looking for the doctor in the illegal organ harvesting case.
Rouxi also noticed Ju De and dragged Li Yun near the front.
"Ju De, hand over the ticket," Rouxi commanded.
"You know her?" Ju De asked Li Yun.
"My girlfriend."
Ju De gave Rouxi the ticket. "Big sister Meilin, you owe me 5k for this ticket."
"New Years have already passed Xiao Ju De," Rouxi grabbed the ticket.
"What is the ticket for?"
"He just collapsed."
Ju De stared at Li Yun. "You look fine."
"She's overreacting," Li Yun remarked.
"I'll look around some more, I'll talk to you later," Ju De walked out of the line and looked around.
After thirty minutes, they walked into the room to greet a specialist. Doctor Ming examined Li Yun while asking some questions.
"Have we met?" Doctor Ming asked.
Li Yun remembered he was the cardiologist who helped the patient named Piwei last week.
"I don't think so," Li Yun responded.
"Everything looks fine so far, what were you doing when you collapsed?" asked Doctor Ming.
"Ah, well, my girlfriend and I like to seek a bit of thrill, so we went to a haunted house," Li Yun replied. "I got scare s***** and that's how it is."
Li Yun looked at Rouxi who looked embarrassed to be in the same room as him.
"Ah, I see, the heart can't handle a lot of thrill. You're still young, so it's understandable."
After ten minutes, their time was up.
"I can't believe you told him that, I thought you would be less shameless," Rouxi said as they walked around the hospital.
"It's the truth, I don't lie to doctors."
"Really?" Rouxi held onto his hand with hers and felt the warmth. It wasn't shaking like before and the sound of his pulse was calm. She smiled and rested her head on his arm. "It's good that you're fine."
He squeezed her hand to reassure her, and they walked a little further toward the lobby area.
"Do you know why Ju De is here?" she asked.
"He's helping me look for someone. Did you meet Ju De at the same party you met Xuxu?"
"No, I didn't meet Ju De until I went to the university. I didn't even know Senior Xuxu had a brother. Is he looking for another killer?"
"You know the property on Caoben street?"
"Ah, the doctor involved in the illegal organ harvesting? So the person works in this hospital?" Rouxi looked around. "There are a lot of doctors here, no wonder the police couldn't find anything."
"It's going to be tough to profile a doctor who's just doing this for money," said Li Yun. Anyone could kill for money. The person didn't have to be a lunatic or a psychopath to kill for money, just desperate.
"But if it's someone normal, they would at least feel a sense of guilt," said Rouxi. "Someone who looks sickly, or someone who will overcompensate."
"Or it could be the type that justified what they did, and live normally."
Those were the worst type of people.
"Okay, I'll help you search."
"Rouxi, I am not asking you to help, and you're still a student, focus on that. Xuxu is already complaining about Ju De skipping class."
"Don't worry."
As Rouxi drove them to the hotel, Li Yun messaged Bu Tao about the couple who was murdered.
BuTao: Why are you looking into cold cases?
DaYun: Just curious, I was checking out a property, and saw something that might be useful.
BuTao: it's a case from eight years ago, so I don't know much about it either.
DaYun: Can you find any connection between Mr. Jia and a man named Yudan?
Li Yun heard the shouting from the husband numerous time that it was a name that was difficult to forget.
BuTao: okay, I'll take a look.
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chocomug Thank goodness this isn't a horror or crime novel. I don't think I have the skill or even the nerve to write out that scene.
*I set up a Tapas account. I have no idea if there will be any readers there.
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