Chapter 19 Doubt

Fang Yue was suspicious, but he didn't dare to bring it up in front of Lin Ling.

It was clear that Lin Ling was on Hua Wuye's side, and bringing up such suspicions would only put him at a disadvantage.

After all, Lin Ling and Hua Wuye had worked together for a long time, and their relationship was a bit ambiguous. Fang Yue didn't want to be killed by this devoted couple.

Holding back, he patiently listened to Lin Ling continue his story.

"I bypassed Hua Da Niang's body, kicked open the door, and rushed into Hua Wuye's boudoir. Lying inside was the corpse of Hua Wuye's younger sister. Her death was terrifying, her face twisted in agony, as if she had been in extreme fear, and her throat had been cut."

"And then… there was Hua Wuye."

"You probably guessed it, she was still alive, trembling all over, her hair disheveled, her tendons severed in her hands and feet. She had no strength at all. Only her eyes were bloodshot, and she was frighteningly gloomy, as if she wanted to tear anyone she saw into pieces."

At this point, Lin Ling looked deeply at Fang Yue.

"Before falling unconscious, Hua Wuye told me that you killed her family. In front of her, you first killed her father, then her mother, and finally… her younger sister."

"After I handed her over to Doctor An, I immediately came over here, burning with anger."

Indeed, that was ruthless.

If I really did all that, Hua Wuye would have every reason to tear me into pieces.

But she couldn't!

Because I'm innocent!

Fang Yue calmly asked, "How did she survive?"

"How did she survive… you didn't kill her."

"Hold on, Brother Lin, let's use 'the culprit' to refer to the person who harmed Hua Wuye's entire family. The culprit didn't kill Hua Wuye, but why?"

"I don't know."

"You don't know?"

Fang Yue smiled. "That's strange then. The culprit killed Hua Wuye's entire family, but spared Hua Wuye herself. Don't you think it's like the culprit deliberately let Hua Wuye witness all of this, so as to pin the blame on me? Or… this is all a play directed and acted out by Hua Wuye herself!"

"Impossible!"

Fang Yue was interrupted loudly by Lin Ling as soon as he finished speaking. He said with a gloomy face, "Martial artists prioritize filial piety above all else! Hua Wuye would never do that, and has no reason to do so. She's not that kind of person!"

*Xi wu zhi ren, bai xiao wei xian* means that martial artists are generally filial people.

That's because learning martial arts is quite a burden on the family. To allow a child to learn martial arts, the family must have provided a lot of help.

Without enough filial piety, one would be despised and spurned by the entire village, and the guard team wouldn't accept such a person into the team.

Fang Yue immediately raised another possibility, "Then is it a case of a strange entity possessing her? Hua Wuye is no longer Hua Wuye."

"Doctor An personally examined her, and Hua Wuye has no problems whatsoever!"

"Hua Wuye has no problems, yet she insists that I'm the culprit? Then I can only suspect that she's the mole! It must be the mole who did it, Brother Lin. Moles have no bottom line. They don't even count as people! That night, they even wanted to destroy Gu Yue Village. What do parents matter to them!"

Fang Yue's last sentence was ambiguous, causing Lin Ling to glare fiercely.

"Hypothetically! Hypothetically… don't get excited."

Fang Yue smiled sheepishly, but Lin Ling said, "Rather than suspecting Hua Wuye, I suspect you. What did you do last night? Tell me everything in detail, and it's best if someone can vouch for you."

Fang Yue, with a clear conscience, immediately recounted his actions from last night.

Lin Ling didn't stand on ceremony and directly had Mu Zi brought over.

"Captain Lin, Vice-Captain Ye did act as he said last night, except for when he went on patrol, no one followed him."

Lin Ling dismissed Mu Zi and then summoned the guard team members who were on duty at the talent market last night.

"Captain Lin, we did see Vice-Captain Ye last night. He even helped us catch Mo Laozei's apprentice, but unfortunately, we let him escape in the end. However, bad people get their just desserts. This morning, we discovered Mo Laozei's apprentice lying dead in the street. He was probably killed by the escaped refugees last night."

Some refugees escaped last night?

Fang Yue asked a few questions in confusion and learned that there had been some minor incidents at the talent market last night, nothing major. Some people just didn't want to stay there under prison-like management and had sneaked out.

Players, none of them are obedient. Some of the escaped refugees were caught, some provoked the guard team members and were killed, and some fought among themselves for unknown reasons, resulting in a few deaths as well.

But no one cared.

These were all minor matters, and didn't require Fang Yue, the vice-captain in name but the actual captain, to intervene. The people below took care of it themselves. They were originally going to report it at dawn, but before they could, Lin Ling had summoned them.

With this testimony, Lin Ling was already seventy to eighty percent convinced of Fang Yue's innocence.

The remaining bit was Hua Wuye's words.

"Perhaps… there's something wrong with Hua Wuye?"

Fang Yue raised this question again.

This time, Lin Ling was silent, and muttered, "Maybe… it was too dark last night, and she mistook you for someone else."

"Then shall we go see her now?"

Fang Yue had only one thought - Hua Wuye is definitely the mole!

Handing the *Tian Dan Zhi Yuan Wu* over to the guard team members to take for breakfast, Fang Yue followed Lin Ling and got up to go to the Han residence.

……

Han Residence.

"Good! Good, good! Wonderful~ Ah~"

Doctor An, surrounded by Hua Wuye, whose tendons in her hands and feet had been severed, almost rendering her a cripple, was beaming with joy, as if he were looking at a gold mine sitting on the bed.

Although the gold mine's face was very unpleasant, as if everyone was her father's killer, Doctor An was still smiling.

With each needle he inserted, Doctor An felt like he was earning more money. It was simply too good.

But just then…

Bang!!

The door was suddenly opened.

Two guys who were hindering him from making money walked in.

"!!!"

Almost the moment Hua Wuye saw the person who came, she instantly exploded, her murderous eyes almost popping out. She fell straight from the head of the bed, wriggling and twisting like a snake, opening her mouth to bite at Fang Yue.

"Don't, don't, don't! These needles have just been inserted! They're very valuable!"

Doctor An was distressed about the money for these few needles, when he saw Hua Wuye roaring and hissing, "It's you! It's you! It's you!! I'm going to kill you! Kill you! Kill you!!"

At this moment, Hua Wuye on the ground was disheveled and looked crazy, like a mad woman. Where was the grace she had shown during the earth core night?

This appearance, no one could say it was acting.

"Hua Wuye!"

Lin Ling's face changed, and he quickly went to help Hua Wuye up.

Only Lin Ling could make her calm down a little, but she still immediately roared and hissed, "Lin Ling, kill him! Avenge my father, mother, and younger sister! Kill him!!"

Fang Yue's scalp was tingling. This woman was really a bit scary when she went crazy.

Putting on a brave face, Fang Yue pointed at his own face and said, "Captain Hua, are you sure I killed your family?"

"Liar! Deceiver!! I remember everything from last night clearly. I would recognize your face even if you turned into ashes! It was you who killed them, it was you who killed them!! You are worse than a beast!!"

Well, just like Lin Ling, they even cursed in a similar way.