"Where... where is his head?" Beichen showed a hint of discomposure for the first time in front of me.
Even after experiencing many things, seeing such a horrifying scene, my fingers hanging by my side still trembled uncontrollably, "This person is called Li Xing, a reporter from Southern Entertainment. He's likely the one who previously desecrated graves and decapitated corpses. If you don't believe me, you can check his fingernails."
"There's... there's corpse soil under the nails..." Beichen squatted down and checked Li Xing's fingers. He frowned and looked up at me, "Lady of the Snake Lord, how did you... come to know this?"
"The previous decapitated heads were used for the Forbidden Woman's Technique. If I'm not mistaken, Li Xing was under Forbidden Woman's orders, tasked with retrieving the heads from corpses. Hence, when he was grave-robbing, he didn't steal any grave goods."
I was also forced into a corner, having to wrack my brains to understand this matter, "Now that Li Xing is dead, given Forbidden Woman's character, she must have made full use of his head. His head must have been taken by the Forbidden Woman's Technique. Forbidden Woman really is a defiant existence..."
Even from thousands of miles away, Qing Li could decapitate someone.
She could even monitor everything happening in Spring Wind Town and instantly know the news of Li Xing's sudden death.
"Have you been possessed by Sherlock Holmes or something?" Beichen asked soberly after a moment of stupor, "What do we do now?"
I looked down to think for a few seconds, glanced at the not-too-distant inn, and then at the two surveillance cameras in front of the inn door, "Call the police."
After a while, the police arrived.
They questioned me for the exact details, and I told them a half-truth.
I said that a guest in the restaurant injured a staff member, and hearing that Li Xing was staying nearby, I came to argue.
Who knew I would find a corpse, so I had to call the police.
Upon further investigation,
It turned out exactly as I'd said: Li Xing and Duan Hong were staying in a cheap hotel fifteen meters ahead.
Duan Hong was not currently in the hotel, and the hotel owner was trying to get in touch with him.
From their registration documents, it turned out that they were not formal journalists; they didn't even have press cards—just ordinary employees of the entertainment company, paparazzi.
"Beichen, go and get me two jin of Mysterious Silk from Granny Wu."
After instructing Beichen, I went back to the restaurant myself.
Thanks to Yu Longting's all-out effort, Yu Er survived, barely clinging to life.
The poison was sealed within his gallbladder, estimated to flare up in about twenty days.
Yu Rongling transformed back into the Green Python once more, pitifully coiling himself on my bed. This time, fortunately, he wasn't captured and had his demonic power sealed like the last time; his ability to speak remained, "Sister-in-law... do I have to stay as a snake for these twenty days?"
"No need, I asked Beichen to buy Mysterious Silk from Granny Wu. With your sister-in-law here, I won't let anything happen to you." I patted Yu Rongling's snake face and then, with a smile, wrapped my arms around Yu Longting's neck, "Yu Longting, while Yu Er needs clothes to save his life, let me specially tailor a suit for you."
"That's not right, sister-in-law. You're saving my life, shouldn't you be the one to tailor clothes for me?" Yu Rongling crawled over to me, his Snake Eyes glaring at me with indignation.
Yu Longting pulled up the blanket nearby and covered dumbass's entire body with it, pressing him down under the blanket to temporarily cut him off, "I never thought a snake could be this noisy. Wanwan, are you sure you want to make me a suit?"
"Jeez, it's just making a suit; do you really need me to confirm it?" I didn't understand at all. It was just making clothes, yet Yu Longting kept asking for confirmation as if I was mistreating him."