Chapter 349
Chapter 349
When Lu Yihao regained consciousness, his face was filled with confusion.
Fortunately, his mind remained relatively clear, and he recognized me immediately.
“You’re… the Master…”
He did not know my name, but his manner toward me was incomparably respectful now.
Tears began flowing the moment he spoke. “Save me… Master, please, save me…”
Su Yi’s expression darkened, and his fists clenched.
I told him not to speak, then asked Lu Yihao, “Do you know you’re about to die?”
Lu Yihao remained silent, but his tears flowed even harder. He clearly understood his condition.
“If we don’t save you, you won’t survive.”
I continued, “Your father-in-law, Wang Jiangguo, doesn’t want you to live either. We’re your only lifeline now.”
Lu Yihao wept uncontrollably. After all his years of carefree indulgence, he had probably never imagined he would end up like this.
“Save me… Whatever you want, I have it. I have lots of money…”
“I don’t want money.”
I said sternly, “I want the truth. Who is Su Lan?”
Lu Yihao blurted out, “Someone I sle… my ex.”
At his slip, Su Yi nearly lost control.
I continued, “Is Su Lan dead?”
Lu Yihao suddenly fell silent, then lied. “I don’t know. I haven’t been in touch with her for a long time…”
“You don’t know?” I sneered. “You only have one opportunity to say that, just as you have only one opportunity to stay alive. I’ll ask again. Is Su Lan dead?”
Lu Yihao froze. After a full half-minute of silence, he nodded.
“How did Su Lan die?” Su Yi asked through gritted teeth.
Lu Yihao said, “She was pregnant with my child. She wanted to give birth…”
I asked, “So because she wanted to keep the baby, you killed her?”
Lu Yihao choked out, “I didn’t want things to turn out this way. I never intended to marry her. If she’d had the child, she would have ruined me. I had no other choice.”
“Fuck your mother!” Su Yi’s eyes reddened with rage, and he raised a hand to strike him.
Seventh Master and the two Masters hurriedly pulled Su Yi back.
“Young man, calm down.”
“One slap might kill him in his current condition.”
My expression cold, I continued questioning Lu Yihao. “How did you kill Su Lan?”
“With a rope…”
“Be specific!”
“With… with a rope. I waited until she fell asleep, then strangled her with it.”
“You fucking animal!”
Even I could not stop myself from raising a hand. In the end, however, I lowered it again.
Seventh Master frowned and asked, “Did she beg you for mercy while you strangled her?”
Lu Yihao nodded through his tears. “She did. I was scared. I was afraid she’d call the police. I hardened my heart and strangled her to death…”
Seventh Master cursed, “You son of a bitch.”
I continued, “After killing her, where did you hide the body?”
Lu Yihao said, “I was terrified. She was pregnant, and her body wouldn’t fit in a suitcase. I had no choice but to cut her into several pieces and take them into the mountains in two trips…”
“Which mountain?”
“The one in the western suburbs…”
“Be more specific!”
“I… I don’t really know. I forgot.”
Lu Yihao choked back a sob. “She had become very heavy, and I could barely drag her. I buried her in a pit inside the woods at the foot of the mountain, farther in.”
After hearing his account, even the two Masters looked ready to slap him.
Su Yi ground his teeth with hatred and roared, “How could you do it? Su Lan loved you so much! Even if you didn’t love her, why did you have to kill her? Why?”
Lu Yihao sobbed, “I was an ordinary nobody. It wasn’t easy for me to reach where I am today. I couldn’t let her ruin me. She refused to listen, and I had no other choice. I truly regret killing her. I know murder carries the death penalty.”
Only now did Lu Yihao reveal the slightest trace of regret, and even that regret was based entirely on his own interests.
I stopped listening to his excuses. I walked aside, pulled out my phone, and called Song Xiaotian.
I told him to call the police and take them to the place Lu Yihao had described to search for Su Lan’s remains.
Naturally, the police had to handle this. They were professionals. As long as they found Su Lan’s remains, they could extract biological evidence left by Lu Yihao and convict him.
The law required evidence. A random video recorded by us would accomplish nothing.
After the call, I returned and asked Lu Yihao, “Exactly how many children did you make those women abort?”
Lu Yihao shook his head. “I forgot…”
Fuck!
The bastard had never taken it seriously. He could not even remember.
It appeared he had caused far more than eight abortions.
“You fucking… If you didn’t want them to give birth, why get them pregnant?”
“They did it willingly.”
Those five words left me speechless.
At that moment, Wang Xiaoxiao and Anning returned.
Probably out of guilt, Lu Yihao did not dare face Wang Xiaoxiao and hurriedly pretended to be unconscious again.
Wang Xiaoxiao had bought eight roosters, but I still did not know where Anning had gone.
After unloading the chickens, I pulled Anning aside and asked what Seventh Master had sent her to do.
But she refused to tell me. She said Seventh Master had forbidden it.
Then I noticed a new children’s smartwatch on her left wrist.
It was brand new and the latest model, but she had never worn one before.
“Why did you buy that?” I asked.
She thought for a long time, unable to invent a convincing lie. “I just like it.”
I was speechless.
Night was approaching.
The two Masters immediately began preparing to expel the Infant Spirits from Lu Yihao’s body.
I had no idea what the eight chickens were for. Naturally curious, I prepared to observe from the side.
Once everything was ready, the two Masters did not begin the Exorcism. Instead, they approached Seventh Master and handed him a black cloth.
Seventh Master held it in confusion. “What’s this for?”
The Fat Master said meaningfully, “Old Seventh, you’re famous throughout our circle for secretly learning the arts of every sect you encounter. Each tradition has its own rules. Our Meishan Arts cannot be taught to outsiders. You need to cover your eyes so you can’t steal them.”
Seventh Master laughed. “Is that really necessary? You think I can learn the whole thing from one look? Am I that miraculous?”
The Thin Master, who rarely spoke and seemed somewhat introverted, replied irritably, “Then where did you learn your Invocation Formula? That belongs to our Meishan Sect, and you still have the nerve to argue!”
So Seventh Master’s Invocation Formula had been stolen from them?
Could someone really learn an art from seeing it once? I had watched Seventh Master perform it many times. Why had I never learned it?
Then I remembered. The first time I saw Seventh Master summon Qiongqi, I had asked what kind of art it was. He told me it was a secret art of the Meishan Fa Sect.
Holy shit!
He had even stolen another sect’s secret art!