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Doma Taihei walked home like a walking corpse, unsteady on his feet for some reason.
They were supposed to take Umaru home.
He found that his body was out of his control.
There were many vehicles on the road.
Doma Taihei slammed into the vehicle with a "thud".
His body was thrown into the air, and he collapsed in a pool of blood, his body blurred with blood.
Chen Xiao hugged Xiao Mai, who looked out the window worriedly: "Brother Chen Xiao, I want to go home."
"It's okay. Your brother is an adult, and he needs to accept that we're together. Don't you like Chen Xiao?"
"I..." Although Xiaomai was reluctant, she was still very happy to play games with Chen Xiao.
Chapter Twenty-Six: The Meddling Policewoman! I'll Get You in My Hands Sooner or Later
Half an hour later.
Xiaomai curled up in Chen Xiao's arms, her legs wrapped around his, and the two of them hugged each other tightly, not separating.
The rain continued to fall outside the window, the raindrops winding like tear tracks on the glass, as if telling of someone's impending death.
"Brother Chen Xiao..." She raised her head, her golden hair brushing against Chen Xiao's ears, her cheeks flushed slightly.
"I...I want to go home and see my family...If I don't go back soon, Brother Taiping will worry about me. Please!"
Her voice was very soft; she was worried that Chen Xiao would be angry about it.
Chen Xiao's fingers ran through her hair, the movement as gentle as soothing a frightened cat: "It's too late now. And are you sure you want to go back alone?"
Umaru nodded seriously. "Yes, I want to go back! If I stay here overnight, I'm afraid my brother will be angry. After all, he's my biological brother."
"Then I'll take you back."
Chen Xiao stood up, his slender fingers slowly buttoning his shirt, a faint, wicked smile playing on his lips.
Umaru was also preparing to put her clothes back on.
Reina Morimoto had already rested afterward.
Chen Xiao and Xiao Mai belong to the second round.
A peculiar atmosphere permeated the two of them—both intimate and distant. Umaru still needed time to accept this feeling.
"Although Brother Chen Xiao used some... special methods..." Xiao Mai's voice was as soft as a feather after she put on her clothes, "but I actually... don't dislike you..."
Her fingertips unconsciously intertwined, and a faint blush rose on her cheeks.
Chen Xiao chuckled and reached out to ruffle her golden hair: "Xiao Mai is so gentle."
His gaze softened. "I promise you, I will treat you and Ebina well."
"Mmm..." Xiaomai nodded shyly, and Chen Xiao planned to continue holding Xiaomai and do the things that lovers should do when they part ways.
Jingle Bell!
The shrill ringtone of a cell phone pierced the ambiguous atmosphere.
Startled, Umaru quickly grabbed her phone.
Chen Xiao sneered from the side.
"Is this Ms. Doma Umaru?" A capable female voice came from the other end of the phone.
"Yes, it's me..."
"This is Yumi Miyamoto from the Metropolitan Police Department's Traffic Division." The policewoman's voice was businesslike and serious, yet tinged with a barely perceptible hint of pity. "Your brother, Taihei Doma... was involved in a traffic accident..."
The phone slipped from Xiaomai's trembling fingers and crashed heavily to the floor.
"Hello? Ms. Doma?" Yumi Miyamoto's voice came faintly through the receiver. "The ambulance is taking the injured person to Beika Hospital. Please come as soon as possible!"
Umaru's world seemed to lose all sound in an instant.
She stood there, stunned, her pupils contracting sharply, her lips trembling but unable to utter a single word.
Chen Xiao bent down to pick up the phone: "We'll be right there."
He hung up the phone and pulled the trembling Xiaomai into his arms.
The girl's body was no longer as fiery as it had been during her intimate moments with Chen Xiao, but rather a chilling cold that penetrated to the bone.
The only thing that truly has warmth is the ever-flowing tears.
"It's alright..." Chen Xiao gently patted her back, "I'm here."
Outside the window, the rain was getting heavier.
The distant siren pierced the rain curtain like a mournful cry.
In the morgue of Mihana Hospital.
The fluorescent tubes hummed, casting a cold, bluish-gray light onto the stark white tiles.
The smell of disinfectant mixed with the dampness of the rainy night created a suffocating sense of oppression.
Umaru knelt before the mortuary bed, her slender fingers gripping the white sheet tightly.
Her long, golden hair clung messily to her cheeks, and tears fell from the corners of her mouth, dripping onto the white sheets.
"Brother...brother..." Her sobs were broken and fragmented, "If only I had gone home with you back then, it's all my fault!"
Chen Xiao stood in the shadows, his right hand gently resting on Xiao Mai's trembling shoulder.
As her left fingertips traced the words "Calm Thinking" on the silver lighter given to her by Hiratsuka Shizuka, a barely perceptible smile curved her lips.
The power of the Dark Bible... has never disappointed.
This is far more useful than Light Yagami's Death Note; at least it won't leave any evidence.
Ebina stumbled into the ward, braving the torrential rain on her way there.
She threw herself at Xiaomai's side: "It's all my fault..." Her voice was terribly hoarse, "I shouldn't have told Taiping-senpai where you were..."
Two young girls embraced and wept before the body, their tears wetting Taiping's peaceful face.
Yumi Miyamoto observed from the side and noticed that Chen Xiao was standing there with a strange smile on his lips, as if he were mocking this absurd tragedy.
Miyamoto Yumi frowned slightly, a growing sense of vigilance creeping into her heart.
"Please accept my condolences." Chen Xiao's voice was appropriately low and somber. "The most important thing now is to handle Brother Taiping's funeral arrangements properly..."
"Please cooperate and give a statement." Miyamoto Yumi walked in with a notebook, her sharp eyes sweeping over the three of them.
Please provide details of Taihei Doma's whereabouts in the two hours before his death.
Miyamoto Yumi's pen scribbled back and forth on the notebook.
Umaru, Ebina, and Chen Xiao were talking about what happened before the incident.
“So,” she looked up, her deep black eyes fixed on Umaru, “what exactly was the time your brother saw you?”
After thinking for a moment, Xiaomai said, "Around... 11 PM..."
"And then he left in anger?" Miyamoto Yumi turned to Chen Xiao, her gaze sharp as a knife. "And you—did you say something to provoke Doma Taihei back then?"
“Officer,” Chen Xiao interrupted her gently, his amber eyes gleaming innocently under the light, “Xiao Mai and I are in a legitimate relationship. Taiping is just having trouble accepting it right now.” He took out his phone and pulled up a video, “This is the surveillance footage from the dormitory corridor, which can prove that Taiping was in a stable mood when he left.”
In the video, Doma Taihei is indeed seen walking steadily out of the dormitory building.
Miyamoto Yumi squinted her eyes—there's something inexplicably off about this video; Taihei's movements are too...mechanical.
"The preliminary forensic examination indicates it was an accidental car accident." She closed the notebook, her fingernails unconsciously tapping the cover. "But some details still need to be..."
"Officer!" The young Officer Takagi rushed over. "The forensic department has confirmed that the deceased's blood alcohol content was zero, which is consistent with the characteristics of a traffic accident."
Miyamoto Yumi's eyes showed a hint of disappointment. She observed Chen Xiao's almost perfect handsome face and the infinitely gentle temperament he exuded, making it hard to doubt that Chen Xiao was involved in this secret affair.
But her intuition told her that this high school student named Chen Xiao was too perfect, too unrealistically perfect.
From the perfectly timed sadness to the airtight alibi, it was like...like a meticulously rehearsed script.
"Fall back," she finally said, but as she turned around, she deliberately "dropped" her police ID card at Chen Xiao's feet.
As he bent down to pick it up, she lowered her voice and said, "I'll be watching you."
Chen Xiao smiled and handed back the documents. As he shook hands with her, he gently caressed Miyamoto Yumi's small hand: "You're welcome anytime, Officer Miyamoto." His breath brushed against her ear. "However, I suggest you make an appointment in advance, since I'm usually very busy."
Yumi Miyamoto suddenly took a half step back, her ears turning red involuntarily.
When she came to her senses, Chen Xiao was already comforting the sobbing Xiaomai and Ebina.
This man... there's definitely something wrong with him.
Chapter Twenty-Seven: At the Funeral Hall, and with the name of the young maid, Ebina... (Ligeleng)
Chen Xiao held Xiao Mai's delicate body in his arms, but his eyes were fixed on Miyamoto Yumi, and he was reciting a spell from the Dark Bible with a slight smile.
"John Chapter Two: Control"
As Miyamoto Yumi was about to leave the morgue, a wave of dizziness washed over her.
An eerie ripple appeared at the edge of her vision, as if countless tiny points of light were dancing on her retina.
(Something's not right... this feeling...)
She shook her head vigorously, but Chen Xiao's face appeared more and more clearly in her mind—his amber eyes shimmered with a honey-like luster in the darkness, and the shadows cast by his eyelashes swept like feather fans; the tiger teeth revealed when his thin lips parted slightly carried a dangerous playfulness; even his slightly messy bangs seemed like a carefully designed work of art.
That handsome face is unforgettable.
"Damn it..." She bit her tongue, but couldn't dispel the lingering illusion.
"Will you miss me?" It was as if a voice was echoing in my mind.
Soon, this consciousness gradually faded away.
"Honestly, how could I have such a strange hallucination? I must be too tired today." Miyamoto Yumi left on her own.
In the morgue.
The only sound in the deathly silence was the hum of the refrigeration equipment.