Chapter 3 Three

Detective Huang is checking the state of the house as well as the yard. He also approached the neighbors to ask a few things.

While in the house, Yifei was questioning Jason.

"Do you know Miss Yang Feiyang?" Yifei asked after a while.

"You're not on good terms with her, are you?"

"What's this? Did Feiyang get into trouble again and now he's making a complaint to the police?" said Jason. The look in his eyes seemed to mock Yifei.

"So you really have a problem?"

"Of course. Who can stand a paranoid girl like her? Tell her, she better not get into trouble by lying anymore."

"I won't be able to tell her, but what do you mean by she was lying?"

Jason snorted loudly while laughing.

"Our relationship didn't go well. She always hurt herself when I said I was going to end our love relationship. So I told her that I love Liuye, so now she must have doing something weird again to involve the police, so you are come here. I don't know what she did, but I'm tired and annoyed with her."

"You and Feiyang mad because you being in a relationship with her?"

"That's right. How can I keep in touch with her after that?"

"You must be so mad at her so you killed her."

The laughter on Jason's face disappeared, even the girl named Liuye who sitting beside him widened her eyes in disbelief.

"W-wha... what do you mean? What happened to Feiyang?" that girl asked in a trembling voice.

"So you know her too? That's right, Feiyang is passed away."

Liuye looked incredulous. She covered her mouth to hold back tears as she fell to the ground.

"Th-this is impossible. Feiyang couldn't possibly have died," she sobbed.

Jason immediately acted to help that girl up, but Liuye shook that young man's hand violently.

"It's all because of you. If you hadn't continued to approach and seduce me, this wouldn't have happened. I wouldn't have lost my best friend. Feiyang probably felt so depressed at being abandoned by you so she acted recklessly!"

Jason was silent. Yifei rushed over and helped that girl up.

"So you're her friend?" Yifei asked Liuye once more. In her heart, Yifei doesn't want to believe it, it turns out that the closest people can even hurt us. Feiyang and Liuye's close friendship was crushed just because of a man like Jason.

"That's right," Liuye replied with a nod.

"I shouldn't have done this. What kind of friend am I even when Feiyang is depressed, I instead...."

The girl glanced sharply at Jason then looked away the other way.

"Hey, you're blaming me? Have you forgotten that we are indeed attracted to each other?" said Jason as he rushed over.

"If we can hold back and don't ignore Feiyang, she won't end her life!"

"That girl was crazy from the beginning. Everything that happened wasn't our fault!"

A hard slap flew across Jason's cheek leaving a red welt there. The young man didn't accept it, he was about to hit back at Liuye who was still emotional. Yifei immediately intervened between the two people.

"I don't know what drama you guys are playing, but Feiyang didn't die by suicide."

The two of them were stunned silent at Yifei's words.

"Feiyang died from being killed."

Yifei then turned to Jason.

"We are currently conducting an investigation and you are the prime suspect. It seems that you also have a strong motive for killing Feiyang."

"I... I didn't do it," Jason said in a weak voice. He looked scared.

"I did feel angry to her, but I didn't kill her."

"Then what were you doing at eleven last night?"

"I... I was with her," Jason replied as he pointed at Liuye.

"Is it really like that?" Yifei asked as she turned her gaze to Liuye. That girl just nodded silently. Jason looked relieved.

Yifei couldn't help but endure seeing them. Wouldn't it be outrageous, after betraying a closed one, that even the traitor wasn't hurt? It's true, the person closest to you could be the person who hurt your heart.

"Maybe he was the culprit," Jason said suddenly.

. "What do you mean?" Yifei asked, refocusing on her duties as a detective.

"Feiyang once said that someone was stalking him. That person even took her photo without permission. At that time, I couldn't believe it and thought she was just lying to attract attention or hallucinating, but now I think that person really exists."

"Feiyang also told me about it," Liuye continued.

"But I don't believe her either. When she said she was going to wipe

or the police, I actually forbid. I also felt she was lying at the time. Her lie would have been exposed if she had reported it to the police."

'The killer had apparently been stalking her victims a few days earlier. This case may indeed be a serial murder,' Yifei muttered to herself.

***

"Photo?" asked detective Huang as he glanced over at Yifei.

"You mean the killer stalked and took photos of his victims?"

Yifei nodded slowly. Detective Huang smacked the wheel in annoyance.

"They should have reported it. If they did, the killer would probably be in prison by now and a girl's life would not be lost."

"They didn't take Feiyang's words seriously, thinking that the girl was lying like she used to."

"Still, they really went out of their way. Betrayed those closest to make happy for themselves."

Yifei nodded.

"The betrayal of the closest person is indeed the most painful. Therefore, we should not trust people too easily," he said.

Detective Huang was silent for a moment.

"Then we have to find someone who likes to take photos secretly. It won't be easy. So many people have cameras."

"How's the forensics?"

Detective Huang shook his head.

"Nothing. As before, according to detective Cheng, forensic experts also suspect the killer is the same person as before because of the similarities in the two cases."

"If so, then we must act quickly, because perhaps the perpetrator is now targeting the next victim."

***

Eternal. That's right, everyone in the photo is immortal. It was the best performance. Their laughter will not go away. Their faces will remain the same even if time passes and they are no longer around.

Leo smiled and again pinned the photo he had just printed.

"It would be nice if immortality could be preserved," he said, staring at the photo. He then looked at the results of his photos so far, some of them had indeed been in immortality.

He then reached out and looked at Yifei's photo.

"I hope we meet soon. I can't wait any longer, but I'm sure you're on your way to finding me. After that, we'll see if you can beat me."

Leo smiled smugly and hung up that girl's photo again. He then rushed out of the room.