Young Master Is Being Jealous Again!
Chapter 798 - Li Xuemei Provokes Qin Ruan through Surveillance

Chapter 798: Chapter 798 - Li Xuemei Provokes Qin Ruan through Surveillance

Office.

Qin Ruan stood in the center of the room, inviting the Black and White Impermanence to come over.

Lord Bai Qi and Lord Hei Ba stood before her. One had a delicate and ethereal beauty, and the other bore a stern countenance that seemingly belied a fierce demeanor.

When they faced Qin Ruan, a trace of emotion flashed across their dark eyes.

"Miss Qin."

Qin Ruan stared at the Soul-beating Whip and the Soul-locking Chain in their hands and spoke in a mild tone, "I am looking for a puppet named Li Xuemei, a villager from Shanlu Village."

A speck of emotion crossed Lord Hei Ba’s perennially sickly pale face as his fingers, clenching the Soul-locking Chain, slipped into the chain’s links.

He curled his lips as if attempting to smile, but it came across as horribly chilling, intensifying the sinister atmosphere around him.

Lord Hei Ba said in a deep voice, "Miss Qin, the puppet Li Xuemei has already entered the Netherworld."

Qin Ruan showed no surprise. Since she couldn’t locate Li Xuemei in the Mortal World, the only place she could be hiding was the Netherworld.

She raised an eyebrow and asked, "May I trouble you to summon her here?"

Without hesitation, Lord Hei Ba rejected her, "She has been sent to the Eighteen Layers of Hell, where her soul will undergo six hundred years of purgatory tortures. Only after her sentence ends will she be released."

Qin Ruan nodded understandingly. The amusement in her eyes faded as she focused intently on his, "Three murders in the Mortal World are linked to her, one of the victims was innocent. If Li Xuemei isn’t put on trial, wouldn’t that be unacceptable?"

Immobilized under the gaze of her deep-set eyes, Lord Hei Ba felt a surge of unease and involuntarily averted his gaze.

The depths of Qin Ruan’s gentle eyes held an icy abyss, seemingly bottomless.

Overwhelmed by the scent of blood, Lord Hei Ba was reminded of how Qin Ruan had once been in purgatory, her crimson eyes as blood-soaked as her sword, exuding an intense aura of death, like an Asura freshly emerged from Hell.

Under her gaze, it seemed as though one’s innermost thoughts were laid bare.

Noticing his partner’s pallor, the ethereally beautiful Lord Bai Qi stepped forward.

He bowed to Qin Ruan and said in a low modulated voice, "The ghost envoys of the Netherworld can liaise with the Tianxing Team in the Mortal World. We simply need to inform them. The victims of Li Xuemei will then be absolved."

Qin Ruan had an epiphany as a touch of mirth surfaced in her eyes. She spoke nonchalantly, "So there is coordinations between the Netherworld and the Mortal World’s relevant departments?"

Lord Bai Qi was composed and measured, "When the wrongdoers of the Netherworld cause harm to innocent people in the Mortal World, we, the ghost envoys, occasionally deal with the Tianxing Team. They can be considered as the Netherworld-certified special department in the Mortal World."

Qin Ruan’s beautiful eyes slightly narrowed as she glanced between Lord Bai Qi and Lord Hei Ba.

She didn’t press the issue about the Tianxing Team but moved to the office desk and switched on Yuan Zhiwei’s computer. She started looking through the surveillance footage of the three murders that happened in North, South, and East City the previous night.

The Black and White Impermanence exchanged a glance, a deep understanding of the situation reflected in their eyes.

They thought they had passed this hurdle.

Lord Bai Qi stepped forward and respectfully asked Qin Ruan, "Miss Qin, if there’s nothing else, may we take our leave?"

"What’s the rush?" Qin Ruan glanced at him and chuckled, "So, I won’t be able to see Li Xuemei since she’s been thrown into the Eighteen Layers of Hell, right?"

Lord Hei Ba regained his composure and replied earnestly, "Miss Qin, Li Xuemei’s experiences in life were indeed unfortunate. However, after her death, she became a vengeful puppet, killing six people.

The moment this puppet entered the Netherworld, it was immediately escorted by ghost envoys to the Eighteen Layers of Hell. If only you had acted earlier, perhaps you might have had a chance to see her."

Qin Ruan lowered her eyes and stared at the three frames displayed on the computer screen, "I seem to have missed my chance."

Her voice was soft, devoid of any emotional inflections, as if she were musing to herself.

The next moment, Qin Ruan’s calm expression turned stern as she turned around the computer screen.

The images playing on the display were clearly seen by the Black and White Impermanence.

Qin Ruan scoffed lightly, her gaze icy, her voice sharp as a blade, "Did Li Xuemei really get thrown into the Eighteen Layers of Hell, or do you just dare not bring her to see me?"

The vast office was suddenly filled with a icy tension.

Lords Bai Qi and Hei Ba hadn’t expected Li Xuemei to leave a trail behind for Qin Ruan after she had committed murders the previous night.

Three separate surveillance videos were paused on the computer screen.

The final frames showed the expressions on the faces of Shao Xujie, Huang Xiaoyun, and Liu Xiaoxu after they had committed murder.

The laughter on different faces gradually transformed into Li Xuemei’s.

Even though it was etched on different faces, the crazed, twisted laughter was instantly recognizable.

Qin Ruan delicately pointed at the three faces on the screen, her tone filled with irony, "Who is Li Xuemei laughing at?"

The Black and White envoys’ expressions twisted in a grimace.

Qin Ruan continued, "Ordinary people may not notice the difference, but I can see this puppet-esque, twisted laughter. The only other people who could see it are you two, or those who possess the Heavenly Eye."

"Knock, knock..."

As soon as Qin Ruan finished speaking, the office door was knocked.

"Madam, you called for me?" The man standing outside was Lin Hao.

Qin Ruan glanced at the increasingly pale Black and White Impermanence inside the room and called out, "Come in!"

As Lin Hao pushed open the door, he was immediately enveloped by the chilling gloom that filled the room.

His eyes slightly widened as he saw the Black and White envoys enveloped by thick black mist floating inside.

It wasn’t his first encounter with them.

Lin Hao took a deep breath, stepped into the office, and calmly closed the door behind him.

Now, he was becoming more accustomed to accompanying Qin Ruan and dealing with ghost envoys, vengeful puppets, and evil spirits.

Qin Ruan beckoned him over, "Lin Hao, come here."

When he stepped closer, she pointed to the computer screen, "Can you see the expressions on these three people?"

Despite the differences, their smiles displayed an uncanny similarity.

Their grinning faces were repulsive and creepy, as if they were intentionally laughing for someone watching through the surveillance.

Even if their faces were humanoid, their expressions gave Lin Hao an eerie sensation.

He nodded calmly, "I can see it, their smiling faces are twisted, ugly, and slightly nauseating."

Qin Ruan chuckled, her laughter laced with coldness, "You can see it clearly, but Lu Han, Yuan Zhiwei, and the other officials couldn’t detect anything unusual despite watching the video.

They, as police officers, have keen eyes. They wouldn’t miss even the slightest anomaly when dealing with a suspect. I specifically magnified Shao Xujie’s laughing face for them to see earlier, but they remained indifferent."

Qin Ruan directed her words at the faces of the Black and White Impermanence.

In fact, when she saw the odd laughter earlier, it didn’t strike her as something peculiar. She just affirmed her suspicion that an evil spirit was orchestrating events behind the scenes.

As she saw the flustered expressions on Lords Hei Ba and Bai Qi, Qin Ruan touched the image of Shao Xujie on the screen, displaying the bizarre laughter.

She spoke leisurely, "This hideous laughter was displayed by Li Xuemei when she was raped in the woods in Lushan Village. I saw it through someone else’s memory.

Before inviting you two here, I didn’t think there was anything abnormal about her expression, let alone link it to me.

But now, it seems to me that Li Xuemei is laughing at me, isn’t she?"