Chapter 673: Not a Misunderstanding
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“At first, I was really caught by surprise!” Li Fei said quickly. “I don’t know how Tao Xiang suddenly woke up, nor do I understand why he attacked ! That heavy strike knocked
on the ground!”
“Then, Tao Xiang really started acting crazy!He slamd the shovel on my head and my body over and over again, while I rolled around in pain. I really thought that he was going to kill !” Li Fei admitted.
“I was cornered, so I kicked him! He fell down, then we started hitting each other. Although Tao Xiang had been in a coma for a few days, he was still very strong. I couldn’t win against him, and in the end, I think I might have grabbed a vase and hit him on the head with it and knocked him out!” Li Fei recalled.
“After he fell on the ground, I suddenly realized that Tao Xiang had run over from the the North end of the house. I ran over and saw that he had opened the entrance to the storage pit. That explained why he had wanted to kill ! He must have seen those things that I left there in the past! Then, when he saw
coming back with his treasure, he thought the worst!” Li Fei rubbed his hands together anxiously and continued his story.
“Actually, to be honest, I don’t bla Tao Xiang, even though he treated
like that. Tao Xiang was my one and only relative after all! Besised, he wasn’t ntally prepared for everything, as it all happened so suddenly. So, it was totally understandable that he couldn’t accept it.” Li Fei truly didn’t seem angry about this.
Then, Li Fei switched the topic. “As I went back to explain to explain to Tao Xiang about what had happened, I never expected that he, who had just been lying on the ground a mont earlier, would be nowhere to be seen! He had just vanished into thin air!”
Li Fei’s eyes grew wide as he recalled that mont. “I was frightened to death! I quickly looked for him. At first, I thought Tao Xiang would take my car and flee, but my car was still parked right there! Then, I searched around the house, but couldn’t find him anywhere! Then, as it was already dark, I finally realized that I wouldn’t be able to find him!”
He shook his head. “So, I had to flee from there as well! Hence, I quickly headed back to the house and repacked the treasure.The first thing that I thought of was to run away with the treasure! But, I thought about it again and assud that Tao Xiang must have reported all of this to the police. Once the police arrived and saw the heads and other things, I wouldn’t be able to escape!”
He exhaled slowly, then continued, “So, as I wanted to take care of those things, I decided to burn down the house!”
Li Fei was absorbed in his own mory at this point. “I always keep a container of ergency petrol in my car because I used to wander around and was afraid that I would run out in the middle of nowhere. So, I quickly brought out the petrol and carried it to the storage pit. I wanted to burn everything down!”
His eyes glead as he retold the events of that day. “When I entered the storage pit, the very first thing that I saw were the scattered cash notes on the ground! They had fallen out of a black plastic bag! Then, I saw that one of the urns where I had kept the heads had been opened!”
He took a deep breath, then added, “It was then that I understood that Tao Xiang had hid money in the storage pit as an ergency fund. When he suddenly woke up, he had wanted to take out his money. But, when he took out his money, he realized that there were many other things in the storage pit! Then, when he saw the heads, he was frightened.”
He shook his head. “He must have been so shocked that he threw away his money! Then, he definitely realized that I was the one who left the things there, and that I was the serial killer of the Headless Female Corpses Case! So, he left the money and ran away! Coincidentally, I returned ho at that sa mont, so he picked up the tal shovel and wanted to kill ! It was a misunderstanding... A cruel twist of fate...”
Listening to Li Fei trying to reason with himself, people who were listening couldn’t agree. After all, what’s to be misunderstood, as isn’t a murder just a murder? No matter who it was, they would have surely had the sa reaction as Tao Xiang.
Li Fei jumped right back into his story. “At first, I poured out quite a bit of the petrol!, but I suddenly realized that, even if I set the all of the things on fire, the heads would remain! Plus, if I were to set the house on fire, I would attract attention. So,I realized that I couldn’t set the house on fire and would have to think of other thods.”
Li Fei smiled bitterly. “Suddenly, I thought of an idea! I started packing my things, including the heads, my equipnt, and the cash notes. I then put them all in my car. Of course, I packed Tao Xiang’s treasure, as well as the Indian gemstone.”
He cocked his head to the side, then closed his eyes for a mont. “Then, I evaluated my life. I realized that I might be living an entirely different life from that mont onwards. Then, as I longed for a beautiful future, I drove back to Du Manting’s grave. This was because I had yet to bury the pit after I dug out Tao Xiang’s treasure, so the treasure box was still in the soil!”
He took a breath, then added, “Then, I opened the container and put all six heads in the box! Then, I locked the box and buried it in its original place. I did it very carefully, and I even found so dry soil to sprinkle above the ground so that no traces would be left behind. Then, I threw all of the containers away!”
Li Fei had a smug look of success on his face. “After I did that, I felt much better! I felt that, if Tao Xiang were to report to the police about , I would just secretly report about the things that were now at the cetery. If the police were to unearth those things, Tao Xiang would beco the suspect instead of !”
Then, Li Fei paused again. As Wu Xiumin understood criminal psychology, she imdiately told Ran Tao to increase the temperature in the room secretly. She then told Cui Lizhu to pass him a warm glass of orange juice.
Li Fei took a few sips and steadied his excited emotions. He then continued, “Then, I had Tao Xiang’s treasure and the Indian gemstone. I thought that I had everything and could live a good life from then on! Unfortunately, that was not the reality of the situation.”
He shook his head. “I realized that, although Tao Xiang’s treasure was very valuable, the items within it were very difficult to sell, as they were all stolen goods. If I wanted to sell them, I had to go through the right channels.”
He sighed. “But, most of the people who were underground rchants would only deal with familiar custors! As I was a stranger, if I was to suddenly look for them to sell them a stolen item, they’d either suspect
as a police spy or steal all of my loot!”
He was clearly still a bit frustrated as he recalled the situation. “In order to change all of the items into cash quickly, I could only take the risk and visit Sixth Bro! His surna is Gao, but I had forgotten his na long ago. I heard from Tao Xiang when we were on the way to the capital to steal the gemstone that Sixth Bro was running an antique business in Bai Ling sowhere. He also said that he had many connections.”
Li Fei continued. “So, I thought that maybe Sixth Bro could help . I found him according to the address that Tao Xiang had given
before. When I found him, he was walking on crutches and looked quite pathetic! Although he said that he had fallen down, I think he was really beaten up!”
Then, Li Fei sighed, “Although we were disciples of the sa master, I had no choice but to sell the things that were worth a dozen million to him at a price of only one million! Because this was so, I didn’t sell him all of Tao Xiang’s things, but rely half of them!”
Li Fei recalled, “Still, one million was no little amount to
then! In fact, that was an amount that I’d never dread of! So, I took the money and left Bai Ling.”
He shook his head again and admitted, “I really thought that it would change my life! I figured that I wouldn’t have to live a tough life like before!”
Li Fei said bitterly, “But, reality gave
a tight slap across the face. A few years later, I was shocked that my life was still a ss, regardless of any amount of money that I had. Everything was just like before...”
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