Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Murderer

  Today I have something to do at the hospital, so I'll update ahead of time. Thank you for the reward from One Night Dance Fish Dragon.

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  Di Zi Ping was wearing a cleaner's uniform and sweeping the sanitation in the neighborhood.

  Having spent a large sum of money and forged his identity, after infiltrating the residential area, his goal was to monitor Wu Zetian's every move and then find an opportunity to capture her.

  People often have a misunderstanding that congenitally deaf people are always mute, and mentally ill people are all foolish. However, in reality, there are very few deaf people who can learn to speak, while some mentally ill individuals are extremely intelligent.

  At first, the three of them started researching Wu Zetian in order to find out why she was so hated and hurt by others.

  Soon after, Di Zipei fell deeply in love with her and began to learn everything about her in the most detailed way.

  At this time, he was surprised to find that the little girl's IQ far exceeded that of ordinary people, or rather, the vast majority of people in this world.

  Many people see the timid Wu Zetian, but Di Ziping can't forget the shock that the girl brought to him. By chance, he opened the girl's notebook and discovered her secret. The girl had once been to a forum, which was an academic forum of the Tang Empire, she was a senior user inside, and had discussed profound questions with many mathematicians.

  Her ID had submitted three papers to the Imperial Authority Magazine, which were cited wildly after publication. Until now, the Imperial Academy of Sciences is still searching for her true identity. Those three papers are considered a breakthrough in group theory, and the girl is believed by many mathematicians to be the incarnation of some great power.

  At that time, Wu Zetian was only ten years old.

  She is a beautiful and wise goddess who accidentally fell into the mortal world. She is a blessing to men, and Zhai Zi Ping will not let her go. Unfortunately, his actions were detected by Principal Huang, resulting in him going to prison.

  After being released from prison, he sneaked into the residential area, preparing to subdue Wu Zetian, take her away from here, and slowly tame her.

  Unfortunately, Wu Zetian didn't leave the house for several days. If it wasn't for the familiar voice on the phone ordering takeout, Di Ziping would have doubted whether Wu Zetian was even here. As a psychiatrist, every time Di Ziping saw Wu Yuan, he felt like he was seeing a fierce tiger, his instincts telling him that he absolutely shouldn't try to get rid of this person with an electric baton or by ambushing him.

  Day after day passed, Di Zi Ping waited for the opportunity until now, he saw Wu Yuan's drowsy state. Walking by from the side, Di Zi Ping observed Wu Yuan, his condition was not good, his sallow complexion looked like he had fallen ill.

  However, Di Ziping did not approach, there were many people here, he was still observing.

  Soon after, Wu Zetian feared that Wu Yuan had caught a chill and woke him up. She then walked with the man, who was still not fully recovered, towards home.

  Very well, judging from Wu Yuan's mental state and his pace of walking, Zhai Zi Ping can be certain that after Wu Yuan gets home, he will definitely continue to sleep for a long time, and won't wake up within four hours.

  That's good, that's good.

  Following Wu Zetian's footsteps, watching her enter the house, after an hour, noticing that there was no one around, avoiding the camera, Di Zi Ping came to Wu Zetian's house.

  "Hello, I'm the cleaner here. Can you open the door? There's a leak found in the neighborhood and I need to come in to check. This is my ID number and certificate."

  "Alright, come in."

  The door opened, which made Di Zi Ping a little surprised. He originally thought that Wu Zetian would not agree and was just making a test, but he did not expect the girl to open the door.

  "Come in, it's a bit dark inside, be careful."

  The remote-controlled door opened and Zhai Ziping walked into the second door. As soon as he entered, he smelled a faint sweet fragrance.

  "It's hallucinogenic..."

  His heart skipped a beat, and Di Zi Ping hastily held his breath, but it was already too late. He only felt dizzy and lightheaded, his body becoming limp and weak.

  "That man must have set a trap for him. He found out and then... no, if it was him, he would definitely call the police instead of doing this."

  His body stumbled forward, at this time, Di Zi Ping had no way to retreat. The fact that he killed Huang Dean would eventually be discovered by the police, so he might as well rush in and get it over with.

  "Bang!"

  His foot was caught in a rope that had been pulled tight, and his heavy body fell to the ground. At this moment, he saw a small figure raise an electric stun gun, aim at him, and pull the trigger.

  "Slap."

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  A moment later, Di Ziping woke up from his coma.

  His whole body had no strength at all, and his hands and feet were handcuffed to the chair. After looking around the room for a while, he fainted for half an hour.

  Not far from him, Wu Zetian was gathering things. They were some chemical reagents, some of which Di Zi Ping recognized, causing his pupils to shrink.

  "Is this a trap you set?"

  Di Zipei struggled hard, somewhat flustered.

  "Yes, it's me."

  The girl's voice was full of trembles, and her hands and feet were also trembling.

  "You discovered me from the start, so you lured me over here, wanting to figure out what's going on, right?"

  "Yes, you've followed me six times in these days, but you're too afraid of my brother, so you don't dare to get close."

  Yes, Di Zijian remembered that Wu Zetian was very good at observing others. As a person who had been bullied since childhood, she naturally developed extremely keen observational skills.

  "How do you want to treat me? Why don't you go report it to the police?"

  Di Zipei asked curiously, "When I came in, I couldn't fool the camera. You locked me up here, someone will get annoyed."

  "No one knows you're here because you've been hiding yourself. Is it true that you killed Dean Huang?"

  Wu Zetian still looked timid and cowardly, but her voice gradually calmed down.

  "Of the three people who studied with me back then, you were the most enthusiastic one. After you got out of prison, Principal Huang was killed. Principal Huang didn't have any enemies, and yet you quickly found my home - it's worth noting that Wu Yuan is very cautious, not even reporters know where he is, so the only possibility is that Principal Huang revealed this to you."

  Without rebuttal, Di Zijian struggled to twist his body, wanting to make a sound, and began to shout loudly.

  "It's useless, after brother returned home and fell asleep, I added some Chinese medicine that calms the mind and quiets the spirit to his soup. He won't wake up within six hours, and this room has excellent soundproofing. Even if you scream your lungs out, no one will hear your voice."

  Wu Zetian spoke softly, with a demure and innocent look. But this appearance, when seen by Di Zi Ping, made his hair stand on end.

  The Empress Wu Zetian of the past would never have conversed with someone for such a long time like this, what's wrong with her today?

  "What do you want to do? I didn't kill Dean Huang at all. I just wanted to come over and take a look at you, but was caught by you. Let me go, I swear that in the future I will never find trouble with you."

  Di Ziping spoke sincerely, but the Wu Zetian in front of him just shook her head. She took out a few medicine bottles from her box, mixed the liquid together, and drew it into a syringe.

  "Zitian, you're crazy! Those things mixed together are lethal!"

  "It's okay, it won't hurt."

  The girl's hand was shaking slightly, and big drops of sweat fell from her forehead, but she still came to Zhai Zi Ping's side to administer the injection.

  "No, Wu Zetian, wait a minute, let me speak. I admit it, I was the one who killed Director Huang. I can recount all the details, you record it and hand it over to the police, I will be sentenced to death, so you won't have any threats anymore. Hand me over to the police, murder is a capital offense."

  As a psychiatrist, Di Zijian had seen patients as fierce as beasts and those who had attempted suicide in front of him. Those people were dangerous, but the Wu Zetian in front of him was even more so! He could be certain that the timid-looking Wu Zetian really wanted to kill him!

  The girl's movements stopped, and her face showed a struggling expression.

  "You don't want to kill me, if you wanted to kill me, you would have done it when I was unconscious earlier. I admit that I'm a pervert, I lost, and I've been caught by you. I'm willing to turn myself in, go ahead and call the police. Even the most severe judge won't think you did anything wrong, everyone will only praise you for your bravery and cleverness."

  But if you kill me, I will curse you to hell for the rest of your life. When people find out that you killed someone, they will send you to prison! Your peaceful life will be ruined and can never go back to what it was before. I can tell that you really like this brother of yours, but if he finds out that you killed someone, he will never look at you again."

  Struggling desperately, Di Zi Ping thought of all sorts of reasons to persuade Wu Zetian.

  He was scared, really scared.

  "I don't know."

  Wu Zetian muttered to herself, her voice filled with fear.

  "He once said that no matter what I did, he would forgive me. He told me that if I encountered ***, to directly take them out, and since I was a minor, I wouldn't have to bear any legal responsibility."

  "You're deceiving yourself, you clearly know he's just flattering you!"

  "What you said is right, if he knew I killed someone, he would definitely not care about me."

  Wu Zetian said in a soft voice, her eyes filled with sorrow. "No one has ever understood me all along. But you're wrong about something else. I'm not afraid of going to hell because the world I lived in before was already hell."

  I never intended to let you go. The reason I didn't kill you while you were unconscious is that I needed to prove something, which is that I can look into a person's eyes and then kill him.

  Wu Zetian said calmly, but in her eyes, it seemed as if the flames of hell were burning.

  "You!"

  Suddenly, a gleam of inspiration flashed across Zhai Zi Ping's mind, his eyes wide with astonishment.

  "It was you who killed your classmates a year ago!"