Su He was quite certain that the film crew was playing a prank. He walked back to the center of the room, sat on a chair, and calmly said with his legs crossed, "Director Yu Qing, why are you working so hard in the middle of the night instead of sleeping? It's not like you're filming a reality show."
No one answered. Su He went out into the hallway, but there was no one there.
"Su He...blood...blood!" Fan Xiaotong suddenly exclaimed in alarm.
Su He returned to the room to see Fan Xiaotong staring in horror at the corner, where a red liquid was oozing out.
The room next door!
Su He hurried out and pushed hard on the door to the adjacent room.
The door was unlocked and opened!
The room was pitch black, but he could make out a dark figure that was making growling sounds like a zombie from a movie.
Fan Xiaotong followed him and stood behind Su He, clutching his arm and trembling, "It's her!"
Su He swallowed hard, mustered his courage, and entered to turn on the lights.
"Ah!" A shrill scream exploded in Su He's ears, and Fan Xiaotong fainted.
Inside the room, a woman was sitting on a chair. Her feet were nailed to the floor, and her arms were outstretched, pulled taut by two ropes in an embrace-like pose.
Her eyeballs dangled like pendants from her neck, with blood continuously oozing from her empty sockets.
Her tongue lay in her hand, impaled by a nail through her palm.
The woman was still alive!
Hearing the noise, she turned her head to look over, but she was doomed to never see again.
Fan Xiaotong collapsed at his feet. Su He felt a little weak in the knees as the thick, cloying stench of blood assaulted him. The woman in the room began to struggle violently, causing the chair to scrape against the floor with a grating sound...
Unable to speak, the woman could only make strange, animalistic roars of fury.
"What's going on? Why aren't you sleeping in the middle of the night? Are you all sick or something?" A couple yelled angrily as they poked their heads out.
The woman's curses sounded more like flirtatious banter. At this point, Su He's legs were still trembling - he had seen many disturbing scenes, but the woman's appearance was too horrific.
Then the couple came out, with the man leading the way. He fumed, "You've been making noise all night. Do you want anyone to sleep or not? This is my last warning, or I'll call the police!"
The man approached from behind Su He, who turned sideways to let him pass. "Hey, is the number for 110 still 110?" Su He asked.
"Ah!" The man saw the scene in the room and let out a scream even louder than Fan Xiaotong's.
Fortunately, the man only wet his pants and didn't faint. It was then that Su He remembered Officer Zhou had given him a business card for Hou Guangyi, the chief of the Taipei Criminal Investigation Division.
Su He had learned from experience that when reporting a crime, it was better to call someone you know. That way, you didn't have to go through the interrogation room - after ruling you out as a suspect, the police would let you go.
If you dialed 110 directly, a bunch of unknown officers would show up, and you'd have to follow proper procedure and submit to questioning.
"Hello...Officer Hou, it's Su He. We met earlier today...yes, the pilot Su He...It's Su He, not Shuke...There's been a murder in the Jiufen scenic area of New Taipei City...We need an ambulance...The victim...is still alive...Just hurry up, don't ask any more questions!"
After hanging up, Su He noticed there were a few more people in the hallway. The man from before kept shouting, "Murder! Murder!"
A few daredevils came to take a look, only to either wet themselves or collapse vomiting.
"Nobody is allowed to leave. I've already called the police. If anyone leaves, they'll be the prime suspect. Everyone stay where I can see you..."
Having heard that some deranged killers liked to return to the crime scene to watch the police investigation, Su He took out his phone and recorded everyone there. Then he said, "You two, go wait outside for the police and ambulance..."
Su He randomly pointed at two men, then helped Fan Xiaotong up and leaned her against the wall.
He walked back to the doorway and said to the woman inside, "If you can hear me, nod your head."
The woman nodded.
"Do you know the killer? If you do, nod your head."
The woman shook her head slightly.
"Is the killer a man?"
The woman nodded.
"Was there only one killer?"
The woman nodded.
"Was the killer..."
Before Su He could finish his question, the woman's head drooped down.
She was dead!
A trembling man next to Su He said, "Buddy, she died from you questioning her..."
"Nonsense!" Su He turned and glared at him. The fact that she had lasted this long was already a miracle. If she couldn't even endure those few questions, no ambulance would have been able to save her anyway.
At least Su He had learned some useful information. If the killer was caught, it would serve as a form of vengeance for her.
The man grinned foolishly, "I was just joking...I guess we don't need the ambulance anymore."
"You think you're funny?" Su He was fatigued from the sleepless night and in a foul mood, so he snapped at the man. He then went to Fan Xiaotong and said, "She needs the ambulance too. Help me get her onto it."
The motel owner had been terrified into a stupor, crumpled on the floor and unable to speak.
Next, Su He called Director Yu Qing to explain the situation.
Soon after, more than a dozen officers rushed in. The lead officer shouted, "Who's Su He?"
Su He raised his hand.
The officers approached and set up a perimeter, and the lead officer said, "Everyone come with us back to the station. Hand over your communication devices from now on. No private communication or whispering..."
He looked at Su He last and said, "Captain Hou wants you to wait here for him."
About ten minutes later, Hou Guangyi finally arrived, followed by a few plainclothes officers.
"Su He, come with me."
Hou Guangyi glanced at the crime scene and immediately turned to leave.
"Officer Hou, wait for me to put my shoes on!"
...
At around 4 AM, Officer Hou took Su He to a cafe.
They were the only two people inside, with not even a staff member present.
"This cafe belongs to my wife..." Officer Hou poured Su He a cup of coffee and stared at him intently. "Captain Zhou told me about you. He said we'd meet again...I didn't expect it to be this soon. Here, try my handiwork..."
Su He took a sip - it had a bitter taste. He wasn't much of a coffee drinker.
"I don't really like coffee either...But criminal investigators often have to work late nights, so my wife opened this cafe..."
Su He smiled but didn't respond.
"Zhou said if there's a tough case, I could seek your help...I don't think either of us will be able to sleep tonight, so why don't we chat for a bit..."
Officer Hou took out a few photos from his bag and placed them in front of Su He, pointing at one. "Does this look familiar?"
Su He was taken aback - the scene in the photo was identical to how that woman at the motel had died!
ions, keeping it grounded and realistic】 After quitting his job, office worker Su Yang accidentally binds with the "Enjoy Life System." As the name suggests, simply by indulging in life's pleasures, he can earn random rewards from the system—no need to spend money on beautiful women or grovel before anyone. Just enjoy, and the money follows, making it all about effortless fun. The system comes with a scanning feature, allowing him to establish a favorability bond with women rated 85 points or above. Every 20-point increase in favorability unlocks additional rewards. After suffering through over twenty years of hardship, Su Yang trembles with excitement, his dull eyes suddenly gleaming with newfound hope. "Enjoy life? How hard could that be?"
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
orn and Humiliation】【Forced Love】 In his past life, Lin Ran was betrayed and murdered by his girlfriend and family, while the yandere female aristocrat, who had treated him as a mere plaything, avenged him by doing in his enemies. Upon seeing the yandere female aristocrat lying in the same coffin, ready to die with him, Lin Ran realized how profoundly mistaken he had been. Reborn, he abandoned the fickle campus beauty and wholeheartedly embraced the yandere female aristocrat's arms. "Ran! If I dig out your eyes and turn them into a specimen, you'll only be able to look at me!" Lin Ran: "Darling, kiss me!" "Ran! If I break your legs, you won't run away anymore, right?" Lin Ran: "Love, hold me tight!" "Ran! If..." Lin Ran: "Hush now! Love me more!" Luo Yao: ... Seeing his scumbag dad: "Take him out!" Seeing his stepmother: "Get rid of her!" Seeing his brother: "Eliminate him!" Seeing his white moonlight: "Send that to Southeast Asia!"
uld barely embark on the path to immortality. Just as he was on the verge of death, his golden finger awakened. No matter whether it was poison, drained blood and vital energy, diminished lifespan, or any other physical debuff caused by paying a price—once midnight passed, everything would be refreshed. From then on, whenever someone asked what kind of person Chu Ran was, the answer was simple: Forbidden arts that other cultivators dared not learn? Chu Ran would learn them. Prices that even demonic cultivators dared not pay? Chu Ran would pay them. Lifespan that even righteous cultivators dared not burn? Chu Ran would burn it. All the blood essence in his body? Take it. Want both his hands and feet? He would cut them off and send them to you. You say he’s finished? He wasn’t built to sit idle. You think he’s gone mad? No—he was simply waiting for midnight. From that day onward, Chu Ran would respect neither Heaven nor Earth, bow to neither gods nor ghosts. He had only one wish: For midnight to arrive a little sooner.
