Bone Painting Coroner

Chapter 26 - Case Closed (Part 3)

It was a particularly moving scene unfolding in front of Ji Yunshu. Jing Rong was using one hand to protect her, while another hand blocked the palm strike and a kick flew at the shadow's chest. The kick connected with a dull thud and sent the attacker to the floor, who spat out blood as he fell.

Chaos broke out in front of the mourning hall.

Ji Yunshu was well protected behind Jing Rong. On the floor, the man who was kicked by Jing Rong leaned toward Suyun.

"Lin Duan!" Suyun suddenly screamed, crawling over to the man who had fallen. She started crying when she saw him spitting blood.

He felt a burst of pain on his chest, but once he saw Suyun, his face broke into a warm smile. He stretched out his hand to stroke her face, "Yun'er, I'm fine. Don't worry."

"It's because I'm no good. I always end up harming you."

"Don't say that! Yun'er, for you, I can do anything."

"Lin Duan, I implicated you."

The sight of this pair of unfortunate lovers together was indeed, quite touching.

Yet, Jing Rong's face displayed anger. His eyes seemed like twin balls of fire as he stared at Ji Yunshu. Their eyes locked together. His questioning tone made it obvious he was restraining his anger with effort, "Is that your way of fishing out the two murderers?"

Ji Yunshu bluntly nodded.

"This method is prohibited!" Jing Rong vetoed it without a second's hesitation.

Why was this deity so quick to anger? She wasn't afraid of dying, so what was he afraid of? She felt reluctant to try and decipher his thoughts. Instead, she neatly twisted out of his grasp with a side step. In the end, they were two "grown men". Sticking so close to each other, it would be hard to avoid people gossiping!

She took another glance at the unfortunate lovers. She really hated to break them apart, but it was not the time to feel sorry for them. "It appears that you are Suyun's lover, the accomplice who helped her to create that accidental fall. At that time, the reason why Qiaoxin couldn't see anyone else in the attic was because you'd hidden yourself under the roof. You waited until Qiaoxin was below the attic to push down Miss Zhou, leaving no trace of your presence."

At this point, Lin Duan did not even bother denying. Instead, his face was brimming with rancor as he gritted his teeth, "Damn her! She tormented Yun'er to the point that her life was worse than death, and still didn't plan on stopping. She went as far as to cause Yun'er's miscarriage. Damn her! She deserved to die!"

"Lin Duan, don't say it." Suyun wept until she was weary.

Ji Yunshu was at a loss for words, whereas Madame Zhou was on the verge of fainting.

She looked over at the pair of lovers, with hatred enveloping every inch of her heart, "What a good pair of indecent people. Our Zhou family didn't treat you badly, but you collaborated with each other to kill my daughter!"

"Dear, since the identities of the murderers are revealed, I will notify Lord Liu. Please take care of your health, so that no harm comes to you." Lord Zhou sighed, then turned to the servants and beckoned them over with a wave of his hand. "Bring them to the yamen. Let Lord Liu take care of the rest."

"Understood." Several male servants stepped forward and supported them up. But they did not release their grip and continued to restrain the couple.

"Yun'er, you should've listened to me. We should've left this place yesterday night." Lin Duan cried out in regretand tears fell from Suyun's face.

Ji Yunshu interjected, "Did you believe that you could have escaped if you left yesterday?"