Chapter 65
Chapter 65: The Counterattack of Madam Black Cat (23)
Translator: Guy Gone Bad
The inside of the box was carved with intertwined patterns . Such patterns were not ordinary flower pattern . They were lines and curves intertwining weirdly altogether, delivering a spooky and intimating chill .
There were two layers inside the box, with a few exceptionally beautiful stones on upper layer . Some were crystal clear like glass, and some were warm and flawless . Apparently they were priceless .
At the bottom layer, there were small things such as hair pins, combs, and bells . And there was a bundle of dark hair .
Those were common things and one could tell they were aged . It could be told they belong to a woman .
But the bundle of dark hair was strange .
“Meow . ” Look at this .
Xia Liang was also checking the things in the box . Seeing Ji Yue was staring at other stuff, she stretched out her little paw and scratched the partition in the middle to tip him .
In an instant, a few shallow scratches were left on the thin board .
Hearing Xia Liang’s meowing and seeing her action, Ji Yue instantly understood what she meat . He then tried whether the partition was removable and then took it off easily .
“Liang, you are so smart . There is really something in it . ” Ji Yue petted her little head .
“Meow . ” It’s a random guess . What’s in it?
Xia Liang was a little shy but still very happy . She looked up at Ji Yue with her beautiful bright eyes, wagging her little tail .
Ji Yue was so amused by her cuteness . He took out a piece of yellowing paper from the interlayer, and said to her,
“It is a piece of parchment . There are some characters on it, but I don’t know them . ”
Speaking of which, he passed it in front of Xia Liang so that she could take a closer look .
Xia Liang shook her head at the strange characters . She didn’t know them either .
“We can ask Li Shun about this box . It might be a breakthrough . ” said Ji Yue while putting away the parchment back into the box .
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Ji Yue was thinking of finding someone tomorrow to see whether he could interpret these words .
A man and a cat kept searching the room and found nothing valuable except for the box . So it was quite possible that Xiaomei’s death was related to it .
The moment Li Shun was caught, he knew he was screwed . He made a big mistake just because of his greediness of money . He would end up in jail eventually because he killed Xiaomei .
On thinking of that, all thoughts were blasted . The only thing left in his heart was regret .
When Ji Yue asked him, he told everything he knew .
“When I was gardening in the backyard, I dug out the box by accident . Xiaomei was there . I didn’t mean to give the box to the master because the box look fancy and it had a treasure in it . But Xiaomei didn’t agree with my doing . Until I half threatened and half tempted her, she agreed to keep the secret for me . When I tried to find a way to sell the box, a few evil things happened in the house . And the police kept coming in and out . I didn’t have the nuts to make any move . After Mr . Ji came here, you started to ask around . Xiaomei tried to tell you the truth because she likes you . I didn’t agree so we had a fight . I didn’t mean to kill her . I pushed her off the roof by accident . I…I was terrified . I didn’t mean to kill her! But, she made me! I didn’t mean to, I swear . ”
Li Shun had a breakdown as he was speaking . He choked with sobs, burying his face in his palms .
Ji Yue frowned at his confession, he ignored his breakdown and kept asking, “when did you find this box?”
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“A month ago . ” said Li Shun .
A month ago, the healthy master and her lady started to get heavily sick, then their second daughter went crazy, later the lady died, and the eldest son too .
Ji Yue had a feeling that the box may be one of the reasons why there were so many creepy and unexplainable things having happened in the family .
The box was like a Pandora’s box . Once it was opened, it had caused so many misfortunes and disasters to Nangong family .
The more he thought, the more he wanted to figure out what the parchment said because he had a feeling that it had a big secret on it .
“What about this bottle?”Ji Yue took out the bottle he had just shown to Li Shun .
It was the bottle Xia Liang found in the garden .
Li Shun looked sluggish, but he then came to his sense as he heard Ji Yue’s question, “This bottle was also in the box . I tossed it in the garden because it looked unworthy . When you showed it to me earlier, I thought you already knew about the wooden box . So I got panicked and tried to run away Now I know you knew nothing of it at all . ”
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Li Shun felt regretted after he knew the truth . If he could have stayed calm at the time, he wouldn’t have been exposed .
“Hm” Nodded Ji Yue slightly, “I was bluffing . Actually I didn’t know anything about the bottle . Luckily I busted you with such a little bottle . You don’t need to blame the bottle . I still can prove that you are the murderer without the bottle through other proof . Since you already arose my suspicion, I will find a way to expose you no matter what . There is no way you can get away . ”
On hearing his words, Li Shun‘s mere fluke mind to roam at large was totally gone .
After interrogating Li Shun, Ji Yue told everything to Nangong Ze and shared his own guessing with him so that he could protect himself .
After everything, Ji Yue then took Xia Liang and the box back to his room .
He cleaned Xia Liang and checked carefully to make sure that she was fine . A person and a cat finally got a chance to lie down on the bed . Finally, they had some bonding time together, thought Ji Yue .
Unfortunately, someone was knocking on the door at this time .
“Who is it?” Ji Yue moved Xia Liang away from his chest and got up .
“It’s me, Wang Yao . ”