After writing down the oral confession, I returned to the police station with the two policemen. 

Coincidentally, when we got out of the house, we encountered the victim

’s 

wife. When she heard that her husband was chopped into pieces, she just nodded

 and showed 

that she 

understood

 the bad news. She only asked the police to solve the case as soon as possible. She shook her high heels off her feet then 

went

 to her room to rest. She ignored her daughter

, who was 

standing with a helpless face in the living room. 

If 

we

 didn’t have 

proof

 that she wasn’t present at the crime scene, I would have 

suspected

 that she was the murderer… 

When we

 returned to the police station, I asked to see the victims’ profiles one more time. I wanted to see if I could find any similarit

ies

 between them. 

I had studied them for around one hour

 and found

 somethin

g

: 

Regardless of

 what position they ha

d

, they 

were 

married and had at least one child. 

I told Captain Liu about my findings. However, he thought that this similarity was

n’t that significant

. “Does the murderer want to kill people who ha

ve

 children? It would be a maniac serial killer!”

I looked him deep in the eyes. Then, I emphasized, “I saw 

an evil

 spirit

.

” 

Captain Liu opened his eyes wide in shock

. H

is face was full of fear. 

I took a deep breath. “The spirit 

i

s a 

child

. That’s why he

 ha

s chosen victims 

with

 kids. I think he kills people because of something he had experienced when he was alive. 

T

he eight victims’ children have experienced what he had experienced.” 

Captain Liu calmed down. With a serious face, he asked, “What are you going to do?” 

I shook my head. “For now, I only know that the spirit 

is targeting

 families with kids. I haven’t figured out what his motive is.” 

Thus, the urgent task 

at hand

 was to investigate the family relationship, especially between the parents and the children

of 

the

 victims

. We had to know this information before 

we could 

figure out

 what 

to

 do next.  

As soon as Captain Liu heard that, he immediately assigned his staff to do what I had just told him. I didn’t follow them but went to Wang Ping’s house to see her. I wasn’t sure 

if

 she was the next target. However, since it had appeared in

 her

 house, Wang Ping 

c

ould be murdered. 

Wang Ping was thrilled 

to see me

. I 

deliberately 

drove the topic to her son. Then, I found a problem

. 

She was different from the other moms who 

were

blunt

 about their children. Wang Ping simply 

drifted away from

 the 

topic

. 

Wang Ping made me think that she didn’t 

want to 

be close to her son. I thought I got something important here, but I couldn’t figure it out. 

I felt irritated with myself

, so

 I 

stopped answering

 Wang Ping

’s questions

. I got up and went to the bedroom 

on the

 second floor. 

The door to 

Wang Ping’s son’s room wasn’t completely closed. I took a look through the slit between the door and the doorframe. The kid was talking 

to

 the cloth tiger in his chest. He sounded like he was

 complimenting

 the tiger for something it had done. This scene looked strange. 

I wanted to 

go

 closer to listen to him

, but t

he boy suddenly lifted his head and looked at the door

,

 just as if he had spotted me! 

I quickly took a few steps back. Eavesdropping was somewhat embarrassing. I pretended 

not to know anything and went to my guest room

. 

I hadn’t slept for almost two nights. Not long after I tucked myself in bed, I 

fell asleep

. 

When I woke up, it was late in the afternoon. Wang Ping called me to have dinner. At the same time, she told me that the police had come and said that they got what I had asked 

for

. 

After h

earing that, I 

was no longer in 

the mood to eat. I 

hurriedly 

ran to the police station. When I entered the office, I saw 

that

 Captain Liu’s face 

was dark

. 

“What’s wrong?” I was skeptical. 

He 

said

 nothing but ushered me to the document storage room. Then, he pushed a thick stack of files 

at

 me. I flipped over the pages. Slowly, my face turned dark and heavy… 

In my 

eyes

, parents were 

great and

 selfless. Even if they 

made mistakes sometimes

, they just wanted the best for their children. However, the document

s 

in front of me had overturned my worldview! 

From the investigation result, no matter how rich or poor the deceased were, they had the same character

istic.

 They had neglected their children. In some severe 

cases

, they even seriously abused their children! 

Two or three of them weren’t from Fujian. They 

had come

 to do business in Fujian and got rich. Afterward, they only thought about themselves and spent everything on themselves, including their time. They had neglected their children back in their hometown. One of the deceased had a secret lover whom she often 

brought

 home

. She had even 

let 

her partner

 torture her daughter by whipping her and 

dripping

 hot wax on her!  

“Damn! Were those 

freaking

 people even human? They weren’t better than filthy animals!” I hastily closed the files. 

At this

 moment, I thought I would give up this case since those who were involved deserved death! 

Captain Liu saw that I was emotional. He pressed his hand on my shaking 

shoulder and said slowly

, “Mr. Zhang, I

’ve

 heard that the people 

who work

 in your business believe in reincarnation, right?” 

I nodded, but I didn’t know why he had changed the topic that fast. 

He took a few draws from his cigarette before 

speaking

 again. “This morning, 

y

ou told me it

 was a child

, right? Are you that heartless to give up the case and let a kid

who didn’t have a good childhood not be able to rest forever? He kills people because he still has hatred in his heart. That

’s why h

e hates 

the 

parents who abuse their children.” 

I was bewildered. Then, I rubbed my nose

 and felt 

a little embarrassed. He wasn’t in my business, but he understood our morality while I had almost let my 

anger get

 the best of me and forg

otten about

 the rule. 

It seemed I should read the 

s

acred 

t

ext of Daoism 

more often

. I didn’t want to let my emotions get to me. 

When Captain Liu saw 

that I had

 calmed down, he asked, “What should we do now? The spirit kills one person every day. If 

this

 continues, the social order and security in Fujian can’t be maintained.” 

I thought

 about it.

T

he knuckles of my right hand gently 

knocked

 on the table. “Wang Ping 

is most likely 

the next target. If I hadn’t been there last night, she would have been the next victim. When the little ghost recognized that he couldn’t kill Wang Ping, he changed 

his

 target.” 

“Do you still want to protect Wang Ping?”

“I’m not sure 

how to

 get rid of the ghost. If I am there and the ghost 

goes

 to kill people somewhere else, my sin will grow bigger…” I said begrudgingly

. 

Then, I 

asked Captain Liu to choose two policemen that had kids and a happy family to go to Wang Ping’s house. At the same time, I would hide outside to watch. 

I would

 see if that spirit 

was

 going to kill only those who didn’t treat their children well. 

W

e would

 be able to confirm this theory after this test.

“Oh right, don’t tell anyone that I will be watching outside.” I 

thought, then

 added, “I don’t want to show 

any

 clues.” 

Captain Liu nodded and went to make the arrangements. After Captain Liu sent two middle-aged policemen away for a while, I followed them to Wang Ping’s house. 

To ensure that I 

w

ould stay concealed, I put on a Yang Concealing Talisman 

as

 I got close to Wang Ping

’s house

. Then, I climbed a big tree that had branches tha

t extended 

just outside Wang Ping’s window. 

With the Yang Concealing Talisman, 

the spirit

 wouldn’t be able to 

notice

 me unless he saw me directly. 

It started to rain again. Soon, I was soaking wet. The feeling of having damp clothes sticking on my body was extremely uncomfortable. I tried to ignore th

e feeling and gazed 

at the window. Through the window, I saw the two policemen talking to Wang Ping. 

Wang Ping looked a little panicked as it was late and I hadn’t come to protect her. Wang Ping’s son went downstairs

. He was hugging 

the cloth tiger and talking with the police. He looked happy

, 

though. 

However, he didn’t say a word to his mother. He was sitting next to 

one of the

policemen

. 

From what I could see

, he didn’t depend on his mother at all. This made me strongly believe in my assumption. 

At around 10:00 PM, one of the policemen stood up and held the boy’s hand

. He led 

him to the second floor. I guessed he was going to tuck him in

to 

bed. 

The other policeman stayed and talked with Wang Ping. 

It didn’t look

 like they 

would

 sleep tonight. 

I was a little worried. I had hit the spirit hard yesterday. Perhaps it hadn’t recovered enough to show up tonight. 

I took out the phone and sent a text message to Captain Liu. Afterward, the policeman in the living room 

received

 a phone call. After the phone call, he said something to Wang Ping, and then the woman went to her bedroom. 

The policeman leaned against the sofa

 and smoked. He closed 

his eyes to rest. Last night, it was almost dawn when the spirit came. It would be a few hours until that time. I closed my eyes

 and took 

a little rest too. 

Suddenly, I heard a loud crackling noise 

from

 the room. My eyes shot open. 

The 

picture frame near the TV 

had fallen

. 

A

 cute boy 

appeared

 on the TV

. He was f

acing the policeman. It was 

a complete

 contrast to the crying face I 

had seen

 yesterday. 

H

e was smiling brightly t

onight

. 

Even if the policeman opened his eyes and saw the kid now, he wouldn’t pay attention to him. 

Since

 the kid didn’t seem to want to attack the policeman, I stayed 

still and patiently watched 

him… 

The boy looked at the policeman and smiled for quite a long time before leaving the TV

. Then, he 

slowly 

crawled

 toward the bedroom. It seemed I was correct. When he appeared last time, the entire living room was full of crying 

faces

. 

Now that he was walking toward

 the bedroom, I knew he didn’t want to scare the good father in the living room. 

I inched my body on the tree branch to see the bedroom. Unfortunately, Wang Ping had let her curtain loose. 

“Oh 

shoot

, I forgot that!” I cursed then slid down the tree. I quietly crawled up to the balcony. 

I was lucky that the balcony’s window was open. I took off my shoes and 

tiptoed behind

 the curtain. I 

opened the balcony door a little 

to observe the room. However, as soon as I pulled the curtain, a massive crying face 

appeared

 in front of me

. Its bleeding eyeballs were the size of a 

fist

. 

I was scare

d and stumbled

. The fire in my heart surged up. “Get off of me!” I screamed

 and thrust 

the Yin and Yang Umbrella forward. The crying face turned into a dark shadow

 and attempted 

to leave the room. I hurried to chase after it. I wouldn’t let it go this time! 

The policeman in the living room got up. 

When he saw that I was furiously rushing

 out with the Yin and Yang Umbrella, he was bewildered.