My 'Healing' Game-Chapter 44 Wei Youfu’s Guidance

44: Chapter 44 Wei Youfu’s Guidance

44 -44 Wei Youfu’s Guidance

“Impossible, who else could they possibly find to play the lead if not me?

This crew is so cheap, do you really think they have the money to hire other actors?” Acheng said with conviction, “Next time, I must make Jiang Yi personally come to find me.”

He seemed to think of something amusing, as a smile gradually spread across his lips.

The agent, knowing his place, kept quiet and drove Acheng away.

On the filming set, actually nobody cared about Acheng’s departure; all eyes were on Director Jiang and Han Fei.

Director Jiang was the director, and it was up to him how the movie should be shot.

Han Fei might just be a supporting actor, but his acting had deeply impressed everyone present.

Moreover, there had been a near conflict between the crew members and the victims’ families just moments ago, and it could be said that Han Fei, single-handedly, prevented it, helping the crew overcome a major obstacle.

“Han Fei, I know what you are saying makes sense, and there’s nothing wrong with your persistence, but sometimes compromising a little doesn’t go against one’s principles,”

“This isn’t a matter of principles,” Han Fei shook his head, preparing to leave, “You’ll understand in time.”

As they watched Han Fei leave, both the crew members and Jiang Yi felt a profound sense of regret.

The executive who was once frightened by Han Fei even chased after him, trying to convince him to stay.

Although Han Fei was not a star, the attitude of the crew members towards him and Acheng made it clear who they respected more: Han Fei.

“Now I understand why his acting is so good, but he’s still not famous,” said the actress playing Wei Youfu’s wife, thoughtfully watching Han Fei, “The clearest water holds no fish; his personality is just too easy to offend people with.”

“At his age, to possess such acting skills, combined with his perseverance and personality, an actor like him will soar to great heights the moment he seizes an opportunity to prove himself.

Actors like Wu Cheng, who barely become fourth-tier stars with the backing of their companies, can’t be compared with Han Fei at all,” Jiang Yi finally spoke up in front of the crew after Han Fei had walked away.

“Director, ahem, just a reminder, we still rely on Acheng’s company for this drama,” the camera director pretended not to hear what Jiang Yi had just said.

“Let’s wrap up here, we’re temporarily halting filming, and we urgently need to discuss the script,” Jiang Yi began tidying up the chaotic shooting site.

“Director Jiang, shouldn’t we give Acheng a call?”

“Call for what?

I only let him play the lead to please the investors; his voluntary exit is perfect,” Jiang Yi looked towards the corridor from where Han Fei had left, “Actually, I have a decent candidate in mind, but it’s a shame…”

…

Han Fei’s head and face were still smeared with some blood, making him look rather disheveled at the moment.

He walked out of the Flower of Evil filming site, and laughter echoed from across the street.

A delicately handsome male actor was exiting the Urban Secret Love filming site, surrounded by a crowd; they seemed to have come out specifically to watch the commotion.

“Brother Zifeng, that’s Han Fei.

I heard that after he left our company, he started doing extras’ work,”

“Why bother?

Wouldn’t it be better to work behind the scenes?”

“He had just joined the Flower of Evil crew when troublemakers showed up here, disrupting the entire production.

I’ve interacted with him before; he’s not a bad person, just somehow incredibly unlucky,”

“This works out great for us!

The only competition we had this slot was ‘Flower of Evil,’ and now with this jinx there wreaking havoc, we’re probably going to rank first this season,”

The crew members of Urban Secret Love had heard the commotion from across the street and specially came out to spectate.

Seeing Han Fei’s current state, they were all secretly pleased.

With the wall fallen, everybody pushes; with the drum broken, everyone strikes it.

From this perspective, perhaps ghost’s are a bit cuter.

Such scenarios were not new to Han Fei; he had faced them so frequently that now, hearing these mocking words, he felt nothing at all, even a bit amused.

The street lamps of the Old City District cast their light onto the streets, creating a mosaic of light and shadow where a group of people joked and laughed under the lights, while Han Fei stepped into the darkness at the street corner.

Suddenly, the phone in his pocket vibrated.

Han Fei stopped in the shadows of the old street and answered the call.

“Li Xue?”

“Han Fei, you might have struck gold this time!”

“Progress on the Human-body Puzzle case?” Hearing the tone of Li Xue’s voice, Han Fei guessed there must have been some progress.

“My teacher checked the original case files in internal custody and found someone named Jiang Jiang among the people of interest.

This person isn’t the killer in the Human-body Puzzle case, but he’s had contact with all the victims!

He appeared at the doorway of the puzzle shop where surveillance captured Wei Youfu giving him change.

He also encountered Gu Ye drunk late at night and even collected Gu Ye’s empty liquor bottles.

He bumped into the Female Live-streamer Zhang Lingfan outside the big shopping mall, where she cursed at him with disgust for a long time…”

“He is a homeless man from another city, living in an unfinished building in the suburbs and subsisting on recycling waste and picking up trash.

His mental capacity is limited.

He is simple and naïve and is often bullied by other homeless people; his collected trash is frequently stolen.”

“Jiang Jiang has an exceptionally good temper and is very kind.

He doesn’t steal or rob; he even goes to people in uniforms when he finds something he shouldn’t have.

However, he often mistakes security guards for police officers and has been tricked out of the money he earns from picking trash,” Li Xue spoke very quickly, not caring whether Han Fei could follow her: “The change probably began eleven years ago, when there used to be a private Welfare Home on North Street of Old City District.

The director had his wallet stolen during a business trip.

Though there wasn’t much money, all his identification documents were inside.”

“Jiang Jiang found that wallet?”

“Exactly, he found the wallet in a trash can.

Unable to enter the high-speed railway station, he waited beside the trash can until a staff member from the train station came along.

After getting his wallet back, the director felt that although Jiang Jiang was a bit simple, he was honest and reliable.

He wanted to help Jiang Jiang, so he arranged for him to work in the Welfare Home, cleaning.”

“Unfortunately, the good times didn’t last long.

After only a short period, Jiang Jiang was fired because he lacked personal hygiene and always smelled bad.

However, after Jiang Jiang left, a child in the Welfare Home started claiming he saw a ghost at night.”

“A ghost?” Li Xue’s words captured Han Fei’s attention, “Can we still find this child?”

“The child went missing, but we’ve found another kid who used to live in the same room.

That child told us something frightening,” Li Xue’s voice slowed down: “He and the missing child slept on opposite sides of the bedroom, each able to see the other’s bed and under it.

The missing child always said that there was a ghost hidden under the boards of the other kid’s bed, appearing only in the latter part of the night when everyone was asleep.”

“Are you suggesting that this ghost might be Jiang Jiang?” Han Fei, having played Perfect Life, could now keep up with the experienced detectives in terms of reasoning: “But such an obvious suspect would have been questioned by the police back then.”

“The first person the police investigated was indeed Jiang Jiang, but the investigation stalled.”

“Why?

Did he have an alibi?”

“Because he died,” Li Xue sent Han Fei a picture: “This Jiang Jiang is the first victim in the fridge corpse case.”

“He’s the homeless man killed by the Meng brothers?”

“We have no evidence that the Meng brothers are the killers, but you had suggested to me that the fridge corpse case might be related to the Human-body Puzzle case.

So we revisited the files on the fridge corpse case and made a startling discovery,” Li Xue sent Han Fei a third photo, taken in an abandoned villa.

Underneath the torn blanket of homeless Jiang Jiang was a strange drawing.

Amidst black trees, a black house was hidden, surrounded by headless children. freewёbnoνel.com

“Because of this drawing, the police suspected that Jiang Jiang, who had cognitive deficiencies, might be an inwardly dark monster who suppressed his emotions.

Yet today, after hearing what you said, I realized these black trees, the black house, and those headless figurines coincide perfectly with the clues you provided!” Li Xue’s speech unconsciously quickened, “A homeless man, possessing nothing of value, the police concluded that his murder fit the random killing pattern of a serial killer, but it wasn’t until I saw this drawing that I realized the killer murdered homeless Jiang Jiang to silence him, he might have witnessed the killer in action!

Maybe he even saw something far more terrifying!”

“I understand what you mean now.

You believe that Jiang Jiang was trying to contact Wei Youfu and the others, not to harm them, but to save them!” At this moment, Han Fei realized how closely related the Human-body Puzzle case and the fridge corpse case were.

“Do you know what’s the most terrifying thing?”

“What?”

“The killer of the Human-body Puzzle case likely deliberately let cognitively limited Jiang Jiang go to save people, relishing the satisfaction of seeing good intentions betrayed, despised, and loathed.

Perhaps to the killer, goodness looks just like Jiang Jiang, grotesque in appearance, stinking, and mentally slow,” Li Xue’s voice grew much heavier, “Jiang Jiang never did a bad thing; he approached the victims of the Human-body Puzzle case with the intent of preventing harm, but he met with misunderstanding and disgust.

Apart from Wei Youfu, no one was willing to get close to the filthy him.”

“If a somewhat odd person suddenly came up to me on the street, claiming I might be killed, I probably wouldn’t believe it either.

This isn’t the killer exploiting human weaknesses; it’s that he knew Jiang Jiang would fail and it was a deliberate performance.”

“Exactly, the killer arrogantly assumed everyone would treat Jiang Jiang as a madman, but one person did the unexpected: that person was Wei Youfu!”

Li Xue finally reached the crux of the matter, “You had told me to pay attention to the puzzle shop.

I reviewed all the records, and around the puzzle shop, aside from the owner and employees, Jiang Jiang had the most contact with Wei Youfu.

Wei Youfu was willing to help Jiang Jiang, and Jiang Jiang wanted to save him, persistently giving him warnings, and eventually Wei Youfu must have wavered.

Working overtime frequently, Wei Youfu’s behavior became increasingly strange in the last few days before he died; he went alone to an Ecological Protection Forest in the Xinhu Far Suburb twice.”