Hu Hou woke up before Jiang Ru-Yi brought her men over. He was scared silly by what he saw in the room - a bleeding corpse with a knife in its chest and guns on the floor. He was terrified. Hu Hou trembled all over and he wanted to get up and run away but he fell back down after trying to stand. He was awake but the drug’s effects still seemed to be affecting him. 

“Are you all right, Mayor Hu?” came Xia Lei’s voice. 

“Ah!” screamed Hu Hou. He looked back in panic to see Xia Lei standing behind him. 

“Are you all right, Mayor Hu?” asked Xia Lei again. 

“Y, you… Stay away!” A trickle of fluid appeared between Hu Hou’s legs but he could not be bothered about it at that time. He crawled in the opposite direction. The first conclusion he had come to upon seeing a dead body and Xia Lei was that Xia Lei was the killer!

Xia Lei spoke in a deep voice, “Mayor Hu, calm down! I’m not the murderer! I saved you!”

“You saved me?” Hu Hou paused. He seemed to remember something and his face filled with confusion. 

Xia Lei played the audio file he had recorded earlier and voices came from his phone. 

Hu Hou listened...