Chapter 15: Is My Brother Going Crazy?

The next morning, Zhou Yang’s body was found in a small alley, and the police immediately launched an investigation.

A police officer came to Ye Xue’s law firm and asked, “Are you Lawyer Ye? Do you know Zhou Yang?”

Ye Xue naturally replied, “Yes, I know him. What’s wrong?”

The police explained, “Zhou Yang had an accident last night. On his way home after drinking, he was killed and robbed of his valuables. You were his boss. What do you think about this?”

Ye Xue felt slightly surprised in her heart, but she remained calm on the surface. “I don’t have any thoughts about it. Also, I’m no longer his boss. Just yesterday, I fired him.”

The police looked at Ye Xue seriously and said, “This is a human life we’re talking about. Aren’t you surprised at all?”

Ye Xue smiled and said, “Officer, do you see where we are? This is my law firm. We often handle cases involving loss of life, and we deal with many criminal cases. As a lawyer, if I don’t have this level of composure, how can I handle cases involving loss of life? Do your forensic experts have nightmares after seeing a dead body?”

The police couldn’t argue with Ye Xue’s words and could only say, “You just fired him, and he was killed. Do you think there’s any connection between the two?”

Ye Xue thought for a moment and said, “Maybe there is. His professional conduct was very poor, not suitable for this profession. That’s why I fired him. It’s normal for him to drink to relieve stress while unemployed. Unfortunately, he was targeted by criminals on his way home while drunk and was robbed and killed. That’s probably what happened, right?”

After hearing this, the police said, “Okay, I understand. If you have any clues, please contact me immediately.”

Ye Xue smiled and said, “No problem, I’m happy to cooperate with the police!”

Then, the police left. However, Ye Xue’s expression was far from calm. Yesterday, her brother made her fire Zhou Yang, and today Zhou Yang was dead. Ye Xue didn’t believe there was no connection between the two!

However, for the sake of protecting her brother, Ye Xue had been pretending to be calm and composed, dealing with the situation calmly.

But now, Ye Xue had to have a talk with her brother. She had a lot of things to say to Ye Xuan!

Ye Xue was anxious, but she didn’t immediately call her brother. The police had just visited her, and if they were monitoring her phone, wouldn’t she be voluntarily giving herself up?

Just then, there was a knock on the door. “Sis, I’m here to see you.”

Upon hearing Ye Xuan’s words, Ye Xue immediately said, “Come in.”

Then, Ye Xuan entered Ye Xue’s office, and Ye Xue looked at him and asked, “Why are you here at this time? Don’t you have to go to school?”

In their third year of middle school, they only had one day off on weekends. Yesterday was Sunday, and today was Monday.

Ye Xuan replied calmly, “I asked for leave. I don’t want to go to school with injuries on my back. I’ll rest for two days.”

Ye Xue said, “Alright, have a seat.”

Ye Xuan sat across from Ye Xue, and the two siblings looked at each other.

Ye Xue said slowly, “Don’t you have anything to say to me? Don’t worry, it’s safe here with me.”

Ye Xuan didn’t beat around the bush and said directly, “It was me.”

Ye Xue’s face changed. Although she had already suspected it, hearing it from her own brother was still unbelievable. Her own brother had become a murderer? What kind of deep hatred was this?

She immediately asked, “Why, little brother? No matter what the situation is, there are other ways to solve it. Why did you have to kill someone?”

Ye Xuan calmly said, “It’s revenge for my sister.”

Ye Xue’s face turned pale. “What? Do you have another sister? Why didn’t I know? Is she our half-sister or step-sister? Why didn’t Mom and Dad tell me?”

Ye Xuan paused for a moment and then said, “Mom and Dad are very loving. There’s nothing like what you’re thinking. When I say sister, I mean you.”

Ye Xue reached out and touched Ye Xuan’s forehead. “Little brother, are you confused? Am I not fine? If you have a mental problem, we’re not afraid. Mentally ill criminals are not held criminally responsible. At most, they are sent to a mental hospital for compulsory treatment.”

Ye Xuan calmly said, “Sis, I’m fine. I want to tell you something. Tomorrow, something strange will happen in Jiangcheng. A tiger with wings will fly out of the zoo and roam the streets before being subdued by the police.”

Ye Xue became even more worried. “Little brother, it seems like your problem is quite serious. A tiger with wings? Is that possible?”

Ye Xuan smiled and said, “Sis, what if you see a tiger flying in the sky with your own eyes?”

Ye Xue shook her head again. “A tiger flying in the sky? Why don’t you say a cow can fly in the sky? Did my dear brother blow it up?”

Ye Xuan wasn’t surprised by his sister’s reaction. After all, his sister had always been a high achiever and not someone who slipped through the cracks of the nine-year compulsory education system. It was strange if she believed him.

Ye Xuan could only patiently say, “I saw it in a dream. I’ve been having strange dreams recently. One of them is about a tiger with wings flying out of the zoo and roaming the streets. Another strange dream is that soon after, a person named Zhou Yang kills you. To prevent the events in my dream from happening, I had to get rid of him.”

Zhou Yang had to be killed by Ye Xuan, but Ye Xue had fired Zhou Yang right before his death. Ye Xue must have had suspicions.

As a top lawyer, Ye Xue had her own thoughts. If she thought that Ye Xuan would eventually be exposed and forced him to turn himself in to reduce his sentence, thinking that she was helping Ye Xuan, she would directly send Ye Xuan to prison. That would be bad.

Therefore, Ye Xuan had to fabricate a strange dream and claim that he could see fragments of the future to explain everything.

Ye Xue looked at Ye Xuan and said, “Little brother, why do you think a tiger can grow wings and fly in the sky? Your dream is illogical. It’s crazy to kill someone because of a dream!”

Ye Xuan looked at Ye Xue and said, “The tiger with wings will appear tomorrow. Give me twenty-four hours to prove it to you. And after the winged tiger, many strange things will happen. These strange events will capture the attention of the whole society, and no one will care about Zhou Yang’s death.”

Finally, Ye Xue said, “Okay, just twenty-four hours. But you also promise me, if after twenty-four hours, there is no winged tiger, you will listen to me and see a psychiatrist for proper treatment, okay?”

“Deal, that’s settled.”

Then, Ye Xuan left the law firm, and Ye Xue looked worried. She dialed one number after another.

“Hello, sister Wang, I remember your husband is a psychiatrist, right? How is his professional ability? My brother seems to have some psychological problems…”

“Senior, you studied in Beijing, do you know any well-known psychologists in Beijing? Ah? I have psychological problems? No, it’s not me, it’s my brother who just started high school…”

Ye Xue cared a lot about her brother. He was her only brother, and if he really became mentally ill, not to mention the harm she would suffer, the blow to their parents would be devastating.

As for the tiger with wings flying in the sky, Ye Xue didn’t believe it would happen at all because it was completely unscientific. It contradicted the education she had received since childhood.

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