Seeing Xiao Qing's strange reaction after being possessed, and putting it together with what Seventh Master had said...
Song Xiaotian and I immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Meng Yifan hadn't killed anyone. He wasn't the murderer!
If I were Tao Xiaoyu, and Meng Yifan were trying to kill me, I would definitely call his name or use a pet name only lovers used to save my own life. Then I would bring up how much we had once loved each other and how well he had treated me, trying to awaken his reason and humanity.
But Tao Xiaoyu's reaction was exactly that of someone facing a vicious stranger.
So whoever had killed her had to be someone she didn't know.
I hurried over, crouched on the floor, and tried to soothe the possessed Xiao Qing. "Tao Xiaoyu, calm down. No one here wants to hurt you. I'm Chen Mo. Tell me, that... person who wanted to hurt you, who was he? What did he look like?"
I had meant to ask who had killed her, but she didn't know she was dead yet. Besides, asking a Yin Soul how they had died was taboo, so I quickly changed my wording.
As soon as I finished asking, Xiao Qing suddenly raised her head and stared blankly at me, repeating my name. "Chen Mo..."
I quickly nodded. "Yes, I'm Chen Mo. I'm here to help you today. Tell me..."
Before I could finish, Xiao Qing suddenly grew agitated, as though my name had provoked her.
"Chen Mo... Chen Mo!"
She snarled viciously at me, "You stuck your nose where it didn't belong! You got me killed! It was you!"
With that roar, she pushed off with both legs and lunged straight at me.
Caught off guard, I fell flat on my