Seeing that Su Xi remained silent and did not answer his question, Cheng Yu knew that Chen Yu might not have a complete alibi.
Either Su Xi left on her own, and no one else was present on the first floor at that time, which meant that Bai Xiaowen had already returned to the house, but Deng Jingliang had not yet gone downstairs.
Or, Chen Yu has left.
It takes a short time to do anything on the suspended ceiling, so Su Xi has no way to prove it for Chen Yu.
But in fact, Cheng Yu didn't want to pursue this issue. Although it is easy to move this kind of hands and feet, it is obviously difficult to control the time when the ceiling falls off. The seven people here are all extremely smart people. They will not think of this. Moreover, the material of the ceiling is
It is very loose. You can notice this with just a slight touch. So people who originally intended to tamper with the ceiling would almost give up directly after touching such a soft material. As Cheng Yu said before, this
Even if the thing hit the top of his head, it would probably only make Cheng Yu a little dizzy. It would not do any good except to scare others and put everyone here in danger.
What's more, no one would have thought that Cheng Yu would lie down on the railing, and the place where the ceiling fell was at Cheng Yu's front door. Unless there was a mechanism that could control the time when the ceiling fell off, when that person saw Cheng Yu lying on the
When you are on the railing, activate the mechanism to have some effect. Moreover, this person's purpose is not to hurt or kill Cheng Yu at all, he just wants to create chaos and make everyone suspicious of each other.
In fact, after the incident happened, Cheng Yu had already carefully checked the place where the ceiling fell off and the part that fell down. He did not see any traces left by the mechanism. Therefore, Cheng Yu had already decided in his heart that this was
It must have been an accident.
While taking down the red wine that everyone in the restaurant mentioned from the wine cabinet, Cheng Yu said: "Actually, I don't doubt Chen Yu, or I don't doubt anyone. There is almost no way to control the falling ceiling.
The way to lose time, and no one can control me, is to make me stand in the corridor, lying down or leaning on the railing."
"So you think this is just an accident?" Su Xi took two bottles of red wine from Cheng Yu and glanced at the label. It was Lafite, and the vintage was three years ago. This means that the grapes were picked three years ago, so it's
This is the new wine produced this year.
Cheng Yu walked to another wine cabinet, took down two more bottles of red wine, nodded and said: "After all, it is such an old house, and it is on a small island, surrounded by the sea. Although there is a fresh air system to control the humidity,
I think this building must be aging faster than on land. The gypsum material on the ceiling is too soft, so it is normal for something like this to happen."
"You really don't doubt anyone?" Su Xi tilted her head, completely different from her usual intellectual image, her face seemed to be smiling but not smiling, showing a bit of playfulness.
Cheng Yu smiled and said: "I have to say who is most suspicious, but it is Guo Ping'an. It seems not good to say bad things about him behind his back, but if you want the suspended ceiling to play some role, it must be behind the scenes.
When I was lying on the railing, I let it fall. There was no peephole on the door of the guest room, and the door and the door frame were very tight. There was no gap for peeping. At that time, only Guo Pingan saw me.
Lying there... But this is just a possibility. I personally really don’t doubt anyone."
"It's a pity that it's useless no matter how much you firmly believe that it was just an accident. Once it happened, the grudge between each other has been buried. I am afraid that at this moment, some people are actively taking precautions, and are even considering whether they should strike first.
"
Su Xi said these words very calmly, as if this was just ordinary chatter, but Cheng Yu could hear the extremely cruel connotation in her words.
Cheng Yu thought to himself, it seems that the biggest difference between the characters in this virtual space and the real world is that none of them seem to be afraid of the law. They regard possible crimes as if they are as common as squeezing into the subway while commuting to get off work. .And this in itself is too unusual.
After grabbing a few bottles of wine and a bottle of Maotai for Guo Pingan, Cheng Yu pressed the elevator button and the elevator door slowly opened.
After entering the elevator, the two of them were silent until the elevator stopped and returned to the ground. Su Xi had no intention of leaving. Instead, she turned back, looked into Cheng Yu's eyes, and said, "You never doubted it.
Is it possible that the ceiling was not intended for you?"
Cheng Yu was stunned and was about to ask what Su Xi meant, but the elevator door opened and Su Xi had already stepped out. Cheng Yu chased after him, but it was no longer convenient for him to continue asking questions.
Entering the restaurant, Old London had already prepared several decanters for them. Cheng Yu poured different brands of red wine into different decanters and placed them on the dining table for everyone to use as they pleased.
Guo Ping'an naturally poured himself a glass of Maotai and took a sip. His eyes narrowed and the expression on his face looked painful. But soon, his expression relaxed and he was obviously very satisfied with the taste of the wine.
"The liquor must be delicious." Guo Pingan sighed in a low voice, then looked around the audience and found that only Cheng Yu stood up, picked up the Moutai bottle, and poured a little for himself, so Guo Pingan raised his glass,
He gave Cheng Yu a distant blessing.
Cheng Yu responded to Guo Pingan's wish and took a sip himself, but he kept thinking about Su Xi's words.
The ceiling is not aimed at me? What does this mean? But if it is not aimed at me, then who is it? Who would run to the railing at the door of my room and stay there?
Although Cheng Yu's IQ is definitely on par with the people present, after all, they have specializations in the art field. These people obviously like to play games such as decryption, reasoning, and escape rooms on weekdays. It's like Chen Yu told him,
Although Chen Yu has never played an escape room on weekdays, he is keen on script killing. In addition to verbal confrontation, script killing now relies more and more on the clues hidden in the environment. It can even be said that,
A mature scripted killing game is basically a combination of a traditional killing game and an escape room. However, a scripted killing game does not have as many horror scares as there are in an escape room.
Therefore, Cheng Yu is purely a talented player in terms of reasoning, but obviously he does not think as much as these seven people think.
Unless he gets another chance to be alone with Su Xi, Cheng Yu can only solve this question by himself. No matter who he asks this question, he is suspected of provoking trouble, as if Cheng Yu must use this matter to cause trouble.
It makes people panic.
However, Cheng Yu thought about it for a long time, and even thought about it from everyone's perspective, and then set everyone as the target of the design. However, Cheng Yu soon realized that this was in vain, because in fact, the status was
Consistently, no one can calculate the time period when the ceiling falls off, and no one can make others stand in the right position at Cheng Yu's door. With these two negative conditions, the possibility of this trick succeeding is almost zero.
Cheng Yu was only thinking about himself and did not notice that Su Xi had been secretly observing him.
The two of them were sitting next to each other. Whether Su Xi was leaning on the back of the chair or leaning on the dining table with her elbows, she could take in Cheng Yu's posture with just a quick glance.
The meal lasted until half past nine, and some people even started to get tipsy. However, Old London, who went to help Cheng Yu get the letter, hadn't come back yet.
Cheng Yu didn't know whether others had noticed this, but he found it strange.
Pushing the table, Cheng Yu seemed to be talking to himself, but his volume was enough for almost everyone in the restaurant to hear: "Why hasn't Old London come back yet?"
At this time, the people in the restaurant could no longer pretend and looked at Cheng Yu. Of course, they couldn't have noticed this, but no one wanted to mention it first. But since it was Cheng Yu who spoke
, these people naturally nodded one after another, and some even suggested whether they should go out and take a look.
"It doesn't mean much. We are certainly not as familiar with this island as Old London. If we can get lost on it, we won't be able to come back after we go out?" The one who spoke was Xie Yanwen, who was obviously the most conservative among the seven people.
The one.
The most radical among the seven was undoubtedly Deng Jingliang who proposed to go out and look for it, but after Xie Yanwen said so, Deng Jingliang did not persist.
Cheng Yu walked towards the door of the restaurant, shouting as he walked: "Old London, Old London..."
Everyone looked at Cheng Yu's back, but no one moved to catch up. At this moment, no matter who chased him, it would appear that he had ulterior motives.
Walking to the center of the hall, Cheng Yu called Old London while discovering that the broken gypsum ceiling on the floor of the hall was missing. Just now, Cheng Yu pretended to go upstairs to get something. When he was the last one to walk into the restaurant, those broken gypsum pieces were clearly visible.
They are still there, but when was Old London cleaned?
Subconsciously, Cheng Yu raised his head and looked at the place where the plaster ceiling had fallen off. This time, Cheng Yu was completely shocked.
Because, the plaster ceiling seemed to have never fallen off and was restored to a complete piece.
"I'm going!" Cheng Yu exclaimed, and then he shouted: "Everyone, come out and take a look."
When the seven people in the restaurant heard Cheng Yu's call, they all rushed to the door immediately and filed out. When they saw Cheng Yu standing in the hall safe and sound, and there seemed to be no change in the hall, everyone felt relieved.
Everyone ran towards Cheng Yu and asked him: "What's wrong? What happened?"
Cheng Yu pointed to the top of his head and said, "Look up and see for yourself."
Everyone raised their heads, and then, "I'm going" could be heard one after another.
"What's going on?" Guo Ping'an was the first to run to the stairs. He decided to go upstairs to have a look.
The other six people looked at each other, and then also walked towards the stairs. On the contrary, Cheng Yu, the discoverer, was last.
Cheng Yu exclaimed just now because he thought it was weird. But after calming down, Cheng Yu was thinking that this is just a virtual space after all. Will the fixed scenes in this space be automatically restored?
The effect? It's like in the game, two game characters fight and they are in a mess, but after turning around and refreshing, the place is restored to its original state.
Although it is scary to have a refresh mechanism under this kind of theme, no one can rule out this possibility. Otherwise, what would happen if the plaster ceiling was restored for no reason?
After going upstairs, Cheng Yu saw that the front of his door had become clean. There were also pieces of plaster broken into pieces.
Naturally, the group of seven strangers gathered around the small place at Cheng Yu's door. Everyone stretched their necks and looked at the suspended ceiling that had been restored to its original state, with a look of horror on their faces.
Deng Jingliang said: "I went to a big place. This is too scary. Are we in a game? Can this thing refresh itself? What on earth is this world!"
Cheng Yu was stunned. Is this going to break the fourth wall?
