Seeing Cheng Yu and Liu Manman appearing from two directions almost at the same time, Guo Ping'an and Su Xi also showed expressions that seemed to realize something.
"Ha, what a coincidence, you two." Guo Ping'an was shirtless, showing off his strong muscles, waving to the two of them respectively, saying hello in a meaningful way.
The sun has gone down, and of course Su Xi no longer suffers from ultraviolet rays. There are just some red spots on her fair skin, but it will take some time to fade away.
Su Xi had Guo Pingan's clothes on her head, which is why Guo Pingan was shirtless. He used his own clothes to reduce some of the damage to Su Xi from ultraviolet rays.
"It's not a coincidence, but Sister Manman and I walked here along the coastline from the pier." After Cheng Yu approached, he naturally had to explain why he and Liu Manman appeared from both sides at the same time.
In fact, this kind of confession was also expected by Guo Pingan and Su Xi. They are both smart people. It is meaningless to choose to lie at this moment. It will not help except increasing the distrust between them.
Moreover, although Cheng Yu's words did not explain anything about the situation at the villa, he and Liu Manman chose to outflank back here along the coast, obviously looking for something. Even though Guo Ping'an and Su Xi still had no idea what happened.
From what I know, I can vaguely guess that it may not be optimistic.
"Mr. Cheng, did something happen at the villa?" Su Xi took off the clothes on her head and asked, her face red and swollen.
Cheng Yu nodded and spoke quickly: "When I returned to the villa, I found that Deng Jingliang and Xie Yanwen were missing. To be more precise, I thought either they were not in the house at that time, or at least one of them was there.
Something happened. But it was useless for me to worry. Old London was not here, and it was inconvenient for me to break in. So I could only worry about it in the villa, thinking that I would wait for Old London to come back and let him get those two things anyway.
I opened the door to check the situation first. After Old London came back, I couldn't say that something might have happened to Xie Yanwen. I could only make up an excuse, and Old London went to Xie Yanwen's house to clean up the dishes, and then I took advantage of this to find out more.
The situation in Xie Yanwen’s house.”
Liu Manman was slightly stunned when he heard this, thinking that Cheng Yu's words seemed to be a bit concealed. He obviously returned to the villa first, and then the two of them came to Old London. Why did Cheng Yu now treat her about returning to the villa first?
Not a word was mentioned, let alone the two of them exploring their room from the terrace.
But soon, Liu Manman realized that the time when Old London returned to the villa for the first time was less than twenty minutes after they separated here. Cheng Yu walked over from the straight road behind the manor.
, it could be five minutes or ten minutes, but Liu Manman walked along the coastline, a distance of nearly four kilometers. If she wanted to arrive before Old London returned to the villa, she had to run, and
The speed must reach twelve kilometers per hour. This is completely inconsistent with the carelessness she showed.
Cheng Yu's subsequent narration clearly confirmed Liu Manman's speculation.
Cheng Yu said that he first asked Old London to check Xie Yanwen's room. He found nothing but at the same time confirmed the fact that Xie Yanwen was not in the room.
Then, it was mentioned that Liu Manman returned to the villa. After he told her about the situation in Xie Yanwen's room and some other discoveries, the two decided to go from Liu Manman's room to the terrace to see if there were any discoveries in Deng Jingliang's room.
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"Hmm? Mr. Cheng, do you have any other findings?" Guo Ping'an interrupted at the right time and asked.
Cheng Yu nodded and said, "I'll talk about this later. I discovered it while I was waiting for Old London and Sister Manman to come back alone in the corridor on the second floor. Because it was too personal, I put it at the end.
Bar."
"Okay, Mr. Cheng, please continue. I'm sorry for interrupting you."
Cheng Yu waved his hand with a smile and continued: "In Deng Jingliang's room, the curtains are open, so the situation in the room can be seen at a glance. Sister Manman and I confirmed that there was no accident in his room. It seems that,
It's like Deng Jingliang and Xie Yanwen both left the villa, but obviously, the situation here is much more complicated than that."
Su Xi nodded and said cooperatively: "It's not surprising that Xie Yanwen went out, but it actually doesn't make sense. He didn't take the tableware downstairs and left after eating. This at least shows that he didn't want to
It was known to others that he had left."
Guo Ping'an nodded and said: "It makes sense, and the strangest thing should be Deng Jingliang. He insisted on helping Ms. Su go back to get medicine. Although he often plays outdoors and medicines for treating ultraviolet allergy are always available, and he also said he was worried about Su.
Madam’s safety on the way. But it’s already past six o’clock now, and it was only half past three when he left. Even according to the time Mr. Cheng returned to the villa, it was almost half past four, right? An hour is enough to surround him.
Qindao ran around for a while, but he neither came back with the medicine nor was he in the villa."
At this time, Cheng Yu took out the thin string with good elasticity from his pocket.
"I found this at Ms. Su's door."
Guo Ping'an took the thin thread and looked at it for a long time, his face full of suspicion.
Su Xi also came up to look at it for a long time, and said with some uncertainty: "Is this the material of the bowstring?"
Cheng Yu knew almost nothing about bows and arrows. Although he had made similar doubts, he was unable to answer Su Xi's questions.
Obviously, Liu Manman didn't know much about this, otherwise he would have told Cheng Yu the answer long ago.
But Guo Ping'an nodded heavily and said: "Yes, this is the material used to make bow strings. Moreover, this string has excellent toughness and elasticity. Such strings are usually used on crossbows, and even
I suspect that this is simply removed from a crossbow. Of course, the bowstring used in a crossbow must have at least ten or twenty such strings bundled together to achieve sufficient strength."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Cheng Yu suddenly realized, "It turns out this is a bow string. I really don't know anything about bows and arrows, so I just feel scared of this thin string."
It’s a bit special, but I didn’t expect it to be a bowstring.”
"Master, you found it at my door?"
"Yes, right at your door. I was knocking on the door of Deng Jingliang's room next door to you, but no one answered. I found that the door of Deng Jingliang's room is closer to your room, and the floor of the corridor is cleaner than the one in the opposite direction, so
I paid more attention to the floor, and with the help of the light, I discovered this extremely thin line."
Cheng Yu's words were a bit hard to pronounce, even Guo Ping'an and Su Xi couldn't help but react.
Liu Manman knelt down and drew two parallel lines on the sand at the beach.
She said: "Suppose, between these two lines is the corridor on the second floor, which is the door of our rooms. This is Deng Jingliang's room..."
While talking, Liu Manman drew two short parallel lines at one end of the two parallel lines at an angle of 90 degrees.
"This next door is your room, Su Xi."
Su Xi and Guo Pingan said they understood.
Then Liu Manman also drew a door sign on the other end of the first two parallel lines and said: "Then this end is Brother Guo's room, next door is an empty room, and next door is Xie Yanwen's room. And right next door is Brother Guo's room.
At the door of Deng Jingliang's room, there were about half
Location, there is almost no dust on the floor, it can be said to be spotless. Starting from the door of his room, all the way to the door of Xie Yanwen's room, it is like this. From Xie Yanwen's next door to the door of Brother Guo's room, it can be seen on the ground
A thin layer of dust.”
At this moment, Guo Ping'an and Su Xi understood instantly, and they blurted out almost at the same time: "Someone has cleaned the floor in this corridor..."
Cheng Yu waved his hand and said, "Speaking of cleaning, there is no dust on this road. It is just that there is no dust on the floor in the middle of the corridor. On both sides, that is, under the handrails and near the skirting line on the side near the door.
But there is still a lot of dust.”
"This means that someone dragged something on the ground, so that the ground was wiped cleaner at the same time." Guo Ping'an corrected himself calmly.
This time, Cheng Yu nodded and said, "I think so too. And the bowstring in Ms. Su's hand, well... part of the bowstring, fell at Ms. Su's door, almost directly under the door frame.
Sorry. I was so excited that I thought someone might have set up a trap at your door, Ms. Su.
There is some kind of triggering device, such as a small arrow or just a needle. Once the mechanism is triggered, the small arrow or needle will be shot out. If the needle on the arrow is smeared with something that can cause coma,
If you use medicine, then the person who arranged the mechanism may be able to deal with the fallen person easily."
Su Xi's face turned slightly pale, perhaps because she had just killed a person last night and now felt guilty. She said anxiously: "Master, don't you doubt me? You suspect that I set up a trap at the door to try to deal with you."
Will the others take action?"
Before Cheng Yu could speak, Guo Pingan said first: "This doesn't make sense. First of all, if Ms. Su arranges such a mechanism, she must be able to deal with people who fall into a coma at any time, right? Otherwise, she will just knock people out.
, but she herself was allergic to ultraviolet rays at the beach, which can’t handle anything at all.”
Liu Manman had already stood up. She said coldly: "What if it's potassium cyanide?"
Guo Ping'an was stunned and wanted to continue to defend Su Xi, but for a while he didn't know what to say.
Cheng Yu hurriedly helped him out and said: "Sister Manman probably just refuted Brother Guo's words. Of course we all know that no matter whether there is any agency or not, there is a possibility that this matter has something to do with Ms. Su.
Very low. Even if Ms. Su wanted to set up such a mechanism, she would definitely not set it up at the door of her room. Aren't she afraid that she would accidentally touch it?"
Guo Ping'an hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, that's the second thing I just wanted to say. In fact, there is a third point, that is, since there are drag marks on the ground, it means that the person who set up the mechanism has succeeded. He dragged the middle
The recruiter left traces on the corridor. And Ms. Su has been with me since lunch, so there is no way she could have done that."
Su Xi looked at Guo Pingan, smiled reluctantly, and said, "Thank you, Brother Guo."
"I'm just telling the truth. Don't worry, no one will accuse you wrongly. Didn't Mr. Cheng say it wasn't you?"
Liu Manman still said coldly: "Didn't the great god explain it clearly to me just now? I was just talking about your first sentence. Considering other circumstances, of course I also know that it has nothing to do with Su Xi. If this agency exists, then
The person who erected it must be Xie Yanwen."
Guo Ping'an frowned and whispered: "First of all, I don't mean to argue with you. I'm not that petty. But even if you say it's not you, this agency may have been installed by Deng Jingliang. Why does it have to be Xie Yanwen?"
This time, Su Xi helped Liu Manman and said, "Brother Guo, why are you confused? This bowstring was found at my door, which means that if the mechanism it set up was not at my door, it could only be at Mr. Deng's door.
, Mr. Deng knew that I was not in the house and would not come back for a while. If he wanted to do harm to others, the only one who was still in the villa was Xie Yanwen. Even if he was making a touch device, whoever bumped into him would be unlucky.
It won't be installed at my door, but it can only be installed at the door of the Great God or Miss Manman."
Guo Ping'an quickly accepted this idea, but in fact, the logic of Su Xi's words was not strict enough, because if it is a touch device, as long as you can ensure that you do not trigger its mechanism, it can be installed at anyone's door.
of.
The solution to the problem that Deng Jingliang cannot be the one who set up the agency is actually confirmed by the fact that the agency has taken effect.
"What Ms. Su said is good, but it's just not strict enough. If the mechanism is not triggered, Deng Jingliang will probably not be able to escape suspicion. He can completely use the time when he goes back to get medicine to set up such a mechanism at your door. Then when you go back
You will be tricked. Of course, there will be many people in the villa by then, and you will probably be tricked by cyanide or something that will kill you if you touch it. It is indeed not Deng Jingliang, although I don’t like this person very much.
, but will not deliberately frame him. Since the mechanism has been triggered, it means that the targets of this mechanism are Deng Jingliang, Su Xi, Bai Xiaowen and me. Among them, Deng Jingliang and me are more likely to be targeted.
Low, but the possibility of targeting Su Xi and you and Bai Xiaowen is higher. But since Bai Xiaowen is dead, this agency is mainly after you."
After listening to Liu Manman's reasoning, Su Xi seemed to have some understanding and said, "You mean, this mechanism can only be touched by people who go upstairs from the stairs on our side. But since the mechanism is at my door, Deng
The chance of encountering Mr. is very low. And your room is in the middle, so you can go upstairs no matter which side of the stairs you take. After Miss Xiao Wen has been brutally murdered, the most likely target of this organization is me.
?”
Liu Manman did not answer, but the silence at this moment meant that Su Xi was right.
"Actually, I have been thinking, is it possible that Xie Yanwen knows that Ms. Su is allergic to ultraviolet rays?" Seeing that the reasoning had come to an end, Cheng Yu asked at the right time.
Su Xi shook her head in confusion and said: "I don't know this. It's theoretically impossible to know, because I usually pay attention to this, but today it was a complete oversight. I thought there would be a big problem here."
There is a place for shelter, and in this season, I usually rarely suffer from allergies. I didn’t expect that the intensity of ultraviolet rays on the island is much higher than on land.”
"But if the background information before going to the island is detailed enough, it is still possible to know, right?" Cheng Yu asked again.
Su Xi frowned slightly and said, "I can't be sure."
Guo Ping'an said: "You are trying to say that Xie Yanwen knew that Ms. Su was allergic to ultraviolet rays, so there was a high chance that she would return to the villa early, and then she would be infected at his door. Xie Yanwen deliberately wanted to murder Su.
Women's?"
Cheng Yu shrugged his shoulders and said, "I did think so. After all, the three of you left together, and Sister Manman and I also left together. Xie Yanwen is the only one who has the conditions to do these things. So I doubt him.
Have you known in advance that ultraviolet rays are the source of Ms. Su’s allergy? Ms. Su, have you been to the hospital for this problem? "
Su Xi shook her head and said, "No, when I first discovered it, I checked it on the Internet, and then took an oral dose of Astamine. It healed quickly. I think I just need to pay more attention to this in the future."
There is no need to go to the hospital for such a trivial matter. In fact, I haven’t even told a few people about this matter..."
"That means that only people very close to you will know about this..." Cheng Yu fell into thought, and he thought of some possibility.
Liu Manman also thought of that possibility for a moment. She didn't have as many worries as Cheng Yu, so she directly asked: "Does Chen Yu know about your ultraviolet allergy?"
Su Xi was stunned, and her face suddenly turned red, as if someone had caught stolen goods.
Guo Ping'an was completely stunned. He looked at Liu Manman strangely and said, "What do you mean by this? Does Mr. Cheng know what the relationship is?"
Cheng Yu knew that Guo Pingan had misunderstood and mistook Chen Yu for himself, so he explained: "Sister Manman is talking about Chen Yu, not me."
"Chen Yu? That's not allowed..." Guo Ping'an suddenly realized something in the middle of his words. His body instinctively made a defensive posture and took half a step back.
At this moment, Su Xi knew that hiding it would be useless. Although Cheng Yu didn't say it out loud, it was obvious that he had already thought of this possibility, and Liu Manman simply made it clear in one sentence. This shows that the two of them may have guessed it long ago.
The murderer of Bai Xiaowen was himself.
And at this point, Guo Ping'an has probably been reminded that although they have no evidence, their own performance has almost betrayed the truth.
After slightly arranging her hair that was messed up by the sea breeze, Su Xi nodded and said, "Yes, Chen Yu and I have known each other before. We were once lovers, but we broke up some years ago. He does know about my ultraviolet allergy.
