“Could it be the murderer’s?” Yan Jin blurted out.
“That possibility can’t be ruled out.” Bei Yutang said in a low voice.
“We can’t determine whose bloodstain it is right now. Preserve it safely, and we’ll know the answer when the police come to examine it.”
Butler Sen looked up at the sky: “The storm is coming again soon.”
“What about Old Mr. Huang’s body?”
“We’ll use our phones to take pictures of the scene. The body needs to be protected until the police examine it. After taking the pictures, we’ll place the body in the castle.” Dr. Zhang said.
“No way! Doesn’t that mean there’s another body in the castle?” Gongsun Mingyue’s face turned green.
“What’s the difference between one body and two bodies?” Dr. Zhang said in a deep voice.
Finally, the men carried the body back to the castle and placed it in the room where Old Mr. Huang had previously stayed. After they finished, lightning flashed, and thunder roared outside again, accompanied by a fierce storm.
While they were placing the body away, Bei Yutang searched Old Mr. Huang’s room, trying to find anything of value.
Before she could find anything, they had already finished.
Dr. Zhang said, “Alright, let’s all go out. Don’t touch anything in this room to avoid damage.”
Dr. Zhang turned to Butler Sen and said, “Butler Sen, please lock this room.”
“Yes, no problem.”
The group left Old Mr. Huang’s room and returned to the hall. The atmosphere in the hall was unusually oppressive and tense.
“First it was Ke Hongyu, and now it’s Old Mr. Huang. The murderer must still be on this island, waiting for an opportunity to strike us.” Yan Jin said in a heavy voice.
“I suspect the murderer is among us.” The thug Feng Qing’s cold gaze swept over everyone.
No one objected to this statement. Because that’s basically what everyone thought.
On this island, there were only these people, so the person who killed Ke Hongyu and Old Mr. Huang must be among them.
“The murderer wanted to keep the ten million, so the person killed the others.” Feng Qing said in a deep voice.
Bei Yutang said, “Ke Hongyu is a young man. To kill him without making a sound, one must be stronger than him. To arrange Mr. Huang like that, one also needs a certain amount of strength. From this, we can roughly judge that the murderer is a strong person.”
Li Mengmeng immediately said, “I’m not strong, so the murderer definitely can’t be me.”
Gongsun Mingyue followed up, “Neither can I.”
From this, four women could be ruled out.
“That’s not necessarily true. You might have used some special methods, allowing you to kill someone stronger than you with your weaker strength.” Feng Qing retorted.
Bei Yutang nodded: “That possibility can’t be ruled out, but there’s no evidence to prove it at the moment. So, the most suspicious people right now are the men present. I remember Teacher Yan Jin said he saw Old Mr. Huang leave this morning.”
Yan Jin nodded: “Yes. I was just coming downstairs then. I saw Old Mr. Huang open the door and go out. I greeted him, but he didn’t seem to hear me.”
“After that, did you see anyone else leave?” Bei Yutang pressed.
Yan Jin shook his head: “No. After I came downstairs, Dr. Zhang came down, then you. Then the others.”
*****
The author has something to say:
Many lovely readers said they felt like they’d seen this world somewhere before.
Some said it was like Werewolf: Dance with the Wolves.
Some said it was like watching Kindaichi or Detective Conan.
Some said it was like Far Cry.
Some said it was like And Then There Were None.
Some said it was like Who’s the Killer. Some people said it resembled “Secret of an Isolated Island”.
And so on…
One cutie even said it looked like a movie starring Yang Mi… oops, I forgot.
Anyway, they could rattle off a whole bunch of similar movies.
Okay, let me give you all a little background information, lest some of you indignant folks start hurling the word “plagiarism”.
The world I’m currently writing about uses a novel setting pioneered by Agatha Christie, called the “Snowy Mountain Lodge” setting.
What is the “Snowy Mountain Lodge” setting? If you don’t know, ask Baidu (the Chinese search engine), it will tell you clearly and explicitly.
So please, don’t use the word “plagiarism”, it’ll make you a laughingstock.
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Sam Williams On TYMIMA Chapter 152