Chapter 5: A Knock at the Door in the Middle of the Night

The rainstorm gradually stopped in the second half of the night, and the cruise ship stopped shaking, I don't know when Han Xue had fallen asleep, she lay on her side on the bed, her hands were still tightly wrapped around Li Chaoyang's waist, her expression was quiet, and there was a faint smile on the corner of her mouth.

Li Chaoyang didn't sleep this night, his mind was full of what Zhou Shucheng said, the cruise ship had deviated from the course, the engine had failed again, and there was a storm at this time, the more he thought about it, the more worried he became, but fortunately, the storm finally stopped, which was a false alarm.

"Bang bang!"

Li Chaoyang's door was suddenly knocked.

Beat it twice in a row rhythmically.

How could anyone still knock on the door at such a late hour?

Cruise crew?

"Who?" Li Chaoyang opened the door.

The hallway was quiet, there was no one at all, and the chandelier overhead gave off a soft glow.

It's as if nothing happened.

Just as he was about to close the door, he found a string of rosewood bracelets at the door, and a note pressed under the bracelet.

Li Chaoyang leaned over and picked up the bracelet and note.

The content of the note is only one sentence: I'm waiting for you in the bathroom!

Li Chaoyang immediately thought of Nietzsche, Nietzsche asked him to come to the Queen Mary, so he is very likely to be on the ship, could it be that the note was left by Nietzsche?

The bathroom he said should be the public restroom of the cruise ship.

Is this going to be face-to-face with yourself?

At this time, there is absolutely nothing good about asking yourself to meet, and it is even said that you are going to attack yourself.

There are too many uncertain factors to do it on land, and it is not convenient to escape, if it is on a cruise ship, these restrictions do not exist, even if it is discovered, then if you want to investigate, you have to wait until a few days later, and then you can plan an escape for such a long time. It would be more convenient if you got to know the staff on the cruise.

You can even kill someone and throw it directly into the sea, and no one can find out without knowing it.

Li Chaoyang was both a little excited and a little scared, excited that the mystery was finally about to be solved. The fear is that this may be the last night of his life.

But if you retreat, then sooner or later you will be played to death by the other party.

Thinking of this, Li Chaoyang clenched his fists and walked slowly to the bathroom.

After turning a corner, Li Chaoyang came to the door of the bathroom, the door was open, and the air smelled faintly disinfectant.

Li Chaoyang took a deep breath and pushed open the door.

The bathroom was equally empty.

The door on the right seemed to hit something, and it bounced back only halfway through.

Li Chaoyang walked in, turned his head and saw a man sitting behind the door.

The man was wearing only a pair of large pants from top to bottom, shirtless, with his hands in front of him, his head bowed and motionless.

There was also a wine bottle next to him, and the smell of alcohol was strong all over his body.

Li Chaoyang breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that he was an alcoholic who drank too much cat urine.

Is he the one who made an appointment with himself?

It doesn't look like it.

If not, someone else?

Li Chaoyang walked to the inside of the bathroom again, looked at every cubicle, and even checked the corner where the broom was placed.

But there was no second person in the entire bathroom except this drunkard.

This made him a little confused.

Could it be that this person is really drunk?

No, this person is drunk and unconscious, and obviously does not have such ability.

If not this person, who is it?

"Hey, buddy." Li Chaoyang shouted.

The man didn't react at all.

"Dude, don't sleep." Li Chaoyang kicked him.

The man still didn't move.

Li Chaoyang felt that something was wrong, even if this person was asleep, how could there be no movement at all?

And his face seemed to be a little too white, and there was no blood at all.

It can't be a dead man, right?

Thinking of this, Li Chaoyang bent down and pushed the man's shoulder.

"Brother, are you alright?"

The man's shoulders were cold and hard, without the slightest bit of temperature, and the feeling was like being pressed against frozen meat.

Suddenly, the man moved, and his body fell down against the wall like a stake, and that face was completely displayed in front of Li Chaoyang's eyes.

The boss with a face as pale as paper and eyes is clearly a dead man!

And this face Li Chaoyang is extremely familiar, who is this not Hao Wei?

Li Chaoyang was so frightened that he took a few steps back and hit the washstand, his heartbeat accelerated suddenly, he thought he was going to meet Nietzsche, but he didn't expect a dead man lying in the bathroom.

Hao Wei's body was stiffened, and it seemed that he had been dead for a long time.

Li Chaoyang's mind turned quickly, and his eyes fell on Hao Wei's wrist, and he was also wearing a bracelet on his wrist, which was exactly the same as the one Li Chaoyang had just picked up.

The same size, the same material, this is clearly a pair.

Oh no, it's a trap!

Li Chaoyang reacted immediately, the one who knocked on the door just now may be the murderer, the bracelet and the note were left by him, and finally led him to the scene of the crime.

Who could this person be?

Why did he frame himself?

Before he had time to think about it, Li Chaoyang casually threw away the bracelet, turned around and ran back to his room in one breath.

Just as he was about to open the door, a hand suddenly rested on his shoulder.

Li Chaoyang shook in fright, and almost subconsciously waved his hand and turned around violently.

"Don't be nervous, it's me!"

The person who came was actually Zhou Shucheng, he made a quiet gesture and lowered his voice, and said, "You can't sleep either?" ”

Li Chaoyang's soul was almost frightened, and his heart beat wildly, and it took a while to slow down.

"Yes...... Oh, yes. ”

"Are you alright? Something seems wrong with your face, huh? Zhou Shucheng glanced in the direction of the bathroom.

"No, I'm just scared."

Li Chaoyang squeezed out a smile and pretended to be very calm, and Hao Wei's appearance appeared in his mind again, that guy didn't seem to be injured, so how did he die?

Did he kill or die violently, or did he commit suicide?

But no matter what the reason, someone must have found Hao Wei's body in front of Li Chaoyang, and took Hao Wei's things and threw them at the door of his room to frame him.

Could it all be Nietzsche's doing?

"I'm sorry, I'm scared of you, you go and rest first."

"It's fine."

Li Chaoyang smiled slightly, opened the door and returned to the room, and the moment he closed the door, he clearly saw Zhou Shucheng's face with a strange expression.

Li Chaoyang leaned against the door and took a deep breath to adjust his mood.

My mind began to recall the whole process of what had just happened.

First of all, Hao Wei has been dead for a long time, and if he died in the bathroom, then someone else will definitely find out throughout the night.

Why is there no movement?

He just died, and his girlfriend should be in his room even if he is in a low mood and wants to drink, how can he run to the bathroom with a bottle of wine?

It doesn't make sense.

It is highly likely that the scene of the bathroom was faked by someone else.

So who is this person? What is the purpose? Just to frame yourself?

If Hao Wei died in his room, then there was no need for the murderer to drag him to the crowded bathroom.

Earlier, Li Chaoyang suspected that Zhu Xiaowen's death was Hao Wei's intentional homicide, so what was the motive?

Empathy or Money?

Or maybe he was bewitched by others so he killed Zhu Xiaowen, and then he was killed, this person dragged him to the bathroom after killing Hao Wei, and faked the illusion of drunk death.

But whatever the reason, it is very doubtful that he blames himself.

There are two possibilities, the first is indiscriminate choice, everything is just a coincidence.

Second, the suspect knows himself and has an enmity with him.

For example, Nietzsche.

But there is also a loophole in this, do Nietzsche and Hao Wei have a grudge?

He is deliberately trying to take revenge on himself, a person who hides so deeply should not act easily, even if he wants to frame himself, he doesn't need such low-level means, now there is no one, who can prove that he killed someone?

Did he just do it to scare himself?

It doesn't make sense.