I instantly became alert and asked Wu Xi, "Is the sound you heard similar to the 'squeak' of a wooden staircase?" ”

She wasn't very sure about my question.

"Hmm...... Maybe, but it was so loud outside at the time that I was worried it would be my hallucination. ”

I was a little anxious, so I grabbed her and led her to the staircase not far away, where everyone followed us.

Under their watchful eye, I stepped on the wooden staircase, which instantly made a loud "creaking" sound that echoed throughout the hall.

Wu Xi held his head and said loudly: "Yes, yes, yes, that's it, it's exactly the same!" That means it's not my auditory hallucinations! ”

Azure and I glanced at each other and nodded tacitly, both of us should have both of our thoughts in our hearts.

Li Hao scratched his head and said to us: "That's right, although my father's villa is very luxurious, many things have been around for a certain age. This wooden staircase is like that, except for the new paint, it hasn't been changed for so many years......"

Qing Liu quickly understood what I meant, and he said, "So, what you mean is that the sound that Wu Xi heard when he was awakened was probably made by the murderer stepping on this wooden staircase!" ”

I nodded: "Yes, it's very likely." So, I think we should go upstairs now and check every room above the second floor, maybe there will be traces of the murderer! ”

"Wait!" Just as everyone was about to go upstairs, Qingliu stopped us. He said, "We shouldn't have gone up so recklessly. One is that it is already pitch black now, and even if you check it, you can't see any important clues; Second, we should still wait for the arrival of the police, which is the safest way at the moment! ”

Li Hao stood up and said, "Qingliu is right, we shouldn't be too anxious to find clues now." It's been so long, the murderer should have fled, and even if we went, we wouldn't have found any information. ”

I put my hand on my chin, thought for a while, and suggested to them, "In this case, I'll go up and check with Weilan, and the three of you will stay here, okay?" ”

They were silent for a moment, and without any further attempt to convince me to stay, they agreed to the suggestion.

"Then you must pay attention to safety, if the murderer is still in this villa, he may still attack others." Wu Xi said.

Azure and I nodded, and one of us grabbed a candle from the table and headed up the stairs.

From this staircase, the villa should have three floors, and the upper floor should be the top floor of the villa. But the door to the top floor was locked. So Azure and I started checking the first room on the second floor.

The candles flickered in a faint light, casting huge black shadows on the walls, and we began to examine every corner of the room in this dim light.

There is nothing special in this room except for a bed and a wardrobe, and a few simple pieces of furniture. We quickly checked it out and came out of this room near the stairs ready to move on to the next room.

"Huh......" Azure let out a puzzled voice. I turned my head to look at her, and in the middle of that time she was already crouching down with a candle, as if to look closely at some mark on the ground.

"Shao Feng, come and see this." She said to me.

I followed her line of sight and saw a series of strange mud stains on the floor. If you look closer, you can clearly identify that this is a human footprint. It was clear that the footprints were left by a shoe that had just stepped on muddy water outside, and by this time the surrounding water stains were drying up and the mud had solidified.

"There's something strange about this footprint." Azure gestured to me with her hand:

"You see, it's obviously a small footprint, and from visual inspection, it should be about 38 yards, and if nothing else, it should be a woman's foot. However, behind each footstep there was a long mud mark, like a weak woman dragging her shoes forward. ”

I followed the trail, and the direction of the trail led to a room that was separated by a wall from the room where we had stayed at night.

Listening to her words, I imagined in my mind a woman, cloaked in a disheveled hair, in such a rainy night, in the dark hallway, limply dragging her muddy shoes up the stairs to the room. At this time, we who were close to this room were sleeping soundly.

I felt a chill run down my back. Although I have already seen countless cases of pretending to be and trying to confuse our police to solve the case through ghosts, ...... In such a terrifying rainy night, in such a dark villa, I still couldn't help but feel a wave of fear.

Weilan seemed to see through my thoughts, and she said a little mockingly: "Shao Feng, come on, how old are you, at this time, don't think about those strange things." It's true to do your research. Let's go, let's go to that room and have a look. ”

With that, she stood up and took the candle and walked towards the room where the footprints had gone.

I shook my head, trying to knock all the demons and monsters out of my head. But at this time, Ai Xiaomiao and Hong Jialu's severed heads both appeared in front of my eyes, and their slightly open mouths seemed to be weird ridicule.

We opened the room, and a gust of wind carrying the rain blew in our faces. Almost blew out the candle in our hands.

"The windows are open." Azure walked over to the gaping window, blocking the candle with her hands, trying not to extinguish it.

I followed, and with her I reached out to look out.

This window opens onto the outside of this villa. To be precise, you can jump directly to the back of the villa from here.

It's just that......

The height here is not low, it is about five meters above the ground. You may not be seriously injured from this jump, but you will not be able to break your bones.

I crouched down with the candle and saw the muddy footprints on the floor just as clearly.

"It looks like the footprints are gone here. Could it be ...... Did the owner of this footprint really escape from here to the outside of the villa? Could he be a murderer? I said to Teal.

Azure closed the window. I saw her nodding her head uncertainly, her expression solemn.

"What's wrong?" Looking at her like this, I asked eagerly.

She was silent for a long time before she said to me slowly:

"If I remember correctly, Ai Xiaomiao, she is wearing exactly size 38 shoes."