Chapter 39: The Fourth Victim
The woman in the room has been curled up in the corner, the small and narrow space seems to be covered with a shadow in the air, the small and beautiful chandelier on the top always felt so beautiful and elegant before, but now I can't feel its warmth, the faint yellowing light makes the woman even more frightened.
It turns out that the rich and noble families are not so easy to stay...... I really shouldn't be here! The woman secretly buried her face deeper.
She regretted it, she regretted that she had listened to that man, she regretted that she had coveted that little bit of money, and finally sent herself into such a dangerous situation. A woman has never been a very flexible person, just like when she was in the basement, and no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't fully understand the reason that person was saying.
But under the eaves, she has to bow her head, not to mention that she still has her own difficulties to solve, doesn't she?
The woman didn't cry, and it's useless to cry now. Her only advantage is that she can control her tear ducts very well, so that they do not let them reveal their thoughts.
But what good is this advantage? If it's pressed on a strong woman, it's better to say a little. But now it's pressed on a good-for-nothing woman like her, it's just the shell of a lantern, and it's broken at a point!
'Alas......'
Sighing in her heart, the woman had been in this position for a long time, her hands and feet had become numb, and she was about to lose consciousness.
There were voices outside all the time, some clear, some not, and the women were eager to hear what they were planning!
She still can't fully believe that there is a horrific murder in this house, it must be Mr. Detective, they are acting with the hostess. She had been restricted in her range of motion since early in the morning and had been waiting for someone's orders.
So she didn't see a single corpse or smell any rancid stench, 'Maybe the hostess just wanted her to be a corpse to entertain the crowd?' Those horror lovers have crazy brains, who knows what they will do! The woman thought.
Regret didn't help anything, and the woman had to find a way to protect herself anyway, so she began to move her body, endured the sudden stinging pain in her hands and feet, and moved towards the door.
She didn't use it to walk, but crawled on the carpet, and the sound of her clothes and socks rubbing against the carpet was so faint that it could not be heard outside, but the woman was still trembling with fear.
From time to time, she looked back at the only two uncontrollable places in the room: one was the obvious air duct entrance next to the overhead light, and the other was under the dark bed (which was why she didn't dare to stay in the bed, which would be terrifying to look underneath, and perhaps a real corpse or a 'devil' would come out when she wasn't looking).
Unable to control her desire to turn back, the woman didn't notice that she had crawled to the door, and her head slammed into the door panel, the sound was not very loud, but the woman was still frightened.
Taking a deep breath to calm her pounding heart, the woman carefully pressed her ears close to the door panelβ
"Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang!! β
The sound of a strong knock on the door suddenly sounded in the woman's ears, as if she had been hit by a sharp sword, the woman's body bounced back violently, fell on the carpet, and a scream that was still overflowing with all her strength was suppressed in her throat, and the woman hurriedly covered her lips with her hands.
"Xiaomi, are you okay? Come out, it's too dangerous to be alone!! β
"We must be with Mr. Detective!! You trust me! Don't be willful anymore!! I'll take care of you! β
The voice outside sounded sincere, but the woman in the room didn't believe it. She's a liar, and women now steadfastly think so.
The body that had collapsed on the ground regained its strength, and little by little it moved back to its original position. Then retract back to its original appearance.
Glancing uncontrollably under the bed, the woman saw a small shadow, very small, like part of the body of a household worm.
She wasn't afraid of this kind of bug, so she leaned over her upper body to see it clearly.
This time there was no fright, it was really a small black worm, I don't know where it crawled out, or it was originally under the bed.
As if seeing a little companion, the woman thought, 'At least it's a companion who is not in danger......
Slowly, the small head got closer and closer, trying to draw warmth and security from the small, black, hard-shelled creature, something a woman would never have thought of on a daily basis......
As the minutes passed, the woman seemed to like the feeling of being under the bed, and after a few minutes, I don't know why? The woman's body shook violently! Then there was a dead silence.
The single bed, tastefully covered with fine sheets, maintained its beautiful and clean appearance, the edges of the sheets lifted slightly, and the woman's body lay motionless under the sheets.
Her head was all hidden under the bed, as if she was going to pick something from under the bed, but her hands were not normally propped up at her sides, but hung limply on the carpet, with distinct joints, and frostbite from housework.
There seemed to be a voice echoing in the void: 'I won't be a maid for the rest of my life, I want to realize my dream, I have a lot of money, and I have the envy of my hometown.' 1-2-3, you're all in line, and I found a shortcut......
The sound kept echoing, softer and softer, in contrast to the liquid that was gradually diffusing from under the bed, which stretched from the faint shadows to the bright places, becoming more and more red......
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The poppies in the room were already in full bloom, but none of the people outside had gone away; Yun Yeyao was approaching the place where the evening tide was coming, and there was a beautiful woman fluttering her skirt in the wind; The watcher in the dark has no ability to dig up the heart of the poppy, so who is the black hand under the bed? Where did he come from?
The fourth body, the fourth victim, our excellent actor and forensic doctor have not yet found her, at this moment, the actor is trying to save the life of the fifth victim, although everything he sees is blurry, but his intuition tells him that the person is where the waves came.
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in the living room
Xie Yunmeng had already dismantled all the parts in the clock mechanical room, for him, it was a piece of cake, the mechanical parts and clockwork gears were piled up all over his side, and the cuckoo table clock was completely scrapped, only the cuckoo in the upper part remained intact.
However, this does not affect the bearings of the cuckoo's open door, as they have nothing to do with the mechanical room under the table clock. So Mrs. Lucifer did not stop Xie Yunmeng's actions.
"Officer Xie, this mechanical room hasn't been opened for many years, what did you find?" Mrs. Lucifer asked.
"I think the mechanical room was opened not long ago because of this." Xie Yunmeng suddenly turned around, holding a small strip of lace-like thing in his hand.
He continued: "Xiao Yao and Forensic Doctor Mo also found a lace in the mechanical room of the cuckoo table clock upstairs, as if it was torn from the skirt or cuffs, and there were no cobwebs in the mechanical room, and there was very little dust, someone must have opened it, and something was hidden in the mechanical room, causing the dust and cobwebs to be rubbed off. β
Listening to Xie Yunmeng's words, everyone, you look at me, I look at you, I don't know how to answer, Mrs. Lucifer was very surprised by this, she stood up and took the lace in the hands of the criminal police and looked at it again, about ten seconds later, Mrs. Lucifer suddenly slapped her thigh and said, "It's Yuya!" Xiaoya has a shirt with this lace, and I have seen her wear it these days. β
"Could it be that Xiaoya fiddled with the mechanical room?" Mrs. Lucifer looked incredulous. She thought about it, and didn't say anything like Xiaoya must be a murderer because of this.
Mo Haiyou was silent, now it was Xie Yunmeng's theater, he didn't need to speak, his clear eyes kept observing the two women in the living room. Mo Haiyou wanted to see Yun Yeyao and tell him some of his reasoning. But he couldn't move as freely as Xie Yunmeng, and the wound on his foot was still stinging.
Can the reasoning of two people now be combined? Mo Hai pondered to himself, he didn't want to use his intuition to feel the secret, that uncertain feeling made him panic, and forensic medicine was the most taboo to panic.
The conversation between Mrs. Lucifer and Xie Yunmeng continued, and for the first time in history, the topic revolved around Youya, which was also the strategy of Xie Yunmeng and Yun Yeyao, those laces were just secretly taken out of Youya's room by Mo Haiyou, and Xie Yunmeng just dismantled the mechanical room, and then pretended to find that the lace put the topic on Youya.
Yun Ye is tracking Yuya, where is Yuya? The black hand approached the good maid, while the loved ones she was waiting for were gradually descending into hell.