Chapter 724: Chapter 724: The Detective of Tomorrow’s Inn
The atmosphere was tense.
Some avoided Bai Youwei’s gaze with a look of annoyance, while others squared off against her with justified confidence.
The men felt indignant for being suspected.
The women, on the other hand, didn’t say a word, as if they were detached from the situation.
Suddenly, the Detective spoke: “So, that’s how it is! If one is acting hastily, they wouldn’t have time to choose a location! Hence, this note was most likely hastily stuck on. Being able to stick it at this height swiftly implies that the person who posted this note isn’t too short!”
The Detective sternly faced the men and asked, “Who placed this note here?”
Of course, no one confessed.
“Don’t outsmart yourselves,” the Detective said with a stern face. “I know the culprit is among you, I’ve noted down the suspicions.. From now on, I’ll be monitoring your actions closely. If I spot any anomalies, I will arrest you!”
The men looked on, their faces grim.
Bai Youwei pondered: It seemed that as long as she provided leads to the Detective, he would automatically record the suspicions.
And when these suspicions accumulate to a certain degree, they would be deemed as: Arrestable.
The reason Yan Qingwen and Lin Kui got arrested was due to the accumulation of suspicions:
1, they were seen in contact with the corpse;
2, the door and the entrance were covered in blood;
3, they were accused of being the murderer by the guests in room 405.
Robert suggested, “Since we are clueless now, let’s go back to the dining hall for breakfast. They only serve two meals here per day, and the next one isn’t until six in the evening. So, we better eat as much as we can.”
Upon hearing this, everyone slowly returned to the dining hall.
Bai Youwei lagged behind and asked the Detective, “Detective, can I copy the note?”
The Detective looked down at Bai Youwei, “Of course. In fact, I plan to leave the note in its original place to see what the culprit is trying to do. Miss, are you trying to uncover the murderer’s plot? It’s not going to be easy.”
Bai Youwei gave a light smile, “It’s worth a try~”
“What a beautiful lady,” the Detective chuckled, “I don’t know if you are overestimating your abilities or you are really smart. Either way, I look forward to getting an answer from you. After all, this is a very complicated case, and it would be great if someone could help me.”
Bai Youwei smiled, took a pen and paper from the front desk, and copied the strange message from the note exactly.
When she returned to the dining hall, everyone was eating breakfast.
They didn’t really care about the taste, just filling their bellies was enough. Everyone was silent, only the clattering sound of cutlery against plates could be heard in the dining hall.
Bai Youwei didn’t touch her utensils, but spread a pile of papers on the table, with a pen in hand, she scribbled, sometimes stopping to think, sometimes seeming to have thought of something and vigorously writing on the paper.
Mr. Robert, sitting diagonally across from her, asked with a smile, “You’ve been studying these Chinese characters, have any clues been found?”
“No, not yet.” Bai Youwei answered. “Yet, I want to try and study it because I am very curious… ”
She raised her head and looked at Robert and the others sitting near Robert, and asked:
“Aren’t you all curious? I reckon only the criminal wouldn’t be curious.”
People were getting agitated by her words.
But Robert didn’t lose his temper, he squinted his eyes and said, “Miss, you are very humorous.”
“No, not at all.” Bai Youwei responded modestly with a smile. “I truly thought so. Because only the murderer would know the meaning of these messages, right? The murderer wouldn’t need to rack their brains thinking like me, and they wouldn’t be curious about the content on the note. Mr Robert, don’t you feel curious about the meaning behind the words on the note?”