Chapter 734: Chapter 734: A Mistake at Tomorrow’s Inn
The detective pulled out a pair of grim, metallic handcuffs, cuffing Su Man on one side and Lu Yuwen on the other. He spoke sternly, “I am detaining both of you! You’ll be taken for questioning back at the station once the rain stops. Now, follow me downstairs!”
Lu Yuwen appeared to have been through a fight, with scratches and bite marks on his body.
Su Man stood rooted to the spot, struggling to accept the outcome.
“We… we were acting in self-defense!” she retorted loudly, “Can’t you see she was attacking us?!”
“No matter what the reason, it doesn’t change the fact that you broke the law by committing a violent act!” The detective was unforgiving, “And if it was self-defense, both of you could have easily restrained her. Why did you use a knife?!”
Su Man dropped the knife in her hand, crying injustice, “This isn’t our knife! She was already carrying it when she came in! I just pulled it out as she was attacking us!”
The detective scoffed, “So you’re saying that she was stabbed, but instead of seeking medical help, she ran to attack you guys? Who would believe such a ghost story? Do you have any evidence? I think it’s clear that both of you conspired to commit a violent act!”
Furious, Su Man swore, “I…”
“You both are under arrest now! Follow me downstairs!” The detective didn’t indulge her any longer, and turned to leave.
Su Man realized that she had no control over her limbs, like a convicted criminal, unable to shake off the shackles, and could only obediently follow.
The spectators at the doorway spontaneously cleared a path.
As Lu Yuwen passed by Bai Youwei, he muttered something to her, then followed behind Su Man out of the room.
Bai Youwei slightly furrowed her brows, watching their retreating figures.
The other spectators, having had their fill of the spectacle, slowly dispersed.
Left in the room were Bai Youwei and Zhu Shu, along with a corpse.
Zhu Shu went to the body and picked up the knife dropped by Su Man, sighing, “Weapons aren’t allowed in the doll game. So this knife… it really isn’t ours. But we don’t have any evidence…”
Bai Youwei thought for a moment, then walked over to the body, and after a while, asked, “Don’t you think there’s too little blood?”
Zhu Shu was taken aback, looking down at the floor. A fair amount of blood had already seeped from beneath the corpse. Could this be considered little?
“Just now, Lu Yuwen told me that this middle-aged woman was dead before she entered his room,” Bai Youwei said.
Zhu Shu’s eyes widened slightly.
Bai Youwei took the knife from her hand, stabbed it forcefully into the body, then pulled it out, “…Look, although I’m not a forensic expert, isn’t the flow of this blood a little too slow?”
Zhu Shu stared at the wound. Several seconds passed before the blood slowly welled up from inside.
Zhu Shu tried moving the corpse’s arm and murmured, “The joints… are very stiff.”
She found it unbelievable, asking Bai Youwei, “If we prove to the detective that this woman has been dead for a while, will he release Su Man and Lu Yuwen?”
“Probably not.” Bai Youwei said indifferently, “Proving the woman died long ago still doesn’t explain why she appeared here, or prove that someone else was the murderer.”
Zhu Shu furrowed her brows, “If it was a dead body, why did it appear in Lu Yuwen’s room and attack him? It’s very strange…”
Su Man turned up in Lu Yuwen’s room because she was worried about him and went to check on him early in the morning, but how did a corpse manage to move from the fourth floor to the third?
Bai Youwei dropped the knife in her hand, slowly wiping her hands, “Zhu Shu, I realized that I made a mistake. But fortunately, we still have time to rectify it.”
“What mistake?” Zhu Shu asked.
Bai Youwei gave her a faint smile, “Our mission was to find out who the five murderers are, so I’ve always considered the murderers as our biggest enemies in this game. But in fact… our biggest enemy is not the murderers, but the other five people.”