Jiang Zhi and Zhu Wen looked straight at Mo Li. They were curious where Mo Li, who usually was so gentle, managed to garner such aura. Her words were logical and her tone unquestionable.
"We've checked the power lines at the campsite. The surface insulation for one of the power lines has been melted off and the metal wire inside was neatly cut. It is clear that someone has done this deliberately. This is to create a killing device. With the surge of current, the high voltage will burn off the wire, and then the power line will fall to the ground. This is not something an ordinary person would know how to do."
Jiang Zhi frowned slightly when Mo Li said that. "Little girl, do you have some kind of paranoia? Yes, we've prepared the machine but I have no idea who would have tempered with the power lines."
Mo Li studied their expressions and she smiled. "Of course you don't. Because you were not the one behind it, am I right, Miss Zhu Wen?"
"I too have no idea what you're talking about. I don't know my way around electric lines and I have nothing to do with Lin An's death!" Zhu Wen said calmly. As long as Mo Li didn't have any evidence, there was nothing the police could do to her. She wouldn't be as dumb as Jiang Zhi who was tricked so easily.
"Actually, you're right because your target wasn't Lin An. Your target should be Chu Guang!"
Zhu Wen was startled but she quickly recovered. "Miss Mo Li, I have no idea what you're talking about. I'm just a host."
"Your plan was to use the high voltage step potential to kill Chu Guang. You handle the positioning of all the celebrities because you are the host. According to your plan, Chu Guang would be the first to arrive at the campsite, hence the closest to the downed power line. When he saw the sparks, he would have moved and died from the electrocution. And he almost did.
"As for Lin An's death, well, that's another story altogether. The snowchipper has obfuscated the details of the man's death, his time of death and cause of death are uncertain because of it. It is an assumption that he has died when the power went out but that might not be the case..."
"Wait, wait, wait. All these are speculations." Jiang Zhi stopped Mo Li and voiced her arguments, "First, if Chu Guang is Zhu Wen's target, why is he still alive and well? Two, Qian Yao died hanging from the side of the snow chipper which is 2 meters tall. There was no ladder at the crime scene, and even if there was, do you really expect either one of us women to climb up the stairs while dragging Qian Yao? Are we that powerful? Or do you think we can fly? Three, neither Zhu Wen nor I know anything about the power lines. It was Lin An who handled all these things."
Xiao Rui challenged, "The killer could have used the chain to bind around Qian Yao's neck and the machine would drag her to the air. One didn't need to be physically strong to do that."
Zhu Wen retorted, "In that case, the chain should have the killer's trace evidence. Qian Yao has been released and the chain confiscated as evidence. Did the police find anything like that? If not, this is clearly an accident."
Xiao Rui was stumped. The analyst could only find Qian Yao's DNA on the chain that strangled her. That was an impasse.
Mo Li suddenly supplied, "Must the chain that bound around Qian Yao's neck be the one that killed her? Why couldn't there be 2 chains?"
Xiao Rui frowned. "What do you mean by 2 chains?"
"Qian Yao died hanging from the side of the machine. This was done to make us assume that her death was an accident. But what if she was strangled unconscious using another chain and then the culprit bound the chain from the chipper around Qian Yao's neck? When the machine came online, the chain inside the chipper would have operated like normal, thus strangling Qian Yao and stringing her up. Right, Miss Zhu Wen?"
"I don't know what you're talking about." Although Mo Li had almost recreated the entire case, Zhu Wen was still unwilling to admit her crime until she saw concrete evidence. "Plus, the whole thing so far surrounds the issue of the power lines and the snow chipper. It was Lin An who prepared these two things. You can ask the prop team. I have nothing to do with either of them."
"You're right. So this whole case is a double murder of convenience and coincidence. Conveniently, you have found someone has cut the power line for you.. Coincidentally, there is another murderer on the prowl."