Chapter 505: Chapter 505

Soon, the police had uncovered some clues.

As they examined the records, they asked Ji Shaohai, "Mr. Ji, you’re all visitors from out of town, but it seems this isn’t your first time here. You’ve been here several times before."

In their hands, the police held Ji Shaohai’s travel records.

Aside from flying here this time to take part in the show, he had visited this place several times before.

After he got to know that woman, naturally, he came here to see her.

"Yes, I have a friend here."

Since it was about an affair, Ji Shaohai appeared somewhat unnatural when mentioning it.

"What kind of friend? Male or female?"

"Uh," he seemed to hesitate, and after quite a while, he finally said, "Female."

The police quickly sensed something was off, "Your relationship with Wen Yi isn’t good, and she often cheats with other male artists. Your relationship with this woman is not ordinary, right?"

Ji Shaohai didn’t speak, implying his consent.

"Provide her contact information, we need to investigate."

"She doesn’t know Wen Yi, why do you need to investigate her? And besides, Wen Yi died here, but she’s never been here."

"It’s just standard procedure, please cooperate."

Even if Ji Shaohai refused to provide the contact information, the police had ways to find her. The surveillance footage captured his route when Ji Shaohai went to meet Yan Yi.

The police also questioned other people at the scene, but to no avail.

As for the crime scene, the trajectory of the falling chandelier was very peculiar.

The chandelier was located directly above the center of the bed. If it had fallen due to a loose part, it should have hit the center of the bed. At that time, Wen Yi was lying on the bed; it should have fallen on her abdomen.

If it had struck her abdomen, it shouldn’t have been fatal.

But in reality, the chandelier had landed exactly on Wen Yi’s face.

Her brain had burst, and Wen Yi died instantly.

"It looks like it’s been pulled down by an external force."

Observing the fixing point above the chandelier, the police came to such a conclusion.

"But it didn’t fall straight down, unless a gust of wind blew the chandelier towards the head."

"All the windows were closed, where would a gust of wind come from?"

"If there was another person in the room at the time of the victim’s death, how did they control the chandelier to hit the victim’s head? If the chandelier fell and was then knocked towards her, where is the object used to strike the chandelier?"

After examining the scene, all the police were perplexed.

Apart from the police, the other members of the show’s team were also restless.

"Zhaozhao, are you guys still in the mood to eat fried skewers?"

Su Xiaotong smelled a fragrance and walked towards the kitchen.

There she saw Chu Yan had made lots of fried skewers, and Qin Zhao sat at the table eating.

Su Xiaotong thought of Wen Yi’s body and lost her appetite.

But the fried skewers Chu Yan made were too tempting, luring her to sit down beside Qin Zhao.

"Sigh, with all this commotion, I feel episode is going to be scrapped. Wen Yi was the Wen Family’s darling. Suddenly dying here, the Wen Family is definitely going to trouble Qin Yu."

Su Xiaotong took a bite of a lamb skewer, her brow furrowed deeply.

Seeing her so worried, Qin Zhao said leisurely, "What goes around comes around. Wen Yi was never a good person to begin with; now she’s just facing the repercussions."

"Zhaozhao, do you know who the murderer is?"

Su Xiaotong glanced at the door and lowered her voice, leaning close to her.

"Is it really Ji Shaohai? He’s the prime suspect, but surveillance can prove he was in the backyard the whole time, it’s impossible for him to go to Wen Yi’s room to kill her. If not him, then who could it be?"

"The killer isn’t him, and he’s still here."

Su Xiaotong was shocked. "I just heard the police questioning Ji Shaohai, and it seems he had an affair, and his mistress is a local. The police have even sent for this mistress to be brought here. I think, could it be that this woman bribed a worker, trying to kill Wen Yi to take her place?"

Qin Zhao looked at her leisurely and said, "Your imagination is indeed rich."

When the incident occurred, Qin Zhao quickly went to the scene. Because of the strange death of Wen Yi, she had suspected ghostly intervention. But she and Chu Yan both investigated the scene and could preliminarily rule out the suspicion of a supernatural crime.

At first, she wanted to determine the killer through physiognomy. But no matter how she looked, she couldn’t tell until she saw something and finally understood why.

"Actually, once we determine the method used to commit the crime, we can find the tool used, and everything will become clear as crystal."

"Who is it that did it?"

Su Xiaotong crept closer to Qin Zhao.

Qin Zhao slightly parted her lips and whispered three words without a sound.

Su Xiaotong’s eyes widened in disbelief as she stood up.

"How could that be? It shouldn’t be her, right!"

"The most unlikely lead is often the breakthrough. She’s quite smart, too."

"Should we tip off the police? It could save them some time in their investigation."

"We could, let Chu Yan give them a hint, I haven’t finished eating yet."

Chu Yan also discovered the truth, and upon his wife’s suggestion, he decided to help out these clueless police.

They searched for half a day and still hadn’t found a clue. When he came upstairs, he happened to hear an excited police officer saying, "Boss, we can confirm the method of murder now. The killer likely used a bungee cord to bind the chandelier. When the chandelier fell, the taut bungee cord would retract, dragging the chandelier down to smash onto the victim’s face. Additionally, the medical examiner found sleeping pills in the victim’s body."

They went to the bed where the bedside table had been moved, and the police found a nail on the wall beside the bed. This nail could be used to tie the bungee cord. And on the wall where the nail was, there were scrape marks on the white wall from the retracting bungee cord. Hearing this, Chu Yan thought these police weren’t so foolish after all.

"Where’s the bungee cord then?"

"It must have been taken by the killer."

"The victim took sleeping pills, which gave the killer time to set up the scene. Who came to the victim’s room during this time?"

"Those people all said they hadn’t been here, except for Yuan Dong’er who discovered the body. But Yuan Dong’er said she was originally downstairs and came up to find Wen Yi’s body."

"What was she doing downstairs? Did everyone see her there?"

"After dinner, she and her husband were in the storeroom, examining camping tools. Her husband can prove they were indeed together at that time."

"Bring her here and question her again."

An officer went downstairs and brought Yuan Dong’er back with him. This time, the questioning was done by the chief of the police squad, who asked very detailed questions, including about the camping tools they were examining. During the conversation, the chief’s gaze became sharp. Suddenly, he asked, "Ms. Yuan, you seem very familiar with these camping tools."

Yuan Dong’er nodded and explained, "My husband and I love outdoor activities; we frequently go camping in uninhabited scenic areas. We saw these tools in the storeroom and even thought of going camping in the mountains in a few days."

The chief described the killer’s method and deliberately observed Yuan Dong’er’s reaction.