Chapter 264 Murderer
Under Di Renjie's sharp gaze, Xiaomei couldn't help but feel a little frightened and involuntarily turned her head to look at her boss Wu Xiang.

Wu Xiang's eyes widened as he tried his best to pretend to be impatient, with a bit of panic that he couldn't conceal, and a hint of bluffing toughness.

"Why are you looking at me? Just tell the truth when they ask you!" Wu Xiang glared at Xiaomei angrily, then quickly turned his face away, as if trying to hide his inner turmoil.

Zhao Ji was standing aside, his eyes fixed on Wu Xiang, secretly laughing in his heart.

Wu Xiang's guilty reaction can only be said to be just right. A little more would be too deliberate, and a little less would not be obvious.

Di Renjie observed all this from the corner of his eye. With a gentle smile on his face, he said softly, "Little girl, don't be afraid!"

Inspired by Di Renjie, Xiaomei seemed to muster up the courage and made a gesture, which meant around the first quarter of the hour of Hai.

Wu Xiang heaved a sigh of relief when he saw this, and a smile appeared on his face again: "Hey~! That's right, after I delivered the water and left, the two guests closed the door on their own."

Di Renjie also smiled. He nodded and asked Xiaomei, "One last question. When did you hear the guest fall to the ground?"

As soon as these words came out, Wu Xiang's expression instantly became complicated, his smile froze at the corners of his mouth, and a trace of imperceptible fear flashed in his eyes.

His eyes were trembling as he stared at Xiaomei, fearing that she would leak any information that would be disadvantageous to him. Beads of sweat were already oozing out of his forehead.

Zhao Ji had a smile in his eyes as he looked between Wu Xiang and Xiao Mei, enjoying the live drama at close range.

Xiaomei's eyes were bright, but she stood there firmly. The eyes of the people around her were all on her not-so-pretty face, and the atmosphere in the room froze for a moment.

At midnight, Xiaomei made a gesture and gave the final answer.

Wu Xiang felt relieved and breathed a long sigh of relief.

When Di Renjie heard this answer, the smile on his face turned into a sigh, and there was a bit of pity.

"What's up, sir? Have you finished your questions?" Wu Xiang came closer with a smile.

Di Renjie regained his composure, a faint smile returning to his face: "Ah, I'm done asking questions."

"I noticed that you asked more detailed questions than the governor, right..." Wu Xiang looked at Di Renjie with a cunning look.

Di Renjie put his hands behind his back and did not answer his question. Instead, he said, "Boss, I will stay in this room tonight!"

Wu Xiang pretended to be surprised: "Ah, you don't mind?"

Di Renjie smiled slightly: "I have been traveling for many years, so what taboos do I have? Well, go and clean up the rooms of my nephews and nieces."

Wu Xiang agreed repeatedly, with a look of doubt in his eyes.

After the boss Wu Xiang and Xiao Mei left, Zhao Ji came to Di Renjie and said meaningfully: "It seems that the murderer is about to be revealed!"

"Ah? General, you already know who the murderer is? Who is it?" Zhang Huan exclaimed when he heard this.

Zhao Ji smiled and raised his eyebrows: "Of course it's the shop owner."

"Shop owner?" Di Chun and Zhang Huan both looked puzzled.

Zhao Ji imitated Di Renjie and paced around the room: "According to what the girl said, she heard the door closing at the first quarter of the 11th hour of the 11th hour. If she is not lying, the two guests must have died before the first quarter of the 11th hour of the 11th hour." Di Chun felt something was wrong and immediately questioned: "That's not right, General Zhao. Since the door closing sound happened at the first quarter of the 11th hour of the 11th hour, and the guests were able to close the door, it means that the two guests died after the first quarter of the 11th hour of the 11th hour! How can you say it was before?"

Zhao Ji asked back: "Do you think the door was closed by two guests?"

"Isn't it?" Di Chun was a little confused.

Zhao Ji smiled and shook his head: "Of course not, if the door was closed twice at the first quarter of the night, and the murderer entered the room to commit the crime after the first quarter of the night, according to what the boss said, the door was closed the next day, then the murderer must have closed the door again, why didn't the girl hear the second door closing sound?"

"Uh..." Di Chun was speechless.

Zhang Huan took over Di Chun's words: "But that girl also said that she heard the body fall to the ground at midnight. Doesn't that mean the murderer killed people at midnight?"

Zhao Ji still smiled calmly and categorically denied Zhang Huan's statement: "This is impossible! The girl is lying here!"

Di Chun was a little unconvinced: "Why? How did you know?"

Zhao Ji immediately replied: "She said it herself. Apart from the shop owner delivering water, she didn't hear any footsteps! How could the murderer get upstairs at night without any footsteps? How could he commit such a heinous crime?"

Di Chun felt that he had found a loophole and asked again: "Since the girl lied, why did she lie about this? Maybe she heard footsteps before."

Zhao Ji continued to smile and said calmly: "Okay, then I want to ask, why did she lie?"

Di Chun frowned. He found it hard to connect the poor mute girl with the murderer.

It doesn't seem credible that a weak woman who can't even tie a chicken killed two big men.

"Why do you think he lied?" Zhang Huan tried to open his two small eyes wide and looked at Zhao Ji.

Zhao Ji sighed: "Have you forgotten the answer I gave? It was the store owner who killed someone, and she was covering for him!"

Zhang Huan, Di Chun and others looked at each other, still finding it hard to believe.

Di Renjie watched and smiled for a long time, then interrupted the argument.

He suggested, "Chengyuan said before that this was a murder in a closed room. The store owner said that the two guests were very mysterious and hid in the room all the time with the door locked. Why don't you put aside the question of who the murderer is and think about how the murderer got into the room first?"

Zhang Huan was embarrassed when he heard this: "The doors and windows are all closed, who knows how the murderer got in?"

Zhao was so disappointed that he said angrily, "Of course the murderer just told me to open the door and go in!"

Di Chun was surprised and said, "That's not right, General Zhao. Are you saying that the person staying in this room opened the door himself and let the murderer in to kill him? How...how could this be possible!"

Hearing this, Di Renjie raised his lips slightly and explained with a hint of smile: "You can't say that. If someone knocks on the door outside, will the two dead inside immediately know that the person coming is a killer?"

Di Chun smiled awkwardly and scratched his head: "It seems to be the case."

Li Lang listened for a long time and finally understood. He suddenly realized: "I wonder why the general said the store owner was the murderer. Of course the store owner can ask the door to be opened."

"He did. He took the opportunity of delivering water to open the door and then killed the two guests!"

(End of this chapter)