The long-haired man sneered, "What, are you feeling guilty? Afraid that I'll expose you?"

Sun Junjie said, "I'm guilty, my ass!"

Then he added, "Trying to frame me? No way. You want to investigate? Then bring me all my shoes. I'm upright and honest. If I said I wasn't the murderer, then I definitely wasn't."

The long-haired man said, "Just you wait, I will definitely get justice for Ma Zi."

Before long, the long-haired man brought over all of Sun Junjie's shoes. After trying them on one by one, he found that none of the shoes had the same pattern as the bloody footprints on the ground.

Sun Junjie sneered repeatedly, saying disdainfully, "Now that the truth is out, let's see what you have to say. You're jumping around like a clown, how disgusting!"

The long-haired man said, "Hmph, maybe you threw away the shoes you were wearing."

Sun Junjie said, "Idiot, I can't be bothered with you."

The long-haired man gritted his teeth and said, "I'll go look around the neighborhood."

"Whatever." Sun Junjie was furious.

Dong Xinran said, "Now line up and explain clearly where you were and what you were doing when the incident happened."

No one dared to disobey Dong Xinran, so they told him everything in detail.

When Dong Xinran learned that Zhuo Tingting was in Ji Hao's room, his expression turned somewhat unpleasant.

"Brother Ji, aren't you going a bit too far?" Dong Xinran said with an unfriendly look.

Ji Hao said, "I treat her like my sister. Is there a problem with chatting with her?"

Dong Xinran said, "Is it really my sister? You already have three women, that's enough. Do you want to take over my entire refuge camp? Have you asked the brothers for their opinions?"

Ji Hao said, "I have done nothing wrong and I have nothing to hide. Say what you will."

Zhuo Tingting stepped forward and said in a clear voice, "Boss Dong, you've misunderstood. He really only sees me as a younger sister, nothing more. Please stop arguing. I'll feel bad seeing you have conflicts because of me."

Dong Xinran said, "Tingting, tell me honestly, did he force you?"

Zhuo Tingting shook her head and said urgently, "No, don't misunderstand Brother Ji. He's very good to me and has always taken good care of me. He has never said anything bad about you in front of me, really."

Dong Xinran's gaze hardened, and he said coldly, "Brother Ji, one should know how to be content. I hope you understand this principle."

Zhuo Tingting said, "Please don't do this, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have gone to Brother Ji's room, but he said, he said..."

Dong Xinran angrily asked, "What did he say?"

Zhuo Tingting shook her head and said softly, "It's nothing."

Dong Xinran looked at Ji Hao and said in a sinister voice, "Brother Ji, ever since you came, our refuge camp has been experiencing one problem after another. And you happen to be an ability user. I think you should give me an explanation for this."

"What? I just arrived at the refugee camp and Li Er has been dead for several hours. Do you think you can blame me for this?" Ji Hao said coldly.

Sun Junjie, who was standing to the side, said, "Who knows if you killed Li Er beforehand and then pretended to have just arrived at our refuge camp? After all, we have no idea what tricks you have up your sleeve."

Dong Xinran chimed in, "Yes, yes, that's certainly possible."

Ji Hao said, "Following this logic, I just happen to think that you killed Li Er, and I happened to come to the refuge camp, so you framed me."

Dong Xinran said, "Stop slandering me! Li Er is my capable subordinate. What reason would I have to kill him?"

Ji Hao said, "If you kill all the men, no one will compete with you for women, and you can save on food too."

Dong Xinran said, "You're talking nonsense!"

Ji Hao said, "What, you're not convinced? You're welcome to fight me."

Enraged, Dong Xinran shouted, "Come on then! Do you really think I'm afraid of you?!"

Zhuo Tingting said anxiously, "Don't do this, please don't do this. It's all my fault. I caused the conflict between you. If someone has to be punished, it must be me. Boss Dong, Brother Ji, from now on, I'll leave the refuge camp. As for where I'll go, I haven't decided yet. Maybe I'll die out there in the future, but as long as you can get along well and run the refuge camp better, then it will all be worth it."

Zhuo Tingting's words only fueled Dong Xinran's anger, making him look ready to fight Ji Hao to the death.

Just then, the long-haired man rushed into the room and shouted, "Boss, I've found evidence! Take a look!"

The long-haired man threw a pair of shoes on the ground and asked Sun Junjie, "These shoes should be yours, right?"

Sun Junjie was taken aback.

Beside him, another man said, "I can vouch for it. It's Sun Junjie's. I remember it very clearly. Once, I went out with him to collect supplies, and we happened to pass by a shoe store. He said his shoes were broken, so he ran in, picked out a pair of shoes on the spot, and put them on. It's this pair, there's no mistake."

Dong Xinran turned the shoes over; they were still stained with blood, but frozen solid. He removed the ice and discovered that the pattern on the soles was exactly the same as the bloody footprints on the ground.

The long-haired man said, "I found them in the open space behind the hotel. They were covered by snow at the time. I stepped on them and realized something was wrong, so I dug them out. And the shoes were right above the window of Sun Junjie's apartment."

The long-haired man angrily said, "From this, I guess that after Sun Junjie killed Ma Zi, he found bloodstains on the soles of his shoes and stepped on the ground. He wanted to remove the bloody footprints on the ground, but he was afraid that he would not have enough time and would be discovered by others, so he took off his shoes and ran away. This also explains why there were no bloody footprints left in the corridor. After returning to his room, he was restless and wanted to get rid of the shoes. Since the main door of our hotel is closed at night and the key is with the boss, he could not take the shoes outside to dispose of them. So he could only choose to throw them out the window, trying to cover them with snow and destroy the evidence. The next day, when the main door was open, he went outside, picked up the shoes, and threw them far away. This reasoning makes perfect sense."

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