Chapter 96: Luo Mei Returns

Yin Chuan was amused by Hai Yifan's spittle-filled tirade. He'd called Lü Changhua two-faced, but wasn't he also two-faced? He'd call Lü Changhua "father-in-law" and "head of the family" in front of him, then call him "old bastard" the next moment. And not only that, but he treated his wife even worse. After Lü Shuixian's murder, Hai Yifan, as a husband, showed no sign of grief at all; it was as if a murder had happened that had nothing to do with him.

"From what you said, you are sure that you don't know what the three unique skills of the Lu family are?" Yin Chuan asked.

"I really don't know. Otherwise, with my understanding of magic tricks, as long as I hear what a trick is, I can probably guess the method used. But Lu Changhua has never performed in front of me. He was originally planning to perform 'Dragon Palace Water Play' the day before yesterday, but you all saw it."

He was not bragging, Yin Chuan and Lin Lang had no doubt about it.

After sending him back, Yin Chuan said to Linlang with some disappointment, "After this interrogation, Hai Yifan's suspicion seems to be very small."

"Why? Have you been doubting him?"

"Judging from his two-faced attitude, he had a sufficient motive for committing the crime. However, if he truly didn't know what the three Lu family skills were, then the circumstances surrounding the murders of the three Lu sisters corresponding to the three skills wouldn't make sense. I don't believe the one-to-one correspondence between the murder method and the three skills is a coincidence!"

"Did we overlook that person?"

"You mean Jingui?"

Linlang nodded.

"But no matter how I look at the third case, I can't find any suspicious points. This makes it impossible for me to include him in the list of suspects!" Yin Chuan sighed, "Let's question the other two people before making a decision."

They wanted to continue questioning, and they wanted to find one of Gu Yan and Yu Jintang. They were both sleeping like dead pigs, snoring. Yin Chuan and Lin Lang looked at each other in confusion when they arrived at the woodshed. Should they wake them up and interrogate them?

"You two, I advise you not to force them," Lu Enting said to them. "They're soundly asleep. If you try to wake them up, they'll probably be groggy and their speech will be incoherent. Why rush them?"

Hai Yifan also echoed, "Yes, anyway, we are all Lu family members, the monk can run away but the temple cannot."

"What you mean is - wait until dawn to ask?" Yin Chuan asked.

"But... we can't guarantee that there won't be... that thing between you..." Linlang made a whispering gesture.

"If you two are still worried, then I might as well offer a suggestion," Hai Yifan said, "The four of us will randomly assign them. Each of you will guard two people, one in this room and one in the interrogation room next door. If we keep watch over them separately this way, won't that solve the problem?"

Lu Enting nodded repeatedly. "That's a good idea. What do you two detectives think?"

Yin Chuan shook his head. "No, I don't think that's necessary. It's fine for the four of you to stay like this now. We'll come back to ask them in the morning. You two should go to bed early."

Without waiting for Hai Yifan and Lu Enting to say anything, Yin Chuan took Linlang out of the woodshed and closed the door.

"Aren't you afraid that they will collude?" Linlang asked after returning to the interrogation room.

"Haha, I was worried that they wouldn't collude with each other. Wouldn't they be able to hide their tracks this way?" Yin Chuan pointed to his ears.

"Ah? Are you planning on eavesdropping on the noises in the woodshed through the wall?" Linlang frowned. "Brother Yin, I know you have sharp hearing and that you can hear every little thing they do, but if you keep doing this all night, I'm really worried you won't be able to handle it!"

Yin Chuan knew that Linlang was worried about him, so he smiled slightly. "Don't worry, I'm not listening intently all the time. I'll squint when I need to. As long as there's any movement in the woodshed, I'll definitely notice it. What's more, I believe that although the murderer is most likely among the four of them, he will never be so rash as to share what he has with others. Otherwise, wouldn't he be directly exposed?"

"Aren't you afraid that the real murderer has an accomplice?"

"Maybe, but I'm monitoring them. If they dare to collude, I'll definitely catch them. Just go back to your room and get some sleep. I'll be watching over them and make sure nothing goes wrong."

Yin Chuan persuaded Linlang to go back to sleep, while he stayed in the interrogation room and pushed the table and chairs close to the woodshed. Soon he fell asleep on the table. Although he could still hear the snoring from next door, he did not notice anyone of the four people whispering.

After an unknown amount of time, he seemed to feel someone patting his shoulder.

"Hey... wake up! Wake up!"

Yin Chuan was suddenly awakened, and in a trance he felt that there was someone standing next to him.

"Who is it?"

"Me! Luo Mei!"

Hearing the name "Luo Mei", Yin Chuan suddenly lost most of his sleepiness and sat up straight. "Di Feiyan? Why did you come to see me?"

"I've come here specifically to tell you some information about the Flying Thief Feng Shijiu. Are you interested in listening?"

"Feng Nineteen? Of course I'm interested!" Yin Chuan, completely awake, wiped his cheeks vigorously, and asked Luo Mei to sit next to him. He then realized that Luo Mei was wearing night clothes, a green scarf wrapped around her head, and the black veil covering her cheeks was pulled down. It seemed that she had sneaked into the Lu residence. "Did you also get in by climbing over the eaves and walls like Feng Nineteen?" he asked excitedly.

"Tsk! You're not like Du Yunzhang, looking down on tomb robbers like me, are you?" Luo Mei said disapprovingly, "Don't forget, my nickname is 'Earth Flying Swallow'. The word 'fly' in it means my Qinggong is no less powerful than those flying thieves."

Yin Chuan flattered with a grin, "Of course, of course. I never doubt your ability, Miss Luo. Then tell me about the information you found about Feng Shijiu."

Luo Mei was quite pleased with Yin Chuan's attitude, so she didn't beat around the bush and described in detail how she tracked Feng Shijiu in the middle of the night the previous day, explaining every detail very clearly.

"Tell me, how did this thief end up in conflict with the Lu family?"

Yin Chuan recalled the memory, "The time when Feng Shijiu appeared that you mentioned should be the time when the five people from the Lu family discovered the thief on the roof and rushed straight to the training room. The two sides just happened to collide. But I don't understand...what was he doing in the training room of the Lu family magic troupe?"

"If he didn't steal something important from the Lu family, I really don't know what else he would do." Luo Mei shrugged.

Yin Chuan looked outside and asked, "What time is it now?"

"It's already four o'clock in the morning, which is half past two in the morning according to the new saying."

Yin Chuan rolled his eyes and waved towards Luo Mei, meaning for her to come closer and listen to his whispers. Luo Mei frowned and squeezed out two words between her teeth: "What?"

"Hey, there's something fun I'd like to ask Miss Luo for help with."