"I was young and naive back then, and my personality was a bit extreme. I was resentful of the rich, wasn't I?"

Charlie responded naturally, then added, "Besides, I hadn't even arrived here yet, and I didn't know any Shuchuan. What grudge could I possibly have? I was just young and impetuous back then, indulging in my teenage angst."

Charlie vehemently denied that he disliked Shuchuan. There were only four suspects present. Apart from the person wiping windows outside who was somewhat suspicious, there was no other evidence to prove that Lu Xiaoyao had a motive for the crime.

The evidence Mu Chen has can at most prove that the deceased was interested in Li Yuan's character. Li Yuan just said he didn't know about this. If he's accused of hating the deceased, then there's no point in continuing to investigate this case.

"But according to your demolition compensation document, you were already a small-time tycoon back then, right? Why would you want to resent the rich?"

Li Yuan did not accept Charlie's explanation and raised his own questions.

"Who can complain about having too much money? Even if I have a little bit of money, can I compare to people with hundreds of millions in assets?"

"But my boss was just starting out four years ago. He made the newspapers because he had just invested in a little-known small business, which brought it back from the brink of collapse and made him a fortune. But even though he made a fortune, he probably didn't make as much as you did back then, right?"

When Mu Chen spoke, he stared intently at Charlie, his gaze intensely threatening, making everyone around him feel immense pressure, let alone Charlie himself.

"So what?! I just didn't like him back then, so what?! We're good friends now! Do you suspect I killed my good friend?!"

"Hey, everyone, calm down, calm down."

Seeing that Charlie was about to explode, Lou Jia quickly spoke up to calm him down, "So far, everyone has only presented evidence, and it hasn't come to the point of saying who the murderer is."

As he spoke, he smiled apologetically at Mu Chen and gestured for him to continue, but Mu Chen said that he had already finished speaking.

"In that case, doesn't that mean you missed searching one room?" Lu Xiaoyao pointed in Li Yuan's direction. "Didn't anyone search your room?"

"Wasn't it because you were so engrossed in looking at Secretary Mu's laptop that we didn't have time to continue and ended up searching one less room?" Charlie's heart skipped a beat when he heard Lu Xiaoyao's reaction.

Has she forgotten how she kept urging her, only to be met with her ungrateful attitude?

Do I still want this teammate?

That can't be, right?

In contrast, Lu Xiaoyao could only give an awkward laugh and didn't know what to say.

"It's alright, I've already searched Li Que's room, it's fine..."

Lou Jia then spoke up, his gaze falling on Li Yuan. Li Yuan looked back at him, puzzled, and Lou Jia said, "Clean."

Everyone: ??

Lou Jia, who was shocked by everyone's speechless expressions, suddenly realized what was happening and immediately added, "Unlike the neatness of young people, it's the kind of cleanliness and simplicity that old people have. They eat longan and red date porridge for breakfast and have goji berries soaking in their cups."

For a moment, no one knew how to react to Lou Jia's statement.

"Does taking care of your health mean you're not like a young person?" Before Li Yuan could speak, Lu Xiaoyao said, "Don't I often play games day and night? I even keep some nitroglycerin pills in my gaming pod."

Upon hearing about the unique medicine of Hualan Star, Mingmei couldn't help but glance at Lu Xiaoyao, and then she realized that, sure enough, the comments section had gone off-topic again.

[By the way, quick-acting heart medicine is really effective for people with average physical condition. I often work overtime, so I always keep some on hand.]

Good heavens, are there any jobs these days that require overtime, besides students?

Of course, there is! →_→

...

Li Yuan nodded in agreement, saying, "It's good to start taking care of your health early, is that something to criticize? And who says boys' rooms can't be clean? Can't I tidy up a bit?"

"That's true, but... why do your photos from when you were in school look so different from how you dress and what your dorm room looks like now?"

Lou Jia then placed a bunch of pictures in front of everyone and continued, "You've only recently graduated, so even if you explain your clothing style as a change from white T-shirts to shirts because you're going to work and enter society, that's understandable."

If you've always been a clean freak, even a bit of a germaphobe, you'd probably tidy up your dorm room even if others weren't, right? But in this picture, the background isn't exactly filthy, but it's a far cry from your current living conditions, isn't it? (cascoo.net)

"That picture shows our dorm room before we had time to clean it up; it's not usually like this."

Seeing that Li Yuan showed no sign of panic or tension, the others turned their attention to Lou Jia, wondering if he was making a mountain out of a molehill.

"If that's really the case, then your dorm can't always take group photos after a mess, right? What, do you need to commemorate taking photos of the dorm that's about to be cleaned up by you?"

Lou Jia picked out the photos with the dormitory as the background, pointing to those with similar dirty and messy backgrounds as before. For a moment, Li Yuan didn't know what to say.

Mu Chen glanced at Li Yuan, who was keeping his head down and remaining silent, and said quietly, "These can at most prove that his persona is inconsistent, but what does that have to do with the deceased? Detective, do you have any other evidence?"

When Mingmei heard that Mu Chen actually spoke up for Li Yuan, a light flashed in her eyes.

She hadn't missed her earlier lunchbox, and naturally, she'd also received a message there—[There was more than one killer.]

Could this sentence mean that there were accomplices in addition to the main culprit?

Mingmei cast a suspicious glance at Li Yuan and Mu Chen, silently considering the possibility that her boyfriend was conspiring with others to commit the crime.

Not only did Mingmei react this way, but Li Yuan was also taken aback by Mu Chen's sudden act of helping him out.

He turned his head and secretly sized up Mu Chen, who was completely calm and showed no signs of anything amiss, but for a moment, he was filled with doubt.

I don't know what Mu Chen is thinking.

"Ah... I remember now."

Lou Jia was so focused on questioning Li Yuan that he almost forgot about the hidden trap on the stage outside that had not yet been discovered.

Seeing that Li Yuan couldn't come up with anything for the time being, he then told him about another deadly setup on the stage outside.

It startled everyone present.

Wow! What a vicious heart this murderer has!

The group followed Lou Jia outside to witness firsthand the extremely dangerous trap. While the probability of a flowerpot falling from the sky and killing someone was extremely small, this trap meant that if you stepped into it, you would definitely be dead.

"It's not that one plan fails, it's that bad! This is a series of interconnected schemes! Isn't that terrifying?"

This time, Lu Xiaoyao surprisingly had a normal thought process and actually thought of the same thing as Lou Jia...