[Holy crap! What's going on here? This looks like a crime scene!]

[What kind of luck does this villainous female supporting character have? She's so unlucky!]

It's best to leave this troublesome place as soon as possible to avoid problems.

Let's go!

The candlelight flickered, and the three of them soon saw the corpse on the ground. The corpse was chilling. Qingju was stunned. The moment she saw Sun Sanlang's pale face on the ground, Qingju suddenly let out a short scream.

Liu Yun rushed forward and quickly covered Qing Ju's mouth. Qing Ju was already trembling with fear. He Yi naturally never expected to see a crime scene.

Most importantly, Sun Sanlang was the head of the casino back then, with plenty of ability and money, so assassination would be understandable.

But now... he is no longer the same as before, but he has been secretly murdered. What secret is behind this?

Even He Yi couldn't help but gasp when she saw the corpse; all three of them turned deathly pale in that instant.

The box of pastries in Qingju's hand fell to the ground with a "thud"! Liuyun hurriedly reminded her, "Let's go, or things will get complicated."

"Let's go." He Yi also realized what was happening and prepared to leave with Qingju and Liuyun. However, at this moment, the neighbors next door seemed to be disturbed by the arrival of the three.

Soon, a disheveled middle-aged female neighbor appeared. She had obviously been resting before this woman came in, and was disturbed by the noise. She rubbed her eyes and walked into the house, cursing and swearing.

"What are you yelling about in the middle of the night? Don't you want people to get some rest? I'm telling you, Sun Sanlang, you damned bastard..."

The woman's voice quickly reached the ears of the three people. When the woman saw the horrific scene inside the house, she was terrified and screamed as if she had stepped on a venomous snake's tail.

The screams almost pierced the night sky.

"Murder! Help! Someone help! Murder! Sun Sanlang has been murdered!!!"

The old woman screamed in agony, as if Sun Sanlang were her closest relative. Her terrifying scream instantly woke up all the neighbors.

In an instant, the deathly silence of the night was shattered.

The nearby residents were alerted one by one, and each household began to light candles and open their doors. In an instant, a cacophony of voices and footsteps came from all directions.

The old woman pointed to the house.

"Remind everyone, the murderer is still inside!" The old woman's face was pale, and the lantern in her hand swayed on its own. She looked at the three of them and spoke loudly.

"It was those three! I saw them come out of the house with my own eyes, and they even had knives! God, Sun Sanlang, you were such a good man, how could this have happened? Sun Sanlang, you died unjustly!"

At this moment, countless eyes were focused on He Yi and the other two. Everyone's eyes were filled with surprise and fear. It was really strange. Why would these three girls kill Sun Sanlang?

At this moment, most eyes shifted to the corpse on the ground. Everyone saw the blood-stained dagger still embedded in Sun Sanlang's heart...

All the evidence points to those three!

[How do you explain the incident of mud dripping down one's crotch?]

[What bad luck! His mother opened the door to bad luck in the middle of the night—bad luck has reached its peak!]

Now look what's happened! There's no way to clear my name now!

He Yi watched as a large group of people, unaware of the truth, gathered around. Looking down at the ground, she saw Sun Sanlang lying dead with his eyes wide open, a somewhat bleak and terrifying scene. At that moment, He Yi's mind went blank.

She knew she had fallen into a carefully designed trap! However, at this moment, any explanation seemed pale and powerless.

"It wasn't me..."

He Yi murmured her explanation, but no one listened to her. Now every word she uttered was seen as an excuse and a defense. Qingju and Liuyun also tried to explain and clarify, but their voices were quickly drowned out by the shouts of the crowd.

No one knows who went to report to the authorities, but a moment later, the urgent sound of a gong and the shouts of yamen runners came from outside, "Neighbors, all bystanders, make way! The government is handling a case!"

He Yi turned around and saw several yamen runners wielding fire and water sticks fiercely pushing through the crowd and entering the house, heading towards the three of them.

The man at the front swept his sharp gaze across the corpses on the ground, finally fixing his eyes on He Yi.

"take away!"

The head constable looked at the corpse on the ground and the "murder weapon" on Sun Sanlang's chest. Without any hesitation, he gave a stern order and waved his hand.

"It wasn't us."

He Yi and Qing Ju tried to explain anxiously, but these guys wouldn't listen. Soon, the cold shackles locked the three of them.

Liu Yun wanted to resist, but He Yi held her firmly in her eyes. Resisting now would only confirm her guilt, so she might as well adapt to the situation.

"Princess!"

Qingju burst into tears in distress, and the yamen runner kicked her roughly, saying, "Come on, what are you crying for? Let's go to the yamen."

The three of them were pushed and shoved by the group of burly and incredibly strong yamen runners, and staggered out of the house.

Cold shackles and chains bound the necks and ankles of the three men. He Yi was anxious, but there was nothing she could do to them.

Qingju was still explaining when Heyi pulled her back, saying, "They're just following the procedures. They won't listen to your explanation now."

This was a blatant murder, and these constables were there on behalf of the government to arrest people. Explaining things to them would be pointless. Seeing He Yi's words, Liu Yun and Qing Ju could only let it be.

The group of yamen runners were extremely rude and brutal, shoving the three of them recklessly into the yamen.

Although it was already past midnight, countless people still gathered near the Jingzhao Prefecture government office when the three were escorted there. The crowds, who had come to watch the spectacle, were talking amongst themselves and pointing at the three.

He Yi ignored them and simply blocked out the unpleasant words.

As for the common people, after learning that the three girls were actually murderers, they whispered among themselves, "Oh dear, they went to kill the gambling den owner in the middle of the night. I heard that Sun Sanlang is now penniless."

[Tsk tsk, you guys are really something. How did you know it was about money and not romantic entanglements?]

[It would be better to let them be officials, hahaha.]

Those gazes were like thorns in their backs, making all three of them uncomfortable. What they found most unbearable was the constant chatter in their ears, as if these ordinary people were witnesses.

They seemed to have witnessed He Yi, Qing Ju, and Liu Yun brutally murdering Sun Sanlang. One of them stepped forward and pointed at the three women: "Look, it's them! These heartless shrewish women, those bitches are so ruthless, they killed Sun Sanlang with just a dagger!"