Chapter 414 Xu Chuchu solves the case

"Okay, you don't have to ask. Let's go look for some clues!" Xu Chuchu slammed the table, "Detective Xiao, let's go!"

Xiao Yu: “…Yes!”

…

The two people and the cat quickly returned to the Xiao Mansion, and on the way they listened to Daju's narration of the whole incident.

The flowers of Daju were a type of dahlia that the cat had secretly picked from the imperial garden of the palace when it raided the palace alone at night.

After picking them, it used its spiritual power to preserve their freshness and vitality and placed them in a vase.

During this period of seven days, the flowers were left untouched.

On the day when Xu Chuchu got married, it wrapped the flowers into a bouquet and asked Xu Chuchu to throw it to it.

After the wedding, it took apart the bouquet and put it back in the vase.

Twenty-one days later, that is, this morning, Daju discovered that the bouquet of dahlias was missing.

The time of disappearance was from the time when Daju fell asleep yesterday to the time when he woke up today.

That is, from around four o'clock yesterday afternoon to around ten o'clock this morning.

"That's a long potential time for committing the crime." Xiao Yu analyzed with his chin in his hand. The other two ignored him.

"Master, Madam?" Ah Fu suddenly appeared, as if he had heard the noise. He didn't expect that the two masters had returned, and they had also brought back Da Ju, who had gone out in anger.

When Daju saw him, he turned his back in anger.

"Afu? You're just in time." Xu Chuchu said bluntly, "Do you remember the bouquet of flowers in Daju's room? It's gone now. Did you throw it away?"

"Chu..." Daju was shocked. She was told not to ask, so why was she still asking?

What it didn't know was that Chuchu dared to ask because she knew Ah Fu and knew that he would never be such a person.

Even if I reject Daju, I will never do something like throwing away someone else's beloved things behind their backs.

"No." Ah Fu was stunned. "I thought it was thrown by Brother Cat."

After saying this, he realized he had said something wrong and quickly shut up.

Daju was overjoyed. It seemed that Ah Fu still cared about it... at least its flowers.

Xu Chuchu nodded and asked Ah Fu seriously whether anyone had come to the Xiao Mansion in the past few days. Ah Fu said with certainty that no.

Then they walked to the room where the dahlias were placed, which was Daju's bedroom, and everyone began to check the footprints in front of the door.

Xu Chuchu was not good at tracking. She thought all the patterns on the ground looked like footprints, so she asked Xiao Yu, "How is it going? What did you find?"

Xiao Yu did not dare to neglect Xu Chuchu's request and almost knelt on the ground to check the flat ground and steps in front of the door.

"I found out..." he suddenly said slowly.

"What happened?!" Xu Chuchu and Daju asked anxiously.

"I noticed they just mopped the floor." Xiao Yu said, "There's nothing on the ground."

Others: “…”

Xu Chuchu resisted the urge to dig a hole and bury Xiao Yu in it, and said calmly: "Let's go, let's go in and take a look."

Xiao Yu did not realize the seriousness of the matter and was still teaching Daju and Afu earnestly, telling them that if anything happened in the future, they should protect the scene as soon as possible.

The three of them opened the door, and Daju pointed to the vase that once contained dahlias, which was placed on the low cabinet on the west side of the room.

Unfortunately, they discovered that the floor in the room had also been carefully cleaned and was so shiny that people were reluctant to step on it.

Xiao Yu went in and looked around. Seeing that the window was slightly open, he asked Ah Fu, "Do you usually open the windows?"

"Brother Mao gets up late and is afraid of the sun, so... uh, I mean, it's usually not open. The servant will occasionally open it for ventilation when he cleans the room." Ah Fu replied.

Xiao Yu nodded thoughtfully.

"Da Ju, did you move the vase after you found that the dahlias were gone?" Xu Chuchu suddenly asked.

Daju blinked and thought for a moment, then said firmly, "No! I saw the flowers were gone, sat on the ground and cried for a long time, then came to find you!"

"The vase has been moved." Xu Chuchu called Xiao Yu over, "Look at the marks on the table."

"Indeed." After looking at it, Xiao Yu confirmed Xu Chuchu's speculation.

Because the vase has been kept in one place for a long time, the bottom of the vase must be cleaner than the outside, even if it is wiped frequently. Now there is a small, obviously clean arc under the vase, so the vase must have been moved.

But who would move the vase when stealing flowers? It's completely unnecessary and might even leave clues.

"Because it wasn't stolen by anyone." Xiao Yu suddenly came to a conclusion.

"If not a human being, then what is it?" Although most of them were cultivators, they were still shocked when they heard this conclusion.

But after the thud, Daju was satisfied. Ah Fu was a human being, and if Uncle Xiao said it wasn't him, then it definitely wasn't him.

Xiao Yu replied, "I suspect it was a small flower-eating animal. It entered through the window and landed on the low cabinet. Because it's small, it accidentally moved the vase while stealing the dahlias."

He pointed to the slightly open window. The window was not big enough for a person to get through, not even a big orange one.

"Logically, the windows in the room should be either tightly closed or wide open for ventilation, not half-closed. The only explanation is that something went in or out through the window."

Xu Chuchu: "...I feel like it's a bit far-fetched."

Xiao Yu fanned himself proudly: "How is it far-fetched? Is there any other explanation? Case solved, go home."

Indeed, Xu Chuchu could not find any other explanation.

"But the key issue isn't here," Xu Chuchu said. "You have so many flowers in the Xiao Mansion, why did that animal only come to steal the dahlias?"

"Well, you have some truth in what you said. If I were to go by my theory..." Xiao Yu put away his fan and said solemnly, "Perhaps it only likes to eat dahlias!"

Others: “…”

Xu Chuchu wiped her sweat. Why didn’t she realize before that Xiao Yu’s careless approach to solving cases was so comical!

"Go away, go away, I'll do it!" Xu Chuchu pushed Xiao Yu away and analyzed the situation herself. "I've come up with a way to verify the truth of Xiao Yu's speculation."

Daju was excited: "What method?!"

"Arrange the flowers again and see if anyone comes to steal them." Xu Chuchu said, touching the back of his head.

Others: “…”

That night, the two men and the cat, wearing their long-lost night clothes, quietly sneaked into the palace and headed towards the Imperial Garden.

Because Ah Fu has no cultivation, I didn't bring him along.

The imperial palace is no different from one's own back garden, not to mention the imperial garden.

Daju skillfully led them to the location where the dahlias were planted.

"This is it." It transformed into a cat and introduced enthusiastically, "I plucked out a large area here, look!"

Note: For non-human creatures in this article, "he" or "she" is used for human form, and "it" is used for non-human form.

If not, then I made a mistake.