Chapter 625 Who is the Winner (Two Chapters Combined) [Everyone's a Villain? ???]

[A gathering of wise men and women, young and old alike...]

The immortals are numerous and numerous.

Ye Chu looks like Miss Marple, the detective from Agatha Christie's stories.

[I feel that's still too conservative. First, Dr. Wu has many pharmacology books in her room. Second, it would be extremely difficult for Lin Hao to poison her food without her consent, unless he did so with her tacit approval.]

So, in reality, Lin Hao and Wu Jianing conspired to poison Master Mei, but Master Mei ended up killing Dr. Wu instead?

[Pretty much. Lin Hao is physically weak but is the eldest son. If he poisons Old Master Lin, Lin Hao will inherit the family business.]

Seeing how badly Lin Hao cried when Dr. Wu died, it's clear the two of them will definitely get together now that Old Master Lin is gone.

By then, the Mei family will be incredibly wealthy, and Dr. Wu will have it easy. It's really hard to say who's in charge between the two of them.

Ye Chu must have had her doubts too, because she said "seems somewhat innocent," not "maybe innocent"...

Yes, Ye Chu meant she suspected Dr. Wu, but there's no way to verify it now that he's dead.

Does nobody know why Zhuang Sheng stood in front of Ye Chu's door for half the night?

[It's probably some kind of hidden plot. Since everyone in the group is a villain, Zhuang Sheng must also have a hidden identity.]

[Wow, I really admire Ye Chu's brain; how did she come up with that?]

[He was pushed out while bound by rubber bands behind bars, tears streaming down his face.]

Wait, if these inferences are correct, then how many real culprits and how many accomplices are there in total?

Ye Chu had naturally considered the issues raised by the viewers in the live chat.

"Although the truth is pretty much out, it seems like the voting is about to end." Ye Chu looked troubled.

Huang Feizhang laughed loudly, "Are you dumbfounded?!"

Based on this calculation, Huang Feizhang and Lin Hao are both considered the real culprits. It's unclear whether Wu Jianing is an accomplice or the real culprit. Although Madam Mei and Fatty Zhang didn't kill anyone, they did poison someone; it's unclear whether they are civilians or accomplices.

In the end, only Ye Chu, Gu Wenhua, and Zhuang Sheng were officially identified as the "good guys".

If Madam Mei and Fatty Zhang are civilians, the good guys will have five people, and they still have a fighting chance; if Madam Mei and Fatty Zhang are accomplices, given the detective's incredible survival rate in the rules, Ye Chu's chances of being voted out are close to 100%.

Ye Chu brainstormed for a while, and the production team timely turned the voting probability into an animation as a background for her thinking.

"It's over." After Ye Chu finished calculating, she grabbed Gu Wenhua with one hand and Zhuang Sheng with the other, saying, "I'm doomed to be eliminated this time; you two must carry on my legacy... Pfft!"

After saying this, Ye Chu took out a lipstick sponsored by an advertiser from her pocket, applied a big red circle around her lips, and made a blood-spitting gesture. The production team then added a blood-spitting animation effect for her.

I'm laughing so hard I'm about to kill myself...

[I remember at the beginning, someone said that the detective's chances of being eliminated by the vote were low, but the chances of being eliminated in one go if you voted for the wrong person were high.]

[But with Ye Chu, it was the opposite. She didn't vote for the wrong person; on the contrary, she correctly guessed all the real culprits, and then she was taken away by the real culprits together.]

[Any detective will eventually be brought to justice!]

Ye Chu's sausage lips look so cute with that lipstick...

[Oh no! When Ye Chu was doing the deduction, I thought she was so pretentious but also so cute. When Ye Chu was eliminated, I thought she was so unlucky but also so cute. Am I poisoned?!]

The production team likely deliberately introduced so many real culprits to increase the detectives' survival rate. This way, the detective only needs to randomly select one culprit to win.

[That's right, the real culprits definitely didn't know that the others were also culprits, so the detective had a pretty good chance of winning. But Ye Chu deduced everything in one go, forcing the real culprits to team up...]

Why didn't Ye Chu wait until the voting was over to reveal the truth?

That's just how I am. Once I know the truth, I want to show off and flaunt my intelligence, regardless of whether I live or die—it's all about having fun first.

Collusion was prohibited during the voting process, and Ye Chu tried desperately to signal something to everyone by winking and making faces, but no one paid any attention.

The voting results have been announced.

Ye Chu wrote down Huang Feizhang, Wu Jianing, and Lin Hao, but the program team coldly declared the vote invalid; Gu Wenhua voted for Lin Hao; Zhuang Sheng voted for Gu Wenhua; Mei Yaohong angrily voted for Huang Feizhang; Zhang Pangzi voted for Ye Chu because Ye Chu had a walnut kernel fight with Zhang Pangzi while Ye Chu was tied up with rubber bands, and Zhang Pangzi was defeated - this was Zhang Pangzi's revenge.

The situation with the real culprit is also a mess. Lin Hao and Wu Jianing sided with each other because they wanted to die together; Huang Feizhang sided with Ye Chu because Ye Chu dared to have Principal Kou greet him, which Huang Feizhang found extremely unlucky and wanted Ye Chu to pay the price.

The viewers in the live chat were laughing so hard they almost choked.

When together, they form a large group; when apart, they are few and far between.

[For those who are confused, here's a vote count: Ye Chu 2 votes, Lin Hao 2 votes, Gu Wenhua 1 vote, Huang Feizhang 1 vote, Wu Jianing 1 vote.]

[Back when we were adventuring together on Happiness Street, we were brothers who risked our lives for each other. Now, we're fighting to the death over two walnuts. The world is going to the dogs, and people's hearts have lost their way!]

[What's this called? This is called "a lifelong friend, still holding a sword in hand..."]

The voting has turned into a chaotic free-for-all. Everyone has completely forgotten their identities and positions, and all they want to do is eliminate the people they hate. This life-or-death atmosphere is kind of heartwarming~

[I'm craving lemon grove food again.]

[The Shining Stars of Humanity]

Is this a snow-covered mountain lodge? It feels more like an animal documentary to me.

Ye Chu and Lin Hao tied by a narrow margin. The detective could choose one of the tied players to eliminate, and Ye Chu should have been happy, but she sighed and hesitated to make her move.

“I feel,” Ye Chu said quietly, “that I’m doomed no matter which side I choose.”

At first, no one understood her meaning, until Ye Chu activated her detective powers and chose to eliminate Lin Hao—

Then, Ye Chu and Lin Hao were eliminated together.

When an accomplice is eliminated by vote, the real culprit remains unaffected. The accomplice and detective are eliminated, and the real culprit and the remaining players win.

In the death of Master Mei, Wu Jianing was the mastermind, and Lin Hao was just an accomplice!

When the result was announced, everyone was taken aback and looked at Wu Jianing.

Wu Jianing looked back at the camera and gave a kind smile.

This smile is the result of Wu Jianing's long practice in front of the mirror. It combines the hypocrisy of Ye Chu when she played Ping Zhao, the pretense of Li Yiming, and a touch of sinister intent, making it quite intimidating at first glance.

The scene begins to flash back.

Initially, when Master Mei faked his death, Wu Jianing saw an opportunity for profit, which is why she agreed to the cowardly old man's request. However, at that time, Wu Jianing didn't act immediately. Once Master Mei was dead, the trail would eventually lead back to her. She needed to find a scapegoat before taking action.

Just when you're about to fall asleep, Madam Mei is delivered to your door. The day after Master Mei faked his death, Madam Mei also died!

With Madam Mei dead, many things become impossible to verify. Wu Jianing can poison Master Mei at will and then pin everything on Madam Mei.