As she spoke, Zhuo Tingting grew increasingly heartbroken.
A glint flashed in Dong Xinran's eyes. He had long hated Ji Hao. It was bad enough that he got Gu Wanqing, but he actually wanted to make a move on Zhuo Tingting. What did he take his refuge camp for?
"Don't worry, I'll teach him a lesson for you," Dong Xinran assured him.
Zhuo Tingting said, "By the way, I discovered something strange. When I went out with him to collect supplies, we encountered a superhuman. In addition to using lightning powers, he was also proficient in stealth powers. Isn't it said that a superhuman can only awaken one power? So what's going on with him?"
Dong Xinran asked in astonishment, "Are you sure you didn't see wrong?"
Zhuo Tingting said, "The situation was quite critical at the time, so he used it unintentionally, and afterwards he told me not to tell anyone."
Dong Xinran's eyes flickered, and it was unclear what he was thinking.
After a long while, he said, "You should go back first, and be careful."
Zhuo Tingting said, "I will."
Seeing Zhuo Tingting return to the room not far away, Dong Xinran's eyes grew colder and colder. He muttered to himself, "You all think I'm a fool, don't you? Just you wait and see, hmph!"
Back in bed, Pei Man opened her eyes and asked, "What were you and that little bitch talking about just now?"
Dong Xinran said, "You're still awake?"
Pei Man said, "That little bitch is no good. She never tells the truth. Be careful she doesn't play you to death."
Dong Xinran asked, "Am I that kind of person?"
Pei Man said, "I was just reminding you."
"Don't worry, I understand." Dong Xinran looked at the alluring Pei Man and was overjoyed. He kept rubbing his hands together and said, "It's still early, come on, let's have some fun."
Pei Man said, "I'm on my period, ugh, it's so annoying."
Dong Xinran said disappointedly, "It really is annoying."
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Just as dawn broke, a scream shattered the tranquility of the early morning.
"What's going on?" Upon hearing the noise, everyone rushed outside and saw a woman in the corridor, her face filled with terror, her whole body trembling, pointing one finger into the doorway, looking as if she was about to cry from fright.
Everyone rushed into the room and saw a person lying on the ground, dead in a very tragic way. It turned out to be the long-haired man who had a conflict with Sun Junjie last night.
He had seven or eight bloody holes in his body, the blood of which had frozen into ice, and a clear ligature mark on his neck, indicating that his throat had been severed.
Clearly, he suffered immense torment before his death.
"My God, someone has died again."
"This is the third one already."
"What sins have we committed to deserve this treatment?"
"Go and call the boss over quickly."
Amidst the crowd, Zhuo Tingting was deathly pale, utterly shocked, and murmured in a trembling voice, "How could this be, how could this be..."
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When Dong Xinran arrived at the scene, he felt completely overwhelmed.
Damn it, who did this?
"Go check the doors and windows first, see if they are loose or show any signs of damage," Dong Xinran said in a deep voice.
Much later, several people ran back and said, "Everything is normal; there are no signs of damage."
Dong Xinran's expression was uncertain. Could it really have been done by an insider?
"Who was the first person to discover it?" Dong Xinran asked.
The woman who had been screaming in the corridor earlier said, "It was me. I'm his wife. Last night we agreed to take turns keeping watch. I would keep watch for the first half of the night, and he would keep watch for the second half. But when I woke up this morning, I found him dead."
Dong Xinran said, "That's really weird. You really slept so soundly last night that you didn't hear a thing?"
The woman said, "I really didn't hear it."
Dong Xinran went to Sun Junjie's room, opened the door with his key, and saw Sun Junjie lying on the bed, looking like he had nothing to do.
"Boss, what's wrong? I think I just heard a scream," Sun Junjie said in a panic.
Dong Xinran said, "Another person has died."
Sun Junjie's eyes widened, and it took him a long time to react before he said, "Boss, it has nothing to do with me. I stayed in the room all night and didn't go anywhere. Besides, you locked the door with your key, so I couldn't open it."
Dong Xinran checked the room but found nothing unusual, so he left the room, locked the door again, and returned to the crime scene.
After thinking for a moment, Ji Hao said, "I feel that the murderer this time is not the same person as the murderer last time."
Dong Xinran asked, "How did you make that judgment?"
Ji Hao said, "The methods of killing are completely different."
"I thought you had some brilliant ideas," Dong Xinran sneered. "If you asked me to kill someone, I could come up with a hundred ways to do it."
Ji Hao said, "I'm talking about different kinds of superpowers, like the ability to kill."
Dong Xinran asked, "Special ability?"
Ji Hao said, "Yes, this murderer probably wasn't good at stealth. The other party was more direct. He first strangled the victim to prevent him from making a sound, and then slowly tortured him to death. Moreover, the blood holes on the victim's body look like they were caused by tree branches."
Dong Xinran said, "You mean, the other party possesses wood-based supernatural abilities?"
Ji Hao said, "Very likely."
Dong Xinran said coldly, "You might as well just say I'm the murderer."
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