The Vanished Wife (7)
Qin Man replied, "Don't worry, we will find Ms. Jin."
The old butler fell silent again, turning his head away as if to close his eyes and rest.
Two hours later, the players returned and gathered in the guest rooms.
Everyone shared their observations and found that there were no significant clues.
The strangest thing is that the walls in the homes of these suspects had all been painted.
Qin Man asked, "Painting the walls...why is that? Did they plan it together, or was it just a coincidence that they painted them together?"
Professor Pan: "I don't think it's such a coincidence. The walls of Jin Mingyue's house, Jin Meigui's house, the housekeeper Wu Yaoyao's house, and Yu Antai's house have all been painted. There must be a reason. And the reason is definitely not because the walls are too old, or it's not just for that reason."
Qin Man: "Could it be that Ms. Jin was actually murdered and dismembered by Mr. Liang, Jin Rose, Wu Yaoyao, and Yu Antai, and that her body was then bricked into a wall?"
Xie Wei: "I also had my doubts, so I secretly scraped open the wall of Golden Rose's house to take a look, but I didn't find anything."
Qin Man: "You probably only cut open a small part, right? Maybe there are some bones or something hidden elsewhere..."
Xie Wei: "But if the body is really inside the wall, it will definitely smell terrible."
Professor Pan said, "No, there is one situation where there is no smell, and that is when there are only bones in the wall and there is no flesh left."
Jian Tanxi got goosebumps all over: "You mean, Ms. Jin is dead, and all the flesh has been removed from her body, leaving only bones?"
Professor Pan: "This is just my speculation. We have been suspecting who the murderer is, but there is also the possibility that these suspects are a group. Because Ms. Jin is dead, Mr. Liang and Jin Meigui can get money, while Yu Antai and the nanny Wu Yaoyao can take revenge, which is beneficial to all four of them."
Half a month has passed since Ms. Jin's case began; that's enough time for them to do this. Of course, that's not absolute.
Qin Man asked, "But didn't Mr. Liang and the others say that the walls were painted more than twenty days ago, before Ms. Jin disappeared?"
Professor Pan: "We are new here and do not know the previous situation. Perhaps Mr. Liang and Jin Meigui are lying. We also cannot tell whether a new wall was painted more than 20 days ago or half a month ago."
Qin Man: "Are we supposed to tear down all the walls of these houses to take a look? They definitely won't agree to that."
Xie Wei said, "Theoretically, if we find skeletal remains in the walls of any one of the houses, even if they are incomplete, we can deduce that skeletal remains are also hidden in the walls of the other houses. In that case, we can force the demolition of the walls of the other houses. The question now is which house to start with."
I think we can start by demolishing Wu Yaoyao's house. She lives in a remote area and all alone. If we can lure her away, we can then secretly demolish the wall.
Jian Tanxi said, "There's another problem. If Jin Rose wants to get the ten million in compensation, she has to confirm that her sister is dead. Now that Ms. Jin is missing, Jin Rose can't actually get the compensation. So, she should try her best to confirm Ms. Jin's death, instead of hiding Ms. Jin's remains."
Professor Pan said, "Perhaps what Jin Rose wants is not the ten million in compensation, but a portion of Ms. Jin's estate. It's possible that Mr. Liang and Jin Rose reached some kind of agreement that as long as they cooperated to kill Ms. Jin, a portion of Ms. Jin's estate would go to Jin Rose. That portion of the assets may far exceed ten million, so Jin Rose would rather not have the insurance compensation."
Jian Tanxi: "That makes sense. However, I asked the sparrows near Yu Antai's house, and they said that Yu Antai doesn't seem to have left the house these days."
Qin Man asked, "Is it that it seems not, or is it that it absolutely doesn't exist?"
Jian Tanxi: "That can't be confirmed, because those sparrows don't keep an eye on Yu Antai all the time. They only say they see Yu Antai often, but they're not sure about his every move."
Qin Man: "In that case, it's possible that Yu Antai went out. However, Yu Antai and his group didn't necessarily have to be personally involved in killing Ms. Jin; they only needed to help hide her body. So, it's also possible that Mr. Liang secretly delivered part of the body to Yu Antai's house. Did those sparrows mention that someone had recently visited Yu Antai?"
Jian Tanxi shook her head: "No, the sparrows know very little."
Qin Man: "Then, it's possible that, as I suspect, Mr. Liang killed Ms. Jin, or that he collaborated with Jin Meigui to kill Ms. Jin, dismember her body, and send some of her remains to the homes of other suspects. Mr. Liang may have also given these people a lot of hush money. So, these suspects may appear to have conflicts, but in reality, they may be in cahoots."
Jian Tanxi: "Hmm. But if that's really the truth, they'll definitely be on guard, especially against others undermining them. How can we successfully break down their defenses? And if Ms. Jin is really dead, how do we leave the instance?"
Qin Man: "Let's find her first... Maybe the judge will let us go because of our excellent case-solving skills?"
Jian Tanxi: "I think the possibility is extremely low, close to 0."
Xie Wei: "Actually, the referee did not say that Ms. Jin must live, but only that he wanted to obtain Ms. Jin's recording, in which she clearly stated where she went and what she did during the time she disappeared."
Jian Tanxi: "If she's dead, how could we get the recording? Does the recording say that she was murdered and dismembered during this time, and that her body was bricked up in the wall, and that nothing was done? How could she say that?"
Xie Wei: "..."
Qin Man couldn't help but laugh out loud: "What a hellish joke."
Just then, a stray cat meowed at Xie Wei's feet and rubbed against his trouser leg.
Xie Wei picked up the stray cat and said, "I almost forgot about this little guy. Jian Tanxi, you told us to find an animal near the suspect's house so you could communicate with it. I found this kitten near Jin Rose's house. Are we still going to communicate with it?"
Jian Tanxi said, "Let me ask."
Jian Tanxi activated her ability to communicate with animals and asked the stray cat, "Have you seen Ms. Jin, the sister of Jin Rose, near her house in the past two weeks? This is a picture of Ms. Jin."
Jian Tanxi showed Ms. Jin's photo to the stray cats.
The stray cat said, "Meow (I've never seen the woman in the photo, and I don't know who Golden Rose is)."
Jian Tanxi: "Golden Rose is the curly-haired girl who lives in the three-story villa. That villa is brick red, and you often hang around there. Ms. Jin is the curly-haired girl's older sister."
"Oh, I understand now."
"Has Golden Rose visited her sister's house in the past two weeks?"
The stray cat said, "Meow (I don't know)."
Jian Tanxi realized that she had asked the wrong question. The stray cat had been wandering around Jin Rose's house but did not follow her. Even when Jin Rose went out, the cat did not know where she went.
Ms. Jin's house is north of Jin Rose's house. Jian Tanxi changed her question: "Has Jin Rose gone to the north these past few days?"
The stray cat said, "Meow (yes)."
"How many times have you been there?"
The stray cat said, "Meow (several times)."
"She goes north every day?"
"no."
"What about two weeks ago? Did she leave home?"
"No."
Are you sure?
"I'm sure. It was quite dark that day, and Miss Golden Rose's room light was on the whole time. I could see her through the window. She was there every time I looked up."
"In the past two weeks, has she ever come home looking flustered, smelling of blood, and carrying an unidentified object?"
"No."
Are you sure?
"Hmm, meow is very sensitive to smells, meow."
"Has anyone sent her anything, anything unidentified, wrapped tightly in a bag?"
"I don't know. I don't always stay near Miss Golden Rose's house; sometimes I go to other places. But when I was there, I didn't see anyone giving Golden Rose any unidentified objects."
"Have you ever seen the walls of the Golden Rose's house being painted?"
"Never seen it before."
“There must be construction teams coming and going when the walls are being painted; it must be a big operation. How come you haven’t seen it?”
"I've never seen it before, meow."
Okay, thank you.
Jian Tanxi recounted the conversation to everyone, and Professor Pan said, "This kitten probably doesn't pay much attention to Jin Rose's family, so it doesn't know many things. However, according to this kitten, Jin Rose didn't leave the house on the day Ms. Jin disappeared. So, Jin Rose may not have been involved in killing Ms. Jin, but only helped hide the body."
Jian Tanxi said, "Yes, I agree. Moreover, Jin Meigui has been to the north several times in the past few days, but it may not be to her sister's house. It may be to other places. Even if she went to her sister's house, there are many possibilities. One is that she conspired with her brother-in-law, Mr. Liang, on how to dismember and hide her sister's body; the other is that she simply went to inquire about her sister's whereabouts."
Qin Man: "Then, is Golden Rose less of a suspect?"
Jian Tanxi: "That's how it seems at the moment, but we can't completely rule out suspicion."
Professor Pan said, "I found a frog near the house of our nanny, Wu Yaoyao. Would you like to ask her about it?"
Jian Tanxi: "Hmm, let me ask."
Professor Pan took out a frog, and Jian Tanxi once again activated her ability to communicate with animals.
However, the frog said something similar to the kitten: it had never seen Ms. Jin, didn't know much about Wu Yaoyao's outings, and had never seen anyone bring Wu Yaoyao any mysterious things.
Furthermore, Frog also said that he had not been paying attention to Wu Yaoyao's family and could not answer many questions.
I've used up all three of my special abilities to communicate with animals, but with little success.
After discussing it, they decided to start by making a breakthrough at Wu Yaoyao's house.
Xie Wei said, "Let's devise a plan to lure Wu Yaoyao away and secretly dig into her house wall?"
Jian Tanxi said, "No, there's no need to lure her away. I can let her chisel the wall herself."
Xie Wei: "How do we do this?"
Jian Tanxi: "I have a 'good person card'."
Xie Wei: "666".
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