Chapter 198: Sorting Out the Threads
Xiao Huang was slightly startled, then raised her hand nervously and gently lifted the short hair on her cheek behind her ear, "What do you want to ask?"
"Who do you think did this to Housekeeper Xiaoxue?" Wen Nan asked straight to the point.
Xiao Huang was stunned for a moment, surprised by Wen Nan's straightforwardness. His eyes widened a little, and he quickly shook his head, "I don't know."
In Wen Nan's mind, the mind-reading skill was still on, and the countdown for it to take effect was ticking away every second.
However, no voice was heard.
There was only a very light breathing sound, and Wen Nan was not sure whether it was his own breathing or that of the maid Xiao Huang across from him. Anyway, no matter whose it was, it was not the sound that Wen Nan wanted.
Seeing Wen Nan didn't say anything, Xiao Huang tried to speak and asked, "Mr. Ye, who do you think it could be?"
Wen Nan shook his head, "I don't know either."
Xiao Huang sighed softly, "What happened tonight happened so suddenly."
Although she said this, there was not much surprise, fear or sadness on her face. Just like before, she still looked very calm.
As they were talking, the two walked to the back kitchen door. Xiao Huang took a step forward, gently pushed the door open, then turned back to look at Wen Nan, "We're here, shall we go in?"
In Wen Nan's mind, there was a subtle sound: "Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle."
What is this... sound? The two stepped into the kitchen, and the familiar fishy smell hit them in the face. However, the kitchen, which was originally noisy and crowded, was now quiet and empty.
Scanning the rows of kitchen counters, Xiao Huang asked, "Should we search every cabinet first?"
'Gulp, gulp, gulp.'
Wen Nan took a look at the countdown in his mind. Now, there were three jumping countdowns in front of him. The second one was the countdown for the side quest, and there were only 29 minutes left.
To search all the messy kitchen utensils and seasoning bottles in such a short time and find the possible murder weapon is harder than finding a needle in a haystack.
So, Wen Nan shook his head and asked, "Do you know where Chef Xiaoji's room is?"
Xiao Huang nodded immediately, "Yes, it's right next to it, in that row of lounges, the innermost single room is it."
'Hoo~hoo~, gurgle, gurgle.'
The two walked into Xiaoji's room. The air inside was completely different from the fishy stench in the kitchen next door - the whole room was filled with the fresh scent of shower gel and laundry detergent.
However, like Xiaoji's kitchen, this place is also very messy.
Various stuffed toys were spread all over the floor, and coats, jackets, underwear, and bras were scattered randomly on the sofas and chairs.
It is really rushed to search such a room in such a short time.
Wen Nan didn't dare to delay for a moment. He walked around the two furry Capybara dolls on the ground and went straight to the sofa. He picked up a lace thong with his left hand and two polka dot bras with his right hand, and cleared the sofa cushions.
In the gap between the seat cushion and the backrest, a corner of a square cardboard box appeared.
Wen Nan raised his hand, took out the paper box, and found that it was the packaging box of the candy that Xiaoji had previously sucked.
Looking down, he saw the wide gap in the sofa that was big enough for two fingers to fit in. Wen Nan suddenly had an idea, raised his hand, and pulled hard at the thick cushion.
Click! There was a crisp sound of a mechanism snapping, and then the seat cushion popped open to one side, revealing a secret compartment hidden inside.
Open the secret compartment and you will see a bronze sculpture lying quietly inside.
The sculpture was in the shape of a young female warrior, sitting cross-legged, with armor covering her lower body and her upper body naked. Her fingers were only as long as her fingers, and at first glance, they looked as big as a lighter.
Take a closer look...
It looks like a lighter?
Turning the goddess of war’s body upside down, there was a small round hole in an indescribable position. Wen Nan grasped the goddess of war’s upper body with his five fingers, and his fingertips just pressed on a certain point.
Click.
A cluster of flames immediately shot out from the small round hole.
Just as she was shocked by the design of this disgusting lighter, the body of the female warrior began to twist in Wen Nan's hands.
Wen Nan was startled, his hands trembled, and he almost dropped the lighter.
As the body twisted, soft musical sounds began to come from inside the lighter.
This is actually... a lighter with a music box function?
Wen Nan couldn't help laughing, thinking to himself, the designer of this lighter definitely couldn't have created such a seriously ill product without suffering from cerebral thrombosis for ten years.
But then, when the prelude in the music box ended and the female voice began to sing, Wen Nan could no longer laugh—
'Please allow me to let the dust settle,'
'Buried the past in silence,'
'I came from the sea, covered in wind and rain,'
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'I live in seclusion in this desert.'
…
This familiar lyrics, this familiar tune...
In this entire villa, all kinds of strange characters and strange events were originally like a tangled mess, entangled in Wen Nan's mind. At this moment, he suddenly found the thread that cleared up his thoughts.
After carefully wrapping the lighter, Wen Nan suddenly stood up and ran out quickly.
Xiao Huang, who was recording a video of him seriously, was startled when he saw this, and hurriedly raised the camera and quickly chased after him.
Wen Nan ran out of the kitchen, crossed the corridor, and headed straight for the restaurant.
Stopping at the door of the restaurant, Wen Nan first glanced to the left. The fragments of the long-necked vase that had been broken into many pieces had been cleared away at some point, leaving only the vase on the right, standing there alone.
Wen Nan squatted beside the only remaining vase, stretched out his arm, pinched the thin neck of the vase, and carefully lifted the vase up to an angle to reveal the bottom.
At the bottom of the snowflake porcelain, in the center of the circle, there was a word engraved - [Crystal].
It was exactly the same as the bottom model he had expected.
Wen Nan raised the corners of his lips, and immediately sent a message to Xu Dongsheng, asking him where he was. Xu Dongsheng replied that he was at the end of the corridor on the second floor.
Wen Nan rushed there immediately and saw Xu Dongsheng squatting on the ground from a distance, looking nervously straight ahead.
In front of him, there was a huge orange cat lying on its back with its belly exposed and snoring.
Feeling Wen Nan coming up, Xu Dongsheng turned his head in panic and tried hard to make a gesture to him to keep quiet.
Wen Nan didn't make a sound. He tiptoed up to Xu Dongsheng and squatted down beside him.
Xu Dongsheng lowered his voice and asked, "President? Why are you here at this time?"
After saying that, he glanced at the countdown in front of him and said with a bit of depression: "There is only one minute left, and the side quest is up. It seems that it can't be completed."
“There’s still time.”
Wen Nan said as he grabbed Xu Dongsheng's hand, turned his palm over, placed it in front of his eyes, and then woke up the system: "9527, start the side mission, weapon scan detection."
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