"The shrine maiden's house is locked, but the one next door is." He pointed to the room where Xiao Cheng and Fang He stayed last night. "You didn't stay there last night, did you?"
"Did you find something?" Xiao Cheng noticed his strange expression. "Could it be that the water on the ground hasn't dried yet?"
Xu Chu remained silent for a long time before saying, "You need to be mentally prepared. First of all, I must say that the water on the ground has dried up."
"So?" Xiao Cheng looked puzzled. Could it be that something indescribable appeared on the floor after the water dried?
"Then," Xu Chu organized his thoughts, "I hope you didn't sleep with blankets on last night, since I was in the quilt..."
"Found a dried human skin."
Xiao Cheng: "..." Sleeping covered in human skin, this experience would be quite explosive anywhere.
but.
Why did you go through the lining of the blankets?
A shy expression appeared on Xu Chu's face: "It's just a professional habit. I noticed you didn't make your beds."
They pulled the human skin out from under the blanket and held it next to the female corpse for careful comparison.
"It's hers," Xu Chu said with absolute certainty.
"The skin is intact, with no other external injuries. It was probably skinned alive." Fang He carefully examined the cut edges.
When Number 4 and Number 7 turned around after cutting down the tree, they saw this bizarre scene.
"Time's almost up, are you coming or not?" Number 4 asked loudly.
"Let's go!" Xu Chu rolled up the human skin and put it in his pocket, then quickly walked over to help push the cart.
Xiao Cheng was stunned: "He just put it away like that?! How could he do it so easily?"
Fang He glanced at the female corpse, then at Xu Chu, and said calmly, "Do you know how the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl got together?"
Xiao Cheng looked at him with a complicated expression: "Was it a bit too much?"
"Hmm." Fang He nodded, revealing a mysterious smile. "So why bother with him? As long as it has nothing to do with this, it's fine."
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