Lu Xiaoyao couldn't figure out why she had been scammed after buying a boxed lunch.
She can't accept it! QwQ!
Lou Jia recovered earlier than Lu Xiaoyao, and after organizing his thoughts, he asked the fake NPC who was still kneeling on the ground, "The boxed lunches you sold us... were they counterfeit?"
As he spoke, his gaze fell on the bright face standing at the door. He looked back and forth between the two of them for a long time before Lou Jia finally sighed in resignation.
He wouldn't have recognized the person if they hadn't said they sold spicy hot pot.
I feel like I just had a nightmare _(:3」∠)_
In my dream, not only was I cheated out of my academic credits, but I was also misled into playing a mind-numbing game. ORZ
"Not really... it's just that I saw that the older sister's lunchbox business was doing well, so I thought I'd try to imitate her!"
After saying that, the fake NPC glanced at Mingmei a few more times. Seeing that Mingmei's expression was normal, she unintentionally said something that made Lu Xiaoyao and Lou Jia even more heartbroken.
"Actually, the boxed lunches here taste pretty good too. They're fresh, fragrant, spicy, and numbing, and once you've eaten them, you'll never forget them. Aside from the fact that they're all spreading fake news, my boxed lunches really have no downsides!"
Loujia: Sa Beining inhaling oxygen.jpg
Mingmei: "..."
Good heavens!
This one flaw is truly fatal!
As soon as she finished speaking, Lu Xiaoyao, who had just come to her senses, couldn't help but clutch her heart again.
Why did she keep hearing such provocative words?
"What’s wrong with you?"
Li Yuan was startled when he saw Lu Xiaoyao's suddenly pale face.
"I feel sorry for my... (she was worried about her credits)."
Mu Chen spoke at almost the same time as Lu Xiaoyao.
He said everything that Lu Xiaoyao hadn't been willing to say in the end.
Upon hearing the word "credits," Lu Xiaoyao looked utterly disgusted, indicating that she really couldn't handle it.
"So, there really isn't just one murderer in this case?"
Knowing that the information provided by his lunchbox was not true, Lou Jia quickly realized that this situation was not as simple as it seemed on the surface.
They received false information—that there was only one murderer in this case.
By working backwards, we can deduce that there was more than one murderer in this case.
"ah?"
Hearing Lou Jia's assertion, Lu Xiaoyao looked up in a daze and blurted out without thinking, "So, is Charlie the murderer?"
"Yes, but there might be one more."
At this moment, Mu Chen suddenly spoke up again.
His gaze swept over Li Yuan and Lu Xiaoyao. Even though he didn't look at them for long, Lu Xiaoyao understood what Mu Chen meant when he looked at her while speaking.
"So that's you?"
Subconsciously ruling out Mu Chen, and certain that she wasn't the murderer, Lu Xiaoyao directly pointed the finger at Li Yuan.
What are you saying?
Although Li Yuan wasn't suddenly identified by Lu Xiaoyao and didn't show it on his face, his heart still skipped a beat when Lu Xiaoyao suddenly shouted.
However, this was not the only thing that made Li Yuan's heart race.
Whether she was deceived by her own lunchbox and lost two points, Lu Xiaoyao actually had a small outburst at this moment because she only recognized Li Yuan.
She stared intently at Li Yuan and questioned him loudly, "Just now on the garden balcony, at the latch on the window, do you remember what you said?"
"What?"
“You said, ‘That’s how windows are. They look tightly closed, but if the latches aren’t fastened, they can easily loosen due to external forces.’ How do you know something that even I, who cleans exterior windows all the time, don’t know?”
“Some people are naturally observant, so why would they notice something wrong with this? I live on the 24th floor and often go to the rooftop garden to sit. Plus, I'm naturally observant, so it's perfectly normal for me to notice this.”
Li Yuan remained calm in the face of Lu Xiaoyao's questioning. "However, as someone who works in high-rise cleaning, you don't even know this? You have absolutely no awareness of your own safety. You, someone who can afford to buy an apartment here, still want to do high-rise cleaning?"
Not to be outdone, Li Yuan threw the question back at Lu Xiaoyao.
"I...I do this job...to remember my deceased husband! He used to do this. He died in an accident, and the compensation he received was more than enough to buy a house here. What's wrong with me doing my husband's old job to remember him?"
Lu Xiaoyao's answer was unreasonable yet assertive, making the lips of those around her twitch.
"Your husband died in this accident, and you continue doing this job...Are you just asking for death?"
Lou Jia's words were really unpleasant to hear. He directly replied to Lu Xiaoyao's question with "Mind your own business as a couple!" and ended the conversation.
Lu Xiaoyao herself couldn't explain it either. Based on her experience and perspective, she couldn't understand what this character was up to!
Finally, Lu Xiaoyao thought about her mother again and blurted out, "Indeed, if that's what you really think, why can't you just die quickly and painlessly?"
Everyone: ? ? ?
Mingmei immediately realized that Lu Xiaoyao was probably thinking of that crazy, love-obsessed mother again.
Well, although the other party committed suicide in despair, he could not be forgiven by anyone who was alive. Instead, he brought more shadows to the living. This made Lu Xiaoyao feel a bit stimulated after reading all the information about her character.
In her opinion, this woman named Deer Man A must have loved her deceased husband very much, right?
"Did your husband also die here in an accident?"
Mu Chen really dropped bombshells with every word he spoke; every sentence was packed with valuable information. And so, he continued, "This building was involved in an accident before it was completed, involving a high-altitude cleaner... At the time, the company provided a very generous compensation."
As Mu Chen spoke, he emphasized again that it was twice as high as the market price.
"Perfect, enough to buy an apartment here."
"Even though you received so much money, you still want revenge for your husband, right?" Hearing Mu Chen's words, Li Yuan immediately connected them to Lu Xiaoyao's past actions. Even Lou Jia thoughtfully remarked, "In that case, it's still possible you still threw the flowerpot." (cascoo.net)
"How is that even possible?!" Furious that her teammate, who had previously been on the same line, suddenly doubted her, Lu Xiaoyao quickly retorted, "It's so high, how could I aim accurately? Missing the shot would be ridiculous!"
"You don't need to aim accurately. You just need to get the layout of the ribbon-cutting rehearsal beforehand, calculate it, and then drop the flowerpot at the right spot."
At this moment, Mu Chen spoke up again, took out a drawing from his pocket, and said in front of everyone, "This is what I found in the corner of the sofa when I searched Lu Xiaoyao's room earlier."
The bright and cheerful person who had been following Mu Chen the whole time: ? ? ? ?
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