This time, Lu Xiaoyao no longer needs to say anything without evidence.
This time, although she became the first witness to the crime scene again, it doesn't make sense that not only did the two deaths have a grudge against Lu Xiaoyao, but Lu Xiaoyao was also the first to discover them both times.
So, before the police even took the first step, they took Lu Xiaoyao back to the police station.
When Julian was having dinner at Zhen Hu's house that evening, he received a message from the police station. He hurriedly told Zhen Hu, "You guys eat first," and ran off.
Before Zhen Hu could even ask a question, the man had already darted out the door and disappeared.
"What happened?"
Lillian, who had just come out of the kitchen carrying a pot of pork rib soup, saw Julian's hurried back and looked at him with a puzzled expression. She then turned to Zhen Hu for an answer.
"I don't know either, it seems to be a call from the police station."
Although Julian didn't put it out loud, Zhen Hu did hear the person on the other end of the phone introducing themselves.
"Does the character he plays have any male relatives?"
Lillian's sudden question left Zhen Hu completely bewildered: "Huh? No, I don't think so."
Then Zhen Hu cautiously asked, "Is it not okay to have female relatives?"
Lillian: "..."
The other person didn't seem to understand what she meant.
"How do you communicate with those people when you're so slow-witted?"
Since revealing her identity, Lillian and Zhen Hu have become much more natural with each other.
Zhen Hu doesn't need to worry about ruining his reputation late at night. Of course, Lillian didn't have any romantic feelings for Zhen Hu after realizing he might be a player.
I always felt like she was an old cow eating young grass.
“I’m not slow-witted,” Zhen Hu shook his head seriously, denying the other person’s statement. “I just sometimes don’t quite understand what they’re thinking. Why can’t they be more direct?”
Hearing this, Lillian laughed again, almost spitting out the food in her mouth.
This explanation is worse than no explanation at all.
"But I think you're pretty smart, so why did you end up like this in this game?" Lillian was trying to compose herself after bursting out laughing, but Zhen Hu changed the subject after hearing this and directly asked her why she ended up like this.
"Even Mona can't completely control you, which shows you're quite capable. Is it that you're actually just a little bit lacking?"
As Zhen Hu spoke, he gestured with his hand, saying, "The kind of situation where I was just a hair's breadth away from defeating my opponent..."
“No, Mona is very powerful.” Lillian immediately denied the other party’s statement, fixing her gaze on Zhen Hu and saying, “It mainly depends on you.”
"Me?" Zhen Hu pointed at himself, then shook his head vigorously like a rattle-drum, quickly denying it, "No, no, I don't have that ability! Besides! Her emotional instincts are wrong from the start, you, as a parent, can't guide her like that!"
After saying that, Zhen Hu gave the other person a reproachful look, saying that parents should instill correct emotional values in their children.
"Don't try to save yourself the trouble by making me deceive her. Even if the plan succeeds, once we leave the game, your life with Mona will still have to go on, right? How will you face her then?"
Zhen Hu was unaware that once the game ended, it would be completely stopped, and all the data within it would be erased.
That's precisely why their words of concern are all the more touching.
"Pfft, I didn't expect that..." Lillian smiled, then, as if she had just thought of something, said, "You must be very popular at school, right? At least quite a few female students must like you, right?"
"Low? No, not really..." Zhen Hu smiled awkwardly, thinking that the other person had never met him and had a twin brother, which was why he said that.
Most people who know him well can tell him apart from Zhen Hu, but most people who don't know him well can't tell him apart from his younger brother Zhen Po.
So much so that his brother's often funny, silly, and embarrassing antics would inexplicably end up being hit on the back of him by a big, black shovel.
A large part of the reason he hasn't been in a relationship is because of his brother!
Whenever the Zhen brothers are mentioned, someone inevitably says, "I know them, the ones who usually do XX, right?"
Zhen Hu, who had never done this before, exclaimed: "Shut up!"
Of course, another part is mainly because he has someone he likes.
Just as she was thinking this, Zhen Hu quietly looked up at Lillian, then, feeling a little shy, lowered her head and asked, "Do I look mature and composed?"
"Of course~ Although I can't be too sure if you're particularly attractive to girls, at least in my opinion, you do attract some girls who lack a sense of security, including children."
Although she had never seen Zhen Hu with children, Lena's intuition told her that Zhen Hu was someone children liked very much.
“Ah, a lack of security…” But Lillian could tell that the other person didn’t seem to want to hear her answer.
"Besides lacking a sense of security... what kind of women would I attract?"
Subconsciously avoiding the word "girl," Lillian pondered, then looked at the other person's somewhat shy expression. Surely, she couldn't possibly like her?
However, this absurd conjecture was short-lived.
Lillian recalled how he had previously avoided her like the plague; now, his behavior suggested he must be—
"You like someone older than you?"
...
Meanwhile, an hour before Zhen Hu and the others had dinner,
After finishing her work in the afternoon, Mingmei returned to her room and lay on the sofa waiting for Mu Chen to cook.
Watching Mu Chen's busy figure, Mingmei felt incredibly satisfied and at peace while waiting for her meal.
So she started watching Lu Xiaoyao's live stream without worry. Because she entered so quickly, the mosaic wasn't processed in time, so as soon as she entered, she saw a scene by Lu Xiaoyao's bed that was comparable to a horror story. She was almost scared out of her wits by Lu Xiaoyao's live stream.
Good heavens, another corpse has appeared beside Lu Xiaoyao's bed?!
This time there were even more witnesses. Before Lu Xiaoyao could take any remedial measures, Mona opened the door directly.
Suddenly, a large group of people surged in from behind the other party. Seeing the scene inside the house, they felt as if they had really caught the murderer!
Lu Xiaoyao, who was caught red-handed by everyone, was taken directly to the police station.
For the next two hours, the other party remained in the interrogation room, feigning ignorance of everything.
This situation continued until Julian rushed into the interrogation room.
"I already told you, I slept all afternoon, okay? Who gets scared like that in the morning and still has to keep going? That's just too much!"
Julian hadn't even arrived when he heard Lu Xiaoyao's various sarcastic and mocking remarks. (cascoo.net)
"Yes, I was sleeping too soundly to hear anything coming from inside the house, that's the truth, okay? Who knows if this dead person was thrown in to frame me?"
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