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"And just like that, Shi Yansheng fainted from shock." Lin Xiaoman recounted in detail the entire prank that happened to Shi Yansheng on that first night, then sighed, "Really? Not only was Shi Yansheng frightened, I was also a little stunned. It was like being in a puppet show."
While Lin Xiaoman was recounting the incident, Shao Qi had already examined the bloodstains on the painting. After a few seconds of careful contemplation, he asked, "Xiao Lin, after the prank began, did you notice Jiang Lei's reactions, most importantly, his expression when he saw the painting?"
"Shi Yansheng was staring at the surveillance camera at the time. However, due to the camera angle, the footage captured was not complete. At the time..." Lin Xiaoman spoke at length again, telling the whole story.
"In other words, he was stunned when he first saw the painting in the corridor?" After listening to Lin Xiaoman's words, Shao Qi confirmed the key point again.
"Indeed, because he was facing that camera at the time..." Lin Xiaoman pointed to the camera above the oil painting, "You can still see his expression. When he suddenly saw the oil painting, Jiang Lei did seem to be startled, but that shock only lasted for two or three seconds, and then he rushed straight towards the oil painting. When Sun Lingling floated out, he also paused, as if he was frightened, but the result was completely unexpected."
"If she wasn't frightened to death, she would have gone mad. Plus, because of the good stuff about money, Jiang Lei was so excited that he just went crazy and turned into a murderer?" Long Jiujiu said. Then he glanced at Sun Lingling, who lay on the ground with a bloody head and a miserable death, and sighed, "This girl is so unlucky."
"When watching horror movies, even though we all know that the puppets are fake, when the camera suddenly switches and the puppet monster appears, unless you have a very strong mental state, you will basically be scared." Shao Qi said, then turned to Sun Lingling, squatted down, and checked the blood on her head.
Shao Qi smelled the blood on his finger, and a hint of understanding flashed in his eyes.
"Did you find anything?" Long Jiujiu asked hurriedly.
Without answering, Shao Qi stretched out his hand and pinched Sun Lingling's chin. With such force, Sun Lingling's mouth opened.
After checking to make sure there was no packaging bag in her mouth, Shao Qi fixed his gaze and said in a firm tone, "It's a case of grafting flowers and trees, fake play becomes real. It seems that there is more than one murderer, and it's a gang."
"Didn't Jiang Lei kill Sun Lingling and Wang Guowei, and then Jiang Shi'an killed Jiang Lei?" Long Jiujiu was confused and asked, "It must be two people who committed the crime!"
A flash of inspiration came to Lin Xiaoman, and he was stunned. An incredible yet extremely reasonable and bold guess emerged in his mind.
With his eyes wide open in astonishment, Lin Xiaoman rushed to the painting and wiped the bloodstains on it with his hand.
After a while of rubbing, Lin Xiaoman discovered that there was something wrong with the bloodstain!
Putting it to his nose and sniffing carefully for a while, Lin Xiaoman confirmed, "It smells like honey! It's a blood bag!"
After saying this, Lin Xiaoman's thoughts were confirmed. He was shocked. "This, this is too much! Who designed this? It's so tricky!"
"If nothing unexpected happens, it should be Jiang Shian who suggested this to Wang Guowei. I'm afraid Jiang Shian had the idea of killing Jiang Lei early on." Shao Qi continued.
"No, what are you talking about?" Long Jiujiu looked confused.
As a child, he now has a lot of questions.
Shao Qi rolled his eyes at him and said, "Please be serious and stop slacking off."
"No, I'm serious. Look, look at my serious little face." Long Jiujiu was playing tricks. Okay, he admitted that he was just slacking off.
However, with only Sun Yiwen's perspective, it is really difficult for him to discover the problem.
One is professional, the other has the advantage of perspective. The two of them solved the case, so it doesn’t matter if he just does nothing.
"Xiao Linzi, come on, tell me quickly~" Long Jiujiu asked Lin Xiaoman directly.
"In this painting, there's not only blood, but also fake blood in blood bags. To make it look more realistic, Sun Lingling would put on blood and tears makeup, hold a blood bag in her mouth, and also carry one or two spares on her body." As he spoke, Lin Xiaoman walked directly in front of Sun Lingling, squatted down, and began to search under her white skirt.
The white skirt is quite long, and there is a pocket on the side below the waist.
"Usually she would put it here."
Lin Xiaoman searched his pockets, but found them empty. There was nothing in them.
"No, not even in my mouth!" Long Jiujiu was puzzled.
"Yes, no, so someone must have destroyed it on purpose."
"Why would it have to be destroyed? And... wait, if there's no blood bag, where did the fake blood in the painting come from? Isn't the bloody smell quite strong..." Long Jiujiu paused, eyes widening in disbelief, "Half and half, a mixture of real and fake?!"
The mission wasn't in vain. Even though he was lazy, after thinking it over carefully, Long Jiujiu finally realized what was happening. "Holy crap! This is a prank!"
"Jiang Lei is just a shill! The one being pranked is actually the prankster. The one who originally thought he was the prankster turned out to be the one being pranked! These people are so fucking good at playing games!!" After guessing the key, Long Jiujiu was shocked. "The fake became real, damn, damn, this operation, I am convinced! I have to give that old man Jiang Shian a big "surrender"!"
While Long Jiujiu was talking, Lin Xiaoman rummaged through Sun Lingling's white clothes for a while and found the pinhole camera. He took it apart and took a look, and the truth was confirmed.
"Sun Lingling's pinhole camera also lacks a chip, so it only appears to be functioning normally, but it actually has no recording function. The only person who could have done this is Jiang Shi'an, who was in charge of the equipment. He must be one of the murderers and the mastermind."
Lin Xiaoman continued, "Putting all this together, the truth is probably that after hearing the name Jiang Lei, Jiang Shi'an asked Ms. Zhou from the company to verify it. Using the registered address on Jiang Lei's ID card, they confirmed that Jiang Lei was the Jiang Lei from their village. Perhaps it was Jiang Lei who invited Jiang Shi'an's son to go swimming together, leading to his son drowning. Jiang Shi'an, angered by this, then orchestrated this. Jiang Shi'an proposed this plan to Wang Guowei, with Jiang Lei acting as a sting, turning a fake into a real one."
"Not necessarily. Your speculation is too hasty. I'm more inclined to believe that Jiang Shi'an knew Jiang Lei's identity long ago and then formulated a detailed murder plan and found an accomplice. As for Wang Guowei, the four previous participants were all frightened by the routine, and the content was too stereotyped and monotonous. Therefore, using Jiang Lei as a sting to create such a reversal can achieve a better effect. Wang Guowei has no reason to disagree."
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