Chapter 65 Haunted House Mystery: Alien Objects in the Chest
Wang Yang took the design drawings and slowly looked at them. He frowned, "Who drew these design drawings? Why are they so similar to the ones in my store? These scenes are all scenes of the copies that our store has launched before."
"Look at this design drawing of the 'Bride and Groom Collection Room'. I remember that your store launched it on April 5, but this design drawing is signed on February 21, which is earlier than your store. How do you explain it?" Fang Rui asked.
"What do you mean by that? You suspect I plagiarized? Tell me who drew this picture, and I can confront him face to face. All the mechanisms in this scene, as well as the placement of the props, were designed by me. I asked a professional designer to draw the design, and he can testify for me that I could not have plagiarized!"
Fang Rui said, "That person can't confront you because he is dead, hanged in that secret room."
"You said that the person who drew this design was Xiaonian?" Wang Yang's face turned pale instantly, "No, I didn't plagiarize his design, and I don't know how he got this design. This date may be fake, it must be fake!"
"This design drawing was drawn with a signature pen. Our technicians can use technology to detect the approximate time of drawing."
Fang Rui suddenly felt a little strange. Generally, design drawings need to be modified, so they are drawn with pencil. But why is this design drawing drawn with a signature pen?
Is Liu Xiaonian a genius who can draw a design drawing in one go?
"I... I don't know how to explain it." Wang Yang was speechless. He suddenly thought of something and immediately added, "I have described every idea of mine in the group. Could it be that he restored my secret room design through this?"
"Then what is his purpose in doing this?" Xiao Zhang asked back, "Is it because he is bored?"
"Then how should I know?" Wang Yang shrank his neck in grievance.
"Why did Liu Xiaonian tell you about the plagiarism? Was it because he was also one of the creators, and you killed him to prevent him from sharing the three million?" Xiao Zhang questioned.
"No! Xiaonian and I are friends, so he told me about it. Also, I said, this design is what I thought of, and it has nothing to do with Xiaonian! No!" Wang Yang became more and more angry, "I didn't kill anyone! You can't wrongly accuse me!"
"Did you enter the hidden secret room?"
"No! I said, I couldn't crack the password, so I couldn't get in." Wang Yang explained, "But I entered the password once."
"Why were you so panicked when you came out of the secret room?" Fang Rui asked.
"Oh, I saw the store manager when I came out. You all know that I was in a lawsuit with them, and it was a very unpleasant situation. If he knew that I sneaked into his store to play, he would laugh at me to death! So I avoided him!"
There is currently no evidence to prove that Wang Yang is the murderer, so Fang Rui let him go.
"Boss, this Wang Yang is such a good liar. Even with the evidence right in front of him, he still refuses to admit to plagiarism." Xiao Zhang complained, "This kind of person is so bad. Not only did he take other people's things as his own, he also killed the original author. Hey, how can we find evidence to incriminate him?"
Fang Rui thought of the suit on the deceased. He thought for a moment and said, "Check his shopping records to see if he has bought the same suit. Check the fireworks too."
"Ah, boss, you're so smart."
The suit had no pattern and the fabric was very poor. It was the kind of low-quality suit that you could buy for a hundred yuan. A white washing label was sewn on the collar of the suit, with the fabric composition and brand of the clothes printed on it.
Although this brand is not well-known, it is not a knockoff. It has a dedicated online store, and also has a very fixed offline sales channel - the commercial street next to the Jiangzhou Agricultural and Trade Market.
Seeing Fang Rui and others checking the suit, Mu Mian told her discovery: "Fang Rui, the suit fits the deceased very well. And the clothes he wore underneath don't have too many wrinkles. Generally, if you force someone to wear clothes, the clothes underneath will be wrinkled."
"Do you suspect that it was an acquaintance who committed the crime?" Fang Rui asked. Wang Yang, who knew Liu Xiaonian well, became more suspicious of the crime.
Fang Rui first asked the salesperson of the online store to get all the sales records for the past six months, and then focused on screening out the lists with the delivery address in Jiangzhou City. It turned out that Wang Yang was not on the list.
He and Xiao Zhang took the washing label again and went to each store to look for the same clothes. It was not easy to find a store that sold this clothes. The store is very close to Wang Yang's escape room shop and Wang Yang's sister's noodle shop.
"Boss, have you sold many of this suit?"
"This one? Not many. Usually not many people buy it. Usually they have to wait until graduation season, when college students have to find jobs, and some of them who have no money will come to me to buy it. Because it's very cheap and looks handsome."
Fang Rui handed her a photo of Wang Yang, "Boss, do you know this person?"
"Yes. Isn't this Boss Wang? He's been unlucky recently. His store closed down and he's in debt."
"Has he ever come to you to buy a suit?"
"No. Although he is a boss, he is not particular about things. How could he buy a suit? And even though he owns a shop, he is very poor. He has to rely on borrowing money to keep his shop running!"
Fang Rui thought for a while and asked, "What about his family? Has anyone bought this suit? For example, his brother-in-law?"
"Ah! Come to think of it, his brother-in-law seems to have bought one. His brother-in-law is a salesman and bought a suit from me before. It's this brand."
Fang Rui and Xiao Zhang looked at each other. It seemed that Wang Yang might have stolen his brother-in-law's suit.
To be more serious, Fang Rui asked again, "What size suit did his brother-in-law buy?"
"XL, the largest size. His brother-in-law is fat and can only wear this size."
"..."
Fang Rui and Xiao Zhang went to several stores again, and they all said that Wang Yang had never bought that suit.
"Boss, this clue seems to be untraceable." Xiao Zhang sighed, "Hey, how can we find evidence to arrest Wang Yang?"
"Xiao Zhang, there is no evidence to prove that the murderer is Wang Yang, so don't make a preconceived notion." Fang Rui reminded him.
Two days passed, and there was still no progress in the case.
The "Edgar Allen's House" escape room store has received a lot of impact. Some netizens broke the news that someone was hanged in that store, and even conspiracy that the victim accidentally touched the mechanism and died. The store received many negative reviews and its reputation was badly damaged, so it was deserted for a while.
Mu Mian came to the office early in the morning with several couriers. She unpacked one of the packages and found a delicate little brush. Another package was a wizard costume and a magic wand made of radius.
Mu Mian thought the skeleton's bridal attire was not very good-looking, so she wanted to change its clothes.
The skeleton's bridal dress was a strap-on style and was difficult to untie. Mu Mian tried for a while and felt too tired, so she asked Fang Rui for help.
"Fang Rui, hurry up and help me take off its clothes."
"Oh." Fang Rui found a pair of scissors and cut the dress into pieces. After taking off the bulky bridal dress, the skeleton soon revealed its skinny and slender figure.
"Fang Rui, you are too violent!" Mu Mian said dissatisfiedly, but she quickly praised, "Your method is great, it solved the problem in one go. Fang Rui, you are so smart!"
At this time, Mu Mian and Fang Rui discovered at the same time that there was something made of black cloth in the chest of the skeleton.
"What is this?"