After investigating Zong Xunmei, Jian Jing stopped working temporarily and went to the restaurant for lunch.

The sun was scorching hot two days ago, and she wanted to go back to her room for a nap, but today the typhoon is coming and the sky is already cloudy. The grass and trees rustle, and the wind grows stronger, which is a bit desolate when combined with the murder case.

For lunch, we had curry rice, but no one had much appetite, so we asked someone to send it to the room.

In the huge restaurant, there were only Jian Jing and Elena.

So let's do the investigation while we're at it.

Jian Jing sat opposite Elena with a plate full of curry, glanced at her side dishes, and said, "You have a good appetite."

"Yang Xiao and I are not familiar with each other." Elena didn't care. "So many people die every day, it's strange to pretend to be sad."

Jian Jing said, "Except for Si Yingjie, have you met other people before?"

Elena raised her lips, "Why should I tell you."

"If you didn't kill him, what's wrong with telling me?" Jian Jing asked back.

"Hey, you are completely different from before." Elena's focus was unexpected, not on the murder case, but on Jian Jing. She stared at the girl in front of her, her eyes moving, and complex thoughts flashed through her mind, "It's okay to tell you, I don't know anyone else, but, for Yingjie's sake..."

She picked up the glass, holding the ice water between her lips and tongue, and her voice was unclear: "Be careful of Zong Xunmei."

Jian Jing frowned.

"I'm done, you can help yourself." Elena seemed to have said nothing, and stood up and left casually.

Jian Jing looked at her back, scooped up a spoonful of curry rice and stuffed it into her mouth.

Tsk, it's so spicy.

She ate the rice in big mouthfuls, trying to fill her stomach. She still had high-intensity work to do in the afternoon - the time has been verified, and it's time to explore the site.

There are 12 villas on the water. Villa 4 is a movie theater and SPA room because of superstition. The living conditions of the other 11 villas are as follows:

① (empty), ② (simple and quiet), ③ (Kang Mucheng), ④ (private theater), ⑤ (Si Yingjie), ⑥ (Yaoyao), ⑦ (Yang Xiao), ⑧ (Axu & Coach Yin), ⑨ (Elena), ⑩ (Zong Xunmei), (empty), (empty)

The villas are not arranged horizontally, but built according to the terrain of the seaside, some are high and some are low.

For example, room 1 is located on the easternmost side and has a high terrain. It is a good place to enjoy the sunrise, but it is far from other rooms and few people live there.

Further down, the simple and quiet room 2 has a good view, with both scenery and cleanliness, so Si Yingjie suggested that she live in this room.

Although No. 3 and No. 5 are separated by No. 4, No. 4 is lower in terrain, so these two are closer.

No. 6, No. 7, and No. 8 are evenly distributed, only a few meters apart, and take advantage of the garden's staggered location. They are close and private, and are very suitable for close friends to live together and visit each other on weekdays.

No. 9 is higher in terrain, and is at the same height as No. 12. No. 10 and No. 11 are lower, and the difference is similar. The distance between them is far, about ten or twenty meters, which is suitable for people who pay more attention to privacy.

Let's review each person's time alone.

10:13-10:31, 18 minutes, Kang Mucheng and Si Yingjie, Room 5

10:38-10:45, 7 minutes, Yaoyao and Elena, Terrace

11:00-11:15, 15 minutes, Axu and Coach Yin, Room 8

11:00-12:45, irregular intervals, Zong Xunmei, Bar.

Yang Xiao died in Room 7.

Jian Jing first tried to walk from Room 5 to Room 7. With her fast pace, it would take about 3 minutes. Climbing the wall and climbing the window to kill someone would take 5 minutes.

6 minutes to go back and forth and 5 minutes to kill someone, 11 minutes is enough.

In other words, Si Yingjie had enough time to commit the crime.

But Jian Jing felt that he was not a big suspect. Kang Mucheng privately reviewed the situation of last night with her. He said that Si Yingjie drank a lot of wine and vomited. In the end, he couldn't stand steadily.

The two have been friends for many years. Kang Mucheng knows Si Yingjie's alcohol tolerance very well. He said to her very confidently: "Yingjie drank so much wine that he was choking enough to walk back to the room by himself. It is impossible for him to kill someone."

At the same time, Kang Mucheng answered the phone at an accidental time, but the silver ring snake venom was prepared in advance. If there was no phone call, wouldn't the murder plan be ruined?

In terms of motivation, neither Kang Mucheng nor friends like Yaoyao and Axu have seen Si Yingjie and Yang Xiao arguing.

Yang Xiao's going to the island was also accidental, and it is difficult to be premeditated.

In comparison, the combination of Ah Xu and Coach Yin is more suspicious.

The bar is located on the west side, not far from Room 8. Jian Jing found three different roads, the longest round trip took 7 minutes, and the shortest took only 5 minutes. And it only takes half a minute to get from Room 8 to Room 7.

Ah Xu spent too much time away from the room, and Coach Yin was alone for even longer.

Moreover, he had pursued Yang Xiao, and Coach Yin and his fiancé Li had a brief affair. If both of them committed the crime, it would be easy to kill Yang Xiao.

The only doubt is that Ah Xu pursued Yang Xiao seven or eight years ago, and Coach Yin and his fiancé Li had it three years ago. What kind of deep love would lead to the intention to kill someone today?

But Ah Xu's wounds and Coach Yin's private medical kit are too suspicious.

Let's talk about Yaoyao and Elena.

The terrace where they stargaze is on a higher platform, not far from the bar. If you walk faster, 4 minutes round trip is enough.

Considering that they are drunk, 7 minutes is not too long even if you walk slower.

The time from the terrace to Room 7 is more delicate. It only takes about 5-6 minutes through the small path.

It is certainly difficult to complete multiple tasks such as climbing over the wall, climbing through the window, and killing people within 1-2 minutes. But the premise is that the murderer did commit the crime in this way.

If there is a more convenient way, it may be enough.

Finally, there is Zong Xunmei.

She was drunk, so he had the most time to commit the crime. However, it was their first meeting, and he didn't know how much she could drink. If she sobered up halfway, she would be able to expose her alibi in one go.

This trick was too perfunctory.

Jian Jing was thinking and walking, and before she knew it, she was back to Room 7 where Yang Xiao was.

She walked around to the downstairs outside the bedroom window, looked up at the glass window for a while, put on her gloves, took a running start and jumped up to the wall.

The low wall was not wide, and was almost as wide as her feet. She carefully checked the wall, but did not find any footprints or marks of kicking.

This is not scientific.

Although you can wear shoe covers to avoid leaving footprints, climbing over walls requires friction, and the surface of shoe covers is relatively smooth, so it is easy to slip.

Moreover, she checked the dust on the upper layer of the second-floor decoration, and there was no obvious wiping. If you want to climb over the windowsill, it is impossible not to hold on to this part. If

it is not climbing over the window, it is a long-distance attack.

Anesthesia watch... Bah, no, climbing over the wall?

She looked at Villa No. 6 opposite. This side is exactly opposite to the decoration outside Yang Xiao's bedroom, and there is a low wall in the opposite direction.

Go up and take a look.

She jumped off the windowsill carefully, circled half a circle and climbed up the wall of No. 6.

Comparing their heights, her head was just parallel to the windowsill of the bedroom opposite, so it was a stretch for her to hold a gun.

If she wanted to use a ladder, she had to be taller than her.

"Huh?" A voice suddenly came from the back of her head. Yaoyao poked her head out with a puzzled look on her face, "Miss Jian, what are you doing here?"

Jian Jing was a little embarrassed. Fortunately, she was a girl, otherwise she would look like a voyeur.

"Looking for clues." She acted as if nothing had happened.

Yaoyao tilted her head and looked at her for a while, seeming to wonder: "Looking for clues here?"

Jian Jing asked, "If it's convenient, can I use the toilet?"

Yaoyao: "Sure."

Jian Jing went upstairs to check the bathroom. This is the room above the low wall. When the bathroom window is opened, it faces the window of Yang Xiao's bedroom.

"Do you usually lock the door when you go out?" she asked Yaoyao.

Yaoyao: "Of course."

"Did you lock the door before returning to your room last night?" she confirmed.

Yaoyao nodded again.

Jian Jing carefully checked her bathroom.

As for the location of the crime, there is no place more suitable than this room. Yaoyao is of course the first suspect. But her timeline is very tight. In 7 minutes, she has to go from the terrace to the bar, from the bar to Room 7, and then back to the terrace, which will take at least 10 minutes.

There are no abnormal signs in the bathroom.

To be on the safe side, she also went to other rooms for a look.

There were some wool scattered on the bed, and in the trash can were torn Band-Aids - stuck on the toes, probably because the sandals rubbed the feet a bit - the suitcase was empty, and all the clothes were hung in the closet. They were all light summer clothes with almost no pockets.

There were a lot of things on the dressing table, straight hair clips, curling irons, hair clips and rings, makeup brushes, skin care products, piled up in a dazzling array.

The built-in safe in the closet was aligned with the opened red dot, and it didn't look like there was anything hidden.

Jian Jing quickly scanned the many details in the room, and finally judged that she should not have hidden a ladder.

Yaoyao asked, "What are you looking at?"

"Was Elena very drunk last night?" she asked.

Yaoyao recalled: "She drinks a lot. I only drank half a cup, but she finished the whole cup. Her speech was a little slurred. She must be drunk - you don't suspect her, do you?"

Jian Jing did not answer but asked: "Who do you suspect?"

"I don't suspect anyone. I hope this is just an accident." Yaoyao answered with a gloomy look.

Jian Jing smiled and left.

She still went back to the wall, turned on her sense of smell, and smelled the surroundings.

There was not a strong smell of alcohol.

Last night, the only people who might not have drunk before 10 o'clock or took a bath after drinking should be Ah Xu and Coach Yin.

It seems that I have to find a way to search their room.

She approached Kang Mucheng and asked him to find a way to delay the others so that she could have a chance to sneak into the room - of course, she got the key from the housekeeper in advance.

Kang Mucheng cooperated with her very well. After dinner, he called all his friends over in the name of comforting Si Yingjie.

Everyone was very understanding and tried to adjust the atmosphere and comfort the frustrated Si Yingjie.

It was dark and the storm was about to come. Jian Jing seized the time and sneaked into Room 8.

It was exciting to be a thief and investigate a case for the first time.

However, considering that the suspects were all friends of Si Yingjie, she didn't want to put the suspect's hat on and ask for anything before there was complete evidence.

The first thing to check was of course A Xu's luggage: tennis bag, clothes, camera, fishing rod, first aid kit... There were a lot of things, but no ladder.

The same thing happened to Coach Yin. Apart from a medical kit and some diving magazines, only sexy underwear was noticeable.

Jian Jing searched very carefully and was confident that she had left nothing out. Besides, there was no place to hide anything in the suite.

She used the olfactory card again.

With her senses enhanced, she smelled a little bit of a special scent. Following it, she found that it was the smell of a bath ball. The unpacked bag was thrown into the trash can, and the scent had not yet dissipated.

Wait, Coach Yin seemed to have brought a box of these bath balls, all with different scents.

According to common sense, this should be what they used around 00XX last night - don't ask why we know that two people took a bath together, the smell of the bathtub is too obvious - but today they didn't have this scent on them, but the smell of ordinary shower gel and shampoo.

In other words, they took a bath again in the morning or late at night.

However, she did not smell this fragrance near the wall before.

What happened?

She just sniffed around Villa No. 7 like a Samoyed (?), and was sure that she had not smelled this faint fragrance.

Recalling carefully, when Ah Xu came yesterday, his hair was not wet, and this morning, Coach Yin's hair seemed to be half dry.

Well, unless she guessed wrong, the murderer did not commit the crime near Room 7, otherwise, Ah Xu and Coach Yin should not be the murderer.