Newbie Scenario: Class Reunion (11)

Zhen Liu neither confirmed nor denied it. 333 had already reminded him that this game did not require them to tell the truth. Only when irrefutable direct evidence was presented did they need to explain themselves or come clean.

Lawyer Jin did not press the issue endlessly. After pointing out Doctor Zhen's possible weakness, he turned his attention to Professor Lu, whom he disliked the most.

"Our Professor Lu's secret is quite something." Lawyer Jin had always been trying to regain some ground from Professor Lu. Though he had never succeeded so far, he was brimming with confidence this time. He had absolute proof against Professor Lu. "Professor Lu is gay."

Although Professor Lu had deliberately tidied his room before they began searching for evidence, Lawyer Jin had still found it.

Inside Professor Lu's wallet was a candid photo of Doctor Zhen from his student days. A fresh-faced youth with a promising future—he had merely stood there, yet it was as if he had lit up the entire classroom.

"Professor Lu likes Doctor Zhen." After saying that, Lawyer Jin waited for everyone's shocked expressions.

But then...

Everyone's reaction was basically, "So what?"

Even Basketball Qiao, the biggest idiot among them, said, "Wasn't that obvious? Since Doctor Zhen showed up, when has Professor Lu ever taken his eyes off him?"

Lawyer Jin: "..." I was careless.

Newbie Scenario: Class Reunion (11)

Lawyer Jin had, for all intents and purposes, said nothing at all. He could only hurriedly skip over the murder motive and begin sharing his other discoveries.

[Pretending nothing happened, hahaha.]

[The whole world knows they're "dating," hahahaha.]

[Romance is forever the best!]

[I don't think Lawyer Jin is the murderer. A murderer can't be this lacking in style!]

[Sigh, this batch of veteran players isn't up to par.]

The clues Lawyer Jin produced included, but were not limited to: bloodstains on a golf club in the recreation room, a flowerpot in the villa's yard that showed signs of having been disturbed, and that tacky red banner.

"This banner was not made by the victim."

Lawyer Jin had found the receipt for purchasing the banner on a table in the living room. It listed not only the purchase time and price, but also the phone number of the shop that made it. When he called, the shop owner still remembered something about the buyer, since that had been the only order that day. Although the owner could not say which of the five of them it had been, he could at least confirm that the buyer's description did not match the victim's personality or physical characteristics.

Before Lawyer Jin entered the villa, Zhen Liu had been the only one of the five suspects there.

Zhen Liu produced his chat history with the victim from before he set out, including a photo of his trunk. "I drove here. Before coming, I specifically confirmed with the victim what he needed me to bring." The items in the trunk were neatly sorted and easy to identify: the red wine the victim had drunk before his death, some decorations, and Doctor Zhen's own luggage.

Lawyer Jin nodded. "In other words, someone had already arrived at the villa and hung up the banner before Doctor Zhen got there. Combined with what I said earlier, I truly suspect that while we were all downstairs, someone was hiding upstairs."

With such suspicious behavior, it was hard not to think that person was the murderer.

Lawyer Jin looked at Basketball Qiao. "And we all already know that Basketball Qiao is a regular resident of this villa. You were in the villa before going out to buy milk tea, right? Did you meet the victim?"

"Whether I met him or not, Ying De wasn't dead yet." Basketball Qiao was a little vague about the timeline he had mentioned earlier. "Aren't we trying to find out who killed Ying De? Why do you care where I was then? But I can tell you the truth: I was outside the whole time. I only arrived at the villa after buying milk tea that day. I just have no way to prove it."

Unlike Doctor Zhen, Basketball Qiao was not such a meticulous person. He had no habit of planning ahead, so naturally he had not taken photos to prove anything. He had even thrown away the receipt.

Second-generation Zhao stepped up for Basketball Qiao again. "What about the payment record?" In the age of electronic payments, things like receipts had long since become obsolete.

Basketball Qiao suddenly understood. "Oh, right, right, right." He hurriedly took out his phone and cast it onto the light screen. His lock screen was a photo of his mother—another "old man" who used a family photo as his wallpaper. He opened his e-wallet, and the payment page showed the exact time he had paid for the milk tea. Not only that, it also recorded his queue number.

The milk tea Basketball Qiao had bought was from an extremely popular shop in the city, where queue numbers often climbed into the triple digits. This indirectly proved that Basketball Qiao had remained downtown at the time. Whatever he had been doing, he should not have had enough time to lie in wait at the villa.

Second-generation Zhao and Professor Lu became the only two remaining suspects. But obviously, without evidence, neither of them would say a single word.

Second-generation Zhao would only say, "Brother Jin, you know me."

Professor Lu offered only a contemptuous smile.

After Lawyer Jin, it was Professor Lu's turn to share clues. Unlike Lawyer Jin, he was not so theatrical. He neither stood up nor walked over to the light screen. He simply sat casually in his chair, took out several photos, and spread them across the table.

It would be impolite not to return the favor. To show his "respect" for Lawyer Jin, Professor Lu addressed Lawyer Jin first. "You only found Doctor Zhen's old photo in my wallet? Really? Really? Is this the ability of a veteran player?"

Professor Lu was a master of sarcasm.

Lawyer Jin had not expected that, even after the matter had passed, he would still be dragged out and beaten over it.

"So you won't waste effort on such meaningless matters later and neglect solving the case, I can just say it outright," Professor Lu said, exposing himself. He took out a letter that had been left in his car. "There are four cars parked in the garage: mine, Doctor Zhen's, Lawyer Jin's, and the victim's. If any of you searched the garage, you should have found the letter anonymously reporting me to the school."