The suite was still the same suite.
The people were still the same people.
As for what had happened...
"So let me get this straight."
Li Wei stood in the living room, looking exasperated.
"You heard a woman crying in this room tonight..."
"Laughing."
Miss Chris added the correction.
"Both crying and laughing."
Selena gave the complete account.
"Then you called security, broke down the door, and saw this."
Li Wei pursed his lips toward the floor.
"None of you went inside, right?"
"Who would dare...?"
Security guard A answered shakily, while the others nodded furiously.
Li Wei wasn't worried that they were lying. Under the circumstances, ordinary people really would have balked at going in.
Because two bodies lay in the middle of the living room.
They were none other than Elaine and John. Both lay on the floor, drenched from head to toe, their expressions hideously distorted. John's eyes were wide open, his hands reaching forward as though trying to grab something. Elaine's eyes were likewise wide, her face twisted. She clung tightly to John's thigh, looking as though she were trying to drag him down with her.
"Cause of death?"
Li Wei casually questioned the doctor, who was sweating profusely as he examined the bodies. It wasn't that the doctor had never seen a corpse before, but he had probably never seen any this horrifying.
"Clear signs of death by drowning."
The doctor stood up, his face pale. Determining the cause of death wasn't strange in itself, but this particular cause was very strange indeed. There wasn't any water nearby, so how could they have drowned? Of course, the sea was right outside, but it was the middle of the night, and this entire space was enclosed. Even if someone had wanted to kill them, they could