Just then, the sound of an engine came from outside the yard. A police car had arrived.
The two officers then came over to greet them, explaining that the scene had been released and they were free to look around.
As they left, they waved and said:
"Good luck!"
Only then did the three of them head into the yard.
White lines still marked the spot on the lawn where Cheng Hui had lain the night before.
They clearly outlined a human figure.
Seeing it again in daylight, they could not help feeling heavyhearted.
A member of their group had traveled abroad with them, only to end up lying on foreign soil just before they were due to leave.
And she had been implicated in a grave crime.
Was she really the killer?!
They still did not know!
The garden was beside the house.
There were actually lawns on all four sides of the villa, but most of the space lay along the side, so flower beds had been added to turn it into a garden.
A wall surrounded the grounds.
When they first arrived at the villa, Mike had enthusiastically explained the layout and made a point of showing everyone around this garden.
At the time, they had simply marveled at how much land the house occupied, with even the garden being so spacious.
They had never imagined that the garden would become a crime scene so soon.
Holding a professional long tape measure, Yang Ye worked with Wei Ping to quickly measure the position where Cheng Hui had fallen.
There were two ways to reach the garden from the living room.
One led out through the living room balcony, which was twenty-two meters from where Cheng Hui had fallen.
That distance was not just because the lawn was