Night had fallen. It was around eight.
People were still chatting on the first and second floors, but Ren Ye had already returned to the Li Character Room and shut the door.
He had brought a chair from the living room, set it beside the long table inside, and sat down, resting his chin in his hand as he thought.
He had picked up quite a few scattered clues today. His thoughts were somewhat jumbled, and he needed to sort and arrange them again, ultimately putting them into writing to form a more professional "case file."
The dim yellow ceiling light shone down on the mottled bloodstains on the walls. At times, they looked faint; at others, they seemed to give off a weak phosphorescent glow.
After a little thought, Ren Ye immediately summoned pen and paper from his Consciousness Space and bent over the table to write.
Character profile-protagonist, Song Yi: few clues available at present; impression of the character remains vague.
Older brother, Song An: diagnosed with violent tendencies and a twisted personality in his first year of elementary school. Attended Sunshine Elementary School with his younger brother. (Note: suspected influence of his family upbringing.)
Mother, Pan Lianrong: initial impression-a woman with an overwhelming drive for her career. Ambitious, promoted rapidly, frequently away on business, and relatively neglectful and aggressive in educating her children. (Note: her husband, Song Mingzhe, sexually assaulted captives. Two related possibilities: first, the couple's sex life was unsatisfactory, possibly involving unmet needs, affairs, marital crises, and so on; second, Song Mingzhe was simply a rotten bastard with an enormous appetite who wanted a late-night snack even after eating his fill.)
Father, Song Mingzhe: suspected special staff member of some department within the Justice Organization. The imprisonment in the Secret Chamber might also have been