Chapter 150: Three days
"Take a look at this." Pei Ye handed over the notes. "It isn't 'of no use,' as you said."
Li Piaoqing stood beside him, wiping the beautiful Lost Jade Sword with fine silk. She had accepted quite a few sparring challenges earlier, and a thin sheen of glistening sweat now covered her forehead.
She sheathed her sword and took the booklet. As she read, her willow-leaf brows gradually knitted.
"Your senior brother met this escort chief at the Mighty Vanguard Escort Agency, just on the other side of the wall," Pei Ye said.
"Yes."
"Isn't that a little coincidental?"
"...My senior brother met Escort Chief Zhao because he was at the Changdao Martial Arts School at the time. The Spring Competition was approaching, and the Dragon Gate Class was in session."
"Hadn't your senior brother already won the Winter Competition? Why did he still need to attend the Dragon Gate Class?"
"He didn't. Why would disciples of the three sects attend the Dragon Gate Class?" Li Piaoqing smiled. "He was doing what I'm doing now."
"...Oh. Then, during those last two days, your senior brother sensed someone watching him. That should be a trace left by the murderer." Pei Ye frowned. "This lead could be pursued."
Li Piaoqing fell silent for a moment. "My senior brother didn't hide his movements. Besides, he had been coming to the Martial Arts Hall to do this for several years. Anyone plotting against him could have come here to observe him first."
"..."
"All right, young hero Pei. Thank you for putting so much effort into this." She smiled. "Really, you could call this case difficult-more than half a year has passed, and nothing remains besides these two records. Identifying the true murderer through deduction is almost impossible. But you