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Chapter 416: Reasoning in the Tilting House, Act II: Xie Yunmeng's Narrative and Reasoning

"I won't repeat what happened before entering the Lavender Villa, and I jumped directly to what happened after I met the real Ms. Wen. At that time, I woke up in the first room at the entrance of the corridor on the second floor of the villa's east house. There were only two rooms on the east house, and the other one was the hostess An Lingxiang."

"When I woke up, there were a few things that were very strange. The first was the person who moved me to the second floor of the East House. Ms. Wen said that she found me alone and brought me into the villa. But I thought this was absolutely impossible. Ms. Wen had no way to move me who was completely unconscious. She had at least one helper, but Ms. Wen was never willing to tell me this helper."

"The second is someone who helped me change the clothes and took a shower. When I woke up, I felt wet all over. All my clothes were replaced, which was very incompatible. This also proved my guess. Ms. Wen must have an assistant, and a male helper. As for the identity of this assistant, I now think it is very likely that Mr. Xu. But I don't understand, even if I know who brought me into the Lavender Villa, I would not directly suspect that he is the murderer. Why did Ms. Wen hide this matter?"

"Mr. Xu, can you say it clearly?" Xie Yunmeng asked, then looked at Xu Qing waiting for him to speak.

Xu Qing replied: "It's me, but can I allow me to wait and talk about the reason? I want to hear your reasoning before talking about my own affairs."

"It doesn't matter, so I'll continue to talk about it," Xie Yunmeng continued the conversation and said, "The third point is that Ms. Wen personally admitted that it was her tampering with the sudden interruption of the phone, but I don't believe it, because there are two telephones in this villa, all in the east room."

"One is in the living room, and the other is in the room where I woke up. When I woke up, I didn't notice that there was a telephone in the room. Then Ms. Wen and I went to the living room of the east room together. I called Xiaoyao. At that time, Ms. Wen was sitting next to the table in the center of the living room, where there was no contact with the telephone at all."

"The phone downstairs is unobstructed, which proves that the phone upstairs is not a problem at that time. But just halfway through my speech, the phone suddenly broke off. I think Ms. Wen had no chance of tampering at that time. She was by my side, and I could see clearly every move. So I decided to go upstairs alone to check another phone."

"I did do this, and I went upstairs with Mr. Fu to check it upstairs at night. As a result, I found that the phone upstairs was simply an abandoned machine. I think someone took it out of the warehouse and deliberately threw it into my room. The wires on the wall looked aging, and it should have been left many years ago. So my judgment was that there was only one phone in the living room of the East House in the Lavender Villa, and it was absolutely impossible for Ms. Wen to break it."

"This matter is put aside for a while, let's continue to analyze it. Ms. Wen told me that she had tampered with her on the phone. It was when the two of them walked into the lavender field to talk after I made the phone. She said that the reason why I secretly moved me into the lavender villa without hiding everyone and broke the phone was all for me to stay in the villa for the time being and help her investigate some things. She cared about the truth of these things very much. They involved one person and were her most important relatives."

"I agreed to Ms. Wen's request, but asked her to answer my questions first. The first question is Ms. Wen's own true identity. I think this matter is within Xiaoyao's guess. She is Luo Lingling, which is Wu Weiyun's ex-wife."

When Xie Yunmeng revealed Wen Yuan's other identity, no one present showed a look of shock, including Wu Xinghan sitting on the ground. This is certain that except for Yun Yeyao, Mo Haiyou and Luo Yifan, the others also knew about this from the beginning.

Xie Yunmeng continued: "Ms. Wen's original words at that time were: My name was Luo Lingling, Wu Weiyun's ex-wife, and the mother of Xu Qing and Cang Lulu. So I asked her if the person she wanted to help was Xu Qing? Ms. Wen admitted it immediately. She told me that she wanted to make up for the mistake and wanted to start over with Wu Weiyun, so she had to get my help."

"It was not until now that I truly believed that Ms. Wen did not lie to me at that time. She actually wanted to save Xu Qing. I was not very clear about the joints here, but I could make some reasoning about myself. Although Xu Qing's appearance has changed, I can still recognize it from his facial features, which is very similar to the photos he left in the police station because of his girlfriend's car accident."

"So at that time, I included Xu Qing in my heart, because our previous inference pointed out that the biggest motive for this murder was the Lavender Field car accident that did not find out the truth. Whether it was Liu Yunzhao's performance, actions, or clues found in and outside the warehouse, it was all pointing out that the murder was related to the car accident."

"After reaching this conclusion, I have to figure out the secret hidden behind Xu Qing no matter what. Therefore, while agreeing to Ms. Wen's request, I also made a request to her: I cannot interfere with all my actions, and must cooperate 100%. Everyone in the villa should find an opportunity to explain to me separately. Finally, I will help me repair the phone as much as possible and contact Xiaoyao."

"Ms. Wen agreed to all these requests. I will temporarily invite friends from the villa as Ms. Wen to meet with others. As for my identity as a detective, there is no need to hide it, because everyone in the Lavender Villa knows me, Xiao Yao and Forensic Doctor Mo, and have heard of the cases we solved before."

"The next greetings are nothing to say. I want to ask Miss An if I have something to do?" Xie Yunmeng looked at An Lingxiang.

An Lingxiang nodded slightly, expressing that she was willing to cooperate with answering the questions. Her expression still looked weak and sad, and her eyes glanced at Wu Xinghan on the ground from time to time.

"When did Mr. Wu Xinghan enter Lavender Villa?"

"It was the afternoon when you arrived here, I don't remember the specific time. After my second quarrel with Xiaozhi, I met him as soon as I went upstairs."

"Do you really think Wu Xinghan is a stranger? As you described before, have you only met once?"

"Yes."

"Is it possible that someone will return to the room before reaching the door of the room and pretending to be Wu Xinghan to deceive you?"

"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible. I saw Wu Xinghan in just one or two minutes after leaving Xiaozhi. And I heard Xiaozhi talk to the maid in the living room."

"Miss An, I hope you can tell me the truth. Why has the maid not come to work these days? Did Mr. Fu Chi deliberately let him not come, or is the maid really having something to do?"

"I don't know! Everything in the family is always a small responsibility, and I never ask about it."

"Then why do you quarrel?"

"It's...it's because I'm sloppy in my work and complaining..."

"No!" Xie Yunmeng interrupted An Lingxiang seriously and said, "That's not what Mr. Fu Chi said in front of me. He gave me the impression that a man who is willing to tolerate all your shortcomings. How could such a person complain because you can't do things well? And you said that he was arranged everything in this family, so what does he need you to do?"

Xie Yunmeng's sharp question seemed to scare An Lingxiang. She bit her lower lip tightly, not knowing how to answer it, and the skin under her teeth turned white.

Seeing An Lingxiang's appearance, Xie Yunmeng slowed down a little and said, "Miss An, please don't be nervous. I'm not blaming you, I just want you to tell me the truth. Okay, now we won't think about the problem just now. Please describe the scene when you met Wu Xinghan twice. It's best to tell me the conversation between you in detail."

Luo Yifan followed Xie Yunmeng's words and comforted An Lingxiang softly, which made her relax a little. An Lingxiang said in a diary: "I was pulled into the little reproached room by Wu Xinghan. He asked me: Do I still remember him? His tone of speaking was quite gentle. Actually, I remember him, but because I was timid, I denied it. He didn't seem to mind and told me directly: If you want to stay in my house, it is best not to let others see it, and let me arrange a room for him."

"I said: I don't know you, why should I arrange a room for you? But he meant that I met him before, and I couldn't remember him. And he repeated his name several times and asked me if I had any impression. This made my doubts become more and more intense. I asked him: Why did you come to the Lavender Villa? Where is Liu Yunzhao?"

"The reason I asked this is because all the guests came to the villa on that day because of Liu Yunzhao's invitation. Xiaozhi and I were not prepared at all. I think it is possible that Wu Xinghan and Liu Yunzhao were conspiring for something? They concealed us."

"What about it later?" Xie Yunmeng asked: "Why did you let him stay in the villa again?"

"Because, because I couldn't drive him away at all, he begged me with a stern face, and said that it would disappear automatically if I only stayed for one day and would never disturb my life again. I reluctantly agreed. I arranged him in the warehouse where no one went in, thinking that there should be no big problem in one day, so I hid it from others as he asked."

After An Lingxiang finished speaking, Xie Yunmeng nodded and continued, "This is the first time Miss An and Wu Xinghan meet. In fact, on the first night, I discovered some clues in the living room and the stairwell, so I just asked Miss An that way."

"First of all, let's look at the certain part of Miss An's words. She quarreled with Mr. Fu Chi in the stairwell in the afternoon and went upstairs angrily. It only took one or two minutes to go from the place where the quarrels were to the door of Mr. Fu Chi's room upstairs. There is no doubt about this."

"Secondly, Miss An said she denied that someone had sneaked into Mr. Fu Chi's room to pretend to be Wu Xinghan. I think there was a reason for her. First, all the guests, including me, gathered in the lavender field in the afternoon, and no one went back to the west room. The maid had indeed not returned yet. Ms. Wen had confirmed this, but I did not see when the maid left."

"Next, let's take a look at the uncertain parts. After the quarrel, Mr. Fu Chi really went back to the living room to talk to the maid? If he immediately climbed out of the window of the stairwell, climbed up the second floor along the exterior wall, and returned to his room, it would be impossible. I have confirmed that as long as he had a little skill in climbing the wall, a man could exchange it in two places in less than two minutes. This is a relatively conservative estimate. I don't need a minute if I say it myself."

"Then I'll talk about the clues I found during dinner time. There are two things that caught my attention during dinner time. The first thing is that many housework in the kitchen were left behind. Mr. Fu Chi was very busy alone and had almost no time to talk to us. If the maid really left before supper, how could she have so many housework not finished?"

"The second thing is that Miss An's expression is abnormal. Although she is very excited about my arrival, she also said a lot. But when she heard Mr. Fu ask me to live in the east room, she was obviously relieved, which immediately caused me to have questions. Then there was the problem with the stairwell. I found footprints of people entering and leaving the stairwell windowsills on both sides of the east room and the west room."

"Let me talk about the east house first. At around 8 o'clock in the evening, Mr. Fu and I passed by the east house stairwell. I found that this place is really very similar to the stairwell in Luoque House, but there are too many windows. I took this excuse to stop and found that there was no dust on the stairwell windowsill. I deliberately asked Mr. Fu if it was not cleaned frequently. Mr. Fu's answer was very affirmative. He said that he would not clean the stairwell and the warehouse in practice."

"I asked again if there was a maid at home. Actually, I had already asked Ms. Wen about the maid at that time. Mr. Fu told me that there was a maid at home. He took the initiative to ask for leave in the past few days. He didn't know what happened at the maid's home. But Ms. Wen's previous statement was that the maid did not mention to anyone about asking for leave that day, so I left another question mark here."
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