Chapter 33: The Absentee Murder Case (1)

  The two of them maintained this posture all the way to the entrance of the villa, where the butler came out to greet them. Seeing their hands clasped together, he raised an eyebrow slightly, his good breeding preventing him from speaking out, and instead shot Lin Yuanxi a look that was tinged with reproach: "Last time it was Master's birthday, Young Master didn't come back either."

  Lin Yuanqi raised his eyes to look at the person, his expression calm and indifferent: "If I'm not mistaken, at that time I was chasing a serial killer, lives were at stake, Father would understand."

  Xia Zhu could sense the tense atmosphere.

  Lin Guanjia didn't say another word, just shook his head and sighed: "Forget it, young master, this is..."

  "Hello, I'm Xia Zhu." Xia Zhu smiled and nodded slightly.

  To be honest, Xia Zhu's well-behaved appearance made it difficult for people to feel disgusted. The housekeeper's eyebrows slightly raised with a hint of a smile and said: "Please come in," after a slight pause, he added: "By the way, young master, the young master has also arrived."

  Xia Zhu noticed that Lin Yuanqi's brow furrowed even tighter, and after a long while, he finally let out a cold hum: "I know."

  This made Xia Zhu even more curious, and the whole house seemed to have a strange meaning everywhere, whether it was the luxurious decoration or the appearance of each person's open and secret struggle.

  "Far away." Xia Zhu said.

  Lin Yuanxi looked at the little woman beside him and only then did he dispel the faint killing intent on his body: "Hm, what is it?"

  His palm temperature was a bit low, and there was once an article that said women's temperatures were always higher than men's by one degree. Xia Zhú suddenly became aware of this and subconsciously wrapped her palms around the man's hand, only to realize that this action seemed strange after fidgeting for a moment. She hastily blushed and withdrew: "Ah... I just wanted to ask, last time on your father's birthday, we were..."

  "It was during the dismemberment case, you should remember." Lin Yuan said, not continuing on this topic, but silently nodding at the person in front of him: "Father."

  That person looks 70% similar to Lin Yuanxi, I'm sure no one would mistake him.

  "Ah, yes, Mr. Lin is fine."

  Lin Huisheng looked at the two of them for a while before nodding indifferently and saying, "It doesn't matter, you can call me Uncle."

  He saw everything that the two of them couldn't or didn't want to hide between each other, but he didn't say much, only lightly saying: "Let's go to the living room, your mother has been waiting for a long time too."

  Lin Yuanxi did not respond again, and pulled Xia Zhu's hand to go inside.

  However, the living room was empty, Xia Zhu was slightly stunned, looked up at Lin Yuanke, and Lin Hui's voice was also somewhat surprised. He shouted a few times without anyone responding, then rushed over to dial an extension number. Before long, the nanny hurried down: "Master."

  "Where's your wife?" Lin Yu's brow furrowed with concern.

  "I just said it's cold outside and we should turn on the air conditioner. I said I'd go, but my wife went herself." The nanny replied.

  As soon as he finished speaking, a tall man with a yawn walked down from upstairs step by step. His right hand was holding onto a beautiful woman, whose breasts were half exposed, obviously having just done something indecent.

  That man looked at Lin Yuanbai with a glance, as if he had woken up for more than half: "Hey, isn't this my good brother? Why did you come today?"

  Lin Yuan looked at him coldly for a while, then turned his head to look at the woman in his arms, and a faint smile of disdain appeared at the bottom of his eyes: "Having someone else's husband is now Lin Yuanfeng, who really doesn't care about being unscrupulous."

  Lin Yuanfeng's eyebrow twitched: "You're spouting nonsense again."

  "If I'm not mistaken, this lady's hand has the mark of wearing a ring for years, and the mark is not new. It's obvious that it was taken off recently. And the person who accompanied you to the party before wasn't this lady, so your relationship isn't long either." Lin Yuan said with a slow and deliberate tone, "Besides...this lady hasn't been divorced. A divorced person wouldn't wear a ring given by their ex-husband for a long time. Most importantly, this lady, your expression gave you away. Am I right?"

  The woman's face was almost as if she had seen a flood beast, she slowly turned her head to look at Lin Yuanfeng beside her, and suddenly felt that the man who was so close to her was so far away.

  Lin Yuanfeng maintained a elegant smile and gently lifted the woman's chin: "Hm? Crisis, is it true?"

  "No, it's not." The woman trembled like a sieve, as if she wanted to explain something.

  "I know," Lin Yuanfeng smiled slightly: "Go up and wait for me."

  He watched as the woman carefully made her way up the stairs, then dialed a number on his phone. His voice suddenly turned cold: "Look up someone for me, between 25 and 28 years old, named xxx. Yeah, that's right, everything."

  Lin Yuan watched him indifferently as he finished this series of actions, only then asking: "Where were you just now?"

  "What?" Lin Yuanfeng's expression seemed to have heard a foolish question, looked at Lin Yuankui for half a moment, and then looked at Xia Zhu beside him, as if he had suddenly understood something, snorted with laughter: "Ah, I understand, you haven't done that before, right? Tsk tsk, really not like me..."

  "That's enough!" Lin Hui's voice was cold as he interrupted the conversation between the two brothers, glared at Lin Yuanfeng and shouted: "What kind of talk is that?!"

  Lin Yuanfeng still had that nonchalant look on his face, without much reaction.

  However, at this time, the housekeeper came stumbling and crying: "Master, Master."

  Lin Huan's voice was stern as he furrowed his brow and asked: "What's wrong, madam?"

  "Madam, madam jumped off the building." The butler said with a sorrowful face, unable to help but glance at Lin Yuanxi beside him.

  It is well known that Lin Yuanxi is an expert in criminology. At this moment, it seems that only he can solve the case.

  Lin Yuan's expression changed suddenly, but his tone remained calm as usual: "Has the ambulance been called?"

  "It's been called for, it will arrive within five minutes." The butler said as he led the crowd to the scene of the incident.

  This place is located in a remote area, but it's just opposite Mrs.'s house.

  Xia Zhu suddenly realized that although Lin Yuan's parents seemed harmonious, they had actually been sleeping in separate beds all along. It was said that Lin Huan had a bit of a nervous disorder and couldn't sleep with someone by his side.

  At this moment, Xia Zhu looked at Lin Yuanxiao squatting down, stretched out his hand and placed it under the nose of the calm woman for a while, shook his head with a serious expression: "Can't be saved."

  Lin Huisheng's entire being seemed to have lost its soul, slowly swaying towards his wife's corpse: "A Ruo, A Ruo..."

  His voice was hoarse, but every word was blood-tinged.

  Xia Zhu couldn't help but turn her head away, wanting to see everyone's reaction. But when she looked back, she was startled.

  Lin Yuan's expression remained silent, unable to discern any thoughts; Lin Yuanfeng beside him seemed to have not noticed at all, still pressing his phone, presumably busy with previous matters; the butler was patting Lin Husheng's back, hoping that the old master could mourn with restraint; the nanny almost fainted, apparently scared out of her wits.

  What's even stranger is ——

  Lin Yuan Nian and Yang Yan also returned, Lin Yuan Nian buried his head in Yang Yan's shoulder, making him look even more like a small bird relying on people, but his expression couldn't be seen clearly.

  Xia Zhu thought it was incomprehensible why a family would become like this, and while pondering the possible motives of each person, Lin Huan had already stood up: "Seal the door, no one can go out," he looked at Yang Yan, the only outsider, and nodded: "Sorry."

  Yang Yan spread out his hands to indicate he had no ill intentions and said solemnly: "Mr. Lin, accept my condolences."

  Lin Huisheng suddenly looked ten years older, shaking his head and sighing: "Forget it, forget it..."

  His gaze was as cold as ice, scanning everyone's face, not even sparing the crisis that had just rushed down, finally fixing on Lin Yuanxi: "Any leads?"

  Lin Yuanxi looked at him: "It's hard to analyze a family member's criminal psychology."

  Lin Yuesheng seemed to have heard something funny, and after a moment of silence, he asked: "Yuankui...". His tone was somewhat like muttering to himself, as if he had gone mad: "If you're having trouble, just don't treat everyone as family, that's all."

  Lin Yuanqi wanted to say something, but seeing Lin Husheng's appearance, he fell silent again: "I'll call the people from the bureau."

  "Hmm," Lin Yu waved his hand: "All of you disperse now, before the real culprit is found out, none of you are allowed to leave."

  Lin Yuanfeng innocently shook his head: "Dad, I still have something to attend to over there."

  "No one, don't even think about leaving." Lin Hui's expression was ferocious and menacing, blocking Lin Yuanfeng's next sentence. His gaze swept over Lin Yuan Nian and Yang Yan before he let out a sigh and went upstairs.

  Xia Zhu turned her head back, just in time to see Lin Yuan whispering something into Yang Yan's ear, his beautiful makeup hadn't smudged at all, clearly he hadn't cried recently.

  "What did you see?" Lin Yuan asked as he closed the door of the house.

  "We met Lin Yuan Nian and Yang Yan when we went out, it was around 2:30 pm. After that, at 2:50 pm, we entered the house. At 3:03 pm, I heard that the lady had disappeared," she paused for a moment before continuing along the timeline, "At 3:04 pm, we met Lin Yuan Feng, and finally at 3:10 pm, we saw the lady's body."

  "It was a bit late," Lin Yuan added with a nod: "At 2:47, we met the butler and had a few words with him."

  "You suspect the butler?" Xia Zhu was somewhat surprised.

  Lin Yuanxiao shook his head, gently pinched the bridge of his nose, as if he was extremely tired. He let out a light sigh: "No, I'm just listing all possibilities."

  "Hmm, so... at 3:12 in the afternoon, we saw Lin Yuan and Yang Yan return." Xia Zhu added the last bit.

  "If it was a fall, it would have been quick, but we didn't hear Mother's cry for help." Lin Yuanbo said after a moment of silence.

  Xia Zhu suddenly realized that this time they were handling a case that was far from ordinary, on the contrary, the victim was Lin Yuan's mother.

  Perhaps it was because this man was used to showing his strong side, so she had never considered Lin Yuan's feelings at this moment, but instead put all her mind into the case. Xia Zhu couldn't help but feel a little heartache, she leaned forward and approached Lin Yuan: "You..."

  "Give me some space." Lin Yuan said after a moment of restraint.

  "Huh?"

  "It's too hot, the air conditioner is on too high." Lin Yuanxi calmly unbuttoned two buttons of his shirt, his expression calm and collected: "Hmm, you continue."

  Xia Zhu has already forgotten what she was just about to say...

  But have to say, hmm, Lin Yuan's exposed chest... has a bit of sex appeal.

  The author has something to say: This time there's a lot of information, although it's still not complete qaq...

  Everyone can guess who the murderer is ~ o (* ￣ ▽ ￣ *) o

  Mumu la, yao gu,