The Final Battle Part 1

  "I finally know why Sanqi doesn't like Zhuge Liang." Tongtong smiled as she looked at Kongming.

  "My surname is Kong, Zhuge Liang's surname is Zhuge, how can they be lumped together? It's just that he would think of such a boring thing." Kongming sighed and smiled helplessly.

  "I actually think he's right, you're like a dormant dragon with your low-key and rational thinking; Sanqi is like a colorful phoenix with his emotional and passionate personality. With either 'Dormant Dragon' or 'Phoenix Chick', it's enough to solve these bizarre cases."

  "Thank you." Zhuge Liang smiled faintly and sent out the message. "I want to ask a question."

  "What would you like to ask?"

  Kongming adjusted his glasses and slightly raised the corner of his mouth. "If you could choose again, would you prefer 'Dragon' or 'Phoenix'?"

  "What do you mean by this?"

  "Don't you understand?" Kongming gazed into her beautiful eyes "I've taken you as the standard for my future bride since I was very young."

  "Really?" A faint smile, revealing that pair of captivating dimples. "Actually, don't you think Sanqi and Ai'ai are more suitable for each other? They both like excitement, do things without a care, speak without thinking... And aren't we also similar?"

  "But why did we make the opposite choice?"

  Tong Tong smoothed out her long hair "I have a premonition that after today's case is solved, we will get the answer."

  "How did you know I was handling the case?"

  "You all, famous detectives or renowned police officers. You rely on reasoning and evidence. And I only rely... on intuition."

  Sanqi followed Ouyang Xuan's instructions and gathered Huang Xiaoxiao, Ma Chao, and Guizhansheng to room 1320. By the time the four of them arrived, Ouyang Xuan and Xiao Lin had been waiting for a long time. As for the other detectives, they were arranged to wait outside the door.

  "Ahem!" Ouyang Xuan cleared his throat as usual. "Ladies and gentlemen, I believe everyone is already very clear about the case that happened today. Now, I will reveal the mystery of this case for everyone."

  "Are you saying that Jia Yanping's case has been solved?" Sanqi exclaimed.

  "That's right, it's already been solved." Ouyang Xuan continued, "The murderer of this case is you! Ma Chao!"

  "Me!?" Ma Chao's smile was extremely unnatural, his eyes were wooden and he kept wiping sweat with a tissue. "Don't, don't joke around. I, I didn't, didn't kill anyone. Didn't you say so? The time the case happened was between 1 to 2 o'clock. I, I was on the train from S city to D city at that time. I have the train ticket and phone records to prove it." He said this and only then did he slightly calm down.

  "Heh heh, actually the process of committing the crime should be like this. First, you and Boss Gu agreed to meet at 4 o'clock today. So you bought a train ticket for 1 o'clock in the afternoon in advance, then gave it to someone else. In fact, you had already arrived in D City before 1 o'clock. You just kept waiting in room 0204 until 1 o'clock when you called room 1221 of the hotel and played back the recording made at S City train station beforehand, thus creating your first alibi. After completing this task, you changed into another set of clothes and came to room 1321. As a sales manager of Huaxia Real Estate, Jia Yanping would never suspect you. You found an opportunity to sneak up behind Jia Yanping and attacked him, dragging him under the desk before leaving the scene, taking the elevator to the second floor, returning to your own room to change clothes again, then sneaking out of the hotel's back door as if nothing had happened. At 4:30, you retrieved the train ticket from the person who sat in for you and returned to the hotel, thus creating another alibi. This way, you completed your plan to murder."

  "No! I didn't kill anyone!" Ma Chao's round face was already distorted "I really didn't kill anyone!"

  Ouyang Xuan said coldly: "That's the fact."

  "Actually..." Sanqi seemed like she wanted to say something, but also looked like she was hesitant.

  "What do you want to say? San Qi."

  "I... actually... this..." Three seven one stomped her foot and looked at Huang Xiaoxiao "Sister Xiaoxiao, can you lend me your universal key?"

  Huang Xiaoxiao looked at him with a puzzled expression, but ultimately handed over the key.

  "Xiao Xiao Jie, I want to ask you a question, can you give me an honest answer?"

  "You said."

  "I remember you said before, is it true that you have an office of your own upstairs in the restaurant?"

  Huang Xiaoxiao thought for a long time and finally said to him: "You know this."

  "Alright, today I must get to the bottom of this!" Sanqi said, dashing out. Before he could even run out the door, two people blocked his way.

  "Sanqi, you haven't changed a bit. You know what your biggest weakness is? Sentimentality. You actually already knew who the real culprit was long ago. It's just that you didn't want to accept it. Remember, reasoning requires rational analysis and absolutely cannot be swayed by emotions." The person speaking pushed up their white-framed glasses.

  "Amin, you haven't changed at all. Don't you think you have any human feelings? I believe in the truth and also believe in each of my friends. I will use my last bit of strength to clear my friend's suspicion. If this person is indeed a criminal, I will personally make him face legal punishment. Just watch!" Sanqi said as he walked out. When he reached Tongtong's side, he involuntarily stopped in his tracks.

  "Tongtong, you... why are you looking at me like that?" Sanqi originally wanted to say "How did you end up with Amin?", but if he said that, he felt like he would seem a bit petty, so he changed his words on the spot.

  Her big eyes stared at him, and she smiled slightly "Go! Go do what you think you should do. I believe you will definitely find out the truth, no matter what the final result is, you can't stop. Didn't you say that 'every case is like a Pandora's box, although it is clear that there must be evil inside, but still let people rush to do it' and 'to reveal the truth to the public' is the duty of a detective."

  With eyes narrowed, she glanced back at the dense gaze, and after a brief moment of hesitation, she rushed out.

  Looking at the smile on Sanqi's face as she left, Kongming shook his head. He came to Huang Xiaoxiao's side and said to her in a very gentle tone: "Why do you have to do this?"

  Huang Xiaoxiao smiled silently, neither admitting nor denying. It seemed that this matter had nothing to do with her, and she was just an ordinary onlooker.

  "Ah, the real culprit is you, Huang Xiaoxiao. First, let me continue Captain Ouyang's reasoning..." He turned his head to Tongtong and said, "Take out those things."

  Tongtong opened the backpack behind him and took out a bundle of things.

  "This is what I found in Ma Chao's room." Kongming looked at Ma Chao.

  "This is someone framing me! I didn't kill anyone!" Ma Chao saw that it was actually a bloody garment and a knife stained with fresh blood, his facial expression twisted in rage.

  "Considering our connections with the Three Kingdoms, I'll believe you." Zhuge Liang smiled and patted him on the back, continuing: "I never said you were the murderer, I just said these things were found in your room. If we follow Captain Ouyang's train of thought, the case would be closed already. However, if the murderer is indeed Ma Chao, there are still a few doubts here that can't be resolved."

  Ouyang Xuan furrowed his brow and asked him: "What doubts?"