When A Snail Falls In Love

Chapter 28

When Ji Bai said the two inferences, Xu Xu's heart skipped a beat. A lot of details flashed through her mind, vaguely, but very descriptive.

Once again, Ji Bai's deep voice was heard, as he calmly said: "The wound on the victim's abdominal area is messy and indecisive, with multiple cuts. This demonstrates that it probably took the killer multiple stabs before succeeding while the other four wounds were done cleanly, it was a different level of skill. That's why I've predicted/inferred that the murder was done by two people.

"I agree." Officer Wu nodded.

One officer asked: "Could it still be possible that it was done by the same person? He was too tense, at first, to do it well, then became skilled later on.

Officer Wu replied: "The location and angle of the stab wounds are different, I predict that they weren't done by the same person."

Xu Xu didn't have any research experience in stab wounds but having heard up to this point, she immediately related it to her expertise: "From an amateur to becoming skilled, it requires a long period of progress. It isn't possible for the first stab to be hesitant and rusty, then for the second stab to be done cleanly and skilfully. This also demonstrates a difference in mindsets during the commitment of the crime. One mindset is hesitant and fearful while the other is determined. There can't possibly be such a difference in mindsets in such a short time period.

"What about the affair?" One officer questioned.

Xu Xu looked at Ji Bai. His calm eyes released a light of sharpness. Because there was no smile on his face, he looked strict and cold.

"It's unusual for one wardrobe to have quite a lot of clothes while the others only have a few. The clothes are messy, not arranged in accordance to season or material, and are spread out in all of the wardrobes. The shoe rack is the same. Looking at this villa, Ye Zi Xi is a neat person. That's why it is likely that someone's clothes in one of the wardrobes have been taken away. He moved Ye Zi Xi's clothes into it to disguise that. In addition, although there is no direct evidence of a man ever living in this villa, but by observing the whole of the villa's interior design, the black leather sofa, the heavy, dark colors, and the calligraphy frames on the wall, it doesn't look like the place of a woman who is living alone. Isn't that right, Xu Xu?"

Xu Xu nodded, after hearing him call on her all of a sudden: "If Ye Zi Xi were to live alone, it is more likely that she would choose a modern minimalist, or a more sophisticated interior design."

Officer Wu added: "A single, unmarried woman, stayed in a villa located in the mountain in the middle of the night, it is possible that she's secretly dating. With Ye Zi Xi's fame, if it were a normal relationship, it would have been discovered long ago. Moreover, with her position and wealth, why didn't she choose a developed location for her villa, instead of choosing an isolated location like Lin Shan Mountain?"

"According to the preliminary analysis results, we can place her lover as the primary suspect. But we cannot disregard any other possibilities."

It was already noon when they came back to the police station. Everybody hastily went to eat.

Ji Bai asked: "Where is Ye Zi Xiao?"

Zhao Han pointed to the interrogation room.

Xu Xu also looked up, and saw Ye Zi Xiao in the small room, sitting there motionless, with his disheveled hair and an expressionless face. Next to his hand was a lunchbox and a cup of tea, still completely untouched.

"The fourth son of the Ye family is quite good-natured." Someone said: "He didn't see the message because he was in deep sleep. Can't blame him for that."