Mystery Novel: ℬ𝓁𝒾𝓏𝓏𝒶𝓇𝒹 ℳ𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓇 EP8

Three years ago, in that failed negotiation, the last second before the hostage's throat was slit, it was this expression. Someone walked down the stairs behind him. Chen Mo turned his head and saw Lin Jing standing on the last step. The light from the flashlight shone up at her face from below, making her expression unreadable. "The knot is wet," Lin Jing's voice was unusually calm. "Just tied. The killer is still here." Chen Mo squatted down, his fingers hovering over the knot without touching it. The palace of memory began to work—he closed his eyes, dissecting, rotating, and magnifying every detail of the scene. The direction of the rope's path, the angle of force applied by the knot-tier, the edge of the shoe print left on the ground... he could almost see the trajectory of those hands' movements. Then he opened his eyes. "Done within thirty minutes," he said. "Not a lot of force, but extremely precise technique, long-term training involved. And—" He looked up at Lin Jing. "Zhang Zhenyu was drugged before being tied. He didn't struggle at all from start to finish." Footsteps and exclamations from others came from upstairs. Old Zhou pushed through the crowd and came down. He glanced at the body, his face darkening. "Chen Mo," Old Zhou's voice was very low. "Look at his left wrist." Chen Mo looked over. On the inner side of Zhang Zhenyu's left wrist was an old scar, shaped like a small "S"—it was an indentation left by long-term friction from a rope, one that would take at least several months of binding to form. (To be continued) Two episodes are published each time. If you're interested, you can check out the previous episodes! 👇🏻Here's how to view them: Click on the profile picture → Enter personal page → Game Ecosystem Activities → ✅