Original Mystery Novel: "ℬ𝓁𝒾𝓏𝓏𝒶𝓇𝒹 ℳ𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓇" EP13

Chen Mo shifted his gaze elsewhere. He was contemplating one thing: If the killer truly came for revenge, their target should be someone related to the Fog Valley incident back then. But among the seven people present, who was connected to Fog Valley? He had a guess, but it was too outlandish. He opened his phone and scrolled to the photo on the list. Zhang Zhenyu's experience field was blank, but Chen Mo noticed a detail—below that blank line, there was a faint indentation from a pen, as if someone had written something and then erased it, leaving a groove. He tilted his phone screen, letting the light from the fireplace shine across it from the side. The indentation vaguely revealed a few words: "Survivor" Zhang Zhenyu was a survivor of Fog Valley. So, was it really Zhang Zhenyu who invited them here? Or, had the real Zhang Zhenyu died long ago, and the "master" they were seeing was someone else from the very beginning? Chen Mo looked up towards the wine cellar. The image of that red knot kept replaying in his mind, each time revealing a new detail—the knot was tied in the wrong direction. The serial knot killer was right-handed, so the knot should be clockwise. But the noose around Zhang Zhenyu's neck was tied counter-clockwise. Left-handed. Among the seven people present, only one was left-handed. Chen Mo slowly turned his head and looked at Old Zhou, who was sitting in the corner, continuously swirling an empty wine glass. Old Zhou looked up, met his gaze for two seconds, then gave a wry smile. (To be continued)