Original Suspense Novel: 《ℬ𝓁𝒾𝓏𝓏𝒶𝓇𝒹 ℳ𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓇》 EP18

Lin Jing reached out and helped her, her movements gentle but decisive. Their figures disappeared into the darkness, their footsteps fading away. Only four people remained in the hall. The logs in the fireplace crackled, sparks scattering onto the stone floor and quickly extinguishing. “Chen Mo,” Old Zhou’s voice came from the direction of the sofa, deep and hoarse, “When you said those things just now, I noticed something.” “What is it?” “When you asked Dr. Shen to lead the way, you called her ‘Dr. Shen.’ But when you addressed Professor Lin, you called her ‘Professor Lin.’” Old Zhou paused. “You’re drawing a line. You’ve classified Dr. Shen as a ‘trustworthy witness,’ but Professor Lin as ‘someone to be monitored.’ Why?” Chen Mo didn’t answer immediately. The firelight in the fireplace flickered, and his shadow danced on the wall. “Because Lin Jing sat next to Zhang Zhenyu during dinner,” Chen Mo said. “And it was Zhang Zhenyu who arranged the seating. He originally intended for Xu Ziqian to sit there, but he changed it at the last minute. Lin Jing was the only one Zhang Zhenyu ‘specially arranged’ for.” “Just because of that?” “And,” Chen Mo looked at Old Zhou, the firelight burning in his eyes, “what she wrote in her notebook, she never showed anyone from beginning to end. Not even me. A forensic psychology professor’s first priority at the scene should be observation and recording, which is reasonable. But she never shares what she records. Unless—” (To be continued)