Original Suspense Novel: 《ℬ𝓁𝒾𝓏𝓏𝒶𝓇𝒹 ℳ𝒶𝓃𝑜𝓇》 EP26

And then he noticed a detail he had overlooked before— During dinner, Xu Ziqian's left hand was under the table. But he was holding the knife in his right hand, with the tip pointing towards himself. That's a habit only people who have been traumatized have. The blade pointing towards oneself is because subconsciously, they feel they deserve to be hurt. Xu Ziqian wasn't just a behavioral analyst. He was someone who had been hurt. Chen Mo opened his eyes and stood up. "I'm going to the kitchen," he said to Fang Guodong. "Now?" "Now." He walked into the darkness of the kitchen, the candlelight receding behind him. The kitchen door was ajar, unlit inside, with only the snow light from outside casting a hazy white glow. Chen Mo pushed the door open. Xu Ziqian sat in a chair in the corner, hands on his knees, in the exact same posture as when Chen Mo had left. But he was looking down, as if at something. "Xu Ziqian," Chen Mo said. Xu Ziqian looked up. A tear track glistened on his face in the snow light. "Chen Mo," he said, his voice hoarse. "You just said I was left-handed, right?" "Yes." "Then do you know that while a left-handed person's dominant hand is the left, if they were forced to correct it from a young age, they'd use their right hand for writing?" Xu Ziqian raised his right hand. "I was corrected. I write with my right hand and do other things with my left. So when you checked the knot, that 'counter-clockwise' direction of the line—I can tie it with my left hand or my right. (To be continued)