I approached the woman and said, "Please raise all your hands, thank you for your cooperation!"
"Why? Can't men wear..."
"Cooperate!" I said again. The female painter and Liu Yuning and others raised their hands, revealing their fingers.
Except for Liu Yuning, almost everyone, including He Xin, had painted her nails, and of course, Xie Chuchu hadn't.
He Xin's was a very dreamy color, with cartoonish nail art pieces on it. She was truly trendy. I'd have to discipline her later. It wasn't appropriate for a female police officer to do this.
If it weren't for this case, I wouldn't have known how many women in the provincial department had such bright nail polish. I probably just hadn't had the time to pay attention to these details.
Everyone raised their hands, including the men. We checked them and found no signs of anyone's nails falling off.
Dao Zhiyong quickly analyzed, "Perhaps the killer has truly escaped, or there's still someone we haven't found here, lurking, and we just don't know it. You know, fingernail shedding like this can't be fixed in a short time."
"What do we do now? Mr. Descendant of Mozi!" The female painter waved her hand, looking at the young man in front of her, Dao Zhiyong, with confusion and admiration.
While they were talking, I kept a close eye on their micro-expressions, but I found that no one seemed to be lying. I wondered if everyone present had nothing to do with the case. If the killer had really left, perhaps we would be safe.
We fiddled around like this until it was late at night. Seeing that it was getting late, we could only put the body in the cold storage. The kitchen of this restaurant was the best place to store bodies. I had Xia Hou and Xiao Yuande take turns guarding it, and Xie Chuchu went with everyone from our hot spring resort to rest in nearby hotels. We'd deal with things once reinforcements arrived.
However, I looked at the time and realized something was wrong. Could it be that the reinforcements couldn't find us because of the dense fog near the island? I picked up my phone and dialed Li Fan's number, but it didn't show no signal, it just prompted that the phone was turned off!
I asked Liu Yuning to try too, and the result was the same. Besides Li Fan, we called several provincial special police officers, but none of them could be reached.
"How is that possible? Could they have been attacked collectively?" Liu Yuning made a bold and shocking guess.
My heart became anxious, and I felt extremely uneasy. For a moment, I didn't know the specific reason. If there was no signal, it would be fine, but if the calls couldn't get through... You know, for us police officers, our phones must be on 24 hours a day. Even on a honeymoon, if there's a special situation, police officers have to return to work immediately and accept tasks. Turning off the phone is simply impossible.
"It's very possible, they've really encountered some danger," I muttered. My voice was very low, as if I didn't dare to say it.
Liu Yuning comforted me. We were all in the same room at the moment. He Xin was next door. I didn't know how much time had passed. We all wanted to sleep for a while, but even if we couldn't sleep, we couldn't just keep waiting like this. However, at that moment, dense footsteps were heard outside.
A woman's voice rang out from outside our room.
"Officer He, are you asleep?"
The other party didn't mention Liu Yuning, probably because she didn't know that Liu Yuning and I were married.
It was Watanabe Yumi.
"Not yet, Miss Watanabe. What's wrong?"
"I'm scared. I'm afraid that person will attack me! Please, let me come in!"
"Go back to your room, lock the door, and don't let anyone in!"
"No, I'm still scared. Can't you let me come into your room to rest for a bit?"
I hadn't answered yet when Liu Yuning deliberately got angry and said, "The beautiful lady is begging you like this, and you respond so coldly?"
"What the heck, she might be an accomplice of the suspect. Can I let her in? I almost died during the day. What if the killer is standing next to her right now, and I open the door and we're both taken out? What then?"
I whispered to Liu Yuning. She was startled after hearing that and gave me a thumbs-up, quietly replying, "You're still cautious."
"Alas, Yuning, let's just ignore her!"
"Officer He, is there someone else in your room?"
"Um, actually, Liu Yuning and I..." I suddenly thought of something and changed my words, "It's nothing, we still need to discuss some work. If you're fine, you should go back first. Remember to lock your doors and windows. Everything will be fine!"
"Okay then..."
Although Watanabe Yumi agreed, I knew she must have been very disappointed. Gradually, the sound of footsteps faded away. I knew she had left. However, I only realized later that if I had let her in back then, I might not have regretted it later.
After Watanabe Mayu left, Liu Yuning and I talked for a while longer, analyzing the situation today. We still couldn't sleep.
"You know, that Watanabe Mayu, ah, no, it should be Watanabe Yumi, is there something wrong with her? What if she's pretending to be threatened by someone, and that was actually a deliberate arrangement with the killer?" Liu Yuning said, trying hard to think.
"It's not impossible. This is what they call deceiving the enemy with falsehoods, or crossing the sea under camouflage."
"And that landlady, Zhou Zijuan. Although she looks innocent, I always feel like there's something wrong with her."
"Exactly. Didn't I ask her for the list of residents before? She took it out from somewhere without printing it, as if she had prepared it beforehand, knowing what we usually look at."
"So, Zhou Zijuan is still a suspect."
"Yes, but what's the motive? Judging by the condition of the body, it's not a robbery-homicide. Oh, right, we haven't checked the retired soldier's room yet. Perhaps he has some valuables missing. How about tomorrow morning, if reinforcements still haven't arrived, we go investigate!"
"That's the only way. Given the current situation, reinforcements are unlikely to arrive. Let's try making some other calls!"
So, we took turns calling the provincial police officers present, from the criminal investigation team members to the forensic team, and even the security guards. Surprisingly, all of them were switched off!
This is outrageous!
Don't tell me the entire provincial department has been attacked!
At that moment, we couldn't help but fall into panic, feeling that this time it would be troublesome again. I don't know if the killer would harm someone again, or if he had truly left.
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