The Scheming Ex-Husband's Courtship-Chapter 684 - 592: Murder in a Locked Room (3)

At this moment, Jian Chuan hurriedly walked in and placed a transparent plastic bag on the table: "The victim’s phone was found. It was outside the window of the room where the victim was killed. It seems like it was thrown down from above and is shattered. I tried it, it’s no longer working."

Nan Zhan picked it up and looked at it, the screen shattered.

Nan Yu said: "Strange, did the victim really throw the phone herself? She stood in front of the window to send a message, and after sending it, feeling despondent, she threw the phone out of the window."

Jian Chuan said: "I checked, there’s no cyanide on the phone, the victim did not poison herself using the phone. Nan Zhan, could it really be a suicide?"

"Looking at it this way, it indeed seems like the victim threw it, but let’s consider from a different angle. What if the murderer got the phone before the victim’s death, sent the message, and then made it look like it was thrown from above?" Nan Zhan suddenly sat up straight, nearly dropping the cigarette from his mouth, "What if the person who sent that message wasn’t the victim but the murderer?"

Nan Yu exclaimed: "Right, if the message was sent by the murderer, then before 8:10, the victim might have already been killed. The murderer group-sent a WeChat message just to confuse the timeline."

Nan Zhan extinguished his cigarette, "Since the murderer is trying to create an alibi by confusing the timeline, then among these five people, all alibis become invalid, instead, Gao Ruobing, who doesn’t have an alibi can be ruled out of suspicion."

"Brother, it seems we’re one step closer to the truth."

Nan Zhan nodded, "Among these people, the more perfect the alibi appears, the greater the suspicion. Among them, three have vague eyewitnesses, but only one has a concrete eyewitness, almost a perfect time witness."

"Yuan Xiaoxian!" Nan Yu looked at Nan Zhan in surprise.

Nan Zhan said, "Send the files of the other four to the station immediately, have someone investigate them thoroughly."

"Alright, I’ll go now."

When Nan Yu left, he ran into Leng Shaoqing who nodded and went about his business.

Leng Shaoqing came in and said, "I remember now, when I first entered and saw the body, I noticed something was off, now I finally know what was bothering me."

"I remembered too." Nan Zhan looked at him, and almost simultaneously, both said: "The bracelet is missing."

Han Feiyi always wore a white jade bracelet on her wrist, which she claimed was a family heirloom and very valuable.

Earlier today at noon, she had scolded the maid because the bracelet got splashed with water, showing just how precious this bracelet was to her.

Leng Shaoqing said, "Could it be that someone coveted her bracelet and harbored malicious thoughts for wealth?"

"I wouldn’t rule out that possibility." Nan Zhan said leisurely, "If that’s the case, the murderer is very clever and daring to set such an elaborate stage just for a bracelet. Cyanide is a restricted item, not easily obtainable, and moreover, how the murderer managed to make the victim poison herself is something I still haven’t figured out."

"By the way, that maid had a dispute with Han Feiyi before, and her hand was scalded, could she have harbored resentment, and at the same time plotted for wealth and murder?"

"Without evidence, it’s only speculation, bring Yuan Xiaoxian in."

Leng Shaoqing went around but couldn’t find Yuan Xiaoxian, he asked the butler: "Where is the maid?"

"She said she felt unwell and went back to her room, told me to call her if needed."

Just then, Nan Zhan walked over: "Where is her room?"

"It’s on the first floor."

"Didn’t I say that before the matter is clear, no one is allowed to leave the second floor?"

The butler felt wronged: "But just now, many people heard the news and came up to watch, I couldn’t stop them, it became chaotic, and in the end, who came up and who went down, I couldn’t keep track, but, Mr. Nan, definitely no one has left this villa area, the main gate outside has already been locked by me."

Leng Shaoqing muttered, "Bad news, did that woman run away?"

Nan Zhan quickly said, "Downstairs."

As he walked downstairs, he asked the following butler Qin Yong: "Did Yuan Xiaoxian show any unusual behavior when she asked to go to her room to rest?"

Qin Yong thought for a moment: "It was indeed a little strange, she seemed very flustered. Oh, right, I just saw her standing at the door of the room you were in."

Leng Shaoqing said, "Could she have overheard our conversation, did we inadvertently alert her?"

Nan Zhan continued asking, "Does Yuan Xiaoxian usually spend a lot?"

"Not really, but she particularly likes gold and silver jewelry, though with her salary she definitely can’t afford them, so she can only buy magazines with ornamental trinkets to look at."