The Scheming Ex-Husband's Courtship-Chapter 689 - 596: Murder in the Locked Room (Final)

Facing everyone’s confusion, Nan Zhan explained calmly, "At first, I couldn’t determine who the murderer was until I found Yuan Xiaoxian’s body. Feng Guang’s reaction confirmed my suspicion that he was the one who killed Yuan Xiaoxian."

"His reaction?" Leng Shaoqing frowned in recollection, "His reaction seemed normal though, seeing his girlfriend hanged, crying and trying to rush in, he looked very sad, and kept crying there."

"Indeed, Feng Guang did try to rush in, but I stopped him. At that moment, if you were the boyfriend of the deceased, what would you do?"

After thinking, Leng Shaoqing suddenly realized, "I would have asked you to save her quickly."

"Right, a normal person’s reaction upon seeing their girlfriend hanging would be to first get her down to see if she could still be saved, but after I stopped him, Feng Guang just kept crying and didn’t do anything else, he didn’t even ask if she could still be saved, because, he already knew that Yuan Xiaoxian was dead."

Leng Shaoqing nodded, "So that was the moment you identified Feng Guang as the murderer."

"At that time, I could only determine that he had killed Yuan Xiaoxian, but whether he had killed Cheng Feiyi still puzzled me, until later Jian Si reminded me and I suddenly understood his modus operandi, along with Nan Yu handing over the information of those four people to me, I completely figured out the entire case progression, his modus operandi and the motive for the murders."

Speaking of Nan Yu, who had been hanging from the beam, suddenly said, "Can I come down now?"

Nan Zhan kicked a table under his feet, "Come down."

"I thought you were going to keep me hanging up there," Nan Yu stepped on the table and jumped to the ground.

Nan Zhan said, "You tell the motive."

"Sure." Nan Yu looked at Feng Guang, who was still bowing his head, "Feng Guang, originally named Feng Tianbao, from Jiao County of C city, his mother’s surname is Liu, called Liu Cuixia, everyone calls her Liu Mama."

Liu Mama?

Jian Si suddenly thought, this morning when learning about the servant structure here, the butler Qin Yong had mentioned Liu Mama, saying she came here with Yuan Xiaoxian, but no longer works here now. Unexpectedly, Liu Mama was Feng Guang’s mother.

Thinking back on Qin Yong’s expression when he mentioned Liu Mama, it seemed a bit off.

"Three years ago, when Nan Family bought this villa, Liu Cuixia, Qin Yong, and Yuan Xiaoxian were hired to work here together. About a year later, my mother was selected as one of the top ten outstanding personalities of Aus City and held a banquet here inviting prominent figures from various fields, including the well-known Han Family. Han Feiyi came with her parents that evening. At the end of the banquet, Han Feiyi suddenly noticed her White Jade Bracelet was missing, she suspected that Liu Mama stole it, she made Liu Mama kneel down and apologize in public, even forced her to write an IOU, pressing her to pay back the money for the bracelet, the situation escalated until Nan Hanzheng, the master of Nan Family, stepped in to resolve it."

Leng Shaoqing commented, "This Han Feiyi, her temperament was so tough back then, never giving in even when she was right."

Nan Yu continued, "After the banquet, Liu Mama went home and hanged herself the next day."

Committed suicide?

The crowd couldn’t help but sigh, the old lady had such a strong character, but the humiliation was too hard to bear, it was understandable she might have acted impulsively.

"So what does this have to do with Yuan Xiaoxian?"

"It’s simple, because the bracelet was actually stolen by Yuan Xiaoxian."

"Heh." A low, cold chuckle suddenly came from the crowd, Feng Guang lifted his head, trying hard to mask it, but his eyes still carried intense hatred, "Officer, you’re not being detailed enough, here’s what actually happened: When Han Feiyi noticed her bracelet was gone, she accused my mom of stealing it, forced my mom to apologize publicly, and threatened to have Nan Family fire her. My mom hadn’t stolen anything and obviously wouldn’t admit it, so she locked my mom up in a small warehouse. However, in a dramatic turn, Han Feiyi’s bracelet suddenly reappeared in her bag, because Yuan Xiaoxian, who had stolen the bracelet, saw the situation escalating and feared it would involve her, so she secretly returned the bracelet. At that point, when Han Feiyi found her bracelet, she should have cleared my mom’s name, but feeling embarrassed about causing such a scene over a misunderstanding, she had my mom kneel down and apologize in public, even forcing her to write an IOU, making my elderly mom kneel and kowtow before her."