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"Who could it be? At that time, we were all acting together, so none of us should have had the opportunity," Wen Ting said, puzzled. "And neither Ling Song nor Liang Xueli were near the inn at that time."
"Hehe, very correct. So, the person who killed the boss must be one of those who were already poisoned at that time. It could be me, it could be Sun Miaoyan, or it could be the deceased Xu Renbin!"
Seeing everyone's stunned expressions, A Liang continued, "Since we can't determine who the murderer is for now, let's refer to them as 'Murderer A' for the time being."
"No, that's impossible!" Liang Xueli countered. "Anyone who was poisoned at that time would be lucky to survive! Let alone commit murder. Moreover, weren't the three of you randomly poisoned? There was poison in all three of your teacups."
"Random? Well, it should be semi-random," A Liang smiled. "Except for 'Murderer A', the other two were poisoned randomly. And at that time, 'Murderer A' was not poisoned."
"Impossible!" Liang Xueli insisted. "It was confirmed that all three of you had the same poison in your systems!"
"I'm sorry, what I said earlier might not have been accurate. It should be that 'Murderer A' was not immediately poisoned. Let me reconstruct the scene for you.
"First, 'Murderer A' placed two pieces of poisonous rock candy in the candy box when no one was around. He positioned these two pieces on opposite sides of the surface. This way, when others took the candy, someone would randomly get poisoned, but not the same person. Meanwhile, 'Murderer A' took a piece from the bottom and naturally wouldn’t get poisoned while drinking water. Then, when he saw the other two collapse, he pretended to be poisoned as well. While collapsing, he discreetly disposed of the hidden candy in his hand to avoid detection.
"Now, why was poison also detected in 'Murderer A's body?" Wang Gang asked. "That's because 'Murderer A' wasn’t poisoned at that moment; he ingested the poison later while pretending to be affected."
"Therefore, timing is crucial. When you carried each of the three people from the hall to the second-floor room, there would be a gap in between. When 'Murderer A' was carried to Room 4 and everyone else left, 'Murderer A' immediately got up and went next door to Room 3 to kill the boss. The poisonous rock candy might have been hidden on the boss's bed beforehand. At this point, 'Murderer A' consumed the candy and then returned to lie down. Only then did he truly start to show signs of poisoning..."
"But after the poisoning incident occurred, everyone checked had no murder weapon on them or any pendants," Sun Miaoyan questioned.
"That's why the murderer had to make sure to incapacitate the boss a day earlier."
A Liang explained, "And this requires Xiao Xin's help. Everyone should remember that it was Xiao Xin who helped the boss change clothes and bandage his wounds while we all stood outside the door. At that time, Xiao Xin had already hidden the pendant, the poisoned candy, the dagger, and a pre-written note somewhere on the bed. The 'killer A' only needed to retrieve the dagger. Such a small dagger is easy to conceal, and it could only be easily used to kill when the boss was unconscious." A Liang finished in one breath.
"Alright, the first murder case has been resolved. Now let's tackle the second one."
A Liang took a breath, "When it comes to the second murder case, everyone thinks of Xu Renbin's death. Why? Because at that time we saw a note in the restaurant that read: 'The second one, the poisoned person cannot escape death.' So we reflexively went to check Xu Renbin's and Sun Miaoyan's rooms.
"But is that really the case? This is just an illusion of time created by the killer! The second victim is not Xu Renbin, but Xiao Xin! She was killed before Xu Renbin died, and a note saying 'This is the third...' was placed beside her."
"However, Xiao Xin's time of death was just minutes after Xu Renbin's, and from the time Xiao Xin appeared at noon until her death, everyone was almost together; it’s impossible," Wang Gang said.
"Not everyone; there were Sun Miaoyan and Xu Renbin! Before we went to find them, their room doors were locked. No one knew if they were in their rooms at that time. It should be said that 'killer A' is one of them," A Liang replied.
"But at that time Xiao Xin wasn't dead yet?" Rongrong exclaimed in disbelief.
"The answer is this," A Liang patiently explained. "Killer A could have locked their own door the night before and then hidden in Xiao Xin's room because they were in cahoots.
"When Xiao Xin came out and returned to her room the next day, killer A used some kind of drug to knock her out. Then they placed the Virgo pendant and the pre-written note beside her. However, killer A did not kill her immediately; instead, they ransacked the room and stuffed a ball of fluff into Xiao Xin's hand—all of this was completed before Xu Renbin died. When everyone heard my shout and rushed to the restaurant, killer A then stabbed Xiao Xin to death and took advantage of the moment when no one was in the hall to return to their own room upstairs. Xiao Xin's time of death was indeed close to Xu Renbin's; combined with the psychological suggestion of the note beside her body, everyone including Liang Xueli misjudged that Xiao Xin died after Xu Renbin!"
"But during this time, everyone has an alibi," Wang Gang pondered thoughtfully.
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