Chapter 1081: Found the Murderer
“All of you are ok, right?” Cold sweat imdiately covered the shopkeeper’s forehead. He hadn’t forgotten how the last young man died. He had been stabbed to death by these steel pipes!
Helian Weiwei laughed lightly. “There was a small accident, but it was all within our control. We were in too much of a hurry when we entered just now, so there were many things that we didn’t ask in detail. Shopkeeper, do you still rember when these students first ca here, which one told you they wanted to play in the escape room with the Sobbing House the?”
“I don’t rember it very clearly, but now that you ask, I think it was this young man.” The shopkeeper turned his head and looked at Chen Feiyang.
Chen Feiyang sneered. “We decided to co here together. When I called to make the reservation, they were all right next to . I wasn’t the one who suggested it.”
Helian Weiwei only glanced at him and didn’t respond to him. Instead, she furrowed her eyebrows.
She still felt that sothing was very strange.
That’s right!
“Shopkeeper, why are these steel pipes so sharp?” Helian Weiwei looked at the shopkeeper’s face and tried to see if she could gather any clues from his expression. “Aren’t you afraid that soone might get hurt while going through this escape room?”
The shopkeeper paused for a mont, then said, “The design of the ga doesn’t include steel pipes coming out like that, so I’m also very puzzled as to where these steel pipes ca from!”
“These steel pipes would have been fitted during the renovation process. You’re the shopkeeper here, so how can you say you don’t know where these steel pipes ca from?” Helian Weiwei didn’t accept this response.
When the shopkeeper heard Helian Weiwei’s question, he realized she must have misunderstood. “Miss, I know a thing or two about fengshui, but I’m really not familiar with these chanisms. Besides, I wasn’t the one who designed this room either. Those in this industry have to co up with a new the and puzzles from ti to ti to maintain interest, otherwise the custors would be able to read up on the puzzles on the internet and solve everything quickly, and they’ll lose interest very quickly. It’s very important for us to attract returning custors, so we have to keep changing the the in order to keep them coming back. These youngsters are a good example. It’s not their first ti at my shop. They’ve co before that terrible incident happened, and back then, there were six of them.”
“Wait a minute, you’re saying that when they ca to play through Sobbing House, it wasn’t their first ti coming to this shop?” Helian Weiwei’s eyes suddenly flashed and were filled with sharpness.
“That’s right. Is there a problem?” The shop owner looked at Helian Weiwei strangely.
The rest didn’t understand why Helian Weiwei would react like this either.
After all, they really couldn’t guess what Helian Weiwei could possibly be thinking about.
Helian Weiwei looked at those steel pipes again, and a shocking thought popped up in her mind: “When did the Sobbing House the co out? Did they co to play not long after this the ca out?”
“How do you know?” The shop owner looked at Helian Weiwei in surprise. “In fact, before Sobbing House was open to custors, one of them called , but I don’t rember who it was. I think it was a boy. He asked when the new the would be open to custors, and I was puzzled, because I hadn’t announced anything about a new the online, and I was quite upset that this youngster had found out.”
Helian Weiwei’s eyes shone even more brightly. “You an he knew in advance that you were going to do this Sobbing House the?”
“Yes! Don’t you think it’s strange?” The shopkeeper was still shaking his head.
But Helian Weiwei had grasped the deciding factor.
The person who knew in advance about Sobbing House was the murderer!
She was still wavering between the two boys.
If she could get evidence of who this person was, everything would be easy to solve!
But since there was no announcent, how did the murderer know about this Sobbing House?
Helian Weiwei replayed the recordings they heard when they entered the escape room in her mind.
Every room’s unlock code, every voice recording, and even every scene’s arrangent were all related to Dong Sichun’s death.
If the scene of the murder reflected the killer’s innermost desire.
Then wasn’t this too much of a coincidence?
Helian Weiwei suddenly paused and turned to look at the shopkeeper. “You said that you weren’t the one who designed this room. So how did Sobbing House co about?”
“Ah, this.” The shopkeeper tilted his head as he tried to recall. “I rember that at that ti, I put a post in the online shop to solicit ideas. On one hand, I wanted the shop to be more popular. On the other hand, I could use this as an inspiration to create more escape rooms. Business in the shop had always been good, so I would give bonuses to those who provided ideas. The bonuses weren’t much, ranging from 200 to 1000 bucks...”
“But you didn’t expect to receive a complete design for the perfect escape room,” Helian Weiwei cut the shopkeeper off and spoke very clearly. “This design not only gave you ideas, but actually planned the entire room out, including the backstory, the script for the recordings, and even the design of the chanism. Everything in this design would make the room very terrifying yet mysterious at the sa ti, which was totally the ideal escape room to you, so you just took the other party’s proposal wholesale.”
The shop owner was completely shocked. He really didn’t think that she would guess what happened to this extent!
“Master, were you able to use divination to reach this conclusion?”
Helian Weiwei smiled and didn’t answer his question. Instead, she asked, “Have you ever seen the person who provided the design?”
“No, but the plan he provided was too perfect. Even the operation of the chanism and the content of the hints given by the walkie-talkie were all in the plan. It was also very easy to construct. I did say that I would treat him to a al, but ever since he gave the plan for the secret room, none of my emails to him made it through, and I did not even know where to send the money.” The shopkeeper shook his head regretfully. “But I can see that this person really loves to play such escape room gas. His thoughts were very ticulous and even included the design of the chanisms and a detailed blueprint of the room. He’s really incredible!”
Helian Weiwei laughed again and the corners of her mouth curved into a faint teasing smile. “I think I know who the murderer is now.”
“Murderer? ” The shopkeeper did not understand. “What murderer?”
Helian Weiwei looked at him. “Shopkeeper, Zhang Heng’s death at your place was not an accident, but a long-planned conspiracy.”
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