Annan felt extremely aggrieved. "Wasn't I just thinking about you behind me? Moreover, that guy was so sly. When he couldn't win, he threw out some sleeping pills. If I hadn't pulled you away quickly, we might both have been lying there!"
If he could catch that guy, he'd surely teach him a lesson! He, Annan, had never failed before. If word got out, where would he put his face?
Hengniang snorted disdainfully, her eyes full of mockery. "Quibbling! Do you think I'm afraid of that little bit of sleeping pills? You're such a coward!"
Mo Litian's eyes flashed slightly, and he said casually, "So, Young Master Annan knows martial arts?"
Hearing this address, Annan's eyes lit up instantly. He quickly came in front of Mo Litian. "You have good taste. I come from a family of escorts and know some martial arts."
Hengniang couldn't help but curl her lips. "What a poor judgment."
Mo Litian smiled faintly and didn't seem to care about Hengniang's words. His eyes fell on the room again.
A guesthouse with only two people in it was really strange.
Xue Zhan couldn't help but cough dryly. Summoning up his courage, he said to Hengniang, "Then why did you clean up the traces in this room?"
Hengniang rolled her eyes at him. "Are you stupid? That guy threw out a pack of sleeping pills, and it was all over the place. If I hadn't cleaned it up, would you still be standing here? You'd probably be lying down already! As for the rest, this idiot just tidied it up by the way. I was going to tell you, but who knew you'd notice it!"
As she spoke, she glared at Annan with a look of disappointment.
Seeing this, Annan quickly smiled obsequiously. "It's all my fault, my fault. Miss Liu, I hope it didn't cause you any trouble?"
Liu Rumei didn't know whether to laugh or cry for a moment. "It's okay. When did you leave the guesthouse?"
Annan smiled and said, "Two hours ago. Then Hengniang and I went to the east city to do some shopping. The things are still piled downstairs. I noticed something was wrong half an hour ago. Hengniang was delivering something to the man next to that girl's room. I was worried and followed her. I smelled something strange. When I rushed in, the girl was already dead. Then I fought with that guy and went to the yamen to find you."
Liu Rumei nodded. "I see."
After saying that, she walked to the window. The traces on the window hadn't been cleaned up by Annan. "Did the murderer leave from here?"
Hengniang nodded angrily. "Yes, that bastard! When he left, he even broke one of my windows!"
Looking at the hanging window, Hengniang felt annoyed again. She kicked Annan. "The money to repair this window will be deducted from your salary!"
Hearing this, Annan instantly exploded. "I've even spent my last bit of savings! You still want to deduct it! Do you know how long I haven't received my salary?"
Hengniang snorted. "If you don't want to work, you can leave anytime!"
Annan instantly widened his eyes, full of disbelief. "You..."
Zhang Yan and Xiao Heyuan thought Annan was going to leave arrogantly, but unexpectedly, Annan suddenly knelt down in front of Hengniang with a "plop". In their stunned looks, he said aggrievedly, "I was wrong, young master."
Hengniang looked proud. "Don't you want your salary anymore?"
"I don't want it..."
Seeing Annan like this, Xue Zhan, Zhang Yan, and Xiao Heyuan all couldn't help but swallow their saliva. This woman was really fierce!
Mo Litian also twitched the corner of his mouth. This...
Sixi's dark eyes were shining faintly. How domineering! She was simply her idol.
Ye Zhe raised his eyebrows slightly when he saw this.
Liu Rumei was used to this scene, but still, she felt a bit speechless. She took out the wanted poster from Xue Zhan's arms, opened it, and showed it to Annan. "Annan, take a look. Is this the guy?"
Annan glanced at it casually and gritted his teeth. "It's this guy! Damn it! The next time I see him, I won't let him off easily!"
His poor private savings!
A smile immediately appeared on Hengniang's face. She raised her hand and patted Liu Rumei's shoulder. "Good! You even have a portrait. Remember to make him compensate me for my losses when you catch him! With all these things happening, my guesthouse is about to go out of business!"
Thinking of this, Hengniang sighed. "Forget it. I'll close the guesthouse for a few days and reopen it after some time!"
Hearing this, Annan's eyes lit up instantly. "That's great!"
Seeing these two so willful, Liu Rumei couldn't help but feel envious for a moment. "Annan, how was that guy's martial arts?"
Annan curled his lips. "So-so."
Zhang Yan couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly. "Miss Liu, this guy is not good at fist and foot skills, but his lightness kung fu is really good."
Otherwise, they wouldn't have let him slip away from their hands back then!
Liu Rumei frowned. "Even Lord Xue couldn't defeat him?"
She had seen Xue Zhan's kung fu. Although this guy was afraid of corpses, his martial arts were real!
Hearing this, Xue Zhan couldn't help but grit his teeth. "How is that possible!"
Xiao Heyuan couldn't help but cover her lips and smile. Her eyes were full of playfulness. "Miss Liu, you may not know. Back then, that guy escaped because he got into the morgue."
Hearing this, Liu Rumei instantly understood. There was a look of amusement in her eyes. "He's really sly!"
Xue Zhan couldn't help but lower his head, gritting his teeth. This was definitely the biggest shame in his life!
Sixi looked at him with disdain. He was actually played by that guy! And he still dared to say he was the Prefectural Magistrate... Which Prefectural Magistrate was like him?
Mo Litian also couldn't help but shake his head. "We mustn't let Zhao San escape this time."
Hengniang looked at Annan beside her and sighed. "You're really useless. No wonder this case hasn't been solved for so long since it was handed over to him! And it's even dragged down my Rumei."
Xue Zhan almost jumped up. "It's clearly because the thief is too sly!"
Hengniang glanced at him disdainfully, making him instantly shrink back. His self - confidence was severely hit.
Liu Rumei shook her head helplessly. She took the corpse back to the yamen. Looking at the six corpses placed in front of her, she frowned tightly. "Now we can confirm that the death of Shaoyao wasn't caused by Zhao San. Mudan died because of the Five - Stone Powder, and the other four were all brutally killed by Zhao San."
Zhang Yan was also standing beside the six corpses, frowning. "We must catch Zhao San as soon as possible, or else more people may be killed!"
Liu Rumei also nodded. Just then, she suddenly noticed Mudan's exposed hand out of the corner of her eye. She quickly stepped forward and carefully held it in front of her eyes to examine it.
Xiao Heyuan looked at her action, full of confusion in his eyes. "What's wrong?"
Liu Rumei remained silent. She picked up Mudan's other hand and examined it carefully. Suddenly, as if she understood something, she couldn't help but smile. "So that's it!"