Chapter 564: Chapter 563: Sound Wave Technique Is Well Practiced

Mu Qiu and the others quickly settled down because Shi Yuhuai threatened them with force.

Such a tall figure, shaking his fist right in their faces, they immediately shut their mouths and didn’t speak, instead grinned at Shi Yuhuai obsequiously.

Guan Yu: "Brother Huai, don’t get mad, you absolutely have nothing shady going on with the chef. Would you really hit our beautiful faces... why are you retching?!"

Shi Yuhuai withdrew his hand and pressed it against his chest, looking uncomfortable.

Mu Qiu shook his head, watching them: "It’s over, Brother Huai has even learned how to act now."

Li Yang started laughing again like a silly child.

Cheng Zhirang, the head of the group, watched them making a ruckus and only spoke after they quieted down:

"Although we still don’t know if there’s any romantic entanglement with you guys, there’s definitely an issue with a secret operating room appearing in a fast-food restaurant.

Maybe the owner of this fast-food restaurant also has a passion for surgery, or maybe, as you’ve said, the owner has partnered with some doctor."

"Even if there’s a partnership, it’s unnecessary to build a secret operating room in a fast-food joint," Shen Zhousong frowned and said,

"unless the surgeries being performed there can’t be seen or they want to use the disguise of a fast-food restaurant to obtain some special experimental materials due to its advantageous location."

Regardless of the situation, the chef here, Chu Qiu, and the doctor, Shi Yuhuai, both look suspicious.

...no, that’s not right.

Mu Qiu glanced at Chen Yi, who rarely spoke and was seated to the side: "Chen Yi is also a doctor, so he’s also a suspect."

Only then did the others take notice of him.

"Oh right, Chen Yi, you’re also a suspect; where did you go alone after separating from Brother Huai?"

Chen Yi gave a shy smile, with his babyface appearing somewhat innocent: "I went to another fruit shop, the door there was originally locked, but someone smashed it open, and most of the fruits inside were stolen.

Some that fell to the ground were crushed as well; judging from the messy footprints left, it seems more than one person went in to grab them, and they seemed to be in a hurry, with fruits scattered all the way from the entrance to the outside."

Li Yang focused on the key point again: "Then why didn’t you pick up a couple to take back?"

Chen Yi said innocently: "The fallen ones were already trampled; do you want to eat a spoiled banana? I saw a couple, should have brought them back from the trash bin for you."

"...No need, thank you."

Guan Yu looked at him disdainfully: "Embarrassing, look at how embarrassing you are!"

Li Yang mumbled a couple of things and then laid on the table like dry-cured meat.

Finally, it was Shu Ran and Han Xizheng’s turn to narrate.

Shu Ran had somehow finished touching up her makeup and now raised her head proudly, looking fresh and pretty:

"Han Xizheng and I didn’t have a particular purpose, just wandered around and saw a hotel. Thinking that there might be archive cards hidden in those rooms, we went in to search."

"The lobby on the first floor was empty, furniture and lights along with other decorations were messily strewn on the ground. Many rooms upstairs had their doors open but were unswept, with luggage still there, as if customers had fled in a hurry.

In some corners, like the bathroom, and under the tables in the second-floor restaurant, there were a few people hiding, but they were all dead."

Han Xizheng continued.

Guan Yu’s eyes shifted, and she focused on a different point: "I just want to ask, what was it that made Shu Ran scream so... so horribly high-pitched?"

Shu Ran’s hands on the table clenched as she glared at her with raised brows.

Han Xizheng couldn’t hold back a smile, despite Shu Ran’s warning glare, he went on:

"Behind the reception desk on the first floor, there was a mannequin hiding in the corner. She walked in and saw it just as it happened to open its eyes."

Mu Qiu imagined the scene and figured that if it were her, she would also let out a high-decibel scream.

"The dead opened their eyes?" Guan Yu’s face scrunched up, "Is it a zombie? Which film crew borrowed such a realistic prop, can even open its eyes automatically?!"

Upon hearing this, Han Xizheng’s expression grew more nuanced, unable to suppress the curve of his mouth.

"Though I don’t know how this mannequin managed to open its eyes sensing a person, after Shu Ran unexpectedly locked eyes with it, she screamed so loud... it knocked the mannequin’s head askew."

And it got even scarier, Shu Ran’s scream didn’t lose momentum, it immediately elevated by two more pitches and she took off running.

She moved with impressive speed, sprinting crazily in her stilettos for two blocks, he couldn’t catch up.

Li Yang was quite curious: "Sister Shu Ran, your scream can now shake a mannequin’s head askew?"

"Pfft—hahahahahahaha!"

"Hahahahahahaha shaking a mannequin’s head askew, is that even possible?!"

"Sister Shu Ran, you’re really mastering the Sound Wave Technique!"

"Li Yang, lately you’ve been getting more and more savage, asking on purpose! Did Shu Ran want to shake the mannequin’s head askew? Of course not!"

"Say it one more time and Sister Shu Ran might twist your head off."

"Hahahahahahaha that mannequin is so pitiful!"

"No wonder the scream was as loud as a siren, enough to shake a mannequin’s head, I can’t even come close with such power!"

"Even though I didn’t see it, just imagining it is hilarious!"

Shu Ran looked visibly uncomfortable, but a blush could be seen rising on her cheeks.

She exhaled a bit of air through her throat in frustration, sounding somewhat like a guard dog trying to intimidate an opponent, then lay flat on the table, opting not to see the situation.

Now that everyone had finished their narratives, it was time for each to analyze and point fingers at one another.

But this was only the first round, and nothing too significant could be discerned. Each person’s path wasn’t extensive, making it hard to distinguish if they were speaking frankly or concealing something.

So, this round of pointing the finger was purely based on subjective feeling.

The group exchanged glances, all with an expression of deep thought but nobody was willing to be the first to speak.

Mu Qiu stayed calm, watching everyone’s expressions, while rapidly analyzing another point of suspicion internally.

"I still think Brother Huai is the most suspicious," Shu Ran suddenly opened the floor.

With the first person speaking, it was easier for others to follow.

Li Yang also pointed out Shi Yuhuai: "I think so too, Brother Huai, you’re the most suspicious now."

"I think it’s impossible for all the loopholes to happen to one person alone, I cast a vote for Chen Yi." Shen Zhousong had a different opinion.

Always observing the situation, Mu Qiu seized the opportunity and followed by raising her hand to vote.

"I also vote for Brother Chen Yi."

Zhao Yu also voted for Chen Yi.

To everyone’s surprise, Guan Yu and Chu Qiu also voted for Chen Yi, while Cheng Zhirang and Guo Yin voted for Han Xizheng, whereas Han Xizheng voted for Shi Yuhuai.

Shi Yuhuai and Chen Yi mutually voted for each other.

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os: Did you guess who the show arranged as the betrayer?

Since it’s a role-playing murder mystery type, narratives in each round are still very necessary; from the second round on, the slaughter will begin, and people will gradually disappear~