Chapter 193 The Mysterious Disappearance of Books (Part )

Everyone was silent for a moment, and Sun Zhaoan was the first to frown and say, "But, as Miss Chunxia said, Miss Zhong was alone during the half hour she was missing. Apart from Miss Sun and the suspected murderer who applied medicine to Miss Zhong, I'm afraid no one else knows what happened that day..."

"Besides, why did Miss Zhong say that she was the only one abandoned?"

Feng Dali looked confused and said, "That day, she met an acquaintance who was doing well in the New Dynasty. She felt that it was unfair, so she was so sad?"

The biggest problem of the Zhong family was that they stood on the wrong side, but in the late period of the previous dynasty, there were many families that immediately abandoned the old royal family, showed goodwill to the new royal family, and thus prospered in the new dynasty.

The Zhong family used to have a high status, but now, Miss Zhong's life is even worse than those who could only look up to and please her before. Such a psychological gap is indeed not something that anyone can accept.

After listening to Feng Dali's words, Lu Lu turned to Chun Xia and asked, "What do you think? You have been serving Miss Zhong all the time, so you should be the one who knows Miss Zhong best."

Chun Xia bit her lip, shook her head and said, "I...I don't know, but before, when the young lady was in the Jiaofang Bureau, there were some bastards who had a lot of thoughts about the young lady, but the young lady didn't even look at them. They came to the young lady and humiliated the young lady in every way. Although the young lady was so angry that she was shaking all over and scratched her palms with her nails, she didn't cry.

The girl often said that crying is something only weak people do. She can be a weak person, but she doesn’t want to be a weak person in front of those disgusting things. "

Everyone was startled.

This Miss Zhong is stronger than they thought.

Sun Zhaoan said, "But, that was in front of those disgusting men, right? You also said that Miss Zhong had always looked down on those men before, which means that their lives didn't have much intersection. Those men disgusted her in front of Miss Zhong, and Miss Zhong might get angry, but generally she wouldn't have much emotion, right?
But if Miss Zhong met a woman of similar age and family background, and she herself was living in such a miserable state, while the other woman's life was the same as before, and it was very likely that she was getting better and better, the strong resentment brought about by the contrast would be the most depressing, right?"

As he was talking, Sun Zhaoan felt that he had taken his words for granted. He rubbed his cheek in confusion and said, "I was just saying it casually. Don't take it seriously..."

"No, I think Sun Zhaoan has a point."

Su Liuyue glanced at him and said, "Jealousy is an emotion that is difficult to generate when facing an individual who is very different from oneself. It often occurs between two people who are somewhat similar in all aspects. For example, in a family, sisters usually only compare themselves with other sisters, and rarely with brothers or elders.

However, this is just one possibility, and other possibilities cannot be ruled out. "

Lu Lu nodded, "That's true, but this is also a direction for investigation. Miss Chunxia, ​​do you know which other girls who were close to your daughter before are still in Xinjing? And her family has not been affected by the change of dynasties?"

Chun Xia was startled, her eyes suddenly turned redder, "That's too much. After the incident with the Zhong family, I...I felt sorry for the young lady, and I paid attention to that aspect of things, but I never dared to say it in front of the young lady."

"very good."

Lu Lu immediately said, "Please tell me the list one by one."

While Lulu was asking people to write down the names Chunxia had said one by one, Su Liuyue walked away and began to examine the room carefully.

The dormitory is not big. There is a dressing table at the foot of the bed, a long couch at the head of the bed, and a bookcase next to the couch, which is full of books.

This room has a very traditional layout. After entering the front door, there is a small hall. On the left side of the hall is the study, and on the right side is the bedroom.

Generally, rooms with study rooms rarely have a bookcase in the dormitory. Miss Zhong's room not only has one, but it is also filled with books, which shows that she is indeed a book lover. However, when Su Liuyue's eyes swept over the bookcase, her sight suddenly froze.

It turned out to be a three-layer bookcase, not very big, about the width of a relatively strong man, and the first and second layers were filled with books.

The third shelf is also full of books, but on the far right, there is a gap because other books are pushed down to the right, and the gap is in the shape of a triangle. It is normal for a bookcase to have such a gap when it is not full, but compared with the first and second shelves which are packed full without any gaps, the triangular gap on the third shelf is somewhat eye-catching.

Su Liuyue walked over slowly and took a closer look. She found that the books in the cabinet looked very old, or you could tell at a glance that they had been read many times. However, the books that Miss Zhong could put in her dormitory must be the books she cherished very much.

However, the few books on the third-layer bookcase near the gap looked much newer than the other books. Su Liuyue did not rush to take them out. Instead, she first put a finger into the gap, wiped it around, took it out, and looked down at it.

Suddenly, her eyes darkened slightly.

There was not a speck of dust in that gap.

There was such an inconspicuous gap that even the maid would not specially clean it when she cleaned. There was no dust inside at all, which meant that it was very likely that this place was not empty before!
She then pulled out a few books next to her and looked at them. She found that they were all travel books. She looked for a while and saw that the route had almost finished asking questions. She turned to Chunxia and said, "Miss Chunxia, ​​are these the books that Miss Zhong bought when she sneaked out earlier?"

Chun Xia was startled, walked over to take a look, and the expression on her face suddenly looked like she was about to cry, "Yes, that's right, although I can't read, I can still recognize these books. They are the books that the girl can finally choose in person again after such a long time.

In the past, Li Erlang wanted to please the girl, and he knew that she loved books, so he often asked people to buy her baskets of books. But the girl would only flip through them when she was free. Only the dozens of books that the girl always carried with her and the few books that she bought half a month ago were the ones that she treasured the most! "

Su Liuyue then asked: "Do you remember how many books your daughter bought at that time?"

Chun Xia immediately said, "Four copies. I personally took them to pay the bill. There is no way they are wrong!"

There are indeed four books that look relatively new placed in this corner.

Su Liuyue's eyes turned slightly, and she asked again: "Then do you remember that the third shelf of this bookcase was full before?"

"They are all full! I just helped the young lady put the books she was going to read before going to bed back on the bookshelf last night. There is no way I could have made a mistake!"

However, when Su Liuyue put the four travel notes in her hand back on the bookshelf one by one in front of her, recreating the gap just now, she was dumbfounded, "How... Impossible! The book that the young lady was reading yesterday was on the third layer. I remember it clearly. It took me a lot of effort to stuff the book in!"

Su Liuyue had already reached a conclusion in her mind, and said calmly: "There used to be a book here, and your daughter put it together with the four newly bought books, which means that the book is likely to be her new one as well.

And the book...is gone."

After a pause, he added: "Besides, it was probably taken away by the murderer."

Everyone else in the room was stunned. Feng Dali couldn't help but say, "No... Why did the murderer take Miss Zhong's book? Could it be that this murderer is a studious criminal?!"

Su Liuyue ignored Feng Dali and just looked at Chunxia, ​​and continued to ask: "Do you remember what kind of book was placed here before?"