Chapter 949: Chapter 93: Finding the Real Culprit

Chapter 93

These people must have eye problems.

She didn’t break a sweat.

Yan Yuan couldn’t listen any longer and came out of the bathroom.

The two girls saw her and quickly bowed their heads and ran off.

This Su Meili is such a drama queen; there’s always trouble wherever she is.

Yan Yuan originally intended to leave it at that, as long as she didn’t do it, she stayed upright and honest, what was there to fear?

But now, everyone knows she and Su Meili have a grudge, this can’t continue.

If someone intentionally frames her, she would be wrongly accused without investigating.

Yan Yuan finds Chu Chen, she decides to get to the bottom of this.

Chu Chen naturally doesn’t say much, he decides to help her.

The two head to Su Meili’s room together.

The hotel has surveillance cameras, but conveniently at exactly seven in the morning, cameras suddenly broke down, repaired only after the staff arrived.

Yan Yuan thinks, it must’ve happened during that time.

As for what Su Meili did at that time, who came to her room, it would be crystal clear.

Yan Yuan knocks on Su Meili’s door.

Someone opened the door immediately.

Su Meili sees Yan Yuan and instantly puts on a cold face, “What are you doing here? You’re not welcome.”

She considered calling the police, but in a place like Jiangcheng, even the people she brought couldn’t find a trace of evidence, so even if police came, it would be useless.

Anyway, she was convinced it was Yan Yuan, but lacked evidence.

“I’m here to help you find out who ruined your clothes, clear my name. Don’t be ungrateful!”

“Ungrateful? Yan Yuan, touch your heart, are you guiltless?”

Yan Yuan feels she can’t talk to such an unreasonable, vexing woman.

Filled with anger, she said, “Let me tell you, I’m not only guiltless. I can help you find the real culprit, if you aren’t willing, forget it. Think of it as my misplaced concern.”

Yan Yuan says this and pulls Chu Chen, ready to leave.

Su Meili gnashes her teeth, glaring at Yan Yuan’s back with anger burning inside.

But she’s not foolish, she can’t exclude the possibility someone took advantage of her feud with Yan Yuan to set her up and frame Yan Yuan.

From what she understands, Yan Yuan’s personality has always been straightforward.

Yell at those she dislikes, if she doesn’t see eye to eye, she beats them up.

Back then, when she flaunted her clothes, Yan Yuan seemed kindly to remind her not to show off too much.

If someone gets jealous and tears them, it’d be wasted.

As it turns out, it indeed happened, she got envied, all the clothes were torn to shreds.

“Wait!” Seeing Yan Yuan and Chu Chen walking farther away, Su Meili couldn’t help but call them back.

Yan Yuan, with a cold face, originally wanted to give up, but mysteriously stopped.

She looked back at Su Meili, asking coldly as if she didn’t know, “What do you want?”

“Come back, I really want to see how you clear your name.” Su Meili angrily opened the door, implying she was letting Yan Yuan in.

Yan Yuan also maintained a cold demeanor, only Chu Chen silently followed her.

The two returned to Su Meili’s room together.

Su Meili’s room was a VIP room she paid for herself, not very large. But the bedding and furniture were all brand new, spotlessly clean.

In the corner of the room, Yan Yuan saw two large boxes open, piled with clothes all cut with scissors.

Back then, Su Meili wore these beautiful clothes to show off to everyone.

Now, the luxurious garments had become a heap of rags.

Chu Chen looked on, feeling regretful.

These clothes were designed by fashion designers, made stitch by stitch.

At the time, upon seeing these clothes, he couldn’t deny they were made expensively, considered rare boutiques.

Now ruined in an instant, truly unfortunate.

Yan Yuan glanced around, here is the top floor, the air feels good.

She walked to the window, saying to Su Meili, “Did you close the window when you left in the morning?”

“No!” Su Meili glanced at Yan Yuan, “This is the high-rise, good air. Why should I close the window? No one can climb up from below.”

Yan Yuan leaned by the window, looking at the small balcony outside, furrowing her brows.

The distance from her balcony to the neighbor’s balcony was just about one and a half meters.

With her skills, she could completely jump over from that room, ruin her clothes then return.

Like a ghost, nobody would know.

Thinking this, Chu Chen also probably noticed there was something wrong with the balconies between floors.

The two exchanged glances and asked Su Meili, “Who lives next door to you?”

“The director!” Su Meili replied.

Yan Yuan hesitated again after hearing this.

The director doesn’t seem like the type who would be jealous of Su Meili’s dress; he has no motive to commit the crime?

Then who could it be?

However, this must be asked the director; between seven and nine in the morning, who exactly was in her room?

Yan Yuan took Su Meili and Chu Chen to the director’s room.

Since it was nine in the evening, everyone was preparing for sleep.

The director, wearing a robe, looked displeased when he saw Yan Yuan and Su Meili, “Why are you two here instead of sleeping? Chu Chen, you’re stirring things up with them!”

Chu Chen felt wronged immediately, “That’s not it; we have some questions for you.”

“Questions?” The director seemed impatient. “What questions?”

Yan Yuan organized her thoughts and said, “It’s like this, we’d like to know, who was in your room between seven and nine in the morning.”

Upon hearing this, a fierce expression flashed in the director’s eyes, “No, no one absolutely came to my room.”

Yan Yuan stared at the director’s response; he hesitated for a moment before answering her question.

And his words were filled with urgency and concealment…

Yan Yuan was sure that he was lying.

“Director, Su Meili’s dress was torn. Considering the distance between the two balconies, it’s quite possible someone entered her room from yours, did the deed, and then left through your room,” Yan Yuan stated loudly.

As soon as she spoke, the director became enraged, “Are you seriously suspecting me?”

“I have no idea what’s going on! Why would I rip her dress? I was busy in the morning, and it wasn’t until eight that I left the room. I don’t know anything. If you want to ask, ask the hotel front desk. They might have secretly opened my door and done something shady.”

With that, the director slammed the door shut.

Yan Yuan shrugged helplessly at the closed door.

Even Chu Chen and Su Meili, who were not the brightest, felt the director was hiding something.

With the door shut in their faces, the three had to return to Su Meili’s room.

Yan Yuan walked over to the pile of torn clothes and started going through them.

Hoping to find some evidence on the clothes.

Chu Chen went to the balcony, where he repeatedly shone a flashlight to inspect.

Soon, Chu Chen called out to Yan Yuan, “Yueyue, come look. There are footprints here.”

Yan Yuan and Su Meili quickly ran over and indeed, below the balcony railing, there was a protruding area with footprints.

After the three observed carefully, they concluded it was a male due to the hard imprint, as the shoe sole was broad, leaving a deep mark, indicating the person was heavier than average.

Yan Yuan also unexpectedly found a tile from the balcony chipped with traces of blood on it.

Yan Yuan stood there, a picture immediately flashed in her mind.

The mystery man was a burly, tall, powerful male.

Su Meili lived on the twelfth floor; leaping over from the balcony next door required strong willpower or someone seasoned in such acts.

Evidently, among the people present this time.

The latter could be ruled out; everyone here was for filming, and few were actual martial artists.

However, they did bring a martial arts coach.

But the instructor was a man in his fifties, well-versed in martial techniques, lean and agile.

Judging from the print, it wasn’t him.

The mystery figure jumped from the neighboring balcony, grabbed the railing with both hands, and stepped on the edge; as he flipped from the balcony, his clothes snagged on a wire, pulling him back, and he didn’t completely make it across.

Just as he was about to fall, he grabbed the window ledge, ending up in a semi-suspended state.

Luckily, he swiftly supported himself on the adjacent window ledge to avoid falling.

But the tile scratched his wrist.

Yan Yuan immediately went back to inspect the torn clothes of Su Meili, finding spots of bloodstains on them.

Because the perpetrator feared discovery, they tore apart what’s bloody and took part of it away.

Some were hastily stuffed under the suitcase.

Yan Yuan shared her deductions.

Chu Chen and Su Meili exchanged a glance.

“Is it really like this?” Su Meili was incredulous.

Yan Yuan’s story made sense, as all the evidence supported her claims.

Chu Chen pondered for a moment, “Now we should take swabs of this person’s blood for testing and trace the DNA.”

“Yes, that way, the real culprit will be revealed.” Su Meili clapped her hands, feeling the approach was doable. Moreover, they could certainly find the real perpetrator.

Yan Yuan, however, rolled her eyes at them, “That’s too much trouble. When the DNA test results come, can we really test everyone’s DNA here? Besides, it’ll be time-consuming and laborious. The shooting is about to begin; who has time for all this?”

“Then what do you suggest?” Su Meili asked eagerly.

Yan Yuan thought for a moment, “Look for someone with a hand injury and a tall male stature.”