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Chapter 343 Charming Guan Chu Beauty

In the darkness, Li Yibai, who was next to 007, turned his head and glanced at Chu Changge.

007 was fine. She looked at the stairs beneath her feet and said, "I don't know which floor I'm on. On that floor, I found two doors, one at each end, which are connected to the two staircases, but they are both locked. I can't get out at all. I want to call for help, but I'm afraid that making too much noise will attract ghosts, so I'm lying on one of the doors listening to the sounds outside, hoping to call for help when someone passes by."

But it turns out that no one heard 007's cries for help; from the moment she disappeared until she reappeared, she was always alone.

Gu Mian stroked her chin.

If what 007 said is true, then she must be trapped on one of the floors of this building.

He had already searched the entire building across the street and found no locked floors.

In the darkness, Chu Changge continued to ask 007, "So you didn't wait for anyone to pass by the door?"

Upon hearing this, Li Yibai seemed somewhat displeased, because he had a good relationship with Lin Qi and seemed to dislike others questioning Lin Qi.

007 stopped abruptly, her brows furrowing, which drew the attention of the others who were coming downstairs.

“No,” she seemed hesitant, “someone passed by the door, and I waited a long time before I finally heard a sound; at first I heard a very hurried sound of people going upstairs, two people’s footsteps, and because it sounded like they were running away, I was afraid that a ghost would chase us, so I didn’t make a sound…”

Pan Yue opened her eyes wide: "Then what you heard must have been me and Coco."

At that moment, the two women saw the dying Li Wentao and were frantically fleeing.

Coco stared intently at 007: "And then? Did you hear anything else?"

Gu Mian, who was at the front, started going downstairs again, and the others who had stopped on the stairs followed her down.

“It’s strange,” 007 said as he walked, “After you ran upstairs, a while later I did hear another sound… It was a very soft sound of someone going upstairs, heading in your direction. If it hadn’t been so quiet, I would have almost never heard it.”

There's one more thing she didn't mention: because 007 put almost all of his attribute points into mental strength, his eyesight and hearing have been greatly improved.

She wasn't sure if she could still hear the barely audible sound of someone going upstairs if her mental strength wasn't high.

“Oh right,” Pan Yue said nervously, “that should be Li Wentao who’s following behind us!”

At this moment, 007's expression was somewhat strange.

"What's wrong?" Li Yibai asked quickly. "Are you alright?"

007 was a little uncomfortable with Li Yibai's concern, but she couldn't refuse.

"Something was strange. After those very soft footsteps went upstairs, I heard a voice from upstairs, like someone shouted 'Run!'"

“Yes,” Pan Yue nodded, “I was the one who shouted it.”

Although they told 007 about Li Wentao, they didn't go into much detail, and 007 probably didn't know that someone had shouted "Run!"

"But a while after someone shouted that, I heard that very light footsteps come back again, and it went downstairs again!" 007's voice rose a little.

Coco's eyes widened: "What?"

After chasing them, Li Wentao went downstairs again? How could that be? They saw Li Wentao reappear on the opposite building in the blink of an eye, with Gu Mian. How could he have time to go downstairs?

Chu Changge suddenly looked at 007: "Are you sure you heard the sound of people going downstairs again after that?"

007 looked up at Chu Changge with absolute certainty: "I'm sure."

Chu Changge fell silent.

A few seconds later, he continued, "Go on." 007 shook his head: "No, after the sound of people coming downstairs, I didn't hear any other sounds. I was waiting behind the door until I suddenly met up with you guys."

In other words, during this period, no one can prove that 007 did not commit the crime; she had enough time to kill.

Although the victim has not yet appeared tonight, the victim's body may already be lying in some corner.

Pan Yue and Coco looked at each other, seemingly unsure whether to believe her. Li Yibai, on the other hand, seemed completely unconcerned; he only cared whether 007 had been frightened.

“Okay,” Gu Mian, who was walking at the front, suddenly spoke up, “Then when we go downstairs, we’ll check if any floors are locked. This will also prove what Lin Qi said to some extent.”

At this moment, Chu Changge glanced at his watch: "2:49, eleven minutes left, hurry up."

As Gu Mian walked downstairs, she said, "I'll handle this. After Lin Qi, I was the next one to disappear. Since there's not enough time, I'll keep it brief. Because I didn't encounter anything strange, my experience can be summarized in a few words."

"After I disappeared, I was actually transferred to the building across the street. I went downstairs from that building and successfully reached the ground. I found two corresponding gray buildings there. Because of the electric fence between them, I couldn't cross over, so I had to go back to the building across the street to observe the situation."

"By the way, I briefly looked at the building across the street. There was nothing special about it, except that I figured out the structure. The structure here should be the same as over there. It has ten floors in total and is an east-west oriented building with a staircase at each end. Then I saw Pan Yue and the others here."

Gu Mian omitted the fact that she saw Chu Changge standing by the window.

Chu Changge showed no reaction, and Gu Mian didn't know if he had seen her at that time.

Although no one could prove that Gu Mian was innocent, Pan Yue and the others weren't very interested in Gu Mian; they were now focused on the terrifying Li Wentao.

No one raised any questions, and Chu Changge took over the conversation directly: "I disappeared after Gu Mian. After I disappeared, I was moved to the top floor. Since going downstairs might cause me to disappear again, I just stayed here..."

Gu Mian raised her eyebrows slightly.

When she saw Chu Changge, he had already separated from Keke. At that time, Chu Changge was on the fifth or sixth floor, not obediently staying on the roof as he had said.

But Gu Mian didn't say anything and continued to listen to Chu Changge say: "When Keke and the others came up, I was looking for clues on the other side of the roof. I only came to find you after I heard the sound."

This period was also a blank period, and no one could verify it. Gu Mian was even able to jump out and say that Chu Changge was lying.

Coco whispered, "Oh, no wonder you took so long to show up after we'd been on the roof for so long."

Upon hearing this, Pan Yue glanced at Chu Changge with a puzzled look, but said nothing.

Then came Coco's self-description: "I don't need to say much, right? I was with you guys from the beginning, and then I ran into Pan Yue. I didn't have any chance to act alone at all."

Pan Yue nodded and continued, "After I was transferred here, I didn't dare to wander around because I couldn't see my surroundings clearly. I stayed in one place for a while before I heard Coco and the others' voices. So I followed the sound and stayed with Coco ever since."

Before meeting Coco and Chu Changge, Pan Yue also had a blank period in her life.

Finally, Li Yibai described the scene: "After I inexplicably arrived at this place, it was because it was too dark around me, so I moved very slowly. It took me a long time to see the stairs... Just as I was hesitating about whether to go downstairs, I saw Pan Yue and Keke running upstairs as if their lives depended on it, and then I went with them."

Li Yibai also has time to be alone.

The crucial point is that, during tonight's operation, everyone except Coco had time to act alone.

The order of those present from most to least blank time is:
007, Gu Mian, Chu Changge, Li Yibai, Pan Yue; Coco had no chance to act alone.

But at this point, almost everyone turned their suspicions toward Li Wentao, the man who was clearly on the verge of death yet was still able to jump around.

Just as the six people present were each harboring their own secrets, Gu Mian suddenly stopped in her tracks.

It seems we've reached the floor where 007 was trapped.

(End of this chapter)