On a rainy night, the school beauty knocked on my door and asked for shelter

Chapter 207 Su Yuqing on a Stormy Night! (Part 5)

The cold rain pelted Su Yaxi's hand, sliding down the blade, mirroring her turbulent emotions and uncontrollable trembling.

Su Yuqing's icy fingers covered the hand holding the knife, forcibly pressing the sharp blade against her fragile carotid artery.

The touch was icy cold, carrying a chilling sense of resolute determination.

"If you've figured it out, then do it."

Su Yuqing's voice was colder than the night rain, as if she wasn't talking about her own life or death, but about a trivial matter that had nothing to do with her.

Those eyes, which once held a myriad of emotions but were now lifeless, pierced through the rain and landed in the void behind Su Yaxi, as if awaiting a final verdict, or as if they had already given up on everything.

"You...you mustn't force me!" Su Yaxi's voice was torn apart by fear and anger, sharp yet powerless.

The calmer and more proactive Su Yuqing was, the more suffocating the invisible pressure and confrontation became for her.

This was not the situation she had envisioned! She only wanted to force Su Yuqing to sign a document severing ties and completely remove this eyesore of a "sister" from her family life, but that removal was not a physical one!
"I'm just leaving the choice to you. If you don't want to make a choice, then go home. It's raining so hard." Su Yuqing's tone was terrifyingly calm. Her almost "caring" words sounded like extreme mockery to Su Yaxi, whipping her self-esteem like a lash.

What she wanted to see was Su Yuqing's disheveled state, pleading, and submission! Not this condescending calm!
Just as Su Yaxi was on the verge of losing control due to the immense psychological pressure and humiliation, and the knife in her hand was about to slip from her grasp due to extreme tension—

A figure suddenly rushed out from the shadow of a dimly lit awning nearby!
It was Lin Ranhai! He had been hiding in the shadows, observing the confrontation between the two sisters.

However, they had now entered an even darker environment, making it difficult to see clearly.

But the cold knife was particularly conspicuous in the rain. Because it was so dark around him, even though his eyes had adapted to the darkness, he could only vaguely see someone pressing a knife against the other person's throat!
In Lin Ranhai's eyes, the scene was fraught with deadly threat—who held that knife?! He couldn't see the details, but he was terrified that it was Su Yuqing, this "dangerous person," who was taking extreme actions against Su Yaxi! Yaxi was his sister's daughter, the apple of her eye! If Yaxi were to hurt herself here or be harmed by Su Yuqing, leading to something irreversible… he, Lin Ranhai, would gladly die a thousand deaths!
There was no time to think it through; extreme fear for Su Yaxi's safety overwhelmed all reason.

At the moment when Su Yaxi was most tense and her hands were trembling the most, Lin Ranhai rushed out from his hiding place like a frightened wild dog!

His goal was clear: rush over and wrest the deadly knife from the assailant! Pull Ya Xi away from the "dangerous" Su Yu Qing!

But he never expected that his sudden appearance and almost frantic charging would be the last straw that broke the camel's back!

"Ah—!" Su Yaxi was already on the verge of a mental breakdown. Startled by the sudden appearance of the dark figure, she instinctively tried with all her might to break free from Su Yuqing's grip on her hand!
Su Yuqing's lifeless eyes flickered slightly from the moment Lin Ranhai rushed out, as if a hint of unexpected bewilderment flashed across them.

She originally didn't want to pay attention to anything in this world, but her body's instincts were still triggered by the fierce attack of the shadowy figure of Lin Ranhai, whose identity was unknown. Just as Su Yaxi violently broke free from her grasp, the slippery road caused Su Yuqing to almost instinctively fall towards Su Yaxi in order to steady herself.

A fatal chain reaction occurred:

In extreme terror, Su Yaxi struggled to break free, losing her balance. Instinctively, she reached her hands forward to grab something for support, but one of her hands was holding a knife!
Losing her balance, she lunged towards Su Yuqing in front of her! Su Yaxi instinctively clenched her hands together, and Lin Ranhai lunged to grab the hand holding the knife. With the combined force of these three actions, the sharp fruit knife drew an extremely short arc in the dim light!

"Pfft-"

A dull tearing sound, almost drowned out by the torrential rain.

Time seemed to freeze for a moment.

Lin Ranhai finally firmly grasped Su Yaxi's wrist, which was holding the knife hilt. He breathed a sigh of relief, thinking he had succeeded.

Su Yaxi's eyes widened, her body stiffened, and all that remained was her heavy breathing caused by fear.

Su Yuqing, who was sandwiched between the two, trembled slightly.

She felt a cold, extremely brief, sharp pain, so brief that she didn't even have time to pinpoint its location.

She lowered her head, seemingly somewhat confused.

But then, that icy feeling was instantly replaced by a surge of unfamiliar heat that spread rapidly down her neck.

She could feel the warm liquid rapidly soaking through her damp, cold clothes, the heat quickly dissipating, creating a stark contrast with the icy rain.

The bewilderment in her eyes had not yet faded, mixed with a deeper and more complete sense of relief.

She didn't even utter a cry or a groan; her strength simply receded like the tide, and she fell softly backward, crashing heavily onto the cold, waterlogged ground.

The splashing water mixed with a darker liquid that spread rapidly.

The raindrops relentlessly pelted her pale face. Her eyes, gazing into the endless dark rainy night, seemed to shift their focus slightly, passing over Lin Ranhai's face, contorted with shock, and over Su Yaxi, who was pale with fright and trembling like a leaf...

Then, it completely lost all its luster.

Lin Ranhai was still gripping Su Yaxi's wrist tightly. He could even feel the coldness of the knife hilt and Su Yaxi's trembling as if she were crushing the hilt with all her might.

He looked down blankly at the knife he had just "successfully seized"—a blinding crimson stream was flowing down its blade, being quickly washed away by the rain, yet it seemed to be constantly flowing out.

He had just struggled and parried, using all his strength to separate the two... How could this knife, during its swing, seem to have grazed... something?
He suddenly looked at Su Yuqing lying on the ground and saw the blood spreading rapidly beneath her. His mind went blank for a moment, leaving only a loud buzzing sound.

At that moment, he didn't even know that it was his own rushing over and bumping into Su Yaxi's hand that scratched Su Yuqing.

Before he could even rush over, Su Yuqing had already had her throat slit by Su Yaxi.

A wave of immense fear and bewilderment instantly washed over Lin Ranhai. It also overwhelmed Su Yaxi, who felt the same way at that moment.

[Core Plot Summary]:
Many readers find it hard to accept the recently revealed cause of Su Yuqing's death.

However, I have already provided enough foreshadowing in the previous text.

First, regarding the description of Su Yuqing's death, although her clothes were somewhat disheveled, there were no signs of struggle before she died.

Secondly, Su Yuqing always carries a knife with her.

Okay, now that we combine these two factors, we can see that there are some core, unavoidable parts when making inferences.

There are only three possibilities for Su Yuqing's death: first, she was premeditatedly murdered; second, she died accidentally; and third, she committed suicide.

Let's start with suicide.

Suicide is something that a forensic doctor cannot miss.

Even if it wasn't found during the investigation, the murder weapon should have been nearby and easily found. However, Chen Mo didn't know about the knife, which means that it was obviously taken away by someone.

On a stormy night, in complete darkness, why would anyone deliberately reach for a knife hidden somewhere on a dead person?

That is clearly unreasonable.

Now let's talk about premeditated murder.

If someone is intent on murder, the murderer must have prepared a weapon beforehand, even if the murderer is confident that they can kill someone with their bare hands and don't need to bring a weapon.

How could he know that Su Yuqing was carrying a knife?

How can you use the knife on Su Yuqing's body to kill her?

If the murderer was carrying the murder weapon and killed Su Yuqing, then where did the knife that Su Yuqing originally had go?
How did the murderer know she was carrying a knife? And then take it away? And why would he need to take away a weapon that could have misled the killer?

Some might say that Su Yuqing was defending herself against a knife-wielding assailant, which would explain why her knife disappeared.

That's certainly true, but those who say that have forgotten the first of the two pieces of known core information I mentioned earlier.

That is, Su Yuqing showed no signs of struggle. To take a knife from someone who is defending themselves with a drawn knife without getting hurt is not an easy task, even if the other party is just a girl. Even if she managed to take it without getting hurt, there would inevitably be many signs of struggle left on the other party's body.

Since there were no signs of struggle on Su Yuqing's body, there was no possibility of her taking the knife.

Where did the knife on Su Yuqing's body go?

Therefore, the premeditated murder theory cannot explain why the knife on Su Yuqing's body disappeared.

The third, purely accidental death, or a crime of passion, also cannot explain the above problems.

That is, why did the knife on Su Yuqing's body disappear without any signs of struggle?

After eliminating all other possible factors, only one reason remains.

That is, Su Yuqing herself handed the knife to someone else, and ultimately died at their hands.

To become such a person, one doesn't actually need many goals.

After all, you can't just give a random stranger a knife and expect them to kill someone.

Su Yuqing wasn't the kind of girl who would randomly drag someone down with her before she died.

Since Su Yuqing is willing to give the other party her knife and let the other party kill her.

There must have been some reason that led to this result.

After all of this has been sorted out, if everyone looks back at this part of the story, will the ending still seem abrupt?

If you still find it abrupt, then ask yourself what kind of scenario you can construct to explain the many anomalies in this.

Many things in this world happen unexpectedly, yet within the realm of reason.

The ending was predetermined before the book was even started, so some information will be provided at the beginning to help you make that judgment.

Regardless, for those who only watch murder cases, in order to ensure you don't have to renew your subscription next month and don't have to spend extra money.

The murder case will come to a complete end this month, and what follows will be a pure sweet slice-of-life story.

If you enjoy sweet slice-of-life stories, please continue reading and support me. There are some very sweet foreshadowing elements in the earlier chapters, and I hope I can finish writing it all.

(End of this chapter)