Ke Xue: Xiaolan delivers goods to your door at the beginning

"This time it was the woman in red, the owner of the rented villa, who later simply painted the front door red."

Sonoko suddenly realized, "No wonder the main gate was red when we came in."

Da Zhuang rationally analyzed: "However, I think those strange things that happened, and the woman in red you just saw in the forest, are probably all pranks by someone."

"So, we hope you can find the culprit, which is why we're asking the quick-thinking Sera to come and check the situation."

"I see, I understand now." Sera crossed her arms.

"If we can solve the mystery surrounding the strange events related to that woman in red, then everything should be fine, right?"

"No, the woman in red will be handed over to the police for investigation."

“Okay.” Sera stood up from her seat, pushed open the door and left: “Then, I’ll go to the forest to look for it right away.”

"I'll go too." Lin Xiaofeng exchanged a brief glance with Yuanzi before heading off alone.

"Mary, you can't run around like that. Stay here and behave yourself." Sonoko noticed something was wrong and grabbed Mary's arm.

“I just need to use the restroom,” Mary replied.

“Then I’ll go with you, Mary. We don’t know if that woman in red is still around. I’m worried about you going alone.” Xiao Lan stroked her hair.

"Alright, Ling." Da Zhuang stretched and said, "Well, I'm going to vent my anger now. Let's go to the store a kilometer away to buy some things. I don't think we'll have enough drinks or anything."

Xiao Feng got up, picked up a broom from the side, and started cleaning up the broken glass on the ground: "Yes, please, I'll take care of these dishes."

"Do you need us to come out with you and help carry your things?" Xiaolan asked kindly.

"No need, no need," Dazhuang said embarrassedly. "Going out to buy things and moving things is my job, so I don't need your help."

Xiao Feng was about to leave with his cutlery when he noticed the trembling fat man beside him out of the corner of his eye: "Strange? Fatty, what's wrong with you? Why do you look so pale?"

"No... I'm fine." The fat man's voice trembled. "Really, nothing..."

"Well... well, I should probably clean the bathroom and the toilet too."

Seeing everyone busy with their tasks, Ms. Xiao Xiang decided not to sit idly by: "In that case, I'll go clean the room. Can you help me?"

"Sure, we've got nothing better to do anyway."

Sonoko chimed in, "Besides, if you all do the work, it would be awkward for us to just stand here and watch."

Sonoko, Ran, and Mary each picked up a mop and started mopping the floor.

Xiaolan skillfully wiped the floor, looking like she'd done it quite often at home: "Speaking of which, after looking closely at the floor, I noticed this side is covered in dust."

"If I had known, I should have cleaned up a bit before lunch."

Sonoko put on a mask, her face showing dissatisfaction, and complained, "Even if it hasn't been cleaned yet, it's still way too dirty!"

"It's so dirty, I've never seen such a dirty floor," Sonoko muttered to herself.

Xiao Lan kindly offered her compensation: "There's nothing we can do about it. I just heard that something like that happened nearby, so naturally fewer people will come to rent."

Suddenly, Sonoko signaled to stop. A strange noise came from above the ceiling, and she pricked up her ears to listen carefully and analyze it.

Sonoko rested her chin on her hand: "The vacuum cleaner is so loud! Is it one of those super powerful models?"

"It's the one that often appears on shopping channels."

"That's right! That's right!"

"Hey! You three, what would you like for dinner? I'd like to start preparing now," came Xiaofeng's enthusiastic voice from the kitchen.

"As long as it tastes good, that's fine, after all, your cooking skills are so good."

"Shall we help you prepare?" Xiaolan suggested.

"No need, no need, I can manage on my own, there's no need to trouble you."

At this moment, Xiao Xiang pushed open the door and met their gaze: "Hey? Have you already cleaned the living room?"

"Yes!"

Xiao Xiang rolled up her sleeves: "Then, would you like to help clean the other rooms too?"

"Okay! Of course!" Xiaolan agreed to her request without hesitation.

Leading them to the bathroom and opening the door, Xiao Xiang looked at the half-open gap and said, "So Fatty has already prepared the hot water. He's quite clever."

"Where's Mr. Fatty? Isn't he here?" Sonoko looked around.

"So is he cleaning the toilet?" Sonoko put her hand into the hot water, feeling the temperature of 623.

How warm should the bath water be?

"Just right."

"But I'm curious, why is the whole tank of water green?" Xiaolan asked, puzzled.

"These are green bath salts, right? They promote sweating and are also good for the skin," Sonoko replied.

"No wonder, beautiful lady, I was wondering why your skin is so good. You must go to bars often, right?" Xiao Xiang looked at her skin with envy.

Just as she was about to reach out and touch it, Sonoko stopped her, changing the subject: "So, Mr. Fatty really likes this bath salt?"

"That's right, Mr. Fatty really likes this lately."

Ms. Xiaoxiang smiled for the first time: "In that case, should we hurry up and clean up so we can be the first to take a bath? Anyway, the bathtub here is quite big."

"That's a great idea! Let's go with that!"

As evening approached, the sky outside turned a dusky yellow, and the temperature dropped sharply.

"We're back!" Dazhuang pushed open the door and returned to the house with several bags full of things.

"Huh? You guys came back together?"

"Yes, because I happened to run into them on my way back, so I asked them to help me carry some things."

Sera gripped the handle, closed the door, and said coldly, "We've already searched the entire forest, but we haven't found any clues yet."

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"Is that so? I think we should just let it go and not bring it up today."

"Because, I specially prepared a dish that I'm very confident in for dinner." Xiaofeng took the bag from Dazhuang's hand.

"Really?! My mouth is watering just thinking about it."

"Excuse me, where are Sonoko and the others?" Lin Xiaofeng asked.

"They said they've finished cleaning and are going to take a bath, so they should be taking a bath with Xiaoxiang and Xiaolan right now."

"Take a bath?..." Lin Xiaofeng squinted his eyes.

Suddenly, Xiao Xiang's scream startled everyone.

"No!! No way!! What is this?!"

"Ugh!!! How disgusting!!! Is this someone's prank!?"

Lin Xiaofeng and Shiliang hurriedly pushed open the door and entered the bathroom. Looking inside, they saw that the bathtub was filled with tomatoes.

Three women, their shoulders bare and their chests covered with blouses, all except Sonoko looked terrified.

"What happened? Are you alright?"

Lin Xiaofeng gestured for them to step back, biting his finger as he pondered: "There are so many tomatoes in the bathtub, is this a prank or intentional?"

Mary turned around: "So where's the fat big brother?!"

Ms. Fengzi belatedly realized and stepped back, saying, "Now that you mention it, it seems like I haven't seen him since we finished eating."

"Has Fatty come over yet?" Fengzi asked Dazhuang behind him.

"No, I didn't see him. I don't know where he went. He was cleaning the bathroom and toilet before, right?" Da Zhuang looked around in the corridor.

"Something's not right!" Lin Xiaofeng snapped out of his daze and, together with Shi Liang, rolled up their sleeves and reached their hands into the bathtub. Gradually, he felt something hairy floating at the bottom.

He pulled it up and saw that it was the fat man's hair.

Suddenly, a deafening scream came from the bathroom.

"Call the police, Xiaolan," Lin Xiaofeng said skillfully.

"Yes." Xiaolan also skillfully took out her phone.

Shortly after, Nagano Prefectural Police arrived at the scene and immediately cordoned it off.

The fat man's body was put into a bag, sealed, and taken away by an ambulance. Apart from Ms. Fengzi crying her heart out, everyone else had a somber expression, which was quite intriguing.

The person in charge of this incident is Yamato Kansuke.

"Thank you so much for your hard work."

"How's the investigation going?" Yamato asked.

The assistant stated, "The victim was a 28-year-old fat man. It is said that Mr. Fat Man had come to this villa for a vacation with some friends."

"He arrived at the rented villa after noon, parted ways with his friends after lunch, and was murdered while cleaning the villa."

"Later, his friend was about to take a bath when he discovered the deceased, who was already submerged in the bathtub and had no breath."

"It's you guys." Yamato exclaimed with emotion after seeing the person in question.

The group arrived at the crime scene and began their investigation.

Yamato calmly analyzed: "The method of the attack was most likely to be striking the victim on the back of the head with a blunt object or something similar."

"After knocking the victim unconscious, you threw him into the bathtub to drown, right?"

Dazhuang pounded on the wall in a fit of emotion: "Why was that kid killed for no reason?"

Ms. Xiao Xiang's eyes also revealed sadness.

They weren't sad; they were more afraid that the arrows of doubt were pointing at them.

Yamato straightened his clothes and asked the three suspects, "Was the deceased cleaning at the time?"

Xiaofeng wiped away his tears, composed himself, and replied, "That's right! We clean this bathroom and the toilet because every year when everyone comes here..."

"Their responsibilities are fixed. Ms. Xiao Xiang is responsible for cleaning the rooms and the corridors, while Da Zhuang is mainly responsible for purchasing and similar tasks."

Xiaofeng choked up and said, "...Because the nearest shop is about a kilometer away from here, and my job is mainly to help everyone prepare three meals a day."

Xiao Xiang said blankly, "If we finish our own work first, we'll help others too."

Dazhuang pounded on the wall in frustration, tears welling in his eyes: "If I hadn't gone out to buy things! If I had stayed here to help Fatty clean... this wouldn't have happened."

Yamato wasn't impressed, as she had seen this scene far too many times before.

"So, when was the last time you saw the victim?"

"After lunch, the fat man went to clean the bathroom and toilet. I haven't seen him since he left the living room."

"Should we go check the bathroom?"

"Yes, because I saw steam coming out of the bathroom, so I thought maybe the fat guy was running hot water for us, so I went to the bathroom with the two ladies to take a look."

"Did you look into the bathtub at the time?" Yamato turned to look at Sonoko and Ran.

“That’s right,” Sonoko said coldly. “The lid was opened to test the water temperature, but at that time, there were no tomatoes in the bathtub at all; they were just floating on top.”

"After that, Xiaolan, Ms. Xiang, and I spent some time cleaning the room, and then we wanted the three of us to take a relaxing bath together."

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"Xiao Xiang discovered that the bathtub was full of tomatoes floating on top, for some reason."

Shi Liang added, "At that time, Teacher Yu and I heard someone scream, so we rushed over and saw Mr. Fatty at the bottom of the bathtub. After pulling him up, we found that he was already dead."

"So, you couldn't see Mr. Fatty inside before you pulled him up."

"Yes, because the water was covered with tomatoes, and the hot water was green because of the bath salts. There were also people pressing dumbbells on the dead body."

"I think the purpose was to prevent the bodies from floating to the surface."

“If that’s the case,” Yamato said, resting his chin on his hand, “the murderer made the victim sink to the bottom of the bathtub, then covered the surface of the water with tomatoes so that no one else could find the body.”

Mary said in a cute voice, "I have something to say."

"Huh?! What are you trying to say, Mary?" Xiaolan asked, puzzled.

Sera instantly understood what her mother meant: "I think Mary wants to ask you about the order in which you entered the bathroom, right? Because if the first person to come in was carrying a bag of tomatoes..."