Book 3: Chapter 8: Bees
As someone that hates bugs, this chapter thoroughly disgusted me. I can’t decide if this death was worse, or if melting into a puddle of blood was worse.
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Shao Yue Ting was dead. When Ye Xiao and Su Mu saw her corpse, they were both shocked.
They had always assumed Shao Yue Ting was the murderer who had killed Yang Wen Jie, Zhou Yue, and finally her own older sister. Yet they had not imagined that now, she herself had died in the exact same manner the others had.
The dried-up shrunken body, the withered face, the gaping wide mouth, and the needle-like blood spot on the side of her neck. These traces all indicated that Shao Yue Ting had been murdered by someone else.
But who exactly was that someone else?
Ye Xiao felt a headache as he stared at the body on the floor. “If we go by the conclusion of our previous hypothesis, Shao Yue Ting is a member of that whatever mysterious family. Then that means she is probably not the only member in this house. There must be another one that can also grow fangs and produce a needle from its mouth that killed Shao Yue Ting.”
Su Mu crouched by the ground and put on his gloves before using a finger to probe around the inside of the corpse’s mouth. “The needle in her mouth seems to have been hidden away. I’m afraid the specifics of her condition will remain unknown until the autopsy.”
Ye Xiao sighed and said, “The perpetrator who murdered Shao Yue Ting is likely among the few downstairs. For the time being, we can disregard Ma Hong Liang, whose freedom is restricted. Yan Kai, Zhang Xiao Long, Yuan Meng Yu, Xue Qing, and that twelve-year old girl, Duo Duo—the culprit must be among these five.