The antique sword is very beautiful and well preserved. The blade glows with the unique cold light of cold weapons under the light, which has a unique charm.
Leo looked towards Kang Mucheng and stammered, "This, uh, doesn't seem to be a toy suitable for girls."
Kang Mucheng was also nervous: "Don't cut your hand."
Jian Jing: "Humph!"
At this time, Melanie and Kimberly, who were dressed up, also came over.
Melanie wore a black evening gown and a pearl necklace, dressing up as the famous Coco Chanel, while Kimberly wore a short black hairstyle and a red dress, playing the heroine in "Emily".
Leo: "My dear, you are so beautiful."
Carl: "Kimmy, you're prettier than Audrey Tautou."
The other four men also gave high praise.
Jian Jing rolled her eyes at her boss, went back to her room with a gloomy face to change her clothes, and figured out how to change her bust size - this was why she stayed in her room to do the handicraft class.
Who are you looking down on
She spent the next hour in the room wrestling with the costume.
Then, the accident happened.
She hopes others can fill the void.
Leo, Mary, Hollen, Carl and even George, all five of them seemed to be worried and didn't say anything for a long time. Kang Mucheng glanced at their faces and coughed lightly.
If any of Jinwu's employees were here, they would instinctively sit up straight, because this meant that President Kang was about to speak.
Sure enough, he said carefully: "I will speak first, if there is anything incomplete, you can fill it in."
Leo nodded slightly at him.
Kang Mucheng said, "After you left, Melanie and Kimberly talked to us for a while..."
Kimberly was the one who was talking. On the one hand, she was very proud of her look, but on the other hand, she was very distressed: "In the end, all the stars chosen were modern stars. Oh, my efforts in setting up the venue were wasted."
Imagined Masquerade: Versailles Court Style
Actual character modeling: Hollywood in the last century
Leo said, "As long as everyone is happy, a wedding should be an occasion full of laughter." He held Melanie's hand and said, "This necklace really suits you."
Melanie's fair face flushed slightly. She stroked the necklace and smiled, "This is a token of love you gave me. How can the wedding be without it?"
"Very beautiful." He said tenderly.
Kimberly looked at her sister with envy and jealousy, and whispered to her husband: "She is such a lucky girl. You know, those are real pearls!"
The last sentence was so loud that everyone heard it.
Si Yingjie is quite knowledgeable about jewelry—after all, he has many sisters and female friends (let’s not talk about that)—and he said, “Oh, really, such symmetrical pearls are rare. Can I see them?”
Melanie generously took it off and asked them to admire it, and sprinkled a little dog food: "Leo bought it for me when I attended a charity ball. He proposed to me that day."
Leo smiled awkwardly, as if he was not a married man but a shy little boy.
Because something unpleasant had happened before, everyone was trying to wipe away the gloom, and they all laughed very cooperatively. Hollen also said: "This incident made me look at Leo in a new light - he is usually so shy, it seems that he will blush when talking to girls, right, Kang?"
Kang Mucheng also remembered his college days and couldn't help laughing: "Yes. There were many girls in school who liked him, but he ran away faster than anyone else."
"Oh, no, let's not discuss this." Leo held his forehead and was actually shy.
In the joke, everyone has touched the necklace to some extent, including Mary and George.
Finally, the necklace was put back around Melanie's neck.
(Jane Jing nodded, indicating that she understood: "Then, when did the necklace get to Kimberly?")
(Kang Mucheng said: "I don't know, we were away for a while.")
It is worth mentioning that the main activity place after dinner today is this lounge. It is located on one side of the second floor and has a large fireplace, many comfortable velvet armchairs, and an expensive antique sofa.
In the past, hosts and guests would smoke cigars, read books, chat, and even play the piano and recite here.
George had nothing in common with the others and was the first to leave the lounge. He said he wanted to go back and watch old movies. Anyway, he had bought DVDs, so he didn't have to worry about not having internet.
Then, Mary said that she was a little tired and wanted to go back to rest, politely ending the conversation with Si Yingjie.
(Jian Jing: "Brother Yingjie, you?")
(Si Yingjie: “Just chatting!”)
Melanie's body had not yet recovered and she soon began to look tired. Leo advised her to go back and rest.
But Melanie didn't want to spoil the fun, and instead suggested that she wanted to see Leo's costume. Kimberly strongly agreed, asking the men to try it too, and gave Carl some advice, suggesting that he dress up as Quasimodo, and she would change into a gypsy costume.
The men were a little... embarrassed, since they were past the partying age.
But having said that, it was hard to refuse, so I agreed.
(Jian Jing asked: "Did all five of you go?")
(Everyone nods.)
Leo, Carl, Hollen, Kang Mucheng, and Si Yingjie all went to the room on the second floor to choose their roles.
At this point, only Melanie and Kimberly were in the lounge.
The five men changed their clothes very quickly.
Hollen chose a vampire, and the clothes fit him well, so he went out to smoke a cigar; Carl thought for a long time and chose Einstein, but he said he would keep it a secret from Kimberly.
“She’s going to find a lot of faults,” he said. “Let it be a surprise.”
Considering that he would definitely be questioned if he went back now, he went back to his room first to take care of his daily problems.
Kang Mucheng was helping Leo choose. His clothes were not easy to wear and he needed someone's help.
Si Yingjie decided to play Freddy.
He put on the hood and thought it was a good way to scare people, so he said, "I'm going to scare Jingjing."
(Jian Jing: “…”)
Finally, only Leo and Kang Mucheng were left in the room.
Just then, the lights went out.
Leo was stunned for a moment, and said excitedly: "Wait for me here, I'll go and see!" Then, without waiting for Kang Mucheng to answer, he rushed out on his own.
The five people were completely separated.
Jian Jing: "Then what? How did you get together?"
Kang Mucheng: "I was a little worried, so I followed Leo out and heard someone talking on the stairs. It was Melanie and Kimberly coming out."
Jian Jing: "Was Kimberly still alive at that time?"
Kang Mucheng: "Yes, I heard her talking."
"I was on the stairs from the second floor to the third floor. I heard some noise below and came down as well," Si Yingjie said. "But I was a little late because I took off my mask."
Jian Jing: "Did you hear Kimberly's voice?"
Si Yingjie: "Yeah, I heard her say 'Damn it, who is it again'."
Jian Jing turned her head and stared at Hollen: "Where is Mr. Hollen?"
Hollen said: "When the lights went out, I had just finished my cigarette and was about to go back. I should have arrived at the same time as them."
Jian Jing moved her nose and found that he indeed smelled of cigar: "What did you hear?"
Hollen: "Melanie is calling Leo, Kimberly is swearing, and Kang is telling them to stay where they are. Then, we should be able to meet up."
Kang Mucheng nodded, confirming that what he said was true.
Jian Jing thought for a moment and asked, "So, up to this point, you all have no light?"
Si Yingjie: "The phone is in the room." What do you do with your phone when there's no internet? Play Candy Crush
Kang Mucheng: "I put it in the lounge."
Hollen: “Same.”
Melanie and Kimberly were both wearing skirts, and there was no place to put their phones.
She nodded and asked, "Where are the others?"
Karl: "I'm on the third floor. I came down with my phone. I'll be here at about the same time as you."
George: "Fixing the damn electrical box, of course."
Leo: "I went to the library to get the candlesticks and came back to find Melanie. Mary was already there."
Mary: "Yes, as soon as the power went out, I went to the kitchen to find candles. In blizzard weather, the circuits occasionally have problems. It's not the first time the castle has lost power. I lit the candles and came up, and I saw you all gathered together."
"What was Kimberly's situation like at that time?"
Mary said: "I didn't see her exact situation, but she suddenly fell to the ground and tripped Melanie, and she fell on the stairs."
Jian Jing: "Alas!"
Everyone is a suspect again.
The topographic map of the crime scene is shown below:
... ... ... ... ... ..Guest room area on the third floor..
... ... ... ... ↑... ... ... ... ... ..
.Lounge... .Stairs... Changing room...
... ... ... ... x... ... ... ... ...
.Library... ... ... ... ... ... Smoking room.
... ... ... ..stairs... ... ... ... .
... ... ... ... ↓... ... ... ... ...
... ... First floor area... ... ... ... ...
x is the place where Kimberly died.
Then, there is each person's course of action.
Leo: Come out of the dressing room, go to the library to get the candlestick, go to x
Hollen: Come out of the smoking room, go back to x
Kang Mucheng: Come out of the dressing room and go directly to x
Si Yingjie: Go down the stairs from the second floor to the third floor, and you will reach x
Carl: Go down to the guest room on the third floor, to x
Mary: Come out of your room, go to the kitchen to find a candle, go upstairs to x
George: No
Jian Jing: Come down from the guest room on the third floor, to x
The order of meeting is: Melanie and Kimberly come out of the lounge and go near X, Kang Mucheng, Si Yingjie and Hollen arrive one after another, followed by Mary, Leo, Jian Jing and Carl.
This is obviously a big problem and cannot be fully trusted.
Question 1: Leo rushed out of the room and entered the library. Why didn't he meet Melanie and Kimberly? The lounge and the library are very close. It's suspicious that he didn't go to find his wife first.
Question 2: Hollen said he came out of the smoking room, who can prove it
Suspicion 3: The room that Carl and Kimberly changed to was in front of Jian Jing and others. Jian Jing waited in the room for a while before coming out, but he seemed to arrive a step later than her.
Question 4: Wasn't Mary a bit too fast? She ran from the first floor to the second floor and went to the kitchen to find something, but she was so much earlier than her.
Question 5: Did George really not go upstairs
Counting from the light source, they are Mary, Jane Jing and Karl. In other words, when Mary arrived (or officially appeared), it was completely dark.
Anyone can accurately stab Kimberly by relying on the positioning of the necklace.
Or rather, Melanie.
She needed to figure out what was going on with the necklace.
"I'm going to ask Melanie."
Melanie was given a sedative and was now lying on the bed with a pale face. She saw Jane Jing come in and asked weakly, "Why Kimberly? Why?"
Jian Jing had to ask cruelly: "Why is Kimberly wearing your necklace?"
Melanie was stunned, as if she didn't understand what she said: "She likes it very much, and asked me if she could lend it to me for a while, today, and she will return it to me at the wedding, so I lent it to her... Why did you ask this?"
"Was it when you two were alone? Did Kimberly ask to wear it?" Jian Jing asked.
Melanie shook her head blankly: "No, no, I think she was embarrassed when Leo was around... Maybe you don't know, this is our token of love..."
It makes sense.
Jian Jing nodded and said, "There is fluorescent paint on the necklace."
Melanie frowned, understood, and burst into tears: "Oh - no - Kimmy... Did I kill Kimmy? No, don't..."
Her body did not have convulsions under the effect of the medicine, but tears had already burst out and flowed down her cheeks.
Jian Jing sat down on the edge of the bed, held her hand, and said slowly: "Maybe you can tell me who wants to kill you?"