Published at 6th of November 2026 7:39 am

Chapter 4189: Methods of Escape

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Leisurely, Lin Yi walked around to the back and looked up at the window of the crime scene.

It was only the fifth floor, but if you tried to get out by jumping, you’d end up crippled if not dead.

Unless you were someone like him, and even then you’d need some kind of buffer to jump from the 5th floor down to the 1st.

So how did they get out?

He walked a circle around the building, but Lin Yi still couldn’t figure it out.

He decided to wait a bit longer, let them finish processing the scene, then get an understanding of the situation. Otherwise blind guessing would waste a lot of time and still not lead anywhere.

Ring ring ring—

Just then Lin Yi’s phone rang; it was a call from Jiang Wenhui.

"Boss, I’ve pulled the surveillance footage. Should I hand it to you or to the police?"

"Just give it to the police."

"Okay, okay."

After hanging up, Lin Yi bought some things for lunch and went back to the apartment, planning to also get a better sense of the situation. He had to solve the case as soon as possible.

Back in 809, Lin Yi and Jiang Wenhui ate lunch.

After eating, Lin Yi went to 2115.

The body had already been taken away, and after collecting evidence, the police had left too. There was still a seal stuck on the door.

Carefully, Lin Yi peeled the seal off; he’d have to stick it back later.

Once he stepped into the room, the heavy smell still lingered.

The room was a bit messy, but it didn’t look like it had been deliberately trashed by the killer.

Lin Yi closed his eyes, trying to reconstruct the scene.

The only thing he could think of was that when the killer was committing the assault, the victim had struggled desperately, causing the room to end up like this.

Slowly, Lin Yi looked over the state of the room.

The dressing table was covered with cosmetics, the whole surface packed full, all kinds of brands, everything you could think of—she even had more than Ji Qingyan.

Gently, Lin Yi opened the wardrobe.

Inside were lots of clothes, basically all "hot girl" outfits, and a huge pile of different kinds of stockings. It felt like even Ji Qingyan didn’t have as many stockings as she did.

After that, Lin Yi went to the windowsill; this was the area he especially wanted to check.

Jumping down was impossible, so the remaining possibility was that they used a rope to go down.

But there were no traces at all around the window.

"What the hell is this!"

Lin Yi grumbled to himself, feeling like his brain had gone rusty.

If they really had gone down from the room on a rope, then the rope would definitely have been left behind, because once the last person went down, the rope would remain in the room.

So they couldn’t have left that way.

Standing in front of the window, Lin Yi thought quietly.

What could be confirmed now was that they definitely hadn’t gone out through the door, so their way out had to be the window.

Following that line of thought, Lin Yi then wondered: if they left via the window, could they also have come in via the window?

They moved the mattress to block the camera and caused that ten-or-so–second blind spot in the footage—was that really just a coincidence?

Thinking it over, Lin Yi felt this possibility couldn’t be ignored; it was very likely.

Combining the clues so far, he could draw several conclusions.

Multiple perpetrators.

Acquaintance crime.

Their technique wasn’t very good.

They definitely planned it in advance before making their move.

But judging from the current situation, it didn’t really look like it was for money, because there weren’t clear signs that the place had been thoroughly searched.

So the killers had some other motive for the murder.

After going over it again and again, Lin Yi still couldn’t figure it out, so he went back to 809.

"Boss."

Just as he was about to go in, he heard Jiang Wenhui calling him.

"What’s up?"

"Nothing, I washed some fruit for you."

As she spoke, Jiang Wenhui handed Lin Yi two washed peaches.

"No wonder they say married women know how to take care of people. Very nice expression."

"Different ages, different roles to play." Jiang Wenhui said:

"With something like this happening, do we still need to cooperate with the investigation?"

"We probably will, but not too much. After all, we’re all new here and none of us has met that person. They won’t be able to get much out of us."

"True enough."

Under normal circumstances, Lin Yi wouldn’t bother with this kind of thing.

But since the system had issued a mission, he had to cooperate with the police to crack the case.

Bzzz bzzz bzzz—

At that moment, Xu Ying sent a video call to Jiang Wenhui.

"Sister Hui, Sister Hui, I heard there was a homicide in our apartment building?"

Women always have a bit of gossip in them, and Xu Ying was no exception.

"It was in 5015. I don’t know the specifics either; the police took the person away and sealed the apartment."

"That’s big news. Will it affect Lin Bro renting out units?"

"Your Lin Bro said it would, but it shouldn’t affect things for too long."

"Then from now on, when we sleep, will we hear some weird noises?" Xu Ying said mysteriously:

"Like when we come home at night and see some woman in white drifting toward us?"

"Shoo shoo shoo, cut it out. Just listening to you gave me goosebumps all over."

"Hahaha..."

Xu Ying cackled away, clearly just teasing Jiang Wenhui.

"Sister Hui, you don’t have to be scared. Even if you come home late, Lin Bro can pick you up. But I’m out of luck—just a lonely single, even if I come back late, nobody picks me up. Sigh, so pitiful."

Normally, faced with this kind of teasing, Jiang Wenhui wouldn’t care.

But with Lin Jiang here, it was different.

"Don’t talk nonsense. There’s nothing between me and your Lin Bro, and besides your Lin Bro is married with a kid. You really shouldn’t be saying things like that."

"Come on, what era do you think this is? Don’t take it so seriously; as long as you’re happy, that’s what matters."

"You’re getting more and more outrageous."

As she spoke, Jiang Wenhui flipped the camera.

"Oh! Lin Bro’s here too."

"Thanks for the suggestion, I’ve received it."

"Hehe, then hurry up and act on it." Xu Ying said with a squinty smile:

"Lin Bro, Sister Hui, I found a super tasty noodle shop in the B1 level of Shengda. Do you two want to come eat tonight? My treat."

"We can go have a taste, but you don’t need to treat. I’ll treat you."

"It’s no big deal. Just come over around five-thirty, I’ll take you there."

"Okay."

"Oh right, Sister Hui! When you come, bring me a pair of stockings. The ones I wore this morning got snagged and ripped, and now my legs are bare."

"Okay."

After ending the video, Lin Yi said:

"You still have her keys here?"

"No." Jiang Wenhui said:

"Didn’t she say on her workday that she needed to buy stockings? I helped her buy some at the supplier. They just arrived yesterday—I forgot to bring them over to her, so I left them here."

As she spoke, Jiang Wenhui got up and pulled out several pairs of black stockings from the box on her left, planning to take them over to Xu Ying later.

Lin Yi glanced at the stockings, then looked at Jiang Wenhui’s legs.

"I think if you put these on, the effect wouldn’t be bad either."

"Really? I never quite got used to them. Aside from when it’s necessary, I basically never wear them."

"So you do wear them when it’s ’necessary’..." Lin Yi said meaningfully.

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