The three of them had returned to the deceased's bedroom.

  "Let's examine the body first," Jian Fan interrupted the conversation.

  Mu Xin didn't ask any further questions.

  They were getting closer to the truth, but there were still some uncertainties that needed more clues to resolve.

  Both Qin Nan and Jian Fan were meticulous, and although they had already checked the corpse, they did so again without discovering anything new. However, Jian Fan directly pulled out the dagger embedded in the deceased's chest.

  He then proceeded to remove the deceased's clothing once more.

  As players, they weren't forensic experts and couldn't determine from the minute details of the wounds whether it was a single fatal blow or two separate stabbings. Fortunately, the game world wasn't so cruel; after Jian Fan removed the dagger, the wounds on the deceased's chest clearly showed the marks of two stitched wounds.

  Since the eldest young lady had already pulled out the dagger, it indicated that the murderer had reinserted it into the deceased's chest after she left. The cause of death they had been puzzling over seemed to be resolved.

  After the eldest young lady left, the murderer had done the final cleanup.

  He used the dagger that the eldest young lady had inserted into the deceased to inflict further harm, which ultimately led to the deceased's death. Afterward, he began to stage the crime scene and clean up after the deceased.

  This raised another question.

  "Perhaps he wanted to frame someone," Qin Nan finally showcased his reasoning skills as an experienced murder mystery player.

  Mu Xin and Jian Fan turned to him.

  "Due to a certain player's inaction, we lost a crucial link in the chain of evidence. Although the second young lady couldn't be the murderer, her existence is definitely related to the case. Moreover, since she was directly erased by the world, she likely hasn't died in the script. Imagine if it hadn't been for the player's comments triggering the death setting—wouldn't she have become our primary suspect? The murderer did this to shift the blame onto the second young lady. As for why he chose her, only the murderer and possibly the second young lady would know," Qin Nan analyzed.

  Jian Fan stood up. "We need more convincing evidence."

  "Let's wait for Qin Weiyi's group; they might have made some discoveries," Qin Nan suggested.

  At that moment, Qin Weiyi and his group had entered the vault.

  They used the key found in the second young master’s room.

  Zheng Jueming was relentless, throwing shade at everyone: "How could the deceased possibly have given the vault key to the second young master? That's clearly suspicious."

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  Qin Weiyi shot Zheng Jueming a glance and replied, "Everyone has their issues."

  Lu Jing, listening nearby, also shot a cold look at Zheng Jueming.

  Zheng Jueming rolled his eyes. "Believe what you want. If you can't find the murderer, we're all finished." With that, he walked inside.

  Qin Weiyi exchanged glances with Lu Jing.

  Lu Jing understood immediately and followed Zheng Jueming, while Lin Junru naturally chose to stay by Zheng Jueming's side.

  Qin Weiyi was also suspicious of Zheng Jueming.

  On the night of the murder, he had chosen to stay in his courtyard. While this avoided him becoming a suspect, it also meant he lost a lead. After the second time rewind, he had learned some details about his character, which were, of course, related to the case.

  He returned to the moment when he had a falling out with the second young master.

  He was good friends with the brother of the second young master's love interest and was furious about the second young master's sudden descent into a scoundrel. From initial disbelief to finally delivering a letter severing their relationship to the girl, he had gone through a lot.

  The girl truly loved the second young master, which caused her to fall ill. Her family wanted her to marry, but she refused, leading to her being driven out of the house. She had met the second young master through her nephew, who felt guilty and secretly helped her. After she fell gravely ill, he spent a fortune on rare medicines to keep her alive.

  But he was just a distant nephew and wasn't well-off.

  The ticket was real; he had indeed taken something to exchange for money, but the items were not stolen by him; they were sent by the second young master.

  Though he disliked the second young master, he wished for the girl's life to be saved, which is why he accepted those items.

  These items indeed belonged to the second young master; the deceased had mistakenly thought he had stolen them.

  That wasn't the main point. What Qin Weiyi saw were just the basic character relationships, and he hadn't yet touched upon the choices he needed to make.

  Even with the precious medicines, the girl was merely hanging on to life, showing no signs of improvement. At this point, the nephew heard rumors of a sorcerer who could heal, who was said to snatch souls from the King of Hell.

  Qin Weiyi's choice was whether to believe the rumors and seek out the sorcerer or continue spending money on doctors to treat the girl.

  He chose the former.

  The sorcerer couldn't cure the girl, but Qin Weiyi heard an astonishing possibility from him: "There is indeed a way to save her, and not just her, but even bring someone back to life. However, the cost is immense; it requires the heart's blood of the rescuer and blood from a female descendant. Why am I telling you this? It’s essentially trading several lives for one."

  With that, the sorcerer left.

  What followed was a textual part.

  The nephew pondered, ultimately informing the second young master of the girl's impending death, mentioning the sorcerer's words in passing. The nephew spoke without malice, but the second young master's face suddenly turned pale.

  His strange reaction immediately aroused the nephew's suspicion. Although the second young master didn't say it outright, the nephew began to investigate secretly.

  Whether the nephew uncovered the truth, Qin Weiyi didn't know, but he suspected he had. The surface of the script was full of family drama, but the sorcerer's mention of resurrection was likely the key.

  Qin Weiyi boldly speculated.

  The deceased wanted to resurrect someone, and the second young master had already sensed it, which is why he deliberately severed ties with his love interest and avoided marrying her. Qin Weiyi's character would likely uncover some clues and eventually learn the truth. Out of guilt for the girl’s death, he would come to despise the deceased's actions, leading to a motive to kill him and stage a crime scene like the Tai Chi diagram.

  The Tai Chi diagram was related to the resurrection.

  Each of them could potentially be the murderer who staged the crime scene, so there had to be a thread connecting them to the hidden truth behind the melodrama.

  So how would Zheng Jueming, as an accountant, tie into this?

  The murderer had been identified, but Qin Weiyi still lacked a solid conclusion about the specifics.