Clown Game
Chapter 255 - 242: Simple, Yet Perfect Murder Case (End)

Chapter 255: Chapter 242: Simple, Yet Perfect Murder Case (End)

The best way to make someone think the thing you’re holding is an apple is what?

It’s to actually be holding an apple!

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Chen Xiao licked his lips, seemingly nonchalant as he asked, "Are you really in a hurry to have him dead?"

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Daylight had already brightened up, morning was always like this, still drowsy just a moment ago, but when you look again, the sunlight had already spread to every corner in sight...

The car stopped outside the apartment at 221 Shell Street. The coffee shop owned by Boss Xiaoyu had not yet opened its doors. Figures gradually started appearing on the street, old men swinging their arms as they passed by the car for their morning exercise might glance briefly at the man and woman inside the car, but their gaze would not linger even a second longer.

The woman had still not answered Chen Xiao’s question, but at this moment, she turned her head for the first time, truly facing Chen Xiao.

The cold air outside seeped into the car through some crack, slightly chilly.

"Do you know what you are talking about?" the woman suddenly asked.

Chen Xiao shrugged his shoulders, "Of course, it’s a very absurd explanation method, but as I just said, this could solve all the problems and also make everything simple. So, I have a reason to think along these lines, right, I guess... you’re not that eager for him to die!"

The woman turned off the car’s engine, and suddenly it was quiet all around.

Chen Xiao continued, "That man, your husband, he isn’t necessarily destined to die now... You don’t care whether he realizes you’re cheating, nor do you care if he becomes suspicious enough to check if you’ve hidden something atop the lampshade. You don’t care whether he could fall down... You just watch, casting an untraceable breeze at the side. If he dies, then he dies. If not, you can continue to wait... I’m even thinking that inside that apartment, filled with your sweet memories, there’s not just this one trap. Maybe it’s a gaping chasm leading to death everywhere, salivating daily over the poor man falling down. Of course, you’ve hidden everything well, if he doesn’t die, nobody can find out anything, just like that railing, oh, sorry, I mean, even if he dies, they can’t find out anything. Watching him die and killing him yourself are two different things. This fall is just one of myriad ways to die placed in every corner... Even if he doesn’t die in a fall, next time it might be a car accident, in an elevator, on the way from work, at a drinking table, beside a swimming pool, next to a dining table, in a gym... Anyway, you’ve waited so long, you can keep waiting, if not this time then next time, the time after next, until he finally dies. You are just a quiet angler, laying countless baits of death in the water, leisurely waiting for the fish to bite whenever, wherever. You won’t even reel it in, just watching it struggle, die... and actually enjoying it..."

Chen Xiao spoke, his speech even faster than usual, and the more he spoke, the happier he became. Between the lines, a hint of admiration seemed evident... When he finally said "and enjoying it," he actually laughed, joyously laughing...hands and feet in motion.

He had finished speaking.

Then he turned his head to look at the woman, their eyes meeting.

A few silent seconds.

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Then, the woman smiled too.

"Ha ha, you’re really crazy, do you know how ridiculous what you’re saying is?..." the woman said, and although her words carried clear disdain, she was smiling gently, her lips subtly pursed...

"Hehe... yeah, it’s so ridiculous, not a single piece of evidence, utter nonsense. If I were to talk about this to those criminal investigation folks, I’d probably be fined 1000 and detained for 24 hours, right?... But, if it really is like this, then it’s truly... too interesting..."

"Yeah, it’s indeed interesting..." the woman smiled, "Oh right, how did you think of all this? You couldn’t have just made up this story out of nothing, right, there must be a basis."

"Hmm... you’re asking about that, well, there indeed was something that might not quite be called a basis, the moment I first saw you," Chen Xiao answered.

The woman raised her brows slightly: "The first time you saw me?" she questioned, then even glanced down at her own clothes and shoes.

"Oh no, nothing about clues or details like that," Chen Xiao hurriedly waved his hand. "It’s about your gaze..."

"My gaze?"

"Yes, just that unfounded gaze, thankfully I’m not talking about any key clues, otherwise I might have been scolded... hehe... oh, what I mean is, you looked very dejected, very sad... but, how to say this, I have seen the gaze of people who cherished someone when they died before, from a shady young lady, though it was pitch dark then, but your gaze and hers were somewhat different," Chen Xiao recalled and continued, "Your gaze, it was like losing a lab rat, an object of observation, a beloved toy... yes, that kind of loss, when you saw that swaying railing, you knew, it was all over, he had finally died, and what you enjoyed, waited for, anticipated, had come to its end... You played a game of several years, and you played it so happily, then suddenly you cleared the game, a brief excitement, and then... loss."

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The woman still smiled, but she lowered her head, and her wispy bangs fell down, covering her eyes...

"You... are an interesting person..." she said.

"Thank you." Chen Xiao nodded. Suddenly, he paused, seeming to realize that she was the first woman to call him interesting.

"Alright, let’s talk about something else. Since you’ve made up a completely baseless, wildly speculative... interesting story in your mind, do you need my help to flesh it out a bit?"

Chen Xiao slightly furrowed his brows, putting on a thoughtful expression, "Hmm... no need!"

"No need?"

"Yes, no need. I am not like those pretentious guys in some novels and comics. A story is best when it remains most interesting, and I don’t care about the truth."

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The woman was stunned.

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She stared blankly at the man in front of her. Her expression did not show any disgust at his appalling appearance, even sparking a hint of fascination.

"Hehe... Hahaha..."

She laughed, not just a tight-lipped smile, but a hearty, unpretentious laugh. A breath of freshness filled the air, and the morning glow outside the window cast her wispy bangs in a brilliant light. A woman in her thirties, her laughter sounded almost uncharacteristically clear.

"You really are an interesting person." She finally managed to suppress her laughter, but her tone still carried a warmth, "Alright, thanks for the story. So... since there’s nothing else, you can go now."

"Ah? What?"

"I said you can go now!" she said with a smile, pointing outside the window, "Look, we’re here. I just gave you a ride home. Don’t overthink it."

"I... uh, okay, oh right, how did you know..."

"How did I know where you live?" she cut in. "Because I asked Captain Xing. You look so odd, people meeting you for the first time always ask a few questions, right? Now, don’t look for excuses to linger in the car. I just lost my husband and want you out of my sight!"

As she spoke, she opened the car door.

"Then... you’ve got to tell me your name, right?" Chen Xiao was shoved out of the car, stammering.

"That’s not important. The story always has to be a bit intriguing, right? Maybe... well... never mind."

With that, the woman gave a gentle smile, then closed the car door slowly and disappeared around the corner.

Chen Xiao was left standing there, dumbfounded, pouting in frustration.

"What the heck..."