She felt that Lin Shu’s words were full of errors and inconsistencies!

However, where exactly was the problem? Now that he had an alibi, the killer’s title indeed couldn’t be pinned on him.

Lin Shu remained aggressive. “You’ve wrongly accused me. Now it’s been proven that I’m not the killer. Are you just going to stay silent about it?”

Silent your sister!

You murderous killer!

“You must restore my reputation!”

Restore your sister!

Now he had “diamond armor” protecting him.

Suddenly—

The record book he held in his hand was snatched away by Tang Si.

“What garbage.”

Rip!

She tore the record book to shreds and tossed it into the air.

Then she shrugged, spreading her hands to both sides. “There, now there’s no evidence. Let’s see what you can do. A’Ji says you’re the killer, so you’re the killer. I believe our A’Ji.”

An uproar!

Just tore it like that?

This woman was simply insane.

Lin Shu was furious. “You wild girl.”

“Say that one more time, and believe it or not, I’ll whip you to death right now? That would solve everything once and for all.”

She was about to reach for the whip at her waist when, in the next moment, Ji Yunshu had already grabbed her.

“Miss Tang, now is not the time for you to cause trouble.”

“A’Ji, I’m helping you. He must be the killer. That so-called explanation just now was nothing but sophistry.”

Ji Yunshu: “…”

At this moment, Shi Ziran rushed in and, without a word, directly dragged Tang Si out.

“What are you doing? Let go. I want to help A’Ji.”

Her voice was shrill, growing more and more distant…

Lin Shu looked at the shredded paper all over the floor, so angry that veins bulged on his forehead. He cursed under his breath, “Crazy girl.”

Then he said to Jingrong and the others, “Although the thing was torn up, that doesn’t mean the evidence is gone. No matter what, you must restore my reputation.”

An aggressive posture!

However, Jingrong’s bad temper was well known to all.

A spark of fire secretly arose in his stern eyes. With Lin Shu’s words “restore my reputation,” that spark grew larger and larger, finally becoming a fireball. With sharp fangs, it was hurled at Lin Shu.

Not caring at all about maintaining the lofty bearing of a prince, he grabbed Lin Shu’s collar. With a forceful twist of his wrist, he pulled him close.

He said harshly, “Listen well. Don’t think that finding these so-called records can clear your name and prove you’re not the killer. If I find even one more shred of proof, I’ll flay you alive.”

Having said this!

He flung his hand, throwing Lin Shu to the ground.

Who the hell doesn’t have moments of explosive temper? So-called status is all fleeting clouds.

Then he pulled Ji Yunshu and left the room.

Under everyone’s gaze, Lin Shu was in a wretched state!

These past two days were absolutely his unlucky days.

Muruo helped Master Yu settle into his seat and handed the prescription he had written earlier to the young attendant, instructing, “According to what’s written here, fetch each medicine and have Master take them on schedule.”

“Yes.”

Having given his instructions, he stepped over Lin Shu, who was still sprawled on the ground, and walked straight out.

He caught up with Jingrong and Ji Yunshu.

He asked, “What exactly is going on?”

The two stopped walking. Seeing that there were no Mingshan Academy students around, they explained everything clearly to Muruo.

He suddenly understood. “So that’s how it is. But he also explained, and there’s that record book as evidence. Everything indicates he’s not the killer.”

Ji Yunshu didn’t think so. She said, “If he truly isn’t the killer, why did we have to press him so much before he was willing to explain why that eastern chestnut bead was in the wine bottle? Moreover, I observed his expression—he was clearly very nervous and very guilty.”

“Perhaps he was just nervous. Anyone who’s being treated as a killer would, to some extent, show such an expression. Isn’t that so? Are you overthinking this?” Muruo questioned.

She shook her head and said, “I’m not sure either. If he truly isn’t the killer, then I suspect he must know something, which is why he showed such an expression.”

“You mean he very likely knows who the killer is?”

“This is just tentative speculation.”

Investigating cases was like this—establish hypotheses, verify hypotheses, draw conclusions, then overturn the conclusions obtained.

One word!

Exhausting!

However, Jingrong said, “Since you’ve already taken on this case, there’s no reason to let it go. It seems that today, we’ll have to stay at the academy for another day. I want to see what secrets this Lin Shu is hiding.”

This was the first time he had been so invested in a case.

Of course, most of the reason was curiosity. He wanted to see which of those delicate scholars at the academy was actually the killer.

Muruo suddenly discovered there was something extra in his sleeve. Taking it out for a look, he realized it was the farewell letter Guo He had left behind.

He slapped his forehead.

“Look at me, I left this thing behind. Earlier I took it from Master Yu to have a look. When Lin Shu caused that commotion, I instinctively stuffed it in my sleeve, and now I’ve forgotten about it. Let me go back once more to return the letter to him.”

Just as he was about to leave—

He was stopped by Ji Yunshu!

“Wait, this letter—let me see it.”

Muruo then handed her the letter.

She unfolded it for a look. Those few lines of elegant handwriting didn’t look at all like a man’s writing—rather, they looked like a woman’s hand.

There was nothing unusual about it.

She returned the letter to Muruo. “Hurry and take it back to Master Yu. What Guo He could leave him is probably just this letter. Don’t lose it.”

“Mm, I’ll return it right away. I won’t lose it.” He added, “However, since you plan to stay another day to solve this case of the skeleton at the bottom of the well, I’ll just be a bystander and wait to see the killer exposed.”

Having said this, he left.

From early morning until now, Ji Yunshu hadn’t rested for a moment. Jingrong told her to go back to her room to rest first before investigating the case further.

She obediently agreed!

After returning to her room, she twisted her aching neck, walked to the window, pushed open the tightly closed window, then stood there, pondering over this case.

From when the skeleton was retrieved, to that record book.

Every detail—she thought through it all carefully!

She muttered, “Where exactly did things go wrong?”

If the killer truly was Lin Shu, but on the 13th, he clearly wasn’t at the academy!

Then…

Suddenly her eyes lit up. “So if there really is an error, then it’s a discrepancy in time!”

But where was the error in time?

She wanted to delve deeper into this, but her head started buzzing with noise, causing sharp pain. She shook her head, forcing herself to temporarily set these thoughts aside and think no more.

She was about to reach out to close the window when, raising her sleeve, she remembered the letter Wei Yi had given her earlier!

Her motion to close the window stopped!

She took out the letter Wei Yi had given her.

It was a flat piece of paper, folded neatly by that silly boy.

Opening it for a look!

It was covered densely with many words.

What caught her eye were two characters written most neatly—Shu’er.