The helicopter slowly descended over the helipad of Yun City.
From a distance, Yun Xiaoxiao saw Mu Yang talking to someone.
The person was facing away from her, so she couldn't see their face.
Mu Yang's eyebrows furrowed deeply after listening to what the person had to say.
Then, he quickly walked towards her.
This was the first time Yun Xiaoxiao had seen him with such a grave expression.
Hearing Mu Yang's thoughts, Yun Xiaoxiao frowned.
Ling Jing is missing?
Zhong Mingsheng is severely injured?
What on earth happened?!
As soon as the plane landed, Yun Xiaoxiao quickly opened the cabin door.
Mu Yang approached her, his voice heavy.
"Bad news, something's happened at the base."
"Let's talk while we walk," Yun Xiaoxiao said, her small face creased with worry, as she hurried towards the base.
Mu Yang walked beside her, explaining all the information he had gathered.
It seemed that everything was fine until noon today.
It wasn't until Nie Yizhou went to deliver food to Ling Jing that they realized something was wrong.
Ling Jing's room was wide open, empty inside.
Not far from the door, Zhong Mingsheng lay in a pool of blood, while Fan Wenying was unconscious, having hit the corner of a wall.
"How are Zhong Lao and the others?" Yun Xiaoxiao asked.
"Grandma Fan has already woken up, but Zhong Lao was just resuscitated and is still unconscious."
Although the base didn't have a professional surgeon, Ye Shuyuan had some knowledge in this area.
Plus, she possessed a healing ability, so she could handle simple injuries.
Zhong Mingsheng had lost a lot of blood, which looked terrifying, but his wounds weren't fatal.
However, being older, his recovery would naturally be slower than that of a young person.
So far, there were no signs of him waking up.
"What about the assailant?"
Yun Xiaoxiao's eyes turned serious.
Whoever dared to cause trouble in her base was really asking for it!
The system only detected threats to her and kicked them out of the base.
But it wouldn't interfere with threats to others in the base.
Still, since the attacker could commit the crime within the base, they must have been someone allowed in.
Who could it be?
Mu Yang: "According to the surveillance footage, only Zhong Lao's younger brother and sister-in-law were seen entering and leaving the research institute at that time."
Could it be them?!
Yun Xiaoxiao narrowed her eyes, a murderous glint in them.
She shouldn't have agreed to let them stay just because of Zhong Lao's request!
However, she also felt some confusion.
Zhong Huainong and his wife, Wu Changlan, were a bit cunning and sharp-tongued.
But they didn't seem like the type to commit murder.
Since entering the base, they had been obediently cleaning the hospital, without any other malicious intentions.
Moreover, if not for Zhong Mingsheng and his wife's plea, they wouldn't have been allowed into the base in the first place.
Logically, they should have been grateful to Zhong Mingsheng and his wife, so why would they stab Zhong Mingsheng and push Fan Wenying into a corner?
This was completely unrecognizable behavior.
But how could they have such deep grudges against Zhong Mingsheng and his wife?
Also, why did they take Ling Jing?
"Have they been caught?" Yun Xiaoxiao asked.
"Yes."
"Where?"
"They've been brought back to the base."
"Where were they found?"
"In the bushes at the fork in the road. They were found unconscious."
Upon hearing this, Yun Xiaoxiao frowned.
Unconscious?
"Ling Jing wasn't with them?" she asked again.
Mu Yang shook his head, "No."
Full of doubts, Yun Xiaoxiao grabbed Mu Yang and quickly teleported away.
After disappearing for a second, she reappeared, grabbing Zheng Yuner, who was still in a daze, and they vanished again.
When they reappeared, they were at the hospital.
In the spacious cafeteria, Zhong Huainong and his wife sat on the ground, wailing with tears and snot.
"We're innocent! We really didn't do it, we have no idea what happened!"
Wu Changlan wailed loudly, her voice filled with grievance.
"You say we stabbed my brother, how is that possible? I've only ever killed chickens, I've never killed anyone. How could I do something like that? You don't even have clear evidence that it was us!"
Zhong Huainong also cried out in utter frustration.
Lu Chen frowned.
Due to the lack of surveillance, there was only one camera installed at the entrance of the research institute.
So no one knew what had happened upstairs at the time.
Nie Yizhou crossed his arms, "But during that time, only you two were seen entering and leaving the research institute, and you also pushed trash out of the base."
"But that doesn't prove it was us!" Zhong Huainong retorted.
"Don't tell the truth, do you believe I'll kill you right now?" Xiao Feng snarled, his face full of impatience.
Zhong Huainong and his wife were both frightened by his aggressive demeanor, shrinking their necks simultaneously.
Zhong Huainong was almost in tears.
"We're telling the truth! Even if you kill us, we can't confess to something we didn't do.
The police still need evidence to act, you can't just wrong innocent people!"
"Still not admitting it, look at the blood on your clothes, isn't that evidence?!" Xiao Feng glared at him.
Zhong Huainong looked down at his hem.
There was indeed a clear bloodstain there.
"I don't know! I really don't know where this blood came from, I have no memory of it."
Zhong Huainong clutched his head, feeling on the verge of a mental breakdown.
Yun Xiaoxiao, who had just walked in from outside, overheard the conversation.
But after hearing it, her mood only grew heavier.
Because, Zhong Huainong and his wife were indeed not lying.
A person's words might not be true.
But what they think is definitely the most real.
But this still doesn't make sense.
At that time, only they had the opportunity to commit the crime.
And they were found far from the base, in a direction opposite to where the trash was dumped.
Why would they go there?
Also, how do you explain the bloodstains on his clothes?
Yun Xiaoxiao's footsteps attracted the attention of the others.
Nie Yizhou quickly said, "Little ghost, you're finally back."
Before they could catch up, Ye Shuyuan walked in with a sheet of A4 paper.
"The blood comparison results are out."
"How is it, is it Zhong Lao's?" Nie Yizhou asked eagerly.
The moment they brought Zhong Huainong and his wife back, they had Ye Shuyuan test the blood on his clothes against Zhong Mingsheng's.
Everyone looked at Ye Shuyuan.
Ye Shuyuan nodded, "Yes."
At this, Xiao Feng grabbed Zhong Huainong by the collar.
"What do you have to say now?"
"I..." Zhong Huainong felt utterly speechless, "I really don't know!"
He was almost in despair.
At that moment, Yun Xiaoxiao suddenly asked, "Where did you go this morning?"
