Chapter 282 (1/2)

Chapter 282

Xiao Lou had played many escape room games and the ‘diary’ was the most common clue in this type of game . Many themed escape rooms would use a diary to tell the player what happened many years ago . They had to follow the clues in the diary to solve the puzzle . However, this was the first time he encountered a corpse in an escape game .

Xiao Lou glanced at the young girl on the bed and suggested helplessly, “I’ll do an autopsy while everyone else will look for clues in the room . ”

The labyrinth had to be cleared in the one hour time limit . The difficulty was much higher than that of ordinary escape rooms .

In reality, multiplayer escape room games generally gave players three to five hours to challenge and the number of rooms usually didn’t exceed five . The little girl’s dream room was just the first room . If Ye Qi hadn’t understood the notes on the staves then everyone would still be there now, staring at the b.l.o.o.d.y handprints on all four walls with a headache .

Xiao Lou thought up to here and warned, “Everyone, hurry up . Don’t miss any clues . ”

The team members started to take action . Some people looked through the closet, some looked through drawers and some on the balcony, bathroom and other places .

Xiao Lou stepped forward, removed the quilt and carefully examined the girl’s body . The little girl looked peaceful and her clothes were neat . It was obvious that she didn’t struggle before she died . There were no obvious scars on her body and no bruises on her neck . Judging from the postmortem lividity, the appearance of the face and the blue lips, it could be preliminarily determined that she died of poisoning .

Xiao Lou examined the body and determined, “She was poisoned . The time of death should be around three days ago . ”

Yu Hanjiang approached the bed and looked down at the little girl’s body . “The first room was her dream and required us to sing a Christmas song to fulfill her wish and escape from the dreamland . Obviously, she was poisoned before she could spend Christmas with her parents . It can be inferred from her diary that she died on Christmas Eve . ”

Xiao Lou wondered, “Who would do such a thing to a 10 year old child?”

Yu Hanjiang folded his arms and pondered on it for a moment . “It is likely that her parents are dead and the murderer didn’t want to keep anyone alive . Therefore, the little girl was also poisoned to death . We should check the medicine she has taken . ”

Hearing this, Liu Qiao found two bottles of medicine from the little girl’s dressing table and handed them to Xiao Lou, “Look, Professor Xiao . ”

Xiao Lou took it and read the name of the medicine . “This bottle is anti-fever medicine and should be for a cold . Lucia recently fell ill and her cold hadn’t improved . She took medicine every day . There is this medicine bottle so it is likely someone replaced the capsules . She was poisoned after she took it . ”

Yu Hanjiang picked up Lucia’s diary and quickly flipped through it . “A person who can walk into her room and change her medicine must be someone Lucia doesn’t suspect and is very familiar with this villa . Her diary mentioned three key figures, namely the doctor, the nanny who took care of her and the driver who picked her up . All three are suspects . ”

Xiao Lou added, “A lot of her parents’ friends came to the party on Christmas Eve . Is the murderer the doctor, the nanny, the driver or a friend attending the party? We must find her parents’ bodies as soon as possible before we can proceed to the next step . ”

Long Sen walked to the bedroom door and pushed it hard . “The door can’t be opened . There is another code lock on the doctor and it is seven digits . ”

Xiao Lou looked around and asked, “What clues did everyone find?”

Qu Wanyue came over . “I checked Lucia’s wardrobe and saw many pink princess dresses . I looked through the pockets of all the clothes and found nothing related to numbers . ”

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Yu Hanjiang wondered, “Do the seven rag dolls have anything to do with the seven digit pa.s.sword?”

Xiao Lou answered, “At present, we can’t see the connection . Search again . ”

Mo Xuemin had found Lucia’s bag and opened it . He took out all the textbooks instead and found a pencil case . It contained seven things including a pencil, brushes that were red, yellow and blue, an eraser, a ballpoint pen and a ruler . It was seven again . How did pencils and erasers connect with numbers?

Xiao Lou frowned slightly . “We should take a look at things that are music-related . These dolls and pencil case are probably just distractions . ”

The group searched Lucia’s room again . Suddenly, Ye Qi crouched down in front of a dresser . “There seems to be a compartment here . ”

He gently tapped on the bottom drawer of the table and heard a hollow sound compared to the other other drawers . Yu Hanjiang immediately came over and pulled out the drawer . He found that this drawer was much shallower than the others and had a mezzanine part.i.tion in the middle .

He soon disa.s.sembled the part.i.tion and found a small and delicate box at the bottom of the drawer . The small black box looked like a piano when opened . There was a little princess the size of a thumb standing on it in a pink tutu . Her left arm was up and her right arm was stretched out in a dancing pose .

Ye Qi’s eyes brightened . “This is a music box!”

Yu Hanjiang had never played with a music box as a child so he handed the box over to Ye Qi . Ye Qi observed carefully and found the clockwork key on the bottom of the piano music box . He turned the k.n.o.b slightly .

The little person started to spin and at the same time, the music box played a clear piano melody . Everyone fell silent at the same time and listened carefully . It was a very familiar melody . It was a children’s song that almost everyone could sing .

Twinkle twinkle little star, how I wonder what you are…

There was the original English version as well… but no matter the version, the melody of the music was the same . The melody played by the music box was very clear and present .

Ye Qi listened carefully and quickly hummed the tune . “C major, 4/4 beat, six bars in total . It is do-do-so-so-la-la-so, fa-fa-mi-mi-re-re-do, so-so-fa-fa-mi-mi-re, so-so-fa-fa-mi-mi-re, do-do-so-so-la-la-so and fa-fa-mi-mi-re-re-do . ”

Xiao Lou took out a pen and paper and wrote the corresponding number according to Ye Qi’s hummed melody .