669: How to say it?
Through investigation, Gao Xiang and Lyon discovered that only agents knew the specific details of this transaction.
Su Yue and Wang Linlin appeared during Isher's last case. The two of them came into contact with the n-shaped file and communicated with Isher.
Based on this, Gao Xiang found Su Yue's weakness and discussed with Lyon how to use the opportunity to decrypt the n-shaped file to delay Su Yue at the Central Intelligence Agency without alarming him, and to look for an opportunity to pursue him.
However, Su Yue and Wang Linlin were completely unaware of this at the time, as they were focused on handling the n-shaped file in their hands.
This case involved the Gypsies, and when they arrived at the manor, they found the victim's sister, Sven, crying.
Wang Linlin walked over to try and inquire about the situation, but Sven just stared at Wang Linlin with wide eyes, then ran back to her room.
Su Yue was puzzled and did not speak rashly.
The butler who received them led them to the victim's room, but found Sven lying in her sister Svea's room.
The butler explained that because Sven's room was being renovated, she was temporarily arranged to stay in her sister's room.
Wang Linlin keenly sensed Sven's fragility, so she found a way to dismiss the butler and said to Sven, "You can trust us, we are here to investigate your sister's case."
Meanwhile, Su Yue began to carefully observe every detail of the room.
After observing, he came outside the manor. The manor was vast, but most areas were where the servants lived, and the master's residence was only on the top two floors.
The victim Svea's and Sven's rooms were adjacent, and Svea's room was also adjacent to their stepfather's.
In short, Svea's room was in the middle, with Sven's and the stepfather's rooms on either side of Svea's, and the three rooms all faced a corridor and the outside lawn.
"Excuse me, Isher Miss Sven getting engaged?" Su Yue asked the maid who was cleaning the room.
"Yes." The maid originally didn't want to pay attention to Su Yue, but seeing the handsome Cui Minhe he was impersonating, she couldn't help but answer.
"Then why does she look so unhappy? Could it be that the groom doesn't satisfy her?" Su Yue looked at the luxurious setting before him and couldn't help but wonder, did this family still need to maintain their superficial splendor through their daughter's marriage?
The maid quietly approached Su Yue and whispered, "Actually, Miss Sven Isher quite satisfied with the marriage; it was her own choice."
"Then why Isher she so worried? Isher it related to her stepfather?" Su Yue already had some guesses in his mind.
"The master didn't object to the marriage, he just recently had the young lady move into the eldest young lady's former room, which might have made her unhappy." The maid pursed her lips and explained.
"They have a good relationship as sisters, right? So sad about moving into the room." Su Yue looked at the maid's expression and felt that things were not simple.
"Of course, they have a very deep bond. But the eldest young lady passed away on the eve of her engagement, so Miss Sven Isher very scared. Moreover, she has been repeating what the eldest young lady said back then for the past two days." The maid's face showed a look of sympathy; clearly, Sven was a kind young lady.
"Who are you? How did you get into my house?" Su Yue turned around and looked sharply in the direction of the voice.
As soon as the maid saw it was the employer, she quickly lowered her head and explained, "Sir, this Isher an agent from the Central Intelligence Agency; he Isher here to investigate the case of the eldest young lady from back then."
Su Yue carefully sized up this legendary stepfather - Ricardo. He was tall, full of wrinkles, and held a golf club, clearly someone who exercised regularly. His name was also quite special, called Ricardo.
"Hello, I am Central Intelligence Agency Agent Cui Minhe, nice to meet you!" Su Yue smiled and greeted the stepfather.
"We don't need any agents, get out of my house! Now, immediately!" Ricardo was merciless, swinging the club as if he was about to hit someone.
"Father, please mind your words and actions, don't bring shame to the Sri Lanka family." Sven, who was just acting strangely, instantly turned into a dignified lady.
Wang Linlin supported her as she slowly went downstairs.
"I invited them! What? Do you have an opinion, Father?" Seeing Ricardo's furrowed brows, Sven also had many doubts in her heart.
"They can investigate the case, but they absolutely cannot enter my room. Regarding your sister's incident back then, they already entered my room once, and my leopard was frightened by them." After saying that, Ricardo went upstairs.
"Don't mind him, Mr. Cui, my stepfather's bad temper Isher a family trait; he has no friends now." Sven's voice was still weak.
"Has something happened?" Su Yue asked with concern.
"Yes, sir, I need your help now!" Sven said, tears sliding down like pearls.
"Then tell us what you need! We will do our best to help you!" Su Yue responded gently.
Sven calmed down and slowly narrated, "My sister and I are twins. Our mother was a noble widow from the last century who married our father with a rich dowry. But our father died in a war. Mother later met our current stepfather. At first, he wasn't like this; after Mother passed away, he became irritable and prone to anger."
"He often yells at people outside the manor, causing everyone to distance themselves from us."
"Excuse me, have you been living here all this time?" Su Yue noticed the degree of damage to the house, which didn't seem like it had been lived in for a long time.
"No, after Mother passed away, we moved here with our stepfather." After Sven answered, Su Yue nodded, signaling her to continue.
"Fortunately, our aunt lives nearby. My sister often visited her and met her fiancé there. Our stepfather didn't object at the time and wasn't particularly happy. But the night before the engagement, she came to talk to me because she was feeling upset."
"Why was she upset?" Su Yue asked again.
"Because our stepfather kept smoking cigars and choked her. So she came to my room to chat, full of anticipation for her future life." Sven seemed to return to the happy times she spent with her sister.
Her expression darkened. "She also asked me if I heard a 'whistling sound.' I said it might be the Gypsies in the manor whistling and didn't pay much attention. But after she returned to her room, I started to feel uneasy. We are twins, connected by telepathy."
"At that time, I felt something bad was going to happen, so I opened the window for air. But I heard a metallic clanging sound and the whistling sound my sister mentioned. When I ran out, I saw my sister standing outside the room door, her eyes wide open, muttering 'tick-tock, tick-tock'!'
"Sending her to the hospital was useless..."
A glimmer of light flashed in Su Yue's eyes: "Are you not in a good state now because you moved into your sister's room?" He carefully observed Sven's expression, not missing any subtle changes.
"Yes, and I heard the whistling sound my sister mentioned again." Sven was almost crying out loud; she was very afraid that the tragedy of that year would repeat itself.
"Can you describe your stepfather's room? I don't seem to be able to go in now." Su Yue said to Sven.
Wang Linlin handed her a tissue, letting Sven wipe her tears and calm down. Then she described the furnishings of that room in detail to Su Yue.
"That room Isher about the same size as our sisters' rooms, and the furnishings are very simple. Besides the leopard and cage he keeps, there Isher just a bed, nothing else." Su Yue frowned slightly upon hearing this.
"Have you heard the whistling sound again recently?" he continued to ask.
"Yes, that's right. That's why I'm so troubled now." Sven replied.
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"How long have you been hearing it?"
"About a month."
Su Yue already had a deduction in his mind. He observed the surroundings, then carefully told Sven, "Go back to your own room to sleep tonight, and we will stand guard in your room for the night."
Miss Sven did not mind Su Yue's intrusion. After Wang Linlin's psychological counseling, she built trust in the two of them, and Su Yue's identity as a Central Intelligence Agency agent also made her feel slightly at ease in her anxiety.
"But I'm afraid my stepfather will find out!" Miss Sven seemed to have already foreseen her stepfather's roar.
"Don't worry, I have arrangements." Su Yue said softly.
"We will wait within sight of the manor. When the light in your stepfather's room goes out, light an aromatherapy candle and turn off all the lights. After we see the candle, we will quietly come in, but you will have to stay in the previous room for one night." Su Yue explained.
"Okay, no problem." Miss Sven readily agreed.
Subsequently, Su Yue and Wang Linlin said goodbye to the stepfather and Miss Sven.
"Did you think of something?" Wang Linlin looked at Su Yue; he didn't seem troubled.
"Sort of, I have my own deduction." Su Yue responded.
"Tell me, share it with me!" Wang Linlin said in a coquettish tone, eager to hear Su Yue's deduction.
"Did you find anything unusual in the room?" Su Yue did not directly state his deduction but wanted to hear Wang Linlin's opinion first.
"Hmm! The bed seems unable to move, as if it's nailed down!" Wang Linlin had been in the room for so long and indeed found something.
"Exactly, that bed Isher nailed down with steel nails, which Isher very puzzling. Almost no one would fix a bed in one position. I specifically asked the manor staff, and they said it was nailed when Miss Svea was here, but they didn't know why. No one told me if Miss Svea did it voluntarily."
"What do you mean?" Wang Linlin heard that Su Yue didn't seem to agree with the theory that Miss Svea committed suicide.
"We will have the answer tonight. But you must stay close to me; it might be very dangerous tonight." A hint of determination was revealed in Su Yue's eyes.
"Then what preparations should we make now?" As soon as Wang Linlin heard Su Yue say this, she immediately became nervous.
"What should we do?" Su Yue looked at Wang Linlin and couldn't help but want to tease her.
"Yes, what preparations should we make?" Wang Linlin was like a student in class, staring at the teacher waiting for the answer.
"What we need to do now Isher fill our stomachs!" After saying that, Su Yue took Wang Linlin to a steakhouse.
On the other side, Gao Xiang had been in contact with Lyon.
"How Isher the situation now?" Gao Xiang had been staying indoors because he hadn't received notification from China. Besides Su Yue, no one knew that he couldn't go out now, so naturally, no one notified him.
"It's okay, he's been paying attention to the n-shaped file, nothing unusual." Lyon was not working on the case with Isher; he came out just to see Su Yue and wanted to catch him personally.
"I still can't go out, you must keep a close eye on him!" Gao Xiang could only wait for notification from China, and then rendezvous with Lyon and the others to formulate a plan to pursue Su Yue.
After Su Yue and Wang Linlin returned to the hotel outside the manor, they observed that their window faced the manor and they could clearly see the signal Sven had placed.
Lyon didn't know the specific situation and just thought they were studying the case here.
Su Yue and Wang Linlin turned off the lights early, waiting for the signal from the opposite side.
"I'm both nervous and excited now." Wang Linlin leaned close to Su Yue's ear and whispered.
"Stop messing around, I will protect you." Su Yue's ears itched from Wang Linlin's words, but this was a critical moment, and he couldn't be distracted.
"I believe you!" Wang Linlin said.
The two kept staring at the opposite side, not daring to relax in the slightest.
"Look quickly, the light in stepfather's room Isher out!" Wang Linlin excitedly told Su Yue.
"Okay, let's go." Su Yue took out the rope he had prepared and tied it under the window.
"Aren't we going through the main entrance?" Wang Linlin didn't expect Su Yue to do this.
"Don't be afraid, I'll catch you below!" Su Yue hugged Wang Linlin and comforted her in a low voice.
For Wang Linlin, as long as Su Yue was by her side, she wasn't afraid of anything.
Meanwhile, Sven quietly placed the aromatherapy candle by the window, then slipped back to her own room.
Su Yue and Wang Linlin successfully entered Miss Svea's former room through the passage left by Sven. The room was pitch black, and Su Yue immediately extinguished the aromatherapy candle after entering.
"There's no light at all now!" Wang Linlin leaned closely against Su Yue and whispered.
"I know, just wait and see!" Su Yue held Wang Linlin's hand, and his other hand tightly gripped the gun. If his deduction was correct, there would be a result tonight.
The two didn't crouch and wait for long before they heard the whistling sound Miss Sven mentioned, followed by the sound of metal clanging.
"Get ready!" Su Yue stared intently at the head of the bed.
"Bang!" The nightstand was knocked open, and Su Yue watched as the leopard leaped onto the bed like crazy.
"Bang bang!" Su Yue took out his Central Intelligence Agency suppressed pistol, and after firing two shots, the leopard suddenly darted back under the nightstand! When Wang Linlin saw this scene, she tightly held Su Yue's hand, afraid that the leopard would rush out again.
Su Yue turned and ran to the next room with Wang Linlin, opened the stepfather's door, and saw the leopard gnawing on the stepfather's neck. Su Yue immediately took action, and the leopard instantly went limp and fell to the ground.
Su Yue sat on a chair, looking at the stepfather's nightstand which was also open, and sighed inwardly that one truly reaps what one sows.
Wang Linlin knocked on Miss Sven's room and took her into the stepfather's house.
"What's going on?" Miss Sven was still wearing her pajamas, clearly not awakened by their actions.
"I think your sister might have died because of your stepfather's greed!" Su Yue said heavily.
"What do you mean? Was my sister really killed by him?" Miss Sven widened her eyes and covered her mouth with both hands.
Su Yue lightly nodded at Miss Sven and slowly explained, "Actually, the method of the crime Isher not complicated; perhaps the investigators at the time didn't focus on the key points."
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