Chapter 178 What's the difference between this and finding counterfeit money?
Pei Hening swallowed the words that were about to come out, and asked, "What discovery?"
Sang Jincheng pointed to the clothes: "There's a pink hair on it."
Pei Hening immediately thought of Sophia, who had pink hair.
But what is the connection between Sofia and Cromwell?
Sang Jincheng took off the long pink curly hair and handed it to Pei Hening: "Look for yourself."
Pei Hening didn't take it. She looked at Sang Jincheng and said, "Don't stuff all sorts of dirty things into my hands. You can keep it yourself."
Sang Jincheng looked at the document in her hand. Damn it! This girl is so hypocritical! It's just a single hair, how is it dirty?
"OK..."
She was completely out of options!
"Ms. Tribes, have you made any discoveries?"
Pei Hening waved the document in her hand: "Cromwell's handwriting is quite interesting."
Sang Jincheng regretted it; he should have come later and avoided this guy.
Pei Hening noticed her displeasure but didn't take it to heart. Instead, she sat down on the edge of the bed and asked, "I'm going to room 25-03 on the 25th floor later. Do you want to come?"
Sang Jincheng was intrigued; she really wanted to go to the other victim's room to look for clues.
She cleared her throat: "And 25-04, we can also go and see Prince Peter's room. I'll contact the suite manager."
Pei Hening didn't leave; she and Sang Jincheng searched for clues in the bedroom.
Seeing her rummaging through drawers and cabinets, Sang Jincheng couldn't help but think to himself, "She's so hypocritical! On one hand, she's disgusted by this hair, but on the other hand, she's rummaging through drawers and cabinets."
Pei Hening was somewhat disappointed when she couldn't find the missing pages of the diary. She went to other rooms to look for clues and found a fallen cufflink in the dressing room. It was a yellow diamond cufflink from a top luxury brand.
She took out a pale yellow handkerchief, wrapped up the cufflinks that had fallen to the corner, and put them in her pocket.
After doing all that, she went to rummage through the wardrobe. She searched through all the suits and accessories in the wardrobe but did not find the other cufflink.
She suspected that the cufflinks did not belong to Cromwell.
Fifteen minutes later, the two left 22-01 and went to the 25th floor.
After the butler opened the door to 25-03 and left, Sang Jincheng went inside. Just as Pei Hening was about to follow, she saw Chu Xuange coming up the stairs.
He changed into a royal blue suit, slicked his hair back, and wore two intersecting silver necklaces with dozens of red gemstone-cut star-shaped pendants hanging from them.
Pei Hening looked at him, her eyes growing colder and colder.
"Treebes, what are you doing here?"
He greeted her with a smile when he saw her.
Pei Hening put her hands in her pockets and looked him up and down: "You look very good in this outfit, Field."
"Really? If you like it, I can design a set for you. The tailors are quick, and you'll be able to wear it when we leave Nerna Port."
As he spoke, he glanced at room 25-03 and asked casually, "What's this?"
Pei Hening said nonchalantly, "I wanted to go in and take a look, and I just opened the door and ran into you."
"Can I go with you to take a look?"
Pei Hening hummed in agreement: "When I came out of the elevator, I dropped an earring there. Would you like to come with me to look for it?"
He said, "Okay."
Pei Hening lowered her eyes and led him towards the elevator. How interesting…
He asked, "Tremblings, what kind of earrings are they?"
Pei Hening turned and attacked, striking his nose and chin hard with a vertical chop, her tone as cold as ice: "Like this!"
The man raised his hand to block, but he was a step too slow. Pei Hening didn't retreat but advanced, gripping his wrist tightly and twisting it sharply with the force of the movement—
"hiss--"
The man exclaimed, "Trappis! What are you doing? I'm Field!"
"Is that all the strength you have? You're utter trash!"
The man was in so much pain that he lost his balance. He couldn't understand why Tribes had suddenly attacked him!
He quickly adjusted his strategy and launched a counterattack!
Pei Hening shrugged and delivered a swift elbow strike to his chest, then took two steps forward and stomped hard on his ankle.
The man lost his balance in pain, and Pei Hening took the opportunity to lower his shoulder and deliver a swift elbow strike to his chest, then lightly swept his ankle with his foot.
"Snap—"
A crisp cracking sound rang out, followed by the sound of bone fragments grinding together.
It's a bit like a dry twig being stomped on and snapped, both muffled and jarring.
His ankle was crushed!
Her movements were swift and ruthless, without a single unnecessary motion, and the man fell to the ground with a thud.
Pei Hening didn't stop. She took out her gun, aimed it at the man, and fired.
"Bang--"
The bullet pierced the man's chest, and blood splattered instantly.
The man groaned, his body jolting violently. He stared at Pei Hening in disbelief, his eyes quickly becoming unfocused.
Pei Hening fired seven shots in quick succession without any expression.
When she put the gun away, a faint smoke was still rising from the muzzle, and the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder and blood.
She crouched down, raised her hand to touch the person's face, and finally felt an uneven bump on the hairline. She tore it open hard—it was a stranger's face.
Pei Hening was still unhappy; she hated it when someone impersonated Chu Xuange!
I also hate the stunt double trope; what's the difference between that and finding counterfeit money?!
The door to room 25-03 was not closed, and Sang Jincheng hurriedly came out of the room when he heard the noise.
She smelled gunpowder and blood in the air and immediately became alert. Could it be that something had happened to that annoying girl, Tribes?
She swallowed hard and crept quietly toward the direction of the gunshot.
Pei Hening somehow got hold of a lighter and used it to burn a sheet of unevenly thick, gelatinous substance.
Lying next to her was someone who was absolutely dead...
Sang Jincheng's heart skipped a beat, then tightened again. Was Cui Bisi really that powerful? Damn!
"Come out, I've found you."
Pei Hening spoke in a flat tone, without any obvious emotional fluctuations.
Sang Jincheng gave an awkward laugh: "Hehe, I didn't expect you to be so observant."
She glanced at the person lying on the ground out of the corner of her eye, and after confirming that they weren't a player, she stopped caring.
"What happened to this man? Why did you kill him?"
Pei Hening looked completely innocent: "I killed him? Did you see it?"
Sang Jincheng: "..."
To ensure the privacy of its high-end guests, the 22nd to 27th floors of the Dawn Casino do not have many surveillance cameras installed; at least the location chosen by Cui Bisi is a blind spot for surveillance.
Sang Jincheng met Pei Hening's gaze and laughed, "How unlucky is this guy? He actually ran into a fugitive suspect on the 25th floor."
Pei Hening frowned as she smelled the stench of burning plastic: "That's right, who knew he'd be so unlucky."
Sang Jincheng asked, "Did you search the corpse? Did you find anything useful?"
"You touch it."
The body was surrounded by blood; it was filthy…
Pei Hening was certain that given Cui Bisi's character design, if she were to touch her, it would definitely be out of character (OOC).
Sang Jincheng: "...Okay."
They don't care about the mess when they're killing, but they avoid it like the plague when they're looking for clues. It's outrageous!
While she was touching the body, Pei Hening asked, "Did you find any clues in room 25-03?"