My Iyashikei Game Chapter 11: If You Can't Beat Them

“Of course not! Mother would never hurt anyone!” Meng Changshou said confidently. “The coroner also deduced that my mother could not have been the murderer. Furthermore, on that very same day, my mother and my son, Meng Chen disappeared.”

Meng Changshou leaned into the couch. It was as if the energy that pulled his body together left him as he relayed the story. He continued with difficulty. “A few days later, the police found mother and Chen Chen inside the cargo of a cold chain transportation truck. From their dying posture, my mom was protecting Chen Chen until the bitter end. In other words, there was a third party who came after the both of them. That was the real killer.”

“The old lady was not the killer but she must have known the actual killer to have helped keep their secret for a whole week. She would only do this for someone she was extremely familiar with.” Li Xue zeroed in on the main point. “From what you told me, it sounded like the granny was a kind-hearted person. To be able to make someone like that turn on their moral, the killer would have to be her closest family. In that case, the killer is mostly likely one of you siblings.”

“If granny has already given her cooperation by helping the killer hide the body, why would the killer come after her in the end?” Han Fei signalled for Li Xue to not jump to conclusions. “I feel it is more likely that the granny was giving the killer a chance to surrender themselves to the police. She gave the killer a week’s time but she had greatly underestimated the depth of sin within the killer.”

“The police had considered all these possibilities at the time but they found no evidence. However, not long after my mother’s death, Changxi went missing as well. No one knew where he went. There was no news of his person or discovery of his dead body. The neighbours all speculated that he had run away due to guilt.” The middle-aged man shook his head with a pained expression. “Changxi was introverted and did not prefer human company but I know he would never do something

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