I Asked You To Simulate A Crime, And You Pulled Off The Perfect Crime? - Chapter 185

Drip, drip.

In the dim, icy-cold bathroom, a leaking water pipe dripped cold water onto the floor, producing a harsh sound that echoed rhythmically in the narrow space. Just like Liang Wei’s heart at this moment, impossible to calm down.

The sudden appearance of his mother-in-law had almost shattered his thirty years of scientific understanding. But soon, staring at this rigid corpse, he forced himself to calm down. Two questions lay before him.

Who took Yamamoto Sakura’s body? And who brought his mother-in-law’s body here?

Who, who could it possibly be?

Tap, tap.

Suddenly, clear footsteps came from outside the bathroom door. A girl with her hair hanging loose stepped through the darkness and poked her head in from the doorway.

“Hm?” Liang Wei shuddered, it was Su Xiaoxiao.

In an instant, his pupils contracted. He knew who was behind all of this, it was Su Xiaoxiao’s brother! Yes, it had to be him.

Because only Su Xiaoxiao and Liang Wei knew where her mother-in-law was buried. Su Xiaoxiao had been in the dorm building the whole time; she couldn’t have gone to dig her up and bring her here. That meant she told her brother in advance.

Her brother must have dug her out.

Once the second question was answered, the first one fell neatly into place, Yamamoto Sakura’s body had also been taken away by her brother. Her brother was covering for her, cleaning up the blood, removing any risk of the corpse being discovered.

But… Liang Wei still couldn’t figure one thing out, if he was here to help, why bring his mother-in-law’s corpse here? Was it just to scare him?

“No, no,” Liang Wei racked his brain. Then, suddenly, it clicked. His face twisted in fury. “Her brother is warning me, that they know my secret and will have me under their thumb forever. Even if Su Xiaoxiao and I worked together to kill Yamamoto Sakura, as long as I got rid of my mother-in-law’s head, if the police ever suspected Su Xiaoxiao, I could still deny my involvement. Nobody knows I helped her.”

“But now, her brother is making sure I can’t get rid of my mother-in-law, so I’ll never be free of her! This secret, they’ve got me completely trapped! Ahhhh!” Liang Wei glared viciously at the girl in the doorway.

How ruthless! This brother and sister were vicious to the core! All he wanted now was to live happily with his wife and their soon-to-be-born child. Why wouldn’t they let him go? Just because he stayed silent when Su Xiaoxiao was bullied? Just because, as security captain, he didn’t do his duty? So now her brother wanted revenge? But was he the only one who stayed silent?

The principal was silent! His wife was silent! Was her brother going to take revenge on all the silent ones? Liang Wei’s muttering was broadcast live.

The viewers started discussing.

“So all of this was Chen Shu’s doing? He came here just to cover for his sister? Meaning Chen Shu is the Midnight Chainsaw Man and when he turned off the lights just now, it was so he could take Yamamoto Sakura’s body and hang Liang Wei’s mother-in-law’s corpse in the bathroom to warn him?”

“Forget who the Midnight Chainsaw Man is for a moment. About Chen Shu being here, I disagree. I’ve been in Su Xiaoxiao’s stream the whole time. She never told Chen Shu where Liang Wei’s mother-in-law was buried, and she never told him she’d kill Yamamoto Sakura tonight. If she didn’t tell him anything, how could Chen Shu know all this?”

“He’s a god!”

“God, my ass. Finding the body isn’t that puzzling, two possibilities: either Chen Shu never left the school and was following Su Xiaoxiao, discovering the grave site, or he has an incredible sense of smell. In the last episode, he could smell Liang Wei’s wife’s severed head. But how could he know Su Xiaoxiao would kill Yamamoto Sakura tonight? That’s the real question!”

A heated debate broke out in chat over how Chen Shu had discovered everything. Then, a long, detailed comment appeared, earning countless likes.

“Wait a second! Don’t make Chen Shu sound like some supernatural being, this isn’t sci-fi. Have you forgotten? When Su Xiaoxiao was at home, she wrote her plan to use Liang Wei to kill Yamamoto Sakura on a slip of paper. Even though she tore it up and tossed it in the trash, when Chen Shu arrived at school, he said himself that he’d found her textbook at home while tidying her room. Meaning, none of this was coincidence!

It’s not that Chen Shu predicted she would act tonight, it’s that Su Xiaoxiao deliberately left him a trail of clues! First, the note, meant for Chen Shu to ‘accidentally’ discover. Second, leaving her textbook at home, giving him a reason to come to school. Everything was carefully arranged!

And the most important part, you remember what Su Xiaoxiao said to Chen Shu when she saw him off at the school gate?”

Viewers quickly pulled up the replay. They rewound to when Su Xiaoxiao and Chen Shu left the office and reached the school gate.

At the time, Su Xiaoxiao had said, “Brother, today’s matter I can handle myself. Tonight I’ll have a good talk with Yamamoto Sakura, so don’t worry. Coming to school to see the administrators won’t help, and you don’t need to teach Yamamoto Sakura a lesson for me. I can handle my own relationships with my classmates!”

At first, nobody thought anything of it. But after rereading it several times, they suddenly realized.

“Brother, tonight you come help me!”

The first character of each sentence formed a hidden message: “Brother, tonight you come help me!”

It was Su Xiaoxiao’s secret call for her brother! And Chen Shu’s reply at the time, “Alright, I remember.” He had understood her perfectly.

Boom!

The livestream chat exploded. So much for prophecy or coincidence, this was the flawless tacit understanding of siblings who had been on several episodes together! If the director forbade Su Xiaoxiao from telling Chen Shu what was happening at school, fine. She wouldn’t say it outright.

She’d just leave clues for him to figure out. That’s not breaking the rules, right?

“Damn, the ‘crybaby’ has improved fast after living with Chen Shu for a month.”

“Su Xiaoxiao knew she couldn’t beat Liang Wei, and that after killing Yamamoto Sakura they couldn’t dispose of the body perfectly. So she had no choice but to invite Chen Shu to clean up the mess.”

“Wait, didn’t she say she wouldn’t drag her brother into it? Isn’t this going back on her word?”

“Going back? Who killed the person? Su Xiaoxiao and Liang Wei. Even if the police found out everything, Su Xiaoxiao could just confess, what’s it got to do with Chen Shu? And Liang Wei wouldn’t dare expose Chen Shu, because if his secret got out, his wife would divorce him and the child she’s carrying wouldn’t call him father.”

“Right, and remember, when Su Xiaoxiao helped Liang Wei take his mother-in-law’s corpse from home, she made him turn off the security cameras. That also paved the way for her brother, so he could leave the school on camera, then return when the cameras were off. There’s no proof he ever came back.”

“This is what sibling teamwork should look like!”

“Director, say something!”

In the control room, Zhang Sheng was speechless. “Su Xiaoxiao knew she couldn’t commit the perfect crime, so she had Chen Shu sneak into the school at night to clean up the mess!”

“Uh…”

“And now Chen Shu is basically confirmed to be the ‘Midnight Chainsaw Man.’ As soon as he arrived at the dorm, the lights went out. In that darkness, he took Yamamoto Sakura’s body and hung Liang Wei’s mother-in-law in the bathroom, both covering for Su Xiaoxiao and warning Liang Wei not to get clever.”

“Perfect cooperation.” Zhang Sheng slumped into his chair, unable to calm down for a long while. But after a while, he straightened his back.

“So what if the siblings cooperate perfectly? Now that we know Chen Shu is the Midnight Chainsaw Man, his hidden mission must be related to Su Xiaoxiao, maybe something like ‘help your sister kill all the silent ones.’

Hah! Yamamoto Sakura’s death was all because of Liang Wei, that rat, whose secret was discovered leading to this outcome. But will Yamamoto Yuu die? You think he’s just decoration? Even if Chen Shu completes his hidden mission and kills all the silent ones, his main mission is to study medicine seriously. If he fails that, it’s not a victory!”

Zhang Sheng comforted himself and looked back at the livestream chat.

By now, Liang Wei had taken his mother-in-law’s body down from the ceiling and held it in his arms with disgust. As he passed Su Xiaoxiao, he stopped and said coldly, “Su Xiaoxiao, you and your brother are really something. Fine. You work together perfectly. I underestimated you. This time, I admit defeat.”

“If you’re going to hold my secret over me forever, fine. As long as you two keep my secret, I won’t tell anyone you colluded with me to kill Yamamoto Sakura. But if the police suspect you, don’t drag me down. Otherwise, we’ll go down together.”

With that, Liang Wei turned the corner and headed downstairs. Su Xiaoxiao stood where she was, watching him leave.

Then, in her mind, she recalled something Chen Shu had told her many times before the show began, “Sis, don’t get clever on your own. Your Brother is scared.”

She exhaled slowly. This time, she hadn’t gotten clever. Killing Yamamoto Sakura with her own hands and letting her brother handle the aftermath, that was all she could do.

Even if… the police came for her… She would never let her brother get in trouble. After all, she was the one who had done the killing. The cameras were off, nobody knew her brother had been here.

On the first floor, the dorm warden’s office.

Knock, knock.

A young man in a coat knocked on the door. From inside came the warden auntie’s impatient voice. “Who is it?”

The young man changed his voice. “It’s me, Teacher An. Something happened with one of my students, and I’ve been dealing with it for hours. I’ve just finished, please open the door for me.”

“Oh, Teacher An,” the auntie replied. “You’ve worked hard. Hold on, I’ll open it for you.”

Beep, beep.

The lights in the warden’s office came on. She pressed the button to open the electronic gate that normally required a student card. With a ‘creak,’ the doors slid open. The young man pulled his coat tighter, hands in pockets, and strolled casually outside.

He vanished into the night.

After walking for some time, he glanced back at the dorm building under the night sky and murmured, “Little sister, good night. In the morning, I’ll give you another gift.”