Chapter 1997: Suspicion
After asking Ling Zhiyu and Ling Yilin, Gu Zhiqi realized that the current clues were very similar to those from last time.
Seeing Gu Zhiqi fall silent, Ling Yilin asked, "Master Gu, can we find the murderer with these clues?"
Gu Zhiqi: "..."
He glanced at Ling Yilin, "Can you?"
Ling Yilin shook his head.
"If you can’t, then how can I?" Gu Zhiqi said somewhat speechlessly.
Upon hearing this, Ling Yilin immediately said, "Xu Changqing has been dead for so many years, and you were able to find his killer. What does that say? It says that Master Gu is amazing."
"I believe that Master Gu will surely find the murderer of the Great Elder and the Third Elder and clear me and my little junior sister’s name!"
Gu Zhiqi: "..."
Su Yunling pushed Ling Yilin aside, "You’re quite calculating. She has no obligation to clear your name, so back off."
After that, Gu Zhiqi asked Ling Yilin and Ling Zhiyu some more questions.
It was about Ling Muyan.
When Gu Zhiqi brought up Ling Muyan, both Ling Yilin and Ling Zhiyu were a bit surprised.
Ling Yilin couldn’t help but directly ask, "Does Master Gu suspect Junior Sister Muyan?"
Before Gu Zhiqi could say anything, Ling Yilin added, "It’s impossible for Junior Sister Muyan."
"Leaving aside Junior Sister Muyan’s character, just the relationship she had with the Third Elder..."
"Put it this way, the Third Elder treated Junior Sister Muyan as his own daughter, and Junior Sister Muyan was very filial to the Third Elder."
"So, it’s absolutely impossible for Junior Sister Muyan to have harmed the Third Elder."
Although Ling Zhiyu didn’t speak, he very much agreed with Ling Yilin’s words.
Seeing this, Gu Zhiqi raised an eyebrow slightly and said casually, "It’s just a suspicion, I never said she is the murderer."
Upon hearing this, Ling Yilin immediately said to Gu Zhiqi, "I didn’t mean anything else, just that I don’t think Junior Sister Muyan is a suspect. However, why does Master Gu suspect Junior Sister Muyan?"
Gu Zhiqi didn’t want to explain too much, so he casually found an excuse, "Probably because she has a good relationship with Xiao Yixue."
Ling Yilin: ?
What does this have to do with Xiao Yixue?
Although puzzled inside, he didn’t ask more, just nodded to Gu Zhiqi, "Indeed, Junior Sister Muyan and Xiao Yixue are like sisters."
At this point, Ling Yilin remarked with some emotion, "Junior Sister Muyan practices the Heartless Path, which is destined to have few ties, so even though she is easygoing, she doesn’t get deeply involved with others."
"This also means she won’t have friends she is very close to."
"The Third Elder and Xiao Yixue were the closest people to her; who would have thought they’d both..."
"With the Third Elder and Xiao Yixue dead, there are no longer any people she has deep ties to in this world."
Moved, Ling Yilin spoke at length.
Initially, both Gu Zhiqi and Su Yunling were quite annoyed with him prattling on. However, after listening to him, Gu Zhiqi’s expression suddenly changed.
"What did you just say?" Gu Zhiqi looked at Ling Yilin and asked.
Ling Yilin: ?
Trying hard to recall, Ling Yilin couldn’t quite remember what he had just said, so he roughly repeated, "The Third Elder and Xiao Yixue are dead?"
Gu Zhiqi shook his head, "Not that sentence."
Ling Yilin: "Junior Sister Muyan doesn’t have many close friends?"
"Not that sentence either."
Ling Yilin tried hard to recall and tentatively spoke again, "There are no longer any people in this world she has deep ties to?"
After listening, Gu Zhiqi didn’t speak again but fell into a prolonged silence.