This is a high-rise apartment in downtown New York. The morning sun shines in from the window, bathing the entire apartment in a brilliant sunshine, and illuminating a slender hand and a messy long hair that stretches out from the quilt.

It seemed that I could feel the morning sunshine, and the chaotic and long hair moved, revealing a face of a little girl who was still young and had not yet taken off her childish spirit.

Xing Ziyue rubbed her eyes and looked at the sunlight outside the window. She was about to get up, but suddenly she remembered that it was already summer vacation and there was no need to get up early to go to school, so she pulled the quilt and continued to sleep.

However, it seems that this time I am destined to be unable to sleep. After only five minutes of lying down, a harsh phone ringing rang.

Xing Ziyue was very familiar with the phone ringtone. She was the exclusive ringtone of the New York Police Department. Knowing that the matter was urgent, there was no way to catch it, she had to pick up the phone.

"Hey! Who!" she asked angrily, her tender voice with a bit of murderous intent.

Sheriff Richard's anxious voice came from the other end of the phone, "Consultant Xing Ziyue, I'm sorry to bother you. This morning, a murder case in a secret room occurred in Queens. I'm afraid you need to come and help solve the case immediately."

(Damn it, these are already six secret room murder cases at the end of this month. Have these murderers been following the trend recently?) Xing Ziyue secretly complained, but considering that the fools in the New York Police Department would definitely not be able to solve such high-end cases, Xing Ziyue had to get up from the bed.

"I'll be there later." After that, he hung up the phone.

Washing his face and brushing his teeth, putting on a windbreaker, wearing sunglasses, holding a waffle leftover from yesterday in his mouth, and stuffing an apple into the pocket of the windbreaker. Xing Ziyue set out from the apartment.

She did not go to the police station, but drove directly to the crime scene.

At this moment, the outside of the house at the crime scene had been completely blocked by the police, some good onlookers were watching around, and several people from the investigation department were collecting evidence, with a tense atmosphere.

When he saw Xing Ziyue coming, someone immediately came to meet him.

"Thank God, Consultant Sin, you are finally here." The sheriff came over with an anxious look on his face.

"There is no way, is there a traffic jam on the road?" Xing Ziyue stuffed the last piece of waffle into her mouth, "Tell me, what's going on?" Xing Ziyue asked while gnawing on the apple.

The sheriff recruited her, and the police officer next to her immediately began to report to her.

"This morning, the milk delivery person came to the door of this residence to deliver milk. Usually the hostess would come out to receive milk in person, but this morning he didn't do that. The milk delivery person looked into the house and remembered that he found an abnormality. He called the police and opened the door. Unexpectedly, the owner of the house inside was dead, and the doors and windows of the whole house were locked from the inside, and it looked nothing unusual."

"Hmph, it's interesting. Let me see the scene before talking about it." Xing Ziyue said.

When I walked into the living room, I saw a woman lying on the ground pretending to be miserable, her face covered in blood, as if she was hit by a blunt object, and was wearing pajamas.

Xing Ziyue wandered around twice, and suddenly a faint smile appeared on her face, but the sheriff was happy. Usually, if the Xing consultant looked like this, he would usually find the truth.

"I have already had preliminary results, gather your people together, and now I'm going to announce my conclusion."

"Yes, yes, I'll call someone right away."

As the sheriff said, people were soon gathered, including neighbors watching the fun, police officers handling the case, workers delivering milk, etc.

Looking at the dozen people around him, Xing Ziyue showed a confident smile on her face, "I'm sorry to let everyone gather here. The reason why she did this is because I want to reveal the truth of this case. The criminal is very smart. He carefully arranged a secret room murder scene, thinking that he could get away with it by relying on such a method. However, he still missed one thing, that is me, and no conspiracy can escape my eyes. According to my speculation, the murderer is among us."

What! The sheriff was shocked, and everyone was filled with incredible expressions.

"Why say that, can the murderer stay?"

"Who is that person?"

Xing Ziyue's eyes swept across everyone's faces one by one, and finally locked in a woman: "That person is Linda, your deceased neighbor!"

The woman named Linda looked panicked, but she still had a strong fighting spirit, "Why do you say I did it?"

"It's very simple. The name of the deceased is Lily, which means lily. There are a lot of lilies planted in your garden. Lily also means lesbian in Chinese. Therefore, it is obvious that you and the deceased are a couple. Today's date is September 7. 9 plus 7 equals 16, 16 divided by 4 or 4, which means that the criminals are related to four, and there are exactly four people in your family. Your house number is 206, and 2 times 6 equals 12. The first letter of the deceased's name is l, which happens to be the twelfth letter in the alphabet. So who is the murderer? The answer is self-evident."

"this"

After listening to Xing Ziyue's reasoning, everyone was shocked and soon they all turned into a sudden enlightenment.

"So that's it! I understand!" a police officer exclaimed, "Sinner Consultant, your reasoning is too great."

"What a genius. He can even reason about such a process. And it is so linked and without a trace of loopholes, it is simply incredible." Sheriff Richard also shouted.

"It's true that Miss Beldera, known as the super-sensory detective!" A crowd of onlookers also shouted.

Others also showed expressions of admiration, some of which looked like this, while others were unaware of it, as if they had not figured out the reasoning process.

The woman named Linda was shocked at first, but then suddenly laughed, "But you have no evidence. The windows and the people in this house are locked from inside. Why do you think it was my attack? If it were the one I killed, how did I leave?"

Hearing Linda questioning this, everyone looked at Xing Ziyue.

"It's very simple. If I speculate correctly, you should have left the attic window. Sheriff Richard, please let your police officer check the windows of the attic on the second floor to see if they are open." Xing Ziyue said the answer with a calm expression.

The sheriff immediately took a few of his men to investigate the attic on the second floor. Sure enough, the windows on the attic on the second floor were wide open, and there were two obvious bloody footprints, which were Linda's shoes.

Now, the onlookers and policemen around them made a sound of admiration.

Linda looked tragic, "I didn't expect to be discovered? Yes, I killed Lily. I didn't want to do this. I hope to break up with her because I have my family, but she doesn't agree. She forced me."

After Linda finished speaking, she was escorted to the police station by several policemen.

And today, the murder case in the secret room was finally solved with difficulty.

"Well done a good job with the criminal consultant, thanks to you this time, otherwise such a complicated case would be difficult to solve with the strength of our police station. You are indeed a professional." Sheriff Richard said gratefully as he was taken into the police car.

Xing Ziyue nodded slightly, "Nothing, this is what I should do. After all, this is my job. If you really want to thank me, please give me a drink later."

"Of course, this is my honor."

More than ten minutes later, the sheriff and Xing Ziyue came to a nearby bar.

“Cheers to your cooperation.”

"cheers."

"To be honest, I still can't figure out how you did it. Such a complicated case, if it weren't for your help, I would have no clue at all." The sheriff said with admiration.

Xing Ziyue took a sip of the milk in the cup, "I have no idea about this. Maybe this is a kind of talent, a kind of cursed talent. Because of this talent, I have seen too many deaths and killings, too many evils and tragedies." A little vicissitudes and a little melancholy appeared in her tone.

The sheriff looked at her with some surprise, "Tell me, how many years have you been a detective?"

Xing Ziyue calculated by her fingers, "It has been five years since I was seven years old."

The sheriff nodded with emotion, "Five years are indeed enough to change a person. Maybe you should take a leave."

Xing Ziyue shook her head, "Forget it, vacation will make me feel relaxed. For a detective who is always on the edge of life and death, relaxation will kill people. But sometimes I doubt whether my behavior is meaningful. After arresting so many criminals, the world still seems to have not changed much."

Xing Ziyue said in a vicissitudes of seeing through the world, which formed a strong contrast with her tender face.

However, Sheriff Richard did not seem to notice this difference, but nodded in agreement, "Indeed, we old guys are still counting on you. As long as you are here, no case is enough. I heard that there is no problem in this world that you cannot solve."

Xing Ziyue shook her head, "It's not the case. There is still a question that I have been pursuing but cannot answer."

"Uh? What's the problem?" the sheriff asked curiously.

"This question is who my parents are. I started pursuing this question six years ago. I traveled all over the world and had enough dealing with intelligence agencies in various countries, but I got nothing. It was to find the answer that I became a detective, but I had a premonition that maybe this answer would appear soon." Xing Ziyue said, drinking the milk in the cup.
Chapter completed!