You Owe Me, My Love novel Chapter 116

No matter how rational Bai Rong was, it did not change the fact of how sudden this occurred.

“How could there be someone who dies here so suddenly?” She clutched Gu Mingchen’s hands, shaking in fear.

Gu Mingchen’s eyes narrowed and hastily muttered “Someone is trying to harm you.”

Ping! Ping! Ping! The doors outside burst open.

“Gu Mingchen, you better leave quickly. Otherwise, they will suspect that that person found out about our adulterous relationship. If it comes to that, we will be trapped and no amount of explaining will save us.” Bai Rong said, clearly distressed.

“Rong, do you trust me?” Gu Mingchen asked coldly.

“I do.” Bai Rong replied without hesitation.

The hotel security came barging in at that moment, making a beeline for the sky garden.

“Reporting to the chief, a dead body was found in the sky garden. The culprit is nowhere to be seen.” The security captain barked into his radio communications.

He proceeded to scan the room, a frown adorning his face. “Search the room.” He gruffly instructed his subordinates.

“What are you doing here?” Gu Mingchen’s sharp voice accompanied him as he entered the room.

“There was a murder here, so irrelevant parties should leave.” The security captain replied rudely.

Gu Mingchen narrowed his eyes as his hands gripped firmly around the security captain’s neck while forcing him against the door.

The security captain did not bother putting up a fight.

“Who do you think you are that you can raise your voice at me? If there’s really a murder here, it will not be up to the likes of you to handle it any ways.” Gu Mingchen’s tone cleanly sliced through the air.

The guard turned pale.

Gu Mingchen released him. He dialed a number and commanded the recipient, “Call Jinyang City’s police department. There was a murder at the Jingyang Hotel, room 1829. Tell them they have three minutes to arrive here.”

The security captain’s face discolored further after hearing the contents of the call.

“Reporting to the captain, the guest of this room is nowhere to be found.” His subordinate reported curtly.

He furrowed his brow. “Leave the room for now.” He instructed his subordinates.

Gu Mingchen stood ramrod straight at the entryway. “It would be best to wait for the police to arrive and provide a detailed account then.”

Ten minutes later, Bai Rong appeared, her hair was noticeably wet as she stepped out of the elevator and made her way over to the door. “What are you doing in my room?” She questioned, confused.

Upon seeing Bai Rong, the security captain’s eyes widened as his gaze swung between her and the sky garden. His pupils flashed before he slowly bowed his head.

“What happened here?” The security chief joined the group at this moment.

“Chief, a dead body was found in Room 1829 but so far, neither culprit nor murder weapon have been found. This is rather unusual.” The captain reported.

The security chief glanced at Bai Rong before giving the order, “Check the surveillance tapes.”

Gu Mingchen’s eyes narrowed once again, his icy gaze surveying the security chief. “The police will naturally attend to these matters.”

The security chief immediately agreed in a low voice.

Half an hour later, Jinyang City’s police chief, detective team, the hotel’s managers, security chief and captain as well as Gu Mingchen and Bai Rong were all gathered in the surveillance room.

While checking the surveillance tapes, they noted that Bai Rong had entered the room at 8.12 p.m. while Gu Mingchen had entered at 8.20 p.m. but left 10 minutes later.

The tapes were empty between 9.10 p.m. to 9.40 p.m. It was at 9.41 p.m. that the security team had burst into the room and discovered the corpse.

At 9.51 p.m., Bai Rong returned to the room.

“Ms. Bai Rong, what were you doing between 9.10 p.m. and 9.40 p.m.?” The police questioned her.

“After Mr. Gu left, I went online and surfed the internet. I came to Jinyang City as a prosecutor, hence I wanted to gain a better understanding of the city’s culture. You are welcome to check my browser history. At around 9.30 p.m., I got tired and saw that the hotel website mentioned a swimming pool in the hotel garden, so I headed down there.” Bai Rong explained, unfazed.

“The surveillance camera near the swimming pool should be isolated, right?” The police asked the security chief.

“Yes, it is” He replied, adjusting the footage.

Bai Rong appeared at the pool at 9.42 p.m. but left after circling it twice.

“Why did you only walk around it twice?” The police asked her.

“The water was dirtier than expected. Sir, you have to find out who did this. How could this have happened in my sky garden? It is too peculiar.” Bai Rong replied.

“We will follow up on the details soon.” The policeman’s face displayed slight disconcertion.

The security chief’s expression mirrored that of the policeman, exclaiming, “How could something like this happen?”

“Did you not notice that the surveillance cameras were off for half an hour?” The policeman inquired of the security chief.

“One of our men was celebrating his birthday today, thus he had used my identification to book Room 1729 to hold a party. I had called the guy on shift to eat a slice of cake before returning to his post.” The security chief explained.

“By the way, when we were in Room 1729, we did hear a woman’s scream coming from Room 1829 so I sent someone over immediately who charged into the room.” The security captain offered the piece of information up stoically.

“What time did you hear the noise?” The policeman asked, his instincts that had been honed after years on the force kicked in.

“I remember checking my watch, so I’m certain it was at 9.30 p.m.. Moreover, I am certain that it was a woman’s voice and anyone in the room at that time can attest to it.” The security captain continued as he cast Bai Rong an odd look.

Bai Rong turned to the security captain and challenged, “Are you trying to imply that it was I who killed that man?”

“Sir, let us suppose that the man came looking for Ms. Bai at 9.10 p.m., she would have finished him off in 20 minutes then screamed at 9.30 p.m.. We rushed in at 9.41 p.m., meaning she could have bolted to the pool at 9.30 p.m. in order to create her alibi.”

Bai Rong chuckled, “Please, that man was as strong as an ox. You actually believe that I could have done the deed? I don’t even know who he is, or why he came to find me, so why would I kill him?”

“What about if you have drugged him prior? It is possible that you could have stabbed him afterwards.” The security captain retorted confidently.

Gu Mingchen drew his brows together, a glint flashing across his eyes.

The door opened and a member of the forensics team stepped in and faced the police chief while giving his report, “We found a bottle of xxxx in the room and will be going back to perform the autopsy to study if the cause of death is the stab wound or poison.”

“See, I told you.” The security captain jumped up in excitement.

“So, you meant she killed him, then attracted your attention by screaming?” Gu Mingchen coldly shot at him.

“She did it to deliberately fabricate an alibi.” The security captain replied with certainty.

“If she has the time to create an alibi, why leave the poison behind? Furthermore, the noise I heard was at 9.39 p.m., not at 9.30 p.m. like you have said. Additionally, only about 1 to 2 minutes after I heard the scream did the sounds of you knocking on the door begin. Why did you lie? Could it be that you are the killer?” Gu Mingchen addressed the security captain pointedly.

The security captain’s face turned white as he fumbled for an excuse. “Perhaps my watch is defective.”

Gu Mingchen caught the security captain’s wrist and checked the time shown on the watch. “Unfortunately, your watch is working fine.” His tone was bitingly cold.