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Su Yong's eyes widened in fury, resembling an enraged lion as he leaped up, ready to strike Zhang Mingda. However, he was quickly restrained by those around him.
"Hmph! What evidence do you have?!" Zhang Mingda exclaimed, frantically dodging Su Yong's incoming fist while stomping his feet like a clown, trying to sound intimidating.
"The evidence is right here."
Guo Yi swiftly pulled off the red cloth covering a cardboard box like a magician, revealing a document and a disk, shaking them vigorously in front of Zhang Mingda.
Zhang Mingda glanced at the items, and his face instantly turned pale. His legs weakened, and he collapsed onto the ground.
Guo Yi's expression remained stern as he began to recount the truth of the case: "I found a key marked with an 'S' among Su Xiaoshuang's belongings. The font of this 'S' looked very familiar to me. After some thought, I realized it was the logo of the Hilton Hotel.
I went to the Hilton Hotel and located the storage locker that matched this key, where I discovered this document.
While doing business in China, Zhang Mingda bribed high-ranking officials multiple times. His jewelry company was merely a facade; in reality, he was involved in smuggling—not just any smuggling, but drug trafficking.
This material is evidence collected by Su Xiaoshuang. She was an undercover agent sent by Interpol.
After gathering all the evidence against Zhang Mingda, she became aware that he had uncovered her true identity.
To silence her, Zhang Mingda devised a scheme using 'ghosts' as a cover.
He wanted Su Xiaoshuang dead while evading police scrutiny. After much contemplation, Zhang Mingda decided to orchestrate her 'suicide.' However, before executing his plan, he needed a conducive environment—one that would instill widespread fear. After extensive investigation, he discovered this office building rumored to be haunted.
Most Thais fear ghosts, creating an ideal psychological environment for Zhang Mingda to construct his Psychological Chamber. He involved himself in the 'Ghost Tower' narrative to fabricate the illusion of Su Xiaoshuang's suicide.
Indeed, when the Thai Police examined Su Xiaoshuang's death scene, they concluded it was a 'suicide.'
In truth, the Thai Police are human too; they have their own fears—namely, ghosts. Privately, they had already linked Su Xiaoshuang's suicide with ghostly occurrences. This was one reason why they did not continue their investigation."
"However," Guo Yi continued, "Su Xiaoshuang suspected that her identity had been exposed and lived in constant fear of being murdered. This was the second Psychological Chamber you constructed for her through fear. To outsiders, it seemed as if 'ghosts' were haunting Su Xiaoshuang.
Yet Su Xiaoshuang knew that you were the true 'ghost' who intended to kill her."
Zhang Mingda shrugged, attempting one last struggle. "Guo Yi, don't speak nonsense. When Su Xiaoshuang died, there was no one else in her room."
"I found this coffee cup in the messy corner of Su Xiaoshuang's office," Guo Yi said, pulling another cup from the box to continue his revelations. "On the morning of Su Xiaoshuang's death, you secretly applied a fainting drug to the bottom of the coffee cup she drank from. The Thai police, during their investigation, fell into the trap you set with your 'ghostly' Psychological Chamber and were misled by the preconceived notion of 'ghosts at work,' failing to examine the details seriously.
Your company has its own beverage station. Anyone who drinks coffee can freely take from there. Personal cups are also stored there. So it was easy for you to apply the drug to the bottom of her cup. When Su Xiaoshuang poured in her coffee, the drug dissolved into it. By the time she realized something was wrong, it was already too late.
In self-defense, Su Xiaoshuang locked her office door and secured it with a safety chain from the inside. When she ran for the phone, she knocked over a chair and scattered documents piled on her desk. But it was too late; she fainted before she could pick up the phone.
You didn't poison her because you were afraid that symptoms of poisoning would raise suspicion with the police."
"Are you saying that Su Xiaoshuang only fainted and didn't actually die?" Su Yong couldn't contain his excitement and asked eagerly.
"Yes," Guo Yi replied. "She locked herself in her office and wasn't dead at that time."
"Then who killed her?" Su Yong asked, confusion written all over his face, his voice trembling slightly.
"It was him!" Guo Yi pointed decisively at Zhang Mingda again.
Zhang Mingda laughed loudly, trying to argue, "I rushed in with everyone else. At that time, a dagger was already plunged into Su Xiaoshuang's chest. Everyone here can testify for me. When Su Xiaoshuang died, I was talking to the boss of Computer Company. I have a solid alibi."
"You are wrong! You weren't with everyone else when you entered the room; you were the first one in. After entering, you immediately knelt down and picked up Su Xiaoshuang, who had collapsed behind her desk. That large desk successfully blocked others' view. Then you inserted the dagger hidden in your sleeve into her chest.
Afterward, you wiped off your fingerprints from the dagger with your sleeve and took advantage of everyone's distraction by the terrifying patterns on the ceiling to press Su Xiaoshuang's hand onto the dagger, creating her fingerprints.
Talking to Computer Boss and breaking down the door with everyone else were all part of your plan. You deliberately created an alibi."
Guo Yi paused for a moment, took a deep breath, and continued, "When I first entered the office, I suspected that Su Xiaoshuang's death might be a suicide based on the bloodstains left behind.
First of all, women generally choose methods like taking sleeping pills or jumping off buildings for suicide; very few have enough courage or strength to stab themselves in the chest."
Moreover, logically speaking, if she truly committed suicide, there was a considerable amount of time between her death and the moment you broke in, yet the blood on the floor is minimal.
These two points make me suspicious.
Su Xiaoshuang had contacted me before her death. At that time, I told you it was because she was afraid of ghosts.
In fact, she told me she was afraid of you.
"But all of this is just your speculation. You have no evidence that I murdered her," Zhang Mingda continued to resist, trying to shake off the accusations.
"Is that so? To test you, I deliberately placed that bloody note at your office door. The moment you saw it, you panicked, your eyes filled with fear and anxiety. The numbers on it are the last digits of the phone numbers of several high-ranking officials involved in bribery that you contacted in China. Others may not recognize them, but those who know the inside story would. I found these numbers in the evidence collected from Su Xiaoshuang."
Guo Yi said this and then casually took a small plastic bag from a cardboard box, which contained a small piece of paper. "This is the drug you bought from the pharmacy that can cause someone to faint. You were too careless; I found the receipt for the drug in your trash can. It was addressed to Thai. Unfortunately, since you don't understand Thai, you didn't dispose of this receipt in time.
Also, that knife is made in China. I found your name engraved on the inside of the handle. This knife was one of the set given to you as a birthday gift by your friends in China. They said they specially asked someone to engrave your name on it as a unique gift for you.
Unfortunately, you've never truly appreciated this gift; it only came to mind when you thought about killing someone.
Zhang Mingda, do you have anything else to argue?"
After Guo Yi finished speaking, two police officers quickly stepped forward and skillfully placed handcuffs on Zhang Mingda, preparing to extradite him back to China and hand him over to the Chinese authorities.
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