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I suspected it might be the short-haired man with a British accent from the bar.
But what was his name? Where did he come from?
I strained to remember, but I couldn't recall anything at all.
I silently cursed myself: Damn this alcohol! It's all its fault for making me blackout and forget everything!
Later, in a daze, I finally brought the police officer named Gao Yi into the security room.
There was already a young officer waiting there. He informed Gao Yi that yesterday's footage had been retrieved.
While everyone was focused on the screen, I cautiously reached into my bag and felt for the wine bottle, carefully wiping away the bloodstains on it. Each wipe felt like a thrilling battle with fate.
The officers examined the surveillance footage closely but found no valuable clues.
At that moment, Gao Yi's phone suddenly rang. After answering, he quickly turned to me and said, "They found your boss's white Porsche."
"Where?" I asked anxiously, my heart racing.
"In the Maple Leaf Hotel parking lot," Gao Yi replied succinctly.
Upon hearing this, my heart sank; that was indeed the hotel where I had drunkenly stayed last night. What a coincidence! A sense of foreboding enveloped me.
It was definitely my boss's car; he had previously scratched it, and I had taken it for repairs, so I recognized it immediately.
Now it sat quietly in the parking lot of the Maple Leaf Hotel.
The hotel owner, the car attendant, and the front desk clerk were all summoned.
Seeing this, I hurriedly lowered my head, terrified that the attendant would recognize me.
In that instant, another memory flashed into my mind like lightning: I was wearing a raincoat and plastic gloves.
That image was strange; why would I wear a raincoat and gloves in a room without rain? Was I cleaning?
Then, in my recollection, I saw the English-speaking man from the bar standing across from me.
He was also wearing a raincoat, and everything felt so eerie.
The voice of the car watcher suddenly pulled me out of my reverie.
I heard him say to Gao Yi, "I remember the owner of this car. It's rare to see such a nice car at our little hotel, so I paid special attention to him."
"Is it him?" Gao Yi showed him a photo of the owner.
The car watcher glanced at it, confirmed with certainty, and indignantly added, "He has quite the temper. Just because he drives a nice car, does he think he can act all high and mighty?"
"Oh, I remember now," the Front Desk Clerk chimed in from the side. "It's definitely him. He was extremely irritable. When he walked in, he slammed the door loudly. I asked him to keep it down, and he pointed at me angrily, telling me to shut up."
"What time did the owner arrive at the hotel?" Gao Yi asked the clerk seriously.
"About two in the morning," she replied quickly.
"Did he check in?"
"No, it seems like he was looking for someone. More like he came to catch someone cheating." As she said this, her boss shot her a fierce glare.
Gao Yi ignored this; everyone knew that such things often happened in small hotels like this.
"Which room did he go to?" Gao Yi pressed on.
"I don't know. But I do know he went to the top floor. I watched the elevator closely; there's no way I could be wrong."
"If you're so sure, please give me the list of guests who checked into the top floor last night," Gao Yi instructed the clerk.
My heart sank at this moment; I thought to myself, oh no! They would definitely find someone named Anita Mui on that list.
That's right; I had been staying on the top floor on the night of the murder.
Fortunately, I had been carefully hiding behind the clerk at that time, and she hadn't recognized me.
What happened next unfolded rapidly, each event linking to another seamlessly.
Gao Yi received another phone call. After hanging up, he turned to me and said, " Ms.Royi, we just discovered that your company's surveillance tape has been replaced. Someone swapped last night's footage with content from last week. This way, even if someone brought a body in, the security wouldn't notice. This person is most likely from your company. Who do you think could have accessed the security room to change the tape?"
I made an effort to calm myself and replied, "Anyone could have access. We're just an ordinary company, and the security has always been quite lax. During lunch and dinner times, there might not even be anyone in the security room."
He nodded thoughtfully after hearing this.
Suddenly, he asked me out of the blue, " Ms.Royi, who else has a key to your office?"
I hesitated for a moment before admitting, "Many people. There are two other secretaries who work in the same office as me. Of course, the three Manager Assistants and the Cleaner also have keys."
He then inquired, "Were you the last one to leave the office yesterday?"
I nodded and said, "Yes, I’m basically the last one to leave every day."
After that, he asked for my office key and said he wanted to take me somewhere.
Can you guess where we were going?
Yes, he was taking me to my office.
Could it be that I had carelessly left some evidence behind there again?
My heart sank once more.
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