novelraw Chapter 260
Chapter 260
260~ The Missing Empress~
Could it be that the Empress recovered her memory?
But the problem was, aside from this carpet with scorch marks left when magic was released and the messy bedroom, there were no other clues!
Could it be the Empress ran out!?
Harboring the worst possibility, Maid Xiao Xi immediately conducted a carpet search of the entire bedroom, looking for any clues. The result was that she discovered the Empress had very likely crushed someone with magic.
The carpet was stained with some not-very-obvious bloodstains. She dared guarantee these absolutely hadn't been there before.
"Princess......"
No! She had to hurry and find the Empress!
……
"Hello, I'm your roommate~"
Casually greeting her, the Little Princess found a spot to sit down and began chatting with her silly group friends.
"How did you bring your phone in?"
The roommate froze for a while before asking.
Moreover, she also discovered that this newly arrived roommate actually hadn't even changed clothes. She directly came in with her own things? Was it this absurd?
"Just came in like this?"
Otherwise, how else could she come in?
"No, big sis, this is the police station. Are you treating this like your home?"
"Maybe. Anyway, they told me to stay for a bit. Once the forensic results come out, I can leave."
"Huh?"
The reason she could be this confident, fundamentally, was still because Xu Hanhai's death truly had a tremendous relationship with her, but it absolutely wasn't caused by her single-handedly. Even if the world's top forensic examiners came to look, they would have to shake their heads.
Xu Hanhai had died suddenly. It wasn't murder.
Returning to reality......
Now she understood. This newly arrived roommate was probably some rich family's young miss who accidentally did something wrong and was locked in here for a while to experience life!
"Then can you lend me your phone to make a call?"
"No. Officer Chen said I can't."
"All right then......"
She didn't make things difficult for the Little Princess because she knew this kind of background young miss fundamentally wasn't someone she could afford to provoke. Maybe today she made this young miss suffer some grievance here, and tomorrow she would welcome a roommate who would come in and start fighting without a word, then after beating her say their hands were itchy and wanted to practice.
Just obediently playing with her phone like this, all the way until nearly evening, Chen Ze personally delivered the meal.
"Miss Mo, this was specially prepared for You. Please eat."
"All right. Then thank you, Officer Chen."
The Little Princess gently pinched the corner of her skirt and performed a standard royal etiquette.
Just a single movement fully displayed that noble temperament of being a princess.
The movements could perhaps be imitated identically, but this temperament couldn't be faked.
Just as he originally thought, the identity of Miss Mo before him fundamentally wasn't an ordinary returning overseas Chinese national, but rather had an even more noble identity. Perhaps she was a noble from some country.
"Then Miss Mo, please eat slowly. After you finish eating, send a message and someone will come in to clean up."
"Mm."
Only after Officer Chen's footsteps walked far away did the Little Princess pick up chopsticks. However, preparing this much food clearly overestimated her appetite. Moreover, an extra set of utensils had been prepared.
The Little Princess casually beckoned to this temporary "good roommate" of hers:
"Come eat together."
"This... is that all right?"
"Anyway, I can't finish it alone. Leaving it would be wasteful. Just think of it as helping me share the burden."
The Little Princess smiled.
"Thank you, Miss Mo!"
After thanking her, she immediately wolfed down the food on the table. In contrast, on the other side, the Little Princess skillfully used a knife and fork, bit by bit solving the steak before her.
......
"Burp~ Um, Miss Mo, what did you do to get detained here?"
"Murder."
"Huh?"
Immediately, she took a small step backward.
"Don't worry. I'm just a suspect. I'm not the murderer. Once the forensic examination results come out, I can leave."
"Is that so......"
She gave her such a fright! She thought she was locked up together with a murderer just for brawling.
"What about you?"
"Me? Brawling. My bestie was bullied by someone who even cursed at my family. How could I tolerate that? I directly punched them."
"And then you came in now?"
"Yes......"
The roommate scratched her cheek somewhat embarrassedly.
"But it's still good. If nothing unexpected happens in these three days, I can go out."
"Oh, I see."
The Little Princess nodded. For a moment, she became somewhat interested.
"Then what's your name?"
"Li Jiaqi."
"My name is Mo. As you can see, I'm a returning overseas Chinese national. I hope we can get along well during the remaining time."
The Little Princess extended her hand.
......
"How is it? Did you serve that Miss Mo comfortably?"
"Probably."
Serving a criminal suspect had never been within his job responsibilities. But no matter how he checked the surveillance, this Miss Mo had only appeared in Pengcheng these past few days. Moreover, it was almost like appearing out of thin air.
He didn't know what kind of method this Miss Mo used to enter the city, but this sign could almost confirm that this Miss Mo wasn't the murderer.
"Still need to wait for the forensic examination results?"
"Let's wait."
No matter what, the traces he saw at the scene, as well as this Miss Mo's expression transitions, absolutely existed.
He would wait a bit longer and observe this Miss Mo more.
"Bang bang bang!!"
Violently banging open the door, Maid Xiao Xi walked into the police station with an exhausted expression on her face. Following the route in her memory, she walked straight to Chen Ze's presence.
"You......"
The office door was broken again. It needed to be repaired again.
However, he also had no intention of blaming her. Maid Xiao Xi had only gone out for one afternoon and came back with a haggard expression. Obviously, some major incident had occurred.
"Cough cough. This Miss... Yu, is there something?"
"Where is my Miss!? I have urgent matters to report!"
......
"You're saying Fei ran out?"
"Yes, Miss. She ran out, and moreover, she seemed to have used......"
The Little Princess had clearly told her that she absolutely couldn't mention magic in front of anyone. She could only gesture with her hands while concealing it. The Little Princess also understood what she meant.
The Empress used magic?
"The matter is roughly like this. I've already tried my best to search, but I couldn't find her...... Sorry, Miss."
"It doesn't matter. You've already tried your best."
After gently comforting her for a while, she stood up again and sent a message to Officer Chen.
Before long, Chen Ze knocked on the door and came in.
"Miss Mo?"
"Can I ask Officer Chen to help me search for a lost child?"
The Little Princess casually pulled up a photo from her phone. It was something she had deliberately recorded: the young Empress Fei's sleeping face.
"Fei. Like me, she's a returning overseas Chinese national. She disappeared around three o'clock this afternoon. Can I ask Officer Chen to help search for her?"
"No problem."