After being fed to top-tier orcs, I became the darling of the entire intergalactic world.

Chapter 384 The case is shrouded in mystery!

The timeline of Goring and You're So Poisonous shows that the Count was still alive at 4:30 pm; it just depends on whether anyone saw him again after that.

"I am the young lady's younger brother, the young master of the castle."

He could have simply said he was the young master of the castle, but he insisted on bringing up Liang He's identity as the young lady. Liang Jia is indeed a true sister-complex.

He has an excellent memory and can narrate without a script.

“Every morning I need to study things related to succession, and after lunch break I will practice riding.”

Liang Jia's character is the heir to a castle and the son of an earl, so in addition to relevant training, aristocratic activities are also a required course.

"The riding lesson usually ends at 4:30 pm, but because there was a ball today, it ended half an hour early. Then I went back to my room to wash up and change clothes, and went straight to the banquet hall to greet the guests."

A ball cannot be held with just a butler to greet guests. As the son of an earl, Liang Jia must also assume corresponding responsibilities, which is a sign of respect and importance to the guests.

"So you didn't see the Earl today?"

Li Xiao discovered that Liang Jia's timeline contained no mention of the Earl.

In response to his question, Liang Jia nodded calmly.

"Yes."

His answer made everyone unanimously suspicious.

Is it reasonable for the son of an earl to not have seen his father for an entire day?

[Perhaps the father and son have a bad relationship and aren't very close? We can't assume he's lying just because we haven't met him, can we?]

[Hiss—If that's the case, the young master seems even more suspicious. I'm not sure, let's wait and see.]

Logically speaking, it is indeed a bit suspicious that the father and son haven't seen each other all day.

However, we cannot conclude that the young master is the murderer of the count based solely on this suspicion.

"Okay, so next is..."

"it's me!"

Leila, along with Liang He and the others, was seated among the men.

Evelyn sat in the middle with Bebe, flanked by Layla and Liang He, to avoid making her feel uncomfortable in front of men she wasn't very familiar with.

"I am the young lady's personal bodyguard. This morning I have been accompanying her in her room to choose a dress for the ball."

It's quite reasonable for the young lady to be choosing her dress from the moment she wakes up in the morning, as she is the star of the grand ball at the castle.

But this also means that their timelines will overlap.

"After lunch, the young lady took a nap in her room, and I was responsible for guarding her in the outer room."

A bodyguard is someone who is constantly protecting their master and, under normal circumstances, will not stray too far from them.

"At two o'clock in the afternoon, the young lady went for a walk in the garden. We met Professor Lan and gave him a special introduction to the castle. We walked around for about an hour."

Langton confirmed Lyra's timeline, stating that he was indeed strolling in the garden with them between 2 and 3 p.m.

"After that, I accompanied the young lady back to her room to do her makeup and change clothes. Then at 4:10, I went to find the butler to confirm the ball's schedule, and returned to the room at 4:40."

It's reasonable that women need more time to prepare before a ball compared to men.

To avoid any mishaps at the ball, the young lady arranged for her personal guard to confirm the final arrangements with the butler, and there were no problems. "Then your timeline is equivalent to the young lady's timeline, which means that you were not together during the half hour from 12 noon to 2 pm, and from 4:10 pm to 4:40 pm."

The timeline involving multiple people was quite complex, but Li Xiao remained clear-headed and quickly sorted out the key information.

"Yes, but the butler can testify that I spent half an hour from 4:10 to 4:40 in the afternoon."

In other words, Leila only had a two-hour lunch break, and there were no witnesses to that.

Everyone nodded knowingly.

[From this perspective, the guard could only have committed the crime during her lunch break, but the Earl died after 4:30 PM, greatly reducing her suspicion.]

[Her suspicion has indeed decreased, but correspondingly, the young lady's suspicion has increased. Who knows if she deliberately sent the guards away, and then...]

[Oh no, I'm completely confused by the timeline! Nine suspects, how am I supposed to figure out the real killer?!]

Because Leila is tied to Liang He, the timeline she is given is quite complex and definitely needs some time to sort out.

Next up is Princess Evelyn.

“I am the Countess, and also the stepmother of the eldest daughter and young master.”

Princess Evelyn, who was also playing an immersive murder mystery game for the first time, was very enthusiastic and took it very seriously.

She sat in the middle, holding Beibei in her arms, looking at the little notebook in her hand, afraid that she might have misremembered the timeline.

“In the morning, I was in charge of communicating with the butler about the ball. At noon, I had lunch with the Earl. Since he had other things to take care of, I went back to my room alone after lunch.”

As an NPC, Beibei also needs to attend classes during the day, so according to the established rules, she does not stay with Evelyn.

"Between two and three o'clock, I was having afternoon tea on the third-floor terrace when I happened to see the young lady and Professor Lan strolling in the garden together."

The third-floor terrace offers a direct view of the garden, which also corroborates Leila's recent timeline.

"After finishing afternoon tea, I was about to go back to my room to put on makeup and change clothes when I ran into Mr. Ellie on his way to the study to see the Earl."

New character timelines have emerged, and netizens are quickly taking notes, afraid of missing a single one.

“My daughter came home from school at four in the afternoon. We stayed together until the ball started. When I noticed the Earl hadn’t shown up, I went upstairs to look for him, but…”

Judging from Evelyn's timeline, she was alone from lunchtime until 4 p.m., except for a chance encounter with the richest man, Ellie.

"Aren't you accompanied by a waiter during your afternoon tea?"

To be precise, Liang He specifically asked a question.

"Because I don't like being watched all the time, after they prepared afternoon tea, they went about their own business."

Evelyn admitted that her script did not contain any clues about anyone testifying about afternoon tea.

[The blank periods in the lady's timeline are too long, aren't they? Mainly, there are three or four uninterrupted hours where she could do anything.]

[But seeing the young lady and Professor Lan in the garden should be considered indirect evidence that she was indeed having afternoon tea on the terrace, right? And in her blank timeline, the Earl is definitely still alive.]

I think, logically speaking, that the woman shouldn't have the ability to strangle an adult male, right?

[Please don't make stereotypes. For example, the young lady's personal bodyguard is certainly skilled in combat, but does that mean she has the ability to kill the count?]

[There are still four people whose timelines haven't been revealed yet. Take a break and listen to what they have to say! Don't miss any clues!]

[Wait! You've forgotten something: the time-delay device and the alibi. If we consider these two points together, the lady is actually more suspicious!!!]