A miraculous doctor descended from the heavens.

After receiving a definitive answer from Zhong Yufen, Gu Feng gradually came up with several clear deductions.

He originally planned to take the piece of cloth directly to the laboratory for testing.

Chu Hanliang, however, said that his task force had experts specializing in forensic analysis, who were more professional in conducting such tests. The three then immediately headed straight to the police station.

On the way, under Chu Hanliang's repeated questioning, Gu Feng finally revealed his several bold hypotheses one by one.

The first hypothesis is that He Qiaoqing went to Peng Wanxian's birthday party and accidentally spilled juice or red wine on herself, soiling her clothes. She had to wash them quickly or simply change into something else.

So someone led me up to a room on the second floor to change my clothes.

When the man saw He Qiaoqing change into a glamorous and sexy long dress, he was overcome by lust and harbored evil thoughts towards her.

They then used some means to make her lose consciousness, but without completely depriving her of her senses.

While still somewhat conscious during the assault, He Qiaoqing became entangled and fought with the assailant, ultimately falling from the balcony into the swimming pool.

The first hypothesis, while bold, is also quite reasonable—Miss He is indeed too beautiful to easily capture a man's heart. However, according to this reasoning, it seems more like an accident: someone suddenly became infatuated with her, which led to everything that followed.

However, Gu Feng's second hypothesis was not only bold, but could even be described as somewhat wicked.

His second hypothesis is that Miss He is not only exceptionally beautiful, but also possesses an extraordinary status, position, power, and family background.

Someone wants to achieve some goal by blackmailing her.

This purpose could be for wealth, power, or something else entirely.

In short, to achieve this goal, we must rely on Miss He's help.

Ordinary methods would hardly be enough to make Miss He submit easily. She grew up in a wealthy and powerful family and lacked almost nothing.

But when it comes to making someone submit, it all boils down to coercion and enticement. Since enticement fails, the only option left is to resort to threats and coercion.

Since the methods no longer matter and brute force is acceptable, there are countless ways to subdue a vulnerable woman with a name and identity.

The most common and widespread method is to first drug her, then assault her, and then take photos of her.

Using this as leverage!

If this conjecture is correct, and combined with the evidence currently available, the second hypothesis becomes obvious:

Long before Miss He attended the birthday party, someone had already meticulously set up a trap.

After Miss He arrived, she was quickly made to drink a beverage laced with hallucinogenic drugs.

While she was on the verge of fainting, someone deliberately spilled a drink on her, then used the excuse of helping her upstairs to change her clothes.

Once she changed into the dress that someone had specially prepared for her, the male lead, who was supposed to "start filming," couldn't wait to get into character.

However, the female lead, He Qiaoqing, was not fully immersed in the role and still retained a sliver of consciousness. She suddenly rushed off the balcony and jumped into the swimming pool.

The first hypothesis has already shocked Peng Liangpei half to death;

The second hypothesis stunned her so much that she couldn't move for a long time.

After a long pause, she murmured, "You mean... my aunt was also involved in this charade?"

"That's possible."

Peng Liangpei remained silent.

Because she also felt that it was very likely.

My aunt's lunar birthday is supposed to be three days from now.

But she insisted on celebrating three days early.

If it weren't for this current incident, perhaps nothing strange would have been noticed.

But looking back now, the change of the date seems particularly suspicious.

Seeing the sorrow and pain on Peng Jingpei's face, Gu Feng felt a pang of pity. After a moment's thought, he said, "Peng Wanxian may be a participant; or she may be someone completely kept in the dark. Holding this birthday party ahead of schedule may not have been solely her idea. But Mao Renxin is definitely involved—he's either a participant, or he might even be the so-called male lead; even if he's neither, he's at least someone who knows about it. Of course, all of this is based on the premise that my assumption is correct."

"Based on my experience, Gu..." Chu Hanliang started to say, but suddenly met Gu Feng's sharp gaze and hurriedly changed his words, "...No, Master, Master's hypothesis makes a lot of sense. I personally prefer the second one. But regardless of the first or the second one, I think there is more than one participant, at least two or more."

"How do you know?" Gu Feng asked.

"The shoe stuck in the gap outside the balcony, along with the newly welded security grille, undoubtedly proves that He Qiaoqing fell into the pool from the second floor. But the birthday party was held on the first floor. If she had to go upstairs to change because her clothes were dirty, then there must have been someone to guide her, right? It doesn't make sense to say that this person was Mao Renxin—a woman changing clothes is a very private matter. How could a grown man lead her there? This matter must involve a woman to make sense."

"That makes sense."

"Furthermore, if this is truly a scheme involving more than two people, including a woman, then your first assumption would likely fall apart."

"How so?"

"If a man suddenly becomes sexually aroused by a woman, would he openly assault that woman in front of another woman?"

"Well... it's hard to say. Maybe that guy just likes having fun with multiple people." Gu Feng glanced back at Peng Liangpei, then turned back and said this to Chu Hanliang in a low voice.

"If Master insists on saying it that way, then I have nothing more to say." Chu Hanliang shrugged helplessly. "Anyway, I still support the second hypothesis. Because I think this matter is not as simple as lust at first sight. On the contrary, it may be more complicated than we can imagine." Chu Hanliang rubbed his temples, looking like he had a headache.

"So, is it... unnecessary for us to rush to test the liquid on this piece of cloth now?" Peng Jingpei asked timidly from the side.

"We still need to verify it. It's a procedure we always have to go through." Chu Hanliang sighed, his tone full of helplessness.

The bureau chief, who was woken up by a phone call in the middle of the night, is now personally cleaning up the mess that Chu Hanliang made.

Complaints kept coming in one after another, and opinions poured in from all sides; his phone was constantly ringing.

But since the Mao family had been "invited" back with great difficulty, he had no choice but to withstand the pressure and make the best of a bad situation. On the one hand, he ordered the task force to question them separately, and on the other hand, he urgently notified the comrades who had been temporarily called back to work overtime to maintain order at the scene.

The Mao family only has about thirty members in total, but they have far too many relatives and friends. At this moment, the lobby of the Public Security Bureau is still a chaotic mess.

Just as the bureau chief was suffering from a splitting headache, he glanced up and saw Chu Hanliang leading two young men and women, swaggering in as if nothing had happened. He instantly flew into a rage, bristling and glaring at Chu Hanliang, yelling, "Chu Hanliang, what the hell are you doing?!"