Chapter 850
"What kind of people were they?"
"It was in the dead of night so that I couldn''t see clearly, but there seemed to be about seven or eight
people in the yard. After that night, Professor Earwood didn''t open his door for four or five days.
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When I finally saw him, I asked him what was going on, and he said he was visited by rtives. Who
has that many rtives visiting in the middle of the night? In the rain, they were all wandering around
the yard. It was strange."
Arabe continued her inquiry, "Could it be that Professor Earwood made some enemies?"
"Unlikely. He and his wife are kind people, and they never leave this small town. They get along well
with everyone. I think it might have something to do with Carol. Shortly after this incident, they both
resigned and went to find Carol."
A hint of sadness filled Arabe''s eyes, "I wonder when I will see Carol again."
“Well, it''s hard to say. If they had any news, Professor Earwood would have brought her back by now.
But there has been no word from them. I wonder how the search abroad is going."
"Thank you, ma''am,’ Arabe expressed her gratitude. "It seems I will have to wait until next time to
return the book to Carol."
"You''re a good kid,ing all this way to return a book." The woman nced at Arabe''s backpack,
no doubt filled with Carol''s books.
After exchanging a few polite words with the woman, Arabe slipped around to the back of house
number 111. Seeing no one around, she hopped over the wall and entered the yard.
The yard was full of fallen leaves and wilted nts, indicating that no one had lived there for a while.
Arabe pulled out a Luminol spray from her backpack and sprayed it on the ground. After a while,
some areas began to glow.
Luminol could detect traces of blood diluted up to 12,000 times.
Even if it was cleaned up thoroughly, as long as there was Luminol, the blood traces could be detected.
The scattered traces of blood were few, indicating that either the injured person wasn''t seriously hurt or
this wasn''t the primary crime scene.
The yard was surrounded by side rooms. All the doors were locked, but upon closer inspection,
Arabe noticed that the locks had been tampered with. She took a fingerprint shlight from her bag
and shone it on the lock. There were no fingerprints.
Logically, if Professor Earwood had locked the door before leaving, there would be fingerprints.
But the lock was clean, which meant two possibilities.
Either someone had been here after Mr. and Mrs. Earwood locked the door and left.
Or, the person who locked the door wasn''t Mr. and Mrs. Earwood, but someone else who was cautious
enough not to leave their identity behind.
Arabe donned a mask, a baseball cap, and gloves and pushed the door open. The living room was
neat and tidy, with ayer of dust indicating ack of recent habitation.
Arabe then took out a pair of sses she had developed a while ago. After putting them on, she
quickly spotted a small red dot on a wall socket.
The red dot was the light emitted by a camera, indicating that someone had installed a surveince
camera there.
She quickly moved, observing other areas, and eventually found a total of six cameras in the living
room. Clearly, this was not the work of Mr. and Mrs. Earwood.
The cameras were all hidden in discreet locations, like multiple pairs of eyes spying on everything in
the house.
Arabe quickly dismounted the cameras. Her phone vibrated at that moment. It was a call from
Romeo.
"What''s up?" Arabe hung up the call and texted him.
Romeo''s voice conveyed a longing hint, "I''m at Reflections Vi.
Edith said you left early. Where did you go?"
"Handling some stuff’ Arabe replied, "I''ll tell youter."
"Okay, let me know when you''re free. I''lle find you."
"Sure."
Arabe put away her phone and took out a detector, discovering several bugging devices installed in
the room.