Aoto rummaged through the cabinet in the hall for a while, and finally found another thing that could strongly prove his earlier speculation—a few candles placed in the corner of the drawer.
After staring at these candles for a while, Aoto closed the drawer and slowly walked back to Granny Ping's corpse to examine it once more.
"Did the perpetrator cover the victim's mouth with one hand and commit the murder with a knife in the other hand…" Aoto closely observed the scratches on Granny Ping's mouth.
Around Granny Ping's mouth, which was slightly open and covered in blood foam, there were marks of pressing and fingernail scratches.
Those pressing marks were clearly left by the perpetrator holding down Granny Ping's mouth to prevent her from screaming.
As for the scratches, they were likely left when Granny Ping struggled to push away the perpetrator's hand from her mouth.
——Scratches…
Aoto turned his gaze to Granny Ping's ten fingers, deep in thought…
Crash…
