Wenmo Villa

"My name is Yuan Yongmei, I am 52 years old, and I am the full-time nanny of this manor, responsible for all housework in the manor."

"All the housework?" Xing Haosen asked in surprise.

"Well, it's actually not very accurate to say that, but I do do everything." Yuan Yongmei said, "Yin Ping and I are both nanny of Wenmo Manor, but in fact, except for the reception and other work, the housekeeper does it. In addition, we don’t have any specific tasks, basically all the work related to life is what we need to do, such as washing, cooking, cleaning and so on.”

"But isn't there a dedicated chef?" Officer Li asked.

"The chef is alone, and sometimes he is too busy, so we are responsible for helping him."

The officer nodded, motioning for her to continue.

"Yesterday, after you started the meal at 07:30, the four of us ate in the kitchen around 08. After everyone finished eating at 30:25, Yin Ping and I started to clean up. When it was almost done At [-]:[-], I went to Mr. Wen’s room to bring back the bowls and chopsticks. Mr. Yao said something, he went back to his room at [-], and went to deliver supper to Mr. Wen at [-] o’clock. After that, he stayed in the room and never went out. Yin Ping can testify to me.”

"Yes, we can testify to each other on this point, we haven't left the room after ten o'clock." The middle-aged woman named Yin Ping replied.

"What about this morning?" The police officer continued to ask Yuan Yongmei.

"Every morning we wake up at 06:30. Washing, eating breakfast, and cleaning are nothing special. I finished cleaning the first floor at around [-]:[-], and remembered that Mr. Wen hadn't cleaned up the dishes for breakfast. I went to his room to get it. When I arrived at the door, I found that the breakfast on the table hadn’t been touched. Knock on the door and let him come out to get it by himself, he doesn't let people enter his room casually."

"If you don't enter the room, how can you confirm that he was in the room before?"

"Uh... I can go into his room." Yuan Yongmei's voice was not loud, and she seemed a little embarrassed.

As soon as this remark came out, Yuan Yongmei became the focus of the audience.

"Why can you enter his room?" Chen Yao asked.

"..." Yuan Yongmei lowered her head, not knowing how to speak.

The housekeeper said, "Only Aunt Yuan is allowed to enter Mr. Wen's room. This rule has been in place since I came here. Mr. Wen usually takes good care of Aunt Yuan. The relationship between the two should always be good."

"go on."

"I found that the breakfast hadn't been touched, so I knocked on the door first, but no one answered, so I opened the door and went in, but there was no one inside. Then I went to the observation deck and the study room, and there was no one, so I I went to the housekeeper and told him about it, and then I will be like everyone else."

Officer Li finished taking notes, glanced at Yin Ping, and said, "Come on."

"My name is Yin Ping, I am 48 years old, and I am also the nanny of the manor. Sister Yuan and I have a similar timeline. When we work, we work together. Except when she goes to Mr. Wen's room, we are both together. .”

Yin Ping's expression was always calm. From yesterday to now, Chen Yao has hardly seen this woman, and the other party's emotions seem to have never been turbulent.

"How long have you two been in this manor?" Officer Li asked.

"I have been working in the manor." Yuan Yongmei replied.

"I came here four months ago."

four months ago?Recently again?

"You just came here too?"

"Correct."

"What did you do before? Why did you come..."

Yin Ping interrupted the police officer and said, "I used to be a cleaning worker. I came here four months ago when I saw the manor recruiting a nanny. I don't know why the previous nanny stopped working."

Officer Li glanced at her and asked Yuan Yongmei, "You've been here for a long time, do you know why the housekeeper and nanny changed?"

Yuan Yongmei replied, "I don't know either. Mr. Wen doesn't allow me to ask more questions. Every once in a while, Mr. Yao will ask Mr. Yao to change all the people who work."

"Only you have never been replaced?"

"right……"

"Okay, so the cook is also new?" Officer Li looked at the man sitting in the farthest corner.

The butler replied for him, "Yes, the last cook was fired three months ago."

"Okay, I still want to hear from him in detail. Please go upstairs to see if Mr. Yao is awake, and let him come down if he is awake."

"Okay." The butler replied, and then went upstairs.

"Mr. Chef, I noticed that you have been in a bad mood since yesterday. I hope you can tell me what happened." Officer Li said to him.

The man looked up at him, and finally had some reaction, he said, "My name is Zhang Bo, I am 39 years old, I was taken in by Mr. Wen three months ago and became the chef of the manor."

"I heard you have a son?"

Hearing the word "son", the man seemed to have some different emotions in his eyes, "My son...is called Zhang Xiaoyu, and he is 14 years old this year. The two of us came to the manor together, and Xiaoyu and I usually help cooking, but... he disappeared last week..."

"Did you call the police?"

"Reported. The police came to the manor to search, but there was nothing. Tell me, the child may have been taken away by wolves in the mountains, so the case was closed." He said, and he glanced at Officer Li, "This is the case. Did you police do something?"

Officer Li was silent for a while, not knowing what he was thinking.

At this time the butler came back, he shook his head and said, "Mr. Yao is still in a coma, I can't wake him up."

"It shouldn't be. I haven't heard of Mr. Yao's illness. How could he be in a coma for so long?" Yuan Yongmei worried.

"Don't worry. I've seen his condition. He's fine. It's probably caused by excessive grief," Fang Yu said.

"Oh yes, I forgot, you are a doctor."

Fang Yu nodded with a smile.

Officer Li continued to talk to Zhang Bo, "Tell me about your timeline."

"I was resting in the room yesterday afternoon. I started preparing dinner at 07:30 until 10:30. I ate with the housekeeper at [-]:[-], went to the toilet to wash at [-]:[-], and stayed in the room the rest of the time. , never went out."

"To the bathroom?"

Zhang Bo explained, "Yes, my room was just a warehouse at the beginning. The former chef didn't live in the manor. Mr. Wen took us in as father and son, and specially cleaned up one of the warehouses on the first floor for us to live in, but there was no room in the room. The toilet, so the toilet on the first floor is basically only used by the two of us. Normally, other workers who don’t live here will use this toilet.”

Officer Li gave a "hmm" and didn't say anything else.

Zhang Bo continued, "I got up at 06:30 this morning, washed up and started to make breakfast, we ate at eight o'clock, and stayed in the house after eating, and didn't go anywhere. I heard that Mr. Wen was missing after ten o'clock, so I followed Let’s find someone together, and the rest will be the same as everyone else.”

Officer Li finished the record and looked up at the crowd, "Mr. Yao is still in a coma. I will talk about his part when he wakes up. Others, after listening to your explanation, I can feel that everyone is still hiding something."

He paused, and continued, "Give me some advice. Should we speak with evidence, or tell the truth? If you take the initiative to report your crimes and sincerely repent, you can win lenient treatment."

"What do you mean by 'speaking with evidence'?" Lin Wan'er asked.

"Collect evidence from room to room." Police Officer Li looked at everyone, "I believe that if you are innocent, there should be nothing to worry about. If you are worried about your privacy being violated, all of us present will sign a non-disclosure agreement , all content irrelevant to the case must not be disclosed."

"I agree." Chen Yao agreed. He was innocent and had nothing to worry about. Besides, he also wanted to know what happened in this damn manor.

"I agree too." Fang Yu replied.

In the end, everyone agreed to the proposal.

"Officer." Lin Wan'er called, she paused, and asked uncertainly, "Officer Li, is it possible for you to kill someone?"