Pristine Darkness

Chapter 45

This chapter has a little bit of everything. We finally get to see Bo Jinyan's reasoning on the Ke Ai/ Ke Qian situation, and his brain is in top form, as usual! We also get to see his sarcastic wit, but that's par for the course. Fang Qing discovers Bo Jinyan was right, and he and An Yan have a light-hearted conversation. Did you come to the same conclusion as Bo Jinyan? Feel free to say 'I told you so' in the comments!

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Translator: shl

Editor/ Proofreader: Anks

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Jian Yao fell silent for a moment before saying, "But, I always think that this kind of speculation is too outrageous. Ke Qian didn't die, the one who died was Ke Ai. And then, he . . ." She stopped there and looked at Bo Jinyan.

Bo Jinyan replied as he drove, "The facts are already quite obvious. And, because there are several contradictions in logic, those whose minds are more logical will be able to perceive the actual facts more clearly. However, Fang Qing . . . is evidently still a little lacking in this aspect."

Jian Yao laughed heartily. "Don't malign him. Why did you have to argue with him yesterday?"

"You have reversed the logic," Bo Jinyan replied. "It was he who argued with me, not me who argued with him. Intelligent people have clear minds and sharp senses, and the truth is self-evident. It's the stupid people who need to argue, because one who has the wrong logic will always need to convince others."

Jian Yao decided to just keep quiet.

"First of all, that very first night, one of the twins, without doubt, died," said Bo Jinyan. "However, we were mislead by the accounts of Xu Sheng and the rest. The deceased wore a cosplay costume and heavy makeup, so the differences in appearance of the twins were less noticeable. As a result, they all thought it must be Ke Qian, and we also inferred the same. But, do you remember, when Xu Sheng and Wen Xiaohua spoke about that night, they recounted that Jiang Xueran and the others said that 'Ke Qian' had suddenly become hostile and refused to divide up the money, and even told them to leave, saying he would report them to the police. The kind of personality who would react this way is not in line with Ke Qian's typical 'yes-man' nature; instead, it is more like Ke Ai's calm and rational nature. It was only when she saw that her younger brother's friends were so selfish and uncaring that she inevitably burst out in anger. The results of the forensic investigation are the most conclusive proof. The phrase 'the odds of survival are extremely small' is equivalent to 'one of those twins must surely have died'. It's just that this is not a conclusion that will hold up in a court of law.

Secondly, in the serial murder case, the murderer showed that he was familiar with the studio, the habits of the members, and all sorts of details both big and small. Even though Ke Qian and Ke Ai had once had a detailed discussion about the studio's situation, for her to be familiar with the studio to such a high degree would be too far-fetched. Thus, at that time, I had my suspicions. However, as you know, I do not speak of things that are uncertain."

Jian Yao pursed her lips.

"Thirdly, as I mentioned yesterday, Ke Ai could have put up a false front when interacting with us, but there is no way to fake her past relationships and her life. The Ke Ai who once was did not fit the characteristics of the murderer.