Chapter 1820


    Susan and the others returned home right after their meal. Zaylynn, too, got home after calling her


    chauffeur to pick her up.


    Ring, ring, ring…


    The Neal residence’sndline rang, breaking the silence of the night. The sharp ringing jolted the


    housemaid who was on night duty.


    Why would someone call at this hour?


    The housemaid opened her eyes and ran downstairs to answer the phone. “Hello?”


    “Bad news. There has been a homicide case at the university, and the victim is a student. It is said that


    she ate something Ms. Neal had bought for her before she died. The cops are heading to the Neal


    residence right now.”


    “Wait, what?” The housemaid was thunderstruck.


    The cops arrived a dozen minutester. Zaylynn’s father, Feynman Neal, got downstairs in haste before


    he could even button up his shirt neatly. When he arrived at the door, he saw a police patrol car parked


    right in front of his house.


    “Sorry to disturb you at this hour, Mr. Neal. There has been a homicide at the University of Pollerton.


    ording to reports, the deceased consumed something your daughter brought for her. We came to


    take your daughter to the police station to assist in the investigation.”


    One of the cops presented his ID and told Feynman they would have to take Zaylynn away.


    Homicide?


    Feynman’s expression darkened as he had never encountered an incident like that before. “Sorry, sir,


    what do you mean? What do you mean someone consumed my daughter’s food and died? Are you


    trying to say my daughter poisoned the person?”


    “Calm down, Mr. Neal. We’ll know what happened once the investigation isplete,” the cop consoled


    him.


    Meanwhile, Zaylynn also came downstairs after hearing amotion. She staggered and nearly fell


    after seeing all the unsmiling cops in the living room.


    “Mom—”


    The cops eventually took Zaylynn away.


    Meanwhile, the coroner performed an autopsy on the deceased and found out she died from


    exsanguination after a stomach rupture.


    Stomach rupture? How did it happen?


    The Neal family could not believe their ears when they received the update.


    “We found a chemicalponent called diethyl phthte, known as DEP, in the deceased’s stomach.


    The deep-fried food she ate reacted with the chemicalponent, causing her stomach to rupture.”


    The coroner then took out a piece of burnt item, which he had retrieved from the deceased’s body, and


    ced it before the cops and Feynman.


    Diethyl phthte? DEP?


    Feynman had no clue what that chemicalponent was. Zaylynn looked even more confused.


    The coroner then nced at her manicured nails. Upon noticing the glitter on her nails, he broke a tiny


    piece of it with a tweezer.


    “Hey, my nails!” Zaylynn shrieked in dismay.


    A few minutester, the coroner returned with another update—he found DEP in Zaylynn’s nails.


    “Many nail salons in the market use unsafe and nonpliant products that contain excessive chemical


    components. I tested your daughter’s nail polish and discovered excessive organophosphates on it. Do


    you know what that is?”


    Feynman and Zaylynn kept mum, as they did not know the answer to his question.


    “It’s abustible substance that can cause explosions!” the coroner concluded firmly.


    Upon hearing that, Feynman staggered and fell to the ground. Zaylynn’s mind went nk when she saw


    the cops walking in her direction with a pair of handcuffs.


    No! I’m innocent. I didn’t kill her. I didn’t kill her!


    The next day, Susan, Ian, and Timothy only learned about Zaylynn’s arrest after reading the messages


    their coursemates sent to their group chat.


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    Timothy was the first toe across that piece of news in the group chat.


    “Zaylynn killed someone? How is that possible?” Timothy read the message while brushing his teeth in


    the bathroom.


    Upon reading the message, he was so stunned that he spewed a mouthful of water.


    Susan heard somemotion and walked to the bathroom to check on him. “Hey, what’s wrong with


    you?”


    “Quick! Read the messages in our group chat. Someone from our university diedst night, and the cops


    think Zaylynn is the murderer!” Timothy urged Susan to check her phone right away.


    Susan returned to her room and checked the messages immediately. She was just as shocked as


    Timothy when she found out that Zaylynn had been used of the murder.


    She turned to Ian and asked in disbelief, “What do you think?”


    “Let’s try to get more information about the case first.”


    Ian, who had changed into clean clothes, replied calmly, and he was not going to sit idly by. Upon


    dropping his words, he carried his backpack and walked to the door to change into another pair of shoes.


    Susan urged Timothy to keep up with Ian while she walked behind the two boys.


    Zaylynn is not the murderer. I’m sure about that! Though she can be a little spoiled and arrogant, she’s


    not an evil person! Besides, what can she gain from killing that student? It’s not like she held any


    grudges against the deceased anyway!


    The three of them soon arrived at campus.


    “Let’s divide and conquer. I’ll head to the female dorm. It’ll be more convenient that way,” Susan


    proposed.


    “All right. I’ll talk to the school authority then.” Ian nodded, volunteering to handle the most important


    task. Reaching out to the official source might give them more urate details.


    Timothy decided to approach students around the campus to gather more information. He would


    primarily focus on the few students who had spread the news in the WhatsApp group.


    Susan arrived at the female dorm a few minutester. “Hi, I’m Susan Jadeson from the Faculty of


    Business Administration. I heard that a homicide happened here. Is it true?”