Fortunate to Have You This Lifetime

Seeing Marcel Jefferson like this, Purple Summers¹ thoughts were somewhat stirred, and she murmured with downcast eyes, “Actually…we^,re just ordinary people, how can we decide whether someone is guilty or the degree of their guilt?…The only thing we can do is try our best to uncover the crime, bring it before the law, and let the law weigh and sanction it.”

After listening, Marcel Jefferson chuckled, “Miss, what you said doesn’t sound like a lawyer.”

“Hmm?” Purple Summers didn’t quite understand.

Marcel Jefferson laughed, “Like a prosecutor! We lawyers only care about winning or losing, with the client’s best interest as the basis. Only prosecutors would go looking for the traces of criminals.”

Purple Summers was momentarily taken aback, but then she smiled brightly, “Is that so? Then I’ll be a prosecutor in the future.”

“It’s not easy to be a prosecutor. The pass rate for the judicial examination is only two percent, and then you have to study for at least two years at the Imperial Judicial Academy…” Marcel Jefferson thought back to the time of preparing for exams, feeling it was a nightmare, but…

He looked at Purple Summers and smiled faintly, “If it’s you, you’ll definitely pass.”

Purple Summers smiled in return.

The car continued to drive, eventually arriving at Greenwood Town in the East District of Clearwater City.

Marcel Jefferson had contacted the police officer in charge of the case in advance. The officer was an honest middle-aged man, waiting at the entrance of the community early on.

“This is a mid-to-high-end community with low density living, green coverage up to 35%. Only wealthy people live here.” The police officer introduced the circumstances near the crime scene, “Two kilometers away from here, there’s a film and television shooting base. So the people who come in and out of this community are either models, actors, or makeup and lighting artists.”

“There are a lot of trees here.” Purple Summers, who was following behind, suddenly said.

“Right, Greenwood Town, after all. Without a few trees, there would be no fairytale atmosphere like The Grimm.” The police officer spoke as they stopped in front of a building. “Here, the fourth floor.”

In the low-density, mid-to-high-end community, the residences are far apart, and the apartment floors are low, with a maximum of only four floors.

The victim, Delilah White, rented a two-bedroom apartment with a friend in this building. However, her friend often wasn’t at home, so Delilah essentially lived alone.

The police officer opened the door and handed disposable gloves and shoe covers to Marcel Jefferson and Purple Summers. After putting them on, the two officially entered the crime scene—Delilah White’s bedroom.

The scene remained as it was at the time of the crime, but it had inevitably accumulated dust after a long time. A thin layer of dust covered the furniture.

“She died right on this bed.” Purple Summers moved to the side of the bed, recalling the details of the case file, “Multiple contusions on her body, clear ligature marks on her neck. The forensic doctor identified that the victim was strangled to death by a cord-like object, causing suffocation…”

She remembered that one of the evidence items presented by the prosecution was a black leather cord with Second Young Master Graves’ fingerprints on it.

The prosecution accused Gerald Graves of accidentally killing Delilah White during an S&M session. One form of S&M involves strangling the partner and making them experience pleasure through suffocation.

If it wasn’t Gerald Graves who accidentally killed her, then another person must have entered the room and strangled Delilah White to death.

But how did the murderer enter, and how did they leave?

Purple Summers walked to the window, her eyes filled with a faint glimmer, “The windowsill here is quite spacious.”

Marcel Jefferson immediately asked the officer, “Was the window locked at the time of the crime?”

“It was closed, but not locked,” the officer explained. “The access control here is strict, and you need a card to enter or exit. Someone who isn’t a resident wouldn’t be able to enter the community. Also, there are surveillance cameras everywhere. Even if someone were to climb down from the window, they would be caught by the camera.”