"Mrs. Chu?"
"Yes, speaking."
"We would like you to assist us with an investigation."
"Sure, just a moment." Yuan Yifan, completely unruffled before the police officers, scooped the last dead leaf out of the pool, "My mother-in-law loved these water lilies in the front courtyard. I skim them diligently every day."
She placed the waste-laden skimmer by the pool and finally stood upright to face the officers, looking completely composed, "Let's go, I'll come with you now."
"Before her death?" Director Chen seemed to latch on to a particular phrase of hers, he frowned and asked, "Mrs. Chu, how can you be certain that Mrs Chu is no longer in this world?"
"Didn't Director Chen say by the Jiang River that day? He suggested that my mother-in-law might have been a victim of homicide."
"..." Director Chen remained silent.
"Director Chen, wait a moment. I'll get my bag."
Yuan Yifan was so collected that she showed no signs of any weak spot.
