Fan Chun's fingernails, palms, and feet were all free of dirt and gravel, and her clothes also lacked any suspicious residues. Just as Feng Sanxun had said, she was not drowned in the pond.
However, Ran Yan recalled the back garden of the Yin residence, especially the pond near the fragrant wood pavilion, which was surrounded by stones. If the victim's head was submerged in the water from the Water Pavilion, it might also be possible that no dirt or gravel would stick to her, but were there jasmine flowers and honeysuckles nearby?
"Could it be a bathtub?" Xiao Song interrupted Ran Yan's thoughts.
"It's very possible. Then the other murderer should also be a woman?" Ran Yan remembered Wan Lu telling her that Cui Mei had conspired with a woman. Could she be the murderer?
Xiao Song's lips curled into a faint smile, "That's not necessarily the case. Many men also enjoy taking baths with flower petals..."
