Looking for an answer — breaking the silent atmosphere
First, I want to declare that I don't know the answer! \ Lao Wang went to a second-hand market to buy furniture. He especially liked old-fashioned, antique-style furniture. He found a two-door rosewood wardrobe; one door had a photo of a beautiful woman pasted on it. She looked very familiar, but he couldn't remember who she was. The other door was locked. The price was very cheap, only fifty yuan, and Lao Wang felt secretly delighted and quickly carried it home. He placed the furniture directly in the living room. Lao Wang was alone at home, staring at this antique piece of furniture, admiring the pretty "lady" inside. His wife had just "left" a month ago, and he started feeling a bit lonely. At night, Lao Wang began to dream and saw the beautiful woman coming out of the wardrobe, gently trying to talk to him. During the day, his colleague Lao Li came to visit. Upon seeing Lao Wang's furniture, he seemed very familiar. When he opened the wardrobe door and saw the photo inside, his face immediately turned pale with fright. Lao Wang asked him what was wrong, but he said nothing and hurriedly ran outside. Lao Wang didn't pay much attention and continued to dream of the beautiful woman coming out of the wardrobe for several days.\ One day, Lao Wang finally remembered that the other door of the wardrobe was tightly locked, and without the key, it couldn't be opened. So he went back to the second-hand market to look for the original seller but couldn't find them. That night, right after Lao Wang finished dreaming about the woman and was about to sleep, he drowsily noticed a figure jump in from the window, approach the wardrobe in the living room, and take out a key to open the other locked door of the wardrobe……\ The next morning, three corpses were found in Lao Wang's house. Do you know why?
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Is nobody going to infer it? For this kind of question, you usually have to make your own assumptions and inferences. Won't you give it a try?
First of all, since the emphasis is on second-hand goods, there are only two characters in the text in total. If it isn't Old Wang's box, it should be Old Li's... Moreover, Old Li is very suspicious, and judging by Old Wang's condition, he is either sleepwalking or has been drugged. Secondly, Old Wang finds the photo familiar, and Old Li turns pale with fright upon seeing it, so the third corpse must be the woman in the photo. Also, she was hidden in the cabinet. You might ask why I say this? It's simple. In the end, it mentions that a key was used to unlock that door, which suggests he was scared to death by the corpse. As for how the woman's corpse got there, the text doesn't provide enough information to determine that, but it is certain that she had a very significant relationship with Old Wang and Old Li.
Alright! Since no one is making any guesses, I'll first share my incomplete deductions:
First is Old Li. Judging from his reaction, that wardrobe is connected to him, so I infer that he is the one who trespassed; there should be a corpse inside, though we don't know the gender—anyway, it's the wardrobe's original owner.
After killing, Old Li wouldn't be stupid enough to sell it; he probably discarded it and someone else picked it up to sell as second-hand. As a result, Old Wang bought it.
Also, it's not hard to see Old Wang's personality in the text…
That's all for now. Let's all work hard together.
First is Old Li. Judging from his reaction, that wardrobe is connected to him, so I infer that he is the one who trespassed; there should be a corpse inside, though we don't know the gender—anyway, it's the wardrobe's original owner.
After killing, Old Li wouldn't be stupid enough to sell it; he probably discarded it and someone else picked it up to sell as second-hand. As a result, Old Wang bought it.
Also, it's not hard to see Old Wang's personality in the text…
That's all for now. Let's all work hard together.
The characters in the story include Old Wang, Old Wang's spouse (I don't understand what 'just left a month ago' means), Old Li, and a corpse in the wardrobe whose existence is uncertain. Why is it said to be uncertain? Because so many days have passed, if there were a corpse, it would have already stunk! (This could overturn the reasoning I just made)\Reasoning like this is relatively complicated.
Old Li is not necessarily the murderer, because it is unknown which three bodies they are, but if there are bodies in the wardrobe, then he is more likely to be the murderer of the bodies in the wardrobe.
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