The irregular “cracked ice” pattern is actually very popular too. Apart from this, as the item of pottery is used, with the change in water temperature and seasons, it records the traces of the owner’s use of it. Doesn’t that add a certain charm?

Living in this world with its fleeting days and teeming millions, what can I do but waver and wander and live a transient life? What have I been doing during the 8,000 fleeting days except wavering and wandering? The bygone days, like wisps of smoke, have been dispersed by gentle winds, and, like thin mists, have been evaporated by the rising sun. What traces have I left behind? No, nothing, not even gossamer-like traces. I have come to this world stark naked, and in the twinkling of an eye, I am to go to back as stark naked as ever. However, I am taking it very much to heart: why should I be made to pass through this world for nothing at all?

OK, there is only one place where blood spattered and there is no sign of a struggle. It doesn't seem very typical. Was he drugged?

Xiao You turned the page in her notebook and continued, “Lu Fu is certain that during that time the door to his room was locked. He also says there was no sign that the door had been pried open in any way. However, the windows along the adjacent hallway were all open at the time, and the windows are just big enough for an adult to fit through.”

Continuing on, the group made their way to room 203. In addition to a bloody knife and clear signs of a struggle, there lay the corpse of a 40-year old middle-aged man on the floor of the bedroom. The skin and innards around his stomach were mutilated; the bones near his abdomen were also exposed.