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Chapter 26 Drugs, Lies, and Pranks (7)
Yan Su curled his lips, but he didn't smile, "And when I said that Parker committed suicide, the whole world probably thought that I was either crazy, or I was involved in some family's conspiracy."

Zhen Ai felt wronged for him: "Why don't you publish the analysis of the Luo La case, so that everyone can see that Parker is the murderer who killed Laura. Regardless of whether Parker committed suicide or not, this case is at least not a serial case."

Yan Su turned his head to look at her, his light brown eyes were clear and clean, with a hint of incomprehension: "Isn't Parker a minor?
There are other students in the car.Could it be that the media knew that they got together to drink drugs and smoke marijuana?Believe me, the media will definitely shift the target and use them as a model to attack the education of young people. "

Zhen Ai is a joke, at a time like this, he actually still wants to protect the privacy and rights of minors.

She suddenly felt distressed, and turned her head to look out the window.

It took her a while to calm down the sour emotions in her chest, and resumed the topic: "Why did Parker commit suicide?"

"I never ruled out suicide as a possibility in the first place."

"why?"

"No reason, just a habit."

Zhen Ai heard from Owen that in order to ensure the correctness of the reasoning result, Yan Su would think up all kinds of possibilities (including the most unlikely) and verify them one by one.

This may be the reason why he said that he can't make mistakes.He is too strict.

"I've considered all the alibi you mentioned, weird killing methods, even two-person crimes, and group crimes. But there are things that I can't get round." Yan Su looked straight at the road ahead, " In the end, there is only one possibility left.”

"What about the suicide note?" Zhen Ai asked, "It's not a normal suicide note, it's a forgery."

Yan Su smiled lightly: "What if the effect Parker wants is to make people think he was killed?"

Zhen Ai was taken aback for a moment, she did not consider this kind of motive.Thinking about it now, the case became simple and reasonable: "You think Parker wrote the suicide note?"

"Yes." Yan Su replied,
"I have seen Parker's bedroom. A seventeen or eighteen-year-old high school boy, he is extremely neat and orderly. There are many mystery novels on the bookshelf, especially the secret room and impossible crime. In other words, he is usually very organized and planned, And he has basic reasoning knowledge and ability. He knows that there are several ways to write a suicide note, and he knows how to effectively mislead the police."

Zhen Ai suddenly realized:

"In the Parker case, I have always wondered why the murderer was so bold and confident. He knew that Parker had invited many friends over, and he was still waiting for them to kill; it was fine to kill there, and it was only 10 minutes earlier than the agreed time. If anyone If you come earlier, you may bump into the murderer."

"I thought about whether the murderer used some method to control the time of everyone's arrival, but there was no such sign." Yan Su smiled very shallowly,

"Parker committed suicide. He himself is a murderer, he doesn't need to leave the bathroom, and he won't bump into anyone. Turn on the phone at the moment he hangs himself, and call when everyone gets impatient. Even if someone comes early, the waiting Those few minutes were enough for him to suffocate to death."

Why did Parker commit suicide?

Zhen Ai was just about to ask, but after thinking about it, she decided to analyze it first:

"He committed suicide but disguised it as homicide. It must be to convey some message. In this case, the message he conveyed must be displayed in an unreasonable place at the scene of the crime, so that the person who found the body can see it at a glance and be shocked."

Her voice is very small, but she has good ears and can hear clearly.

He couldn't help but bend the corners of his lips, and glanced at her through the rearview mirror inside the car. She was resting her chin on her eyebrows, thinking carefully.Her serious look is so cute.

But as soon as he looked away, Yan Su saw the smile in his eyes, which made him feel very strange. He froze, as if he was frightened by himself.

It was an inexplicable and indescribable expression.

He was a little surprised, a little uncomfortable, a little embarrassed, and finally, he looked forward with an extremely awkward expression.

Without realizing it, Zhen Ai sorted out the clues on her own, and discussed with him: "There are two suspicious points——

One is the mist and marks on the glass.Parker specially asked everyone to come here on time, in order to control the mist of hot water, fearing that they would die too early, and everyone would not be able to see the handwriting after the mist cleared. "

Yan Su deliberately asked, "Everyone can't see it, but the forensic investigators will find it too."

"Those handwritings are for the people who discovered the scene. The first shock. Just like the second point, his suicide note was written with a waterproof pen and hung on his body. His target is those students!"

A flash of inspiration flashed in Zhen Ai's mind, "Hanging, stripping naked, writing on the glass, everything is his masterpiece. After experimenting on Luo La, he copied it completely on himself. He did all this to scare the rest of us. The next person!"

Yan Su's expression was unclear: "Yes. The details of the juvenile case will not be announced, and other people will not know that he killed Laura. And his suicide scene was so shocking that others firmly believed that it was a homicide. I'm trembling and fearful: the murderer who killed Laura and Parker is still at large, and the next one to be killed will be me."

Zhen Ai's spine shivered inexplicably, what Parker wanted was this kind of mental torture?
"Why did he do this, what are these students afraid of?"

Yan Su asked: "Do you remember their testimony after Luo La's death? It's the part where they went to the car without finding Luo La."

Zhen Ai: "..."

How could she remember.

Yan Su waited for a few seconds, and saw that she had a gray face and no response, and then he came to his senses, and said slowly, "Oh, I almost forgot about your brain capacity."

Zhen Ai protested: "Not everyone is as peculiar as you. Besides, won't your head get tired if you memorize so many things?"

Yan Su: "Does the computer need a rest?"

Zhen Ai: "But the computer also freezes and crashes sometimes."

Yan Su turned his head and looked at her indifferently: "Don't compare my brain with Windows 98, which has a small memory like yours."

Zhen Ai: "..."

Retrospective retelling:
"Kelly's testimony - after getting in the car, Tony asked everyone if they would continue to look for it; I got out of the car and found that the fuel tank was broken; Anna complained that Lola was ignorant; A word 'money or life'...

Tony's testimony - after getting in the car, I asked everyone whether to continue looking; Kelly drove the car and found that the gas tank was broken; Anna complained that Lola was ignorant; Parker argued with her; '

......"

Zhen Ai frowned after hearing him finish everyone's testimony: "It's all the same, they didn't lie."

"Which places are the same?"

"The general sequence of events, what everyone said, the order in which they spoke..."

Zhen Ai stopped abruptly: "It's all the same. Tony asked questions, Kelly talked about the car, Anna complained, Parker argued, and Qi Mo found out. The previous confessions all have their own emphasis, but when it comes to that one, they are surprisingly similar. They discussed it! But why? ?”

Yan Su was very calm: "The only explanation is the words on the glass. They all want to hide it. The words written on the glass are not 'money or life'. It's something they are afraid of but dare not disclose."

Zhen Ai recalled Parker's suicide note, and now after some analysis, the content of the suicide note is actually very clear and reasonable.

"Yes, I killed Laura. I can no longer bear that ugly face, hypocritical nobility."——This is the reason why he killed Laura.

"Guilt and guilt overwhelm me. Everyone who makes mistakes deserves to die, and so do I." - Parker actually wants to kill everyone and then commit suicide.

"No, actually, I'm afraid that someone has discovered my crime." ——Before Parker died, Yan Su had a conversation with him.Perhaps, he suspected that Yan Su had figured it out.

"So, instead of waiting for him to punish me, it's better for me to die myself." ——Compared to being found and arrested, he would rather kill another (himself) and leave the fear to the rest.

"Today, I will end my life in front of the devil." - He called his companions and died in front of them.

Because, they are devils!
This suicide note was so carefully written!

We are approaching the coast, and the wind from the sea blows into the car window, bringing the kind coolness of spring.

Zhen Ai's heart is heavy.She had seen his photo in Parker's evidence box, a white boy under the age of 18, with blond hair and blue eyes, handsome and sunny like a prince in a fairy tale.

How could such a bright young man plan such a scene so carefully?Even at the expense of his own life.

What is hidden behind this?
Zhen Ai leaned against the window to enjoy the scenery.

The Hamptons are on the east coast and spring comes early.

The big trees on both sides of the road have already sprouted new buds, and the wood-colored branches are light green, reflecting the blue sky, spreading all the way, like a refreshing watercolor painting.

The car is driving on the seaside street, the sea is seen through the trees, and it is as beautiful as a sapphire in the sun, shining brightly.

Zhen Ai's mood also relaxed.

At the end of the road, there is a palm avenue where the leaves are rustling in the spring breeze. There are expensive cars parked on the side of the road, and a large manor is not far away.

Zhen Ai knew that this was the destination.

Yan Su parked the car on the side of the road and walked over with Zhen Ai.

As he approached the door, he saw many reporters surrounded in front of him.

Zhen Ai was surprised: "What are they doing here?"

Yan Su's tone was completely insignificant: "Oh, I forgot to tell you, Spencer is about to run for the Senate of New York State." After a few seconds, "The bride, Anne, belongs to the Adams family."

Zhen Ai originally thought it was a small and warm wedding, but from this point of view, the scale is not small.She became stiff and complained in a low voice: "I told you I wanted to wear a skirt, but you insisted."

Yan Su looked at her sideways: "It's getting colder today, do you want to freeze to death?"

Zhen Ai retorted: "But you yourself are wearing a neat suit!"

Yan Su: "I don't mind if you wear a suit."

Zhen Ai: "..."

Uh, what's up with that little flirting tone just now?

Zhen Ai blushed, and immediately started another topic,
"Actually, you should at least go to the wedding rehearsal dinner, just the family."

He looked down at her, and said in a haughty tone, "Miss Zhen Ai, are you guiding me in my interpersonal relationship?"

guide?

Zhen Ai always felt that what he said seemed to mean something, and the look in his eyes was also full of meaning. Her heartbeat was inexplicably unstable, so she looked back and did not answer.

After waiting for a few seconds and no response, Yan Su was disgusted: "I said you were slow to respond a few times, so you just gave up on yourself and didn't respond?"

His words are really...

Zhen Ai couldn't help it for a while, and glared at him.

This was the first time she glared at him, dissatisfied and reproached, but she always had a kind of tenderness.

He was slightly taken aback, and half a moment later, the corners of his lips curled slightly, and he stopped talking.

He walked for a while, and then said again: "A rehearsal is a provocative and emotional speech among relatives, which is extremely inconsistent with my style. If I speak, it will definitely destroy the warm atmosphere."

Zhen Ai raised her brows: "You really know yourself well." She finished speaking quickly, feeling that she had let out a bad breath, and smiled in self-satisfaction.

He originally wanted to refute something, but when he lowered his head and caught a glimpse of the complacent smile on the corner of her mouth, what he wanted to say was condensed on the tip of his tongue, and it ended without a problem.

Approaching the door, the reporters were surprised to see Yan Su, and rushed over to ask, "Old Parker mentioned the case of young Parker's murder again. Do you still firmly believe that he committed suicide?"

"Don't you think the evidence for Little Parker's suicide is far-fetched?"

Seeing the reporters coming, Yan Su turned up his collar, pulled up the big hat of Zhen Ai's coat to cover her head, and pulled it into his arms.

He put his arms around her waist with one hand, pressed her head with the other, wrapped her tightly with an almost domineering and coercive force, and walked through the flashing spotlights and sharp questions with his head down and his face cold.

Before Zhen Ai could react, she was tightly covered by him, and her head was pinned between his necks. From the corner of her eyes, she could only see her white fluffy hat and his high collar.

Her face was pressed against his neck, and the narrow and airtight space was full of his cold and ironed masculine breath, strange yet familiar.She was breathing hard and her cheeks were hot.

But she didn't want to break free, but let him hold her tightly.She couldn't hear the surrounding sounds, only the sound of his heartbeat was transmitted powerfully through his carotid artery.

After a few short and long seconds, he led her into the manor, and then let her go.

Yan Su's complexion was not very good, with a little haze, he didn't know who he was angry with.

And she was blushing, and stood there in a daze, with the big furry hat still on her head, making her palm-sized face even whiter, tenderer and pinker, as cute as a dumb snow doll.

He suddenly calmed down, and wanted to laugh instead, but there was no expression on his face, he was still cold and cold, and asked, "Is it hot?"

Zhen Ai fluttered her eyelashes twice, and slowly took off her hat: "No."

Many guests were chatting on the wedding lawn.

Among them was Old Parker. Seeing Yan Su, the two looked at each other, nodded slightly, and said nothing more.

Zhen Ai found it strange, because old Parker didn't show any complaints.Logically speaking, he should resent Yan Su.Maybe people in politics are good at disguising.

Some who knew Yan Su greeted him, but they didn't shake his hand or kiss him.

Only when he saw his grandmother, he bowed and put his cheeks close to the old man.

Haili didn't enjoy this kind of treatment, and she didn't mind, instead she looked at Zhen Ai meaningfully for a while.After all, this was the only girl she had ever seen who had been around her son so far.

Zhen Ai was so embarrassed, her eyes couldn't rest anywhere.Looking away, he bumped into Yan Su's brother Spencer, and he smiled at her with restraint and restraint.

Spencer was Haili's illegitimate child in college, with a good personality, not as weird as Yan Su.He is also handsome and bright, and his facial features are four or five points similar to Yan Su.

Haili married Yan Su's father after graduating from university, but the transnational marriage only lasted half a year.Yan Su's custody belongs to her father, and Haili missed her child so she adopted a Chinese girl, named Jasmine, and named her Jasmine.

Jasmin was one of the bridesmaids. She was accompanying the bride before, but later she found out that the fence next to the swearing-in platform was log-colored, so she hurried over to find her mother.

She saw Yan Su from afar, and was just about to be happy when she saw Zhen Ai beside him.She greeted Yan Su very affectionately, and looked Zhen Ai up and down with a vain smile.

Zhen Ai was silent and did not respond.

Jasmin put aside her unhappiness first, and told Haili and Spencer that the fence color requested by the bride is pure white, not log color.

And the wedding started only half an hour ago.

Spencer wanted to give Annie the perfect wedding of her dreams, so she decided to postpone it and ask someone to change it.But Hailey disagreed.

At this time, grandma said slowly: "It doesn't matter, there is white paint at home, let SA paint it."

Zhen Ai was surprised, she didn't think about Yan Su and didn't say much, she really took off her windbreaker, rolled up her sleeves and went to paint.

Zhen Ai followed and watched him squatting down by the fence, the brush in his hand was dipped in paint and brushed neatly and skillfully on the log, and everything he passed was delicate and smooth white.The paint powder is uniform, smooth and flat, like a professional painter.

Zhen Ai was surprised: "Where did you learn it?"

Yan Su stared intently at the brush in his hand, and the light brown eyes reflected the snow-white light: "I painted the fence of my grandma's house in the summer when I was a child."

In Zhen Ai's mind, a picture of a peaceful countryside appeared.

The European-style old manor, with dense shade trees, flowers all over the walls, under the bright sun and blue sky, a little boy is brushing the fence on tiptoe with a paint bucket.The little whitewasher is covered in white ash, like a snow doll.

Yan Su brushed the paint with a melodious voice: "Since watching Tom Sawyer, I haven't painted the fence for her anymore."

"At that time she said that not everyone can do a good job of brushing fences, only geniuses can do it well. Liar." The white light was printed on his face, fair and beautiful, "That sinister old woman knows how to deceive children."

Zhen Ai couldn't help chuckling, and squatted beside him, holding her chin.

The spring wind blows from the sea, a bit cool, but nice.

Jasmine stood in the lounge, lifted the curtains of the floor-to-ceiling windows and watched.

The two older children squatted by the white fence and chatted for a while, with a white light shining on their faces and smiling again and again.

The bride Annie saw Yan Su and Zhen Ai by the fence, and smiled: "I didn't expect SA to bring a female companion here, such a beautiful mixed-race beauty."

Jia Simin didn't speak, she opened the floor-to-ceiling windows angrily, stepped onto the lawn, and shouted: "Zhen Ai, come here."

(End of this chapter)