dear archimedes

Chapter 31 Drugs, Lies, and Pranks (12)
Qi Mo's empty eyes moved to Tony, and when he overturned the testimony, he didn't panic at all, but said seriously: "Oh, I made a mistake again."

After he finished speaking intently and persistently, the room was silent.

There are no windows open, and there is no wind, but it is gloomy.

Almost everyone has one question on their minds - Qi Mo's appearance is no longer an ordinary psychological obstacle.He's crazy?

Zhen Ai frowned in confusion.

How can it be?

Before today, he may have had a mental illness, but it was definitely not serious enough to show it at this moment.If his illness is really that serious, his psychiatrist will definitely not let him go.

Zhen Ai stared at Qi Mo, hoping to judge from his details whether he was real or just pretending.But she didn't have eyes like Yan Su's, and after looking at him for a long time, she only felt that his every move was abnormal and weird.

It is very likely that he was fine when he went out alone, what happened to make him suddenly become such a perverted character?

When the inquiry came to him, it became difficult and tricky.

Ke Yansu was not in a hurry, and unexpectedly said: "We will follow the record. Qi Mo, relax a little and watch me talk." He was psychologically suggesting to him, "You came to the appointment On the way, I feel unwell, why don't you see a doctor?"

This trick really worked. Qi Mo lowered his eyes and said, "I called Anna, but she didn't answer. I was almost at school at that time. I was afraid that I couldn't find my way home, so I wanted her to take me there." .”

"Did you see Anna afterwards?"

"I went the wrong way and didn't see her. I seemed to be home, with a white quilt and bed, and I fell asleep." He said, bowing his head more deeply.

The people around couldn't understand what he was saying.

"Why did you call Daisy?"

"I had a nightmare and wanted to talk to Daisy." Qi Mo covered his eyes, his voice choked up, "Only Daisy is willing to talk to me, unlike others, she just scolded me for being cowardly."

Dai Xi beside him looked at Qi Mo worriedly, with wet eyes, and looked at Yan Su almost beggingly: "Don't ask any more, he's not in good spirits. He's not like this usually, and I don't know why he suddenly deteriorated."

"Are you suspicious of him?" Daisy was very sad. "It's not him, it must not be him. He is very timid and won't kill people."

Su Yan said indifferently, without the slightest human touch, and mocked slightly: "Oh, a cowardly person will never be a murderer."

Even Zhen Ai was shocked by his sudden coldness and inhumanity, let alone Dai Xi.

Her face was pale, she looked at Yan Su in a daze, and said:
"I called him back. I'm sure it wasn't him. He was not sober when he spoke to me, the kind of guy who might kill someone by mistake but not hang someone up with forethought. He's really messed up and incapable of killing .He was screaming on the phone and he was really terrified."

She was talking, almost crying, "It's not him, it's really not him."

Yan Su's eyes were as dark as pools, staring at Dai Xi: "I haven't made a conclusion from the beginning to the end that he is the murderer."

She froze again,

Yan Su looked at Qi Mo, and said suddenly, "What nightmare did you have, that you saw the murderer who killed Anna?"

Everyone was stunned, and Zhen Ai was also stunned.

Qi Mo raised his head suddenly, and after a moment of clarity flashed in his eyes, they were immediately empty.He seemed to be remembering something, the expression on his face changed drastically, and he buried his head in pain suddenly: "No, it's not me, it's not me."

He grabbed his head, slapped it hard, and yelled sadly, and the scene lost control for a while.Several policemen immediately came up to restrain Qi Mo.

At this time, an angry voice came from the door: "What are you doing?"

Zhen Ai turned back with everyone, and was immediately stunned.What the hell?Harry Parker Jr.?

The night wind rushed in from outside the door, his blond hair was open, his blue-green eyes were like dark lake water, his fair face, bright red lips, like a stunning vampire running from the night.

Zhen Ai was surprised for a moment, then came back to her senses.He did look a lot like Parker, but he was noticeably older, and even compared to the current Chimerhelle, he was more mature.

You don't need to think about it to know that this is...

"The other son of the Parker family, Harvey." Yan Su moved to Zhen Ai's side at some point, and explained to her in a low voice.

"I can guess it even if you don't tell me."

"Your expression shows that you have seen a ghost. I'm worried that you will be frightened."

Zhen Ai pondered for a moment, could it be that his implication was: Hmph, I care about you, but you don't appreciate it.

Zhen Ai waved her hand freely: "How could I be scared? I am a loyal materialist. You are overthinking."

He actually said that he thought too much...

Yan Su looked at her unhappily, and after a while, looked at Harvey Parker again.

Harvey is Qi Mo's psychiatrist.Before he got close, his unkind eyes swept over Yan Su.In Harvey's mind, Yan Su was the bastard who couldn't find the murderer of his brother and said that his brother committed suicide.

He quickly appeased Qi Mo and asked the police to take him away. Officer Jones agreed on the condition that Qi Mo's parents must be notified.

Thinking that he might be resentful towards Yan Su, Zhen Ai couldn't help but look at him more, he had the same handsome face as the high school student Harry Parker back then.It's just that, in the photo in Harry's file, he was a sunny and big boy, but now this mature and reserved boy was cold in his bones.

The few remaining students all proposed to go home.Officer Jones asked Yan Su for his opinion with his eyes, and Yan Su nodded.

Yan Su looked at his watch, it was almost morning, and a thought crossed his mind inexplicably, is Zhen Ai tired?Just as he was about to call her home, he found that the girl was looking at Harvey with great interest.

Yan Su was upset again, this time for real.

His brain quickly started to run the program, even faster than the reasoning just now:
Why is she looking at Harvey?Know him, think he is good-looking, he has a nice voice, like his profession?

Why doesn't she look at him? (There is an obstacle in rational analysis) ... Don't think he is good-looking, don't think he has a nice voice, don't like his profession?

Wait a minute, the starting point of the question is wrong... Why does he want her to look at him, why does he want to prove that he is the best?

Like a male peacock spreading its tail, like a male parrot putting on colorful feathers, like... this is not scientific!
Zhen Ai came over and pushed him: "Hi!"

Yan Su came back to his senses, "What?"

"Let them go like this?"

"Otherwise?" Yan Su took a few steps outside but stopped, turned around and said, "I forgot to tell you. The murderer cooled the body with dry ice, and the alibi of all of you is invalid."

The few students in the room who were about to leave were all stunned.

Yan Su went out to the corridor, and then continued to talk to Zhen Ai, "We can only let them go first. The tools for the crime are all at the scene, and there is nothing to destroy. The deceased and the murderer may not have bleeding. In addition, the scene has been cleaned, and the evidence is decisive." It's hard to find. Designating suspects too early is a dead end."

Zhen Ai felt sorry, but she could understand.There were no traces left by others on Anna's body. Even if forensic officers found dander and shoe prints in the first classroom, they could not be used as key evidence for conviction.If the suspect is caught, if he refuses to admit it, the police will have nothing to do.

When passing the first classroom, Yan Su stopped for a moment. The classroom was dimly lit, and forensic officers were investigating evidence with various fluorescent instruments.

Yan Su knocked on the door and asked a nearby police officer, "Excuse me, is there any trace of spilled drinks in this room?"

The police officer didn't have time to answer, and someone inside responded: "There are carbonated drinks on the ground, but the specific type cannot be determined."

Yan Su backed out, turned and went down the stairs.

Zhen Ai followed: "Why do you ask that? Could it have something to do with the sleeping pills in Anna's pocket?"

Yan Su said "hmm": "It's just a hypothesis. According to the current situation, there are many possibilities, and no conclusion can be drawn. The only thing that is certain is that the man who is dating Anna is here. But whether he has anything to do with the case remains to be seen." uncertain."

Zhen Ai frowned and thought for a second, then immediately understood: "That's right, if someone else is dating Anna, the phone should have received a call before Anna appeared."

She secretly sighed at his thoughtfulness, and asked, "Have you started to reconstruct this case in your mind?"

Yan Su smiled faintly in the darkness: "Of course."

"Who is it?" Zhen Ai was curious in a low voice.

Yan Su smiled very shallowly: "I have more than a dozen recovery plans, and you have to listen to them all?"

Zhen Ai went down the stairs with one shallow foot, surprised: "So many?"

"Until the last moment, all small possibilities have a chance to come back."

In the dark stairwell with only a ray of light, Zhen Ai could hear the unruliness and rigor from his words.

She smiled comfortably, but still hopped over to ask: "Then tell me the most likely one first... ah..."

With one step on the ground, she was about to slide down the stairs with a bang, but when she was about to lose weight, she suddenly fell into An Wen's embrace.Zhen Ai's heart was beating wildly with fear, everything was in a mess.

In the dark stairwell, for a full five seconds, the two stood still, motionless.

Zhen Ai came to her senses first, and continued to walk downstairs carefully, pretending to be unintentional: "Well, the most likely thing is..."

"Oh, do you want to hear it? Let me tell you." He immediately cooperated infinitely,
"The medicine in Anna's pocket is unlikely to be left by the murderer. On the contrary, she may have prepared it for others. Three of the five tickets for the basketball game were canceled. It's not that other people didn't go, but that she expected something to happen. No one else can go there. In addition, among the five people, only Anna’s family runs a chemical factory, and she is the most convenient to get dry ice.”

"You mean that Anna was going to kill?"

"Hmm. When I first heard about her appointment time, I felt strange. Is there anything we can't talk about together? Do we have to meet one every hour?"

Zhen Ai asked: "Then who does she want to kill?"

Yan Su crooked his lips: "With her strength, among these few people, who can she kill?"

Zhen Ai was taken aback, then thought about the order in which Anna made appointments,

Could it be that this murder was justifiable self-defense?

Zhen Ai got into the car and asked, "Do you doubt Daisy?"

Yan Su let out a "hmm" and started the car: "Fold the clothes and put the underwear inside. This is a very feminine behavior. Believe me, men don't think it's a bad thing for a woman's underwear to be exposed." thing. Only women are ashamed of revealing underwear."

Zhen Ai was startled, and suddenly realized that from a woman's point of view, there was nothing wrong with her, but from a man's point of view, hiding underwear in the innermost place was superfluous.

It's just what the phrase "trust me" in his words means.Ahem, just an emotional idiot like him.

Zhen Ai couldn't hold back, and let out a soft laugh.

Yan Su glanced at her from the rearview mirror, puzzled, "What are you laughing at?"

Zhen Ai didn't hide it, and replied straightforwardly: "Only you, I'm ashamed to analyze the problem from the perspective of male sexual cues, you idiot with emotional intelligence."

A trace of surprise flashed across Yan Su's eyes: "You are more illogical than I imagined. My indifference to people (including women) is a kind of behavior and attitude; this does not mean that there are no male physiological and psychological aspects in my brain. common sense."

Zhen Ai covered her ears, and quickly shook her head: "Logic logic, you can say this. You are a long-winded logician, so you won't listen."

Yan Su was driving, so naturally he couldn't get close to her ear like last time.He couldn't do anything about her, and he was dissatisfied in his heart. He snorted: "Women are really illogical creatures. Hmph, logicians dislike women very much."

Zhen Ai laughed secretly at his childishness, but she also stopped and continued to analyze the case: "I also noticed that the scars on Anna's neck are very rough. If it was a man, he would have great strength, so it would not be possible for Anna to resist so many injuries. But Kelly had partial frostbite on his hand, and thinking about it now, only lumps of dry ice can freeze that kind of scar. That's why the caretaker in the stairwell couldn't turn on the lighter.

Kelly certainly had a hand in disposing of the body, but was he an accomplice in the killing?It was unlikely, if he and Daisy killed together, then the two of them could easily subdue Anna, and there wouldn't be so many signs of struggle. "

Yan Suyuan was going to add something, but when she glanced in the mirror, she was talking excitedly, the vast night outside the window with street lights flowing from her fair face, her dark eyes were full of starlight.

What he wanted to say froze on his lips.

Zhen Ai spoke with great enthusiasm, and she turned around halfway: "But even if this is the case, it is not sure how many people were present during the killing process. Presence does not mean participation. What if Kelly is watching? Or, Tony and Qi Mo Du is watching from the sidelines, why don't you intervene? It's like watching a feast of murder."

This assumption made Zhen Ai's scalp tingle. She rested her chin and lowered her tone a little: "Of course, this is just a conjecture and there is no evidence. So, this case has many clues, and there are too many possibilities." , she lowered her head, her voice was even lower, "However, I hope that's not the case."

People watching people kill people?A very simple sentence, but it easily challenges the bottom line of human morality and conscience.

Yan Su didn't know if he heard Zhen Ai's last lonely murmur, but he continued to stare at the dark road ahead seriously, and after a moment of silence, he only said briefly: "I appreciate your rigorous thinking... although it's just an occasional flash of inspiration. flash."

Her words were still so weak, but Zhen Ai might as well have felt his affirmation and encouragement. The little depression just now was immediately wiped away, and she looked at him again: "Then how are you going to handle this case?"

Yan Su said, "Let her speak for herself."

Zhen Ai was puzzled, she was not a fool.

Yan Su glanced at the phone, and then looked forward: "When I ask the forensic officer to have a result, there should be a way to get her to speak."

Zhen Ai wanted to ask something else, but couldn't help it all of a sudden, and yawned lightly.Look at your watch, it's all a new day.

Yan Su glanced at her: "Sleepy?"

Zhen Ai shook her head, her smiling eyes were foggy: "No, I'm in good spirits. By the way, you will stay up late tonight to study the message on Anna's back, right? Anyway, I don't want to sleep, so let's go with you !"

She still spoke with the inarticulateness after yawning, muttering, and smiled knowingly, bent her lips, took out the phone from her pocket and handed it to her: "Please decipher it, little detective."

When he said the word "little detective" in a calm tone, there was an inexplicable intimacy and ambiguity in the small and cramped carriage.Zhen Ai's heartbeat stopped for a beat, she lowered her eyebrows and took the phone from his hand.

The dark cell phone still carried his body temperature, which was very warm, warming to the heart.Open the screen, the wallpaper is also completely black, black and clean, without any impurities.

Pure and remote, mysterious and noble, just like him.

Zhen Ai was in a good mood unconsciously, curled the corners of her lips, found the picture folder and opened it. There was only one picture, which was the message behind Anna.But the moment the picture was enlarged, her eyes suddenly widened, and the smile that hadn't fully lifted disappeared in an instant.

How could it be this sentence?
She lowered her head deeply, staring at the phone screen motionlessly, until the light on the screen gradually dimmed, and then she came back to her senses, the emotions in her heart had already calmed down, and gradually turned cold.

"What's wrong, little detective?" Yan Su asked her.

Zhen Ai pouted uninterestedly: "What can you tell from this sentence? You are my medicine, you are my medicine."

She is all too familiar with this sentence, and again, this is what that person once said to her.

Her eyes dimmed, but her tone pretended to be relaxed, "Hmph, it really sounds like a bad and crazy love letter."

Yan Su was taken aback, love letter?Bad and crazy?

He turned to look at her, but Zhen Ai had already lowered her head, unable to see her expression clearly.

She leaned over and put the phone in his pocket.The pockets of the men's windbreaker were so deep, she reached down with her slender wrist, submerging half of her little arm before touching it to the bottom.

The safe texture in the pocket, the heart-warming temperature, she was a little nostalgic in her heart, but after all, she put the phone away obediently and withdrew her hand reluctantly.

"Ah, I'm so sleepy." She muttered, leaned back in the chair, tilted her head towards the window, and closed her eyes, "I'm going to sleep first, call me when I arrive."

Yan Su: "..."

Just now who excitedly said that he would accompany him to decipher, and even boasted that he stayed up late?Going to sleep in less than half a minute.Women are really fickle and irrational animals.

Little liar!
(End of this chapter)