American TV series Detective's Daily Life

Chapter 305 The Girl in the Mirror

Toot.

Just when Lisa, a big girl from Texas, parked her car to explain in detail the huge changes in Ping'an Town to Professor Alicia Harper, a car drove over, honked its horn, and parked in front of Lisa's car.

The windows face each other.

After shaking it down, the face of a thin middle-aged man was revealed.

"Dr. Brennan."

Lisa, a big Texas girl, looked sideways and recognized the person immediately.

"Lisa, I saw your car so I came over to say hi."

Dr. Brennan explained with a smile and looked at Professor Alicia Harper in the passenger seat: "Who is this?"

"This is my friend Professor Alicia Harper."

Lisa, the big Texas girl, introduced: "Alicia, this is Dr. Dan Brennan I'm talking about."

"Hello."

Professor Alicia Harper nodded politely, looking across the mountains and ridges, and landed on the passenger seat of the opposite car.

There sat a beautiful girl with a pale face.

"This is my daughter Maria."

When Dr. Brennan saw Professor Alicia Harper's gaze, he smiled and leaned back, completely letting go of the girl in the passenger seat.

"Hi."

The pale girl Maria pursed her lips, smiled and said hello to the unfamiliar elder sisters.

"Hi Maria."

Compared to Professor Alicia Harper's reserve, the Texas girl Lisa's tone and expression were much more enthusiastic.

"Who is Professor Harper?"

Dr. Brennan couldn't help but fall on Professor Alicia Harper's face.

"Princeton University."

Lisa, a big girl from Texas, took the initiative to explain: "Alicia is a genius physicist."

"It's amazing."

Dr. Brennan looked at Professor Alicia Harper's face and exclaimed: "It would be great if my daughter Maria could be like Professor Harper..."

The three women present felt a little strange when they heard this.

The pale and beautiful girl Maria couldn't help but look at her father, and then lowered her head.

Lisa, the big Texas girl, gave Dr. Brennan a strange look.

Professor Alicia Harper, on the other hand, was thoughtful, but the smile on her face faded.

Dr. Brennan also noticed something was wrong in the atmosphere, and quickly added with a smile: "Her studies have always been pretty good. I hope she can go to a world-famous school like Princeton University, and if she can stay in school in the future, she can become a professor like Professor Harper. ,It would be great."

“Maria is awesome!”

Lisa, a big girl from Texas, tilted her head and praised the girl in the passenger seat of the opposite car with her head hanging silently.

The girl's response was a forced smile.

"I won't disturb you anymore. Let's talk when we have time."

Dr. Brennan took the initiative to say goodbye and drove away.

"Let me just say, Alicia, you are the kind of person almost all of us want to be."

exclaimed Lisa, a big Texas girl.

Professor Alicia Harper had no reaction to this compliment, but said thoughtfully: "Lisa, do you think Maria's face is a little too pale?"

"well enough."

Lisa, a big girl from Texas, thought for a moment, shook her head and said, "Snowy red lips, this is so beautiful."

"You mean she did it on purpose? This may be beautiful, but it's too unhealthy..."

Professor Alicia Harper was stunned for a moment, then shook her head: "And I always feel that her overall impression is a bit strange, it seems..."

"It looks like something?"

Lisa, the big girl from Texas, saw that Professor Alicia Harper stopped talking at this point, so she quickly asked.

"Ester."

Professor Alicia Harper slowly said a name.

"Ester?"

Lisa, a big girl from Texas, was stunned for a moment, then her husky-like blue eyes showed surprise: "Oh! They are really similar, they are both the kind of girls with fair skin and beauty but timid eyes.

It stands to reason that with such a profitable father and such good personal conditions, he should be the heartthrob and queen bee in school.

Wherever she goes she looks like a confident queen.

How could Maria be the complete opposite. "

What did she think of when she said this? She looked at Professor Alicia Harper in disbelief: "Alicia, you said she wouldn't really have the same evil personality as Esther, right? She's just ready to commit crimes now. camouflage?"

"I have no idea."

Professor Alicia Harper shook her head: "Maybe only Chuck knows."

there.

After Dr. Brennan's car left.

in the car.

There was silence.

Dr. Brennan looked ahead and drove the car carefully.

Maria, the girl in the passenger seat, looked up at her father from time to time, but received no response.

"dad."

The girl Maria couldn't help but call out.

"Um?"

Dr. Brennan then looked back at her.

"nothing."

The girl Maria hesitated to speak.

"Did you see it?"

Dr. Brennan did not ask further questions, but just said to himself: "Professor Harper is the one worthy of your imitation. Look at those eyes, nose, ears, lips... they are so perfect. "

The girl Maria's eyes instantly lost their luster, and she couldn't help but glance at the sun-shaded makeup mirror in front of her, and looked at herself in the mirror.

There was a hint of gloom in her eyes in the mirror.

"My dear, your birthday is in a few months. Do you want to receive a gift in advance?"

Dr. Brennan didn't notice all this and was minding his own business while driving.

"think!"

The girl Maria looked back at herself in the mirror and looked at her father in surprise.

She has entered high school, and the gift she looks forward to most now is a car.

After all, as a country on wheels, the car represents the range of activities a person can move, and it is also another place to shelter from wind and rain besides home.

For a young person, a car is definitely the best gift.

Her only best friend was already driving to and from school.

However, her family's conditions are so good, yet she still has to squeeze into the school bus every day.

Now she thinks that the car is the birthday gift her father is planning to give her in advance.

So the unhappiness just now disappeared in an instant.

"Go to my office after school tomorrow."

Dr. Brennan glanced sideways at his daughter.

"OK."

The girl Maria nodded happily.

police station.

Director's Office.

"Chuck, we checked, there were phone calls threatening Miles Honings every night for two weeks before he was murdered."

Randy said.

"Don't the people at the nursing home know?"

Chuck asked the key.

"Know."

Randy complained: "But they didn't care, thinking it was just a prank, or that the world's second-oldest man sent someone to scare him."

"Even after his sudden death."

Chuck said expressionlessly.

"Even after his death."

Randy was also speechless.

There were threatening calls for two weeks in advance, and then he actually died on his 115th birthday. There were so many reporters outside waiting to report that, in the end, everyone in the nursing home said it was a natural death.

There seems to be no doubt at all.

Even the police and doctors say so.

This is the treatment of the oldest man in the Guinness Book of World Records.

If it were an ordinary old man who entered a nursing home, no one would really care how he died.

And even if they knew he was murdered, they would probably pretend they didn't know, because that would affect the reputation of their nursing home and their income.

"Check this nursing home."

Chuck reminded: "See if there are any other old people who died of 'natural' causes."

"good."

Randy agreed: "The suspect's fingerprints and DNA were indeed found at the murdered security guard's home, but after comparing it with the criminal database, there was no match, indicating that the suspect had not committed a crime before."

"It was not entered into the criminal database."

Chuck corrected.

"right."

Randy nodded: "Maybe he has committed a crime, but it was not entered into the criminal database for one reason or another. We also have to look at the footage taken by the reporters and saw people wearing security uniforms coming in and out.

The figure was different from that of the killed security guard, so he must be the murderer.

But he was wearing a hat and his head was lowered. We couldn't see his face, so we couldn't confirm who it was. "

"Play it."

Chuck ordered.

Randy immediately turned the computer screen in front of Chuck and played the scene recorded at that time.

A tall man in a security uniform walked into the nursing home with his head lowered.

"It's the mayor's assistant."

After reading it, Chuck gave the answer.

"What?"

Randy was stunned and wanted to ask Chuck how he saw it, but when he saw Chuck's eyes, he stopped asking for the time being. He directly called up the report about the appearance of the mayor's assistant and pointed at the tall bald man in the report. The man asked: "You mean him?"

"right."

Chuck nodded and stood up.

"where are we going?"

Randy quickly grabbed his coat and followed.

"Go to City Hall."

Chuck said.

"Is that appropriate that we don't have any evidence?"

Randy reminded.

"If you ask, there will be evidence."

Chuck said calmly: "I believe the mayor will cooperate."

"..."

Randy was speechless.

He almost forgot.

If it were him, even if he was the police chief, it would be inappropriate to question the mayor's assistant just because of his presence.

But this man was Chuck, so he didn't have so many worries.

After all, people like the mayor have always taken the initiative to invite Chuck to various parties, but Chuck refused.

town Hall.

"Randy, why are you here?"

When the two walked towards the mayor's office, they saw a tall, bald man walking out of it, and took the initiative to greet him. Then he looked at Randy in surprise, but glanced at Chuck out of the corner of his eye.

"Dennis?"

Randy called the other person something unaccustomed.

In fact, they had met before, but at that time they called each other "Director Tischer" and "Assistant Gumball."

"This must be Dr. Wolfe, nice to meet you."

The bald assistant looked at Chuck with a smile: "The mayor has invited you several times, but you are not available. Now take the initiative to come. I think the mayor will be very happy."

"He will not."

Chuck said bluntly: "You don't know even more."

"..."

The bald assistant's smile faltered, and then he laughed dryly and said: "Dr. Wolfe, you really have a dry sense of humor."

"yes."

Randy nodded and said: "Chuck's cold humor has always been very strong..."

Then he talked endlessly about the cold humor in his eyes, but it was obvious that the bald assistant had no intention of listening to this, and his eyes were wandering.

"By the way, he just made another cruel joke, saying that Dennis, you pretended to be a security guard and murdered the oldest man, Miles Honings."

Randy talked for a long time and finally came to his senses. He looked at the bald assistant and smiled: "Then he said you went to silence the security guard again."

"This joke is not funny!"

The bald assistant became angry for a moment and glared at Randy.

"Yeah, I think so too."

Randy couldn't bear the glare, so he could only look at Chuck for help.

"Your anger comes too quickly and lasts too long."

Chuck looked at the bald assistant: "It's time to stop."

"What do you mean?"

The bald assistant didn't want to look at Chuck, but now he could only glare at Chuck.

"Scientific research shows that emotions take time to build up and release, and the same goes for anger."

Chuck said calmly: "Normal anger needs to be accumulated. After it is released, it cannot continue to maintain this level of anger unless it is pretended.

You are using your anger to avoid answering the question you should be answering.

The person in the nursing home who entered under the guise of a security guard and murdered Miles Honings was you! "

"I do not know what you're talking about."

The bald assistant looked away and laughed as if he was angry: "You are making completely unreasonable accusations. I can sue you!"

"You can try suing."

Chuck said bluntly: "But I dare say you don't dare."

"What's the noise outside?"

The door to the mayor's office was pushed open, and the mayor walked out with a frown. When he saw Chuck, his expression immediately changed, and he extended his hand to Chuck with a smile on his face: "Dr. Wolf, you are here, why didn't you call in advance? A phone call? Please come in!"

Everyone entered the mayor's office.

After a brief exchange of greetings, the bald assistant spoke of Chuck's purpose in a self-deprecating manner: "Steven, do you think they are joking? Just because my body shape is similar to that of the so-called murderer, they are going to accuse me of murdering the most recent person." Old man with the longest life, why? Is it because I accepted money from the second longest-lived man?"

"do you have?"

When Randy heard this, his eyes lit up and he asked. Seeing everyone looking at him speechlessly, he could only explain: "This is also one of the possible motives for the crime we deduced..."

"That's ridiculous! Just check my account! I won't take anyone's money!"

shouted the bald assistant.

"Dr. Wolfe, are you sure it's Dennis?"

The mayor looked at Chuck: "He has no motive."

"Do you have a motive?"

Chuck looked at the bald assistant.

"of course not!"

The bald assistant seemed to be looking in Chuck's direction, but tried not to look at Chuck. He just defended loudly: "I didn't even have any interaction with him, how could I kill him?"

"This is a lie!"

Chuck said, "You guys have an intersection."

"where?"

The bald assistant's eyes flashed.

"School Groundbreaking Ceremony!"

Randy suddenly shouted: "Five years ago, you attended the school's groundbreaking ceremony with the mayor. At that time, you invited the local man who holds the Guinness World Records as the oldest person in the world."

"Yes, I remember."

The mayor also remembered.

"What kind of intersection is this?"

The bald assistant shouted: "We participate in such ceremonies almost every day, who remembers such an intersection?

And I stayed with Steven the whole time, attended and left immediately, barely speaking to him.

Why should I kill him? "

"Does the reason why you killed him have something to do with this ceremony?"

Chuck looked him in the eyes.

"Steven!"

The bald assistant could only go to see the mayor and hope that the mayor would support him.

The mayor was silent for a few seconds, glanced at Chuck, and said to the bald assistant: "Answer Dr. Wolfe."

"Look into his eyes."