The shadows of the trees swayed outside the window and the brightly lit villa was silent. Xu Xu looked at Ji Bai's dark eyes and said,
"First of all, according to the latest forensic results, Ye Zixi died between 21 and 23 that night. The surveillance showed that Zhang Shiyong arrived at the villa after 24, so he's not the murderer. Considering the content of the text message and the clothes that he did not have time to throw away, his testimony is basically credible. He was called to the villa at the last minute. Secondly, Ye Qiao is not the murderer. According to the surveillance and testimony, she did not stay at the scene for more than an hour. In such a short period of time, it's impossible for a woman like her to kill, destroy the surveillance, land the killing blow, and clean up the scene. Moreover, there's no way to explain the two types of wounds on the body. It's impossible for Zhang Shiyong to land the killing blow later. According to the highway surveillance, Ye Qiao had already left when he arrived. Where would he find a paper cutter in the middle of the night in the wilderness?
Since the two people who appeared at the scene during the time of the crime are not the murderers, we need to go back to our initial hypothesis and see what went wrong.
We determined the time of Ye Zixi's death based on the forensic results and the text message she sent for help at 22: 17. However, Ye Qiao mentioned that it was very cold that night and the air conditioner was on. This is very strange. It's spring now, even if it's cold late at night, the air conditioner should be on. Why is it very cold in Ye Qiao's memory? Lowering the temperature can delay the time of death of the body. This makes it possible that Ye Zixi's time of death was a little earlier than 21: 00. In addition, Ye Qiao mentioned that she heard the sound of the microwave when she entered the house. However, Ye Zixi made salad and salmon that night, so there was no need for the microwave at all. Perhaps what Ye Qiao heard was not the sound of the microwave, but the sound of the text message being sent successfully. I've checked on the Internet. There's a recent mobile app that can be set to send text messages at a fixed time. If the murderer has a certain level of IT skills, they could even download a virus and delete the app after sending the text message, so there's no trace. Therefore, it's very likely that the murderer set the text message to be sent at a fixed time and turned on the air conditioner. However, the phone was accidentally taken away by Ye Qiao who arrived at the scene later.
If this hypothesis is true, then we need to focus our investigation on those who did not have an alibi before midnight. According to their confessions, only the eldest brother, Ye Ziqiang, and the second brother, Ye Jin, fit the description of the two murderers. As for Ye Qiao, I think on the way to the crime scene, she either saw the eldest and second brother's car, or she also thought of who the murderer was, so she wanted to take the blame for the eldest brother and second sister. When she arrived at the scene, Ye Zixi was already dead. "
After Xu Xu finished speaking, she looked at Ji Bai with a pair of solemn eyes. There was a hint of confidence in her, but at the same time, she also looked forward to being affirmed.
Ji Bai smiled. "Not bad. Actually, from the very beginning, I was suspicious. How could a person who could clean up the scene so cleanly not have an alibi? However, you still missed the most important point. "
Xu Xu was stunned.
Ji Bai said, "Where's the evidence? What you said is all inference. Where is the evidence to convict these two people? "
Xu Xu lowered her head and thought about it. She had a vague idea, but it was not very clear.
Although he was already training Xu Xu to be his future girlfriend, when it came to work, Ji Bai would not treat her differently or treat her gently. He thought that she did not need it either.
Therefore, at this moment, when he saw her confused little face, he did not have any tender feelings for her. Instead, he directly criticized her, "You have a big problem. You pay too much attention to analysis and neglect the research of evidence. When we were discussing Zhang Shiyong, you didn't think about the 'clothes' as evidence. It's the same now. Actually, you've already mentioned the key evidence to solve the case, but you didn't think about it in depth. I won't point it out now. Go home and think about it, you can solve the case tomorrow morning. "
[The weather is gloomy tonight, and the forecast is for rain.] While they were observing and surveying the villa, Xu Xu could already hear the pitter-patter of rain on the roof. Unexpectedly, when the two of them stood outside the door, they were greeted by a curtain of rain. The forest and the distant mountains looked even darker in the night rain.
Xu Xu shivered slightly, then she took out a small folding umbrella from her bag and turned to ask Ji Bai, "Did you bring an umbrella?"
Ji Bai carried the heavy bag with the umbrella and shook his head lightly. "I didn't bring it."
The villa occupied a large area, and the parking lot was a few dozen meters away. Xu Xu opened the umbrella and passed it to him, then she stood beside him.
The ground was wet and slippery, the water flowed randomly, and the sound of the rain was noisy. Ji Bai held the umbrella in one hand and walked side by side with her in the messy rain. Her head was slightly lowered, revealing a small part of her thin neck, and the expression on her side face was calm and indifferent.
This was the closest the two of them had been in a few days, but Ji Bai did not feel his heart itch like usual. Instead, he felt a kind of comfortable peace. It was so comfortable that he did not want to do anything to disturb her.
However, even though he almost covered the top of her head with the umbrella, when he looked down, he still saw that a small part of her shoulder was exposed outside the umbrella, and there were already a few deep and shallow water stains.
The sound of the rain was as dense as a drum, and the water droplets flowed silently along the roots of her hair, as if they were flowing into Ji Bai's heart. He put his hand on her shoulder and gently hugged her.
Xu Xu was walking with her head lowered when she felt a weight on her shoulder. That familiar warmth surrounded her, and she was slightly stunned.
It was a completely instinctive reaction — a certain possibility that she had once rejected was once again like a feather, and it suddenly flashed across her mind.
When she turned her head, she saw that Ji Bai's hair was already wet, and his black hair was stuck to his forehead as he looked at her with a dark gaze.
Their eyes met, and Ji Bai's hand that was holding her did not move. However, her eyes were too clear and threatening, and it was obvious that she was examining and probing him, trying to find clues from his eyes.
After a moment of silence, Ji Bai said faintly, "What are you standing there for? The umbrella is so small, and if you walk slowly, both of us will catch a cold. Let's go. "
"Oh."
The two of them quickened their pace.
However, Xu Xu was not as indifferent as Ji Bai thought she would be. After walking a few more steps, she realized that the strong hand on her shoulder and his slightly warm chest made her feel indescribably uncomfortable, and her heartbeat had obviously accelerated.
Once they reached the car, Ji Bai naturally let go of her hand. "Hurry up and get in the car."
— — At three o 'clock in the morning, Ji Bai sent Xu Xu home and left with a normal expression.
Xu Xu lay on the bed, thinking about the "key evidence" that he mentioned, and fell asleep in a daze. At a certain moment, she suddenly woke up, and the first thing that appeared in front of her was Ji Bai's handsome and resolute side profile. His tall and straight body seemed to have left a deep impression in her mind, and she could not get it out of her mind.
Xu Xu thought that there was nothing unusual about Ji Bai. Although he looked strict, he was actually very concerned about each of his subordinates. At that time, it was late at night, and the umbrella was small, so if it were Zhao Han and Yao Meng, he would probably take care of them too.
What made her feel strange was that his hug was obviously based on friendship, but why did it seem like it still lingered? Thinking about it made her feel uneasy.
In the end, Xu Xu could not sleep anymore. She wrapped herself tightly in the quilt, rested her chin on her hand, and sat on the bed thinking, 'I'm a woman with healthy instincts, and I've been noticing Ji Bai's manly body recently, but it's probably because of my hormones during my period.'
— — The next morning, Xu Xu arrived at the police station and bumped into Ji Bai. When she thought that it was because of her hormones, her attitude became calm. "Master, I've thought of the key evidence."
Ji Bai was also very calm, and he calmed down as he did not intend to reveal it so soon. So, he nodded and smiled. "Okay."
Soon, Ye Jin was invited to the police station.
Ji Bai did not talk to her immediately, but left her in the interrogation room.
As time passed, the sun became brighter and brighter, and the small interrogation room was warm and quiet. Ye Jin was wearing a black suit and skirt, and her thin body was sitting very straight. Her delicate face was slightly drooping, and she looked like she was waiting quietly.
Such abnormal calmness made the criminal police, who originally did not suspect her, doubt her.
Zhao Han said, "She's too smart for her own good. She pretended to be too calm, but it made us more suspicious."
Ji Bai looked at her through the glass and answered, "No, she was calm because she had already expected the result."
Everyone was stunned, and when they looked at Ye Jin again, their feelings were a little indescribable.
Finally, a colleague who came to the Ye Group to investigate and collect evidence brought good news. Ji Bai took the identification report and entered the interrogation room with Old Wu.
Ye Jin raised her head, and her expression was indifferent and gentle. However, when she met Ji Bai's calm and sharp eyes, she was stunned for a moment, and then a trace of sadness flashed across her face.
Outside the interrogation room, an old criminal police sighed. "This woman is really not simple."
After asking some basic questions, Ji Bai cut to the chase. "Where were you between 7 and 10 o 'clock on the night of the crime?"
It was the same question, but this time, Ye Jin chose to stay silent.
Ji Bai continued, "Actually, from the beginning, I was very confused. A criminal who can clean up the scene so neatly must know that the fewer traces left at the scene, the lower the risk, so why would she use a 'paper knife' to disguise the scene? Unless she wanted to cover up more obvious traces. "
Ye Jin looked at him quietly and did not say a word.
"Ye Ziqiang loves Swiss army knives, so it should be normal for him to have a limited edition or premium custom-made Swiss army knife on his key. But he didn't. " Ji Bai said unhurriedly, "The knife marks left by this kind of knife are very special, and there are only a few people in Lin City who would buy top-notch expensive knives from abroad, so it's very easy to trace it."
Ye Jin's expression was slightly cold, and a bitter smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
Ji Bai continued, "Ye Ziqiang is impulsive and has a history of violent fights, so it's more likely that he accidentally killed Ye Zixi, then used the Swiss army knife to create a knife wound in an attempt to confuse the police. However, on the night of the crime, you guys talked on the phone because of work, so maybe he told you about it. Since he left such an obvious clue, you could only try your best to fix it. You used a real paper knife to cover up the wound caused by the Swiss army knife. Where would you buy a paper knife at night? You're in charge of the company's administration, so it's very easy for you to enter the warehouse and get a paper knife. "
Ye Jin remained silent.
"Of course, you must have changed the warehouse records to cover up this incident. However, we've already obtained the supply records of the suppliers who provide office supplies for the Ye Group. The comparison shows that on the day of the crime, there were indeed five paper knives missing from the warehouse. We've also checked the company's surveillance footage, and after work that night, you were the only one who entered the office supplies warehouse. Also … "Ji Bai stared at her coldly," Different manufacturers, different places of origin, and different batches of knives have different qualities. After the same appraisal, the paper knives on Ye Zixi are from the same batch as the ones in your company's warehouse. "
After a moment of silence, Ye Jin raised her head, looked at Ji Bai calmly, and said, "In fact, even if you hadn't come to find me today, I would have come to the police station."
After a pause, she said softly, "I won't let Xiao Qiao take the blame for us."
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