The shadows of trees swayed in the window lattice, and the brightly lit villa was silent. Xu Xu looked at Ji Bai's dark eyes and spoke:

"First of all, according to the latest identification results of forensic doctors, Ye Zixi died between 9:00 and 9:00 that night. Surveillance showed that Zhang Shiyong arrived at the villa after 9:00, so he was not the murderer. Considering the content of the text message and the clothes he had no time to throw away, his testimony was basically believed that he was called to the villa temporarily;

Secondly, Ye Qiao is not the murderer. According to the surveillance and testimony, she stayed at the scene for no more than 1 hour. In such a short time, it was impossible for her, a woman to complete the murder, destroy the surveillance, and finish the attack, and deal with these things cleanly. And it is impossible to explain that the formation of two wounds on the body cannot be the later Zhang Shiyong's final blow. According to the road surveillance, when he arrived, Ye Qiao had already left. Where did he find a paper cutter on the barren mountains and ridges in the middle of the night?

Since neither of the two people who appeared at the scene during the incident were the murderers, it is necessary for us to return to the original assumption to see what went wrong.

We judge Ye Zixi's death time, first, based on the results of forensic identification; second, the help message she sent at 22:17. However, Ye Qiao's confession mentioned that the night was very cold and the indoor air conditioner was on. This is very strange. It is spring now, and even if it is cold late at night, the air conditioner should be turned on. Why is Ye Qiao's memory very cold? The temperature drops, so it can delay the judgment of the death time of the corpse. This is possible, Ye Zixi's death time is a little earlier than 21:00. (Note 1)

In addition, Ye Qiao mentioned that when he heard the microwave when he entered the door, he heard the sound of a microwave. But what Ye Zixi made that night was salad and salmon, so he didn't need to use the microwave at all. What Ye Qiao heard was not the sound of a microwave, but the sound of successful text messages. I checked the Internet and the recent mobile phone software can set the timed sending text messages. If the murderer has a certain IT level, he can also download the virus. After sending the text message, delete the software, so there is no trace. So it is very likely that the murderer set the text message to send it regularly, and then turn on the cold air conditioner. The two methods together to confuse the death time. However, the mobile phone was accidentally taken away by Ye Qiao who rushed to the scene later.

If this assumption is true, then we need to focus on checking that there are no people who are not present before 22 o'clock. According to the confession, only the eldest brother Ye Ziqiang and the second brother Ye Jin, and they also meet our description of the two murderers. As for Ye Qiao, I think she was on the way to the scene, or saw the eldest brother and the second brother's car, or she also thought of who the murderer was, so she wanted to take the blame for her elder brother and second sister. When she arrived at the scene, Ye Zixi should have died."

After Xu Xu finished speaking, he looked at Ji Bai. In his solemn eyes, there was a faint confidence and a positive expectation.

Ji Bai smiled slightly: "Yes. Actually, from the beginning, I doubted how could a person who could handle the scene so cleanly, not arrange a certificate of absence for himself? However, you also missed the most critical point."

Xu Xu was stunned.

Ji Bai said: "What about the evidence? What are you talking about inferences. Where is the evidence to convict these two people?"

Xu Xu lowered his head and thought about it, but he felt that he had a clue, but it was not that clear.

Although he has treated Xu Xu as his future girlfriend, Ji Bai will not treat her gently when he really enters work, and he doesn't think she needs it either.

So at this moment, looking at her confused little face, he did not sympathize with her, but directly criticized: "You have one of the biggest problems: you attach too much importance to analysis and ignore the research of evidence. When discussing Zhang Shiyong, you did not expect the evidence of 'clothing'. Now it is also. In fact, you mentioned the key evidence of solving the case just now, but didn't think about it. Now I won't point it out, go home and think about it, and solve the case tomorrow morning."

The weather was gloomy tonight and rain was predicted. When observing and surveying in the villa, Xu Xu had already heard the sound of drizzling rain on the roof. Unexpectedly, when the two of them stood outside the gate, the rain curtains were pouring. The woods and the distant mountains seemed even more erratic in the night rain.

Xu Xu shivered slightly, took out a small folding umbrella from his bag, turned around and asked Ji Bai: "Did you bring an umbrella?"

Ji Bai carried a heavy bag with an umbrella and shook his head lightly: "I didn't bring it."

The villa covers a large area and has to walk dozens of meters in the parking lot. Xu Xu opened his umbrella and handed it to him, and then stood beside him.

The ground was wet, water flowed, and the sound of rain was noisy. Ji Bai held an umbrella in one hand and walked side by side with her in the messy rain. She lowered her head slightly, revealing a small piece of thin neck, and her expression on her side was calm and calm.

This was the time when the two of them were closest to each other in the past few days, but Ji Bai did not feel itchy as usual. Instead, he felt a comfortable peace and comfort that made him not want to do anything to disturb him.

But even though he almost hit her umbrella on top of her head, when he lowered his head, he still saw half of her shoulder exposed outside the umbrella, and there were already a few deep and shallow drops of water stains.

The sound of rain in my ears was as dense as drum beats, and the water droplets flowed silently along the roots of my hair, as if they were flowing into Ji Bai's heart. He put his hand on her shoulder and hugged her gently.

Xu Xu was walking on the road, and felt his shoulders sink, and the familiar warmth surrounded him, and he was slightly stunned.

It was a completely intuitive reaction to a certain possibility that she had rejected, and it suddenly shone through her heart like a feather again.

When I turned my head, I saw Ji Bai's hair was wet, and her black hair was pressed on her forehead, and her eyes looked at her with a deep look.

Staring at all eyes, Ji Bai hugged her hand without moving. But her eyes were too clear, and she clearly showed scrutiny and inquiry, and she wanted to tell the clues from his eyes.

After a moment of silence, Ji Bai said lightly: "What are you stunned? The umbrella is so small, so you can both catch a cold. Let's go."

"oh."

The two accelerated their pace.

But Xu Xu was not as indifferent as Ji Bai thought. After taking a few more steps, she realized that the hand that was only strong on her shoulders and his slightly hot chest made her feel uncomfortable all over her body, and her heartbeat was significantly faster.

As soon as he arrived by the car, Ji Bai's hand naturally loosened: "Hurry up and get in the car."

At three o'clock in the morning, Ji Bai sent Xu Xu home and left as usual.

Xu Xu lay on the bed, thinking about the "key evidence" he said, and fell asleep in a daze. At one moment, he suddenly woke up. The first thing that appeared in front of him was Ji Bai's handsome and honest side face, tall and straight body, which seemed to leave a deep projection in his mind, and could not be removed.

Xu Xu thought Ji Bai was nothing unusual, although he looked harsh, he actually cared about every subordinate. At that time, the rain was raining heavily at night, so if it were Zhao Han and Yao Meng, he would probably take care of him.

What made her feel unusual was that she was obviously based on revolutionary friendship, so why did it seem that the afterglow had not faded? It made her feel uneasy when she thought about it.

Finally, Xu Xu couldn't sleep anymore, wrapped her quilt tightly and held her chin with her hands, sitting on the bed thinking: She is an instinctive woman. Recently, she has frequently noticed Ji Bai's male limbs, which is more likely because of menstrual hormones.

Early the next morning, Xu Xu arrived at the police station and ran into Ji Bai head-on. Thinking that hormones were rampant, her attitude became calm: "Master, I thought of the key evidence."

Ji Bai was also very calm. He didn't plan to make it clear so quickly. 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.

Time passed by minute by minute, the sun became brighter and brighter, and the small interrogation room exuded a kind of hot tranquility. Ye Jin was wearing a black suit and skirt, sitting very straight with a thin body, her delicate face slightly drooping, and a quiet waiting posture.

Such abnormal calmness made the detective who had no doubts about her doubts arise.

Zhao Han said: "Intellect is mistaken by intelligence. Pretending to be too calm, it makes us even more suspicious."

Ji Bai looked at her through the glass and replied: "No, she is calm because she has expected the result."

Everyone was stunned, and when they looked at Ye Jin again, their mood was a little unspeakable.

Finally, good news came from Ye’s colleagues who investigated and collected evidence. Ji Bai took the appraisal report and entered the interrogation room with Lao Wu.

Ye Jin raised her head, her expression was calm and gentle. But after meeting Ji Bai's sharp eyes last time, she was stunned for a moment, and then a hint of dull look flashed.

Outside the interrogation room, an old detective sighed: "This woman is really not simple."

After asking some basic questions, Ji Bai got to the point: "Where were you when the incident occurred at 7:00 to 10:00 on the night of the incident?"

With the same problem, this time, Ye Jin chose to remain silent.

Ji Bai continued: "Actually, from the beginning, I was very confused. A criminal who could handle the scene so neatly must know that the fewer traces left on the scene, the lower the risk. How could he use the "paper cutter knife" to disguise the scene so much? Unless she wants to cover it up, there are more obvious traces."

Ye Jin looked at him quietly without saying a word.

"Ye Ziqiang loves Swiss Army Knife. It should be normal for him to have a limited edition or high-end customized Swiss Army Knife on his key. But there is no." Ji Bai said slowly, "The marks of the knife left by this kind of saber are very special. There are also limited people in Lin City who will buy top-quality expensive sabers from abroad, so it is easy to find out."

Ye Jin looked slightly stern, and a bitter smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Ji Bai said again: "Ye Ziqiang is impulsive and has a history of violent fights. It is more likely that he killed Ye Zixi by mistake, and then used a Swiss army knife to create wounds similar to "blade criminals" in an attempt to confuse the police's audio-visual. But it happened that the night of the incident, you made a phone call due to work reasons. Maybe he told you about this, and he left such obvious clues, you can only try your best to remedy it. Use a real paper cutter to cover up the wounds caused by the Swiss army knife. Where can I buy a paper cutter in the evening? You are in charge of the company's administration and it is very easy to enter the warehouse to get the paper cutter."

Ye Jin remained silent.

"Of course, you must have modified the inventory record afterwards to cover up this matter. But we have already obtained the supply records of the suppliers who provide Ye's office supplies. The comparison shows that on the day of the incident, there were indeed five paper cutting knives missing in the warehouse. We have already retrieved the company's surveillance video. After get off work that night, only you entered the office supplies warehouse. And..." Ji Bai stared at her with a clear look, "Different manufacturers, different origins, and different batches of knife quality are different. After the same appraisal, Ye Zixi's paper cutting knives are the same batch of products as your company's warehouse."

After a moment of silence, Ye Jin looked up, looked at Ji Bai calmly, and said, "In fact, if you don't come to see me today, I will come to the police station."

After a pause, she whispered: "I won't let Xiao Qiao take the blame for us."
Chapter completed!