This time, the fire was not far from where Song Yiqiao was. The victims were a middle-aged couple whose husband worked as a chef in a restaurant, and his wife, who also worked for a decent company and had a son, unfortunately died in an accident three years ago, so they were the only couple to live.

Listening to the neighbors around them, the two seem to have plans to have another one recently.

Song Yiqiao stared at the burned black wall in a daze, the window of the black hole was like a monster's wide open mouth, sucking everything into it, and two living lives were swallowed into the endless darkness.

The night before, there was a discussion about what dinner would taste like, and now, there were only burnt houses and corpses, nothing left.

"Why are you here again?"

Anderson, who suddenly appeared, frowned and looked displeased: "It's better to have less of this kind of dangerous place." ”

She cheered up and asked, "I heard that this fire was not an accident, I wonder if it has something to do with Mrs. Wallace, so I'll take a look." ”

Anderson glanced at her, but spoke.

"It's related, and it's purposeful."

"What's going on?"

"There was an iron card left on the scene with the number '9' written on it, exactly like the previous one."

Song Yiqiao secretly pondered in his heart what "9" meant.

"Are you making progress?"

"Miss, I can only sue you so much." Anderson waved his hand, "The rest of the work belongs to the internal intelligence, all you need to do now is wait at home for news." We will do our best to solve the case and let the truth come to light. ”

Song Yiqiao knew that it was impossible to hope for useful clues from the other party's mouth, so she gave up continuing to ask, and left the scene of the incident after saying goodbye.

Unexpectedly, just after walking a few steps, I bumped into a familiar figure.

Red-haired, medium-height, dodgy gaze-

"It's ...... you"

"Shh

The man gestured quietly, lowered his voice, and said, "I think I know who the culprit is." ”

*

Shar Cafe.

After the two finished ordering their drinks, they suddenly fell silent.

After a while, Song Yiqiao first said sincerely: "It was my fault before, and I want to apologize to you." ”

“…… Forget it, it's all over, but you've got a lot of strength. He touched his injured cheek with apprehension and teased jokingly.

Song Yiqiao laughed along.

"Hello, my name is Song Yiqiao, you can call me Qiao."

"My name is Carl."

The two of them were relieved and nodded amicably.

"Then let's get to the point, do you know the clues about the murderer?"

"I know him."

"Him?"

"Yes, Klaus, bastard......" Karl's eyes revealed a bit of disdain, "He's my high school classmate, and he hasn't been heard from for a long time, but two years ago we met again because of work. ”

"You mean—"

"Yes, we all worked in the same restaurant, and unfortunately, the chef was killed by the fire."

Song Yiqiao's heart jumped: "Can you guess that Mrs. Wallace used to be his teacher?" ”

"Clever."

The conversation between the two was abruptly interrupted, and the waiter placed the drink in front of them and left with a plate and tip.

Song Yiqiao took a sip of the milkshake and asked, "Why are you telling me this?" I mean, even if it's to help solve the case, we should sue the police. ”

"No kidding, I just came out of it two days ago, and those guys won't believe a ruffian who is full of nonsense." He pouted.

"Then why me?" Song Yiqiao's eyes looked directly at him.

Karl's fingers rubbed against the wall of the coffee cup, hesitated for a moment, and suddenly raised his head: "I heard that Mrs. Wallace's family died in the fire, and I accidentally remembered that Lawrence said that if he had the chance, he would burn all the people he hated to death, the first one was Mrs. Wallace, because she had made Lawrence lose people in public." ”

"Like a heretic who was burned to death on the gallows." He added.

"How can you be sure he's the murderer?"

"It's simple."

Carl smiled wryly, "I saw that damn bastard in the cemetery. He stood from afar, smiling proudly, you know, like an evil devil! I was going to catch up, but it turned out to be ......"

"Instead, I mixed it up."

Song Yiqiao blushed at his stupidity.

She couldn't have imagined that she would do something bad with good intentions, not only preventing the other party from catching the criminal, but also making Carl eat a few punches.

It's so embarrassing......

"I was going to arrest him alone, but I didn't know my identity, so it would be bad if I was caught by the police first. I saw that you seemed to be interested in the case, so I gave you the news. He took a sip of his coffee and poked his finger in the head, "It's been useless here, it's not very bright." Lawrence has no fixed place to live, and I can't get in touch, I really don't know what to do, I think you should be better than me. ”

Song Yiqiao felt a deep sense of responsibility, she thought carefully for a while, and asked, "When did you separate?" ”

"He quit his job abruptly last spring, and hasn't been seen since."

"Tell me about his physical characteristics and habits, by the way, do you think he still has a goal?"

Karl told everything he knew, and in the end, he glanced at Song Yiqiao and lowered his head again: "If you want to be a target, I can only think of one person." ”

"Who?"

"Nina, the girl he has liked for four years, humiliated him in public at the beginning."

"You ......"

Sensing Song Yiqiao's cautious eyes, he sighed and admitted in frustration: "Okay, okay, Nina is very beautiful, and no one doesn't like her." ”

Song Yiqiao decided to find a breakthrough from here.

……

She found Nina's location through Guò Karl's information, and it was getting late. Recently, the weather forecast reported that London would not see rain for several days, so although the sky was dark and dreary, there was no sign of rain.

Song Yiqiao suspects that the murderer will take advantage of the weather to commit crimes continuously.

The apartment was very small, and there were few passers-by on the surrounding streets, and the dim light shone on the ground, leaving a slight reflection of the shadows.

On the one hand, she had to overcome her fears, and on the other hand, she had to carefully examine the layout around her, preparing for what might happen in the future.

Suddenly.

Song Yiqiao's footsteps paused, and he was instantly hidden in an inconspicuous corner. I saw a sneaky man passing through the corner of the street, carrying a huge backpack on his back, and his expression could not be seen clearly in the shadows.

As if sensing something unusual, the other party suddenly cast a vigilant gaze on the place where Song Yiqiao was.

She subconsciously retracted her head, not daring to stick her head out. Her heartbeat accelerated instantly, so fast that it seemed to jump out of her throat, her body stiffened, her legs trembled, and she could only desperately restrain the urge to run away.

After a while, the gaffe gradually faded.

Song Yiqiao took out the spare spring. The knife was pinched in the palm of his hand and crept past the side of the house. She turned a corner, heard the sound of rustling, and poked her head out cautiously—

The man turned his back to her and took out a bunch of things from his backpack and put them in place, Song Yiqiao didn't know what they were, but she saw it clearly: the other party was holding a lighter in his hand.

Lighter!

Seeing that the lighter clicked and burst into flames, it was obvious that the murderer was about to set the ignited item on fire, she couldn't hold it back and held the spring. The knife rushed forward: "Stop! ”

"Whoa—"

The fire spread instantly, and when the man heard her voice, he was so frightened that he threw down the lighter and turned around and ran away, without even looking back.

Song Yiqiao wanted to rush forward, but suddenly remembered something, and his footsteps stopped abruptly. She stared at the arsonist's fast fleeing back and cursed angrily.

- Forget it, the most important thing at the moment is Nina's safety.

Song Yiqiao rushed to the door and banged on their door vigorously: "It's on fire!" Wake up! ”

……

The fire truck came in time and did not cause much damage, Nina's face turned pale and she kept thanking Song Yiqiao.

"You're nervous right now, so let's rest first."

Song Yiqiao watched her husband take his wife to the side of the bench and sit down, and when she turned around, she suddenly noticed that something had been thrown to the ground in a panic.

She picked it up, and it was an iron plaque with the number "7" written on it.

Song Yiqiao's face sank.

…… She seemed to understand the meaning of the numbers.