"Oh roar, why are you here?" Uncle House's voice came from far and near, and his deep, somewhat urn-like voice was particularly penetrating in the dark night.

"You!" Qi and blood surged into his head in an instant, and Liu Ye rushed up with an arrow step and grabbed the uncle's collar.

"Me, I'm just coming back to get something. The uncle looked confused.

"Are you a magician?" Liu Ye said viciously.

Shi Lan looked at them nervously, and the hand in the cuff had already quietly grasped the wand, for fear that the two would suddenly fight.

There was no one on the whole street, the black pole street lamps on both sides looked like soldiers standing in line, and the cold white light was their indifferent gaze, shining on the two of them with contrasting light and shadow, Liu Ye grabbed the collar of House's chef's uniform with his right hand, and lifted him to the position where his toes were slightly off the ground, and his left hand was already holding the faintly glowing deadwood staff. The snow was falling, and a thin layer of white snow had accumulated on the clothes of the three people.

"I, I thought you already knew. The uncle had a frightened and puzzled expression on his face, grabbing Liu Ye's right hand with both hands, wanting to exert himself but not daring to exert himself, "After all, the girl you followed ten years ago was a magician, and the girl you brought ten years later is also a magician." ”

Liu Ye listened to his words, his heart was shocked, he let go of the hand holding his clothes, and asked him, "When did you know that Baili Ming was a magician?"

"I knew the day she came to apply, that kid is very magical, but he doesn't know how to hide his aura, and experienced magicians can see it at a glance, and the same is true of the young lady next to you. Milhouse tidied up his clothes, raised his nose at Shi Lan, and then glanced at the deadwood staff in Liu Ye's left hand, "I thought you were also a magician at first, because although you couldn't see magic at that time, there was a strong oppressive force. To verify that I also asked you to observe my barbecue, but you didn't see the secret, and since that incident, the feeling has disappeared, and I think I may have been wrong. But as it turned out, I didn't look away. ”

"No, I was introduced to magic three months ago, not long. Liu Ye frowned, pointed at him with a deadwood staff and asked, "Let's not talk about this first, you tell me, since Baili Ming is a magician, how could she be stabbed to death with a knife?"

"I, I don't know......" The uncle was a little flustered by his fingers, and his speech was a little stammering, "I was in the back kitchen that day, and suddenly I heard a noise outside, and as soon as I ran out, I saw the man in the knitted hat fainting to the side, and Baili Ming fell to the ground on his back, with a dagger in his chest, so I quickly ran out of the store and called an ambulance and the peacekeeping police......"

"Wait, he seems to be talking a little differently than you said. Shi Lan walked up to Liu Ye and looked at Uncle House's innocent face with him.

"Hmm......" Liu Ye looked coldly at Uncle House's eyes protruding from under his eyebrows, "Baili Ming was hit by a knife in her back, and the knife was pulled out." And you're calling an ambulance and a peacekeeper in the back kitchen, right? I didn't see anyone running out of the store. ”

"I, I don't need to lie......" The uncle waved his hand again and again, his face flushed with fright, and his beard shook and shaking.

"No, I saw it with my own eyes, and it was definitely different from what you said. ”

"But, ......but," said the uncle, gritting his teeth, "I am willing to swear in the name of magic that I am not lying." ”

"Are you lying to a child? How can such a nonsense oath work? Liu Ye's gaze became colder and colder, ten years have passed, he has blamed himself for Bai Liming's death for ten years, and no one wants to know the truth of the matter more than him.

"I don't think he's lying, Liu Ye, calm down. Shi Lan gently pulled Liu Ye's right hand, which was hanging on the side of her body.

Shi Lan's warm hand melted the anxiety in his heart, and Liu Ye squeezed his eyes and calmed down a little.

It is true that it is logically unreasonable to deceive the witnesses of an event, but the contradiction is real......

"Uncle, please tell me the details of the day. Shi Lan said to her uncle as she slowly pressed down Liu Ye's hand holding the wand.

"That evening, there was a very strange customer in the store. The uncle sighed, "He wears a knitted hat, and as soon as he enters the door, he knows the names of several dishes in the store, but I have never seen him." It's not a big deal, maybe I heard it from some regular customer. At that time, Baili Ming happened to go out, and the man's attitude was also normal, and he ate like that after the food was served. ”

"The problem was that not long after Baili Ming came back, as soon as she came back, I went back to the back kitchen to work, but it didn't take long to hear the two arguing. I just wanted to go out to have a look, and I saw Baili Ming angrily lift the curtain and come in, saying that he wanted to take the invoice for the morning purchase to go out to show the guests. She took the invoice from the nail and walked out quickly, and when I asked her what was going on, she wouldn't say. ”

"Then I heard the sound of a fight," Uncle House glanced at Liu Ye, "and then there was a scream, and when I ran out, the man in the knitted hat fell to the ground, and Bai Liming was also lying on the side, with a knife stuck in his chest. ”

"Wait, you said Baili Ming was lying on the ground, did you see a lot of blood?" asked Liu Ye.

"Blood? There's some, but not much. ”

"Please continue. ”

"I was so scared that I rushed all the way out of the store and ran out into the street to call the police and an ambulance. About ten minutes later, the ambulance and the police came, and you were already in the store at that time, kneeling beside Baili Ming in despair, and I was also very distressed when I saw it. Then after I got in the ambulance, I didn't know anything. ”

"Ten minutes......" Liu Ye flipped through his memories, "Wait, you said the police and ambulances came ten minutes later?"

"Well, ten minutes, I'm pretty sure of that. Uncle nodded.

"Why do you say that?"

"Because I looked at the time on my phone when I called, it was 4:50, and when the police and ambulance arrived, the clock of the West 11th District was ringing, so it must have been ten minutes. ”

Liu Ye frowned, not hearing the bell could be understood as he was in a trance at that time, but the ambulance and the police arrived at the scene almost immediately in his impression, which was not in line with what the uncle said.

Different positions of the knife, different impressions of time, two people who didn't see each other, and bloodstains......

The memory is not faked, the uncle is not lying, and what the two of them see is the truth.

There must be a reasonable explanation for these contradictions.

An idea flashed through Liu Ye's heart.

I see. However, why did she do this?

"Uncle, I believe in you. Liu Ye smiled faintly and hugged Uncle House, "I'm sorry to scare you." ”

"Oh roar, it's okay. The uncle was stunned for a moment, and then patted his belly with a smile, "Trapped by love, caring is chaotic, this is a trouble only young people have." Uncle, I envy you very much!"

"Shilan, let's go, if we don't go back, Sister Tang Yin is going to run out to find us. ”

Liu Ye walked on the sidewalk with his head down, his right hand on the tip of his nose, biting his lip gently, he still couldn't understand the reason why Baili Ming did this, what was her purpose in acting such a fake death scene?

Shi Lan silently followed behind him, taking a step and kicking the snow, stepping on the ground one small circle after another.

"You don't even ask me, what did you figure out?" Liu Ye suddenly stopped, turned around and leaned against the lamppost with a smile.

"Yikes. Shi Lan kept watching her boots go in and out in the snow one foot deep and one foot shallow, and one accidentally crashed into Liu Ye's arms.

"I think," Shi Lan stood up again, looked up into Liu Ye's eyes and said seriously, "If you want to say it, you will definitely tell me." ”

"Hehehe, you are inexplicably confident. Liu Ye smiled, "But that's right." Baili Ming should have let the same thing happen twice at that time, so that my uncle and I could see two slightly different scenes. ”

"Happened twice?"

"Well, the proof is time. Liu Ye looked in the direction of the bell tower in the 11th district of the west, "My uncle and I are seven minutes different from the time of the arrival of the police and ambulances, and even if there is a cognitive error, there is a gap of almost five minutes. The five-minute gap was the time for her to fake the scene of death in front of me, presumably performing a performance in front of my eyes with a stand-in. I didn't meet my uncle because he had already run out to call the police, and there was almost no blood at the scene that my uncle saw, which also showed that Baili Ming was not seriously injured at that time. It would be unthinkable in the scientific world to have a homicide happen twice in a row, but since Baili Ming is a magician, it is no longer impossible. Moreover, if the crying masked man who appeared in the safe house a few days ago was her, then Baili Ming is also a magician who is proficient in the magic of time. ”

"The key question now is why she did it. If she wanted to leave me and act as a magician, she could have had an easier way, such as breaking up with me, no longer interacting with me, or simply disappearing, I had no way at all. Why do you want to go to great lengths to direct a scene of your own death? What kind of reason is there for 'Baili Ming' to die?"

"I'm sure she's not going to hurt me, and she must have her own reasons for doing so. Liu Ye shook his head helplessly, "Maybe when I see her again one day, she will tell me." But I'm free from that guilt, and she's certainly not dead. ”

"Hmm. Shi Lan kicked the snow on the side of the base of the street lamp, "Liu Ye, do you still like her?"

"I don't like it. Liu Ye squatted down and quietly gathered a snowball in his hand, "But I still want an answer, after all, it has bothered me for ten years...... Hey!"

"Ahh

"Hahahaha......"

"Don't run!"

"There is no need for this young girl to be grieved because of her past. ”

That was his only thought.