Three hours before Song Kexian checked in, that is, at 19 o'clock that night, the door of room 334 opened. The person who came out of it was Jin Hongwei. He came to the opposite door of room 335 and knocked on it.

"Director Ruan, are you free?"

"What's wrong with Director Jin?"

"I've been bored for so many days, and I'm addicted to chess, so let's play chess for a while." Jin Hongwei said and shook the tablet in his hand.

"You're a professional, I'm not qualified as an opponent."

"Director Nguyen is modest. You've also won the fourth place in the whole competition. Otherwise, you can regret 3 times per game, how about that? ”

"Haha, that's good. Come on in. ”

After all, the man is just a child in front of the game, and the two directors are inseparable from each other around the tablet. In the first game, it was Ruan Huaibing who went down first, and then Jin Hongwei pulled back a game, 1-1. The follow-up score was tied at 2-2 again, and finally settled at 3-3. Although it was a draw, Jin Hongwei seemed to be a step ahead, because in the process of playing chess, he still kept his mobile phone upside down from time to time; And Ruan Huaibing on the other side has always been single-minded and has no distractions. More than 3 hours passed unconsciously, and I don't know whose stomach was gurgling, like a frog in the field.

At Jin Hongwei's suggestion, the two directors went to the restaurant on the first floor to forage for food. When passing by the lobby, Jin Hongwei turned his head and glanced at the front desk, and Xiao Zhou was nodding at him. So the doctor hurriedly squeezed out a smirk, and the contrived expression gave him goosebumps.

Garlic, original, spicy, three plates of crayfish with different flavors were placed on the table, bubbling with a tangy aroma. Ruan Huaibing's expression was intoxicated, and his words were about to flow out.

"Tsk, it would be nice to have these treats to pass the stomach after every surgery. I'm going to have some more beer. Does Director Jin want it to be room temperature or chilled? ”

"Wine, I'll forget it. I drank it once a few days ago, and I didn't sleep well all night. ”

"That's not reluctant, waiter, give me a cold beer."

"I'm going to wash my hands, and I'm doing it again." Although there are many disposable gloves on the table, if Jin Hongwei doesn't wash his hands again, he won't be able to overcome the hurdle in his heart.

"Didn't we just wash our hands before we went out?"

"When I went downstairs, I pressed the elevator button again......"

This cleanliness maniac is really disappointing, Ruan Huaibing shook his head, and said lazily: "Then I'm going to start first." ”

When Jin Hongwei returned to the dinner table, Ruan Huaibing was holding shrimp and dipping it in sauce, and he was snorting beautifully. Jin Hongwei unexpectedly found that there were a few more peeled shrimps on his plate.

"I got it with double gloves, Director Jin, don't dislike it."

"Director Ruan is really a treasure boy."

"My hometown is by the sea, and people there often catch some seafood to satisfy their hunger. When I was young, every time I ate shrimp and crabs, my sister peeled them for me one by one, and I really miss it when I think about it. Ruan Huaibing said and drank the beer on the table. The grease stains on his gloves hung on the walls of the glass, slowly dripping down.

"Then you're really lucky, you've been hurt by two women since you were a child."

"The current babies are all precious, and several adults are busy serving one. But when we were young, weren't we just big and small? My sister helped take care of my diet and daily life, and I once thought that everyone else was like my family, and I had to have a sister before giving birth to a boy. ”

Jin Hongwei nodded vigorously while nibbling on the shrimp head. In the eyes of Ruan Huaibing on the other side, this move was just because the taste of crayfish was too delicious. After all, he, Jin Hongfu, is an orphan, and I am afraid that he has never felt the care of his biological parents. At this moment, Director Ruan wished that his sister would sit at the round table, and he could also peel a few lobsters for her.

"You and your sister have such a good relationship, they must see each other often, right?"

Ruan Huaibing filled himself with another glass of wine, and then took another sip.

"It's been almost 20 years since my sister died. Leukaemia. ”

Jin Hongwei didn't know what to say for a while. He picked up the bottle and filled the glass opposite, and he took an empty glass from the next table and poured it full.

"Come, Director Ruan. Dry one. ”

The unspoken emotions stirred up layers of foam in the wine glass. With this layer of moral attached, drinking becomes a culture.

"That's why I applied for medical school that year. Originally, I wanted to focus on oncology, but later I found out that it was a bottomless pit, and the original idea was a little naïve. ”

"Yes, there are so many subtypes of cancer, and many of them don't even understand the pathogenesis, let alone conquer them."

"The cure rate of blood cancer is quite high now. It would have been nice if my sister had been born ten years late, and how nice it would have been if she had been my sister. Don't talk about it, it's sad to talk too much. ”

The grease stains on the wine glass seem to be so sticky that they don't move, like a piece of weathered amber, telling the story of the past.

"Director Jin, did the police look for you later, I mean the progress of Ni Xianyan's case." With the strength of the wine at the moment, Ruan Huaibing asked.

"No, I'm afraid it's not as easy as you think."

"When we heard that you were divorced, our entire department was shocked. To be honest, I really envy you when I attended your wedding. My sister-in-law is so good-looking, and on her wedding day, she is the same as a fairy. Hey, the sky is unpredictable, let's look ahead. ”

Ruan Huaibing's words were to the point, although he was a sister-in-law, he was a fan of Ni Xianyan. If nothing else, just her appearance, beauty can be translated as a bewitching fox, or it can be interpreted as a sinking fish and a goose.

"Hehe, let's take one step at a time."

"You haven't reconsidered your personal problems until now, what a loving person."

As the saying goes, "Men are not bad, women are not loved", Jin Hongwei's problem may be that he is too nostalgic and too honest.

"So, old Jin. I think it's fate for the department to send you this time. You still had her in your heart before, now it's time to let go. Regret is lost to the past, and the result is handed over to the police. Think more about yourself. This sentence was ostensibly said to Jin Hongfu, but it was actually said to himself. Director Ruan filled his wine glass again, and when he wanted to fill it for Director Jin, the other party reached out and stopped him. This time, Jin Hongwei shook his head.

After a while, the three plates of crayfish were swept away, and the table was already in disarray. The two directors returned to the guest room together and exchanged good night. Jin Hongwei, who closed the door, was still playing with Director Ruan's previous relief. Everything in the world has a beginning and an end, and it would be nice if those troublesome things could end as soon as possible.

June 18th

History repeats itself all the time, whether it's happy or sad. However, if the frequency of the interpretation is too frequent, it will give people the illusion of being in a different world.

Liu Chuanrong once again arrived on the third floor of the housekeeping department of Ziyuan Villa, and the door of Room 336 was still sealed, but the destination of his trip was Room 302. Unlike other rooms where the air conditioner operates in refrigeration mode, the air conditioner in room 302 is set to dehumidify and ventilate mode.

A corpse fell on the bed, and that was what Song Kexian looked like after his death. Strangely, the lower part of the body from the nose to the upper neck was cut off again. Song Kexian, who is clever and cunning on weekdays, and his appearance after his jaw is cut off is really funny. The corpse's sternum was also fractured in multiple places, and the heart was missing.

When a person dies, it's just a mess of meat.

Above the wall against which the bed rests, there is an English word "justice" written in bloodstains, which translates to Chinese for justice. Satirize.

As far as the crime scene alone is concerned, people can't help but suspect that Ni Xianyan and Song Kexian were killed by the same murderer. However, unlike Ni Xianyan's corpse, the rest of Song Kexian's body was not decomposed, so the pool of blood in room 302 was not as exaggerated as the previous murder. In addition, another significant difference is that what Song Kexian lacks is his right hand, while Ni Xianyan has a left hand.

The single-lens reflex camera at the scene kept "clicking", and the criminal police officers wearing gloves were busy shuttling around the house, which was exactly the same as a week ago. Similarly, only the shoe prints of the leather shoes worn by the victim and the hotel slippers were found in room 302. Here, the detectives only took the fingerprints of the victim, the waiter, and the previous tenant. The balcony windows are still locked. A large amount of blood stains were still detected in the bathroom. Until the team was closed, the missing body parts and the tools used to commit the crime were still missing. However, Yanagawa unexpectedly found 3 room cards in the house.

"Team Miao, find out. The extra room card is from Room 336, which is the room card used by Ni Xianyan before her death. Liu Chuanrong reported the results of the investigation to Miao Yixin.

"Strange...... Why did Ni Xianyan's room card appear in Song Kexian's room? ”

"Could it be that Song Kexian is the real murderer of Ni Xianyan? After all, the card was found in his locked briefcase. There are no signs of prying open on the bag itself. ”

"What kind of combination lock?"

"Yes."

"Have you extracted the fingerprints from your room key?"

"Well, only the fingerprints of Ni Xianyan and Song Kexian were detected."

This testimony that seemed to confirm the identity of Song Kexian's prisoner was heard by Miao Yixin, and he looked suddenly startled, and added, "The fingerprints of the hotel staff were not found?" ”

"Not really."

"Then I'm afraid that the actual holder of this card is the prisoner."

"Huh?"

"I guess that a week ago, the prisoner entered Ni Xianyan's room with a 336 room card, and after committing the crime, he cleared all the fingerprints on the card, and then let Ni Xianyan's body touch the room card. This time, he did the same and attached Song Kexian's fingerprints to the room card. It's just that in this way, the fingerprint of the waiter who handed over the room card to Ni Xianyan by hand will not appear on the room card. I am afraid that only the murderer himself can do such a thing. ”

"I see."

"After Ni Xianyan was killed, we refused all media interviews, and we also took special care of the hotel staff, who should not disclose details related to the case."

"From this point of view, it is possible that the person who killed Ni Xianyan can imitate the scene of the last crime. He deliberately left the room card for room 336 and blamed Song Kexian for the first murder, right, Team Miao? ”

"Probably."

"That murderer really shot himself in the foot." Yanagawa said triumphantly, as if the truth of the two cases was close at hand.

"But don't take it lightly. The prisoner left a message in English on the wall, perhaps to increase the difficulty of handwriting identification, which shows that he has a certain sense of anti-reconnaissance. ”

"Is it also proof that the prisoner is well educated?"

"Not necessarily. Nowadays, the Internet is so developed that as long as you know how to access the Internet, you can get translations. Perhaps this was the first time a prisoner had written English. Miao Yixin's reasoning was seamless. He touched his chin and continued, "Compared to the previous case, there are some differences in this case, one is that the body was not broken down in large pieces, and the other is that the deceased's right hand, not his left, was cut off and taken away. Perhaps these differences are the result of the convict's last resort under certain conditions. What does the medical examiner say? ”

"The medical examiner deduced that the time of death was about yesterday, that is, at 10:40 p.m. on the 17th, and the cause of death was mechanical asphyxiation."

"Strangled?"

"Well, the victim had a bruise on his toe, probably caused by him kicking the wall while he was struggling."

"Song Kexian's social background is more complicated, so he has to send some people to visit and investigate."

"Team Miao, we've zeroed in on a suspect."

"Who?"

"Wu Chunxiu."

In Ni Xianyan's case, Wu Chunxiu was a witness to Song Kexian's alibi. In just a few days, she became a suspect, and the reason was nothing more than that the woman had a clear motive for killing.

"Oh? Isn't she Song Kexian's old friend? Miao Yixin muttered to himself.

"On the afternoon of the 16th, Song Kexian went to the police station near his work unit to report that he was attacked, and the person who attacked him was Wu Chunxiu. The scar on the victim's eyebrow bone was left by the injury at that time. ”

"This is really an unpredictable man."

"Maybe Wu Chunxiu murdered Ni Xianyan with Song Kexian in order to ascend the throne in advance. Afterwards, the former found out that Song Kexian had other women, so he committed the crime again. ”

"It's a possibility. By the way, have the tenants around 302 been investigated? Has anyone ever heard a fight? ”

"There is no one else around 302."

"What? Are you sure? ”

"You can't go wrong, Team Miu."

Miao Yixin stood in place as if she was out of her body, and all kinds of clues in her mind were listed in an orderly manner, weaving into a criss-crossing logical web. In a flash of light, he figured out the truth.

"Dismemberment creates a lot of movement, especially for the cutting of bones. On the day of Ni Xianyan's murder, there happened to be a thunderstorm, and the sound of the dismemberment of the body could be muffled by the thunder. But last night there was no rain and no thunder. I am afraid that the murderer is to avoid attracting attention, so he reduces unnecessary dismemberment. However, this is not enough, and the safest way is for the deceased to live away from other tenants. ”

Liu Chuanrong listened to Miao Yixin's analysis and also put forward his own opinion, "Could this be just a coincidence, the victim just happened to live in a house where there were no tenants around, but the murderer himself didn't know about it?" ”

"Did you find a glue stain on the door across from room 302?"

"I have checked it deliberately, and the cat's eye near the door of room 303 on the opposite side is very clean, and there are no glue stains."

"That's right. In Ni Xianyan's case, there was a glue stain on the cat's eye of room 335 opposite the victim, and we deduced that it was probably because the prisoner deliberately covered the cat's eye of room 335 with adhesive tape in order to avoid being seen by the guests of 335 when he entered 336. This time, however, there were no glue stains on the door opposite 302. If the murderer is the same person, think about it, what is the reason for this? ”

"Could it be that the murderer knew that there was no one in the room opposite 302 this time?"

"Yes, that's the first explanation."

"The first floor?"

"There is another explanation, and that is that in the first case, the guests in room 335 are very familiar with the murderer, and the identity of the murderer can be confirmed at a glance."

"335 lives in Ruan Huaibing, do you mean that the murderer may be Jin Hongwei who is in the same department as him?"

Under this interpretation, Jin Hongwei does have the possibility of committing a crime. Now back to the first level of explanation, how can the murderer confirm that there is no one in the room opposite 302? He might just knock on the door to confirm, but that would inevitably draw the attention of the doorman. What's more critical is that the occupancy status of hotel rooms is dynamic. In other words, just because room 303 is empty now does not mean that room will still be empty two hours later. And killing and dismembering bodies is a long process. ”

"Excuse me?" Miao Yixin's words opened Liu Chuanrong's brain, who was looking at the captain with an incredible gaze.

"That's right, under the first explanation, to be precise, the murderer did not confirm that there was no one in the guest room around the victim, but that he had the ability to place the victim in a room where no one was around. This kind of thing is usually only done by hotel front desk staff. On the night of the 17th, did the staff who worked at the front desk find out? ”

"Hmm."

"Who is it?"

"Zhou Qing still has ......" Liu Chuanrong paused, and then whispered another name - "Yang Yueqing".

A trace of unease appeared on Miao Yixin's face, as if she had been electrocuted. Liu Chuanrong noticed the strangeness of the big brother, and he hurriedly made up a sentence:

"Team Miao, Jin Hongwei and Wu Chunxiu are also suspicious. If the prisoner was really a hotel employee, then why didn't she also arrange a room for Ni Xianyan away from the crowd when she committed the first murder? ”

"Well, you have a point. But I think there are at least three alternative reasons for this. First, in Ni Xianyan's case, the murder was a sudden act, and it was not in the murderer's plan; Second, the guest room was relatively tight at that time, and the murderer had no way to arrange the victim in a room away from the crowd; The third is that the prisoner did not expect the victim to move in on the 10th, so he also failed to carry out the black-box operation during his shift. ”

"Or ...... Could it be because the murderer saw the weather forecast in advance and knew that there would be a thundershower that night, so there was no need to arrange her alone. ”

"It makes sense in theory, but it's not very feasible in practice. It's summer, and the weather forecast isn't reliable. And when it rains, does it thunder, is the thunder loud enough, and can it cover the sound of the corpse? These are temporary factors that are difficult to determine before the crime is committed. ”

"Hmm...... That's right, Team Miu. We found some red substance on the doorknob on the outside of 302, just a little bit. ”

"What is it?"

"A mixture of paint and animal blood."

"Are you sure it's not human blood?"

"Sure. It should be the blood of poultry, most likely chicken. ”

"It's strange, how can there be such a thing? The top priority at the moment is to focus on investigating Wu Chunxiu, Jin Hongwei, Yang Yueqing, and Zhou Qing. There is also Song Kexian, who has earned a lot of money over the years, and has also used a lot of indiscriminate means. Visit more people around him to see if he has any enemies, especially those who can get involved with Ni Xianyan. After all, there is a high probability that the two cases were committed by the same person. ”

"Don't worry, Team Miu."

"Let's also check the people who are closer to Song Kexian, especially Wu Chunxiu. The murderer put Ni Xianyan's room card into Song Kexian's locked briefcase, which showed that the murderer may know the password of the briefcase. You inform Xiao Li that those tenants who left the store on the 11th and were still out of town on the night of the 17th can basically rule out suspicion. If there is no suspicion among the foreign tourists, let them close the queue as soon as possible. ”

Yanagawa nodded solemnly while recording Team Miao's instructions. The second case twists time into a cycle, squeezing the atmosphere into an extremely weird one. The clouds of doubt that shrouded the sky over the Purple Abyss Villa were like Sisyphus pushing stones, and they only increased rather than decreased.