The countdown is over, and nothing seems to have happened.

"Look closely." Zhang Xiao pointed to the dial.

The hands of the pocket watch are the same color as the case, but they are a little dark and black. There was a sudden silence all around, but it was as if something was missing.

"Stopped." Zhou Yi suddenly spoke, "The pointer doesn't move." ”

It turned out that the click of the second hand was gone.

"That's it?" Bai Xiao said, "It's just a small trick, what other magic tricks?" ”

"You're too demanding, the audience." Zhang Xiao smiled bitterly.

"Let's play one of the most common playing cards." He took a deck of poker out of his pocket, took out all the cards, and spread them out on the table.

"Bai Xiao, pick a card."

Bai Xiao hesitated and picked the second card on the left hand.

"See it yourself, don't show it to me, and then stuff it in after you're done." Zhang Xiao didn't look over, Bai Xiao lifted the corner of the card she had selected and glanced at it, stuffed it into the card pile, and deliberately changed the position.

"Next, I'm going to find the card you chose." Zhang Xiao put the poker on the table in his hand, shuffled the cards repeatedly, and then rummaged through them one by one in his hand.

"It's this one." A card was cut out and flew into the air, and Zhang Xiao grabbed it with his left hand.

Bai Xiao could see clearly that it was the card he chose.

"You made a mark?" Bai Xiao couldn't figure it out.

"It's just a classical compulsion technique." Zhang Xiao shrugged, "Everything is in the magician's calculations. ”

"You can only cool off when you liven up the atmosphere." Bai Xiao complained, "It's not as interesting as smearing the cake." ”

Dinner continued in a cheerful rhythm, Lu Chang turned his face to look at Lin Candle, who was persuaded by everyone to drink some wine, his face was a little flushed, and he smiled quite happily.

"I haven't asked you what your profession is." Zhang Xiao looked around, "It's just me and Brother Hu, let's talk about ourselves." ”

"I'm a person who designs houses." Bai Xiao said.

"Lawyer." Qi Duo looked at Zhang Xiao, "Me and her are both." ”

"Are you out on your honeymoon?" Bai Xiao asked curiously.

"It's a pre-wedding trip." Zhou Yi raised his right hand, and the diamond ring sparkled, "But I'm already engaged, this is an engagement ring." ”

"What about you?"

"Take your younger siblings out on a trip." Bai Xiao prevaricated casually.

At the end of the meal, Hu Hai pulled Zhang Xiao and prepared to go to the bar for a few drinks, and the rest of the people said goodbye one by one and went back to their rooms. Lu Chang was also about to go back to the house to rest, Bai Xiao suddenly proposed to go for a walk on the top deck, Candle nodded in agreement, Lu Chang thought that he was fine, so he agreed.

The sea at night merges with the night, and the whole cruise ship is like a firefly sailing in the depths of the universe. There was no light or sound in either direction, and the sky was a lonely crescent moon reflecting the bottom of the sea.

"I don't know what Madame is doing." Candle looked at the moon and muttered to herself.

"Give you the phone, send her a message if you want her." Lu Chang took out PHS from his pocket and handed it to the candle.

"Forget it, Madame will definitely call me childish." The candle didn't even look back.

"Sister Bai Xiao, why did you travel alone?" Lu Chang asked.

"It was supposed to be two people, and then... The relationship broke down, and he came out alone. Bai Xiaoman said nonchalantly, "Actually, when I boarded the ship, I was still looking forward to seeing him again, and even imagined that he would be inside as soon as I opened the door." She smiled self-deprecatingly.

"I'm sorry, I knew I wouldn't ask." Lu Chang was a little ashamed.

"It's okay, it's better to be happy to say it. You little guy, why don't you see a girlfriend when you're so old, huh? Bai Xiao looked Lu Chang up and down and said, "You look okay, do you blush when you talk to girls?" ”

Lu Chang was already blushing, and Bai Xiao laughed.

"Why don't you two make do with it, two stuffy gourds." Bai Xiao raised his eyebrows and gestured to Lu Chang.

Both of them pretended not to hear.

Qi Duo raised his hand and looked at the watch on his wrist, his head was a little dizzy, and the hands couldn't really be seen. He leaned closer and made sure it was nine.

After dinner, I was going to visit the shopping mall with Zhou Yi, but I suddenly quarreled while walking. Qi Duo himself didn't understand how Zhou Yi could quarrel with him about such small things as what to eat, what to wear today, and what to buy for shopping. He was really irritable this time, and it was wrong for him to leave on the spot, he had thought about these things when he was drinking in the bar just now, but he did feel wronged in his heart.

He stumbled to the end of the hallway, carefully scanning all the house numbers. 1109、1108、1107… Before he walked to the door of 1106, he didn't notice that the door of 1106 was open. A little boy just happened to rush out of 1106, stepped on a skateboard, and crashed head-on into Qi Duo-

Bang! Qi Duo was slammed into his chest, his body leaning back, his hands desperately trying to grab something, but he eventually fell to the floor. Fortunately, the floor was carpeted, so it didn't hurt very much.

"Lele! Don't skateboard in the hallway! "There was a middle-aged man's voice in 1106, and it was very loud.

The boy grimaced at Qi Duo, who seemed unscathed from the impact, and then stepped on his skateboard into 1106, slamming the door open.

Qi Duo scolded fiercely. He slowly lifted himself from the ground and sat up, his back and hips aching at the moment. While rubbing the injured part of the fall with his hands, Qi Duo stood up against the wall and walked forward slowly.

1101。 It's finally here. Qi Duo slammed the door with his index finger.

"Take a bath! Open the door yourself! He heard Zhou Yi's shout, and began to grope for his pockets. Where are the keys? Qi Duo touched the pocket of his jacket, and put his hand into his trouser pocket and ass pocket, which were empty.

Did you just fall to the ground when you fell? Qi Duo relied on his memory to carefully grope for the place where he had just fallen, and finally found a long strip of metal at the door of room 1104.

He opened the door, but there was no light inside, only the light in the shower room was on, and Qi Duo could still hear Zhou Yi humming while taking a bath.

"Why don't you turn on the lights?" Qi Duo complained that he couldn't find the light switch in the darkness for a while.

"Why didn't I turn on the lights, of course I did." Zhou Yi's voice came from the shower.

"a fart." Qi Duo whispered, groping his way through the wall.

The structure of the guest rooms is the same as that of the hotel rooms. Walk through the hallway, and on the right hand side is the double bed where they slept. Qi Duo bent down and touched the edge of the bed, and sat on the bed at random.

Finally rested, Qi Duo thought to himself. Suddenly, he felt his foot kick something soft. He stepped on it with his foot again, and it was quite elastic.

What is it? Pillow dropped on the floor? It won't be that big. After he left tonight, what did Zhou Yi secretly buy again? Qi Duo was a little curious.

He pulled the lamp at the head of the bed with his arm forward, and leaned to the ground to find out—

A corpse.

Brass bell-like eyes stared straight at him.

Qi Duo let out a high-pitched, tearing exclamation.

"The deceased's name is Hu Hai, 34 years old, and his occupation is... Writer. The security officer looked through the ID card and business card found in the deceased's pocket and read as the security assistant next to him was registering. There are a lot of people watching the excitement in the corridor, but the relevant staff are coming one after another, and the cordon has been opened.

"When did you find the dead?" On the other side, the security officer in charge of the case is recording a statement.

"It's about nine o'clock. I remember coming out of the elevator and looking at my watch, because the hallway was not very bright, and I was a little dizzy after drinking too much, and I looked at it repeatedly for a long time, when it should have been nine o'clock. ”

"Did you see anything suspicious on your way back?"

"On my way back... Hardly any people were met. ”

"Almost?"

"Oh! I remember I was in 1107... It's still at the door of 1106, and I met a little boy who skateboarded, and I bumped into each other, and I didn't see anyone else. ”

"When did your girlfriend come back to the room?"

"This... I don't know. I haven't been in touch with her since the fight, but she probably didn't come back for long, because she was taking a shower when I got back, and the whole house was dark. ”

"It's dark in the house?"

"That's right! I asked her why she didn't turn on the light, and she said she did, but it was dark inside, or I wouldn't have turned on the bedside lamp. ”

"Do you know the deceased?"

"We had dinner together in the evening, with a lot of people, when he finished eating, it seemed that he had a very speculative chat with Zhang Xiao from 1107, they said they were going to the bar for a few more drinks, I don't know if they went."

"Finally, do you have the key to the grocery room next door?"

"Keys? No. What am I going to do in the grocery room! ”

"Thank you for your cooperation." The security guard who recorded the confession got up and shook hands with Qi Duo and went out the door, he was going to the scene of the crime.

"The cause of death... It felt like suffocation. You look at the green paint that has dried up in his mouth, and I think that's probably the main cause of death. Although his abdomen was pulled apart by a sharp object, he bled a lot, but after all, he did not hurt his organs. Moreover, it doesn't look like this amount of bleeding is going to die so quickly. On top of that, you see that his eyeballs are congested and protruding, which is typical of asphyxiation. "The security officer put on white gloves and was communicating with the assistant.

"Sir, the confession is finished, it shouldn't have been done by the people in this room. The man had an alibi, and the woman didn't, but according to the person who saw her at the latest, it should have been 8:40. In just 20 minutes, he is not very qualified to commit a crime. ”

"It's just your speculation, Tang Chen." The security director pinched the corpse's cheek and opened its mouth, "This express paint will dry completely in ten minutes." ”

"Have you got in touch with the company?" The Director of Security asked.

"Still in contact, I don't know what's going on, the signal seems to be interfered with, probably the influence of the magnetic field here." Tang Chen explained.

"We have to dock as soon as possible to assist the Italian police to complete the investigation, first send a few people to guard the scene, and spend this day like this, other passengers remember to lock the door and stay in the house, don't act rashly."

"Yes, I'll arrange it." Tang Chen nodded and left.

Bai Xiao's mobile phone suddenly shook.

She opened the screen, and it was a WeChat message.

For a moment, it was like falling into an ice cellar. She shuddered, interrupting the candle of the road that was still small talking.

"Hu Hai is dead."