Chapter 21: Dead End
Murong wasn't surprised at all that he saw his thoughts, but he still stood still: "You don't need to treat you, I'll pay for it myself." β
Zhou Erya was amused by her: "Are you afraid of owing me a favor?" Wouldn't it be nice if you would like to go back for the next meal? β
"Come and go, so that there is a relationship, don't we make an appointment not to have too many intersections?" Murong did not hide his displeasure in his words, "I asked you to solve the case, it is a business matter, and I don't want to invite each other to dinner in private." β
"So you're so unhappy, do you think I don't have a distinction between public and private?" Zhou Erya put her hands in the pockets of her windbreaker, looking extremely handsome and chic, ordinary girls would be fascinated by his posture, but Murong was indifferent.
Of course, it is also possible that she has good acting skills and pretends to be impatient.
"At the engagement banquet yesterday, you didn't make it clear to Ling Zun about us?" Murong was indeed a little irritable, and when he saw that Han Yu and Adjutant Cai had gone away, he asked directly.
The case stalled, and so did her marriage.
"Are you sure you want to talk here?" Zhou Erya glanced at the school gate opposite, and at six o'clock, some girls had already come out one after another to buy breakfast.
Murong pursed his red lips, lowered his head and walked in first.
Grandma Wang had already seen the young couple, and she greeted them in person and said with a smile: "Oh, why do you have breakfast together so early?" β
Grandma Wang's eyebrows and eyes are full of smiles, and the average young person is not glued together so early, it seems that the relationship is very good, and they may even be together all night......
Oh, thinking about it this way, Zhou Gongzi's good things are coming.
Maybe it will be added after a while, and then it will be like twenty years ago, when she brought her children here to eat osmanthus cake, if Lin Wanru can see this scene, she must be very pleased.
However, it seems that the little girl is making trouble, and there is no happy look on her face, but Zhou Erya has always been very happy.
It is still crystal cake and osmanthus cake, and there are all kinds of porridge in the morning, Zhou Erya asked for the proper season of the porridge, and Murong only needs white porridge.
Murong was really hungry, he didn't have time to eat in the hospital, he drank the porridge and ate the snack in one go, and saw that there was still most of the porridge in front of Zhou Erya, he ate very elegantly, and the corners of his mouth were not stained with oil.
Murong felt that he was already very good-looking, but compared to him, he was like a barbarian.
"Ahem." Murong cleared his throat and decided to cut to the chase first, "Last night, my father sent someone to school, and he said that the two families had set a wedding date. β
She told her family before that she was ill, had a severe cold, had a bad cough and runny nose, and it was insulting to Sven and inconvenient to see people, so she didn't go to the banquet under the pretext of not going to the banquet, and the family sent servants to deliver medicine, and sent someone to check on her condition last night, and told her about the wedding by the way.
Murong is just a junior this year, and he is ready to get married after graduation, and the date set is August 15 two years later.
During the Mid-Autumn Festival, the moon is full and people are round.
Zhou Erya was not surprised, and continued to eat breakfast slowly: "Hmm." β
"You...... What is the reaction? Murong was a little anxious, frowned and said, "Aren't we going to get out of the marriage?" Why is it worse now? You haven't talked to Ling Zun? β
"I talked about it." After Zhou Erya finished eating, she put down her chopsticks, took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of her mouth, and even wiped her fingers thinly, then raised her eyes to look at her, "It's just a failure." β
"Then why don't you tell me, so that I have a plan for the next step......" Murong was very angry, feeling that he had been deceived.
"So, I took matters into my own hands and made the next step." Zhou Erya said unhurriedly.
"The plan is to get married in two years?" Murong glared at him, his little white face flushed with anger.
"You see that everyone is happy now, and we still have two years to plan ......"
"What are you kidding?" Rao is Murong Han is well-raised, and he couldn't help but rudely interrupt his words, and asked very frantically, "What kind of delaying tactics, everyone is happy, the happier my parents are now, the more deeply hurt by the marriage between the two of us will be in the future." β
"In this troubled world, it is not easy to survive two years safely." Facing the furious Murong, Zhou Erya was still very calm, and even said with sadness, "Maybe tomorrow I will die on the front line, and you study abroad ......"
When Murong heard this, he was stunned, and his anxious and angry mood was replaced by inexplicable sadness.
Yes, in this troubled world, who can promise anyone a lifetime?
Not to mention the words of the parents, the appointment of the matchmaker.
"You...... Will you be on the front line? Murong asked after a while.
This eldest young master doesn't look like a blood-stained person at all, maybe he's talking nonsense to tease her again.
"The world is dangerous, and there must always be someone who opens the mountain and splits the road and moves forward with a heavy load." Zhou Erya said lightly.
Murong looked at him with a look of disbelief, as if he wanted to see his true thoughts from his face, but unfortunately, he failed.
Zhou Erya's dark eyes were like a bottomless deep sea, rippling with boundless water waves, as if they were about to drown her.
After staring at each other for a long time, Murong sighed in frustration: "No matter what, if you don't have the heart to get married, you should still tell your parents as soon as possible, so as not to make them happy." β
"If the opportunity arises, I will negotiate with my father again." Zhou Erya didn't seem to be bothered by this family business at all.
He doesn't want to get married, but since both families don't agree to divorce now, he doesn't want to make a big deal out of it, after all, there are more important things to do.
When he succeeded, his father's words no longer had any prestige, and all the words he had said before became a joke.
At that time, the family affair was naturally lifted, and according to Murong's strong self-reliant character, it must not affect his future life because of this family affair.
"If you don't get married, you're going to annoy me." Murong wrapped his fingers around his pigtails irritably, and said without concealment.
"A quiet mind does not give rise to troubles." Zhou Erya smiled, "Compared to the things that have been decided and cannot be changed immediately, I have more important things that I need your help with." β
The literal antonym of Xinjing is heartbeat, and Zhou Erya doesn't want Murong to be tempted by him.
"Is it related to the case?" Murong Bingxue was smart and quickly changed the topic.
She likes to deal with things efficiently, and since she can't solve the problem for a while, she will solve another problem that can be solved first.
"That's right, I still have to go to the school to have a look, and I want to trouble you and Director Qiu to report." Zhou Erya nodded and said.
"No problem." Murong readily agreed, compared to the marriage contract that she couldn't solve for a while, she fell into thinking about the case, and couldn't help but say, "According to what An Lin said in the morning, if this case is murder, the modus operandi is actually very simple. β
"This case is simple and simple, and complicated." Zhou Erya glanced at the time, and simply leaned on the sofa and chatted with her.
"What if...... If we assume that this is a crime, based on An Lin's description, we only need to rule out who hid behind the door and pushed Bai Fei. Murong paused and added, "Leaving aside all irrelevant clues, such a simple conclusion can be drawn. β
Zhou Erya glanced at Murong, but she didn't expect that although she was a girl and her mind was sensitive and delicate, she was logically the same as Han Yu, pursuing the Ocam's razor principle and striving to simplify.
It's just that Zhou Erya didn't think so, and asked lightly: "Really?" β
"Isn't it?" Murong learned his tone and asked, "Anyway, I think that if you give up the relevant clues, this case will reach a dead end." β
Murong just wants to solve the case quickly, can't wait to know the truth, and when the case is over, he doesn't have to meet Zhou Erya again.
Murong took these two people into the school, attracting many girls who went out for breakfast, looking sideways and whispering, some blushing, some were excited, and deliberately scratched their heads to get their attention.
Han Yu also looked through a lot of information on women's universities last night, and he knew that there were many celebrities in this university, but most of them were ladies from noble families, and the university was not as pure as he imagined.
Because the women here are more open to the impact of Western thought, and the rich family is willing to send their daughters here to study, their own family concepts are very advanced and enlightened, under the influence of such a family environment and school environment, the inner world of girls is broader and more complex, but it is not common for people like Director Qiu to be as old-fashioned.
There was still more than an hour before nine o'clock in the morning, and Director Qiu arrived at the office on time every day, so Murong took the two of them to continue to walk around the school.
Although the school has stipulated that people are not allowed to enter places unrelated to the case, especially the girls' dormitories and class areas, Murong also ignored these rules.
She looks well-behaved and obedient, but her ideas are very big, and she is not constrained by these rules and regulations at all, and her heart and appearance are like two people.
That's why Zhou Erya thinks she's very interesting.
Han Yu still felt that there was an outlet for the case, and felt that finding old information from twenty years ago would not help the case.
Zhou Erya went to the studio again, and the morning sun fell on him obliquely through the glass in the east, outlining his fluent side face.
Han Yu followed in and said confidently: "Now the most suspicious person is Zhang Heming, she holds the key to the props room and has a chance to commit a crime." As long as Bai Fei hides in the props room and hides behind the door before Bai Fei leaves the backstage, just push her down when Bai Fei opens the door. β
Zhou Erya gently stroked the dusty easels and casually pointed out a few questions: "There are a few places in your reasoning that can't be explained. First, Zhang Heming has been with Murong and the others, how did she get rid of her classmates in advance and go to the props room? Second, if she holds the key to the prop room, how can she give the key to Bai Fei again? The third is the most critical, after pushing down Bai Fei, how did she hide An Lin's eyes and return to the backstage, and then come out with everyone to find the body? β
Han Yu was dumbfounded.
The first point may be explained, and the second point can also be forcibly said that Zhang Heming was equipped with the key or opened the door in advance.
But the third point cannot be explained in any way.
Murong didn't speak, just watched intently as his fingers slid over those easels like a lover.
He is a person with a habit of cleanliness, but he doesn't dislike it when he touches his fingers with dust in this studio.
Seems to have a lot of affection for this place.
Back then, Lin Wanru stayed most often here.
It was as if a small animal was looking for the remnants of his mother's breath, although his expression did not reveal sadness, Murong could feel the tenderness surging in his heart.
"Anyway...... She's still suspicious. Han Yu, a science and engineering man, didn't notice Zhou Erya's strangeness at all, and was still immersed in the case, thinking about the suspect with difficulty, "Of course, as Bai Fei's boyfriend Sun Wenli, it is entirely possible to commit the crime." Although he showed affection, what the relationship between the two people is, we as outsiders cannot know. It is entirely possible that he was pretending, and when Bai Fei opened the door, he suddenly pushed her down the stairs with force, and then left through the secret passage by himself. β
Thinking about it this way, he himself became excited, and felt that this inference was more reasonable and easier to operate.
It's a pity that Zhou Erya lightly pointed out his mistake:
"The secret passage exit that Sun Wenli needs to open is in the prop room, not the outer door of the prop room."
This is yet another insurmountable obstacle.
Han Yu was a little frustrated, and he said to himself: "In short, there may be someone who can solve these difficulties, as long as we find someone who meets the requirements, the murderer is about to come out." β
"You can try."
Zhou Erya did not stop Han Yu, he was still wandering in the studio, and he seemed to have no interest in the case anymore.
Han Yu looked at Murong helplessly, to be honest, Murong was also suspicious, but she had been following them, and Han Yu couldn't say anything in person.
Moreover, Han Yu hoped that Murong would be innocent in his heart, and after getting along for two days, he admired Zhou Erya, a smart fiancΓ©e.
"Why didn't you ask where the key to the Taoist tool was in the first place?" Murong seemed to be disappointed with their reasoning, and finally put forward his own thoughts, "Did Heming take the initiative to give the key to Bai Fei, or did Bai Fei secretly match the spare key, and why didn't the key be found at the scene at that time, and how many keys to the prop room there were, haven't you considered these?" β
Han Yu was stunned, yes, they still have a lot of details that have not been solved.
At that time, he was in the ward and wanted to ask Zhang Heming a question, but An Lin's mood was not right, so he hurriedly ended the inquiry.
And Murong was so organized, Han Yu was very ashamed, feeling that he was not even as good as a little girl's logic.
"We'll look into the key." Zhou Erya said very calmly, "As for the key not appearing in the records of the patrol room, I have considered that maybe it was because she fell and rolled into a corner, or maybe the murderer took the key away while she was in a panic and darkness, or maybe it was ...... The door to the prop room was unlocked. β
He had seen it at the scene yesterday, and it was indeed suspicious that the key was missing.
"Then let's ask Zhang Heming again...... Han Yu is acute, and he can't wait to rush to the hospital immediately, "No matter what kind of assumption it is, it will help the judgment of the case." β
"Don't worry, you may not get useful information from her." Zhou Erya said lightly.
"Then you can't get any information here......" Han Yu sighed, and the seconds were like the sun.
"Murong, why don't you tell Ah Yu about the history of your school." Zhou Erya didn't tell Murong at all.