In the afternoon, the results of the fingerprint test report came out, but something happened that everyone didn't expect, the test results showed that the fingerprints on Shota's neck were completely consistent with the fingerprints of his mother Chiyoko, that is, this fingerprint was Chiyoko!

I looked at the inspection report and froze in front of the table.

"It can't be that Chiyoko killed her own son." Watanabe said hesitantly.

"Idiot, how is this possible, it is obviously used by the murderer to confuse the police." Nakamura reached out and patted Watanabe on the head.

I narrowed my eyes, sure enough, the murderer would not have made such a low-level mistake, this case is not as simple as imagined, and the evidence that our police have at present is basically zero.

I looked up at the various annotations on the whiteboard, all of which were some key information about the scene, the broken holes in the windows, the scene without fingerprints, the burning of corpses, and the sound I heard when I went to Chiyoko's house during the power outage.

"Section chief, although the power was out at that time, the monitoring of the elevator entrance can still be used, I have checked, and no one has entered the 26th floor before the incident." Watanabe said.

"So, as the section chief said, no one had ever entered the deceased's house at that time." Nakamura blinked.

"So there is only one way for the murderer to enter the scene, and that is to enter through the window." Watanabe said, looking at the whiteboard.

"No, let's not say that this is not possible, let's just say that the broken mouth of the French window was smashed by the murderer before leaving, and there was no broken mouth when he came, so how did the murderer enter?" Nakamura said.

"It's also possible to enter from the balcony." Watanabe pouted.

"Fool, if the murderer really entered through the balcony, then why did he smash a hole in the window to get out? It is impossible for him to go back directly from where he came from, and we have also seen that the balconies of every resident are very far away, and it is impossible for the murderer to do it. ”

"There is also a possibility that the murderer entered the deceased's house earlier, but he stayed in the deceased's house without saying anything, and how long is the monitoring coverage period at the scene." I say.

"Well, it seems like seven days." Watanabe replied.

"It is possible that the murderer entered the deceased's house a week in advance, and waited until the surveillance coverage before committing the crime, this modus operandi has also been used in previous years' cases, in a homicide case two years ago, the murderer hid in advance in the deceased's house where he was about to move, killed the deceased after the surveillance coverage, and finally hid in the cupboard and left with the moving company." I say.

"In this way, the surveillance will not be able to capture the whereabouts of the murderer."

"Well, but it can't be ruled out that there is an archive for monitoring, you should check it out immediately."

"Okay." Watanabe turned to leave.

I lowered my head, this is only one possibility, I know that this possibility is very small, basically impossible, because if this is the case, the murderer really entered the deceased's home before the crime, so how did the murderer leave afterwards? I know that no one has come out of the deceased's house since the incident.

When I came home at night, I was tired of sitting at the table in my room, and I didn't have the appetite to eat, my mind was very messy, I was very tired, and I didn't even have the strength to go to the bathroom to take a bath, I was used to being single, so every time I came home tired, I was also a person who prepared dinner, put hot water, I sometimes really envied Nakamura, he had a virtuous wife, every time he returned home after a day's work, someone kindly said to him, "You are back, the hot water has been put away, dinner is the salmon you still eat, Do you take a bath or eat dinner first? ”

At one time, I was like everyone else in the bureau, and I thought that I couldn't have the idea of a man and a woman at all, but when I saw Chiyoko, I realized that I had changed during that time, and I found that I no longer seemed to be under my control alone, as if my heart woke up, and whenever I saw Chiyoko in a low mood, my own mood was also low, and I became happy when I saw Chiyoko's happiness, and Chiyoko hadn't come back during a thunderstorm, and I would worry about whether she didn't bring an umbrella, Or have you accidentally fallen in some waterhole now?

I used to lock myself in my room as soon as I got home, calculating various formulas, solving various difficult puzzles, my mood was very consistent all day long, except for deducing the problem, I had no other ideas, and there was no other goal in life, since Chiyoko appeared, my whole person has really changed from the inside out, I have become less single, not so withdrawn, more like a normal person, I began to care about my appearance, I care about whether I have washed my hair today, whether I will dress too sloppy, My mind is no longer full of complicated puzzle formulas, but Chiyoko's pretty figure.

I couldn't believe that I could have changed so much, I was like a machine that was now emotional.

I have expectations for the future, I have a fantasy, that is with Chiyoko, when I come home, I can see Chiyoko's beautiful face after a tiring day, that warm smile, when I go home, someone can help me take off my heavy suit, I can lie comfortably in the bathtub, take a hot bath, and after the bath, I can enjoy the dinner carefully prepared by my sweetheart, she can talk to me after being bored, I can talk to her when I am irritable, and I am no longer lonely at night, because she is by my side.

I can also be her arm, her dependence, she no longer needs to work hard, no longer need to work alone with the child, I can help her take care of Zhengtai, and more importantly, I can also take care of her.

This thought has been in my mind for a long time, and even when I saw Chiyoko troubled by her ex-husband and wanted to cut the past short, the idea of killing Ito came to my mind for a while.

I love her very much, but I still haven't had the courage to confess to her, because I'm not sure if she is willing to accept it, in case she doesn't accept it, my confession will become a new trouble in her life, I don't want her to add to her troubles, to increase embarrassment, so keep a distance from her, has been silently guarding her side.

Watching her leave every day, and hearing the sound of her entering the door at night, my heart was also relieved, as if there was no more unpleasant thing to dissipate when I learned that she was safe.

It turns out that happiness can be so simple, happiness is actually to see your beloved leave and return safely, even if it is just a vague back, but as long as you know that she has always been good.

I used to not understand what the middle school homeroom teacher said, loving someone is actually like admiring flowers, you see a very gorgeous flower on the side of the road, but what you have to do is not to pick it, but to stand silently in the distance.

Now I finally understand, because when I pluck the flowers, they will soon wither, and then I can stand in the distance and see the flowers bloom more and more brilliantly.

But my eyes suddenly dimmed, because I knew that I would never hear Chiyoko enter the door again, and I would never be happy again, and the flower would eventually wither.