Chapter 17: Am I Wrong?
Everyone stopped and looked back at me, and Du Ruo asked mockingly
"What's the matter, detective, what do you understand?"
I shook the juice in my hand and explained
"Yesterday, who cleaned up the juice that Shu Yanan bought for us?"
After thinking for a while, everyone invariably looked at Yang Bauhinia
"It's like... It's Bauhinia, you mean? ”
"That's right, she must have secretly hidden the jacaranda paper cup when she was cleaning up the paper cup yesterday, and when she went to drink juice today, she took her paper cup away and left the previous paper cup, so the test results will have jacaranda fingerprints, what a precise plan..."
Du Ruo walked up to me and said to me
"Boy, don't go too far, I'm still the same sentence, there is neither date nor time on the paper cup, why do you say that this paper cup is yesterday?"
"What if someone else's fingerprints could be detected on that paper cup?"
Du Ruo was stunned
"What did you say?"
I thought I took two steps back and said
"There are a lot of people's fingerprints on that cup yesterday, such as Yanan who bought us juice, He Huan who helped us distribute juice, your fingerprints are all on it, if so many fingerprints are detected on the same cup, it is enough to prove that this cup is yesterday! I suggest that everyone, anyway, everyone has also recorded fingerprints before, so please ask Officer Hu to test again, and everyone will continue to wait for the results here, this is also so that the deceased can rest in peace. ”
"You!" Du Ruo seemed to want to make a move with me, but was stopped by Yang Zijing on the side
"I didn't do it, so it's okay to test it again." Then he turned around and said to everyone
"Guys, just do as he says, and we'll wait, not only for the sake of the jacaranda to rest in peace, but also for my innocence."
Yang Zijing's reaction surprised me a little, she didn't seem to be afraid of testing again at all, which made me vaguely worried.
Half an hour later, the test report came out, and in addition to the fingerprints of the jacaranda on the paper cups, there were only the fingerprints of the juice shop clerk.
"How so!?" Such a painful blow is really hard for me to accept, was it wrong in the first place?
My brain went blank, I watched Du Ruo's mouth move, I knew he was mocking me, but I couldn't listen to what he was saying at all, I just brainstormed desperately, trying to recall what happened yesterday, and thought of two more details:
"Wait a minute, Yanan, the bottles are dirty, I'll wipe it, jacaranda, give."
"Hey, jacaranda, I dropped one, you can pick it up for me."
I see, I shouted excitedly
"Yang Bauhinia wiped the paper cup for the jacaranda yesterday, wiped off other people's fingerprints with a rag at that time, and then handed the juice to the jacaranda through the rag, so there were only jacaranda fingerprints on it, and later when she recycled the paper cup, she pretended to get it on the ground and let the jacaranda pick it up herself, and then she pretended to throw the paper cup into the trash, and then when no one was paying attention, put on gloves and other things to take the paper cup, so that she would not leave her own fingerprints at all, until today1:15, left the cup at the juice shop, and the clerk went to collect the paper cup, so there were only two people's fingerprints on the paper cup. ”
I shouted loudly, but I had some fear in my heart
"Can this woman, in order to kill someone, be calculated to this extent?" Thinking of this, I couldn't help but feel a chill down my back, the evidence of her crime was completely gone, but I was also more determined that I would never let this demon go unpunished.
"Hey, the more you talk about it, the more you talk about it, it seems that Zijing planned to kill people from the beginning, could she have calculated that Yanan would buy juice before?"
Du Ruo said while shaking his head.
"Why not? A few days before we arrived, Yanan said that we must drink C-flavored juice, and Yang Bauhinia also knew it. ”
It was Wu Tong who spoke, and after finishing speaking, he stared at Yang Zijing with murderous eyes, as if he wanted to cramp and skin her.
"Wu Tong! You..."Du Ruo watched Wu Tong, and he didn't know what to say, so he turned his head back and said to me
"Anyway, now these are your conjectures, and you don't have any evidence to prove it!"
"Yes! When Yang Zijing went to the store today, in order not to leave fingerprints, she would definitely wear gloves. I turned to the clerk and asked
"I ask you! Was the person wearing gloves at the time? ”
"I, so many people, how could I notice."
The clerk's words once again poured a basin of coldness on me, but my desire to win was completely ignited, and I said to Yang Zijing
"There is no perfect crime in the world, as long as you do it, you will definitely leave evidence, and I will definitely find your indelible evidence."
Du Ruo was already angry with me
"You kid..."
But I didn't care what he said, and walked out in stride.
To be precise, I should have escaped from the small auditorium, unwilling, ashamed, annoyed and all kinds of emotions overwhelmed me, I just wanted to be alone.
After leaving the small hall, standing on the campus path, I felt like I had just played a basketball game, and my whole body was very weak, but I slowly calmed down, and I seemed to be a little too impulsive just now, and I said that I would definitely find evidence of the crime, but where to find it?
Just as I was lost in thought, even a little confused, someone patted me on the shoulder and asked
"What are you doing here?"
I looked back and saw that it was Zhu Jin, thinking of her confession to Yang Bauhinia before, just now I said with such fanfare that Yang Bauhinia was the murderer, and now I am really embarrassed to face him, and said perfunctorily
"It's too stuffy inside, let it go."
Hibiscus didn't seem to see my feelings, and continued to follow my words
"yes, I'm so bored, why don't we go get some drinks."
I had been confronting Du Ruo for so long just now, and when I heard Zhu Jin say this, I really felt a little dry mouth, and it was good to drink a glass of juice at this time, although I was a little uncomfortable, but I still agreed.
Naturally, we chose the C-flavored juice shop, and on the way, Hibiscus kept trying to find a way to talk to me
"How do you feel about Du Ruo?"
I was a little puzzled by this question, so I said it casually
"I don't talk much, and I can choke people to death when I speak."
"Haha." Zhu Jin said with a smirk
"yes, he doesn't seem to be very talkative, but he's actually a very smart guy."
"Oh." I don't know what to say in this awkward chat, and I just want to get to the juice shop and finish the juice and end the conversation right now.
But Zhu Jin is still very ignorant and talks to himself
"Actually, you can't blame him, don't say that Du Ruo has always liked Bauhinia, even if there is no such relationship, you say that Bauhinia is a murderer, Du Ruo will not believe it."
I silently despised Hibiscus in my heart
"Hehe... It's like you don't like her. ”
Zhu Jin glanced at me, saw that I did not speak, and continued
"Not only Du Ruo, but the entire repertory troupe doesn't believe that Zijing is a murderer, on the surface, Zijing seems to be a particularly cold person, but after a long time of contact, you will find that she is a very caring girl, especially for Jacaranda, Zijing almost takes care of her as a sister, so you say that Bauhinia will kill Jacaranda and kill me, I don't believe it."
I finally understood that this guy was here to be a lobbyist, and he wanted me to believe that Yang Zijing was not a murderer.
Knowing his purpose, it was easier to do, I retorted directly
"People change, and there are many people who wear false masks, and no one knows what her heart is like."
To be honest, I was more or less because I was holding back the fire in Du Ruo's belly, and now I spoke in a somewhat tough tone, but Zhu Jian didn't care at all, and continued to answer in a calm tone
"Perhaps, but if you think about it carefully, why do you insist that Bauhinia is the murderer? Was it just because Jacaranda's spare costume had been passed, or was it just because she came back a few minutes late? ”
Hibiscus continued
"Perhaps, the method you said can indeed be successful, but there is no evidence that Zijing has used this method at all."
"That's because she's cautious and she's eliminated all the evidence!"
At this time, Hibiscus raised her voice slightly, and her tone became slightly tougher
"You can prove a person's guilt with evidence of existence, but you can't say that evidence of non-existence has been eliminated, because it may not exist in the first place."
Hearing him say this, I was a little stunned, Zhu Jian was right, I kept saying that it was Yang Zijing who eliminated all the evidence, but can she really be counted to this point?
At this time, the two of us had already arrived at the C-flavored juice shop, we found a place by the window, ordered two cups of milk tea, and after taking a seat, Hibiscus continued
"Like you said, there is no perfect crime, once it is done, it will leave evidence, but on the other hand, can it be said that there is no proof that the crime does not exist?"
"And who will the murderer be?" I seem to have been persuaded to ask this somewhat idiotic question.
Zhu Jin pouted and said
"I don't know, it could be someone we don't know, a simple accidental killing, but you think things are complicated."
"Perhaps." I smiled wryly.
I leaned back in my chair and looked straight at Hibiscus, smiling confidently and not saying a word.
Zhu Jian took a sip of milk tea and asked
"Why are you looking at me like that? It's as if you've discovered some of my secrets. ”
I leaned forward and said to Hibiscus with a smile
"Someone else taught you these words, right?"
Zhu Jin was slightly stunned, as if he was a little unhappy, and said stupidly
"Why, can't I think of any of this myself?"
I hurriedly waved his hand to calm him down, but said in the same tone
"With all due respect, based on what I've learned about you in the past few days, you really can't say such things."
After hearing this, Zhu Jian also leaned back in the chair, gave me a big roll of his eyes, and said unconvinced
"Yes, yes, you're right, it's really not what I thought of."
"Who's that?"
"Yang Yanyan."
Hearing this name, although a little surprised, but also reasonable, I asked puzzled
"Why didn't she just say these things to me?"
"yes, that's what I asked."
"And then?"
"She said that she doesn't think Zijing is a murderer either, but if she comes directly to tell you this, it will hurt your self-esteem, I'm a man, just say it, you don't care."
Hearing this explanation, I laughed helplessly again, Yang Yanyan is not only smart, but also cares about the feelings of others, but also the people in the entire repertory troupe who hope that Yang Zijing is not a murderer should be Du Ruo and Zhu Jin, Du Ruo, who just quarreled with me, is impossible to come to be a lobbyist, then Zhu Jin is the best choice.
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but nod my head, and Zhu Jin looked at my reaction, shook his hand in front of me and asked
"What do you have?"
"I just think Yang Yanyan is very good."
Zhu Jin didn't think much about it, and followed my topic and chattered
"Well, yes, don't look at her for less than a month, but she is a very good person and beautiful, so she quickly mingles with everyone."
"She's only been in the repertory theatre for less than a month?"
"Well, she's..."
We talked for a long time about Yang Yanyan, but Zhu Jin's understanding of Yang Yanyan seems to only exist in her good character, good looks, and strong work ability, and it is all about how she takes care of the members, and I don't know anything about her private life, and I don't know if she has a boyfriend or not.
Zhu Jin casually looked at her watch and hurriedly pulled me to leave
"Oh, I didn't pay attention, it's been half an hour, and I still have to rehearse, the phone is charged in the small auditorium, and after coming out for so long, they can't contact me again, and Director Ma is scolding again."
I twisted my body slightly, and said with a slight shyness
"You go back first, I'll buy a few more juices... Apologize to Yang Zijing and Du Ruo, there are some things that need to be said after all, so as not to embarrass everyone. ”
Maybe I'm easier to be persuaded by beautiful women, although those words just now came from Zhu Jin's mouth, but it was Yang Yanyan's meaning, and now, I also prefer that Yang Zijing is not a murderer, but I think too much about it, and I almost wronged a good person.
"Even if she's the murderer, I don't have any proof," I muttered silently.
Zhu said in a somewhat appreciative tone
"Yes, yes, this is good, everyone is an adult, and they are all alumni, not to mention that you also want to help Jacaranda get justice, you can understand, you apologize, there must be nothing left, I will go back first." As he spoke, he galloped towards the small auditorium.
I walked to the bar and thought about the number of people, the members of the repertory troupe, roommates, Zhan Tiantian, and Yu Dongting
"Hello, get me 20 glasses of juice."
"Classmate, there are so many, what kind of flavor do you want?"
I looked at the menu, and the prices were all the same, so it didn't matter
"Whatever, you look at the outfit, watermelon, lychee, mango, grape or anything else."
"Oh, okay, but classmate, we didn't have mango today, so we don't have mango juice, can we replace it with something else?"
"Well, yes, everyone... No mango juice!? ”
I seemed to have something in my mind again, and again I kept brainstorming
"Mango, mango, mango... Where have I heard it, why do I care so much, where ... I've got it! ”
As if I had been given a new lease of life, I hurried out of the juice shop and ran to the small hall
"Hey, classmate, don't you want any juice?"
I felt incredible myself, and I had only one thought in my head
"If this really becomes conclusive evidence, then it is really providence, and people really must not do bad things."