Chapter 23: Time

"The most critical part of the murder process in this case is time, and I really want to go to the police station now to check the records of their interrogation of Lao Ma." Xu Tian said.

"Let's face it! You've been isolated by the police, it's almost time, let's get out too! It's already 1:50 a.m., and we can't get to our destination in four hours, right? Xiao Ai said.

"We'll have to take a ride, and we won't be able to walk there." Xu Tian said.

"Do you think it's safe for us to take a ride?" Xiao Ai said with a look of disgust for Xu Tian.

"Thankfully, I have a hand." Xu Tian took out Lao Chen's mobile phone and said.

"You still want to call a ride-hailing? Don't you want to die? This makes it easier for the police to find us. Xiao Ai said.

"This is not my mobile phone, if I guess correctly, Lao Chen's mobile phone should have two mobile phone cards in it, let's use Lao Chen's mobile phone card used in life to call online car-hailing." Xu Tian said.

"Are you sure that Lao Chen will not betray us? Don't forget, Lao Chen's position has been vacated, and even if Lao Chen didn't betray us, I think it's very unsafe. Xiao Ai said.

"It's not safe to go to the destination, I think this method is the safest and most trouble-free for me, and I want to arrive at the destination before Li Zhitong." Xu Tian said.

"What are your plans?" Xiao Ai asked.

"You'll know when you get there, and you should have guessed, right? Do you think Li Zhitong and Yu Yi will go directly to their destination? We almost all agree on the same idea. Xu Tian said.

"Even if you have foresight, it is estimated that Li Zhitong has been taken to the sea-view room by Yu Yi." Xiao Ai said.

At Xu Tian's suggestion, Xiao Ai followed Xu Tian to the meeting place by online car-hailing, and in the early hours of the morning, there were very few vehicles on the road, Xu Tian and Xiao Ai took about an hour's journey and finally arrived at their destination.

This is an urban village near the western suburbs, and Xu Tian has been here before.

Due to the imminent demolition of the urban village, the street lamps inside have been removed, and the surrounding houses are no longer inhabited.

Although Xu Tian can use his mobile phone to illuminate, the roads in the urban village are rugged, and Xu Tian is confused by one intersection after another.

"I said you can't do it? Can you find it? We've been walking for half an hour. Xiao Ai complained.

"The last time I came here, I had Li Zhitong and Mr. Jin lead the way, and I really forgot how to go." Xu Tian said.

"You can't even remember the way, are you embarrassed to be a detective? You can't do that. Xiao Ai said.

"Because the last time I was here, I was thinking about something else, and I didn't pay much attention to how to get here." Xu Tian said.

"I'm really convinced of you, do you know I'm cold?" Xiao Ai said with a sad face.

"Who told you to wear so little? It's January, but it's the coldest time of the year, and you're still wearing early autumn clothes, and you're probably too two-dimensional, aren't you? It's not winter in the south. Xu Tian said.

"Don't make any noise, hurry up and find the meeting place, it's really not good, let's just walk into a house to get warm first, and then we'll come out to find the way when it's dawn, it will be easier then." Xiao Ai said.

"No! I still have something to do, after the last time I left here, I made a special inquiry about this urban village, about seven years ago, there was a funeral service shop in this urban village, you should have heard the legend of that shop, right? I had been aware of a case that had occurred here when I had heard Li Zhitong talk about it, and it wasn't until I was bored in the police dormitory a few days ago that I had my hands free to look up the shop on the Internet. Xu Tian said.

"You...... When has this been? Do you still have the leisure to look up this kind of thing? Xiao Ai said.

"Actually, I've checked everything, the reason why I want to come here with you earlier is to ask clearly, about your identity, tell me here is the most appropriate, right?" Xu Tian stopped and said.

"Did you really find out? I remember that the information on the Internet had been deleted by me. Xiao Ai said.

So how could a well-known store stop arguing? Although you have deleted all the information on the Internet, you should not forget that occasionally some netizens who like supernatural events will retell the story. I used to come into contact with a supernatural forum when I was investigating the case, but I checked the information in Lao Chen's office for a whole night, and all the posts I read during that period were recorded by me, and there were copies of all the posts in my network disk, and three of them mentioned the store, and those three posts all mentioned the three shopkeepers in the store, two of which were named Yu Yi and Xiao Ai, I don't think it's a coincidence, right? Xu Tian said.

"There is nothing to hide about this matter, seven years ago was the period when Yu Yi and I had an accident, and then we did come here to avoid the limelight for a while, and also opened a shop like that, until four years ago, when this place was ready to be demolished, Yu Yi and I left, just at that time we got an invitation from the police, Yu Yi and I agreed to the police's request, and we landed on the island to start investigating Commander Fang's matter." Xiao Ai said.

"It's all at this time, you're still lying to me, your timeline here doesn't correspond at all, according to my investigation, the first time you and Yu Yi first came into contact with Zhinian Tai Sui should be in 2012, but you have come to this city in 2011, and you have opened a funeral shop in this urban village, that shop is registered in Yu Yi's name, but according to my investigation, the owner of that funeral shop has always been ' The name 'Huangquan' is the name of the business, Yu Yi is Huang Quan, and Huang Quan is Yu Yi, can you explain this question? Xu Tian said.

"Because we don't want to expose our whereabouts, we are incognito, and you should have confused about your 2011 and 2012 affairs." Xiao Ai said.

"There is a year difference in time, in the year you came into contact with Zhinian Tai Sui, you and Yu Yi have been together for at least a year, and you did leave the city in 2012, presumably you went to Dong'an City to rent an apartment, and then directed a scene that came into contact with Zhi Nian Tai Sui, right? The case in Yanbei Mountain Village must have a lot to do with you, so my speculation shouldn't be wrong, right? Xu Tian said.

"And what exactly do you want to ask me?" Xiao Ai said.