Chapter 39: Arrogance
"It's nothing, if Mr. Jin doesn't remember, forget it, it's not a big deal." Xu Tian said lightly.
The two were walking on the village road, at this time there were some snowflakes scattered in the sky, Xu Tian never noticed, he never saw the sun after dawn, and when he touched the cold snowflakes, Xu Tian noticed that it was a dim morning.
"It's going to snow again, I'm afraid we won't be able to leave this village for a while." Teacher Jin said.
"That's just right, if you can solve everything in this closed village, it's also a very good thing, and the absence of outside interference is the greatest blessing." Xu Tian said.
"Are you kid plotting something? I advise you not to mess around, if you have any plans, it's best to discuss them with me, you know, I'm a police officer, and I won't allow you to mess around at a critical time. Teacher Jin said.
"Don't worry! I know I won't make it difficult for you, but there's one thing you must promise me. Xu Tian walked in front of Teacher Jin and turned back and said.
"It depends on what it is, you can't make me do something out of line, you know who I am, I can't do something that violates professional ethics." Teacher Jin said.
"It's not so serious, in fact, I just want you not to tell her the progress of things here when you receive a call from Li Zhitong." Xu Tian said.
"Are you afraid that Li Zhitong will bring people to the island to interfere with you?" Teacher Jin asked.
"It's best not to let Li Zhitong interfere with us, Mr. Jin, you should know how serious this matter is, not to mention the things that happened in the inland, these things that have happened since we landed on this island may be answered in the next few days, and you also expect that the answer may affect the progress of some things, so I suggest that until the last resort, it is best for only the two of us to keep the secrets of the island." Xu Tian said.
"Your suggestion is very pertinent, and I have no reason not to agree to you, but we must first say that we must do what you just said, and I will still have to contact the inland police as a last resort." Teacher Jin said.
There were more and more snowflakes, and the warning of a second blizzard was very obvious, and at this time, the villagers in the ancestral hall also began to get busy, and heating naturally became a top priority on this resource-scarce island.
The unpredicted blizzard came so suddenly, everyone panicked, and some villagers did not have firewood for heating at home, so they could only chop firewood temporarily, but by the time the villagers took their utensils to chop wood, the blizzard had already begun to fall.
When Xu Tian and Mr. Jin walked to Mr. Xu's house, the snow was already very heavy, Mr. Xu seemed to have just gotten up, and his wife was wiping Mr. Xu's face and washing.
"Why are you back again? Has the incident been resolved? Mr. Xu asked.
"Not yet, five more people died in the night." Xu Tian said.
"It seems that you are only focused on solving the case, and you are not doing a good job of protecting the people who are going to be killed." Mr. Xu said.
"I don't understand your words, and we are not gods, how can we predict that someone will be killed?" Xu Tian argued.
"You can say such things to prove that you are still not qualified, first of all, you have taken over the case that happened in the village, and you also know that the case that happened in the village is a serial murder, then you should think that there may be people who continue to die, the detective's duty is not just to solve the case, if you can prevent a murder, then your credit will be far greater than solving the mystery of the murder that has happened." Mr. Xu said.
"There's some truth to what you're saying, but I'm afraid it's hard to do this kind of thing, right? Only when we know who the murderer is can we prevent the homicide from happening, and we also need to know the basic motive of the murderer, and who else may be the next target to be killed, as for who may be the next target to be killed, this matter can only be known after we know enough about the whole circle in the village. Xu Tian said.
"So didn't you investigate the entire circle of the village beforehand?" Mr. Xu asked.
Mr. Xu's words suddenly made Xu Tian feel speechless, because Xu Tian and Teacher Jin did not do this, and it was no wonder that Mr. Xu would blame him.
"I said Mr. Xu." Teacher Jin stood at the door and lit a cigarette and said. "Don't embarrass Xu Tian, just tell us directly if you have anything to say."
"I don't have anything to say to you, but why are you coming to my house? The homicide case has not been solved, how confidence do you have to come to my house for questioning? Mr. Xu scoffed.
"You can't say that, it's a very bad situation right now, because the murders in the village are completely clueless, and we came to you to give us some information." Teacher Jin said.
"If I had known the information, I wouldn't have let you get to work on the case, do you think I'd watch someone get killed?" Mr. Xu said.
"But the situation of this village makes us feel very troublesome, is this really a village that exists in reality?" Xu Tian asked.
"Your suspicions are unfounded, do you think you're going to break into a fictitious village? This kind of thing is a joke. Mr. Xu said.
"Whether it's a joke or something, we're in a terrible situation right now, and you need to tell us something." Teacher Jin said.
"As I said, I have nothing to tell you about the case, and if you still don't believe me, just hide from the blizzard here! The greenhouse will only bring you a brief period of comfort, and when the snow is cleared, you will have the opportunity to leave the island, and you will face a darker world. Mr. Xu said.
Xu Tian and Mr. Jin couldn't ask anything, so they had to leave Mr. Xu's house for the time being, but Xu Tian still cared very much about what Mr. Xu said.
"This guy doesn't say anything, and his identity keeps making me suspicious." Xu Tian said.
"His appearance is too similar to you, but the tone of his voice is not like you at all, he is more arrogant than you." Teacher Jin said.
"No matter who he is, in short, if we want to unravel the truth now, this Mr. Xu is the only breakthrough." Xu Tian said.
"Then why did you choose to leave? Keep asking, maybe there is a glimmer of life. Teacher Jin said.
"I didn't think about leaving, but if we didn't go, he wouldn't show his true colors, and now it's snowing so hard that he can't see us through the window." Xu Tian said and ran back to Mr. Xu's house.