Chapter 21: The Breakthrough

"So until yesterday, in Evergreen's villa, you heard me say that the source of Evergreen's story is probably the textual information obtained through a pinhole camera, and you guessed that it was probably Evergreen who installed a camera in your house and peeked at your diary? Ran Sinian asked.

Bai Yifeng rubbed his temples painfully, sighed and said, "Yes, so I rushed home immediately and wanted to look for it at home, but I didn't find any cameras at all, and the diary was still in the safe, but it was misplaced." I'm already sure that Chang Qing came, he must have made a copy of the diary after stealing it, and in order not to arouse my suspicion, he sent the diary back to me, and also retrieved the five cameras. Now the problem is, I really didn't kill anyone, I just had a dream of killing someone. Master Ran, didn't you tell me personally? Dreams can also kill! So it was my dream that killed someone, not me! ”

Ran Sinian said: "Mr. Bai, I think it is necessary for me to clarify with you, I did say that dreams can kill people, but what I mean is that dreams can affect a person's consciousness and cause this person to kill people, rather than killing people directly." In Changqing's cases, including the serial cases ten years ago, I believe that you are not the murderer, but I also absolutely believe that the murderer is someone else, not a dream. ”

Bai Yifeng was very confused, "You mean, people weren't killed by my dreams?" In other words, dreams can't kill? Even so, do you believe I'm not a murderer? Why? ”

"Just because you still keep that diary and hide it in the safe," said Ran Sinian sincerely, "If you're the real murderer, I can't think of any reason for you to keep it." Moreover, my intuition, that is, my subconscious, tells me that you are not the murderer, and the case of Evergreen ten years ago would not be so simple. ”

Bai Yifeng was completely stunned, and kept asking: "How can there be someone else?" If the murderer is not me, nor is it my dream, then how can my dream be explained? ”

"So far, there is no way to explain it, but I believe that soon the puzzle will be solved, and the key to solving the puzzle is in your diary, and in your dreams." Ran Sinian is full of confidence, and he still keeps in mind the promise to solve the case within a week.

"My dreams? Aren't all my dreams in a diary? Bai Yifeng was a little impetuous, mainly because Ran Sinian actually denied that dreams can kill people, he felt that in addition to dreams, only he was the most suspicious, and the police were likely to use him as a scapegoat in the end. At this time, Bai Yifeng regretted that his intestines were blue, and if he burned the diary, there would be nothing to do.

"You're regretting, regretting that you didn't burn that diary, right? But in my opinion, if you burn that diary, it is equivalent to letting go of the real murderer of the year. Believe me, your diary will not cause you to go to jail, on the contrary, it will lead me to find the culprit of the year and put an end to it all," Ran Sinian saw through Bai Yifeng's heart, compared to Bai Yifeng's nervousness and panic, he still maintained a relaxed and elegant state, "Now, you tell me carefully about the dream you had when you killed Changqing, because you didn't record this dream in your diary, the last diary in the diary was after the last murder ten years ago, and after that, you didn't keep a diary anymore." ”

Bai Yifeng scratched his head, frowned and pondered for a moment before speaking: "Yes, I stopped keeping a diary ten years ago, and that diary was also sealed by me, as if it was sealing a demon." In fact, since the movie was completed, I have been dreaming about Changqing, I can always dream of him, and every time I see Changqing in my dreams, I want to kill him. In my dream, I knew very well that I was going to kill him sooner or later, and I was just waiting for my chance. And most importantly, I was very sure in my dream that if I killed Changqing in my dream, Changqing would really die. That's why I'm calling you in the middle of the night, although I hate Changqing very much in my dreams, but in reality, I don't have any feelings for him at all, I don't want the nightmare of ten years ago to repeat it, my dream will kill someone again, so I will call you, I hope you can remind Changqing to pay attention to safety. On the night of the crime, I had a premonition that I would have that murderous dream after falling asleep, and I had a premonition that I would definitely dream of killing Changqing tonight, and I was very anxious and nervous, and even a little excited. I tossed and turned in bed and fell asleep after an hour. ”

Ran Sinian listened to Bai Yifeng's dream very carefully, and connected Bai Yifeng's narration with the video at the time of the crime.

Bai Yifeng's dream is fundamentally different from those murderous dreams ten years ago, because in this dream, Bai Yifeng is divided into two people, one is the identity of the audience, sitting in the empty movie theater watching the other self on the big screen, that is, the other self of the actor's identity.

The opening scene of the big screen is the exterior of the Evergreen villa, and the color tone is completely replaced by the typical dark tones in the "Midnight Carnival" movie, in this strange monotonous tone of gray and white with a little green, a bright figure suddenly jumped out, it was a clown wearing colorful clothes, and even his face was colorful.

The clown jumped and danced all the way, and quickly walked to the door of Changqing's villa, he did not go to the main entrance, because there were surveillance cameras at the main entrance, but through the open ventilation window in the bathroom on the first floor, the small window that only allowed one adult to enter was not closed.

The camera switched to the living room of Changqing's house. The clown had a clear goal and went upstairs directly, still bouncing upstairs and straight to Evergreen's bedroom.

The clown entered the bedroom, and walked to the bed while performing, he seemed to hesitate for a moment, whether to strangle Changqing directly, or find a blunt object to smash him to death, and finally, the clown suddenly remembered that he had a dagger with him, and hurriedly took out the dagger. But he made a mistake again, where is it good to stab Changqing with a dagger? A prick in the abdomen? Or the heart? After hesitating for a few seconds, the clown gestured to cut his throat and kill someone. However, the clown in the dream was not so decisive, he seemed to be a little timid, and he couldn't bear to do it, and it wasn't until the third time that the dagger slashed through Changqing's throat.

After killing Evergreen, the clown had no intention of performing at all, and jumped out of the bedroom as if he were going through the motions. He quickened the pace of his performance, and walked briskly from the living room on the first floor, as if he had already figured out the escape route, and a few steps out of the villa, he took off his bloody shoes and walked barefoot into the grove of green belt opposite the villa.

The clown didn't take a few steps, but he jumped out of the big screen directly and jumped in front of Bai Yifeng, who was watching all this. Bai Yifeng was startled by the clown, but he didn't want to run away, he let the clown get closer and closer, and he also saw the clown's face that was gradually peeling off more and more clearly. That's his white face!

In the end, the clown took a step forward, directly coincided with Bai Yifeng, and became a person. And Bai Yifeng still held the blood-dripping dagger in his hand.

Ran Sinian listened to Bai Yifeng's story quietly, he said a few words of comfort to Bai Yifeng, and then hurriedly got up and left. Ran Sinian walked out of the interrogation room, came to the monitoring room, and faced Qu Zichong, who had just been standing in front of the monitoring one-way mirror.

"You hear it, too, there's too much in and out. First, Bai Yifeng didn't know that Changqing had a camera at home; second, Bai Yifeng did not wake up Changqing before he started; Third, Bai Yifeng hesitated and timid, and did not think about cutting his throat and killing people as in the murder video. Ran Sinian said to Qu Zichong.

Qu Zichong didn't agree with Ran Sinian's statement, "Could it be that Bai Yifeng deliberately said this?" In order to show that he was not a murderer, he deliberately said a set of dreams that did not match the murder video to confuse the public? ”

Ran Sinian shook his head, "I don't think so. In the five cases ten years ago, Bai Yifeng's dream and reality highly overlapped, but this time, in Changqing's case, there are several points that do not match, I think this is the breakthrough. And the most important thing is that this time Bai Yifeng has two selves in his dream, one is the clown on the big screen, and the other is the audience in the cinema, which is also a key point worth scrutinizing. ”

Qu Zichong rubbed his chin and lowered his voice and asked: "Could it be because Bai Yifeng starred in the actor of the movie, and the actor himself is a character with a split personality, so he dreams that he has a doppelganger?" In this way, I will contact an expert to do a psychiatric evaluation of Bai Yifeng, and first rule out the possibility that he really has a split personality. ”

Ran Sinian nodded, "Then you're busy, I'll go back first." I think I'll get something out tonight. ”

"Okay, I'll wait for your good news tomorrow," Qu Zichong sent Ran Sinian out of the office area, walked to the elevator, hesitated, and still asked, "Do you want to take a taxi back?" Or is Rao Pei'er still waiting for you downstairs? ”

Ran Sinian was stunned for a moment, and then smiled with relief, "I'll take a taxi back, Team Qu, don't worry, Rao Pei'er and I won't develop in that direction." ”

Qu Zichong heard Ran Sinian say this, shrugged his shoulders innocently, and wanted to say: Your private life has nothing to do with me, I have nothing to worry about.

The moment the elevator door closed, Ran Sinian smiled evilly and continued, "At least until Changqing's case is closed, no." ”

Qu Zichong smiled knowingly, and waved goodbye to Ran Sinian. As the elevator door closed completely, the modest smile on Qu Zichong's face disappeared in an instant. Qu Zichong had a gloomy face, still standing at the elevator entrance, and after hesitating for more than ten seconds, he turned around and returned to the office and dialed a number with his mobile phone.

"Rao Pei'er? I'm Qu Zichong, about the case, I want to talk to you alone, and there are still a few questions that need to be confirmed," Qu Zichong put up the shelf of the criminal police captain, and said in a tone that could not be refused, "It's so late, I won't bother you to come to the police station, I'll go directly to your neighborhood to find you, and I'll contact you when I arrive." ”