17:00 p.m., in the interrogation room.

After explaining that the police had postponed the questioning for an hour, Li Xiaonan sat in his seat on time at the moment, and sitting opposite was his first suspect, Xiao Xue.

This is the second time Li Xiaonan and Xiao Xue have met, the day before at the door of the apartment was just a quick glance, at that time Xiao Xue was a little shivering in the cold wind, and the long hair with a hint of bright red in the black was blown to block most of her face.

The voice is very gentle, and the figure is good.

This is Li Xiaonan's first impression of Xiao Xue.

And sitting face to face at this moment, Li Xiaonan was able to take a closer look at this "S· The editor-in-chief of H Daily, at this time, the long hair that was not mainstream was tied into a ponytail at random and tied behind her, a few strands of hair were put on the half-rimmed glasses in front of her, and the willow-like slender eyebrows and eyes were hidden behind the two, and she couldn't see her look.

The warm lines of the lips were slightly bent down at this time, expressing the owner's emotions as if he was a little irritable, it was undeniable that Li Xiao couldn't think that if he laughed, the mouth would be very good-looking.

Before Li Xiaonan could ask questions, Xiao Xue rubbed her wrist that was a little sore, and the light in the interrogation room was reflected by the ring she wore on the index finger of her right hand, which was reflected in front of Li Xiaonan's eyes.

"Inspector Li, can I smoke a cigarette?" Xiao Xue's voice was as gentle as hers.

After a brief distraction, Li Xiaonan took out a cigarette and a lighter from his pocket and handed them to Xiao Xue.

"Click..."Through the light of the lighter's fire, Li Xiaonan stared carefully at the ring on her index finger and fell into deep thought.

"It's like... Mouse? Li Xiao couldn't think about it, remembering that the lawyer who said goodbye to him a few minutes ago belonged to Xiao Xue, the woman who claimed to be Su Man, and also wore a ring of the same style on her right hand, and the shape on it he remembered was... Rabbit.

Wrong... I think I've seen a ring like this somewhere...

"I've repeated it several times, Inspector Lee." Xiao Xue gently brushed the scattered hair in front of her behind her ear with her other hand, revealing her slender eyes—her pupils were pale red, as restrained as amber.

Xiao Xue's voice pulled Li Xiaonan out of his memories, and he responded without changing his face: "Then please ask Editor Xiao to talk about it again." ”

“...”

An hour later, the clock came to 18:00 in the evening.

Li Xiaonan left Xiao Xue's interrogation room and walked to the next room, he frowned and thought, Xiao Xue's confession was not different from the basic deduction of the case, each of her confessions could correspond to the existing clues, and Li Xiaonan had already sent someone to verify, "S· The newspaper did organize that event, and it was determined that the editor-in-chief Xiao Xue would arrange and judge the finals.

The three writers and the editor-in-chief Xiao Xue have always relied on communication and have never met in private, at least judging from the current relationship between the characters, Xiao Xue, the editor-in-chief, does not have a motive to kill.

At 19:00 in the evening, Li Xiaonan walked out of the interrogation room of "Zilong" and walked to the last interrogation room of "Coke".

The confession of "Zilong" is not much different from Zhao Yinglu's retelling, during the 24 hours of the event, except for going out to get takeout, he never stepped out of the room, and because the sound insulation was too good, he didn't even hear a sound.

The distance from 20:00 is imminent, and the consensus reached by Li Xiaonan and Su Man after negotiation is that if there is no evidence before 8 o'clock in the evening to prove that Xiao Xue has a clear relationship with the murder, then Xiao Xue will be released. H" newspaper, or contact her personally will do their best to help.

It's not just Suman, S· After learning that the editor-in-chief was involved in a certain case, the newspaper also repeatedly contacted the police station, hoping that the police department would "handle the case impartially" and release the editor-in-chief, who at least in their unilateral opinion would not make enemies with anyone, and was gentle and humble.

Although Li Xiao's unhearable meaning is "let her come back to work".

“...”

"So I can get my manuscript back."

The third suspect, in the interrogation room of "Coke", Li Xiaonan had just sat down and had not yet spoken, when the man in front of him asked.

Thinking of the manuscript, although Li Xiaonan sighed deeply in his heart and scolded "It's sick", he still had a straight face and replied in a formal tone: "Not yet, we need to wait until we determine which items are irrelevant to the case." ”

The next second.

"Hehe..."

An eerie laugh rang out.

In Li Xiao's surprised gaze, the man bowed his head and smiled sickly, his shoulders trembling with laughter.

"Then I'll give it to you, you've seen it too, haven't you?"

"Inspector Li Xiaonan."

The man buried his head in his arms, revealing only a slit, and his slightly bent eyes stared straight into Li Xiaonan's eyes, revealing unconcealed malice.

“...”

19:50 p.m., Inspector's Office.

Li Xiaonan was sitting face to face with Zhao Yinglu, his eyes were empty, as if he was thinking about something. Zhao Yinglu was busy watching the video of the third interrogation and the police officer's notes quickly, because she went to investigate the logistics situation and happened to find clues, so she came back late.

After a while, Zhao Yinglu rubbed her slightly swollen temples and asked, "Do you know how to play cards, Ananda." ”

Li Xiaonan did not answer, but cast an empty gaze on her.

"That 'Coke' wasn't a good player." Zhao Yinglu continued: "He wrote all his thoughts on his face. ”

"And according to your reasoning, we are missing the most important part, how the murderer let the deceased into that room..."

Li Xiaonan nodded: "If you use this problem as a starting point, only Xiao Xue has this opportunity to do it, and it is also within the scope of her ability as an organizer." ”

"But unfortunately, the previous confessions of the three mentioned that the room was randomly selected by the writers, and there was no childish trickery such as changing the house number."

"But from the surveillance, it can be seen that it was the deceased 'Shouyang' who came to the apartment first, and then Xiao Xue led the 'Zilong' and 'Coke' to arrive one step later." Zhao Yinglu retorted softly.

"Does this 'Coke' have any gain from being crazy at this time?" Li Xiaonan's left hand was on his chin, and his right hand unconsciously slammed on the desk.

Zhao Yinglu looked up at the wall clock behind Li Xiaonan, the pointer was just pointing to 20:00, she shook her head and said, "I don't know, but I have a hunch that we seem to have been fooled." ”

“...”

Time 20:13, Polish City Police.

The lawyer named Su Man was caught between Xiao Xue and Li Xiaonan, and the three of them walked side by side towards the outside of the police station.

"Thank you, Inspector Lee. If there is something that my client needs to cooperate with in the future, Miss Xiao can come to the police station at any time to cooperate, but if nothing else, I will also accompany her, please forgive me. Su Man stopped a few meters away from the gate of the police station, stretched out his right hand wearing a ring, and said to Li Xiaonan.

Her performance was no different from that of most of the excellent lawyers Li Xiaonan had ever met, with amber pupils with a hint of a smile.

Li Xiaonan thought about it as he stretched out his hand and shook it with the slender hand.

It was as if a "boom" sounded in his head, and at the same time, the smile in those amber pupils became sly, and Su Man withdrew his right hand with lightning speed.

At the moment when Li Xiaonan's eyes were a little distracted, Xiao Xue, who had already walked out of the gate of the police station at this moment, took off the half-rimmed glasses she had originally worn on her face, she turned her head and looked at Li Xiaonan, those pale red eyes seemed to contain some disappointment.

Without waiting for Li Xiaonan to think further, Su Man quickly caught up with Xiao Xue, who had already walked to the side of the road, the height of the two was very similar, but under the wrapping of professional clothes, Su Man's figure looked more energetic than Xiao Xue.

"Drop..."

The sound of the car whistle drowned out Li Xiaonan's shouts.

A pure black Maybach stopped in front of the two women, and they all waved their hands at Li Xiaonan, who was running, and the two rings seemed to reflect a little starlight under the light at the door of the police station.

In the passenger seat sat a man smoking a cigarette, his face hidden under a baseball cap, only his right hand smoking was resting on the window, and his index finger was also shining with a little starlight.

“...”

"Let's go back and ask your suspect, Inspector Lee."

This is written by Su Man on a note in the palm of Li Xiaonan's hand, and the handwriting is beautiful.

The slender palm with the rabbit-shaped ring had almost smoothed calluses, as did the seams between her thumb and forefinger.

That's the mark of frequent use of knives and holding a gun...

Following his gaze, Li Xiaonan had already lost the trace of the Maybach in the vast darkness - the moment the vehicle started, the lights were turned off.

Disappeared into the quiet of the night like a ghost.

Li Xiao sat on the side of the road outside the police station in frustration, not even lighting a cigarette.

"Grass, what a fool."