We had lunch at a nearby restaurant, and the two of us ordered a piece of pasta each.

Du Ruoying watched expressionlessly as her phone balance dropped to single digits, and secretly swore in her heart that she would find out the murderer who delayed her part-time job and beat her up.

"Is there anything inappropriate about my clothes?" William asked sincerely during the meal.

This guy would be as humble as a good student only at times like this.

"It's a little bit."

Like a real estate agent walking on the beach.

The second half of the sentence was swallowed along with the pasta. She didn't want to be asked by him "What is a real estate agency?"

She continued: "Don't worry, I will take you to buy some suitable clothes later." A strange picture suddenly appeared in her mind. In the picture, William was wearing a beach-style T-shirt, plastic flip-flops, and sunglasses. And Straw Hat, as cool as an older child with dementia...

"But, isn't there another person at the scene who is also dressed like this?" In front of him, William was still confused.

Du Ruoying knew he was talking about Xiao Han.Xiao Han is wearing loose linen round-neck short-sleeves and dark gray trousers today. At first glance, it seems that the only difference between him and William is a tie, but in fact, there is a huge difference between Japanese style and British style.

Wearing Japanese-style clothes on the beach will indeed not make her feel uncomfortable, but how can she explain this to William clearly?She was lost in thought.

At this moment, the phone at hand suddenly vibrated, interrupting her train of thought.It was the message from Meng Yuzhu, and the surveillance and confession were obtained.

According to surveillance, Mi Rui put the lunch box in the refrigerator at two o'clock in the afternoon. Before dinner in the evening, three people approached the refrigerator: first the suspicious customer who never spoke, then the boss, and finally Xiao Han.

Mi Rui started eating at 06:30 in the afternoon and started to react around 45:[-]. By [-] o'clock, her complexion became obviously worse. With Jiang Xia's persuasion, Mi Rui left work early.

The cafe closed at 09:30, the customers dispersed, and Jiang Xia started cleaning in the empty store.Around ten o'clock, when the cleaning was about to end, there was a sudden power outage in the cafe. Jiang Xia was frightened and turned to look at the place where the sound came from. At the same time, the surveillance camera was spray-painted and the picture became blurry.Through the dim light outside the window, a dark shadow could be seen approaching quickly from behind Jiang Xia, and then they struggled with Jiang Xia.After a while, the movement stopped.

"The refrigerator is indeed an important clue, and the scope of suspects has been greatly narrowed." Meng Yuzhu said, "Do you remember the customer who never spoke? I found out that he went to the refrigerator without permission in the afternoon when everyone was not paying attention. After being caught, Sister Jiang Xia said that she was just curious about the brand of fresh milk used in the store. This is simply too suspicious, isn't it? "

"But he has an alibi." Du Ruoying reminded, "Where is the boss, what is his condition?"

"The boss said that he was going out for a party at four o'clock in the afternoon, so he took a few bottles of cold beer from the refrigerator. The location of his party was not far from here, on an isolated island, and there was no going back and forth after six o'clock in the afternoon. Ship."

"What about Xiao Han?"

"He came here in the evening to help Sister Jiang Xia heat up the food."

"Didn't he stay with her after dinner?"

"You don't know, he has to go to a nearby bar every night to sing and doesn't get off work until the early morning. It's impossible for him to stay with her all the time."

Du Ruoying looked at the transcript taken by Meng Yuzhu: "By the way, Sister Jiang Xia bit her opponent's wrist severely during the fight - does any of the three suspects meet this injury profile?"

"No, everyone disagrees." Meng Yuzhu said, "The three suspects... Hey, you don't even suspect Brother Xiao Han, do you? Why does he need it? They are so loving."

Du Ruoying remained silent.

"Actually, I'm more suspicious of the boss. If he's good at swimming, it's not impossible to secretly swim back and forth during the party. As for biting his wrist, maybe he was wearing something else on his wrist at the time to protect his skin?" Meng Yuzhu continued. He said, "Or, could it be that Sister Jiang Xia directed and acted everything herself in order to find a reason to resign?"

"Has Sister Jiang Xia long ago wanted to resign?"

"That's not true, but Brother Xiao Han has always had opinions about Sister Jiang Xia's job. Don't look at him saying that he just wants to do whatever she wants. In fact, I heard him advising her to resign several times when he picked her up from work. , he has always felt that this job is not safe - now it seems to be quite prescient. Now that they are getting married, maybe she was worried about his mood and found such an excuse to resign? After all, the coffee shop has been there for so many years Nothing has ever happened to them, and besides, there are no criminals who are so thoughtful!"

As he talked, Meng Yuzhu also felt the absurdity of his logic, and said embarrassedly: "I...I'm just talking nonsense. This direction is definitely not reliable."

William, who had been watching from the side, now understood almost everything about the case.

"I'm glad you didn't doubt me," he said.

She glanced at him with a matter-of-fact look: "I know your criminal taste is not that low."

"Oh?" William's eyes flashed with a trace of unnoticeable pleasure, "Thank you for your compliment."

"I'm not praising you!"

"Okay, then what type of crime does Xiaoying think I am more inclined to?" He tilted his head slightly and asked deliberately with interest.

This guy, even if he didn't discuss the case with her, he asked such outrageous questions in broad daylight.Fortunately, no one around looked at them strangely.

She was speechless for a moment: "I think you are the type...well...rather than doing it yourself for a simple and straightforward motive, you prefer to stay behind the scenes and manipulate others to commit crimes."

Using other people's desires as threads, playing with people's hearts at will, manipulating others like chess pieces, avoiding directly dirtying one's own hands, but still being able to achieve what one wants, is really cunning and clever.

Moriarty, the man whom Sherlock called the king of crime, was right in front of her.For the first time in her life, she realized what a troublesome opponent Sherlock had faced.She no longer needed to rely on the pale words in books, she was understanding him through direct feelings.

Cruel demons disguise themselves as gentle gods, luring others to make wishes for themselves, and then fulfilling them in a twisted way. The corrupted wishes will eventually lead to a bloody scene.

Yes, it is absolutely dangerous to make a wish to the person in front of you.

She realized this as early as that time when she ate at Yunding Restaurant.But she finally made a wish to him. She needed his power to settle the organization.

This is too dangerous.

What's more, what should we do next?After the organization is eliminated, can she muster the courage to seal him away forever?She obviously has another wish that she wants to realize, which is probably Bai Qirun's wish, or even a wish that Du Ruoxian hides deep in his heart and is unwilling to admit.

But that wish must never be expressed...

"But with all due respect, it's better for you not to get involved in this case." William's voice brought her thoughts back to reality.

"why?"

"Even if you reveal the truth, no one will thank you." He put down the coffee cup in his hand slowly.

Du Ruoying was speechless: "I don't want to be grateful, I just want to help Sister Jiang Xia."

"In this case, we should not interfere in this matter."

As if she noticed something was wrong, she frowned: "Did you see something? Tell me!"

Seeing his silence, she had to give up: "Okay, I'll check it myself."

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