Neverland

Qi Yuan said it so calmly - as if he was already prepared to face this situation.

"I went home very early last night to rest, and got up in the middle of the night to hold a cross-border online meeting." Qi Yuan said: "The online meeting is in video mode, and there are only two breaks without video images. We were together for no more than 10 minutes, and we kept talking during the whole process. The online meeting was held from 02:30 to 05:30 in the morning, and there was a video backup for the whole process, and you can view it on the spot.”

Speaking, Qi Yuan took out a small USB flash drive and put it on the table, smiling and reaching out his hand to signal.

"I have already copied the meeting minutes here in advance." Qi Yuan relaxed his body, leaned back on the chair back, and said, "But I have a request, because the meeting minutes involve my company's secrets, so I request on-site inspection, no Keep a backup—Officer Xu, I'm just a suspect, not a criminal, this is not too much to ask."

His actions and rhetoric were done in one go, and now he even took the initiative to show the "evidence", obviously waiting for them at this opening.

Qi Yuan's "gentle and courteous" skin finally got cracked, revealing his confidence underneath.Xu Muzhou's expression also turned cold, even the smile on his skin was gone.

Xu Muzhou has always been fearless, entered this house, even if the person sitting in front of him was his own father, he would still check it out, let alone a wealthy businessman.In his eyes, everything has to be treated as a "suspect".

So he stood up and walked in front of Qi Yuan, gave him a cold look, and reached out to get the USB flash drive on the table.

Qi Yuan pressed the small metal block, smiled and said: "I said, this is a company secret, and you need to check it in front of me—"

"I'm sorry." Xu Muzhou waved his hand lightly, played with the cool metal USB flash drive in his hand, and refused: "I need to take it to a professional department for appraisal, if you feel uneasy , I can use the law enforcement recorder to record the whole identification process - if you still think it is not possible, you can call a lawyer to talk on the spot, which is also your due right."

Qi Yuan looked at him unkindly, Xu Muzhou raised his eyebrows, and looked back at him without showing any weakness. He threw the metal USB flash drive in his hand into the air, and then caught it smoothly.

The atmosphere between the two of them was tense, and sparks were about to explode, but Qi Yuan suddenly took a step back.

"Okay." Qi Yuan said, "Then I will trouble Officer Xu."

Xu Muzhou stared at him for a while, then turned his head and went out the door holding the USB flash drive.

The technical detective left behind to work overtime tonight was a short, fat young boy who was transferred in last year. He had a friendly face and familiarity. He called everyone Brother, and he and Shen Shuang were still in the same family, called Shen Miao.

"Brother Xu." Shen Miao put down the instant noodles in her hand, and hurriedly said, "Are you still busy?"

"Yeah." Xu Muzhou also handed the USB flash drive in his hand to the other party, and said, "There should be an online meeting record in it, check to see if it is forged."

"Hey." Shen Miao pushed the half-eaten instant noodles aside, took the USB flash drive and inserted it into the computer.

Sure enough, there was only one video file in the folder. As soon as Shen Miao opened it, she was shocked by that time.

"Hey, it's so long." Shen Miao said, "What kind of meeting is there?"

He complained, but his subordinates didn't move. He skillfully dragged the video and audio into the software, and clicked to play.

There are a total of four cameras in the video, except for Qi Yuan in the lower right corner, the remaining three are foreigners.

This cross-border online conference is in full English, and there is a buddy who doesn't know where he is, who speaks with an accent, and his good English is stunned to be in tune with Spanish.

The continuity of the video is fine, and it seems that there are no frame drops or edits.

Xu Muzhou leaned on the table and watched for a long time, then suddenly raised a new possibility: "If there is no problem with the video, is it possible that it is a post-dubbed audio?"

"Probably not." Shen Miao shook his head. He pressed pause, then turned up the volume, handed Xu Muzhou an earphone, pulled the frequency spectrum of the audio, rewound the video for about three minutes, and then pressed the button again Press the play button.

"Look, here, the man in the upper right corner is drinking water, and the man in the lower left corner is smoking a cigar—" Shen Miao pointed to Xu Muzhou one by one, and said: "In the background sound of the audio , these subtle sounds all exist, and overlap with the video, they are indeed recorded in real time. And after raising the sound, you can clearly hear the background noise of several people - including the friction of cloth and the movement of chairs when changing positions If you want to dub it like this in the later stage, it is almost impossible."

In the video, Qi Yuan's background is very dark, and only a small circle of his face is illuminated by the faint reflection of the mobile phone. It seems that he is in a very narrow place, not like a study room.

Xu Muzhou carefully stared at his background for a while, until the meeting was about 90 minutes into the meeting, Xu Muzhou suddenly called a stop.

Shen Miao's hands were faster than her mind, so she clicked pause.

Xu Muzhou pointed to an empty corner on the upper left of Qi Yuan, and said, "Can you zoom in here?"

His eyes were very sharp, and Shen Miao zoomed in on that place according to the words, only to find a spot of light appeared there.Shen Miao slowed down the video, rewrote it for five seconds, and found that the light spot was dynamic and disappeared soon.

"It's not a wall, it's glass." Xu Muzhou said, "The car glass with one-way film."

"He's having a meeting in the car?" Shen Miao asked strangely.

No wonder his background is so dark, Xu Muzhou frowned and said, "Play it again."

As Qi Yuan said, this meeting lasted for three hours, with two intermissions, one for 5 minutes and one for 25 minutes, and it was someone else's initiative to suspend the rest.And during the break between meetings, although the camera was turned off, the microphone was always on, and occasionally Qi Yuan would chat with the other party.

Shen Miao cut out the audio clips without pictures separately, cut out the number of each time they were silent for more than 30 seconds, and found that the longest silence was only about six and a half minutes.

——This world is too short to kill Xu Kang.

Although it is suspicious to have a meeting in the car, it can barely be counted as an alibi because the rest time is too short and the voice is always in the process.

After all, no matter how neat it is, it is really difficult to complete such a crime scene within 6 minutes.

The meeting minutes were read for at least three hours. Xu Muzhou and Shen Miao read this thing over and over several times. Counting the time of acceleration and pause in the middle, several hours have passed.

Zhang Yue arranged for Qi Yuan, but he could only stay for 24 hours at most.

Xu Muzhou's fingertips tapped his knees, no matter how he looked at it, he was not reconciled.

Qi Yuan is obviously related to this matter, but his alibi is really effective. If there is no more evidence to prove that there are other connections between him and Xu Kang, I am afraid it will be difficult for him to pry Qi Yuan's mouth away. .

"Are you sure there's nothing wrong with this video?" Xu Muzhou asked again without giving up.

"No problem." Shen Miao said, "It is indeed true."

Xu Muzhou glanced at the time, pinched the bridge of his nose wearily, and said, "...forget it, read the record and adjust his driving route tomorrow."

"Also, since Qi Yuan himself mentioned Qin Huai, he has to ask her." Xu Muzhou clicked on the call log and scrolled down, looking for Shen Shuang's phone, he said casually: "I hope she keeps her mouth shut." Don't make any fools at all, I am afraid of those entertainment reporters who dare to write about anything."

"Star." Shen Miao stood up, took out a disposable paper cup from the drawer, took the glass of water and handed it to Xu Muzhou: "It's quite troublesome."

"Troubles have to be investigated." Xu Muzhou said.

As he spoke, he called up Shen Shuang's phone, and was about to press the call button, when a new call page suddenly popped up on the screen.

Xu Muzhou was slightly taken aback, then picked it up.

"Deputy Captain Xu." The female voice on the phone said, "Baolin District Bureau has transferred a case."

Xu Muzhou suddenly had a bad feeling and asked, "What case?"

"A murder case." The other end of the phone continued: "The deceased was a high school female student who was found dead in the dormitory... The reason for transferring the case was because a poker card was also found at the scene. If it is similar to the case you are handling, then simply turn it around."

Xu Muzhou jumped up from the seat with a groan, grabbed his jacket and walked out, asking coldly, "What suit?"

"Seven of diamonds," said the other side of the phone.

— Another square.

Baolin District is adjacent to the city center, not far away.At 02:30 in the morning, there was not even a car on the street. Xu Muzhou listened to the situation with his headphones on, his brows became more and more tense, and Zhang Yue was in the co-pilot to help him navigate.

The crime took place in Shencheng International High School, a boarding private middle school with good conditions. It is said that the first person who was discovered was the deceased’s roommate in the same class. She woke up in the middle of the night to drink water and found her collapsed in the living room. She thought she had passed out. I did, but I didn't wake up after pushing for a long time. When I touched it and found that the person had passed out, I was so frightened that I alarmed the dormitory auntie loudly, and then called the police.

Xu Muzhou had already made up his mind when he saw the 4 of diamonds in Xu Kang's room, but he really didn't expect that the second poker card would come so quickly.

Moreover, the new deceased was a third-year high school student, who attended classes in addition to attending classes on weekdays, which was completely different from people like Xu Kang.

There must be some connection between them, Xu Muzhou gritted his teeth.

"The deceased's name is Fu Sihan, a third-year high school student." A colleague from the sub-bureau opposite the headset reported basic information to him: "The cause of death was poisoning, and the specific drug is not sure yet. We checked her school records and found that she had I left school once, but came back before checking in at 10:30, the specific travel route is still under investigation, if there is any news, I will send it to you directly."

Xu Muzhou hummed, then turned his head to Zhang Yue and asked, "Did you get any news from the household register?"

"Yes." Zhang Yue tapped on the tablet, brought up a screenshot page, and flipped it to Xu Muzhou.

Xu Muzhou glanced hastily, but was startled for a moment.

Fu Sihan's grades are excellent, and the usual teacher's evaluation is also very good. No matter how you look at it, he can't match up with a decadent artist like Xu Kang.

——But the only similarity is that she, like Xu Kang, is an orphan.