Neverland

Xu Muzhou walked out of the summoning room, and found Shen Shuang was waiting outside the door, with earphones on his ears, standing outside the one-way glass and looking at the situation inside, he didn't know how long he had been here.

Seeing him going out, Shen Shuang took off his earphones and greeted him.

"When did you come?" Xu Muzhou asked.

"It's been a while." Shen Shuang said, "There must be... 10 minutes?"

"Huh?" Xu Muzhou asked in surprise, "Is Lin Yi finished asking?"

"It's over." Shen Shuang said helplessly: "Ask a few questions, he was alone at home on the day of the 1.25 incident, and it was the same when the He Beibei incident occurred. He was also summoned from home just now... carefully Do the math, only Fu Sihan didn't have an alibi when the case happened."

The cause of Fu Sihan's death was too special, she was the only one among the three who had no trauma, and with the medicinal properties of strychnine, it seemed that except for He Beibei who actually appeared in the international high school, no one else had any conditions to commit the crime .

Xu Muzhou pondered for a moment, then pointed back into the room: "Did you hear that just now?"

"I heard it." Shen Shuang said: "Then what should we do now, first check Ji Dong who doesn't have an alibi?"

Xu Muzhou didn't answer directly, he casually folded a few pieces of information in his hand, folded them into a long and thin paper roll and put it in his pocket, stood beside Shen Shuang, and followed his gaze to look inside.

Most of the walls of the inquiry room are one-way glass with a filter film, so that the situation in the room can be clearly seen from the outside.

At the end of the questioning, the female police officer who sorted out the transcripts in the room was making the final record confirmation. The camera in the room was still on. Yan Cen lowered his head slightly and reached out to take off his glasses.

That pair of glasses didn't seem to fit well, there was a light red mark on the bridge of his nose, Yan Cen closed his eyes, rubbed his forehead lightly, looking a little tired.

After checking the records, the female police officer saved the records, then stood up to pack her things and was about to leave. When she walked out of the desk, she turned off the camera at work.

"Excuse me," Yan Cen said suddenly.

Xu Muzhou, who was outside the one-way glass, changed his stance indistinctly, shifting the center of gravity from his left foot to his right foot.Shen Shuang was very discerning, touched the monitor earphones again, and gave Xu Muzhou one.

The female police officer who was about to leave stopped and asked, "What's the matter?"

After all, it was a colleague who was working together a few hours ago, and the female police officer said it very politely.

Yan Cen smiled, and said politely: "It's too boring to sit here, if you can't give me a mobile phone, can you just find me a book to read?"

"Mobile phones are not allowed. I need to investigate the situation as you said." The female police officer said: "...What book do you want?"

"You can just find any one." Yan Cen's request is very low: "Newspapers are also fine."

This is not against the rules. Even if a criminal suspect with direct evidence is identified, when he sits here and asks for cigarettes and water, he will satisfy one or two out of humanitarianism.

The female police officer nodded and said that if she could find it, she would send it in for him later.

The door of the summons room was opened again, and the female police officer came out with the folder in her arms, and saw Xu Muzhou who was outside the room slightly taken aback.

"Deputy Captain Xu." The female police officer pointed to the room and asked for instructions: "Just now—"

"Give it to him." Xu Muzhou took off his earphones, pinched the bridge of his nose, and said, "Just find a novel... something simpler."

The female police officer didn't ask him why he became so talkative, she agreed and turned away.

Yan Cen was the only one left in the room, but when he was alone, he seemed to be the same as when he saw people. He still sat there upright, but from time to time he unconsciously rubbed his fingers.

He always seemed to be such a quiet person, especially when he was alone.Xu Muzhou always felt that this person looked like a beautiful sculpture when he was silent and silent, but now he looked at it like this, and it seemed a bit otherworldly.

Xu Muzhou stood on the other side of the glass and watched him for a while, then suddenly asked, "Do you believe what he said?"

"Brother Xu, let me tell the truth..." Shen Shuang smiled wryly and shook her head: "I don't believe it, his alibi is even more coincidental than Qi Yuan's, from time to minute is extremely accurate, as if he was deliberately prepared the same."

"I think so too." Xu Muzhou snorted and said with a smile: "When you go on vacation, do you call supper at more than three o'clock in the middle of the night?...Coincidence without reason is suspicious, and I understood this truth three years ago. "

After Xu Muzhou finished speaking, without waiting for Shen Shuang's answer, he took a step back and forth from the glass, turned his head and walked out.

Except for Qi Yuan who was just bailed out and couldn't be summoned again in a short time, the remaining three people on the funding list were all brought to the police station under various pretexts.Except for Qin Huai who was a public figure who was more difficult to deal with, the rest of Yan Cen and Lin Yi could be regarded as cooperative.

But even so, Xu Muzhou had no choice but to force them to stay for 24 hours from the moment they arrived at the police station.

"What time is it?" Xu Muzhou asked.

Shen Shuang followed him, rolled up his sleeves reflexively to look at his watch, and replied: "27:[-]."

—Twenty-two hours and four ten minutes left.

This case was different from what Xu Muzhou had seen before, it was not about money, it was as if there was a logical chain of their own between the murderer and the victim, and the deaths were closely related, full of "tacit understanding".

—he had no second 24 hours to waste.

"There's not much time." Xu Muzhou said, "Let's split up... It's been hard work calling Lao Zhang to come back. I want a new autopsy report."

As Xu Muzhou said, he handed over the material folded into long strips in his pocket to Shen Shuang, and ordered: "Also, go and find out who this Microco**ic public welfare foundation is, and there is that Stephen Lang Weird person. Yan Cen said that they have a common 'father', I guess this is the funder...Go and find out who he is, how he got online to support these children, maybe there will be clues."

Shen Shuang subconsciously stood at attention, and responded crisply: "Yes!"

After he agreed, he scratched his head again and asked, "What about you, Brother Xu?"

Xu Muzhou paused, took out the car keys from his pocket, hung the key ring on his index finger, looked sideways at Shen Shuang, and said, "I'll check the midnight snack at 03:30 in the morning."

At around six o'clock in the morning, the whole city of Shanghai is slowly recovering. A brand new sweet potato roasting machine has been placed at the entrance of the convenience store opposite the Municipal Bureau. White smoke came out.

Xu Muzhou was waiting for a red light at the intersection, and with a casual glance, he saw the clerk of the convenience store open the oven door and pick up the baked sweet potatoes into the tray one by one from inside.

The shell of the baked sweet potato shatters when you touch it, revealing the golden and soft meat inside. You can imagine the sweet taste without opening the window.

Xu Muzhou paused slightly with his fingers tapping the steering wheel, and suddenly thought of the little forensic doctor who knew he didn't eat pasta.

At that time, Yan Cen's movements and demeanor were so natural, as if he was born to know Xu Muzhou so well.

But Xu Muzhou frowned, racked his brains for a long time, but couldn't figure out where he had dealt with him.

Suddenly there was a piercing whistle sound behind him, and Xu Muzhou hurriedly regained his senses, only to realize that the countdown to the red light in front of him had ended.

The sudden strange feeling he had just now was interrupted, Xu Muzhou stepped on the accelerator and pushed the gear lever up by one gear.

Xu Muzhou's mobile phone is located in Xingshan Resort, and it takes less than an hour to drive there from the Municipal Bureau. Xu Muzhou is on two minds, driving with the mechanical positioning and navigation voice, while sorting out the whole case in his mind.

Because Yan Cen himself has now been included in the list of suspects, the only completely credible autopsy clue is the case of Fu Sihan, which was handled by the sub-bureau.

The cause of Fu Sihan's death is very different from Xu Kang's. In Xu Kang's case, the murderer was calm, powerful, and able to do anything with ease. But in Fu Sihan's case, the murderer chose the most labor-saving way to kill, avoiding all possible omissions due to lack of strength. .

If the two deceased are regarded as two cases, it is actually easy to see the difference between the two—the murderer in Xu Kang’s case clearly showed a certain pleasure mentality when he killed, he was like a cat scratching his head. Xu Kang was tortured like a mouse for a period of time. During this time, the murderer was on the scene admiring Xu Kang's dying appearance.

But the case of Fu Sihan is not the case. The murderer in Fu Sihan's case just poisoned her, and left in a hurry without staying at the scene to confirm whether she was dead.

If the murderer hadn't had two completely split personalities, such two diametrically opposed personalities would not have been reflected in the extremely obvious subconscious psychological profile of "murder".

Xu Muzhou was inclined to guess that "Fu Sihan died at the hands of He Beibei". No matter in terms of He Beibei's major or the time of committing the crime, she was the one who was most likely to kill Fu Sihan.

So when the case developed to this point, Xu Muzhou had to suspect one thing - there might be more than one murderer in this serial murder case.

This idea is a bit too shocking, because if it is true, it means that the number of murderers must be at least greater than two - because He Beibei is also dead.

He Beibei's method of death was even more special. She was poisoned first, and then her throat was cut with a knife.In the worst case, the murderer who killed He Beibei might not be alone.

Xu Muzhou felt a little headache. Although he found the connection and common ground between these people, he had no clue about the motive of the murder.

Everyone in this world needs at least a reason before they want to do something, just like people want to eat when they are hungry, and want to be in a daze when they are tired. They will never do something "for no reason" .

This is especially true for murder, which is a high-risk behavior that steps on the double red line of morality and law. Xu Muzhou never believes that these unknown murderers are all crazy at the same time, and at the same time they have the courage to dare to commit crimes. Start with the living human life.