last case

Chapter 16 The Ritual Begins 16

Xie Jibai hugged Tang Xin's pile of snacks, Tang Xin went in with the movie ticket, Xie Jibai felt that the two of them looked weird, especially himself who was holding the snacks...

The young couple at the back didn't know what they were laughing at, the girl whispered, "Look, where are the two men."

I guess it was the two of them.

Tang Xin was calm, and after checking the ticket, he reached out to touch Xie Jibai's waist, patted him and said, "Let's go, it's the one on the right in front."

The movie will start in 5 minutes, and the lights have been turned off at this moment, and commercials are being played on the big screen.There are relatively few seats in the couple hall, but it is almost full and there are quite a few people.

The two of them happened to be sitting next to the entrance, and found a seat as soon as they entered.Xie Jibai squinted his eyes and saw that Lin Letian and her boyfriend were sitting in the corners of the first three rows, so they could see clearly.

Xie Jibai sat down and was stunned for a moment, it turned out that this is the couple's hall.Every two positions are next to each other, just like a sofa, there is no armrest partition in the middle, it is really suitable for young couples...

The sofa was actually not very wide, once Tang Xin and Xie Jibai sat on it, they were almost shoulder to shoulder, there was no gap at all.Looking at the others, they are all sitting with their boyfriends hugging their girlfriends. That way, the seats are still spacious.

Now Xie Jibai can only be thankful that he is not a very fat person, otherwise the two of them will really be stacked together.

The movie started soon, it was a 2D romance movie, Xie Ji Bai didn't know what it was about, and he didn't mean to pay attention.

To be honest, he really didn't expect that one day he would go to the cinema to watch a movie.

"Eat when you're hungry, I'll keep an eye on them."

Tang Xin suddenly leaned into his ear and spoke to him very softly.

Xie Ji Bai felt a gust of hot air, and it sprayed on his ears and neck all at once.He was not prepared at all, and immediately shivered for a while, then turned to look at Tang Xin with wide eyes.

Because they were too close, when Xie Ji Bai turned his head like this, the tips of their noses were almost touching, and their lips became very close.

Xie Jibai quickly leaned back, stared at Tang Xin for a few seconds, and then nodded.

It was too dark in the movie theater, he couldn't see the expression on Tang Xin's face clearly, but there seemed to be a smile on the corner of his mouth, and he looked in a good mood.

Xie Ji Bai was indeed hungry, so he quickly ate a hot dog, and then Tang Xin handed him another pack of snacks.

Xie Jibai looked very refined and elegant while eating. Although he had changed into plain clothes, he was still wearing a pair of white gloves, holding a hot dog with his white gloved hands, which looked a little cute.

Tang Xin leaned on the back of the chair, his eyes kept looking at Lin Letian in front of him, but his peripheral vision drifted on Xie Jibai from time to time.

It would be a much happier mood if it could be called a date now.

Lin Letian is leaning on her boyfriend to watch the movie right now, the two probably didn't really like this movie before watching it.After watching for a while, they hugged and kissed.

Xie Ji Bai couldn't help frowning.

This kind of romance movie is actually quite boring. Tang Xin was getting impatient when he heard the heroine crying and confessing for the first time.

The film length of more than 90 minutes is almost over.Xie Ji Bai was a little sleepy. This kind of dark environment is really suitable for sleeping, especially when some soothing background music is played from time to time.

The ending song finally started, but the lights in the movie theater hadn't come on yet.Maybe it's because the film is really not good-looking, many couples have already started to leave the scene in the dark.

The entrance is next to Xie Jibai and Tang Xin, and the exit is in the lower left corner diagonally opposite them.

"Let's go." Xie Ji Bai said suddenly.

Lin Letian in front had already stood up and squeezed into the crowd with her boyfriend.

Xie Jibai and Tang Xin wanted to squeeze through quickly, but obviously they couldn't do it, as there were still many people in front of them, so they couldn't get through at all.

"What are you doing?"

Suddenly, Lin Letian's boyfriend said something very unhappy.

Several people around looked at them, Xie Ji Bai and Tang Xin immediately became alert and looked over.

"It's okay." Lin Letian smiled and said, "He didn't do it on purpose."

"I'm so sorry," a man apologized.

Now that the ending song was over, the lights in the theater turned on, and Xie Ji Bai could see clearly.

The one who had a dispute with Lin Letian's boyfriend was the man in the gray trench coat just now. They met at the ticket gate, and they were complained by the young couple behind because they forgot where the movie tickets were.

The man was behind his back, so he couldn't see his face at all, but from his voice, he should be a gentle and good-tempered person.

The man apologized, but Lin Letian didn't care, so the man left.

"What's going on?" Tang Xin asked softly.

"I don't know." Xie Jibai said.

Tang Xin frowned and said, "Lin Letian has something in her hand."

"What?" Xie Ji Bai was taken aback.

Lin Letian and her boyfriend followed the flow of people out.Tang Xin's sharp eyes saw that Lin Letian seemed to be holding a reflective object in his hand.

"She didn't seem to be holding that thing just now." Tang Xin said.

Could it be that the man in the gray trench coat gave it to her just now?

Xie Jibai immediately looked around, but the man in the gray windbreaker who was next to Lin Letian just now has disappeared, probably out of the theater.

Xie Jibai felt a strange feeling in his heart.

The man in the gray trench coat...

He remembered what happened at the ticket gate just now.

A look of shock appeared on Xie Jibai's face, he tugged Tang Xin's arm, and said, "Stop Lin Letian and her boyfriend, and wait for me to come back."

"Thank you Ji Bai!"

Tang Xin called him, but Xie Ji Bai had already pushed forward quickly, squeezed out the crowd, and then quickly ran out from the exit.

Someone ran away suddenly, everyone seemed surprised, couldn't help but look at Xie Ji Bai a few more times, Lin Letian also looked over, was taken aback when she saw it was Xie Ji Bai, and hurriedly dragged her boyfriend away.

Tang Xin saw it, and immediately stepped on his long legs, squeezed to Lin Letian's side, and said, "Miss Lin."

"who are you?"

Lin Letian was blocked outside the exit. She had never seen Forensic Doctor Tang, so she didn't know that he was also a police detective, so she asked cautiously.

Tang Xin took out his ID from the windbreaker pocket, gave Lin Letian a quick look, and said, "I'm sorry for taking up Miss Lin's time."

Lin Letian was very conflicted, and said, "I still have things to do, and I don't have time to spend with you."

"What's the matter with you? Why are you looking for trouble again and again?" Lin Letian's boyfriend also felt dissatisfied.

Lin Letian was still wearing heavy makeup and looked unhappy.Tang Xin couldn't help but carefully looked at her face, he couldn't see any resemblance to that gloomy and inferior Liu Yingbei.

Tang Xin has long heard that women with makeup and without makeup are two people at all. He didn't believe it before, but now he really has to sigh.

Xie Jibai ran out, but the exit passage was very empty, there were only two or three people in front of him, and it was clear at a glance, there was no man in the gray trench coat at all.

Xie Jibai ran a long way forward again, came out from the exit passage, and he could leave the movie theater directly, pushed open the glass door, and went outside the building.

It was late now, and although there were street lights outside, it still looked a bit dark. There were bustling people walking past, but there was no man in a gray windbreaker.

Xie Jibai stood outside for 2 minutes, and finally walked back, after all, Tang Xin was still inside, and Lin Letian was still there.

"How about it?"

Seeing Xie Jibai coming back, Tang Xin asked.

Xie Jibai shook his head and said, "I didn't catch up."

Lin Letian had an angry look on her face, but she seemed relieved when she heard Xie Jibai's words.

Xie Jibai said: "Miss Lin, please come back to the game with us."

Although Lin Letian was unwilling, she had no choice but to follow them to the bureau.

At this moment, there is no one in the bureau, after all, it is too late.

Tang Xin took Lin Letian and her boyfriend to two interrogation rooms respectively, then walked out, poured himself a cup of coffee, and asked, "Deputy team, did you just go looking for that man in the gray windbreaker?"

Xie Jibai nodded, poured himself a glass of boiling water, and said, "Yes, but I didn't look for it."

Xie Jibai thought about it for a while and said, "Do you think that person is strange?"

Tang Xin said: "What did the deputy team find?"

Xie Jibai said, "Did you observe him during the ticket check?"

Tang Xin nodded, the man forgot where the movie ticket was, but this doesn't explain anything, after all, many people have the habit of forgetting everything.

Xie Jibai also thought so at first, but in retrospect, he felt something was wrong.

Now movie tickets can be purchased online and printed out at the self-service machines in movie theaters, which is more convenient and does not require long queues.However, the texture and style of tickets bought in this way are different from those bought at the ticket office.

Xie Ji Bai didn't think much about it at that time, but just glanced at it.The ticket in the hands of the man in gray was obviously just bought at the ticket office. It should not have been long since he bought it, and the fact that he forgot where he put it in a blink of an eye is already a bit surprising.

Then the man took out a book from his pocket, and after looking at the book, he seemed to remember where the ticket was, and took out a movie ticket from his coat pocket.After he checked the ticket, he took out a pen and recorded something in the notebook.

Tang Xin frowned and said, "You mean..."

Xie Jibai said, "Do you think he looks like someone suffering from short-term memory loss?"

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