Escape From the Library

【Innocence Defense-03】

Yue Xingwen, Ke Shaobin, and Xu Yishen each drove to the location of the barbecue restaurant on the beach sent by Qin Lu, while Zhuo Feng took a group of students to the beach in a bus.

In the evening, the whole city is shrouded in the golden sunset. All the way to the east, you can see the magnificent landscape of the sea and the sky. Along the seaside sightseeing boulevard, there are quite tropical palm trees, and many couples are holding hands in the Take a walk by the beach.

Yue Xingwen opened the car window, and the sea breeze was blowing in his face, mixed with the humid atmosphere of sea water. The temperature in this season is extremely comfortable, so it is no wonder that so many students will go out in groups on weekends.

When he was at Hua'an University, various classes and associations often organized such outings on weekends.There are more than 90 people from the law school going to the beach barbecue this time, and the situation will definitely be extremely chaotic. With so many people, I wonder if anyone will be killed?

Yue Xingwen was frowning and thinking, when a message popped up on his phone, which was sent by Xin Yan to the WeChat group: "I saw the registration form for organizing weekend barbecues in the student group of the law school. There are 22 people who did not participate in this event. The list has been sorted out, most of them are interns in other places, and they can’t come back. There are 7 people who stay in the school, 2 men and 5 women.”

Yue Xingwen replied: "You continue to pay attention to the students who stay in school, I will be there soon."

Ten minutes later, Yue Xingwen came to the beach barbecue restaurant, and the first thing he saw was Qin Lu, who was dressed as a waiter, and Zhang Xiaonian, who was wearing a white hat and played the role of the side dish master.

Yue Xingwen walked up to Qin Lu and asked in a low voice, "Have the others arrived yet?"

Qin Lu nodded: "Well, you were the first to arrive."

Yue Xingwen said: "You guys go ahead, I'll go to the beach for a walk, and when they arrive, they'll call me in the group."

Although this beach is used for barbecues, the barbecue area is separate from the beach play area. The sand in the play area is white and clean. There are many nearby residents playing on the beach. When the sun sets on the sea, the sea water seems to be rendered golden.

Yue Xingwen came to the beach and looked into the distance.

A dozen meters away from the beach, there is a row of red floating balls, constantly undulating with the sea water.The floating balls are connected with fishnet-like lines—this should be a warning line to prevent people playing on the beach from swimming into the deep sea.

In the offshore area within the cordon, the depth of the sea is about 1.5 meters. Adults can stand up and expose their heads without drowning; in the deep sea area outside the cordon, people who cannot swim are prone to danger once they drown.

It is also common to set up a cordon on the beach area where you can play freely by the sea.

Yue Xingwen can't swim, and he never goes into the water when he travels to the beach, but at this time, there are many children playing in the coastal area with swimming rings, and some grandparents are holding silk scarves and posing in various poses for pictures .

As the sun sets, the beach barbecue officially begins.

Zhuo Feng posted a message in the group: "The bus has arrived. This group of students is really full of energy. They laughed and made noise along the way, and sang in the car. I got a headache from the noise, and I almost can't drive anymore."

Yue Xingwen said: "We used to go out to play like this."

Zhuo Feng was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it carefully, the activities organized by their student union in the past were even more lively than this!They are also students themselves, why now, looking at these peers, suddenly there is an "elder mentality" of "adults watching children"?

It may be that I have experienced too much in the library, and my mentality is more mature!

Zhuo Feng sent a dry smile: "Where are you?"

Xu Yishen and Ke Shaobin also just arrived, and they bubbled up in the group one after another: "It's here with Qin Lu."

Yue Xingwen rushed over, and his teammates had already arrived. Qin Lu flipped through the reservation book at the front desk and said, "The seats in Area A and Area B were reserved by students a few days ago, you can only sit Area C. The view over there is not very good.”

Yue Xingwen said: "It's okay, arrange a 4-seater for us."

Qin Lu took them to Area C to find a seat. Each seating area had a parasol, and the four of them sat down under the umbrella. The grill, iron net, and charcoal fire were all provided by the store.Yue Xingwen handed over the menu and pencil to Ke Shaobin: "Young Master Ke, you come to order, just tick what you want to eat."

Ke Shaobin lowered his head and carefully selected dishes, sausage, chicken wings, beef, fish balls, potato chips, leeks...

He checked the price while looking at the price, and ordered a dozen copies in a blink of an eye.

After a while, the waiter came over with the food and put it next to their seats. The four of them observed the surroundings while grilling—all the students from the law school had arrived, and the chattering was very lively. They occupied the entire Area A and Area B , each table sits 4 people, most of them sit in dormitories, and there are also mixed seats of men and women.

Laughter came from the student group from time to time. As Brother Zhuo Feng said, this group of students is indeed full of energy.

Looking at them, Yue Xingwen couldn't help but miss his college life.If they were not pulled in here by the library, they could also organize barbecues, mountain climbing, and camping!

The smell of barbecue came from around, and everyone started to start. Ke Shaobin grilled the meat himself. Not only is this guy very particular about food, but he is also good at cooking. The meat is tender and delicious. Yue Xingwen couldn't help but eat a few more skewers.

As the sun set and the sky darkened, the barbecue booths were lit up with colorful lights, and the tourists playing by the beach gradually dispersed.Enthusiastic music was played around, models were dancing, and a bonfire was lit in the middle.

This is what Qin Lu said. In order to attract customers, the store will hold a bonfire party.

Yue Xingwen also joined the lively scene of the bonfire party, dancing with the surrounding college students. In fact, he can't dance, but he can follow everyone in circles.Senior brother Xu Yishen twisted and twisted, but he had a sense of rhythm.

A girl next to them saw them and asked curiously, "Aren't you from the law school?"

Yue Xingwen said: "Well, the four of us are in the same dormitory of the School of Mathematics of Beishan University. We came to have a barbecue on weekends. I didn't expect to meet you in group activities."

Beishan University is exactly the name of the school Pince and the others are in this time, a key university in Beishan City.

The girl's eyes lit up, and she said, "Student, what a coincidence!"

Yue Xingwen asked: "Which major do you major in, why are there so many people?"

The girl said: "From the law school. Everyone will graduate next semester. Taking advantage of the fact that there are still many students in the school, we organized a group activity and treated it as a pre-graduation carnival."

The girl has short hair and wears a simple short-sleeved T-shirt with pencil pants. She is elegant and easy to chat with strangers. Yue Xingwen asked, "Are you from the student union?"

The girl nodded: "Well, this barbecue event is organized by the student union."

Yue Xingwen said seriously: "Sister, can you leave a contact information? I have some legal issues and I want to consult you."

The girl froze for a moment, held back a smile and took out her phone, exchanged contact information with Yue Xingwen, stretched out her hand and said, "Hello, my name is Qi Xinyu, how about you?"

Yue Xingwen smiled and said, "My name is Jiang Pingce."

Several teammates almost spit out when they heard this, but held back.

However, Jiang Pingce is indeed a student of the School of Mathematics at Beishan University. When Yue Xingwen mentioned his name, even if the girl went back to school to inquire, she would be able to find out the existence of this person without suspicion.

The bonfire party was still going on, and the girl was dragged to the other side by her friend to play.

It was completely dark, and the students were having a good time until around 24 o'clock in the morning, when they stopped and set up tents to go to sleep.The four of Yue Xingwen also rented two two-person tents, Xingwen and Ke Shaobin lived in one, Xu Yishen and Zhuo Feng lived in one, and the four of them worked together to set up the tent and got into the tent.

Ke Shaobin couldn't fall asleep, so he turned on his laptop to read the documents.

Yue Xingwen asked, "Have you found any problems?"

Ke Shaobin said: "I was idle and bored, so I circled out the top students who get scholarships every year, the scumbags who fail every year, and the students from poor families who apply for student loans."

Yue Xingwen smiled, looked at the laptop and said, "I will also familiarize myself with the names of these students in advance."

At this moment, the phone screen lit up, and when I opened it, it was a message from Jiang Pingce: "How are you doing?"

Yue Xingwen said: "Nothing happened before dark. The students were having a bonfire party, singing and dancing, having fun, and now they set up tents to prepare for sleep. I feel that the murderer should act late at night?"

Jiang Pingce said, "Nothing happened on the school side."

Yue Xingwen thought for a while, and said, "Let's rest first, the library can't let us bump into the murderer directly, try to listen to the movement around us, and we'll talk about it tomorrow."

Jiang Pingce replied: "Well, sleeping in a beach tent will be uncomfortable. If the ground is too hard, you can put half of the quilt under your body and cover the other half."

Yue Xingwen returned a smiling face: "Yes, good night."

Ke Shaobin closed his laptop and began to doze off. The two turned off the flashlight, and Yue Xingwen lay down and listened carefully to the movement outside.There were some students talking in a low voice around, and by 1:[-] in the morning, there was no human voice outside, only the sound of "crashing" waves, and Yue Xingwen fell asleep in a daze.

He was awakened by screams.

The ear-piercing scream made Yue Xingwen sit up suddenly, rushed out of the tent and saw two girls standing by the sea, one of them was Qi Xinyu who exchanged contact information with him last night, and the other had long hair ,Paled face.

On the surface of the sea not far away, there was a corpse floating.

It was a girl in a colorful dress, her hair covered her face, and the body was already a little swollen from soaking in the water overnight.Yue Xingwen's face changed, and he immediately took out his mobile phone and said, "Call the police!"

Almost at the same time, there was a piercing scream from the girls' dormitory area of ​​the school!

Many girls would sleep in on weekends, but they were all woken up by the screaming. Qin Miao ran all the way in her pajamas and came to the 7th floor. She found many girls opened the door and looked around curiously. Qin Miao ran in the direction of the sound. When it was open, a girl stood dumbfounded at the door, and she should be the one who screamed.

In the house, a girl in pajamas was lying in a pool of blood, and another girl was kneeling beside her, holding a sharp fruit knife in her hand, and the knife was stuck in the girl's chest.

Qin Miao: "..."

The screaming girl yelled: "Killed! Ahhh! Zhu Xiaoting killed!"

The scream attracted a large number of students to watch, and the dormitory aunt was also alarmed, and quickly climbed upstairs while calling the police.

The girl Zhu Xiaoting who stayed in the dormitory was full of horror and shook her head frantically: "It's not me, it's not me... I didn't kill anyone! She was already dead when I came here!"

The screaming girl pointed at her emotionally: "You, you have a knife in your hand!"

Zhu Xiaoting was startled, and immediately let go of her hand, and the fruit knife fell to the ground with a bang.

Qin Miao quickly took a few photos of the scene and sent them to the group: "The girl's dormitory 703, the deceased, Xie Xiangqin, had a knife stuck in his chest, which looked fatal. Zhu Xiaoting was at the scene, holding the knife that stabbed the person to death. The witness and the one who screamed was Mao Yue, the roommate of the deceased."

Qin Miao had read the profile of law students given by Xin Yan before, so after seeing the accident in dormitory 703, she quickly reported the names of the three people at the scene based on the memory in her mind and compared their faces.

Looking at the photos in the group, Yue Xingwen cried out inwardly.

Could it be that Zhu Xiaoting is their client? !

The next moment, a message popped up from the floating box in the upper right corner of everyone: "The police are about to arrest the most suspected student, Zhu Xiaoting, please prepare to defend the client."

Lan Yarong: "..."

To be found at the scene of a murder with a murder weapon in hand is simply indisputable!

Why is this girl touching the murder weapon!