Super Time Detective

"Well, you're right."

Ye Huairui agreed with Ouyang Tingting's idea.

He paused, and added:

"However, I think the reason why She Fang used the typewriter was not to avoid detection, but to prevent his colleague, that is, the security manager Dai Junfeng from being aware of his identity."

Ouyang Tingting and Zhang Mingming looked at each other, and they both said "Oh" clearly!

In 1982, people used typewriters to process documents, which is similar to printing documents with printers today.

Of course, unlike the portable printers that even elementary school students have now that can connect to Bluetooth, typewriters back then were a symbol of cultural people.

But She Fang and Dai Junfeng work in a bank, and typewriters are still very common.

Ye Huairui was not sure whether Dai Junfeng knew that the guy who sent him the criminal plan was She Fang, but it was obvious that the mastermind Yuan Zhiqiu and the other robbers definitely didn't know.

"So, could it be so? She Fang wanted to take advantage of her power to steal 'Tears of the Arctic Ocean' because she was short of money."

Ouyang Tingting tried to express her inference:

"But he knew that once the diamonds were lost, he must be the first person to be suspected, so he thought of killing people with a knife—planning a bank robbery, and charging the robbers with the crime of stealing jewels! Before the bandits attack, they secretly drop the bag 'Tears of the Arctic Ocean', and then they can monopolize that rare diamond without anyone noticing."

Seeing Ye Huairui and Zhang Mingming nodding together, the girl continued:

"However, She Fang was very cautious and didn't want to directly contact the robbers, so he instigated Dai Junfeng, the security manager who was on the verge of bankruptcy just like himself, to find a suitable robber."

Zhang Mingming interjected: "In those days, many people who could be security managers had been in the 'road'. Dai Junfeng is indeed suitable for this job."

Comrade Er Ming thought for a while, and then said:

"According to this inference, I kind of understand why Yuan Zhiqiu must have killed Dai Junfeng on the day of the robbery!"

He made a gesture of hanging his neck, and stuck out his tongue, "You can't tell, Yuan Zhiqiu was found by the security manager—Dai Junfeng knows Yuan Zhiqiu's real identity, so he must never let the police have a chance to get in touch with Dai Junfeng!"

"I really... didn't expect that!"

Ouyang Tingting sighed:

"To put it bluntly, this is an outsourcing that changed hands twice!"

The girl snapped her fingers:

"She Fang contacted Dai Junfeng anonymously, and Dai Junfeng found Yuan Zhiqiu again. Yuan Zhiqiu didn't want others to know his true identity, and pretended to be 'Yin Jiaming'... But the robbers never expected that from the very beginning, 'Tears of the Arctic Ocean' ' is no longer in the safe."

"But She Fang is also clever and was mistaken by cleverness!"

Zhang Mingming shrugged:

"He kept it secret so well that the robbers didn't even know that he was the real mastermind. As a result, he killed his wife and children, and was sent to the west with two shots."

"However, when the robbers pointed a gun at him, She Fang didn't dare to confess. After all, if the robbers realized that the gems had been dropped, he might die even worse."

Ouyang Tingting said:

"Perhaps even the point of 'being held hostage' may have been designed by She Fang himself. After all, in this way, he would become an innocent victim and would not be easily suspected by the police."

The girl smiled coldly:

"It's just that he probably never expected that the gangsters that Dai Junfeng brought in were so brutal, so murderous without batting an eyelid. Killing a donkey is easier than crushing a chicken."

"The way of heaven is so reincarnated!"

Zhang Mingming was very sad.

Then, he asked the question he cared most about:

"Just, if She Fang really stole 'Tears of the Arctic Ocean', where did he hide that gem?"

Saturday, September 2021, 9, at 18:25 am.

West of Jincheng City, Fuxin Road.

On this famous "Jinpu Street", there is a large piece of facade, which belongs to the Fuxin branch of Dongdu Bank.

On this day, more than a dozen policemen brought relevant documents and a key and asked the bank staff to open a safe.

Dongdu Bank has a service of renting safes, and this service has been going on for decades.

After Ye Huairui realized that She Fang was the first planner of the robbery, the task force was divided into two groups, one part was responsible for re-investigating She Fang's management and social situations, and the other part was re-examining the physical evidence related to She Fang .

In the end, they found a bunch of keys among She Fang's belongings. After identifying them one by one, they found that there was a key with a special shape in the key bunch, which was not like the common door locks back then.

The police asked a professional to identify it and thought it was an old-fashioned safe key.

The old employees of Fushou Branch of Dah Sing Bank confirmed that there is no safe or safe in their bank that matches the key.

Then, why did She Fang carry a safe key of unknown origin with him?

The only possibility is that there is something very valuable in the safe that can be opened with this key.

Afterwards, the task force spent a whole day traveling all over the major banks in the city before finally determining the ownership of the key.

It belongs to a batch of safes provided by Fuxin Sub-branch of Dongdu Bank in the early years.

"All of our safes have been replaced with fingerprint locks in the past few years. These cabinets that need to be opened with keys are now only used by elderly customers."

The staff of Dongdu Bank took the key and explained to the dozen or so "tails" behind them:

"The bank has verified that these safes were leased anonymously back then, so the name of the renter cannot be found, but..."

She paused:

"No. CB-34, no one has opened it again for 39 years."

A policeman couldn't help but ask:

"What will you do if no one comes to open the cabinet?"

"The maximum lease period for a safe is 50 years."

The bank staff replied:

"If no one comes to take away the contents after this period of time, we will issue a recruitment announcement. If no one claims after the announcement expires, the box will be opened according to the agreement, and the contents of the box will be handed over to the relevant government departments for processing."

While talking, the staff had already stood in front of a row of old safes, and found the "CB-34" box.

The moment the key was inserted into the lock, everyone present held their breath.

The lock has not been opened for a long time, and it is slightly rusted.

After a little effort, the staff finally twisted the handle.

"Crack."

The door opened.

She reached out and pulled a small flat box from the cabinet.

The lid of the box was opened before the eyes of the officers.

Everyone gasped, followed by sighs of relief, and long overdue cheers.

A drop-shaped deep blue gemstone lay quietly in the jewelry box that was only the size of two palms. Under the bright overhead light of the bank vault, it was dazzling and shining.

"Tears of the Arctic Ocean" finally reappeared after 39 years.

…………

……

"Ding" a crisp sound.

Like a cat that stepped on the switch, Ye Huairui jumped up from the sofa and picked up the mobile phone that was placed on the coffee table.

Yin Jiaming poked his head curiously, and saw Ye Huairui flicking across the screen anxiously, and clicked on the WeChat message from Police Officer Huang.

Officer Huang's message was very simple, only three words plus a punctuation mark:

【found it. 】

"what!!!"

Ye Huairui, who almost never loses his composure in front of people, let alone yelling, suddenly yelled:

"Found it! Really found it!!"

He threw away the phone, threw Yin Jiaming on the sofa in a ecstasy, hugged Yin Jiaming's neck, and shouted excitedly:

"They found it! 'Tears of the Arctic Ocean'! They finally found it!!"

Yin Jiaming felt that Ye Huairui's look of getting carried away with excitement was really cute and heartwarming, and a little funny.

He reached out and rubbed the back of Ye Huairui's head, like coaxing a child, all the way from his neck to his back, "It's good if you find it, then there will be no regrets in the case."

Ye Huairui didn't speak, and buried his head in Yin Jiaming's shoulder like an ostrich shy to see others, his whole body trembling slightly.

Then, Yin Jiaming felt some warm liquid wet his neck.

"……Hey!"

He couldn't laugh or cry: "A Rui, you can't do it! Are you so excited that you are crying?"

Ye Huairui clenched his lips, refusing to speak, but the tears still couldn't stop falling from the corners of his eyes, and there was a tendency to lose control.

"Okay, okay, don't cry, you scared me, I don't know what to do!"

Yin Jiaming hugged him tighter, and comforted him softly, "Besides, if you must cry, I hope you will be pressed on the bed by me..."

He leaned close to Ye Huairui's ear, and said softly, his voice was too low, and only the last sound floated out:

"……when……"

"..."

Ye Huairui blushed and felt hot, he couldn't cry anymore.

He opened his mouth and bit Yin Jiaming's shoulder, "You don't understand!"

"Okay, okay, I don't understand, I don't understand."

Yin Jiaming immediately admitted his mistake:

"Anyway, don't cry. It's a good thing to solve the case, no matter how excited you are, it's not worth your tears!"

Ye Huairui stopped talking again.

He just lay quietly on Yin Jiaming's body, embracing Yin Jiaming tightly, like a entangled tree, inseparable.

——Yes, Yin Jiaming really doesn't understand.

Ye Huairui thought to himself.

——He didn't know what September 9 meant to him.

If the two time and space did not overlap, and the two of them did not intersect, according to the original historical trajectory, Yin Jiaming would have been shot in the abdomen by the police on September 1982, 9, and fell into the sea to die.

He will be stigmatized and die unjustly, and no one will avenge him. From then to now, and in the distant future, he will still be the number one suspect in the Jincheng robbery.

And now, also on September 9, 18 years later, the "Tears of the Arctic Ocean" who had been missing for many years reappeared.

All the evidence is finally connected into a closed loop, clear and thorough, no regrets.

They can also completely let go of their burdens and walk into the future together.

——End of text——