"There's also a case in the imperial capital? What's going on?"
Things here are already giving me enough of a headache, and now something's happening in the capital. I feel like breathing has become a little difficult. I've always been afraid of trouble, but now I'm facing so many things all of a sudden. It's completely beyond my ability to bear.
"I don't know the details. My dad didn't tell me in detail. He just said that there's no rush over there and that you should deal with things here as soon as possible. My dad also said that you don't have to worry about the passengers' information. Someone here will naturally give you the information you want. I don't know who he was talking about, but from the tone of his words, this should be possible."
Unexpectedly, there is always light at the end of the tunnel. Since Bai Qi said so confidently, I believe that the information will be in my hands soon. However, Bai Longfei said that Pan An was transferred back by Bai Qi and did not leave on his own. This makes the matter of Pan An being a traitor in the special case team vague again. Perhaps it is too early to draw a conclusion now. I'd better wait until I return to the imperial capital and investigate slowly. If it doesn't work, I will go to find Li Hua. His investigation on the traitor in the special case team is much more detailed than mine.
The issue of the information seems to have been temporarily resolved, and I can finally put down my burden. Although I don't know who the person who can give me the information is that Bai Qi mentioned, at least I don't have to worry about it anymore.
Originally, Bai Qi was going to call Bai Longfei back, but Bai Longfei was worried about me, so he decided to stay with me. With Bai Longfei around, the ward became lively. Bai Longfei had not experienced what happened to Ning Fan just now, so I told him the whole thing again, and shared my own analysis and insights with everyone, asking everyone to help me analyze it and let me sort out my thoughts at the same time.
After listening to what I said, Bai Longfei nodded with a solemn expression, "Your analysis is correct. This incident is indeed very strange. The strangeness lies in the fact that there is no obvious murderer. Everything seems to be a coincidence. Even if you find the methods used in the two cases, you still cannot know how the two deceased walked into the murderer's trap, nor can you know who the murderer is."
"This is what bothers me the most. I feel like I'm just facing a ball of air. I can't catch it or touch it, but it's definitely there. I really don't know what to do."
Bai Longfei comforted me, "Don't mention you. I guess my father has never been involved in such a strange case. Everything has a first time. You just need to do your best."
At this time, Lin Yingxue next to him suddenly said: "Why don't you call Senior Ji Yong for help? Senior Ji Yong is so powerful, he should be able to give you some inspiration."
Actually, I think so too, but I feel a little embarrassed to ask my dad for help with everything. But now I really have no other choice, and this is the only way I can go.
I dialed my dad's cell phone. After hearing his voice, I immediately coughed lightly to cover up my inner embarrassment and asked him how he had been doing over the past two days.
"Okay, stop pretending, tell me what's going on. I've never seen you call me before, and you're calling me after only being away for a few days? I don't believe you're calling because you miss me."
Seeing that I couldn't hide it from my dad, I suddenly felt my face getting hot and I really didn't know how to ask for help. Lin Yingxue seemed a little bit unable to bear it anymore. She put the phone on speaker and told my dad in detail what happened here.
After Lin Yingxue finished speaking, my dad seemed to be silent for a while. After about thirty seconds, my dad finally said, "Xiao Wen, what do you think about this matter?"
"Although it seems that everything is just a coincidence, we can still see the human factor from some clues. However, there is no murderer in this case, or the murderer has never directly committed any crime from beginning to end. If he didn't commit any crime, there would be no flaws. If there are no flaws, we can't continue to investigate. I really don't know what to do. Now even I feel that all this is just a coincidence."
When my dad heard what I said, he immediately laughed and said, "Don't say that. In fact, everything that happens in this world every day is inevitable. There is no such thing as coincidence. It's just that we can't see the cause and effect of some things, so we think they are coincidences. When I was young, I received a case. A wealthy man who lived alone said that he would lie in front of his wife's grave in the yard every morning when he got up. He had no idea what was going on. Even in the end, he spent money to install cameras in his home, but there was no record of why he appeared in front of his wife's grave."
"At that time, scientific concepts were not yet popular. My colleagues thought his house must be haunted and did not dare to intervene in the matter. But I did not believe in superstition, so I stayed at his house that night to see what was going on. Finally, late at night, I discovered that this rich man had a habit of sleepwalking, and he seemed to be somewhat conscious in his dreams. He deliberately avoided the position of the camera, so the camera could not see him walking to his wife's grave."
I had no idea what my dad meant by this story, and he continued, "I just want to say that you shouldn't back off just because something is weird or you've never seen it before. I told you when you left that everything has its own rules. As long as you can grasp the rules and firmly believe that it's not a coincidence, you'll find the answer you want soon."
I seemed to understand a little bit what my father said to me, but Lin Yingxue was confused and asked, "Senior, what exactly do you want to say?"
My dad sighed and said, "After listening to what you just told me, I probably understand what's going on. But I can't just tell Xiaowen like this, or he won't use his brain anymore and will always come to me. I might as well quit my job and come back to farm. I can only remind you of two words: get used to it!"
I had understood what my dad said, but after hearing the word "habit", I was confused again. I really wanted to ask him what he meant by "habit", but perhaps because of my pride, I forced myself to hold back the thought and said in a pretentious manner: "I understand. Thanks for reminding me, dad."
Lin Yingxue and Bai Longfei looked at me in surprise. I didn't dare to look at them at all, for fear that I would be seen through for pretending to be so arrogant. I immediately changed the subject and said, "By the way, Dad, you did what happened to Yuan Hao, right?"
When my dad heard this, he suddenly laughed and said, "I didn't do anything. I just took a walk on the mountain after dinner. Who knew that the little kid following me would roll down the mountain? Hahaha!"
My father was clearly admitting the matter in disguise. I was planning to ask for details, but he was still busy moving. Before I could ask him where he was going to move to, he hung up the phone in a hurry.
After hanging up the phone, Bai Longfei asked hurriedly: "Do you know what happened?"
I blushed a little and said, "My dad's words are so abstract, who knows what he means? If I had said I didn't know, my dad would probably have called me back to farm. Please forgive me."
Bai Longfei suddenly became a little disappointed and said, "Then what's the point of you making this call?"
"Who said it's meaningless? Although I don't know what my dad meant by habit, I seem to understand what he wants to tell me. Tomorrow I will try his method to see if I can find some clues!"
After half a day of hard work, it was already getting dark. I only ate one bun the whole day, which I wolfed down. I was feeling a little hungry at this time. Lin Yingxue said she would go out to buy us food. I specifically asked her to buy more meat dishes as I had lost too much blood today and needed to replenish my body.
Lin Yingxue bought a lot of sumptuous meals and packed them up, and we ate in the ward. While eating, we also arranged how to rest for tonight.
Lin Yingxue and Ruan Meizi live in one ward, Bai Longfei and I live in one ward, and the remaining Qian Jun and Dali Ge live together. This ensures that there are two people in each room. Even if the murderer intends to do something, it will not be so easy to succeed.
We ate and chatted, and soon it was around seven in the afternoon and it was completely dark. Just as we were eating, Wang Hai suddenly opened the door and walked in. Seeing that we were eating, he didn't bother to be polite with us and sat down and started eating with us.
Although the second case seemed to have nothing to do with anyone, I still did not give up the suspicion of Wang Hai. Bai Longfei saw what I was thinking and asked, "How is it going? How is the work going next door?"
Wang Hai looked like he had been tired all day. He said as he ate, "It's already been done. We just took all those passengers back to the police station to make some statements. Now we've released them, and I came back with them."
"What about the autopsy? Did the deceased have some kind of drug that causes diarrhea in his body?"
Wang Hai shook his head and said, "The forensic doctor has taken the body back for a comprehensive examination. No drug components that can cause diarrhea were found in the deceased's stomach or blood. In other words, the sudden urge to have diarrhea was just an accident."
Accident? No, this couldn't be accidental! Could it be that the murderer's killing targets were random from the beginning