Life is always full of surprises.
For example, when you wake up, there is a murder case and you don’t know who is dead. For example, when you wake up, you not only find a murder case, but also a man sleeping next to you.
Although there was nothing wrong with the body and the clothes had normal wrinkles and no signs of damage, it was still scary enough.
Jian Jing reread the system prompts and looked at Zong Xunmei who was leaning his head with a lazy look on his face. She strongly suspected that the murderer was this guy.
He doesn't want to use her as an alibi, does he
It's true, twist the head off.
At that time, she remained calm, only glanced at Zong Xunmei, got out of bed and left without even looking at her. Only the sound of the door closing heavily revealed her anger.
"What a heartless girl." Zong Xunmei sighed slowly, stood up, and her eyes suddenly fell on the slippers.
Tiny flashes of light flashed by.
Without making any sound, he gently kicked the slippers under the bed.
"so close."
Jian Jing returned to her room, took a shower, changed her clothes, and dried her hair when she heard panicked shouts coming from Yang Xiao's villa.
Yang died of laughter.
She had to solve the case.
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Time goes back to the present.
Jian Jing relied on her own memory to roughly arrange the timeline, and then asked others to provide additional explanations.
Kang Mucheng had a good memory and a strong sense of time. He quickly sorted out the trajectory of his actions, most of which overlapped with Si Yingjie's.
At 7:40 in the evening, we went to Si Yingjie's room to drink until 12:30 in the morning. During this time, except for going to the toilet, we hardly left each other's sight.
If you really want to say it, it's very important. Kang Mucheng went out to answer a phone call and talked for eighteen minutes. The call record is very clear.
At midnight, Kang Mucheng and Si Yingjie fell asleep.
Around 12:00 a.m., Kang Mucheng woke up, covered his friend with a blanket, and went back to his room to sleep. He was not woken up until around 6:00 a.m.
The next group is Elena and Yaoyao.
After they finished playing cards, they went to the terrace to watch the stars and drink, and they only separated once.
That was 14:40. They finished the bottle of wine they brought with them. Yaoyao returned to the bar and took a few beers back.
Yaoyao said: "At 10:30, my cell phone alarm rang, which is my usual bedtime. At that time, I said it was getting late and asked if we should go back to rest. Elena said it was a rare opportunity to appreciate the starry sky and wanted to drink more, so we finished the rest of the wine and I went to the bar to get some beer. Who knew that when we got back, Elena was already drunk."
Elena smiled and said, "I woke up when she came back. It should have been 12:45."
"Why do you remember it so clearly?"
"Beer spilled on my phone, and when I wiped it I saw the time."
Yaoyao added: "We drank until about 10 minutes, and I took Elena back to her room. At that time, I happened to see A Xu smoking on the balcony, and he even said hello to her."
Ah Xu nodded: "Yes, I remember this."
Then we started to sort things out with Coach Yin.
The two of them left the restaurant at eight o'clock and stayed together all the time, never separating. At 10:50, Ah Xu called the bar, but the bartender was sent away by Zong Xunmei, so he had to come and get it himself.
I arrived at the bar at about ten o'clock, and returned to the room at... Coach Yin picked up his phone and glanced at Instagram: "I posted a picture after I came back with the wine. Well, it was ten minutes after ten o'clock, so I should have been back around fifteen."
Jian Jing asked: "You live not far from the bar, why did it take you so long to walk?"
"I smoked a cigarette." Ah Xu explained, "Tongtong doesn't like the smell of cigarettes."
Coach Yin nodded to confirm what he said.
Jian Jing was silent and thoughtful.
She discovered that the eight people yesterday were paired up in pairs and could basically testify against each other. Each of them had a period of time that could not be proven, the only difference was the length.
Yes, Zong Xunmei has it too.
When she was drunk, her concept of time was blurred and she might have committed the crime when she lost consciousness.
To find out who the biggest suspect is, we have to go back to the crime scene and investigate the real cause of Yang Xiao's death.
Jian Jing had inspected the crime scene many times and was familiar with it.
I found gloves in the kitchen, took off the shower cap in the bathroom, put on disposable shoe covers, took a stack of sealed bags, added label strips and a tape measure, and then I had all the equipment.
The layout of the water villas is similar. The first floor is an open living room and dining room, and the second floor is a large suite with a bedroom, study, dressing room and bathroom.
Jian Jing first studied the door lock.
Because it is a private island, the network signal is greatly affected by the weather, and the room security is still a mechanical lock cylinder, which is opened by a key.
There are two keys in total, one is with the housekeeper, and the other is on the bedside table in the bedroom.
The door of the suite was equipped with an anti-theft chain. This morning, when the housekeepers opened the door, they were blocked by the chain and were only able to enter after cutting it with a saw.
The bedroom door was not locked and could be opened with a push.
Yang Xiao was wearing silk pajamas, with a faint fragrance lingering on her hair. On the bedside table was a bottle of hair care essential oil, which said to be used when hair is half dry. All these proved that she fell asleep very calmly and there was nothing abnormal.
In addition, there were a glass of water, a bottle of melatonin, and a cell phone on the cabinet. There were call records in the cell phone, and the last call was made by Ah Xu, which was consistent with the confession.
The window beside the bed was ajar, and hot air blew in.
Jian Jing was a little concerned. The central air conditioner was always on in the room, so why was the window open? She leaned over to the window and checked carefully, but found no signs of violent prying.
Looking down, Axu, Yaoyao and two staff members were walking around in the grass below.
"Why are you there?" she asked.
Ah Xu said: "The window was open. We were wondering if a snake had crawled in through the window, so we asked them to check it thoroughly."
Yaoyao also said: "My room is right next to it, I'm afraid of snakes."
"Did you see any snakes?" Jian Jing asked.
The staff shook their heads and said, "No, we rarely see snakes here."
Jian Jing thought silently, although the coral snake is also distributed in hot areas, it has a mild temperament, strong venom, and is not very aggressive.
Yang Xiao was sleeping soundly in bed, and even if a snake really came in, it might not bite her.
But if someone committed murder under the pretext of a poisonous snake, how did they do it
"Sister Yaoyao." She leaned over the window and asked, "Was this window open when you came this morning?"
Yaoyao was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Yes, last night, Xiaoxiao said the room was a little stuffy, so she opened the window to ventilate."
Jian Jing asked: "Isn't the air conditioner on in the room?"
Yaoyao was confused: "It's stuffy only when the air conditioner is on."
Jian Jing: “…Okay.”
I see, rich people don't care about the electricity bill at all.
It seems that the door of the suite was locked and its windows were closed. If it was a murder, the murderer must have climbed in through the window.
But there are no footprints on the windowsill. Was he wearing shoe covers
She went downstairs and went around to the wall outside the window to check. Unfortunately, the staff had just searched for traces of the snake, leaving many disturbing footprints.
However, looking up at the height, Jian Jing felt that it was not difficult to climb up.
Because the ground floor is open in design, with no door, and surrounded by a half low wall and decorated with flowers and trees, it can well balance privacy and ventilation.
After climbing up the low wall, you will be very close to the decorative line of the building. This bulge is enough for you to walk, and after going around half of the house, you can reach the window sill outside the bedroom.
Jian Jing conducted an experiment on her own room and successfully entered.
However, the physical requirements of □□ are relatively high. It is not a big problem for men, but for women, short people like Yaoyao and Coach Yin may not be able to do it.
Elena can.
Jian Jing pondered, and then thought of a question, the time required for the murder is not short, among the people, who has such an opportunity to kill someone
From 10:15 to 10:15, Kang Mucheng and Si Yingjie separated; from 10:18 (two minutes away from 10:40) to 10:45, Yaoyao and Elena separated; from 10:15 to 10:15, Axu and Coach Yin separated.
Also, from 10:30 to 10:45, her memory was fragmented, and Zong Xunmei might not have stayed in the bar the whole time.
Zong Xunmei is the biggest suspect.
With his skills, killing people should be no problem at all.
The question is, what is the motivation
The system prompts that it is polyamory.
Known: Si Yingjie and Yang Xiao were once boyfriend and girlfriend, and he and Elena were ex-husband and wife, A Xu and Coach Yin were boyfriend and girlfriend, Yang Xiao had been engaged for the first time, and her fiancé died.
Where does polyamorous relationship come from? They are all exes.
Is there some unknown branch
Jian Jing decided to ask someone about it.
The first choice is naturally Si Yingjie.
When he talked about Yang Xiao, he could talk endlessly, as if he could talk all day and night.
"Xiaoxiao and I have been dating since college. She is independent, never pretentious, and very capable. At that time, there were many things to do in our club, and she arranged them all clearly. I was... well, I admired girls like her at that time and decided to pursue her immediately.
"In the first two years, we were really good. She didn't care who I was with, and I respected her and didn't mess around with anyone. After graduation, she went to work in the family company, but I wasn't happy with that and continued to pursue my own interests.
"Because of this, we were often apart and gradually started to quarrel. She wanted me to mature and have my own career even if I didn't want to work for the family. In the end, we didn't want to quarrel anymore and thought we were not suitable for each other, so we broke up.
"Her family arranged a blind date for her, and a few years later, she got engaged to the eldest son of the Li family. That guy is a bit like Mu Cheng, ambitious, and planning to take over the family business. I guess they would get along well. Who knew he would die so young? What a pity."
Jian Jing finally got the key information and asked quickly: "Are you familiar with her fiancé?"
Si Yingjie said: "I know him, but not too well. Mu Cheng should have had some contact with him?"
"He is two years older than us. He was said to be very playful when he was young and did all kinds of extreme sports. He almost died once and stayed in the hospital for half a year. But he settled down after he came out." Kang Mucheng knew it more clearly.
Jian Jing hesitated for a moment, but still asked: "So, Yang Xiao only had two romantic experiences, with Brother Yingjie and her fiancé?"
Si Yingjie frowned: "Why are you asking this?"
"There are generally only two reasons for murder: love killing or revenge killing." Jian Jing did not hide anything, "I want to know who Yang Xiao has a grudge against, and whether he has any emotional disputes with that person."
A look of hesitation flashed across Si Yingjie's face, as if he remembered something.
Jian Jing asked sharply, "Is it Brother Xu or Sister Yaoyao, or rather, Elena?"
The only people who could make Si Yingjie hesitate were probably these two friends and his ex-wife.
"A Xu pursued Xiao Xiao, but that was when we were in college." He said slowly, "Actually, I suspect Elena."
Jian Jing: “Oh?”
Si Yingjie rarely showed hesitation, half-hiding and half-revealing: "To be honest, I always feel that Elena is not very strong."