"You're in Yanjiao, you know that place? It's outside Beijing, in Hebei Province, more than 70 kilometers away from where you live! Unless you can fly, you wouldn't be able to get there in time when the murder happened!"
"Yanjiao?!" I wondered why I'd never seen that temple in Beijing, and now it's in this place?! I've already walked over 70 kilometers while following the paper figure?! "And the trouble is, you can't clear your name at all. Look at what's on your chest. I'll give you a few more photos. Get ready."
Lei Yu's words made my heart sink to the bottom. The black hand that appeared in my chest last night made me feel suffocated. Lei Yu's words made it seem even worse.
Lei Yu handed me a thick envelope, which I took, opened, and randomly pulled out a photo.
"That's impossible!"
The photos are of corpses. I've seen so many dead bodies these past few days that I'm a bit numb; corpses don't really shock me anymore. But what I find unbelievable is that these corpses have black hands on their chests that look exactly like mine! "According to regulations, you can't see these things, but I have some small privileges, and I think you need to know about these things."
Lei Yu came over, poured the photo from the envelope onto the table, spread it out, and pointed it out to me.
"This belongs to Long Yeqing, this belongs to... Lao Xing, and these belong to the two victims from yesterday."
"Do you know what the police think of me?" I shook my head. How would I know what the police thought of me?
Lei Yu revealed a mocking smile and spoke with a sarcastic tone.
"They believe you did all of this. The only question is how you did it. Someone has already applied to extend your time limit and then intensify the interrogation to find out something."
"How could I have done it!" I protested loudly. Lei Yu picked at his ear, made a gesture that said, "You've deafened me," and pressed his hand down.
"I'm sorry, this is already the most reasonable explanation."
If it were me in the past, I would have labeled you with those tags too: a psychopathic criminal with an extreme desire to perform, who enjoys staging elaborate scenarios for the police, and loves watching the police's exasperated and helpless expressions.
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