Chapter 30 The Murderer

In the logic of the melon-eating system, Wen Yue is equivalent to a medium. The system can obtain the past and future of anyone who catches her eye through her eyes.

But this is not absolute. The information the system can obtain has priority.

Because this world is a novel, the system can most easily obtain the past and future of characters who have appeared in the original novel.

For example, Lin Yongkang, because he is a brother-in-law of Yi Huai, although he has a small role in the original novel, he has also appeared several times. So after checking in on him, the information received by the system includes not only the fact that he learned about his life experience, which has already happened, but also whether he hired a murderer.

But if it is someone who has not appeared in the original novel, the information received by the system only includes their past, just like the Zheng family, the melons that Wen Yue revealed are all things that happened in the past.

In addition, if the characters in the original novel change in the future, the system will not be able to know the future of this person, just like Zhou Baoyi. After Wen Yue revealed in advance that she cheated on Wen Rongsheng, the system could not find out her future.

At the same time, the information received by the system from the melon owner is not detailed. Basically, it only contains important events in the life of the melon owner, such as birth, school, love, marriage, and the melons that were revealed.

The reason is simple. In Wen Yue's view, the melon-eating system is fantasy, but in its own world, it is the result of technological progress. Therefore, the melon-eating system also has memory, and will not put everything into the storage space. Those unimportant information will be automatically filtered out.

In addition, the part involving the fate of others that the melon owner is not directly involved in will also be automatically filtered, because this is the function of the fortune-telling system, and the melon-eating system does not load it.

After figuring out these rules, the reason why Yi Dong and Zhou Xiaobing were not together in the original book, and even the Zhou family could not see the reason, came out.

Because Zhou Xiaobing died.

Although the people sitting at this table are closely related to Zhou Xiaobing, they are not the direct persons involved in Zhou Xiaobing's death, so through them, the system cannot see Zhou Xiaobing's future.

Correspondingly, he had no way of knowing the specific reason why the matchmaking of Yi Dong and Zhou Xiaobing was left unresolved.

While Wen Yue was thinking, Zhou Xiaobing had already walked to this table.

Zhou Dasao immediately stepped forward and held her wrist, pulled her in front of the Yi brothers, and said with a smile: "Xiaobing, come on, say hello to your brother Yi and his wife and brother Adong."

When Wen Yue heard this, she felt that Zhou Dasao was a wonderful person!

Her way of addressing Yi Huai's brother may not seem like much at first glance, but it is actually very learned. Calling Yi Huai

"Brother Yi" sounds respectful, but not too intimate, which can create distance and avoid misunderstanding. Calling Yi Dong "Brother Dong" has the opposite effect, which is less respectful but more intimate. After all, when men and women get together, they start by getting closer.

Zhou Xiaobing obviously understood what her sister-in-law meant, and she looked a little embarrassed, but she was not a shrinking person. She still greeted the three people openly and shouted, "Hello, sister-in-law of Brother Yi, hello, second brother Yi!"

Hearing her sister-in-law addressing Yi Dong, Zhou's sister-in-law was a little dissatisfied, but she couldn't show it in front of the Yi family, so she could only smile and say, "The girl has grown up and knows how to be shy."

Yi Huai was a man, so it was difficult for him to say much. Yi Dong, needless to say, after greeting, he looked at her nose and nose and looked at her heart, afraid to look at Zhou Xiaobing more.

Wen Yue stepped forward and said, "I think Xiaobing has a good personality and is quiet." After that, she looked at Zhou Xiaobing carefully, "She is also beautiful, I like her at first sight."

With Wen Yue coming out to smooth things over, the atmosphere quickly relaxed, and Zhou Er's sister-in-law also spoke up at the right time to remind them that the meal could start.

So everyone went back to their seats, but Brother Zhou stood up and went out to instruct the employees to set off firecrackers.

As the firecrackers rang, Zhou Shirong stood up with a glass of wine in his hand, thanked everyone who came to celebrate his birthday, and recalled the past. He drank the wine in his glass until tears streamed down his face.

The others followed suit. Wen Yue's glass was filled with juice, and she drank it without any pressure. While listening to Yi Huai toasting Zhou Shirong, she asked the system in her mind about the doubts about Zhou Xiaobing's murder: [You just said that Zhou Xiaobing was the sixth victim of the recent serial murder case? ]

[Yes. ]

[But haven't there been only three murders recently? ]

[No, there were only three victims. 】

Wen Yue's face sank: [You mean, there are still two bodies that have not been found? ]

[Yes. ]

[Do you know where they are buried? ]

[I don't know. The murderer told Zhou Xiaobing about this before he killed the person, but he didn't mention the burial place of the other two bodies. I want to know the specific address...]

Without listening, Wen Yue knew what the system was going to say next, and said helplessly: [I have to meet the murderer first, right? ]

[Yes. ]

Wen Yue thought to herself that it was confirmed that this was a serial killer, and she was still rushing to meet him. Isn't that like an old man eating arsenic and frost and thinking that his life is too long?

There is no need to think about this path, it was directly PASSED... Oh, that's not right!

Wen Yue remembered and asked: [Can you get a photo of the murderer? 】

【Okay, but I only have photos of him kidnapping and killing Zhou Xiaobing. 】

Wen Yue couldn't help but frown. This is indeed a bit troublesome.

In Zhou Xiaobing's predetermined fate, her time of death is tomorrow night. In other words, the system can only get photos of the future.

Even if Zhou Xiaobing is killed and only the murderer is left, the police may not think there is anything wrong with the photos at first, but if they investigate further, they may be able to detect doubts about the source of the photos.

The melon-eating system is Wen Yue's biggest reliance at present, and she doesn't want to expose... No, wait!

Wen Yue suddenly realized that she seemed to have entered a misunderstanding.

Although she was bound to the system, it was just a spectator system, and its role in the murder case was very limited. She was just an ordinary citizen, and there was no need for her to take on so much responsibility and kill the murderer all at once.

She only needed to get a photo of the murderer and send it to the police station, and the police would take over the rest.

Thinking of this, Wen Yue asked: [For the photo I bought, can you only cut out the murderer, process the background, and disguise it as an ID photo? ]

[Sure. ] This job was not difficult for the system, and it was not against the rules, so it agreed very readily.

[I bought a photo, but don't give it to me. Send it directly to the person in charge of the nearest police station in charge of this case. Write another letter...]

Wen Yue pondered for a moment and said, [The content is to write that this is a serial murder plan carried out by a rich man to save his life, the criteria for selecting targets, and the next target is Zhou Xiaobing. This letter is sent to me at the Yi family.]

Mailing is a function that the system applied for development at Wen Yue's strong request.

The reason why Wen Yue strongly requested the development of this function is also very simple. As the commotion becomes bigger and bigger, more and more people will pay attention to her. In order not to expose the system, she must set a reasonable source of information for the melons that are exposed. The

source of information she set is the contributions of enthusiastic people.

Since it is a contribution, there must be a mailing record, otherwise there will be many doubts when checking. In order to meet this point, she also asked Huang Zhihao to publish the information of the public solicitation of melons in the "Dongjiang Entertainment News", so that it would be more difficult for the people who were offended later to investigate.

After the mailing function is activated, Wen Yue can choose any address to receive the mail. It is very convenient to send it to herself or directly to the police station. The only difference is that the address has different cost. After

exchanging the evidence and sending it out, Wen Yue finally felt relieved and could pay more attention to the people at the banquet.

Of course, Zhou Xiaobing was the one who distracted her the most. In fact, her facial features were not gorgeous, and her temperament was also light. She was quiet and pure, just like the white moonlight in the novel.

She didn't talk much at the banquet, but she always had a smile on her face. She was neither attentive nor cold, but very comfortable. She was generous and talked freely. It can also be seen that her personality is not as soft as her appearance. In fact, she is quite opinionated.

I heard that her grades were not bad. After graduating from high school, she was admitted to the University of Hong Kong, majoring in business. If she can survive, even if she is not with Yi Dong, her future will not be bad.

But life is unpredictable. In the original novel, her life stopped at the age of 20.

Wen Yue suddenly remembered something: [Tong, that's not right. You said this is a serial murder case, but I have read the relevant reports about the first few victims. They were not abused before their deaths. Some of the victims did not reveal any signs of tying their hands and feet. Why is there such a big difference between the killing process before and after the same murderer? ]

[According to the information found, although the three victims found had no signs of being tied, the first victim had a bruise on his forehead, and the third victim was drugged. The other three died between 11 pm and 1 am. According to the process of Zhou Xiaobing's murder, it is reasonable to suspect that the exact time of death was 12 o'clock in the middle of the night. 】

The system checked the data and said, 【In addition, when Zhou Xiaobing was first kidnapped, the murderer did not do anything to her. He moved her to a dilapidated house and took action only after seeing her appearance clearly. It is very likely that he acted on impulse. 】

The reason given by the system convinced Wen Yue that being beautiful is a good thing, but sometimes it is easy for bad people to target you.

Although, the reason why Zhou Xiaobing was kidnapped had nothing to do with her appearance.

Wen Yue thought and asked: 【What was the murderer's motive for killing people? 】

【During the process of Zhou Xiaobing's murder, the murderer said, 'You can only blame your bad luck. You were born on this day. I took money to do the job and I can't let you go.' 】 【

So, the murderer was hired. Wen Yue looked at Zhou Xiaobing and asked in confusion, "Is there anything special about Zhou Xiaobing's date of birth?"

The year she was born was not special, but the date was the 15th day of the seventh lunar month. It is said that this is the day when the gates of hell are wide open, so people born on this day in novels are basically extremely yin, with shallow horoscopes and easy to have their lives changed.

Wen Yue remembered the gossip she had heard in her previous life. It is said that many wealthy people in Hong Kong believe in metaphysics and will spend a lot of money to support metaphysics masters and ask them to change Feng Shui to protect their wealth. Even those wealthy people who have lived long lives have more or less legends of extending their lives.

However, Wen Yue was born in the mainland in her previous life and was a small figure. The relevant information came from gossip on the Internet. The truth was unknown and the specific inside story became a mystery. Therefore, she did not know whether the matter was true or not, and whether those wealthy people did anything evil when extending their lives.

But now hearing the system say this, Wen Yue instantly remembered those rumors and asked: [When were the other dead born? ]

[Here, let me check. ] The system quickly found the information and said, [They were all born on the 15th day of the seventh month, and the female white-collar worker who died first was twelve years older than Zhou Xiaobing, and the first dead person who was found was also twelve years older than the second dead person. ]

Wen Yue didn't understand metaphysics, but she had seen ghost movies and metaphysical novels!

In domestic film and television novels with ghosts and gods, the number twelve is not unknown. There are twelve earthly branches, twelve hours in a day, and twelve zodiac signs.

So in many works, twelve is always related to reincarnation, an end, or a beginning.

In these cases, which were most likely caused by the wealthy killing people in order to save their lives or prolong their lives, there was a twelve-year age difference between the four victims, and the second victim was exactly forty-eight years older than the third.

Considering what the system said, Zhou Xiaobing was the sixth victim, it was terrifying to think about it!

"What's wrong?"

Wen Yue was feeling a chill on her back when she suddenly heard a man's voice in her ear. She was so scared that her hands trembled, and she looked to the side and looked towards the source of the voice, but happened to meet Yi Huai's surprised eyes.

Wen Yue came back to her senses, took a long breath and said, "Sorry, I was distracted just now."

"It's okay," Yi Huai asked in a low voice, "Are you bored? Let's sit for

a while and then leave?" "No need." Wen Yue shook her head quickly, and then felt that she was too excited, and explained, "It's rare for you to come here, it's okay to stay a little longer."

Then she looked to the left and front, and there was a little girl in front of Zhou Xiaobing. She was holding a bowl of sweet soup and feeding the child in front of her one spoonful at a time. Her expression was gentle and her movements were gentle. She was completely unaware of the impending crisis.

With Wen Yue's words, Yi Huai was not in a hurry to leave. When the banquet was about to end, she used the excuse of going to the toilet to ask Zhou Xiaobing if she could help lead the way.

The Zhou family was bent on bringing Zhou Xiaobing and Yi Dong together, so they were naturally happy that she had a good relationship with Wen Yue. So before she could answer, Zhou Ersao who was sitting next to her said, "Of course no problem! Xiaobing, take Miss Wen over there."

Zhou Xiaobing had no objection in the first place, and when she heard her second sister-in-law agree for her, she naturally would not refuse. She stood up and said, "Sister-in-law Yi, come with me."

Wen Yue followed her to the bathroom and said on the way, "You don't have to be so polite and call me Sister-in-law Yi. My given name is Yue, so you can just call me A Yue."

Zhou Xiaobing knew that Wen Yue was the daughter of the richest man. She was surprised by her approachable manner and hesitated, and asked, "Then can I call you Sister Yue?"

"That's fine."

As they were talking, they arrived at the bathroom door.

This is the headquarters of Zhouji Restaurant. Because of its good location and good quality, many companies nearby come here to meet clients or hold meetings. In order to retain these customers, the restaurant has to be renovated every few years. The last renovation was two years ago, and most of the changes were in the bathroom.

The new bathroom is much bigger than the old one. There is a row of sinks outside. Inside, there are male and female toilets. The female toilet has four cubicles. Incense is lit outside the cubicles, and the smell is not bad.

After entering the female toilet, Wen Yue and Zhou Xiaobing went into a cubicle each, but the conversation between the two did not end. When they came out of the bathroom, she had already figured out Zhou Xiaobing's schedule for the next week.

Zhou Xiaobing is indeed quiet and doesn't like to go out. Because she lives at home, she basically goes back and forth between home and school on weekdays. On weekends, she occasionally goes out with classmates to watch a movie or visit a bookstore. The schedule is very simple.

Tomorrow is Tuesday. Zhou Xiaobing has more classes on this day, so she will stay in school all day and leave school after six o'clock.

In the original novel, she was taken away by the murderer on her way home from school.

Wen Yue thought before that she sent the murderer's photo to the police station. After receiving the letter, the police in charge of the case would definitely bring people to the police station for questioning, whether they believed it or not.

The murderer has been hiding until now, not because he is so powerful, but because he has no relationship with the victims. Anyone

who has watched crime movies will know that the more such cases have nothing to do with the murderer and the victim, the harder it is to solve. Moreover, there was no Skynet at that time, and there were not many cameras, so the murderer could hide himself more easily.

But once the murderer is exposed, everything will be simple if you follow his timeline.

As long as the police can pay attention to the photos she sent to the police station, identify the murderer based on the photos as soon as possible, and arrest him, Zhou Xiaobing's crisis will naturally be resolved.

But that was Wen Yue's previous thought. After knowing that this series of murders may involve wealthy people and metaphysics, she felt that things might not be so easy to resolve.

The reason is simple. The wealthy man behind has killed five people in order to exchange/continue his life. It can be seen that he is cruel and ruthless. Such a person will never stop easily before achieving his goal.

The rich man has money. If he can bribe the first person to kill for him, he can bribe the second person to continue to be his knife.

So as long as the rich man behind is not caught, Zhou Xiaobing's life danger cannot be eliminated.

Intellectually, Wen Yue felt that this matter was difficult to handle. The water behind these murders was too deep. The most vicious melon owner she had checked in before was Lin Yongkang, who was also a man who dared to buy murder.

But Lin Yongkang had many concerns and an unstable foundation. Exposing his life experience was equivalent to removing his claws, so that he could not implement any vicious ideas.

But this serial murder case was different. She still didn't know who was behind it, how powerful he was, and how many people he could use.

Wen Yue didn't know what kind of vicious revenge she would suffer from the other party after she stood up.

But emotionally, she couldn't stand by and watch when she knew that Zhou Xiaobing was dying, because she already knew Zhou Xiaobing and talked to her. Zhou Xiaobing was no longer a name, but a living person.

There is another reason. As the saying goes, "wealth and honor are sought in danger." Although the rich man behind this melon is unscrupulous and really dares to kill people, the more such melons are, the greater the benefits can be obtained.

Since the body of the female white-collar worker was found, major news media have been reporting it non-stop for nearly a week, and basically all of them are front-page headlines. People are

also talking about this matter on the streets and alleys. The dead have been found in Sanming this month! Who can not be afraid after hearing about it? Worried that you will be the next one to be killed?

Haven't you seen that there are fewer young masters and rich girls going out to play during this period?

So even if this melon has nothing to do with Wen Yue for the time being, she has no way of knowing how many people have eaten the melon, but if she uses her brain a little, she can think that there will be a lot of people eating melons.

Even so, the police still don't have enough evidence to prove that these three cases are serial murders.

If she can get more evidence to prove that it is a serial murder case, or even dig out the rich man behind it, how much melon value can she earn? Wen Yue simply dare not imagine it!

Of course, you can take risks, but you must first ensure your personal safety. You can't take risks without thinking, otherwise, when the melon value is not warmed up, people will be killed, and there will be no place to cry.

So before the person behind the scenes comes out, she has to hide first, and the first bird to come out will be shot. But you can't shrink too much, because it's easy to miss important information.

At this time, Zhou Xiaobing is very important.

She is the next target. If you can follow her, you may have a chance to contact the murderer.

The problem is that she can't be alone with Zhou Xiaobing, she is afraid of death, and she must bring bodyguards with her to participate in such a dangerous matter.

With so many people, it is a question whether the people behind the scenes will arrange someone to kill Zhou Xiaobing.

But it is also a good thing not to come. Although she can't win the melon value, she has saved someone after all, which can be regarded as accumulating merit, right? If the murder is interrupted, it will be better if the rich man behind the scenes can be forced to abandon the plan, maybe more people can be spared. After

making up her mind, Wen Yue said to Zhou Shirong and his wife before leaving: "Xiaobing and I get along well. I wonder if we can invite her to live at home for a few days?"

Yi Dong immediately looked at Yi Huai when he heard it. He suspected that this was his eldest brother's counterattack against what he said last night. Yi Huai received his gaze but just shrugged, indicating that he knew nothing.

The Zhou family was also stunned for a moment, until Zhou's wife was the first to react: "Of course no problem! Xiaobing must be willing, right?" "

I..." Zhou Xiaobing certainly didn't dislike Wen Yue, and even had a good impression of her, but after all, they met for the first time, and they didn't talk for long even if they got along well.

Moreover, she knew what her family was thinking, and she also saw that Yi Dong was not interested in her. If she went there in such a hurry... She hesitated and said, "I have to go to school tomorrow."

Wen Yue saw Zhou Xiaobing's hesitation, but she didn't intend to comply with her wishes. She pretended not to notice and said, "It's okay. I haven't been to school for a long time. I will take you to school tomorrow and take a look around the school. We will go home together in the evening."

Zhou Ersao asked, "Miss Wen also went to Hong Kong University?"

"Yes, I should be Xiaobing's senior."

"Oh, what a coincidence!" Mrs. Zhou said immediately, "Since we are so destined, Xiaobing, don't hesitate, stay for a few days and come back."

Seeing that Wen Yue sincerely invited Zhou Xiaobing, Yi Huai said, "Xiaobing, stay for a few days, and I will arrange someone to send you back." After

Yi Huai spoke, Zhou Shirong stopped being silent and asked his wife to go back to help his daughter pack her luggage.

So, the matter was settled.

...

At half past eight, a row of cars drove into the gate of the Yi family.

As soon as the car stopped at the gate of the villa, Yi Dong pushed the door and got out of the car with a dark face. Without saying hello, he walked directly to the villa on the other side.

Zhou Xiaobing was very sensitive to emotions. She guessed that Yi Dong might be angry because of her arrival, and her expression became uneasy.

Wen Yue saw him and said, "You are my guest, don't worry about others."

Yi Huai, who got off the car later, heard this and said, "Your sister-in-law is right." He asked housekeeper Liu to take Zhou Xiaobing to the room.

Wen Yue was afraid that Zhou Xiaobing would not adapt to the strange place, so she followed him to the room.

The Yi family has many rooms. The house where Yi Huai and Wen Yue live alone has six bedrooms, two study rooms, a reception room, and an entertainment room.

Zhou Xiaobing's room was arranged next to Wen Yue's room. The layout of the two rooms is similar, but Zhou Xiaobing's room is a guest room and is relatively smaller.

But it is only relative. If compared with Zhou Xiaobing's room at home, this room is very spacious. She didn't feel dissatisfied after walking in.

"As long as you like it," Wen Yue said, raising her hand and pointing to the left, "My room is next door. If you have anything to say, just knock on the door."

"Okay."

"Then I'll go back to my room first if there's nothing else? I'll come talk to you later?"

Zhou Xiaobing said quickly, "Okay, go ahead."

...

When Wen Yue and the others got home, Li Chengbang, a sergeant from the Criminal Investigation Team A of Wan Chai Police Station, had just received a letter from his colleague. But Li Chengbang didn't have the heart to read the letter at this time, as he was having a headache over the "Wan Chai Park Murder Case."

It had been five days since the female corpse was found in Wan Chai Park, oh, today would be six days, and the investigation team he led still had no clues.

The murderer was so cunning that he left very little information. They even knew that there were similarities in several recent cases, such as the victims died at a similar time, or they were tied up or unconscious for a period of time before they died, but because these evidences were not strong enough, they could not merge the cases.

The police did not merge the cases, but the outside world continued to speculate. The three consecutive murders made the citizens of Hong Kong feel insecure. They were increasingly dissatisfied with the speed of the police investigation, and the pressure on the police top management was also increasing.

As the sergeant in charge of this case, Li Chengbang naturally had a heavy burden on his shoulders.

In fact, he had not returned home in the week after the female corpse was found in Wan Chai Park. Every day he was either brainstorming with his team members at the police station, or running field work to look for clues.

But now, there is nothing.

Because of his irritability, Li Chengbang couldn't help scratching his head.

The old police officer Uncle Zhuang, who was sitting next to him, saw it, stood up, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, investigating a case is like writing. The more you think about it, the less clues you have, but sometimes when you relax, you may have a flash of inspiration and a clue will come."

"I don't want to keep thinking about it, but..."

Li Chengbang didn't say anything else. He sat there expressionlessly for a while. In the end, he decided to listen to the old police officer and stood up to pour a glass of water.

After drinking water and returning to his desk, his eyes fell on the envelope on the table. He remembered that his colleague had joked that it was sent by a fan when he brought the envelope in. He couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly. He was about to be scolded by the angry citizens. How could there be any fans!

Although he thought so, Li Chengbang still reached out and picked up the envelope. He saw that the six words "An anonymous fan" were indeed written on the front of the sender column.

Tearing open the pasted envelope, Li Chengbang found that there was only one photo inside.

The photo was not big, like an ID photo, with a white background. The person was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties. His hair was a little long, covering his eyebrows. His facial features were ordinary, his skin was slightly dark, and his eyes looked a little wooden at first glance, but a little fierce and murderous at a closer look.

Could this... be his "fan"?

Li Chengbang thought about it and casually turned over the back of the photo. He was stunned when he saw it, because it said on the back of the photo that the murderer of the Wan Chai Park murder case was him!

The police officers in the same group knew that the letter was sent by his "fans". Seeing him holding the photo, one police officer jokingly asked: "Brother Bang, what are you looking at? Did your fans send you their own photos?"

As he said that, he came over and was stunned when he saw the words on the photo. Then he said with a smile: "What? Is this a prank?"

After saying that, he saw the expression on Li Chengbang's face and asked hesitantly: "Brother Bang, you don't really believe it, do you? We have been investigating for so long and have not found any clues. How can the murderer be found so easily? The photo sent is an ID photo. This must be someone the murderer knows?" He couldn't help laughing as he said that.

Obviously, he thought his guess was too far-fetched.

If the murderer was so careless that he was discovered to have committed a murder by an acquaintance, how could they have found nothing after investigating for so long?

If the photo was not sent by an acquaintance, where did the other party get the ID photo? It doesn't make sense logically!

Li Chengbang understood what they meant at the same time. He found it difficult to believe that the photo was real, but this case might have driven him crazy, and he couldn't help but believe the sender emotionally.

What if? If this was really the murderer, and he did nothing because he didn't believe it, causing the truth to be buried, how much regret he would have in retrospect!

After finding a reason to believe, Li Chengbang stared at the photo and said, "Anyway, we don't have any clues now. Instead of thinking hard here, we might as well check along the clues in the photo." After that, he no longer hesitated and quickly assigned work to his police officers.

At 11:00 the next morning, the suspect in the photo was arrested.

At 3:30 pm, the investigation of the "Wan Chai Park Murder Case" finally made a major breakthrough!