Chapter 223: Weird Ideas for Solving the Case
Li Qihan's voice was like a sedative, which gradually calmed Xia Lili's pounding heart.
Xia Lili told Li Qihan in detail the doomed scene she saw when she looked at Bai Man.
She rubbed her swollen temples: "There is no clear time clue in the hallucination..."
A sudden thought struck her, and she straightened up. "But they were watching a movie! I heard an English line."
"Also," she continued, "when Qu Xian hit Bai Man with the ashtray, there was a very passionate orchestral music in the background, and after the music ended, there was another line of dialogue."
Xia Lili's eyes suddenly lit up, and she clapped her hands together unconsciously: "If we can find out which movie they watched..."
"Based on the specific time points when the lines and music appeared, can we infer the time of the crime?"
Li Qihan's eyes flickered slightly, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly for a moment, "That's a very clever idea."
He snatched the empty water cup from Xia Lili's hand and asked, "So, what exactly was that English line you just heard?"
Xia Lili scratched her head. She hadn't spoken English for a long time.
However, after the high fever, her memory improved a lot, and she could clearly remember the detailed information in the real and hallucination scenes.
She stumbled over her words: "We used to look up at the sky and wonder at our place in the stars..."
Xia Lili racked her brains to recall the lines from the movie, stammering out a few English words, and her face turned red with embarrassment after she finished speaking.
Li Qihan did not have the slightest intention of mocking him. His eyes, which were always cold, were now incredibly gentle.
He gave her a slight nod for her to continue.
The encouragement in his eyes made Xia Lili's heart skip a beat for some reason.
I saw his slender fingers sliding quickly across the phone screen. After typing a string of English, a magnificent orchestral music slowly flowed out from the speakers.
Xia Lili held her breath. When the familiar drum beats and climax melody sounded, she excitedly grabbed Li Qihan's wrist and said, "That's it! Exactly the same song!"
Li Qihan continued to ask, "When Qu Xian regained consciousness after killing someone, what did he say in the movie was 'Don't go gentle into that good night'?"
His English pronunciation is clear and crisp, and he pronounces every word accurately, like a standard male voice in a listening test.
Xia Lili nodded excitedly: "Captain Li, do you know what movie they are watching?"
"It's a highly rated science fiction film called Interstellar. It's included in the movie lists of many video websites."
Li Qihan opened the video player software and said, "Let's check the line you heard in the movie and the time when this orchestral music appeared. That way we can know when Qu Xian took action."
The two of them checked the timetable and quickly figured out the time when Qu Xian would take action.
The first line of dialogue appears at two minutes and thirty seconds into the film, and the orchestral music of Qu Xian hitting someone with an ashtray appears at one hour and forty-eight minutes.
Xia Lili knocked on the door at 23:37, so Qu Xian committed the crime at around 01:22!
Li Qihan glanced down at his watch, and the hands pointed exactly to 00:02 midnight.
"There's still one hour and twenty minutes before the crime happens." He said in a deep voice.
Xia Lili's heart beat faster. The methods of solving the case were really bizarre. This time, they actually used the movie time to infer the time of the crime. She felt like she had opened up a new world.
Thinking of Li Qihan's praise, this man used to say that he never praises others. He is not a teacher who teaches kindergarten children.
However, Captain Li has been praising people quite frequently recently!
Xia Lili was secretly happy, she shouldn't be considered a rookie!
"Everyone, attention! Security is being deployed on the third floor."
Li Qihan gave a brief order into the communicator.
Time flows slowly in the heavy air, and every second seems to be stretched out extraordinarily long.
At one o'clock in the morning, police officers came to the door of 305 and staked out. Luo Xiao's ear was already pressed against the door.
Luo Xiao was listening while sending messages in the police group.
[There's already a quarrel going on inside the house.]
[It's great to have Xiao Xia, the humanoid detector, here. We don't have to worry about the door being opened from the inside.]
After Luo Xiao sent the message, he took out the lock-picking tools and began to pry the lock skillfully.
Xia Lili was shocked: "So the police can also pick locks?"
Luo Xiao was at a loss for words: "Don't talk about picking the lock, it's called taking measures to prevent crime."
It only takes half a minute for a skilled policeman to open a simple mechanical lock.
Xia Lili was stunned to see Luo Xiao pry open the lock so quickly and gave him a thumbs up.
If I don’t have my keys with me next time, can I ask Luo Xiao to unlock the door?
Gradually, the quarrel inside the door became louder and louder.
Xia Lili and others standing outside the door could hear it clearly.
The countdown numbers on the mobile phone screen kept jumping. When the scarlet numbers jumped to "01:21:49", Bai Man's fatal words "You psychopath" just happened to come through the door!
It’s exactly the same as in the illusion!
Xia Lili's eyes flashed, and she shouted, "Captain Li, it's now!"
Li Qihan kicked the door open and pointed his weapon inside: "Police! Put down your weapons!"
Qu Xian was seen holding up a heavy square glass ashtray, with a ferocious expression frozen on his face.
Bai Man's pupils suddenly shrank when she was lying on the ground. She was shocked to realize that if the heavy weapon fell, her head would be broken and bleeding.
"Are you crazy?! This could kill someone!"
She screamed and crawled behind the police officer.
Li Qihan took a quick step forward, neatly handcuffed Qu Xian's arms behind his back, and handcuffed him with a "click".
"How could you..."
Qu Xian's face turned pale and his voice trembled as he realized what he had just done.
Luo Xiao shook the police call log: "The resident of room 305 called the police to report that there was an armed fight."
He glanced at his phone, which was still counting down, and said, "Looks like we've arrived just in time!"
Luo Xiao grabbed Qu Xian by the collar and shouted, "You almost killed someone! You lunatic!"
Bai Man curled up in the corner, trembling, his face pale. "Police comrades, quickly put this lunatic in a mental hospital! I...I don't want to see him again!"
Xia Lili frowned and looked at Li Qihan: "After Qu Xian was taken away, do we need to notify his family?"
Li Qihan's eyes were stern as he said to Luo Xiao, "Contact Cao Shiliu."
He paused, "She has the right to know the true character of her husband who concealed his history of mental illness."
"What?"
Bai Man raised her head abruptly, her voice rising sharply, "Call her over? What should I do then?"
Luo Xiao spread his hands and said, "Extramarital affairs are not our business. However, we are very familiar with the crime of intentional injury."
"What extramarital affair!"
Bai Man screamed excitedly, "When Qu Xian and I were together, they weren't even married yet!"
This sentence contained a huge amount of information, which instantly made the scene quiet.
Luo Xiao silently flipped through the information and called Cao Shiliu.
Because he lived nearby, Cao Shiliu arrived extremely quickly.
This chapter quotes: Interstellar lines/
"Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night" by Welsh writer Dylan Thomas
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