Chapter 452 Finding Clues
Before he could finish his words, he was taken away by Xiao Yuehan.
Yi Mu: "Why are you stopping me? I'm telling the truth."
Xiao Yuehan: "Of course I know what you want to say, but I'm afraid you'll be arrested again before you finish. You know you just came out of there without me reminding you, right?"
Yi Mu had nothing to say and could only follow Xiao Yuehan's instructions.
They went to the monitoring room and asked the staff to retrieve the surveillance videos of the past few days, but were told that they had been taken away by the police.
They had no clues but they didn't want to return empty-handed, so Xiao Yuehan and Yi Mu planned to try their luck everywhere in the hotel.
When they came to the hotel bar to drink, a strange man caught Yi Mu's attention.
Everyone was a little tipsy, but he seemed the most sober. Most bars were places for relaxation and sex. Everyone was hugging each other, singing, and playing games. Some even took the opportunity to dance after a few drinks to get the courage. However, he seemed to be not interested in drinking and was only staring at other people's butts.
At first, Yi Mu thought that he might be a pervert who wanted to molest people or take secret photos, but in the end he found that he would also stare at other people's wallets.
In a short while, he had succeeded several times without being discovered. He seemed quite satisfied with his performance that night. When he was about to leave with satisfaction, Yi Mu and Xiao Yuehan took him to the men's restroom, put up a maintenance sign outside, and locked the door.
Yi Mu searched the thief thoroughly and found a total of 12 wallets of various sizes on him. He roughly estimated that there were about 20,000 to 30,000 yuan in cash.
"Wow, you stole quite a lot! I've been observing you for a long time, and your movements are so skillful, you must be a habitual offender, right?"
The thief said: "Brother, let's talk it out nicely. Our acquaintance is a kind of fate. Since I have been caught by you, I will accept it. Everyone goes out to seek wealth, and I will consider these things as a filial gift to you. Please leave a way out so that we can meet again in the future. Can you let me go?"
Xiao Yuehan picked up a long wallet and knocked on his head: "With such good eloquence, why don't you become a lawyer? Being a thief is really unfair to you. You think you can bribe us with such a small amount of money? Do you think you are beggars?"
Thief: "No, no, what do you mean, brother?"
Xiao Yuehan: "I think you have the guts to do more than just steal things here, right?"
Thief: "Um... this... that..."
Xiao Yuehan: "You're not being honest, are you? Then don't say anything. I'll just send you to the police station! I won't have to nag you anymore."
The thief got anxious when he heard this: "Brother, I have elderly people and children at home waiting for me to go back and take care of them! What you are doing is like trying to kill me. I don't mind going to jail, but those mouths at home are waiting for me to feed them!"
Xiao Yuehan: "Tell me honestly, do you often go into the room to steal things?"
Thief: "That's right."
Xiao Yuehan: "Then how did you get into the room and steal things?"
Thief: "I climbed in through the vents. The ceilings of all the rooms in this hotel are the same, so I used that to get into each room and steal things. But there have been murders in the hotel these days, so I had to stay quiet for a while and go to the bar to steal the wallets of those drunks."
Xiao Yuehan: "Did you see what happened that day?"
Thief: "Of course not... Really not, I definitely didn't lie to you."
Xiao Yuehan: "Have you thought it through? Really not."
The thief lowered his head and said guiltily: "No, really not."
Xiao Yuehan: "If you have no use for me, why should I keep you? Just send you to the police station immediately."
Thief: "Brother, what do you want? What do I have to do in order for you to let me go?"
Xiao Yuehan pulled Yi Mu over.
"To be honest, this is my brother. He's been wrongly accused of being the murderer that day. I just won't believe it no matter what..."
Before Xiao Yuehan could finish, the thief rushed to answer: "You are right this time. Your brother really didn't kill anyone."
Xiao Yuehan: "Didn't you see it? Then how do you know he didn't kill anyone?"
The thief realized he had let something slip, and he slapped himself in the face: "What does this have to do with me? Why are you talking so much? Big brother, please don't be offended. I was just guessing just now, and I'm not really sure myself."
Xiao Yuehan: "Go on, keep talking! I'll see how long you can keep pretending. My brother is going to jail soon anyway, so I'll put you in there with him!"
Thief: "Big brother, you can't do this."
Xiao Yuehan: "Why not? My brother has to go to jail even though he didn't do anything. You deserve it for stealing so many things."
The thief knelt down and said, "Brother, please let me go! I will tell you everything I saw and give you justice. Please let me go! Actually, I saw everything from the ceiling up there that day. In fact, it wasn't your brother who killed that unfortunate young man, but someone else."
Xiao Yuehan: "Then are you willing to go to the police station to testify for my brother?"
Thief: "If I go there, I will definitely go to jail."
Xiao Yuehan: "You help me and I help you. I won't let you suffer in vain. How about I help you take care of your family in the future?"
Thief: "Is everything you said true?"
Xiao Yuehan: "A man's word is as good as gold. You have to believe me."
The thief looked into his sincere eyes and had no choice but to believe him.
"Come on, I'll go to the police station with you to explain things, but you have to remember what you said."
Xiao Yuehan: "Let's go, stop talking nonsense."
The three of them went to the police station together and explained everything clearly.
After Yi Mu and Xiao Yuehan left the police station, he took a deep breath.
"The air of freedom is so refreshing. I didn't cherish it before, but now that I've lost it and found it again, it becomes even more precious."
"Don't come to me again if you run into trouble like this. If it hadn't been for a lucky coincidence, I don't know how this would have ended."
"Do you think I want to find you? You're so long-winded. If my wife wasn't okay, I would definitely keep nagging you guys."
"Please don't bring up the past, okay? Tell me, what exactly did Fu Zijian want to talk to you about? Could it be related to the disappearance of Situ and his group?"
"He's dead, how would I know why?"
"You're an alien and you know illusions, but how come you can't even handle this little case?"
"Yes, I'm a quack and I can even communicate with spirits and ghosts! You're crazy, do you think I'm a god?"
"Everything depends on human effort. If you keep thinking about it, there will be a response. If you don't believe me, go home and go to bed early. Maybe he will come to you in your dream soon."
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