Jian Jing originally planned to get straight to the point and ask Pudding directly. But since he took the initiative to bring up his own affairs, she did not interrupt him and listened patiently.

Jiang Baiyan opened the restaurant's homemade rice wine, poured her a glass, and explained: "My mother was one of the chairman's mistresses, but she died ten years ago. After she died, the chairman asked someone to take me home, but I ran away after a few years in the Jiang family and never went back. They probably thought I was ungrateful and ungrateful, so they were very unhappy."

Jian Jing admired him for telling such a tragic story so lightly.

"You call your father the chairman?"

He made a face: "When he's alone, I'll call him father, but if I call him that in front of Jiang Ou, he'll beat me up - it's not his fault, our birthdays are only one month apart, and when the chairman cheated, his mother was pregnant."

Jian Jing shook her head: "The evil done by adults has to be borne by children."

"Bloodline is the original sin." Jiang Baiyan comforted her instead, "Think positively, they are so rich, they won't ask me for money, and the chairman is arrogant, he won't sue me for alimony. At most, I'll be scolded a few times, but it won't cost me a piece of meat."

He frowned and told her firmly: "I don't care about them anymore."

I don't care if they like him or not.

I don't care if they approve of him.

I don't care... I haven't cared for a long time.

Jian Jing was silent for a moment, then asked softly: "When you said you ran away, did you mean you went to make a movie?"

"That was when I was 16," Jiang Baiyan said, "I was only 13 when I ran away."

She asked: "You were so young, no one would want you as a child laborer."

"It's not that bad, I went to live with my grandfather," Jiang Baiyan said, "He thought my mother was a disgrace and didn't allow her to go home, but he was nice to me, much better than the people in the Jiang family." He

didn't seem to care about the past at all, and talked very excitedly: "But, I didn't expect Jiang Ou to talk to Coco, and I don't know if he was serious. Coco is amazing, she... do you know who her last boyfriend was?"

"Who?" No one doesn't like to eat melons, and Jian Jing is no exception.

Jiang Baiyan moved his butt closer to her ear: "Hou Rui, the Hou Rui who is very popular now."

This face appeared on the homepage every now and then. Even though Jian Jing didn't recognize him, he looked familiar: "Ah, really?"

"I saw them kissing." There was no one in the room, but Jiang Baiyan acted like a secret agent, "Hou Rui broke up with her after he became famous."

Jian Jing: "Tsk." "

And, Han Bo and Zheng Keyan are together." He was gossiping happily, "They slept together the night before we returned to China."

Jian Jing was surprised: "So fast!"

"They are both single, there's nothing to worry about." Jiang Baiyan didn't care, "Zheng Keyan often does this kind of thing, not just one or two times."

Gurgle, gurgle, and white steam came out of the steamer.

Jian Jing filled her glass and said with emotion: "The life of a female star is so fulfilling."

Jiang Baiyan tried hard to resist the urge to encourage her, and lowered his head to drink. He had been gossiping for a long time and was thirsty. After a short rest, he continued to be fierce and was ready to find another colleague to sell it, but suddenly there was a scream outside the door.

Well, it's over.

Jiang Baiyan swallowed the shocking news and saw Jian Jing stand up without surprise: "I'll go and see."

"I'll go too." He actively participated.

The two walked out of the box and looked in the direction of the scream, which was the bathroom.

Jian Jing trotted over: "What happened..." The moment she walked into the men's room, her voice stopped abruptly, and there was no need to ask anymore.

Someone died.

The face of the deceased was swollen and bloody, and it was a terrifying purple color. The tip of the tongue was slightly exposed, like a demon. There was a faint strangulation groove on the neck, which was basically horizontal.

No special forensic knowledge is needed, just common sense can determine that this person was strangled to death.

[System: New mission has been released]

[Mission name: Restaurant's Death Code]

[Mission description: A murder occurred in a delicious restaurant, and the deceased turned out to be a popular male star? ! Strange death message, complicated relationship, who is the real murderer? ]

[Mission Reward: Success reward 20 courage points, failure no punishment]

"What happened?" The restaurant owner hurried over.

Jian Jing stretched out her hand to stop him: "Call the police, someone's dead."

Restaurant owner: "What?!" The voice almost penetrated the ceiling.

It doesn't matter, murders must be reported to the police.

This time we were lucky, and two auxiliary police officers came quickly to maintain order.

Whether the people present were willing or not, they had to register their personal identity information to preliminarily screen whether there were any suspicious elements at the scene. Ji Feng once said that this trick was simple, but very practical. He had found the wanted criminals at the scene of the crime more than once, happily adding bricks and tiles to the police's performance.

Well, let's get back to the topic.

Without a doubt, after her identity was confirmed, Jian Jing was caught again.

Under the watchful eyes of two auxiliary police girls, she skillfully took out a full set of equipment and put it on, and entered the scene.

Auxiliary police A: "Teacher Jian, I have taken all the photos. You should be careful and try not to destroy the scene."

Jian Jing: "Don't worry, I am a skilled worker."

Auxiliary police B: "You are really amazing, so are the cases in "Devil Doctor" based on real prototypes?"

Jian Jing: "I think so."

A&B starry eyes: "When will Devil 3 be published? Will you consider today's case?"

Jian Jing: "If this case is written, let you make a cameo appearance?"

A&B: "Yeah!"

The two fan teammates get√With

the appearance of carrots, overtime is not so hateful. They were very positive. A stayed to accompany Jian Jing to inspect the scene, while B went to the boss to ask for the restaurant's surveillance.

Jian Jing first observed the layout of the restaurant.

This is a private restaurant that does not accept customers without reservations. It only accepts eight tables a day, four tables at noon and four tables at night. It is unknown whether it can make money, but it is quite high-end.

Because the number of tables is fixed, there are only four rooms in total, as shown below:

Terrace...bathroom...

box 1...box

2box 3...box 4

...kitchen...

staff...area

The staff use the toilet on the kitchen side, which is separate from the one used by customers.

There is a camera in the corridor, which can capture the scene of entering and leaving each private room. But due to the angle, it is impossible to capture whether the guests go to the terrace or the bathroom after leaving the private room. The bathroom

is divided into three parts, the outer washing area and dressing area, the women's toilet, and the men's toilet. Both toilets have only one smart toilet, no pit or urinal.

The toilet is not big, it is very comfortable and bright, and very clean.

But on the toilet in the men's toilet, the deceased today is sitting paralyzed.

Male, in his twenties, all his clothes are luxury brands, his sneakers are limited edition, he smells strongly of alcohol and lightly of cigarettes. Based on the condition of the corpse and cornea, the time of death is estimated to be 30-60 minutes ago.

It is now 9:40 pm.

In other words, the time of death is between 8:40 and 9:10.

The strangulation grooves at the neck of the deceased are relatively thin, but there are no patterns, and there are some abnormal wrinkles on the collar. She turned it over and carefully examined it with a magnifying glass, and indeed found that there was a certain amount of wear on the surface.

This means that when the murderer killed the deceased, he used the shirt collar as a cushion to prevent the strangulation pattern from being printed on the skin.

There is a knot mark behind the neck, which is quite obvious, but the murder weapon is still impossible to identify.

There is blood on the left hand of the deceased, and there are scars on the back and palm of the hand.

Jian Jing squatted down to check around, and finally found that the bottom edge of the stainless steel rack where toilet paper was placed was rolled up, cutting his hand .

But the rack takes into account the habit of right-handed people, and it is on the right side, but the deceased was injured in the left hand.

Was he killed with his back to the door, and was helped to sit on the toilet after his death?

The height seems wrong.

She gestured. If the left hand was injured in the struggle, then the deceased should have been sitting on the toilet, or half-kneeling on the ground.

Why is this posture so subtle... Hey, there is blood on the fingers too? Jian Jing waved away the discord in her mind and lifted the hand of the deceased.

The index finger of her left hand was stained with blood and had traces of wiping.

Is this... a death message?

She squatted down and found the hint left by the deceased at the bottom of the control panel.

An unclosed circle, like the letter C or G, of course it could also be an unfinished letter O, the number 0, or the shape ○.

What does it mean? Who is it referring to?

She was confused.

At this time, Auxiliary Police Detective B informed: "The surveillance has been called up, it's very tricky, I suggest asking everyone for a confession first." As she spoke, her eyes fell on the face of the deceased, and a sigh emerged in her eyes, "Alas, I didn't expect Hou Rui to die like this, what a pity, my friend liked him very much."

Jian Jing turned her head, thought for two seconds, and remembered the name and the face.

Hou, isn't he the popular male star we just gossiped about, the popular fresh meat? Sure enough, his name is too hard to remember, so let's just call him the deceased.

"Which box is the deceased in?"

"Number 2." "

Then let's ask his companions first."

Hou Xianrou's companions are two, his female agent and male assistant.

The female agent was anxious and worried: "How could such a thing happen? How could Hou Rui be killed? This is a big trouble!"

Jian Jing said: "Calm down, let's find the murderer together."

"Are you... Jian Jing? The writer who participated in the haunted house show? Why are you investigating the case?" The female agent recognized her identity and was full of doubts.

Good question.

Jian Jing thought for three seconds, then calmly made up a story: "Because I'm a consultant for the police."

The female agent was slightly stunned, then believed it: "Okay, whatever you want."

So smooth? Jian Jing was speechless for a moment, then immediately seized the opportunity: "Why did you come here today?"

"Come here to have a meal after work." The female agent said, "No special reason."

Jian Jing asked: "Who suggested coming here?"

The female agent said: "Hou Rui asked for it himself, he likes the environment of this store." Jian

Jing nodded, and her eyes intentionally or unintentionally passed over her earrings. The female agent was wearing double G earrings from Gucci, which undoubtedly matched the hint of the death message.

"How is the deceased doing recently? Is his career going well?" She inquired in detail, "Is there anything unhappy in his life? Has he made enemies with anyone?"

The female agent said decisively: "Our Hou Rui is fine, there is no problem, his schedule is very full, and he has several TV series to shoot in the second half of the year."

Jian Jing said: "I am not a fan, nor a media, I just want to find the murderer. Miss agent, you are doing the right thing to find The murderer is of no help."

The female agent paused, looking uncomfortable, and said after a while: "I didn't lie, Hou Rui's schedule is very full, but today's photo shoot was not very smooth - the magazine temporarily changed our layout, which made it quite unpleasant. I usually don't let him drink too much, but today I didn't stop him."

She explained: "Drinking here is better than him going to the bar later."

Jian Jing asked: "How much did he drink?"

"A little drunk, but he can still recognize people." The male assistant replied.

Jian Jing glanced at the wine bottle on the table. One and a half bottles of red wine were empty, and he did drink a lot.

She thought for a while and said: "You came here at 6:50. Please briefly tell me what happened during the meal. "