Is there something wrong with the reasoning? Wasn't the murder done in the third time period?

Jian Jing had to push the time point forward and set it to 13:50-14:10.

Then, reporter Chai first ran out for a walk, took photos, came back to take photos and check in, then went downstairs to kill someone, came back, borrowed something from her, went back to the room, waited and waited, heard the yellow-haired man knocking on the door, took the instant noodles, waited until 15:30, went downstairs to return the key.

So... what's the point? This doesn't make sense at all.

The longer the delay, the higher the probability of the body being found. If someone finds out that the key is not on the deceased, people will definitely doubt the credibility of the instant noodles.

Moreover, she went out at 13:50, although it is possible that she could have deceived the waitress, but what if she didn't?

Reporter Chai went out once and should have seen the waitress in the living room. Going to the bathroom is a random event, and she couldn't be sure whether she would be seen.

No, it's totally wrong.

She definitely didn't kill in the second time period.

Going back further, the first time period?

But if she killed someone before 13:40, and then took photos, she could have created the illusion that the deceased was not dead yet.

Why put instant noodles in it?

Besides, if she killed someone before 13:40, she would have come back with the key and could do whatever she wanted. If she waited until 40 minutes before going out, wouldn't she have put the key back?

She had the chance to put it back, but she had to wait for several hours before putting it back. It's not scientific.

Pushing left and right, it's totally wrong.

Could it be that she was just unlucky and chose the wrong person, and the murderer was Huangmao?

But there are still many doubts about Huangmao as the murderer. Jian Jing crossed her arms, a little unwilling.

Could it be that she missed some key clues?

Could it be that she confused some things?

Could it be that the reason why reporter Chai did not return the key in advance was because... she got the key after the second time period?

That is between 14:15-15:20.

But after that, she neither went to the direction of the emergency exit, nor could she go down the stairs and leave from other doors.

Therefore, it is not difficult to conclude that she may just be the one who returned the key, not the murderer.

Jian Jing lowered her head and glanced at today's notes. Among the several conjectures listed, she had previously ruled out the possibility that 1 and 2 were committed by the same person. Now, if the yellow-haired man can be ruled out, 3 and 4 can be ruled out.

The most incredible conjecture 5 may be correct.

Multiple people committed the crime, A poisoned, B blunted, and C covered up.

C is reporter Chai, she has not made any testimony for the man with the bun, so she can only be covering up for B.

Who is B?

Theoretically, the yellow-haired man, the crew cut, and the man with broken bones are all possibilities.

But the yellow-haired man is very suspicious, and she covered up for nothing.

Between the crew cut and the man with broken bones, the latter is undoubtedly more suspicious, after all, they came together. But instant noodles took out the crew cut, if this was a cover-up, it was done very cleverly.

Jian Jing raised her head and thought for a while, lowering the suspicion of the crew cut.

He has a very obvious shortcoming. When he is out, he has no way of knowing what is happening in the hotel.

Especially today, there is no signal. Even if reporter Chai helps him to follow, there is no guarantee that the plan can go smoothly.

If the deceased did not eat the steamed cake, if he was with other people, what would the bald man do if he came back and found that there was no chance to take action?

Give up?

He specifically asked reporter Chai to cover for him. It would be too rash to give up.

The man with broken bones is more suspicious.

Moreover, he also fits the result of covering up very well - he left once in the afternoon and was almost not suspicious.

The time is also very coincidental. At

14:05, the man with broken bones went to the toilet. At 14:10, reporter Chai came over and asked Jian Jing to borrow something. During this process, she blocked the view of the door. When I left at 14:15, the door of the man with a broken bone opposite was already closed.

When did he come back?

If he came back at 15 minutes, 10 minutes would be enough to leave from the emergency exit and go downstairs to kill one person.

"Teacher Jian, why are you still here?" Ji Feng came back with two bags of instant noodles in his hand, "Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something before continuing?"

"You are in the mood to eat. Did you succeed?" Jian Jing asked.

"Eliminate one wrong option." He knew what she was concerned about, so he didn't keep her in suspense and revealed the answer, "Yellow-haired guy is lucky. He finished reading the magazine while in the toilet, and he can tell every story."

She was shocked: "How can it be like this? How thick is the magazine?"

"It's the supernatural magazine sold in the stalls before, with stories about female ghosts and zombies." Ji Feng shrugged, "Some are scary, and some are not suitable for children. This kid remembers it very clearly, and... cough, anyway, I have verified it."

Jian Jing felt that his cough was very meaningful, and looked at him suspiciously: "Are you sure?"

"Sure, there's no internet on the phone, so it's reasonable to read a book." He changed the subject, "Do you want to eat instant noodles? I'll cook them together."

She nodded: "Add eggs, vegetables and ham."

Ji Feng: "Tsk!"

She sneered: "With your attitude, be careful or I won't tell you my latest findings."

He opened the bag of instant noodles and casually said: "What findings? Reporter Chai is an accomplice?"

Jian Jing was shocked and sat up straight: "When did you know?"

"I don't know. I haven't thought about it yet. It's just my intuition." He said, "If it's not Huangmao, Reporter Chai must have been involved, but she has done so many things, so many that I don't want to doubt her."

"You guessed right." Jian Jing told him her previous analysis, "She is the murderer, it doesn't make sense."

Ji Feng listened while cooking noodles, and when she finished speaking, the instant noodles were cooked.

Crack an egg into the instant noodles. Note that it is not a poached egg, but a broken egg soup. Add vegetables and ham, and even ordinary instant noodles can be very delicious.

Jian Jing opened the chopstick box, took out the chopsticks she brought with her, aligned them, and picked up a chopstick of instant noodles.

The taste was extremely fragrant, and it immediately aroused my gluttony, and my stomach kept growling.

She started eating right away, putting the noodles that had just come out of the pot into her mouth, and then... the noodles burned her tongue, so she had to spit them out and quickly took a mouthful of water.

Ji Feng almost laughed to death.

"What's so funny?" She was very upset, "Have you never been burned?"

"I'm not laughing at you, it's not your fault, it's just that the noodles are too hot." Ji Feng teased her seriously, "It's definitely not that Teacher Jian is too timid."

Jian Jing took a deep breath, "Is it because I'm too kind to you that you think I'm easy to bully?"

"When did I bully you?" He was shocked and refused to take the blame, "Don't slander me, this accusation is very serious, you are questioning my character."

Jian Jing decided to ignore him.

When this person is annoying, he is really annoying.

She lowered her head to eat noodles. She was so hungry that she ate them all up, even the noodle soup. The high-salt hot soup poured into her stomach, and her body quickly became warm, and she felt comfortable from the bottom of her heart.

"Not bad." Ji Feng said, "Teacher Jian is very reassuring when eating. Yunyun eats half a bowl of rice every time and says she wants to control carbohydrates, so I want to beat her."

Jian Jing said coldly: "Domestic violence is illegal."

He: "You said you 'want' it."

Generally, you can only give her more pocket money to save her from being reluctant to buy snacks when she is hungry.

The two chatted for a while, changed their minds, and soon got back to the point.

"If the murderer is Zhu Yong, he only had one chance to act, when he went to the restroom at 14:05." Ji Feng said, "This short time was only enough for him to kill one person. The reporter must have done the rest, including asking people out, disposing of the weapon, and returning the key."

Jian Jing nodded: "Reporter Chai was in 201, so it was easy for her to deliver the letter to 204, and so was putting instant noodles. She could avoid other people. The problem lies in two places: where is the weapon, and what did she do with the key?"

"Well, something that requires entering the room... the letter." Ji Feng said, "The deceased did not bring the letter, so the murderer could only take the key and look for it in his room."

This guess is reasonable.

Jian Jing thought for a moment and said, "Now the case is very clear. They killed the chicken last night. We didn't ask them about their actions last night. The zombies we saw are even easier to prove. It's a complete lie. There are only two suspicious points, the murder weapon and the umbrella - have you checked the plaster used to fix the fracture?"

"Of course." He explained, "The plaster is a little loose, proving that the injury has been healed for some time. I suspect his arm has almost healed, so I checked it specifically and found no damage or blood."

She changed her mind: "So, the umbrella is the murder weapon?"

"Because the umbrella was damaged after being hit by gravity, it was destroyed?" Ji Feng thought for a moment and went back to the original question, "Even if the umbrella can be disassembled, there is no reason why I couldn't find anything."

Faced with such a difficult problem, Jian Jing's imagination was obviously richer: "Then think of the umbrella as a smoke bomb. If you think about it this way, the murder weapon disappeared. Is it possible that it was either hidden and destroyed, or it was something that can disappear? For example... ice?"

"It can only be demolded ice. I have checked all the containers. Not a single plastic bottle was left behind, including the one in the deceased's room." Ji Feng supplemented.

Jian Jing said, "Put two cans of different sizes together to make a hammer, and insert the hollow part into the umbrella handle. Maybe it will be just right - but, was there a power outage last night?"

"It was repaired in the morning. There's plenty of time." Ji Feng cheered up, "Let's go and ask the owner."

The waitress was watching TV alone in the living room. When she saw them coming, she was very enthusiastic and told them everything she knew: "Refrigerator? There are two at home, one in the kitchen and one here."

"When was the last time you cleaned the refrigerator?"

"This morning," said the waitress, "Didn't my dad go to town? He must have bought some things, so I tidied up the refrigerator in advance."

"Is there anything extra or missing in the freezer?"

The waitress shook her head.

"Are you sure?"

"Of course, there was nothing there to begin with. I saw it clearly."

"Then, did anyone enter the kitchen this morning?"

"A lot."

"Did you open the freezer afterwards?"

"When I was making lunch, I took out a piece of meat."

"No extra things?"

"No."

"Did reporter Chai come to the kitchen?"

"Yes."

"What did she do?"

"She took a bottle of Coke and asked if she could freeze it." The waitress remembered it clearly. "There was already frozen Coke in the refrigerator, and I gave her one directly. What's wrong?"

Jian Jing asked, "What o'clock was that?"

"Nine or ten o'clock? At least before I cooked."

The waitress started cooking at about 11:30. Since no ice was seen when she took the meat at noon, even if she had put it in when the other party was not paying attention, it could not have been preserved until 14 o'clock to commit the crime.

But Jian Jing was still unwilling to give up: "What else did she do?"

"She ate two buns." The waitress asked curiously, "What's the point of this?"

Jian Jing said: "Nothing, try to ask more clearly. Zhu Yong, the guy with the broken bone, has he been into the kitchen?"

Still shaking her head.

Jian Jing had to give up temporarily and reminded her: "It's late, you should lock the door and go to sleep after we leave."

"Don't worry, I will definitely not walk around." The waitress vowed that people who have watched all the horror movies will never commit suicide easily.

The rain curtain outside the house was rippling.

Where did the murder weapon go?