Chapter 167 – 1992-2020
As soon as these words came out, everyone’s expressions changed.
The Monk said in a deep voice: “Why do you say that?”
“It’s very simple.” Lian Qiao said, “Because Little Apple is not stupid. She wouldn’t go to a place like the back mountain alone.”
Xu RenDong nodded: “Indeed. It’s not possible that the body was thrown there after death. The way she died, the amount of bleeding was too great, it’s impossible to transport it to the mountain without a trace and the scene…” He looked at Lian Qiao questioningly, “There was a lot of blood loss at the scene, right?”
Lian Qiao said: “There is a lot of blood on the side of the body. If the body was thrown after death, there would not be so much blood at the scene. So I think the back mountain is the scene of the murder.”
With this first-hand information from Lian Qiao, it solved a doubt in RenDong’s heart. If the reasoning is based on the premise of “the back mountain is the murder scene”, then many things will be logical.
First of all, Little Apple and the monk were separated to go to the gymnasium to get books and bedding. It is inconvenient to hold the books and quilts in your arms. It is reasonable to say that she would take them to the dormitory as soon as she received them, but RenDong did not receive them and did not hear from the dormitory manager that someone had sent him something. It can be seen from this that something happened to Little Apple when she was picking up the things, which caused her to go to the back mountain instead of looking for RenDong.
No matter how you think about it, the back mountain is a dangerous place. So for Little Apple to agree to the invitation, it meant that the person who invited her is someone she knows and trusts.
Then the answer is very simple.
Xu RenDong narrowed his eyes and looked at his teammates one by one. At this time, everyone had weird expressions, and it was unknown what they were thinking.
The long-haired aunt sighed and said helplessly: “What are you talking about? You mean, there is a murderer among us who killed Little Apple? But what reason do we have to kill her?”
Lian Qiao pursed his lips: “As for this, you have to ask yourself.”
The man with the scar said angrily: “What are you trying to do, sow discord?” He was about to get violent.
Aunt Long-Hair stopped him and gently advised: “Don’t get angry everybody, don’t get excited, calm down.” She turned to look at Lian Qiao with sincere eyes, “I don’t understand why you say that. Everyone’s goals are the same and everyone wants to get out alive. Now there are only eight days left before the successful escape and we still have overcome all the difficulties ahead, why do we suddenly have internal strife at this time?”
Lian Qiao said lazily: “Internal strife? Finding the murderer and bringing them to justice is ‘internal strife’ to you?”
Aunt Long-Hair’s complexion darkened and her voice became sharp: “What exactly do you want to do?”
Xu RenDong felt that the atmosphere was too tense, which was not conducive to getting along with each other in the future, so he called out in a low voice: “Lian Qiao.”
Lian Qiao didn’t look at him but grabbed his hand with his backhand and held it tightly.
What I want to do is very simple. There is only one thing from the beginning to the end.” Lian Qiao looked at the crowd calmly, “It is to live with him.”
The long-haired aunt’s expression softened: “Then our purpose is the same! Everyone just wants to live, so why…”
“Really?” Lian Qiao sneered, “Then let me ask you, what did you do last night?”
Aunt Long-Hair was taken aback: “Last night, didn’t everyone go out to find Little Apple?”
Lian Qiao: “I mean before that. Little Apple should have separated from the monk around five o’clock in the afternoon, right?”
He glanced at the monk. The monk nodded.
Lian Qiao continued: “Everyone noticed that Little Apple disappeared at 8 o’clock in the evening. In other words, Little Apple’s accident should have occurred between 5:00 and 8:00. Let me ask you, what have you been doing during this time? What?”
Everyone looked at each other. The long-haired aunt expressed displeasure: “In the end, you are still doubting us, is that what interests you?”
Lian Qiao sneered: “Don’t worry about whether it’s interesting or not. Just tell me what you’re doing and whether you have an alibi.”
“…” The long-haired aunt gritted her teeth, “I was in the hotel room. The girl who lives with me can prove it.” As she spoke, she raised her hand and pointed at a certain girl who nodded quickly.
“Yes, yes, we can provide an alibi for each other. We were taking turns taking showers at the time.” The girl said.
Lian Qiao curled his lips, seemingly dissatisfied with the answer, but he couldn’t find anything wrong. He turned his head to look at the man with the scar again: “What about you?”
“I was smoking on the balcony.” The man with the scar widened his eyes viciously, showing a fierce look, “I live alone, and no one can give me an alibi. What, does this mean I definitely killed someone!?”
This poor monk can prove it.” The monk interrupted suddenly, “When the poor monk returned to the hotel at eight o’clock, he saw the benefactor smoking on the balcony. The cigarette was thrown from the balcony. The poor monk was in a bad mood at the time and felt that the benefactor was not very moral, so he went to the door and told him off.”
Audience: “…Indeed, we can provide proof of this. At that time, it was more than just ‘telling him off’. If we hadn’t helped mediate the situation, the monk would have sent him to heaven.”
Xu RenDong: “…” No wonder Scarface has a few new wounds on his face today.
The old man with the scar blushed and slapped the table angrily, “There’s no need to talk about such things!”
Xu RenDong coughed and asked the monk, “What about you? What were you doing outside?”
Before the monk could speak, Lian Qiao answered for him: “Actually, it was the monk who discovered that Little Apple was missing. He originally made an appointment with Little Apple to meet in the library, but Little Apple never came back. He couldn’t wait, so he went to the gymnasium to find her and was told the books and quilts had been distributed long ago, and the gymnasium was closed at that time. Worried that something might happen to Little Apple, he searched around the school but he couldn’t find her anywhere. Then he returned to the hotel and told everyone that Little Apple was missing. “
“Yes.” The monk sighed, clasped his hands together and said, “Amitabha, if I knew this would happen, this poor monk should have gone with her.”
Next, the rest of the people said that they stayed in the hotel from 5:00 to 8:00 and never went out. Since everyone lives together, they can provide each other’s alibi.
“Let me sort out my thoughts.” Xu RenDong took out a pen and paper, drew a rough map of the school and marked everyone’s activity route.
Aunt Long-Hair suddenly said: “Wait, there is one person missing.”
RenDong looked up in surprise, only to see Aunt Long-Hair staring at Lian Qiao with burning eyes: “Where were you during that time from five o’clock to eight o’clock?” \
“We were together.” Lian Qiao pouted towards RenDong.
RenDong nodded: “En, we were together… tidying up the room.”
Long-haired aunt said suspiciously: “Tidying up the room? It takes so long? Didn’t you go up at two or three o’clock in the afternoon. Did you tidy up until eight o’clock?”
RenDong coughed awkwardly. He knows that this reason cannot be justified, but he can’t say frankly that we DOI, right?
“He has three roommates.” Lian Qiao took a step forward, quietly protecting RenDong behind his back, “I have talked with those three people for a long time because I want to see if there are any clues. If you don’t believe me, you can go to them now to confirm “
The monk said: “Then did you get anything?”
Lian Qiao: “No, they are just ordinary passer-by NPCs. After chatting, I came out and went to the cafeteria to buy him a meal and asked the three roommates to take it home. Then I went back to the hotel, just in time for you to come back to inform everyone that Little Apple is missing.”
If Little Apple was really killed by his teammates, then Lian Qiao is the least likely to be the murderer. Xu RenDong knows that Apple is also a veteran gamer and has always had a good relationship with Lian Qiao. What’s more, not only did the two of them have no conflict of interest, but Little Apple had also helped them a lot, so Lian Qiao’s suspicion could be ruled out.
So here comes the problem. Who is the murderer?
RenDong stared at the simple diagram on the paper, lost in thought.
Everyone also gathered together and stared at the schematic diagram for a while, but couldn’t offer any comments.
The long-haired aunt sighed: “From this point of view, everyone has an alibi.” She looked at Lian Qiao with helplessness in her eyes, “Can you rest assured now? The one who killed Little Apple really wasn’t us. Why do you think it was human beings who killed her? Obviously this is a world where ghosts do exist and she died so badly…”
Lian Qiao pursed her lips and remained silent.
RenDong frowned and pondered for a moment, feeling clueless. He thought for a while, and said, “Why don’t we change our thinking—what is the motive for killing people?”
Little Apple is sweet and cute, with a cheerful and enthusiastic personality, which was lovable. She has a good relationship with everyone in the team, who would want to kill her?
The monk said: “Maybe…she found something in the gymnasium?”
Everyone’s expressions changed slightly when they heard this.
“What can there be in the gymnasium?” Aunt Long-Hair looked at everyone hesitantly, as if recalling, “I remember that it was…you who went to explore the gymnasium yesterday?” She pointed to a man and a woman. , “Did you find anything?”
The two of them immediately shook their heads like rattles: “No, no. We didn’t find anything.”
The long-haired aunt asked again: “Then did you see Little Apple?”
The other party still shook their heads.
The long-haired aunt sighed, looked at Lian Qiao and spread her hands and said, “Then there is no way to verify it.”
Lian Qiao didn’t speak, but just lowered his head and played with the teacup in his hand.
After thinking about it, RenDong still felt that Little Apple’s death was full of doubts, but now he didn’t have the slightest clue. He glanced at the time and sighed: “I still have class later, so I have to go.”
He briefly told everyone about his conjecture about the elevator and everyone was instantly refreshed, saying that you should go to class quickly and study is important.
Lian Qiao got up to see him off. It was about 1:30 at this time, approaching the afternoon class time, and there were many students on the road. On the way from the cafe to the teaching building, the two kept silent in a very tacit understanding.
RenDong was still thinking about Little Apple, and as for Lian Qiao…
He didn’t know what Lian Qiao was thinking.
Arriving at the bottom of the teaching building, RenDong finally couldn’t bear it any longer and pulled Lian Qiao to the corner of the bicycle garage.
“I’m a little worried about you.” RenDong looked around and made sure that there was no one around, then sighed and said, “Since you doubt them, it’s fine to keep it in your heart, why bother to say it? This way you will alert them and create risk to yourself… Do you really think they killed Little Apple?”
Lian Qiao: “Yes.”
“Why?”
“Because they had a motive for killing.”
RenDong was taken aback: “What motive?”
Lian Qiao smiled wryly and raised his hand to caress his cheek. “Their motive is of course you. Don’t you understand what 1992-2020 means?”
RenDong was silent for a moment, then said, “I understand. But at least until 2020, they won’t attack me.”
“So they attack others.” Lian Qiao sighed softly, “Little Apple and the monk are friends with us. I guess they dare not directly attack me, so they first find a way to pry our allies away. They will wait until both Little Apple and the monk are dead, then the next target will be me.”
RenDong fell silent again. This time, it was a long time before he spoke.
“I’m sorry.”
“Don’t say sorry.” Lian Qiao looked at him with a smile, his eyes were shining like stars, “If the key player this time is me, you will stand by my side no matter what, right?”
RenDong looked at him and his heart suddenly softened into a puddle of water. He didn’t know what to say, so he reached out to Lian Qiao and hugged him.
“Yes.” He leaned on Lian Qiao’s shoulder and replied in a low voice, “I will always be by your side.”
“…” He didn’t know which of these words touched Lian Qiao but the muscles at the corners of his mouth twitched slightly and an inexplicable complex emotion flashed in his eyes.
“Go to class quickly, you’re going to be late.” Lian Qiao kissed his earlobe and whispered in his ear, “Come to the library after class and pay back what you owe me.”
Xu RenDong was inexplicable: “What do I owe you?”
Lian Qiao smiled, “You’ll know when you come.”
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