But……
Qiu Zhichen's words finally made Di Ying's mood sink to the bottom.
"The grassroots chased her to the garbage pit at the end of the west. When she turned left, she saw the back of Xiaoyu. She stopped there at the narrow intersection of the two streets and seemed to be breathing.
But I don’t know why, but as soon as I turned around, she raised her legs and ran away again, without looking back.
Just as I was about to call her, she turned into the narrow street and disappeared.
I can only keep chasing.
However, I didn't notice what I stepped on and slipped.
When I got up and chased into the narrow street, I could no longer see the shadow of Xiaoyu.
At that time, I was thinking: According to the direction she ran in before, she was going to the abandoned area. Since I can't catch her, I'll just go to the waste area and wait.
After all, you can reach the ruined area from that narrow street and then through the alley heading south.
I just thought: Maybe Xiaoyu saw that it was getting late and wanted to take a road with people around?
But when I arrived at the broken house, no matter how much I waited, I didn't wait for the light rain to arrive.
I was so anxious that I paced back and forth, and kept stretching my head to look in the direction of the nearest alley, but I didn't see it.
It wasn't until half past midnight (22:00) that I thought she would never come anyway, so I left.
But I didn't give up. When I got to the narrow street, I turned in. Thinking that if she went home, she would enter the first alley on the left, so I went in.
The light was very dark. I had never walked through that alley before, so I almost ran into a pile of hay.
After that, I walked around the haystack and found my way home.
The back door of She's house has been bolted, and I didn't dare to shout Xiaoyu's name loudly, so I had to go home first.
I think she may have arrived home..."
Qiu Zhichen squatted down and hugged his head as he spoke.
At the age of fifteen, he couldn't bear this feeling of annoyance and regret.
Because he knew that since Mr. Di was investigating this matter, Xiaoyu didn't go home at all last night.
Why didn't he keep searching? Why don't you dare to ask openly about father and mother She...
I still hate myself for running too slowly, why do I have to wear a coat? Why didn't you catch up with Xiao Yu earlier? Why do you have so many scruples and don’t call Xiaoyu back?
Di Ying looked at Qiu Zhichen quietly, waiting for his mood, or her own mood, to slowly ease.
Di Ying really didn't want to tell Qiu Zhichen at this time: it was probably because of him that She Xiaoyu died.
Of course, it's not absolute.
There are many possibilities.
It is also possible that the murderer was really chasing She Xiaoyu at that time.
only……
They all saw She Xiaoyu's back and Qiu Zhichen, who saw She Xiaoyu turning into the narrow street, how could he not see the murderer who followed She Xiaoyu?
So, there is still a misunderstanding between She Xiaoyu and Qiu Zhichen, right?
But the murderer: Why did he suddenly attack She Xiaoyu? What was the motive for the murder?
Was it because She Xiaoyu saw what the murderer was doing on the narrow street?
In fact, She Xiaoyu was in such a panic at the time that she didn't notice her surroundings at all, right? It's just that the murderer wouldn't gamble on such a possibility.
That's why he chased She Xiaoyu into the alley and killed him.
Because the murder weapon was a wooden stick.
Although it was a wooden stick made of relatively strong material, it was just a wooden stick, and it looked more like the murderer had picked it up casually from somewhere.
If it was a premeditated killing, the murder weapon would most likely not be just a stick.
At this time, Zhou Lin left and returned.
Previously, after he slipped Qiu Zhichen in front of the adults, he searched Qiu Zhichen's room and briefly observed the situation of his family.
Now, he came out holding Qiu Zhichen's pants and a pair of shoes.
There was a trail of blood on his outer pants and on the outside of his left calf.
There are some unknown objects on the outside and back of the right leg.
The sole of the shoe on my right foot has some sticky, rotten and greasy material, marks left after being stepped on.
This proves that Qiu Zhichen did step on those things and fell down.
At this time, Qiu Zhichen was only wearing his middle coat and bare feet. He was unaware of the cold wind and was only immersed in regret.
After Di Ying carefully inspected the pair of pants and shoes, she asked Zhou Lin to carry Qiu Zhichen back.
Di Ying asked Xie Jing to put the trousers and shoes into the tool box.
Xie Jing, who had been holding back all night, finally asked the first question.
"Sir, have you ruled out the possibility that Qiu Zhichen is the murderer?"
Letting everyone go means elimination, right?
"uncertain."
Di Ying shook his head in response and said, "We have to ask his parents and family: did he go out last night, did he have any conflicts with She Xiaoyu before, etc. It's not good for us to just believe one side of the story."
Xie Jing blinked his peach blossom eyes.
He felt that his master's impression of Qiu Zhichen... might not be very good.
But he couldn't ask directly, so he followed the adults back and asked something else.
"Sir, do you think there is anything suspicious about Zhuang Kaiji? I think he is quite suspicious. He knew the time of She Xiaoyu's disappearance so accurately, and he also saw the route She Xiaoyu ran away from.
I've calculated that it takes exactly half an hour to get from the place where She Xiaoyu's accident occurred to the state government office. (15 minutes.)
From your inference of the time of She Xiaoyu's death and the time when Qiu Zhichen passed by the scene of the crime, it was just enough time for the murderer to report the crime to the state government. Zhuang Kaiji is the most suspicious, right? "
"wrong."
Zhou Lin rarely responded aloud to his junior brother in a long sentence: "There is no blood on Zhuang Kaiji's clothes. He doesn't have that much strength either."
Breaking a wooden stick that is as thick as a child's upper arm and made of strong material is not something that an ordinary person can do.
Zhuang Kaiji was a thin man and a weak scholar. Even if he hit with all his strength, he might break a person's Heavenly Spirit Cap, but there was no way he could break the wooden stick.
Di Ying did not make a sound.
As of now, he doubts no one and no one.
He quickened his steps and went to Sheng's house again.
The She family members were still awake, and She Xiaoyu's two brothers, two sisters-in-law, a younger brother, and a younger sister were all up.
They all wanted to help find Xiao Yu, but Qian Wu watched over them and prevented them from running around in the dark. Zhuang Kaiji was also sent back to private school by Xu Sijie before.
This was Di Ying's way of preventing them from getting into trouble again.
Now the person has been found. Di Ying had to tell them and inform them to go to the state government office tomorrow to identify the body.
She Xiaoyu's body had been sent back to the mortuary of the state government by Sun Qi.
