Chapter 550 What’s missing?

"What items did the passengers bring? Is there anything suspicious? For example, an alarm clock that can be triggered at a scheduled time? An oxygen cylinder that can hold gas?

"Or a laser pointer? Pepper spray for self-defense? And a self-defense device that makes loud noises?"

Meng Fei even wondered whether a certain woman's noise-defense device was triggered by a naughty child, causing a huge noise and scaring the driver into falling into the lake.

After all, the physical phenomenon of noise does not leave molecular traces like drugs.

"The items carried by the passengers are very simple, and there are none of the wonderful things you mentioned."

Mo Sheng placed the remaining barbecue chips in the red flame of the barbecue grill, and then carefully adjusted their positions.

"Most of it is a change of clothes. The second one is toiletries.

"Most of them are shampoo, facial cleanser and the like in small bottles. There are no gas bottles or spray bottles. The ingredients are not suspicious.

"There are bottled drinks. There are no spirits or liquor, only cola, juice and beer. They are all canned and purchased at the supermarket of Tianmen Station.

"There are also some snacks. There are packaged foods and some in bulk, such as the meat for barbecue bought at the Tianmen Yi Station small supermarket.

"The food is packaged in plastic bags and there are no suspicious ingredients inside.

"The rest are electronics and toys. There are mobile phones, laptops, and a few stuffed animals.

"These items were dismantled during the subsequent investigation, and there were no suspicious traces inside. They were all normal items.

"A few passengers brought cigarettes and lighters. But there were no burn marks on the vehicle or people. The smoke alarm system was not triggered.

"There doesn't seem to be anything else."

While Mo Sheng was talking, he lowered his head and rolled the barbecue on the iron net, picked up the cooked meat skewers and distributed them to everyone.

Meng Fei was arranging and combining these items over and over in his mind, trying to see if they had any magical effect that would allow the driver to drive the car into the lake.

But he didn't find any possible correct usage.

"Passengers bought a lot of meat and drinks for barbecue?"

Meng Fei thought for a while. Since he excluded the items brought by the passengers themselves, then the items they bought at the roadside supermarket were the focus.

What did these people buy?

The process of going up the mountain is the same for all tourists. They will also hear rumors from the tour guide that the barbecue ingredients on the mountain are expensive, so they will buy them in the supermarket.

"Yes, all three families bought it."

"Are those things normal? What are they specifically? How are they packaged?

"Is it the same as us, just raw meat and canned drinks? How much did you buy?

"Did anyone drink those drinks in the car? Did the driver drink them?"

Meng Fei asked a series of questions.

He even imagined that a certain can of drink might contain some kind of substance and was originally used to poison one or several passengers.

But by coincidence, the drink was handed to the driver. After drinking it, the driver passed out and the vehicle fell into the lake. Afterwards, the test results were not found for some reason?

"Those things are normal.

"The three families all bought barbecue ingredients and canned drinks."

Mo Sheng looked at the night sky, as if recalling the contents recorded in the case file.

“The barbecue ingredients are mainly meat, which are threaded with bamboo skewers and packaged in fresh-keeping bags.

"The drinks are beer, cola and orange juice, all in small cans.

"The three families bought a total of 18 cans of drinks and about six kilograms of meat.

"The drinks and meat ingredients were put together in large thickened plastic bags. Because there were three families, a total of three large plastic bags were used.

"The three plastic bags were supposed to be placed in different locations on the luggage rack. The vehicle fell into the lake and the items were scattered, and some cans were broken.

"The criminal investigators checked those items afterwards and found no other abnormalities except that they were soaked in water and some cans were broken."

"There are only barbecue meats and cans in the plastic bag, and nothing else?"

Although it sounded very normal, Meng Fei always had a vague feeling that something was wrong here.

"Ziploc bags, meat, bamboo sticks, cans and the drinks in the cans. Nothing else."

Mo Sheng repeated it like an endorsement.

"Furthermore, the criminal investigators conducted molecular-level tests during the investigation and confirmed that there were no suspicious substances left in these items, the passengers' luggage, and everything on the car."

"It's been a day since the car crashed into the lake and was salvaged, right?"

Fan Bu touched the non-existent beard on his chin, which was clean and smooth, while thinking about possibilities in the fog of impossibility.

"Even if there is something present, it may have been dissolved by water. Of course, if it is tested at the molecular level, it can still be detected."

He remembered a story from a certain novel.

After a housewife put arsenic in the water purifier to poison her husband, she left the water purifier faucet running overnight to allow the remaining arsenic to be washed away.

Afterwards, the criminal investigators almost didn't discover the arsenic in the water purifier, and the case was about to be closed as suicide.

At this time, "molecular-level precision testing equipment" made its grand debut in a certain laboratory, and the water purifier they suspected was removed and re-tested.

The inspectors found that the water purifier contained a very small amount of arsenic. The investigators determined that the case was a case of someone poisoning the water purifier.

"But if it is a common thing in nature like salt, then it is meaningless whether to check it or not."

Even Tang Wenwen decided to add a bit of hardcore factor to her nutritious YY suspense.

"Haha, that's the problem."

Fan Bu smiled gently.

"Common things in nature, such as air, water, and salt, cannot cause a driver to drive into a lake without anyone noticing."

"No...actually it's okay."

Meng Fei seemed to have thought of something.

Ai Ting suddenly felt Meng Fei's palm holding her hand tighten slightly.

Look up into his eyes again.

Sure enough, it was the same as in some moments before.

Just like the momentary fireworks produced when flints were rubbed together, they suddenly split across the night sky.

Like the sharp eyes of an owl that is silently pouncing on its prey.

But this is just a reasoning game, why should we take it so seriously?

"I think I understand what's going on!"

He continued to murmur quietly.

"Because this is a sleep bus! Every one of us fell asleep on the bus, and so did the passengers that day."

Even if everyone is drowsy, no one will be suspicious, because everyone comes here to have a good sleep.

"We were able to get here smoothly because the driver was always awake. If the driver fell asleep or was unconscious like us, he would fall into the lake!"

"But why did the driver fall asleep?"

Fan Bu was really intrigued by this guy.

"The answer lies in the stuff they buy at roadside supermarkets."

"Those things?

"You mean those three big plastic bags? Didn't Mo Sheng just say there wasn't anything strange in them?"

Chen Han couldn't stand it anymore and asked.

"The problem is not what's inside, but what's missing!"

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