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(Explain the reason for the slow pace. This novel is originally a novel about urban daily life, so the main plot and daily life will be published in two parts. Although the plot is temporarily slow, it is related to the main plot.)

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Zhao Zhiqi and the others were resting in a coffee shop in front of the clock tower, while Li Wenhao couldn't help but complain, "Huh~, let's find a hotel to take a rest~"

However, Zhao Zhiqi refused to give up and said, "No, let's go to another place to rest, otherwise we will waste time going there tomorrow!"

When Li Wenhao heard this, he said with a sad face, "I beg you, sister, I'm really too tired to walk. This distance will take at least two hours to walk~!"

However, Zhao Zhiqi frowned and said, "No, stop complaining!"

However, just when Li Wenhao was about to say something else, Ryan suddenly stood up and took hold of Zhao Zhiqi's wrist, smiling softly and saying, "Come with me, I have something to tell you."

Zhao Zhiqi glanced at Ryan with a puzzled look, then went to a corner of the store with him and asked, "What's going on?"

"Zhiqi, I know you are worried about your brother and want to know the truth as soon as possible, but why don't Duoduo and I not want to? Even if you don't care about Li Wenhao's big pig hooves, you should at least worry about Duoduo and me."

As he said this, Ryan glanced at Duoduo, who was sitting on a chair with a listless look on his face, and said, "Look, Duoduo is exhausted, and you are tired too. If you continue like this, it's not just you who will be tortured, we will follow you too."

Suffer.

From the first day, this guy Li Wenhao has been trying every means to find a mobile phone and contact Lin Zihan. If you are torturing him like this, I guess this kid can do anything once he is cornered, so it is better to find a nearby one.

Let’s take a rest at the hotel and relieve their stress.”

Then Zhao Zhiqi glanced at Li Wenhao, who was lying on the table, poking Duoduo's cheek listlessly, and Duoduo, who was too lazy to move. He hesitated for a while, but finally compromised.

"Okay, let's find a hotel to rest for the night."

Then, not long after Zhao Zhiqi and the others left, a man in a blue coat who was standing at the service desk glanced slightly at the back of Zhao Zhiqi and the others as they left.

...inside the hotel...

There are many hotels in Ketley City, and there are also many vacant rooms. After all, there are many travelers and tourists coming and going. There are even many travelers coming from the north, and they are also in Ketley City.

The hotel that Zhao Zhiqi and the others were looking for was near the bell tower where they met, and this was considered a wealthy street, so the price of the hotel would be relatively expensive, but the conditions were naturally very good.

Zhao Zhiqi and the others are not worried about not having star coins, because Ryan still took a lot from Haisen.

After all, the most apologetic, giving a little material is really not enough, so he naturally did not take less star coins. When Zhao Zhiqi came here again, he also exchanged a lot of star coins at the boat rental shop in the jurisdiction, so they did not

No shortage of money.

Of course, they can't spend too much money. After all, they have just started walking this journey, and they don't know how long it will take.

At night, Zhao Zhiqi sat on the sofa next to the window in the cooking room, looking out the window as if thinking about something.

Li Wenhao, on the other hand, had already fallen asleep in bed early because he was too tired.

Zhao Zhiqi and the others lived in a large room with two double beds, which was fully equipped except for the kitchen.

After Ryan finished washing, he walked over while wiping his hair and asked, "What, what are you thinking about?"

"Well, it's nothing." Zhao Zhiqi shook her head slightly.

Ryan looked at the solemn and listless Zhao Zhiqi, sighed slightly, sat opposite her, and then wiped his hair and said, "Actually, you don't have to be so anxious, didn't we get nothing in the first three months?

Now we have clues, it’s only been more than a month, and we’re still far away from the one-year deadline.”

However, Zhao Zhiqi looked out the window, thinking for a long time, and then asked lightly, "What should I do if he really did it?"

Yes, in fact, Zhao Zhiqi has been thinking about it. She has been thinking about it for more than a month, including on the road.

If the murderer is really Zhao Yifan, he was not framed, and he has really changed, what should he do?

Should we arrest him or let him go?

This problem has been bothering Zhao Zhiqi, making her sleepless every night. She is thinking about what the fishing village chief said to her all the time...

You will kill that man!

These words were like a curse, strangling Zhao Zhiqi's heart so hard that she could hardly breathe. From then on, whenever she closed her eyes, the scene of Zhao Yifan being killed by herself would appear in front of her eyes.

Zhao Yifan's chest was blood red, and there was blood at the corner of his mouth. He looked at himself with the same lazy and gentle smile as before, but he was holding a long sword in his trembling hands, which was stained with Zhao Yifan's blood.

As soon as she closed her eyes, this scene would appear in her mind along with the village chief's faint words. It was simply scarier than a nightmare and very painful.

Ryan looked at Zhao Zhiqi who was so anxious, and couldn't help but said calmly, "Okay, don't think too much, what kind of person your brother is, you know better than us, whether he will do such a thing, don't you still understand him?"

?”

However, Zhao Zhiqi hesitated for a while

, then shook his head and said, "I don't know...because people change..."

"But your brother is different." Ryan quickly interrupted Zhao Zhiqi, and then said with a slight smile, "Based on my personal understanding of your brother, although we didn't get along for a long time, it should be barely a month, but I believe one thing

, Jiangshan is easy to change, but nature is hard to change. Your brother's nature is that he must pay attention to principles in life. He must have a reason to help others, an excuse to beat people, and a reason to kill. These five hundred people have no grievances against him.

There is no reason, no excuse, and no reason for hatred, why would he take action?"

After saying that, Zhao Zhiqi looked at Ryan with a worried look, and then asked, "But what if he really has it?"

"..."

"If he had a reason, an excuse, a reason to kill those people, what should I do?"

Ryan was stunned.

Yes, what if he has a reason, a reason, and an excuse to kill these people?

Does it matter what these reasons, reasons and excuses are?

No, it doesn't matter anymore, because as long as he kills these people, the Super Power Association, no, the members of the association, will not let him go.

Ryan saw that Zhao Zhiqi was getting more and more anxious, so he smiled and changed the topic and said, "Hahaha, okay, don't think so much. What reason can there be for your brother and them who have never met? Come on, let me ask you a riddle.

Well, the answer is right here."

When Zhao Zhiqi heard this, she became interested and said, "Tell me."

"I can start or end wars, I can give you strength and make you a hero, or I can make you powerless and make you a walking zombie. Just a glance from you can lure me away, but you can't force me to stay.

, what am I?”

It's a riddle.

The reason why Ryan plays this kind of game with Zhao Zhiqi is actually to allow Zhao Zhiqi to have some time to rest. Otherwise, if he is thinking about Zhao Yifan 24 hours a day, Iron Man will collapse sometimes, so he uses this method to let Zhao Zhiqi

She can use her mind to think about other things so that she can relax emotionally and prevent her nerves from being tense all the time.

Zhao Zhiqi raised her eyebrows and thought about it with a smile, but still couldn't figure it out, so she shook her head and said, "I don't know. Why don't you tell me the answer?"

However, Ryan also smiled and shook his head, "I won't tell you, just think about it yourself."

"Ah~, disgusting, why are you like this! Give me such a difficult question, I can't even think of it~. No, no, I don't want to think about it, just tell me~!"

Saying that, Zhao Zhiqi couldn't help but grabbed Ryan's arm and started to act coquettishly, but Ryan smiled and said nothing.

After Zhao Zhiqi begged for a while, she saw that Ryan was still indifferent, so she pretended to be angry and puffed out her cheeks and said, "Huh, I'm ignoring you!"

Originally, Zhao Zhiqi thought that Ryan would compromise in this way, because in the past, whenever Ryan asked her questions, he would tell her the answer when she got angry. However, this time, she miscalculated.

I saw Ryan smiling and shaking his head, and then said, "Actually, the answer is very simple. You also know it. It's the same as asking me what to do if the murderer is really Zhao Yifan. But this riddle is the answer to your question."

, I believe you will get the answer sooner or later."

However, this answer made Zhao Zhiqi very dissatisfied. When she saw Duoduo, who had just finished taking a shower and was holding the quilt and wanted to make it on the floor, she immediately got up and rushed over.

"Duoduo~!"

"Wow! Sister Zhiqi, what are you doing!"

Zhao Zhiqi held Duoduo in her arms and kept saying coquettishly, "Wow~, you are still so cute~, I never get tired of looking at you, so sleep with me today~"

But Duoduo decisively and righteously refused, "No! I'm not a child anymore, I want to sleep by myself!"

When Zhao Zhiqi heard this, she laughed sinisterly, "Hey," and then said with a disappointed look, "Well, if you don't sleep with me, then I will have to let Ryan sleep with me."

Duoduo looked at Ryan, who was sitting by the window, knowing nothing, and then looked at Zhao Zhiqi, who was about to speak, and immediately spit out "Okay!"

Then he climbed into bed angrily.

"Well, you're so good." Zhao Zhiqi smiled with satisfaction, then looked at Ryan who was dumbfounded, said "hum", and went to take a shower.

Then Duoduo got out of bed, sat on the chair opposite Ryan and said, "I thought about a lot of things on the way to Ketley City."

"So?" Ryan asked with a smile.

"Dr. Lane, from what I know about you, you don't seem to be someone who can make final statements, but why did you insist so firmly that Brother Yifan couldn't go when you were making the choice to go to Windmill Town and Ketley City?

Where is Windmill Town?”

However, Ryan smiled and said, "Maybe you have some misunderstanding about me. I am very sure of the facts I insist on. For example, Zhao Yifan will not go to Windmill Town."

However, Duoduo took out a map and said, "Can you explain why on this map, Kaina City, not far from Windmill Town, is surrounded by a red circle?"

Ryan looked at the map in Duoduo's hand, his face suddenly became serious, and he asked in a somewhat unkind tone, "Where did you come from this map?"

"Please explain first, why do you want to throw away this map?"

Looking at Duoduo's extremely firm and serious face, Ryan also knew that he couldn't escape this, so he bowed his head and sighed resignedly.

"Oh~, okay, but you have to keep this matter a secret from Zhao Zhiqi. I'm afraid she might be a little... unacceptable."
To be continued...