Is the truth so simple and direct? Is the murderer really No. 3 who was the most suspicious from the beginning?
Looking at it now, No. 1 is really too 'clean' and has dealt with every situation appropriately. Zhang Yichi can't find any strong evidence now to eliminate No. 1 in the second round.
On the contrary, No. 3 has more and more doubts, and there is no reasonable explanation for each one.
One is No. 1, who has no strong evidence yet, and the other is No. 3, who has a lot of unfavorable evidence and no way to explain it.
Is No. 1 a good disguise, or is the case just that simple?
Zhang Yichi is now a bit like a candidate who is hesitant about the answer to a multiple-choice question during an exam. He really can't think of an answer, so he starts to wonder about the psychology of the person who asked the question...
"What did No. 3 say to you?" No. 1 was very curious about this. He wondered why Zhang Yichi kept pursuing him when No. 3 had more obvious evidence.
"Sit down and talk."
The two returned to the living room and sat on the sofa.
"Can you think of a way to prove that what you said is true? For example, when you wake up and see signs of a fight on the balcony," Zhang Yichi asked.
No. 1 has nothing to do about it: "I have no way to prove to you that what I say is true. I can only hope that you believe me."
"No. 3 said that after drinking juice the night before yesterday, he suddenly felt very sleepy, so he went to bed." Zhang Yichi explained why he tested No. 1 with juice before. "He suspected that the juice was drugged."
"So you just tested me with juice, right?" No. 1 looked at Zhang Yichi.
"right."
No. 1 smiled slightly and was puzzled: "Have you never thought about the abnormality here? He was drugged and fell asleep? So the younger brother committed suicide? Moreover, if there is really medicine in this juice, the effect is only a few
Hours? Why did I wake up at midnight?"
"You'll know if it's medicine or not." Zhang Yichi said, "But not now. You can try it later."
"Shall I try?"
"Is it possible for me to come? If the drug is really administered, I will sleep directly until the second round of sentencing? Can this case be solved?" Zhang Yichi asked.
Number One was speechless.
"Open the door and let me enter the crime scene. You can't just come in and circle around. There must be some key evidence left here." Zhang Yichi murmured to himself, and No. 1 could just hear, "It seems that I have to be careful.
I searched it carefully."
"Do you want to search again?"
"I've asked you enough questions, and I can't get anything out by asking anymore. What's more, it's hard for me to tell which of you is telling the truth and who is lying. It's better to search your house carefully to find out what's true.
Finding some evidence will be much better than your 10,000 words." Zhang Yichi stood up and prepared to search again.
The search when he first came in was relatively simple. He just took a quick look to see if there was anything unusual, but found nothing.
Now there are more questions, and he is not sure who is the murderer and the innocent, No. 1 and No. 3, so he can only focus on the crime scene.
"The first place is the bedroom." Zhang Yichi entered the bedroom and started checking at the desk. He was so careful that he opened every book to see if there was anything hidden. "Open your notebook and let me take a look."
"Ah." Number 1 came over and turned on the computer.
When he started to investigate carefully, his speed was much slower. Zhang Yichi just checked his desk for five minutes. After checking, No. 1 also opened his notebook.
Zhang Yichi checked the files, web browsing records, etc., and found nothing unusual. This notebook is just like No. 1 said, it is purely for office use.
Next is the wardrobe.
Zhang Yichi took out all the clothes from the closet and put them on the bed: "Do you three have any conflicts in your usual clothes?"
"I prefer to wear more formal clothes, No. 2, and No. 3 like to wear more casual clothes." No. 1 stood nearby and didn't help Zhang Yichi find it.
Zhang Yichi searched through the inner and outer pockets of each piece of clothing, and finally dug out a small schoolbag: "...Is this your brother's?"
"Well, he liked to carry this schoolbag to school when he was a child. After he stopped going to school, he never let us throw it away. He kept it all the time." No. 1 also came over now, "Usually he hides it very tightly and we can't find it.
."
Zhang Yichi opened his schoolbag, which contained some toys, some rare things for children but strange things for adults, and a cartoon notebook.
He took out the notebook and flipped through the bag again. After making sure that there was nothing else useful in it, he put the bag aside and flipped through the notebook.
"Catch bugs with my brother."
There is no date written on it, just six crooked words on the first page.
Zhang Yichi turned back again.
"Brother takes me to eat something delicious."
"Like the evening."
"Complete the game."
"I am the king and my brother is the general."
…
There is only one simple sentence on each page. Some sentences do not make sense, and some words are too complicated for my younger brother, so only pinyin is written.
Zhang Yichi flipped through the pages page by page. Since there wasn’t much content, it didn’t take long to finish reading it.
He showed it to No. 1: "Does the brother here refer to the three of you, or just one of you?"
Number 1 opened it and looked at it and said: "I don't remember a lot of things in this. It's probably not about me. Number 2 spends his waking hours at work and has no time. I guess... it's about playing with Number 3."
"I think so too," Zhang Yichi said, "He said in it that he likes evenings."
The two looked at each other.
"You like evenings, don't you... I don't know about that," said No. 1.
Zhang Yichi put the diary on the table and suddenly felt something strange on the back of the notebook. He turned it over and saw a photo taped to the back of the diary.
The content of the photo is very interesting. There are four people in it, three of them look exactly like No. 1 and the others, and there is also a fair-skinned boy with a shy smile.
This is a selfie photo.
"This is..." Zhang Yichi showed it to No. 1 again.
"Ha..." No. 1 chuckled slightly when he saw this photo, feeling a little sad, "This was taken during my brother's birthday last year. Although we only have one body, the three of us are also living people. That day
On a whim, I wanted to take a photo of the three of us with my brother."
Zhang Yichi stared at No. 1 who was talking about this incident. No. 1 couldn't help but smile when he recalled it.
"The three of us took a photo with my brother at the same location during the time when everyone was awake, and celebrated his birthday three times in one day. I am a designer, and I know some photoshops, and then we were photoshopped.
Let’s wash it out together and use it as a birthday present for my brother.”
After listening to No. 1's story, Zhang Yichi solemnly took this very special photo.
The four people inside were all smiling happily, and the younger brother was sitting in the middle. To his left, number 1 was doing a scissor hand gesture. On the right, number 2 was clapping his hands as if singing happy birthday to his younger brother, and number 3 was wiping cake on his face.
"It was good before." Zhang Yichi stared at the photo in silence for a long time, then slowly said a few words.