The footsteps approached, followed by the familiar black clothes and the light smell of tobacco... Seeing him, Xu Xu suddenly calmed down. The messy emotions in his mind, like the fog in the sun, quickly dissipated.

What did she do to Yao Meng just now? She actually vented her emotions on others.

She stared at Ji Bai's leather shoes: "I'm sorry, I will apologize to her."

Ji Bai: "Well. What else?"

Xu Xu was stunned, his hands on his knees clenched into fists. Of course, this detail did not escape Ji Bai's eyes. He made it mercilessly: "Why didn't you tell Ye Zixi's underground love at the scene?"

Xu Xu was slightly shocked and replied: "I didn't find out. Do you think I would conceal it on purpose?"

Ji Bai stared at her condescendingly: "You really didn't notice it. Because you subconsciously don't believe that she will have underground feelings, you turn a blind eye to those obvious details?"

Xu Xu was silent for a moment and replied: "I'm sorry, this kind of thing will not happen again."

In fact, when Ji Bai said the conclusion of "underground love" on the spot, she had already realized her omission, but she did not think deeply. Now that Ji Bai pointed it out, she realized that it was emotions that affected her judgment.

When she said this, she still lowered her head. Looking down from Ji Bai's perspective, the girl's slender shoulders were slightly shrunk and her head was buried very low. Her soft short hair was pressed against her forehead, and her slender face was vaguely visible. She looked like a thin and stubborn boy, unlike a woman.

This is the first time she saw the murder scene today, and the deceased was still a friend. Ji Bai was actually very satisfied with her performance.

But satisfaction is one thing, and education is another.

But... Ji Bai originally wanted to scold her for a few more words, but when she looked at her listless look, she suddenly lost her mood to continue.

He didn't say anything. Xu Xu thought it was over and was about to get up and leave. When his eyes flashed, Ji Bai squatted down.

The dark eyes were level with her and stared at her thoughtfully.

The two of them had a close face. Xu Xu looked at the tall Ji Bai in a daze. It felt really...inexplicable.

Just looking at each other for a moment, Ji Bai looked at her wet red eyes and said, "If you don't have an example, don't cry."

Xu Xu: "..."

In fact, she couldn't help it at first, but she quickly controlled it. She just shed tears and her eyes were inevitably red.

After a brief speechlessness, she frowned and turned her head, avoiding Ji Bai's gaze: "I haven't cried for a long time."

Ji Bai looked at her embarrassed look and smiled. He just wanted to get up, but his eyes unconsciously declined.

Even the skin on her neck was white and thin, and light green blood vessels could be seen faintly. Perhaps because of the embarrassment, her little face had turned red, and it was red until her earlobes and neck roots... He had never seen a person's skin, which was so slender and fragile, as if it would break if it touched.

Because he had been squatting and didn't move, Xu Xu noticed it and turned his head back: "Why are you looking at me?"

Ji Bai glanced at her and calmly said, "What do you think?" He stood up and left.

Xu Xu thought about it and thought that he was scrutinizing it. So he also got up, followed him, and returned to the office.

As soon as he entered the room, Ji Bai felt that the atmosphere was a little wrong. Zhao Han shook at him, and the eyes of several criminal police officers flashed. He turned his eyes and saw Yao Meng sitting in his seat, staring at the screen and typing, but his eyes were red.

Ji Bai ignored it and went back to his house. After a while, he heard Xu Xu's soft and gentle voice: "Yao Meng, are you free? We..."

Ye Zixiao was taken home by a police car. During the day, the Ye family mansion was shining brightly and silent. He had just lying in the room for a while, the door was pushed open.

It was his father Ye Lanyuan. He glanced at his dirt-faced young son, smiled, and sat down beside the bed: "Don't you go to the company in broad daylight? Why are you hiding here?"

Ye Zixiao sat up: "Dad... Zixi is dead."

Ye Lanyuan's expression froze on his face instantly.

Ye Zixiao took a deep breath: "She was murdered. Maybe it was her accomplice of the last blade criminal..." When he spoke, his voice was choked again.

Ye Lanyuan is 65 years old this year, but his face looks like he is in his early fifties. But at this moment, perhaps because he was too hard to control his expression, every wrinkle in the old man seemed to be trembling.

He didn't talk to Ye Zixiao, nor did he ask anything. He stood up and walked out of the room step by step. From Ye Zixiao's vision, he could only see his trembling back, slower and older than ever before.

Soon, the police called Ye's house, which was Ye Lanyuan answered. That night, he did not go downstairs to have dinner.

When Ye Zixiao walked to the restaurant, everyone else was there.

Even though he changed his clothes after taking a shower, his face still looked very pale. The third sister Ye Qiao glanced at him and asked, "Where is Zixi? Didn't you come with you?"

Ye Zixiao did not answer immediately, but walked to his seat. Everyone got used to his temper and didn't care. As soon as he moved his chopsticks, he suddenly heard him say, "Zi Xi is dead."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone stopped chopsticks and turned to look at him.

The restaurant was so quiet that it was scary. Only Ye Zixiao picked up the chopsticks and started to stew the rice.

The first person to speak was the eldest brother Ye Ziqiang: "Fourth brother, what are you kidding?"

Ye Zixiao threw his chopsticks "snap" and said: "I'm kidding? Are you happy now? I suspect that Zixi is coming back to grab the property. Now she's dead, you're at ease."

Ye Ziqiang's face turned red in an instant: "You, you..."

"Zi Xiao" was Ye Qiao who stopped him, "What the hell are you talking about? What happened to Zi Xi?"

Ye Zixiao looked at her coldly: "Sister Three, how many stumblings have you made to Zixi in business over the past few years? Aren't you the same as the elder brother? Now that she is dead, do you feel guilty?"

Ye Qiao's face changed slightly and she didn't say anything.

The indoor quieted again, and the atmosphere became tighter than before.

Ye Zixiao took a deep breath, calmed down, and spoke again: "Zi Xi was murdered last night."

He didn't want to mention the text message, nor did he want to mention Ye Zixi's death, and just said: "I was called by the police to ask, the murderer should be related to the last time the blade criminal. The police are investigating."

Everyone's faces changed and no one said anything.

After a while, the third brother-in-law Zhang Shiyong asked in a deep voice: "Have you caught the murderer?" His voice became a little cold: "What is the police doing for?"

Zixiao has always respected this brother-in-law very much and shook his head and replied: "Not yet. It's not the last time. That person has been caught. This time it should be his accomplice and beast."

No one spoke again, and the meal was dull and heavy. After a while, the second sister Ye Jin, who had been silent, put down her chopsticks: "I'm full." Her husband Wu Xie looked at the food that was basically unmoved and hugged her shoulders: "You've eaten too little." Ye Jin shook his head, got up and walked to Ye Zixiao, put his hand on his shoulders, and her eyes were already red.

This gentle and introverted second sister doesn't talk much, but except Ye Zixi, Zixiao has the best relationship with her. She held her hand and said, "Second sister..."

When the Ye family was immersed in the gloomy atmosphere, the news of Ye Zixi's death gradually spread. The police force had already suspended vacations and investigated the case day and night. Xu Xu directly sent a text message to Xu Jun, saying that he had been busy recently and did not contact him. Xu Jun probably got used to it, so he replied "good" and did not harass her.

After a day and night investigation, at noon that day, the criminal police team held a meeting.

The first thing to report is Lao Wu, who led another criminal policeman and Yao Meng to investigate Ye Zixi's daily relationship.

"We asked the deceased's relatives, friends, and colleagues in Lin City. The deceased had a good reputation and had no major conflicts with anyone. And everyone said she was single, and no one heard that she had a boyfriend recently."

This result disappointed everyone a little.

At this time, Yao Meng added: "We have applied for authorization and are conducting in-depth investigations into the personal information of the deceased, including email records, communication records, consumption records, etc. If the mysterious lover really exists, it is impossible that there will be no trace."

Ji Bai nodded, and Xu Xu quickly took the meeting minutes.

Because Ye Zixi is a celebrity in the business world, Da Hu led Zhao Han to investigate the economic field.

Da Hu reported solemnly: "The deceased was responsible for the group's overseas investment during his lifetime. His performance was good. Some investments failed, but there were no abnormalities in the overall situation..."

Ji Bai interrupted him: "What kind of investment failure?"

Da Hu replied: "There are real estate and export trade losses. The biggest investment failure last year was a loss of about US$100 million. The partner was a European Chinese who was wanted for absconding with the money... But these are all a drop in the bucket for Longxi Group."

Xu Xu nodded and sounded like this, there was no abnormality for the time being.

At this time, Zhao Han stood up and said, "I found the earliest information from Longxi Group." He distributed the photocopy to everyone. Xu Xu read quickly and soon discovered clues.

The earliest legal representative of Longxi Group was not Ye Lanyuan, the current chairman of the group, but Ye Lanzhi. She was about to ask a question, but Ji Bai had already spoken: "Is Ye Lanzhi Ye Zixi's father?"

Zhao Han nodded and explained: "When Ye Zixi was three years old, his father died of illness and his uncle Ye Lanyuan became a legal person. At that time, the company had no shareholding system. Later, he went public and Ye Zixi's shares as an adult were 3."

After hearing this, everyone was quite moved by Ye Zixi's death. Will it be related to family economic interests disputes?

Ji Bai pondered for a moment and looked at Lao Wu: "Did there be any absent certificates for the Ye family during the crime period?"

Lao Wu flipped through the transcripts in his hand and replied: "The forensic doctor inferred the death time from 9:00 to 5:00 am that night. This time period is a bit large, and most people say they are sleeping at home. To be more precise, it is proof that it is necessary to investigate further."

Da Hu said: "The text message was distributed at 22:17. According to the forensic doctor's report, after a serious chest injury, the deceased's survival time cannot exceed 1 hour. Can it be inferred that the deceased's death time is between 22:00 and 23:30, and focus on checking the alibi proof of this period?"

Zhao Han immediately retorted: "Will the text message be sent by the murderer to confuse the time?"

“Not very likely.”

“It’s possible.”

The two voices sounded at the same time, Xu Xu and Ji Bai.

Everyone was stunned. You should know that Ji Bai is an authority in the police force. Everyone has seen Xu Xu's performance since he joined the company, which is quite a trend of pushing the old waves. Unexpectedly, the master and apprentice have different opinions in public today.

Ji Bai glanced at Xu Xu with great interest. Xu Xu didn't look at him at all, with a serious expression on his face.

At this time, Yao Meng raised her hand: "I also think it's unlikely. The text message should have been sent by the deceased." Then she gave Xu Xu a gaze of encouragement to see her expression. Xu Xu saw her, and nodded in response.

Two psychology professionals jointly opposed the captain's opinion, which made everyone interested. Ji Bai satisfied everyone's curiosity and named him: "Xu Xu, you talk first."

Xu Xu replied: "The text message revealed the relationship between the murderer and the deceased. Since there is a criminal with high IQ and meticulous behavior among the murderers, he deliberately arranged the scene as a blade crime to commit the crime, so there should not be such an obvious loophole."

Yao Meng also said: "My opinion is the same. Even if the murderer wants to send a text message, he can send more vague content to achieve the purpose of confusing time."

After hearing the two of them, many people nodded and agreed. Then they all looked at Ji Bai.

Ji Bai smiled, his long black and even eyebrows slightly raised, his eyes fell on Xu Xu, and he spoke: "You are talking about an ideal situation. We are not sure how the murder process happened. We cannot rule out any occasional factors, so that the murderer can send such a text message. What's more, there is a second murderer at the scene."

Everyone nodded frequently, and Ji Bai changed his mind: "But I agree, focus on checking the alibi of the Ye family between 22:00 and 23:30. Look at Ye Zixi's mobile phone number communication records."

Xu Xu opened the information in his hand and recorded the text message at 22:17. He also showed the base station code, but there was no abnormality.

Ji Bai continued: "This base station code belongs to Lin Anshan. It confirms that this text message was indeed sent from the villa location. According to the record, the mobile phone signal disappeared around 23 o'clock, and we did not find the mobile phone at the scene."
To be continued...