The investigation once again stalled.

In William's room, the three of them sat on the sofa chairs in silence.

"Waiting like this is not the way to go. Let's find a new breakthrough?" Du Ruoying suggested, "For example, the call to ask the waiter to deliver food at the crime scene is very concerning. The murderer specially called the waiter, probably to Let everyone find the body as soon as possible, but what is the benefit of doing so? This move not only ruined the opportunity for the murderer to sneak away, but also caused the victim to not die completely, and was almost rescued in time. Isn’t the gain outweighed the loss?”

Du Ruoxian was silent.

She had no choice but to pick up the words a little more clearly: "So I think, how about we check that call first?"

"There shouldn't be anything to find out." Du Ruoxian clenched his fists secretly, trying his best to behave naturally.

"That's it..." Du Ruoying lowered her head in shock, and silently crossed this direction out of her mind, but she soon cheered up again, "What about the fine sand in the room? They must not be completely empty The reason why it appears here is that the murderer must have a certain purpose, if we understand this, we may be able to solve other mysteries together. Brother, what do you think?"

"I..." When the words came to his lips, he bit his lip and swallowed forcefully, "I don't know."

She had no choice but to turn her gaze to William: "What do you think, Will?"

"Well—" William spread his hands helplessly and smiled, obviously not planning to say more.

Seeing the two reasoning geniuses in front of him being more reticent than the other, Du Ruoying gradually became suspicious, "You guys are... so strange today."

"It's because you put too much pressure on Officer Du, classmate Xiaoying. He must be tired after a day's work. It would be very reluctant to ask him to solve the case all night. The case is so complicated, give him more time Think about it?" William handed Du Ruoxian a glass of warm water, "Officer Du, don't worry, take your time."

"Thank you." Du Ruoxian took the water glass, his eyes stopped on the clear water surface and was lost in thought. He was about to raise his head to drink, but suddenly stopped his movements——

There was a little white powder on the rim of the cup, obviously, sleeping pills had been put in the water.

why?

Was it because he was worried that he would not be able to keep the agreement to the end, so he did it?

No, not right!

If this is the case, with the strength of the professor, the drug will definitely be done more covertly and without trace.Prescribing medicine so blatantly, and delivering it to his lips so blatantly, probably because he wanted to do a compliance test——

Test how far he can obey.

Knowing that there is something wrong with the water served, you can drink it in one gulp. This is only the first step in passing the obedience test.However, such tests are destined to only have zero or countless times. The most terrifying thing is that small obedience will gradually accumulate into large obedience.

At the beginning, it may just be obedience to food and drink against one’s will, and later on to wearing accessories, speaking habits, daily life, and then to the furnishings and layout of the living space, and even the views on a book or a movie...

The bottom line of resistance retreated again and again until it collapsed and turned into nothingness.

After all, the human physiological structure is so simple. Absurd lies repeated a thousand times will become the truth, obedience against one’s will will seep into the brain if repeated a thousand times, and become an irresistible part of the body’s instincts, and eventually become no longer against one’s will.

He has witnessed criminal organizations using this method to assimilate countless ordinary people. Even professionally trained undercover police officers may suffer from this and turn against each other ever since.

Even those who are as fierce and persevering as Colonel Moran cannot escape the fate of being tamed by the professor in the end.Can I last longer than Colonel Moran...

Thinking of this, Du Ruoxian couldn't help but clenched the handle of the cup tightly.

"What's the matter, is the water too hot?" William pretended to be concerned.

"No, the water temperature is very good." Du Ruoxian put the water glass back on the coffee table calmly, "but I'm not thirsty yet, sorry for bothering you."

The agreement this time does not include the option of "drinking medicine obediently". unable to be changed.

Seeing the two of them treating each other like guests, Du Ruoying vaguely sensed something was wrong. Looking back, when they met before, they were not on the verge of fighting, but almost pushed each other's head into the wall. This time they got along so harmoniously.

As the saying goes, when things go wrong, there must be demons.

For the sake of caution, she picked up the thoughts she had thrown away earlier: "Brother, if you are tired, just take a break. I will go to the waiter to check the phone number, and I will come back and tell you if I find anything."

After speaking, she went to the front desk alone to check and found something.

There was only one call during that time period, but it was not from room 8168, but from room 8214.The hotel uses an internal telephone, and the service personnel generally do not use the telephone number itself to locate the guest's room number, but ask verbally.It is obviously safer for the murderer to use a telephone far away from the scene of the crime, so this result is also expected by Du Ruoying.

But she still noticed something unusual——

The moment she saw the string of numbers 8214, the face of the young lady at the front desk turned pale.

"Who lives in this room?" Du Ruoying asked.

"No one lives here," the young lady's voice trembled, "My God, this...couldn't be haunted?"

"Why do you say that?"

"Last year, there was a girl who lived in this room. Suddenly, one day, no one was found. The police received a clue from someone that she fell into the water. By the time the police salvaged her, she was already dead and covered in tangles. With water grass and sand, people say she was killed by a mermaid."

"Water plants and sand... are very similar to this case," Du Ruoying nodded, "Why do you say they were killed by mermaids?"

"This is an old local saying. It is said that people who disrespect the sea will be killed by mermaids. When they die, they will be covered in water plants and sand from the sea. Just like her." The young lady replied, "After this incident, many curious people Many self-media people were attracted here, and some even specially booked this room. Not only supernatural things were photographed, but people also had accidents. It is said that the mermaid has already lived in that room. Even if there are no people, there will be three people on the floor Aquatic plants and sea sand appear at both ends of the sky, and sometimes there are strange drag marks on the sand, like a huge fish tail sweeping, very scary. Everyone was terrified to clean it. In the end, no one dared to book this room , we will never recommend it to customers, just leave it there.”

"This room, can you take me in and have a look?"

"Yes, please follow me."

When she came to Room 8214, Du Ruoying noticed that it was located in the dead corner of the monitor. The room was clean and tidy, with no traces of fine sand or water plants. However, the beige sand remaining in the cracks in the corners showed that what the waiter said was true. .

As expected, there were no traces of fingerprints on the landline.

She walked out of the room with nothing, and saw Yue Yin approaching, who stopped in front of her, lighting a new cigarette.As if talking to himself, he said, "This room is very close to the restaurant."

"Miss Yue Yin."

"Just call me Yin Yin, we are about the same age?" Yue Yin offered a cigarette familiarly, but Du Ruoying declined, "That's right, you can see that she is the kind of good girl who doesn't smoke or drink. "

Du Ruoying smiled obediently, taking it as acquiescence.

Looking at the back of the young lady at the front desk who said goodbye and left, Yue Yin's voice became more enthusiastic: "You are Officer Du's sister, right? Your brother—does he have a girlfriend?"

Du Ruoying was a little surprised by this question, but she still said truthfully, "No."

"Really?" Yue Yin's eyes flickered with a rare expression, "He is so smart, so handsome, and can be so gentle and considerate to strangers, I thought he must have a girlfriend! Being his girlfriend is definitely Very happy, right? Ah, what should I do, it seems like I fell in love at first sight."

Du Ruoying: ...? ! !

"Perhaps you think it's hypocritical and naive for a realistic woman like me to say that." Yue Yin laughed at herself bitterly, "I used to think this statement was extremely ridiculous. What is love at first sight? How could such a thing happen? I just want to Find a rich man to marry, get rid of the life of a house slave who has worked for others all his life, and spend as much money as he wants every day, that is the most correct way to use marriage! But now, I suddenly don’t think so, I seem to ...it was love at first sight."

Recalling Du Ruoxian's painful experience of being broken up several times in the past, Du Ruoying felt inexplicably unhappy: "The criminal police is not a popular profession in the blind date market."

Yue Yin looked up at the void aside, as if attracted by some kind of mirage that didn't exist, "I know, but the way he reasoned seriously is so handsome, it almost made me want to take the exam." Criminal police."

Oh, reasoning, handsome, love at first sight...

Sure enough...

So is this person, so is that person, everyone is like this, approaching him with wishful thinking, seducing him, relying on him, eager to enjoy his endless tenderness.However, when he finally accepted the existence of the other party and wanted to rely on him back, he was cruelly abandoned. Those women gave some reasons, such as low wages, dangerous jobs, and all kinds of temporary overtime that ruined the date. , there is no room for advancement in his career...they were still reluctant to admit the real reason—they simply couldn't bear the past that he had.

already……

I don't want to see him so hurt again.

They put up one reason or another: staying behind at home, sister-in-law, dangerous work content, overtime work on call, no room for advancement...but no one is willing to admit the real reason——

They couldn't bear that he had a past like that.

"Hey, what type of girl does he like more?" Yue Yin continued, "Pretty ones? Those who share the same language? Or are they as obedient as you?"

Her fingers unconsciously pressed half of the remaining cigarettes into the smoke extinguishing sand above the trash can. This action attracted Du Ruoying's attention.

"Extinguishing Yansha..."

"Ah, this," Yue Yin came back to her senses, "Have you noticed it too? The smoke-extinguishing sand in the hotel is actually the same kind as the sand on the beach—of course, it should be the same kind as the one at the scene of the crime. This The sea sand next to it is fine in texture and beautiful in color, and many nearby hotels often take it directly to make Miyansha. Not only Miyansha, but many local specialties such as hourglasses and sand paintings are also made of this kind of sand..."

"Wait, you just said hourglass and sand painting?!" Du Ruoying's pupils shrank suddenly.

"Why, are you interested? I know a good souvenir shop nearby, and I can take you there tomorrow."

"No, I mean..."

"I seem to have solved the trick of spreading sand at the crime scene."

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