case-in-case

Lan Kesi's words made the friends fall into thinking: Indeed, according to Lan Kesi, it does not make sense to look at Ryuta Kagezawa as a suspect in the kidnapping case. Several people recalled the brief contact with the kidnapper in the activity center, Thinking of the brave breath of the kidnapper and Ryuta Jingze, who are not of the same class, could there be any inside story?

Jiang Jingtong turned the pen in his hand, pointed at Ai Pingping's autopsy report and said: "There is no damage to the skin, scars and surgical incisions, subcutaneous bruises on the wrists and buttocks, and no traumatic fractures in the body," Jiang Jingtong looked up at everyone: "Her body was soaked in river water, and the semen spots in her body were polluted by river water. The police found no useful clues to identify the suspect from her body." He put down the autopsy report and continued: "The suspect in the kidnapping case has been identified. Ryuta Kyozawa not only died but also had huge doubts about his motives, the murderer in the case of Reina did not leave any traces, and the police still couldn’t locate the suspect, but the three cases have one thing in common that they are all related to Harumi Toyama.”

Ouyang Le frowned: "Is it far-fetched to think so? We are all in school, and we are more or less connected. For example, if you push it carefully, you, me and Lang Fei are also considered as the common connection point of these three cases. The first point, you Rescued Ai Pingping, the three of us got to know her that night; secondly, we escaped together when the kidnapping happened, and had some connection with the kidnapping; thirdly, Lianai was Lang Fei’s girlfriend, and we both Knowing her, the three of us are all connected to these three cases!"

Lang Fei felt that what Ouyang Le said made sense.

Jiang Jingtong shook his head and said: "We only know the victims, but Harumi Toyama is someone who has close contact with them."

Ren and Lan Kesi didn't understand a little bit: "What does it mean that Jiang Jingtong saved Ai Pingping?"

Well, these two are not members of China's Three Musketeers, and they don't know what happened on the night of the dance, so Jiang Jingtong popularized what happened at the dance that night when Ai Pingping was killed for the two friends, and then told the boss of the "Evil Young Gang" Case expressed a strong condemnation, thinking that the evil young gang was too reckless.

Lan Kesi's head was full of black lines and he was very wronged: "That's a joke that went too far, it's not a serious crime!"

Jiang Jingtong: "That's bullying!"

Lan Kesi: "Drink too much, it's justifiable!"

Jiang Jingtong: "It's illegal to kill someone if you drink too much!"

Lan Kesi: "You are a beauty, you are right!"

This time it was Jiang Jingtong's turn to have black lines all over his head. He pushed his glasses and decided that he would beat anyone who said he was a beauty!

Ren looked at Lan Kaisi and Jiang Jingtong as they came and went without speaking, but their expressions were a little unpredictable.

Lang Fei didn't care about this, he just wanted to find out who killed Liannai: "The murderer had a motive for killing, Ai Pingping died of obsession/rape, but Liannai was strangled to death, the two died for different reasons, but throwing the body The location is the same, so the person who killed Ai Pingping and Lianai is likely to be the same person."

Jiang Jingtong regained consciousness from the emotion of wanting to use violence against Lan Kesi, and intuitively retorted: "When Ai Pingping was discovered, photos were exposed on the school forum. Many people knew that Ai Pingping died naked in the river, so The possibility of others imitating the crime cannot be ruled out."

Ouyang Le is more concerned about the kidnapping case. If Ryuta Jingze is not the person who colluded with the kidnappers, then there is someone in the school who colluded with the kidnappers, and that person indirectly killed Karina. He is very concerned about this: "There is also a kidnapping case , The police found so many evidences pointing to Ryuta Jingze, but Lan Kesi's analysis is also very reasonable, not to mention that Ryuta Jingze was the victim of the kidnapping case, which can be explained as being silenced by the kidnappers, but it may also be the real murderer and The kidnappers colluded to frame him, assuming Ryuta Kagezawa was framed, and the person who has access to his cell phone, computer and other items and knows his mailbox must be someone very close to him, then Harumi Toyama is the most suspicious!"

Lan Kesi looked at Ouyang Le: "One more thing, when we escaped from the activity center, Toyama Harumi, Shimizu Rena and Miranda were tied up on the roof, but the kidnappers didn't kill them but took hostages from downstairs Go up to the rooftop and shoot them."

Lang Fei looked at Lan Kesi with sharp eyes: "What do you want to say?"

Lan Kesi looked back at Lang Fei with calm eyes: "The existence of Liannai is also related to the kidnapping case, is it the possibility of being silenced because of the kidnapping case?"

I'll go, the little friends are stunned in their hearts - there is really such a possibility.

Because the Chinese Three Musketeers are more familiar with Shimizu Renai, and Ren and Ouyang Le are roommates, and their emotional tendencies are also obvious, so the four friends only think that Shimizu Renai is the victim, but Lan Kaisi and Renai are not familiar with each other. The angle provided is more objective, and there are huge possibilities.

Lang Fei took a deep breath and shook his head resolutely: "No, Lianai is not that kind of girl!"

Lan Kesi looked at him: "I'm just offering a guess."

Ouyang Le didn't know what to say, if Lianai was the one who contacted the kidnappers, then she indirectly killed Karina, how would he and Lang Fei face each other?

The air in the room suddenly froze.

Jiang Jingtong first pushed his eyes with his hand, then knocked on the table and said: "These are all inferences and speculations, and there is no evidence to support them. We want to find out the truth, not judge who is guilty and who is not guilty by inference!"

Lan Kesi felt that there was no way to start, and while pointing at the files on the table, he said: "How to check? Now in the case of Ai Pingping and Shimizu Reina's case, there are no useful clues in the police files. Not sure yet, the police in the kidnapping case identified the person who colluded with the kidnappers in the school as Ryuta Jingze, but Ryuta Jingze is already dead, where should we start to investigate?"

Jiang Jingtong pushed the glasses with his hands again and said firmly: "Starting with Harumi Toyama, Ai Pingping is her roommate; Liannai is her friend; Ryuta Kagezawa is her boyfriend, it is impossible for Harumi Toyama to know everything." Jiang Jingtong recalled After a while, he pointed to one of the files and looked at Ouyang Le said: "You said before that the police said that Ai Pingping's roommate and her boyfriend on the night of the incident proved that Ai Pingping left the ball after ten o'clock. This record It was also recorded in this way, but the transcripts were recorded by Jingze Ryuta and Toyama Harumi, but now that Ai Pingping is dead, Jingzawa Ryuta is also dead, and Toyama Harumi is the only one who knows when Ai Pingping left the dance venue that night , so if we want to find clues, we must start with Harumi Toyama."

Ouyang Le thought for a while, and he agreed with Jiang Jingtong's deduction: "I also feel that Harumi Toyama should know something!"

Lang Fei scratched his hair irritably: "If there is something hidden in the Ai Pingping case, then Harumi Toyama is lying, but how can Harumi Toyama tell the truth? Can't she answer us as soon as we ask?"

The air stagnated again, and the five little friends fell into thinking again until the butler brought afternoon tea and snacks.

Lan Kesi came back to his senses and motioned for everyone to drink tea, eat snacks, and relax. The friends also felt that they really needed to relax their brains.

There is a tea in front of each friend, and there is red liquid in the white teacup.

Over there, Lan Case scooped up a little maple syrup and poured it into the tea with a thin spoon, and stirred it gently. The aroma of maple syrup slowly spread out along with the warm tea, which made people move their index fingers. Lan Case Pick up a small snack and eat it.

The friends fell into a deadlock of thinking and couldn't find a solution for the time being, so they also had tea with Lan Kesi.

Because everyone is still thinking, no one speaks.

Ren saw that everyone was silent, so he suggested: "Should we find a girl to approach Harumi Toyama?"

Let's watch him together.

Lang Fei: "Where can I find girls?"

Ouyang Le: "How do you get close to Harumi Toyama?"

Jiang Jingtong: "Is there any danger?"

Lan Kesi: "Girls are easier to communicate with each other!"

Ren didn't respond to the words of the other friends, but looked at Lan Kesi: "What do you think of Miranda?"

Blue Case: ...

The Three Chinese Musketeers Qiqi turned to look at Lan Kaisi.

Lan Kesi: "She was tied up on the top floor with Harumi Toyama and Reina Shimizu that day. How can you be sure that she is not a suspect in the case?"

Ren: "You can contact and have a look."

Blue Case: ...

Jiang Jingtong: "Miranda looked very interested in you that day. You can try to get in touch with her, and you may find clues. Aren't the British the most gentlemanly? Finding out the murderer is also a gentleman's behavior. Sherlock Holmes is the British. Man, investigation is in the nature of the British, and we trust you!"

Blue Case: ...

Ouyang Le: "Jing Zelong is a member of your fraternity, don't you want to find out if he is in collusion with the kidnappers, don't you want to know if he was framed?"

Blue Case: ...

Lang Fei: "For the truth, for justice, for catching the murderer, for your brother Ryuta Kagezawa, for Karina who died in the kidnapping, and for Reina Shimizu, please!"

Blue Case: ...

At this time, the young master Lan Kesi wanted to slap himself unconsciously—told you to meddle in your own business just to pick up on a man!

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That night, the friends stayed at Lan Kesi's house - everyone needed to read the files, transcripts, autopsy report and discuss how to get Lan Kesi to contact Miranda.

After dinner, Lan Kesi took his friends to his garden to digest food.

Lang Fei and Ouyang Le were discussing the case together—both girlfriends were killed, and they couldn’t relax—the case file and some autopsy photos had greatly stimulated the two of them. The details of the case are very attentive.

Jiang Jingtong was dragged by Lan Kesi to speak.

Lan Kesi looked at Jiang Jingtong's exquisite face, even though wearing glasses concealed his three-point handsomeness, he was still a very beautiful oriental beauty.

Lan Kesi asked lazily but with a puzzled tone: "I've asked you out many times before, why didn't you come back?"

Jiang Jingtong replied as a matter of course: "I didn't know you well at that time."

unfamiliar?It is indeed a good reason, Lan Keith smiled, and stroked the beautifully pruned flowers with his slender fingers: "Then do you know what the Ernest family means?"

Jiang Jingtong raised the corner of his mouth: "Wealth, power, privilege!"

Lan Kesi looked back at Jiang Jingtong: "Then you know that I have a crush on you, can you get something from it?"

Jiang Jingtong pushed his glasses with his fingers and said calmly: "I know."

Lan Keith was curious: "Then why don't you accept my closeness? Befriend me and I can provide you with good resources, wealth, social status and so on."

Jiang Jingtong felt that Lan Kesi must think that everyone who approached him had a purpose, and he asked with a smile: "Lan Kesi, what do you think I came to study in England for?"

Lan Keith replied without hesitation: "Accept a good education in England."

Jiang Jingtong shook his head.

Lan Case wondered: "Green card? Permanent residency?"

Jiang Jingtong shook his head.

Lan Keith was curious: "Then why?"

The corners of Jiang Jingtong's mouth slightly raised with confidence: "I am Chinese, my family is in China, and my family runs a law firm in China. After China joined the WTO, trade frictions continued, economic lawsuits, and foreign trade frictions emerged one after another. I came to the UK to study. I want to represent Chinese companies in court when Chinese companies have trade disputes with WTO member companies! Maybe it’s hypocritical to say this, but I want to say that I love my motherland. My motherland has a long history, profound culture, and is developing rapidly , as long as you work hard in our country, you will have a good life, and I came to study in the UK to serve my motherland!"

Lan Kesi sneered: "Then there is no gap between rich and poor in your motherland, no distinction between rich and poor, no privileged class?"

Jiang Jingtong smiled proudly: "Every country has them, but in our country everyone is equal, unlike your UK where there are nobles and commoners!"

Lan Kesi didn't take it seriously, but he didn't refute it. Instead, he raised his doubts all along: "Is it because I am a privileged class that you can't accept me? Or is it because of my gender?"

Jiang Jingtong shook his head: "No, I don't want to accept you because you are the lord of the Ernest family!"

Lan Kesi was surprised, the lord is a symbol of his identity, that is his pride, why did Jiang Jingtong reject him because of this?

"Why?" was written all over Lan Keith's face.

Jiang Jingtong looked at Lan Kesi, Lan Kesi was tall, slender, upright, lazily exuding a typical aristocratic atmosphere, even if the gender is male, he is still very attractive, but these are not enough to tempt Jiang Jingtong: "Lan Kesi Case, will you marry and have children in the future?"

Lan Kesi seemed to understand what Jiang Jingtong meant. He really wanted to say no to Jiang Jingtong, but as the lord, he needed to provide the family with an heir with the blood of the Ernest family, so he would marry and have children sooner or later. It is his responsibility and obligation, his love will have nothing to do with marriage, he can't say no against his will!

Jiang Jingtong looked at Lan Kesi's deep eyes, he didn't need him to speak, he had already answered for Lan Kesi: "For your family, you will marry a woman and have children, you just have a good impression of me, even if it is love, your love is right I will not be the only, not the only love, I don't want it!"

Lan Keith's blue eyes were like a deep pool of water: "Do you want my love?"

Jiang Jingtong shook his head: "The person you love will be very hard. Your love is to serve your identity, status and family, so I hope you are my friend, not my lover!" Blue Case.

Lan Kesi looked back at Jiang Jingtong, and saw his handsome face hidden under the rimless glasses, with a focused and firm expression. Lan Kesi suddenly understood that the first time he saw the video of Jiang Jingtong performing a talent show on the campus forum, at that moment Heartbeat is just like it is now, Jiang Jingtong is confident, calm, elegant and wise - there is a kind of beauty unique to oriental people, reserved, not dazzling, but amazingly beautiful.

Lan Kesi looked at Jiang Jingtong for a long time and said, "I'll ask the housekeeper to arrange accommodation for you." He walked away a little lonely!

At this time, Ren turned out from behind the colonnade and saw Jiang Jingtong with a smile that was not a smile: "You are here to study on behalf of your country? How did you come up with such a serious and noble reason?"

Jiang Jingtong did not answer but asked Ryan with a smile: "I find it very strange that your father is American and your mother is Italian. Why did you come to England to study?"

Ryan's black line, Jiang Jingtong is not answering the question.

Jiang Jingtong smiled and said: "If there is any unspeakable secret, it goes without saying!"

Ren struggled for a while before he said frankly: "Because of studying, my father and mother argued endlessly. My father wanted me to study in the United States, and my mother thought I should receive an Italian education. They argued because of this. When I got angry, I ran to England by myself. Reading, so that they don't have to fight for me to study!"

This reason—Jiang Jingtong is convinced—I didn't expect that the seemingly serious and unsmiling Ren is also a child with a middle school and a second disease!

Ren changed the subject and asked Jiang Jingtong: "Are you really not interested in Lan Kaisi?"

Jiang Jingtong found it funny: "Why should I be tempted by him?"

Ren raised his eyebrows, as if you understood.

The eyes behind Jiang Jingtong's glasses flickered slightly: "If Lan Kesi was a girl, I would think about it, but he is a man. We Chinese are not so tolerant of homosexuality. Besides, I am really not gay."

Ryan: "If you like a man, is it GAY?"

Jiang Jingtong: "What is liking a man but not GAY?"

Ren: "It just happens that the person I like is the same gender!"

Jiang Jingtong shook his head: "I haven't considered this issue yet, I will remember to tell you when I figure it out!"

Ryan: ...

Jiang Jingtong asked curiously: "Ren, why are you willing to investigate the case with us? Is it just because we escaped from the activity center together?"

Ryan's eyes flashed: "I have been studying in the UK for more than a year, and I don't have many friends. I once felt that I don't need friends, but when we were in danger at the activity center, I realized how important friends are. It may be excellent, it may be outstanding, and it may be at the top of a certain field, but our world is a diverse world, and I cannot control all resources, nor can I be proficient in all fields, so I hope to cooperate with others and hope to have Friends, I hope to learn how to work as a team."

Jiang Jingtong smiled knowingly: "In our China, this is called resignation, anytime, and situation!"

Ryan looked at Jiang Jingtong with shining eyes: "It seems that you have a lot of philosophical thoughts in China."

Jiang Jingtong shook his head: "That's not philosophical thinking, it's Zen thinking, which is somewhat similar to your religious beliefs in Europe and the United States."

Ren: "Then can your Zen thoughts explain why both Ai Pingping and Shimizu Reina were killed?"

Jiang Jingtong thought for a while before saying: "The Buddha said that everything has a cause and effect, and there must be a reason for their murder. It's just that we see the effect now, but we don't see the cause."

Ren: Mosquito-repellent eye——I don’t understand, what is the cause and what is the effect? Beacues and Consequence?

Why did Jiang Jingtong speak English, but Ren just felt that he couldn't understand?

Jiang Jingtong smiled: "Don't just look for the answer, the process of finding the answer is the harvest, follow the result, you will find the reason..."

-

That night, the four friends stayed at Lan Kesi's house.

The housekeeper sent comfortable and soft pajamas, took the friends' clothes to dry cleaning, and promised to deliver them tomorrow morning.

The little friends also enjoyed the feeling of sleeping in a castle at Lan Keith's house with peace of mind.