False evidence

Chapter 301 Seven Nights (Part 2)

This world is full of strange things, but also many coincidences.

After talking with Ms. Zhai, the fact that she received orders from the same person for seven consecutive days can only be attributed to coincidence.

I've been thinking about it too. Is she lying? Or is she deliberately trying to set me up?
But, as for making money—I'm just a ride-hailing driver, I don't have any.

Simply murder—she doesn't seem like the kind of psychopath who would suddenly strangle me from behind with the seatbelt.

After thinking it over, the only thing that comes to mind is lust...

"Sorry, this is a one-way street, you can't drive in."

"I'll call a car again tomorrow!"

Ms. Zhai waved her phone, which displayed the interface for paying the fare.

I grinned and said, "If they really call me again, I won't take the orders. Don't you think that's weird?"

"If I call your name, it must be fate. I bet you'll answer. Then, I'll marry you. Don't worry, I'll ruin your relationship with your current lover. Then we'll grow old together, and then, I'll die first, leaving you with the pain, and you'll have to do my makeup!"

Ms. Zhai got out of the car and drove away.

I stared blankly at her retreating figure, muttering to myself:

"Your legs are quite long, but I already have someone in my heart... These things don't have a priority order, but if I had to choose between the two, I would only choose my beloved Pidan!"

I calmed myself down, shifted gears again, and was about to drive off when I inadvertently noticed a white leather bag lying on the back seat.

"Hey! Your bag..."

I rolled down the car window and shouted.

Miss Zhai didn't hear her at all and disappeared around the corner.

I parked the car in a roadside parking space, grabbed my purse, and turned on the roof light.

By the light, I could see that besides some lipsticks and other odds and ends, there was a long wallet, and... a few sanitary napkins wrapped in a small plastic bag.

"Why are you flirting during the 'holiday'?"

I muttered something to myself, took off my phone, and dialed the number provided on the ride-hailing form.

No one heard.

I tried several times, and it was the same every time.

"Fine! I'll do a good deed this time, even if I don't get any 'reward'."

The bag contained sanitary napkins, which was enough to instantly extinguish my romantic fantasies!

I locked my car, tucked a white leather bag under my arm, and walked forward, clutching the collar of my jacket with one hand.

The phone rang...

I answered the call.

"The weather forecast says there will be sleet within an hour, hurry back," said Pidan.

"We'll get our marriage certificate tomorrow!" I declared forcefully.

"collar!"

"Huh?" I thought I misheard. "Who brainwashed you or what? How did you... how did you... how did you get your marriage certificate so quickly?"

Pidan yelled, "Come back right now! Come back now!"

"Go back! Go back right now! We'll consummate our marriage today! I don't care about Lü Xin or Wolf Head... I'll just..."

Seeing the address of No. 11 Meiling Road, and then looking at the building entrance, it was surprisingly ajar.

"Wait a moment..."

I knocked on the old-fashioned tin security door.

"Clang!"

The hinges were lubricated, and they opened slightly without any force.

Just as the door opened, something fell from above.

Instinctively, I caught it.

The next second, I had a strong premonition—I've been tricked!
What fell down was a knife.

I held my phone in my left hand and gripped the knife handle with my right hand.

There was blood on the blade, and even under my gaze, a drop of crimson blood slid down from the tip.

Meiling Road is lined with old buildings, almost all of them detached and single-family.

A light was on behind the door.

As the door slowly opened, I saw a person lying across the coffee table in the foyer. It was a woman, very young.

All in white.

A white down jacket lay tossed aside next to the sofa.

The woman was wearing a white short-sleeved sweater on top, and a white short skirt and white boots on the bottom.

The woman lay supine on the coffee table, suspended above and below, with her chest at the center, her white clothes covered in shocking blood!

"Hey? Hey hey? Come back right now!"

The receiver picked up Pidan's voice.

I muttered subconsciously, "I can't go back anytime soon."

The next second, Lü Xin suddenly appeared, glanced around, and turned to me urgently:

"We've been hit! Let's go! Take the knife with us!"

I quickly stepped back.

At the same time, a police siren came from afar.

"Second-rate!"

I turned and walked quickly. After a few steps, I saw an open doorway and, in a flash, I darted inside.

Most of the old buildings still standing in the city were built in the last century. I ran up to the rooftop and sprinted for nearly a hundred meters along the staggered rooftop terraces.

He stopped, took off his sneakers, and ran back wearing only his socks.

Upon reaching the platform he had initially come up to, he squeezed his eyes shut, then suddenly opened them and jumped off the roof, which was equivalent to the third floor.

……

In the early hours of the morning, the old building at No. 11 was still brightly lit.

But there were no more figures moving about inside the windows.

I climbed onto a tree diagonally opposite the back window of Building 11, hugging the branches, barely daring to breathe.

"He's still young, and his mental fortitude isn't strong enough."

Lu Xin rested his hands behind his head, leaning against a tree branch above him, his tone filled with disdain.

Liang Kaiyuan and I were in similar positions, perched on another branch, both looking just as grim as I was.
"He reacted quickly; if it were me, I wouldn't know what to do!"

Lu Xin broke off a thin twig and put it in his mouth, mumbling:
"If you don't even understand such a simple trick as hiding the truth from the light, then why should I play with you?"

Liang Kaiyuan glanced at me: "The shoe prints on the rooftop are indeed misleading. We're now... truly embodying the saying 'the darkest place is under the lamp.' But what are we going to do next? It's raining, and it's almost dawn... We can't stay in the tree forever, can we?"

Lu Xin sighed: "Sure enough, young masters from wealthy families don't always have a good head when it comes to real problems."

Liang Kaiyuan was too lazy to argue with him, and just looked at me again.

Weather forecasts are never accurate, and this time seems to be no exception.

It was supposed to be sleet, but it instantly turned into big snowflakes.

I remained motionless, almost counting the seconds as I breathed.

Soon, his body was covered with a layer of snow-white.

"Miss Zhai is dead."

My voice was so low it was almost as soft as the sound of falling snow.

Liang Kaiyuan also whispered, "Your fingerprints are on the murder weapon that killed her."

Lu Xin said, "The most infuriating thing is that there are taxi booking records on her phone, and her purse... and the items inside it all have what you call fingerprints!"

All I could do was force a bitter smile.

I went to return the bag, only to find the owner of the bag dead... The murder weapon was brought out, but the bag was left at the scene.

Given the current situation, it seems I don't need to think about it too deeply.

Based solely on the ride-hailing records on Ms. Zhai's phone, I've already been placed in the list of murder suspects.

Moreover... there was also the deceased's purse left at the scene...

I did go through that bag!
Lu Xin straightened his back: "You're so stubborn. It's almost dawn, and you still won't ask me what to do?"

"I should address you respectfully as 'Sir' or 'Senior,' but I don't believe that a thief's mindset can solve this problem. Otherwise, why are soldiers always able to catch thieves?"

"Oh, then you can play this game of soldiers and thieves by yourself," Lu Xin said calmly.

(End of this chapter)