My girlfriend died in the past

Chapter 15 Next direction of investigation
"So let me repeat the timeline, Brother Zhuang, please take a look to see if there is anything wrong." After Zhuang Xiao finished speaking intermittently, Dong Zeyu wrote and drew on his notebook, then looked up and asked.

"Yeah." Zhuang Xiao said with a dry mouth. When he was looking around, he was noticed by Shu Die, who hurried to get Zhuang Xiao a cup of hot water.

Zhuang Xiao nodded, took it, blew gently on the rim of the cup, then took a sip of water before saying, "Go ahead, I'll just review it and see if it matches my memory."

"Okay, then I'll start."

Dong Zeyu held a pen and a notebook and flipped through them while saying, "Brother Zhuang, don't tell me about the first two times. You thought I died at 0:32 a.m. tonight, right?"

"Yes, I thought at first that you chased the driver who ran away from the hospital and died in his hands, and then time went back immediately, but later I found out that it was not the case."

Zhuang Xiao said: "Unless you policemen were killed by him in the hospital ward last night, this can be denied."

"Well, your judgment is roughly correct. 'Time Travel' probably has nothing to do with me because according to the regulations, when sending a suspected suspect to the hospital, we will clear out the things on him in advance, so he can't have things like bombs, knives and guns on him."

After Dong Zeyu finished explaining, he put down his pen, opened the thermos and took a sip, "So later you thought that Xiaodie's death in the car accident caused you to 'go back in time'?"

"Yes, this is what I thought of when I was reviewing the game this morning."

Zhuang Xiao was silent for a moment before continuing, "Because the node of 'time rewind' this time is one minute late, the previous times were 0:32 am of 'tomorrow', but this time it is 0:33 am.

"Then I recalled what had changed during the day, and finally concluded that we met Xiaodie and talked for almost a minute, so I thought the node was her death in a car accident. Finally, I concluded that the 'time rewind' would go back to 12 hours before Xiaodie's death, and the rewind would occur 5 hours after her death."

After saying that, he turned around and asked Shudie, "Xiaodie, if I ask for leave today, what will you do?"

Shu Die thought for a moment and said, "I originally came here to inspect the company, so I will check the financial situation like Xiao Ge said, but this is not my purpose. So if Mr. Nie really wants to find someone to take me around the company and the foundry, I will want to go with him, but I should leave early in the afternoon.

"If he had deliberately prevented me from checking the company's situation today, I probably wouldn't have cared."

"That's it!" Zhuang Xiao confirmed his guess, "It's just as I guessed!"

After Zhuang Xiao finished speaking, Dong Zeyu didn't react at all.

"Grandmaster, is there something wrong with my speculation?"

"There are no omissions, the logic is quite rigorous, and it is logically self-consistent."

Dong Zeyu smiled, "But don't you think it's too strict, Brother Zhuang? This isn't a game, movie, or novel. It can't be so precise."

He raised his hand and pointed at Shudie. "Xiaodie said that she 'should leave early' in the afternoon. I'm afraid Xiaodie herself doesn't know the exact time. So how can your boss be sure when she will leave?"

Zhuang Xiao suddenly came to his senses and fell into deep thought, his brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

Shu Die was indignant when she saw this, "But I don't have anything to do anyway. I thought I was going to give Brother Xiao a surprise, so it would be the same if I saw him again the next day. If Mr. Nie is enthusiastic about keeping me, I won't leave early because of his friendship.

"Oh, right! Didn't Brother Xiao say in their company group that they would hold a welcome party for me? Maybe President Nie is using this as an excuse to keep me here?"

Dong Zeyu didn't say anything, but Zhuang Xiao sighed slightly, "I thought too much."

Seeing that Shu Die was still trying to stand up for him, Zhuang Xiao waved his hand and said, "It has nothing to do with the Grand Tutor. I understand what he means."

Dong Zeyu lit another cigarette. "No, no, no, actually, Brother Zhuang, you have considered everything very carefully. It's just that you didn't have much time to react when you suddenly encountered such a thing. Besides, you are not in our line of work. It's like a mountain between two different trades. Look, you have reacted now, haven't you?"

Shu Die still didn't understand, "What are you talking about?" Dong Zeyu explained, "This is a topic my teacher taught me when I was in the police academy. Simply put, the more carefully a case is designed, the more unexpected situations may occur."

"The so-called 'perfect crime' that was circulated on the Internet before refers to a person from another place who suddenly kills someone randomly in a place without surveillance and then leaves." Zhuang Xiao also explained, "Because there are few steps and no motive, it is difficult to investigate."

"That's because people on the Internet don't understand. In fact, there are many clues that can be found."

Dong Zeyu was amused. "Even if there are no surveillance cameras here, there will be surveillance cameras all around. Besides, it will be very troublesome to deal with the bodies after killing someone. Besides, we have the ultimate killer move - large-scale investigation. Let alone the train station, we can turn the crime scene area upside down and find out the whereabouts of everyone in the area in the past few days."

Shu Die suddenly realized, "So Brother Xiao's speculation is correct, but it is impossible because it is too logically self-consistent?"

"Yes, just like you said, you may not leave, but you may also leave. Can your boss force you to stay? You will stay because you are sensible, but what if you are an ignorant, willful and capricious young lady? If you want to leave, what can he do?"

Dong Zeyu flicked the ash in the ashtray. "And there is a more important issue. If Brother Zhuang's reasoning is correct, then the conspiracy behind this is too terrible."

Shu Die didn't understand again, "Why?"

Zhuang Xiao took a deep breath, "Because this means that all the traffic on the road, all the traffic lights, and even everything from the company to Longteng Road and the surrounding area are under the control of the other party."

"Yes, what if there's a traffic jam on the road? What if the traffic light is broken? Or what if it arrives a few seconds early? What if there's a traffic jam on the way the truck comes? All these have to be taken into account." Dong Zeyu said: "If we can really do all these, it means that we are actually living in a 'Truman Show', where everything is controlled by the other party. In that case, no one can be trusted, including me, because I may also be the other party's person.

"But this is obviously impossible, because even in the movie "The Truman Show" itself, there are various unexpected problems discovered by the protagonist."

After saying that, he spread his fat hands and said, "If that's the case, then we can just lie down and wait to die."

Shu Die pursed her lips in dissatisfaction, "So we're just going to wait like this?"

She glanced at Zhuang Xiao secretly.

In fact, she was also afraid, but not that afraid.

But she didn't want Xiaoge to be too tired, and Xiaoge must be under a lot of psychological pressure.

Only when this matter is resolved can he relax, and then she can go out with him to eat, drink and have fun and live a comfortable life.

"Of course not. We still have to investigate what needs to be investigated." Zhuang Xiao sat up straight. "This is also the reason why I brought you to see the Grand Tutor. Besides the fact that he is safe here, he can help us investigate."

"I'm not that capable. This is too bizarre. My master and his friends won't believe it, but at least this place is safe enough." Dong Zeyu picked up the notebook and began to circle a few names on it. "But I also know a lot of classmates and friends in the industry. We can start by investigating these people. As long as there is a problem, there will definitely be traces left.

"Your boss Nie Zefang, manager Luo Wei, and Luohua Property."

He drew circles around these three places with emphasis.

"I'm a community police officer, so I'll first check the addresses of Luo Wei and Nie Zefang, and then use the excuse of registering for rental housing for outsiders to ask them to cooperate with the investigation so as not to alert the enemy. I'll ask my classmates in the Industrial and Commercial Bureau and the Fire Department for help with your company's situation. As for Luohua Property."

Dong Zeyu used his pen to highlight a few black dots on the words "Luohua Property". "This property company happens to be in our area. I will go there tomorrow to find out the identity of the air conditioner repairman. You two should take leave and don't go back to the company. Then I will directly send someone from Comfort Group to check the company's financial and operating conditions.

"As for today, you guys stay here first. My master and the others will be back from their field work around six o'clock. When we get off work, we'll go directly to Brother Xiao's place and stay here until tomorrow. Brother Xiao and I will sleep in the same room tonight, and you, Xiaodie, can sleep in another room.

"As soon as the sun rises tomorrow, let's take action!"

(End of this chapter)