dear archimedes

Chapter 21 Drugs, Lies, and Pranks (2)
Ryan is Zhen Ai's assistant after all, and he didn't want to be too embarrassed, so he smiled at Zhen Ai to smooth things over: "I didn't even know you were in a relationship, since we met by such a coincidence, someday we will go on a date together as four?"

That being said, I actually wanted to help my boyfriend find out the truth.After all, two years ago, the bizarre deaths of the daughter of the New York State Representative and the son of the senator caused a sensation.

Zhen Ai knew that Ryan had misunderstood, and just about to explain, Alan looked at Yan Su and said very sincerely: "Double date? Very good, I was just looking for a chance to chat with Mr. Yan Su!"

That look is like a student eager to learn.

"Actually, he and I don't..." Zhen Ai didn't finish speaking, but was interrupted by Yan Su, "Yes!"

Zhen Ai was taken aback: You and I are not in a relationship, why do we have four people on a date?

Ke Yansu stretched out his long hand, clasped Zhen Ai's shoulder, pulled her to his side, held her firmly, and patted Zhen Ai's shoulder again, twice equally.

Zhen Ai knew that he would not do boring things, and thought that he might have some other purpose, so she acquiesced without embarrassment.

Ryan was very happy, and enthusiastically made an appointment with Zhen Ai for a time and place for the four of them to date before saying goodbye.

After they left, Yan Su let go of Zhen Ai's shoulders and walked into the park calmly.

Zhen Ai followed: "How do you know that he is a reporter?"

Yan Su: "Think about it yourself." As he spoke, he gave her an almost complaining look, "Ask me all the time."

Zhen Ai: "..."

After walking a few steps, we arrived on the grass where the performance was performed. The lights on the stage were bright and the surrounding crowd was bustling.

Zhen Ai's thoughts were all on little Parker, after thinking for a long time, she still asked: "Harry Simon Parker, what happened to him?"

"Dead." Yan Su looked at the stage intently, and responded casually.

Isn't this nonsense...

Zhen Ai looked at the stage carelessly, and asked after a while, "How did you die?"

"Hanged."

"Where's the murderer?"

"All those involved are minors."

It means that it cannot be said.

"But old Parker still brought up that case, which means that the victim's family has not been comforted..." Zhen Ai took a deep breath and challenged, "Didn't the murderer be caught?"

Yan Su's side face froze for half a second, and it seemed that a layer of anger was instantly covered.

Zhen Ai knew that she had said the wrong thing, so she kept silent.

Yan Su was indeed angry with her.

Allen's series of provocations today, the storm two years ago, and the inquiries from countless people in the past two years, did not make him feel even a little bit bored or injustice.

Since he made that decision two years ago, he had anticipated a series of possible damages to his reputation, and he turned a deaf ear to it and didn't care.

To this day, he thinks the same way.

But at this moment, Zhen Ai questioned him, which he did not expect, let alone the slightest doubt from her would make him extremely unhappy.

He unexpectedly lost control for a while, violated the original decision, and said in a bad tone: "Because old Parker lied."

"Lying? Why?"

She originally intended to ask old Parker what kind of lies he was telling, but Su Yan habitually had a misunderstanding and saw a deeper level.

He turned his head to look at her, his eyes were dark and clear at this moment, he seemed to be laughing at something, but he didn't smile at all: "Because some people think that if you tell too many lies, they will become the truth."

Zhen Ai looked into his deep eyes, as if bewitched, completely forgot about the question just now, and asked uncontrollably: "Why do some people think so?"

"Because more people think it's true after hearing too many lies." He smiled suddenly, "For example, you were wondering just now, is it possible that I made a mistake and harmed someone."

Zhen Ai was taken aback by what he said, she didn't know if this thought had offended him, she wanted to ask for proof, but he had already turned his gaze back to the stage.

His eyes were quiet and silent, reflecting the various lights on the stage, and he could no longer see his thoughts clearly.

Two years ago,
New York City,
wharton high school,

Squash club locker room.

"Kelly, can you stop smoking, it's killing you!" Anna frowned, flicking the smoke in front of her nose irritably, and glared at him angrily with eyes covered in thick mascara.

Kelly, with her red hair on top, smiled wickedly, but just blew out a mouthful of smoke and came to her.

Anna was so angry that she rushed forward to beat her, but was stopped by Qi Mo and Dai Xi.Qi Mo is small, and Daisy is a girl, the two of them can hardly stop Anna's strength.

The oldest Tony stood aside, with a bad face, and habitually reprimanded: "I said, can you stop arguing? Now that the police are investigating, can't everyone be more kind and united?"

Kelly took a deep breath of cigarettes, and puffed: "Unity! When I found Laura's body, I said to dig a hole and bury her. Who listened to me? Everyone should call the police, that's all." Right? The police came and said that the murderer was among the few of us. You want us to unite, is it to unite with the murderer?"

"Don't say that. When Laura was hung from the tree on the roof of the car, we were all looking for her in the forest!" Qi Mo turned pale, pushed the black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, and whispered, "The police Suspect us because we didn't tell what happened to Lin Xing back then. Don't mess yourself up and fall into that Avenger's trick."

"You are the most annoying!" Kelly gave him an annoying look, and the latter immediately lowered his head and remained silent.

Kelly took a puff of smoke and said, "That SA, it seems that he took away the list of the squash club yesterday, and Lin Xing's name was also on it. Let me tell you, be careful, anyone who dares to disclose If there is any news, just wait and see!"

"But," Daisy, who had been silent all this time, hesitated, "He seems to have talked to Harry (Little Parker), and I saw that Harry's face was very bad. I'm afraid that he has already said it."

Kelly smiled coldly: "Impossible!" He took out his mobile phone and said to himself, "But speaking of it, where did Parker go? He asked us to come over, but he didn't see anyone. The phone couldn't get through... Hey, It's on."

At the same time, a crisp mobile phone rang in the empty locker room.

Everyone was startled, you looked at me and I looked at you, eyes full of fear.

After a long time, someone called his name softly, "Harry? Parker?", but no one paid any attention.

The bell is still singing.

The students gradually became creepy.The teenagers who had been arguing just now grabbed each other's hands, boldly walked in the direction of the bell.

Eyes eventually fell on the shower room.

Rows of transparent glass doors, only one is foggy.

Anna tremblingly said: "Maybe he just took a shower here and forgot his mobile phone." But who would bring a mobile phone into the shower room?

Several people clustered tightly together, approaching the foggy door tremblingly.

Qi Mo, who was wearing glasses, had sharp eyes and widened them in astonishment: "Look at the glass!"

When everyone saw it, a five-pointed star and a line of words appeared on the mist again: You are my medicine.

The two girls, Anna and Daisy, were so weak that they didn't dare to approach them. Qi Mo was so frightened that he huddled together with them and made the sign of the cross on his chest desperately: "He's coming, the avengers are coming to hunt us down!"

Kelly was irritated and cursed: "A bunch of useless things." After that, he yelled into the shower room: "Parker, what the hell are you doing!" He stepped forward angrily, and opened the bathroom door.

Like Lola who died on a rainy night, this time Harry Simon Parker Jr., naked, hanging from a high shower head.

On the large grassland of Central Park, hundreds of people gathered here, looking at the temporary stage in the center.At the moment when the conductor raised his finger, everything was silent.

The students on the stage played their favorite musical instruments, cello, violin, trombone, piano... Streams of music flowed into the hearts of the audience as the baton swirled in the night air like a stream of water.

Zhen Ai stood among the crowd, full of piety and awe.

In such pure music that shakes the sky, the distracting thoughts in my mind are completely expelled, leaving only intoxication.

The ups and downs of the music infected her with joy, and she turned to look at Yan Su, he still had his hands in his pockets, what was strange was that there was a faint smile on the corner of his mouth, looking satisfied.

Thus, Zhen Ai let out a breath of calm in her heart.

At the end of the song, the crowd left.

Yan Su's pace slowed down a lot compared to when he came, and his face was still calm and silent.Zhen Ai walked slowly beside him, looking at him hesitantly several times.

The rich music atmosphere gradually dissipated, and her doubts and curiosity about the underage case rose again.But now is not a good time to ask him.

Although he always looks casual, polite and very gentleman, but she also knows that if he really messes with him, he might be blown up.

Thinking of the few words he said before the music started, no matter how you looked at it, it seemed that his hair had already exploded.

Zhen Ai lowered her head in disinterest, a little annoyed at her quick talk back then.

Yan Su felt the same melancholy in his heart, with a hint of depression on the outside.

After he said those few words gloomyly, the two of them were silent for more than an hour at the concert.He couldn't help but wonder if he was speaking too seriously.

Otherwise, according to the usual way of getting along, she should have spoken by now.

Yan Su's heart sank, why did he always wait for her to speak first?Looking at her sideways, she lowered her head, drooping her eyelashes, she was thinking about something, and she looked resentful.

It must have been the wrong expression on his face before, which embarrassed her.

She shouldn't ask him questions and stop talking in the future.

Yan Su frowned and pondered for a moment, then suddenly said: "Since you are so curious about the case two years ago, I will take you to get acquainted with the witnesses."

"Eh?" Zhen Ai originally thought he was angry, thinking about how to break the silence, but she didn't expect him to say that suddenly, of course she was excited.For a moment, his black and white eyes sparkled.

Yan Su's anxious mood evaporated, and he felt that the night wind made him feel refreshed, but his tone was still dull: "Well, isn't today your holiday? I should give you a gift."

The corners of Zhen Ai's mouth drooped immediately, today is April Fool's Day.

As he walked, he muttered: "The idiot is so happy, the whole world celebrates you."

Zhen Ai: "..."

Zhen Ai rested her chin and looked at the two paper boxes in front of her: "Is this what you said about getting me to know the witnesses?"

Yan Su took off his windbreaker, rolled up his sleeves neatly, and took out a box first: "That's how I knew them back then."

Zhen Ai raised her eyebrows: "You solved the case only by looking at evidence, confession and clues?"

Yan Su glanced at her, a little arrogantly: "Can't you?"

"I mean the procedure is a bit strange." Zhen Ai changed her words.

After all, through his personal relationship, he brought her to the archives room in the middle of the night, which was already in her favor. She should be a little grateful and accept it as soon as she sees it.

A certain person is still easy to be deceived, and he explained politely: "Oh, I was assisting the Virginia State Police to investigate a serial murder case. It was also a threat, and I left the password of the five-pointed star. I saw these students in New York. I thought there was a connection, so I sent the materials to me.”

Zhen Ai didn't listen, she raised her eyes inadvertently, and her eyes fell on his neatly rolled up shirt cuffs. The lines of his small arms were smooth and tight, like a stone sculpture.

Her heart pounded, and she looked up uncontrollably.The white shading lamp fell from the top of his head, covered by the cold and shattered hair on his forehead, sinking into his eyes, which were pitch black, as beautiful as a faint pool of water.

She quickly looked away, and said while calming down, "Because I'm a minor, so there are lawyers present for the statement, right?"

"Yeah." Yan Su has already sorted out the transcripts and photos and put them in several piles——

Kelly, Tony, Zimer, Anna, Daisy, Harry Parker Jr.

Zhen Ai glanced across one by one: "Hey, how come there is the transcript of the deceased Parker?"

"He died three days after Laura's death." Yan Su patted the empty box next to her, staring at her faintly, seemingly dissatisfied, "Pay attention to observation."

I saw Laura Roberts written on the box.Uh, they study Lola the Dead first.

"They are all the children of high-ranking officials." Zhen Ai read the case statement first, her feet felt cold: "How could she be hanged in the woods and stripped naked. This is too weird."

Before the words fell, the eyes on the other side turned cold, and the voice was teaching: "I didn't bring you here to let you watch horror movies."

Zhen Ai shrugged, just about to read the file; Yan Su couldn't wait to speak: "Since I don't believe in your quick induction ability, let me introduce you first."

"No!" Zhen Ai covered her ears, "I want to see for myself."

Yan Su was taken aback for a moment, and fell silent.

Zhen Ai flipped through it carefully for a while, and roughly figured out the ins and outs:
Seven students went to the coast for vacation.As a result, he was threatened and drove back to New York overnight.The deceased was Lola and her boyfriend Parker who quarreled and wanted to get out of the car in a fit of anger.Everyone in the car advised her.She grabbed the steering wheel, and the car veered off the road and into the woods.She jumped out of the car and ran.The remaining 7 people searched separately, and agreed to come back to discuss after 6 minutes whether they found it or not.

After 15 minutes, no one found her.After sitting in the car, I saw her feet... She was stripped naked, hanging from a tree, and the other end of the rope was tied to the wheel bearing.

Zhen Ai sorted out silently.

The small room was dark except for the overhead light.It's strange, even though the police know him very well, they wouldn't bring up previous cases to show him. Is there any other reason?
But anyway, she was glad he had brought her here to learn about his past cases.

On the opposite side, Yan Su leaned back in his chair idly.In the shadow left by the light, his eyes were pitch black, looking straight at Zhen Ai.

As soon as Zhen Ai looked up and met his black hole-like eyes, her heart trembled, as if being sucked in by him, and all the words she wanted to say were forgotten.

Yan Su pursed his lips, his voice was clear and warm: "Do you have something to say?"

Zhen Ai: "...uh..." What are you going to say?forget!
Yan Su nodded and praised: "If there is a competition with the slowest reaction speed in the Summer Olympics, you will definitely win the gold medal and win ten consecutive championships."

"..." You have only won ten consecutive championships, and your whole family has won ten consecutive championships!

She didn't care about it, and quickly reasoned out the logic: "Should we start with the person who sent them the threatening letter? Let me see,"

She fiddled with the file and pulled out a few pieces of paper, "These students said in their confessions that someone left a threat with ketchup on a fruit knife in a resort hotel. Their families are all from political circles. They thought they were their parents' enemies, so they immediately Scared to go home."

Zhen Ai immediately realized something was wrong.

But before he had time to speak, the person opposite snorted a laugh:

"Really smart! Since this mysterious intimidator can enter their hotel room, he doesn't directly tie someone up and stab someone, but instead leaves a message with ketchup. These children of politicians don't know to call the police, but they run away in the middle of the night .And the intimidator also magically expected that they would fight, the car would break down, everyone would split up, and Lola would be left alone."

He raised his handsome eyebrows, "Ha, it's really the most amazing and perfect crime in history."

Zhen Ai tilted her head, looked at him without any scruples, and changed her plain emphasis: "Mr. Yan, are you sure you want to talk to me in this tone all night?"

The title "Mr. Yan" made Yan Su's spine stiff inexplicably, he was stunned, and rubbed his nose: "Uh, it's okay if you don't."

"Very good! Closer to home." Zhen Ai nodded in satisfaction and raised her chin, "Only the one among them can control the whole process. So the murderer is among these students."

Just as Yan Su was about to say "smart", when the words came to his lips, he held back and held back.Zhen Ai's cold face just now bluffed him, and he didn't want to watch it a second time.

His eyes were fixed on Zhen Ai, who looked here and there like a little squirrel, rustling.

Yan Su's fingers moved quickly, probably unable to wait for her speed.

After a long while, Zhen Ai, who was looking down at the material, slowly raised her head, staring at his fingers that were slapping rapidly, and those white and slender fingers immediately stopped moving.

Zhen Ai narrowed her eyes slightly: "Do you have an opinion?"

Yan Su obediently shook his head, duplicity: "No."

(End of this chapter)