white swan and puppet

?【twelve】

After listening to Chen Guang's words, Yang Mingrui couldn't hide his disappointment.

Chen Guang was the person closest to the truth of the case back then, but his testimony seems useless now.All the words only confirmed one thing - after Chen Guang that day, there were indeed other visitors, and the parents were looking forward to that person's arrival.

But these were all the same as Yang Mingrui's guess, he didn't get any more information about that person.

That person is very likely to be the real murderer, but who is he?

Yang Mingrui was still too young at that time, and he couldn't recognize many relatives in the family, let alone his parents' close relatives and friends.I thought that I could find a breakthrough from Chen Guang, but I didn't expect it to be nothing but joy.

"At least we have now confirmed the existence of that person, which means that your reasoning direction is correct. I believe that over time, clues will come out slowly." Wennan said.

"Yes." Yang Mingrui said disappointedly.But after the clue was disconnected here by Chen Guang, he didn't know where to continue.

"Let's make a list."

"what?"

"Make a list and write down all the people who are related to your parents. You didn't know it ten years ago, but you should already know it now, right? As for your parents' friends, as long as you know one, you should be able to list the others. Ask them all, and then we will rule them out one by one.”

With Wen Nan's encouragement, Yang Mingrui finally regained his spirit.That's right, he thought to himself, it's not the end of the day, and after so many years, he shouldn't give up lightly.

Taking advantage of this momentum, Yang Mingrui went out for several days, even weekends, whenever he was free.The list of relatives was quickly written, and he called one by one to ask, some passed away, some went abroad, as for the people who made good friends with their parents back then, they were scattered all over the world, and those who remained on the list in the end , only a few dozen.

"I asked the company for a week off, and then I will visit them one by one and ask them what happened on the day the crime happened." Yang Mingrui said.

He finally cheered up again and approached the truth step by step, which made him see the dawn of victory.

"During that time, I had a very difficult time."

"Why?" I asked softly.

"Because...seeing him trying so hard to find the truth, while I encouraged him, I couldn't help thinking that I was the real culprit who caused the death of his parents. Back then, I could call an ambulance immediately. But I didn't do anything. If he knew this, would he still be the same...to me?"

"Then you tell him and leave it up to him to judge." Instead of hiding it from him forever and lying for the sake of the unspoken lie.

Wen Nan shook his head.

"Doctor, do you know Pipano's little puppet?"

"what?"

"The old man Pipano carved a piece of wood into a puppet, and he regarded the puppet that had taken life as his son, that is, Pinocchio. Later, a blue angel gave life to the puppet Pinocchio, but this does not mean that the puppet The puppet is the real human being. If he wants to become a real boy, he must pass the test of courage, loyalty and honesty. If he tells a lie, his nose will become longer. In order to become a real human being, Pinocchio goes through various adventures , he finally grew up, he learned to be honest, hardworking, kind, and became a real boy."

At this time, Wen Nan looked at me with melancholy eyes, and said slowly: "But there are also puppets who can never become human. Because he...can't be honest."

He can only live in lies forever.

【Thirteen】

"I think these three people are the most suspicious." Yang Mingrui said.In the list he made, the names of three people were circled in red pen, which looked shocking.

Wen Nan leaned over, looked carefully, and asked, "Why do you say that?"

The three are: Yang Mingrui's uncle Yang Shixian, Yang Mingrui's mother's friend Xu Mengyun, and Yang Mingrui's father's college student Zhao Longwen.

"I personally visited the three of them. At the time of the incident, these three people happened to be in the same city. Because the incident was too long, they couldn't remember the exact time, but they are generally correct. This point has never been wrong. It has also been confirmed in other populations."

"They can't even remember the date, so they can't be expected to remember where they went and what they did that day." Wen Nan said not so optimistically.

"Yes." Yang Mingrui nodded and said, "But I asked, they all knew my parents' address at that time, and they all had the plan to visit my parents in the near future."

"What? Did they say it themselves?"

"Well, of course, because of what happened, they didn't make it afterward."

"Could it be..." Wen Nan guessed: "Someone of them has actually been there, on the day of the incident, and because of a dispute with your parents during the conversation, so..."

"I think so too." Yang Mingrui's eyes lit up: "If that person is the murderer, of course he will hide the fact that he has been to my house."

"Do you know why they all want to visit your parents?"

Yang Mingrui thought for a while and said, "Uncle, because he spent a lot of money buying a house, he wanted to borrow some money from our family... I don't know about the other two people. I didn't expect to ask this at the time." It must be because the three suspects were discovered, and I was so excited that I couldn't think of asking for more details.

"Give me their addresses." Wen Nan said, "I'll go find out more."

"I—" Yang Mingrui still wanted to speak.

Wen Nan blocked him back with one sentence: "Your vacation has expired." After a pause, he said: "Let me go."?