Siheyuan: Seventeen-year-old He Yuzhu

In the courtyard of the quadrangle, the sun shines directly down, bringing some warmth.

After everyone finished their meal, they gathered in the yard and watched the police busy at the Jia family. They all chatted in low voices.

The topic must be about the Jia family.

They were guessing who the murderer was, and each of them spoke with reason and evidence, as if they had seen it with their own eyes.

But in front of the police, everyone became cautious, as if they had become dumb and could not say anything.

When they saw Bai Ling enter the yard, their voices became much quieter.

Bai Ling wanted to ask for more clues, but as soon as she took a step forward, she felt it was unnecessary.

My colleagues have asked this question many times, and I probably won't gain anything if I go again.

She felt helpless and exhausted.

At this moment, a figure emerged in her mind.

Bai Ling took a step forward, slightly changed direction, and walked towards He Yuzhu's house.

She didn't think He Yuzhu would provide any valuable clues, but somehow, when she felt helpless, she would always think of this man.

As if he represented hope.

Bai Ling shook her head slightly to clear all these chaotic thoughts.

I thought to myself that it would be nice to go to He Yuzhu's house and sit for a while.

He Yuzhu was not surprised by Bai Ling's arrival. He clearly saw the fatigue on Bai Ling's face and was thinking about how to tell her about Lu Qi without leaving any trace.

Yu Shui looked at Bai Ling, but she didn't seem very happy.

Her favorite sister-in-law is Chen Xueru.

And she also knew that Bai Ling had some interest in her brother.

These two people have been in contact for a long time, and anything can happen.

However, the case happened in the yard, so it was reasonable for Bai Ling, as a police officer, to come and investigate, and Yu Shui could do nothing about it.

She just sat here and saw what Bai Ling and her brother would say.

"Officer Bai, how's the investigation going?"

"Has the murderer been found?" He Yuzhu asked.

Bai Ling sat on the stool, shook her head with a bitter look on her face, and then sighed, "Alas..."

He Yuzhu said: "If you need any help, just let me know."

Yu Shui also said, "Me too, Officer Bai, I can help too."

Bai Ling said: "This murderer is extremely vicious, cruel and cunning. He must have planned this crime long ago."

"We had difficulty finding any trace of him."

Logically speaking, Bai Ling should not reveal information about the case.

But when she saw He Yuzhu, she couldn't help but say it out loud.

She had some thoughts in her mind, and always felt that He Yuzhu should be able to help in some way.

He Yuzhu said: "Well, this murderer is quite cruel and decisive. He kills people and leaves."

"He should have thought about what to do next. He should have thought of a way to escape or found a place to hide."

Bai Ling said: "Yes."

"Unfortunately, we don't even know his identity information, so there is no way to make inferences based on the information."

"We could only rely on the bloodstains left on the road yesterday to find it, but to no avail."

He Yuzhu organized his words and said, "Officer Bai, I think since the murderer is so cunning, he must know about the bloodstains he has shed. Maybe he wants to use these bloodstains to mislead the direction of your investigation."

"And he himself fled to another place."

Bai Ling said, "We have thought about this, but the city is so big and we have limited manpower. We can't search every place."

"I don't know how long it will take."

He Yuzhu said: "Officer Bai, let me tell you my opinion. Please listen to whether it makes sense."

Bai Ling looked at He Yuzhu and said, "Well, go ahead."

Yu Shui also opened her eyes wide and looked at He Yuzhu. She felt that her brother might know something, so he said that.

I wanted to tell Officer Bai what I knew.

He Yuzhu thought for a moment and said, "The murderer must know that the police and the military control office are looking for him everywhere. In addition, time was tight last night, so he definitely had no chance to leave the city. So he must be hiding somewhere in the city now."

"This place should be the hiding place he prepared long ago."

Bai Ling nodded, "Well, go on."

He Yuzhu said: "The place the murderer found must be secret and secluded. Only in this way can he hide himself better."

"There aren't actually that many places in the city that can meet this need. There are less than ten at most."

"He ran away in a hurry last night. After we found him, we quickly called the police."

"The police followed the blood trail but didn't find anyone, which means the place where he was hiding was not very far from here."

"The blood trail was toward the south."

"It means the murderer went south first. Since the police didn't catch him in that direction, it means he changed direction later."

"But the search outside is so strict, the murderer certainly doesn't dare to walk around the city openly, so we can basically rule out the north because it's too far away and the possibility is too small."

"Now there are only south and east. The south is ruled out, so there are only two directions left, east and west."

"There happened to be abandoned streets and yards in these two directions, so I thought the murderer must be hiding in one of them."

Bai Ling nodded repeatedly after listening to this, and felt that what He Yuzhu said made a lot of sense.

Originally, she had no idea where the murderer was hiding, but after hearing what He Yuzhu said, the scope was narrowed down a lot.

Moreover, if you think about it carefully, there is nothing wrong with what he said.

Bai Ling's eyes lit up, the tiredness on her face faded a lot, and her fighting spirit rose again.

It is very difficult to find a person who hides himself in such a big city.

But if we narrow the scope to the deserted and secluded areas of East City and West City, it will be much easier.

"Yuzhu, you are absolutely right. The murderer should be hiding in the East City or the West City just as you said."

"You really helped a lot this time."

"I'll take people to search these two places right now."

Bai Ling didn't expect to find a clue from He Yuzhu. Although it was just He Yuzhu's guess, a reasonable guess is a clue.

The look she gave He Yuzhu was filled with gratitude and affection.

When He Yuzhu heard Bai Ling say this, he knew that she agreed with what he said.

I felt good in my heart that I should be able to find Lu Qi this time.

Before he knew it, he thought of another question.

Even if we find Lu Qi, it doesn't prove that he is a vicious person.

Although many people in the yard saw the murderer yesterday, no one saw his appearance clearly.

As long as Lu Qi dealt with the murder weapon and the bloody clothes, even if they were found, no one would be able to do anything to him for the time being.