Chapter 162 He Is Lying

Xu Ye and Qu Yi paused and turned around.

A simple-dressed old man slowly walked out of the bushes next to the gap.

He looked old, wearing clothes sold on the street stalls, cloth shoes on his feet, and his expression was very reserved.

But he was still strong, with a round belly under his open shirt, looking like an old man next door.

"You are..." Qu Yi looked at the old man, his pupils slightly dilated, and he recognized him, "Uncle Zhao?"

This old man was clearly the old man who was responsible for guarding the door of Tianjiang Orphanage!

But this old man was basically only responsible for opening and closing the door, and he didn't live in the orphanage at all, and there was no communication between him and Qu Yi.

But he still knew the identity of this old man.

Unexpectedly, he followed Chu Sheng and came here to guard the door again.

"Do you know me?" Uncle Zhao was obviously stunned and looked at Qu Yi, "Are you a child from Tianjiang Orphanage?"

"I guess so." Qu Yi frowned and said lightly.

This gatekeeper was different from those caregivers and had not done anything to him, so he did not hate him.

"Oh? So you are the gatekeeper." Xu Ye showed an interested look and looked him up and down, "You called us, is there something wrong?"

"I... I think you came from the orphanage." Uncle Zhao rubbed his hands and said nervously, "You two should be police officers!"

"I guess so." Xu Ye replied lightly and did not deny it.

From a certain perspective, they are indeed helping the police solve this case.

"I want to know, have you found any clues?" Uncle Zhao swallowed his saliva and asked urgently, "I can guarantee that I am definitely not a suspect!"

"When the case happened, I happened to be playing chess with Lao Wang and others next door, and I was not in the orphanage at all."

"You have said your testimony many times, we know." Xu also glanced at the uncle.

From his words, it seems that this uncle Zhao has not received any education, and he thought that the suspect means the criminal.

"Don't worry, uncle, the suspect just means that you may be related to the case, not that you are the criminal."

"You have an alibi, so the police will naturally not make things too difficult for you."

He spoke calmly and explained to the uncle.

"That's good, that's good." The uncle patted his chest, "Since I was taken away by the police for questioning, I have been scared when I came back."

"Today I was going to come back here to see the situation, but I didn't expect to meet you two coming out."

He touched his head and smiled awkwardly, looking honest.

Xu Ye raised his eyebrows and suddenly asked, "By the way, uncle, I have something I want to ask you."

"What time did you leave the orphanage on the day of the incident?"

"What time did you leave the orphanage?" The uncle was stunned for a moment, then he touched his head and thought, "I remember you asked me."

"I left the orphanage around 11 o'clock in the morning that day."

"Because there are usually not many people in the orphanage, and Lao Wang and others called me, I went to the park in the community over there to play chess."

"We played until noon, and Lao Wang called me to his house for dinner."

"I didn't plan to go, but when I thought of my sister-in-law's cooking skills, I felt that it was very great... no, very white... very delicious, so I went."

Xu Ye and Qu Yi cast contemptuous eyes at this uncle in his fifties.

The old man coughed dryly and continued, "When I finished my meal, it was already past 1:40 in the afternoon, and that's when I returned to the orphanage."

"But that day was really strange. The children would go to the front yard to play for two hours at three or four in the afternoon, but no one came out that day."

He frowned, his face full of confusion, "But I didn't pay much attention to it at the time."

"It wasn't until around six in the evening, when I was about to go home after get off work and lock the door, that I realized something was wrong."

"There were no lights on in the orphanage."

"At this time on ordinary days, the lights in the corridor and some rooms are on. , will light up. "

"And I also felt that the orphanage was too quiet that day."

"So I couldn't help it and wanted to go and see the situation."

He seemed to recall something terrifying, and his whole face turned pale. "I found that the door of the orphanage was open."

"As soon as I opened the door, I saw blood all over the ground."

"The children and the director were all lying in a pool of blood!!!"

"I have never seen such a scene before. I was so scared that I ran away and called the police."

"Wait, you called the police?" Xu Ye's eyes flashed, and he immediately stared at the old man and asked.

"Yes." Uncle Zhao seemed to recall the scene he saw at that time, his face was so pale that he wanted to vomit, "Not long after I called the police, the police came."

"After that, they took me back to the police station for questioning, and I told them everything I knew!"

"After you returned to the orphanage, did anyone pass by?" Xu Ye continued to ask.

"No, I can guarantee it!"

"Police comrade, please believe me, I am absolutely innocent!"

Uncle Zhao rushed forward and grabbed Xu Ye's hand with all his strength, his face full of sincerity!

Xu Ye frowned slightly, pulled his hand away naturally, and took a step back, "Don't worry, we don't regret arresting a good person by mistake, and we will not let any bad person go."

"According to the autopsy report, the estimated time of death of the children and caregivers in the orphanage is between 12:15 noon and 1:30 pm."

"Although the director's body is a bit special and the specific time of death cannot be confirmed, the deviation will not be too large. It should be the same time of death."

"And if you really have an alibi, you can't be the murderer if you have an alibi at this time."

"Really? That's great!" The old man showed an excited look and patted his chest continuously, "If I was arrested for this kind of thing, Old Wang would definitely not let me go to his house in the future."

Xu Ye twitched his mouth, and said a few more perfunctory words casually, and finally sent the gatekeeper away.

Watching him leave, Xu Ye and Qu Yi also went in another direction, ready to find a place to live.

The two walked side by side for a few minutes before Qu Yi frowned and said, "You just said that the director's body was a little special. What's going on?"

"Didn't the police tell you?" Xu Ye glanced at him, "There were almost no signs of damage on the rest of the children."

"But the director's body, in addition to the marks of your attack on the chest, there were also some suspected signs of being heated."

"This temperature difference is very likely to cause a deviation in the time of death, but because the marks are not obvious enough, it is difficult for the forensic doctor to infer the specific time of death."

Qu Yi frowned: "If Uncle Zhao didn't see anyone passing by the orphanage."

"Did the murderer really kill and leave before he went back?"

"Don't believe what the gatekeeper said." Xu Ye spoke calmly, his eyes deep.

"He's lying."