Why it never ends

Chapter 1127 Investigation

Si Lei looked at the cup in Ximoya's hand with some confusion. She didn't understand what was going on with these young people. One of them suddenly wanted to smoke a cigarette, and the other one drank coffee late at night - it seemed that neither of them wanted to sleep.

"There's nothing to do right now," Si Lei said with amusement and emotion, "I just came out to see Jane because I noticed she seemed to be outside all the time... You young people can chat, I have to go and rest, my god, what time is it..."

Hesta and Ximoya watched Si Lei go away side by side.

"...You want to talk to me about something?" Hesta looked at Ximoya. She could see that she seemed a little hesitant. "Do you want to tell me something?"

Ximoya suppressed a smile and said, "Yes."

"...What?" Hesta asked curiously.

"Maybe, it's a little sentimental..." Ximoya laughed first. She glanced at Hesta, then lowered her eyes. Then she looked up again. This time, her expression was more determined. "But I want to tell you something."

"Yeah, I'm listening."

"…I recognize you too, Jane."

Hesta frowned slightly: "...Hmm?"

"I don't know if you realize what you are doing, or if you just walked here intuitively," Ximoya said softly, "but I am very sure of one thing, your name... will remain."

"Leave?"

"Yes," Ximoya's voice was very soft, but her tone was more firm than ever before, "History will engrave your name. Many years later, many people will mention you. They will praise you, argue about you, and slander you... Many people will take what they need from your image, just like we draw nourishment from past history..."

Hesta hummed thoughtfully. She sensed the weight of Ximoya's words and even became a little alert for a moment.

"But more importantly, I think I am the first person to recognize you." Ximoya continued, "I know what you are doing, so I am also thinking about what I should do... I think, no matter what, I should try my best to do one thing: if someone wants to write a biography of you in the future, I want her to have no chance of bypassing me."

The night wind blew, and the sudden cold wind made everyone in the corridor shiver.

Hesta chuckled.

"great, good luck."

……

The next morning, Si Lei brought Victoria and his group to the construction site.

Although the entire roof frame was burned through, leaving only a small base, Si Lei and Victoria quickly discovered several suspicious inverted V-shaped fire points.

When Hesta arrived, their survey work was basically completed.

"How's it going?" Hesta asked.

"We found four fire points in total," Si Lei said, "You know, natural fires usually spread from one point. In most cases where there are multiple fire points, it is arson..."

"Four," Victoria said, "It shows that they really hate him."

"To some extent, this also shows that the suspect may not have a high level of education," Si Lei said, "and therefore lacks the most basic anti-detection awareness. He never thought of disguising the fire as an accident."

"Or they are extremely anti-detection conscious," Victoria continued, "and they created a lot of clues at the scene to lead us to guess in the direction of the stupid person—"

"Have you offended anyone recently?" Si Lei asked, "This situation seems to be venting anger."

As soon as Si Lei finished speaking, Endai and Zoe behind him laughed out loud.

Several mercury needles turned their heads at the same time, and Si Lei wondered: "What are you laughing at?" Endai and Zoe held back their laughter at the same time and began to shake their heads in an astonishing synchronization.

"Tell me," Victoria looked at them, "tell us what's making you happy so that we can be happy too."

"Well, I'm telling you!" Ende laughed. "Zoe said that maybe we are in a detective novel with Inspector Slay as the protagonist - so wherever she goes, there will be a case!"

Victoria clapped her hands and said, "That makes sense!"

Si Lei glanced at her and was too lazy to comment: "Seriously, is there any?"

"...Yes." Hesta said, "It's quite clear."

"Who?"

Hesta whispered about a dispute that had occurred on the construction site not long ago, how several workers were rude to Wosandta and his companions, and how Yunis beat them one by one and finally drove them out of the construction site.

"Then we will go find these people next—"

"No need." Hesta said, "The farm has its own security team. Let them check first."

Victoria and Si Lei looked at Hesta at the same time: "...You want them to investigate?"

"Correct."

"Do you believe that when they come, they will destroy the evidence here first?" Victoria said, "What if they are in the same group or have reached some kind of agreement——"

"Officer Si Lei," Hesta said, "could you investigate this quietly, not in any official capacity - that is, in any capacity related to our group - but in a private capacity?"

"I don't understand what you want to do." Si Lei said.

"I want to know who the real murderer is," Hesta replied, "but I need this construction fire to remain a cold case."

"You 'need'?" Victoria repeated the word with emphasis. "What do you want to do - you don't want to secretly carry out a lynching."

"If Si Lei really found out, shouldn't we teach them a lesson?" Hesta said, "But you're wrong. I'm not going there for this reason - I have other ideas."

"you--"

"It's definitely a good thing," Hesta said. "It will not only fully embody the glory of humanitarianism, but will also benefit everyone equally."

Victoria and Si Lei looked at Hesta suspiciously.

"I promise, okay?" Hesta raised his left hand, "You trust me."

Si Lei and Victoria looked at each other, then turned back to check the scene again and took photos to record the evidence.

Soon, Zoe called the farm's guards. As expected, after all the mercury needles were removed, they quickly pushed down and destroyed every fire point marked by Si Lei and Victoria. A group of guards pretended to pull a few people nearby to question them, and submitted the investigation conclusion to Hesta that afternoon: the fire was caused by improper storage of combustibles in the warehouse, and human factors were ruled out.

When the report was delivered to Stella's studio, Hesta and Arevalo were sitting in the living room at the same time.

Hesta pushed the report in front of Arevalo: "You can take a look at it too."

Arevalo's cheeks tightened.

Hesta curled his lips: "Anyway, I don't believe a word of it."