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Li Mu was somewhat helpless and troubled; how was he supposed to answer that?

To be honest, no one would believe that. And if you lie, the police aren't children; they're not so easily fooled.

"Sigh!" Li Mu sighed. If possible, and if it wasn't necessary to hand the criminals over to the police, he really didn't want to have any contact with them.

Unfortunately, this kind of thing is too fantastical to explain clearly, and it's hard to convince the police.

They could only use the old excuse of "sixth sense" to appease the police. Compared to the loop, "sixth sense" seemed slightly more plausible.

Fortunately, the two men had done a good job, and the police did not give them any trouble.

After asking a few questions, I focused more on Tao Yinghong and the driver.

Li Shiqing, on the other hand, was in a bad mood, with red eyes and her head resting on Li Mu's shoulder.

"You know, wasn't the driver a good person? He helped me before, and I always greeted him when I rode the bus. Why did he do this?"

Li Mu was also a little puzzled by this. It was hard to believe that a bus driver would cooperate with someone else to do such an extreme thing.

The police quickly found the answer: the driver, Wang Xingde, and Tao Yinghong were husband and wife.

This result was unexpected, yet quite reasonable.

Subsequently, after interrogation, the motives behind their crimes were also uncovered.

Five years ago, their daughter, Wang Mengmeng, died in a car accident on the bridge across the river at 1:45.

The initial assessment was that the accident was caused by someone getting out of the car illegally halfway through the journey.

Tao Yinghong insists that her daughter encountered a pervert on the bus and got off halfway because she was scared.

Because of this incident, Wang Mengmeng was even subjected to cyberbullying online. Tao Yinghong and her husband, having exhausted all other avenues for help, had reached this point.

Hearing the news from the police, Li Mu's opinion of Tao Yinghong and the driver changed a lot. They might be a bit extreme in personality, but they weren't the kind of people who were completely evil. They were doing it all for their daughter.

The two men stayed at the police station until after 7 p.m. Although it was strange how they discovered the bomb, they hadn't broken any laws; on the contrary, they were actually doing a good job.

They could stay in the police station indefinitely.

Once outside the police station, Li Shiqing suddenly asked, "Do you think our cycle has ended?"

Li Mu frowned: "Judging from the results, it should be over, but there might be other requirements."

"Stop overthinking. Just deal with whatever comes your way. We'll keep playing until it's over."

Chapter 288 The Tenth Cycle

After leaving the police station, Li Mu and Li Shiqing took a taxi to a nearby lottery shop.

"Boss, I'd like ten lottery tickets, the numbers are..."

As they left the lottery shop, Li Shiqing stared at the lottery ticket with curiosity: "This... can really win a prize."

Li Mu said, "Who knows! Maybe we won't win!"

Li Shiqing said, "Isn't this the winning number for tonight's draw? How come we didn't win?"

Li Mu smiled and said, "We didn't buy any tickets, so these are the winning numbers; if we had bought them, things might not be so certain!"

Li Shiqing nodded, seemingly understanding, "You mean the butterfly effect? ​​That's certainly possible!"

"Then you'll still buy it?"

Li Mu said, "What if we succeed? Let's just consider it a test?"

"Besides, if we resolve this today, the cycle might end from today onwards. This is a rare opportunity."

Li Shiqing nodded, then suddenly her stomach growled, and her face instantly turned red.

Li Mu said, "Are you hungry? Come on, I'll take you out for a big meal."

“Mm!” Li Shiqing nodded.

After dinner, Li Mu found a five-star hotel and booked a suite for the two of them.

Although it wasn't the first time they'd shared the same room, Li Shiqing was still very shy.

After chatting for a while, Li Shiqing suddenly took out her phone and exclaimed in surprise, "I won! I won! I really won!"

Li Mu leaned closer to look and asked, "How much did you win? Was it the first prize?"

Li Shiqing looked at it carefully again and said, "It's not the first prize, it's the second prize. The prize money for each bet should be over 100,000 yuan."

Li Mu nodded and said, "Not bad. The first prize has been reduced to the second prize, but the prize money for ten winning tickets is still more than a million."

Li Shiqing also realized: "That's right! The first prize we bought turned out to be a second prize. This is probably due to the butterfly effect."

Li Mu chuckled: "Yes, the butterfly effect."

Time quickly passed to a little after 10 p.m., and Li Mu stretched.

"Okay, let's rest!"

Li Shiqing blushed slightly and stammered, "Okay...okay!"

He slept without dreams. When Li Mu felt something again, it was as if the bed was shaking.

When I opened my eyes, I was still on the bus.

Li Mu was surprised but couldn't help but sigh, realizing that things were indeed not that simple.

At that moment, a young man dressed in black, wearing a black hat and a black mask got on the bus and walked towards the back.

Li Mu immediately recognized him; wasn't this Ludi, who suffered from asthma?

So what? Li Mu looked out the window and saw that the bus had stopped at the Yanjiang East Road stop.

So, you can get off the bus normally now. There's no need to pretend to be sick or make up excuses anymore, and it won't waste the driver's time or cause an accident.

Just then, Li Shiqing woke up and opened her eyes.

Li Mu glanced around and saw that the driver was about to close the door and start the car. He immediately pulled Li Shiqing, who had just woken up and was still dizzy, out of the car.

After the car drove away, Li Shiqing realized, "We're back again. We haven't escaped the cycle."

Li Mu said, "Yes! We haven't gotten rid of it."

Li Shiqing said somewhat bewilderedly, "Why didn't we get rid of them? Didn't we resolve the matter? None of the passengers on the bus were injured, and the suspect was apprehended."

"Why haven't we broken the cycle yet?"

Li Mu said, "You're right. We should have cleared the level by now and met the conditions to break the loop, but the loop hasn't ended."

"Then there is only one possibility: there are still some conditions or objectives for passing the checkpoint that we have not met, which is why the cycle has not ended."

Li Shiqing thought the same thing. Watching the bus drive away, she asked in confusion, "Why did you pull me off? Shouldn't we have tried different methods on the bus to solve the problem?"

Li Mu said, "If it could be resolved in the car, we would have already resolved it yesterday, and this cycle wouldn't have happened again."

"I think there are other situations we haven't figured out yet. Once we figure everything out and resolve things satisfactorily, the cycle will end."

Li Shiqing nodded; she agreed with this viewpoint.

"But where should we start the investigation? The explosion was prevented, the suspect has been found, but what aspect is still unresolved?"

Li Mu said, "As for the direction of the investigation, in my opinion, we can start with Tao Yinghong and Wang Xingde, and even their daughter Wang Mengmeng."

Li Shiqing exclaimed in surprise, "Investigating Tao Yinghong and Wang Xingde is understandable, since they were the instigators. But why investigate Wang Mengmeng as well? Wasn't she already..."

Li Mu said, "Didn't you hear what the police said? The reason the couple took revenge on society was because of their daughter, Wang Mengmeng."

"Their daughter was on bus number 45 at 1:45. At the time, the bus was on the Jiangda Bridge. Buses are not supposed to stop on bridges, but they did."

"Then, Wang Mengmeng happened to get into trouble."

"Because Wang Mengmeng interfered with the driver's driving in order to get out of the car, the video of the incident was spread online and she was subjected to cyberbullying by countless netizens."

"The police and netizens think Wang Mengmeng is at fault, but Tao Yinghong doesn't think so. She believes that a pervert took advantage of her daughter at the time, and Wang Mengmeng had no choice but to get off the bus halfway, which led to the accident."

"For this reason, Wang Xingde resigned from his job at the transportation company, and Tao Yinghong also resigned from her teaching position three months after her daughter's death and came to the city where her daughter last lived."

"The couple kept petitioning and going to the police station to find out the truth and clear their daughter's name."

"According to the police's statement, since they could not find any substantial evidence, the two had been unable to clear their daughter's name. In desperation, they came up with this method to retaliate against those who attacked them online."

When Li Mu heard about these situations, he was deeply moved, realizing how pitiful the hearts of parents are everywhere.

Li Shiqing was startled: "So, our focus should now be on Wang Mengmeng, to find out what happened back then."

"This is also the knot in the hearts of Tao Yinghong and Wang Xingde. If the truth can be found out, it will be a redemption for them."

Li Mu said, "After Wang Xingde and Tao Yinghong were arrested, I found from the police investigation that this girl named Wang Mengmeng should be from the same school as you."

"It happened only five years ago, before you went to college. If it had happened two years later, you might have heard about it and been able to find her class and classmates to find out what happened."

Li Shiqing's eyes lit up and she said, "It doesn't have to be two years later. Even if it happened five years ago, I believe many students would know about such a big cyberbullying incident."

“Our counselor, Ms. Wu, has worked at the school for many years. I can ask her for information.”

Li Mu said, "In that case, let's go to your school and investigate Wang Mengmeng's matter first."

Li Shiqing nodded: "Mm!"

Chapter 289 Investigation