Entertaining Children

"Turn left at the intersection ahead and take Shell Street!" Sitting in the co-pilot's seat, Xiao Yao held the handle above the door with his right hand, pointed his index finger at the intersection ahead with his left hand holding the phone, and directed Tim Haggis. . ?? Bayi? Chinese W≈W=W≤. =8=1≈Z=W≠. COM

"Are you sure?" Tim Haggis turned his head to look at Xiao Yao and said, "You didn't even look at the map."

"I'm 100% sure." Xiao Yao nodded and said, "The lights in the car are so dim, how can I read the map? But don't worry, I've written down all the routes, you just follow the route I said. "

"Okay." Tim Haggis chose to trust Xiao Yao's memory, and turned the steering wheel sharply to the left at the intersection.

"Tim, come on, drive faster!" Xiao Yao glanced at the screen of the mobile phone with the timing software running on his left hand and said.

"As soon as possible," Tim replied.

Xiao Yao stretched out his left hand and pressed a button on the vehicle control panel between the two of them. Immediately, red and blue lights flashed on the front of the car, and a siren sounded from the horn. This is the detective's police car, which is also equipped with police lights and sirens, but the difference between the detective's police car and the general police patrol car is that there are no markings on the body, and the police lights are not on the roof. It is at the front of the car. If it is not opened, the car looks no different from an ordinary private car.

"That way you won't be afraid." Xiao Yao smiled at Tim Haggis, "We take the shortest time for the test, so of course we have to do it at the fastest speed."

"It's a violation of discipline to turn on the police lights and sirens at random." Tim Haggis said helplessly.

"You can think that we are investigating the case now." Xiao Yao excused Tim Haggis.

Xiao Yao's memory is very good, and the planned route is also the best, but even though their car was driving at the fastest speed with the lights and sirens on, from Roseld to the gate of Chambers Conservatory of Music, They still took an hour and thirteen minutes. Obviously, Wyatt could not have the convenience and speed of a police car, so his alibi was not broken because of Xiao Yao's experiment.

"What should we do now?" Tim Haggis parked the car at the gate of the Chambers Conservatory of Music, and looked at the time displayed on Xiao Yao's mobile phone, "We can't prove that Wyatt can Back to school by one o'clock."

"If he really didn't leave Linton Restaurant until ten o'clock in the evening." Xiao Yao tapped the phone screen with his index finger.

"What do you mean?" Tim Haggis looked at Xiao Yao and said, "We have all read the nypd report, they went to Linton Restaurant to investigate,

A waiter confirmed that Wyatt had performed in the restaurant last night, and his performance time was from 8 to 10 in the evening. "

"When nypd went to investigate, it was the restaurant waiter who gave them a statement. That's because the boss was not there last night." Xiao Yao said, "Since the boss was not there, could it be that Wyatt didn't actually have two full ammunition last night? Hours, why did you leave early? Wyatt’s playing time in the restaurant is always from 8:00 to 10:00 in the evening. If I were a waiter and saw the pianist leaving, I would probably think that it was time for him to play, not much If you are nosy, check the time to check whether he has played enough time. Anyway, I am not paying the salary to the pianist, and I am too busy to greet customers. How can I have free time to manage the work of the pianist.”

"I understand what you mean," Tim said with some hesitation, "but this is nypd's case after all, in fact I don't have the right to investigate. If you need to show your police badge..."

"Understood! The dinner at the lawyer's office was not very full just now. I feel a little hungry now. I heard that the French desserts at Linton Restaurant are good. I invite you!" Xiao Yao laughed.

"Okay!" Tim started the car again, turned the steering wheel, and turned around to go to Linton Restaurant.

Linton's Restaurant is a typical French restaurant, and its reputation in New York can only be regarded as above-average. When the two opened the door and entered the restaurant, there were some diners inside, but the number was not too many.

As soon as the two entered the door, a waiter took the initiative to greet them, and after confirming that there were only two of them, he enthusiastically led the way and arranged seats for them.

"Is there no pianist playing now?" After ordering, Xiao Yao raised his hand to summon a waiter, and asked as he pretended to be casually looking at the performance stage with a black piano.

"We only have a pianist playing from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Today, on Monday, there is no pianist playing." The waiter replied with a smile.

"Unfortunately, it seems that we should have come last night." Xiao Yao smiled and continued to ask the waiter, "Did you be on duty last night? Did you hear the pianist's performance last night? Can't you tell me how good the pianist was last night?"

"Our pianist last night was a student of the Piano Department of Chambers Conservatory of Music. Of course, his level is very good." The waiter smiled proudly, "I was on duty last night, and I listened to him play for two hours. Felt very enjoyable."

Tim Haggis glanced at Xiao Yao and gave him a helpless look.

"Mister seems to be very concerned about our pianist?" The waiter asked Xiao Yao with a suspicious look on his face.

"That's it," Xiao Yaoxun found an excuse, pointed to the piano, and said, "I also play the piano. I don't know if your restaurant still needs a pianist? Can I go up and play it?"

"Hiring a pianist needs to be decided by the boss. He is not here tonight." The waiter first shook his head in relief, and then said, "But if you just want to play the piano, there is no problem. For any customers who want to play the piano on stage, we All are welcome."

"Okay, then I'll try it." Xiao Yao stood up and said.

"This way, please!" The waiter immediately made a gesture of please and helped him lead the way.

Walking to the performance stage where the piano was placed, Xiao Yao did not rush to the stage, but pointed to a scratch on the side of the piano strangely and asked the waiter, "What is this?"

"It's okay," the waiter smiled. "It was a customer who accidentally tripped and hit the piano when she passed by yesterday afternoon. It was the ring on her hand that was accidentally scratched when she stood up while supporting the piano." Yes. This was there before, so please rest assured that we will not blame you for this scratch."

"Okay, I'm relieved when you say that." Xiao Yao nodded, walked to the performance stage, and sat down in front of the piano.

Opening the cover of the piano, Xiao Yao stretched out his hands and pressed on the keys of the piano to play. Xiao Yao didn't really want to perform and play the piano here, so he didn't play any classic piano pieces from his previous life. He just picked some of the more popular piano pieces in the world and played them.

Although Xiao Yao didn't play very carefully, after more than ten years of practice, Xiao Yao's level is placed there. The tunes that come out still sound pretty good. Some customers in the restaurant politely gave some applause.

But as soon as Xiao Yao played a short section, his brows frowned. Then Xiao Yao's music was interrupted, and Xiao Yao turned his head slightly, stretched out a finger with one hand, and repeatedly pressed a key.

This time, the beautiful piano music turned into a monotonous noise, and many customers showed dissatisfied expressions.

At this time, the waiter who led Xiao Yao to the performance stage also walked over with a displeased face, waved his hand and tried to stop Xiao Yao and said, "Sir, what are you doing?"

"Yang, what's the matter with you?" Tim Haggis has seen Xiao Yao play the guitar, so it's not surprising that he can play the piano, but playing the piano well suddenly turned into a deliberate disturbance? So Tim Haggis also left his seat and walked over.

Xiao Yao stopped, stood up from the piano bench, walked in front of the waiter, glanced at his badge first, then stared into his eyes and said, "Wilin, are you sure you saw the waiter last night?" Art here, playing on this piano for two hours?"

"How do you know that the pianist last night was called Wyatt?" The waiter with the name on the badge looked at Xiao Yao in surprise, "Who the hell are you?"

"I told you that I also play the piano," Xiao Yao said, "so I can tell you with certainty that one of the keys on this piano is off by at least one whole tone. If I guessed correctly, it should be yesterday afternoon The falling customer hit the piano. Wyatt, a professional pianist in the Piano Department of the Chambers School of Music, would not fail to hear such an obvious problem, and would definitely not be able to play two hours on such a piano. Hours. When the police came to investigate today, you lied to the police that Wyatt never touched the piano last night, did you?"

"Are you a policeman? Why should I tell you?" The waiter named Willin showed some panic on his face, but he still insisted.

Xiao Yao directly pulled up the right side of Tim Haggis's suit jacket, revealing the police badge and gun on his waist, and said, "I'm not a policeman, but this is an FBI agent. Do you think of the FBI interrogation room?" Are you telling the truth?"

Weilin still kept silent, but his face was getting redder and redder.

"Although the surveillance camera in your store is not facing the performance stage, I think it is not difficult to find a few car owners who entered your store for dinner last night through the traffic camera outside. I think some of them must remember what happened last night. There is no pianist to perform." Now that Tim Haggis has been dragged into the water by Xiao Yao, he also sees that there is indeed a problem with the waiter, so he simply goes all out at the moment, coaxing the waiter Willin Scared, "I tell you, now Wyatt is involved in a murder case, if you insist on what you said to nypd before, and finally confirm that Wyatt is the murderer, you will be regarded as an accomplice in the murder case .”

"Murder?" Welling said in shock, "The police detective who came to investigate today didn't tell me that Wyatt is a suspect in the murder case. If he killed someone, it definitely has nothing to do with me."

"Come with me," Tim Haggis said, pulling Willing's arm and leading him into a corner, "So you can tell us the truth now?"

"Yes," Willing said, "Wyatt did come to the restaurant last night. He was supposed to perform a piano performance. But he answered the phone before the performance and left. Before he left, he told me that His girlfriend had an accident and he had to rush over to check. The boss wasn’t there yesterday, and he didn’t want the boss to know that he skipped work and lost his job, so he gave us a few waiters a hundred dollars and let us tell the boss that he performed here last night It’s over. When the police came to investigate, the boss was also in the shop, I didn’t want to lose my job, so I could only tell the police that Wyatt performed here for two hours last night as usual.”

"Okay," Xiao Yao put away the mobile phone in his hand and said, "I've already recorded what you said just now. It's already very late now, and the police detective in charge is probably off work. How about it, tomorrow morning , you and us go to the Ninth Precinct to ask Detective Maier to change the statement." Detective Maier was the middle-aged police detective who went to arrest Sun Tingting at that time, and Xiao Yao already had Got his name.

"This..." Willin hesitated.

"This is a murder case, and you don't want to continue to keep that lie." Tim Haggis said, "You take the initiative to confess, and I guarantee that the police will not pursue the false statement you gave before."

"Okay, I'll go." Willin thought for a while, and finally nodded and agreed, "My apartment address is 5c, 75o Oakland Street, and I'll be waiting for you." Willin left his phone number to Ti Mu, then turned and left.

"Now it has been proved that Wyatt's alibi is indeed fake. Let's go to Detective Maier tomorrow and let him start the investigation of Wyatt." Xiao Yao heaved a sigh of relief, and said to Tim Haggis with a smile , "Tim, thank you. Now we can enjoy the food with peace of mind, as agreed before, I invite you!"