LOVE ME IF YOU DARE [when he comes, close your eyes]

Chapter 23

Jian Yao takes her chair and puts it in front of him. She sits with her hands folded, resting on her knees and smiles sweetly: "Please explain."

- Oh... so docile.... a nice change.

Bo Jinyan's mind is thinking about other things: "Last Wednesday ...... What did we have for breakfast?"

Jian Yao looks at him in surprise. - What does that have to do with this case? Wednesday... breakfast... Jian Yao: "Fish dumplings."

It was her first time trying to make them. It's quite a tedious process. She does not intend to make them again. Bo Jinyan: "Tomorrow, I want to have it for breakfast again. And if you have no objections, let's get back to this case."

Jian Yao: "......" That's like daylight robbery! But why is she not angry about it? As she has not objected to the idea, Bo Jinyan smiles:

"First of all, Mai Chen said she was wearing a blue dress. That's her favourite colour, she should keep it on when she committed suicide, but the police records show she died in a black dress. The man she loved confessed his love to her. Even if she didn't change her mind about the suicide, it's highly unlikely she would change out of her lucky colour. That's not her personality. A timid girl like her will want some luck with her on her way to death.

Secondly, her mother's farewell phone call was made at 0:05am. Mai Chen left around 0:30am, the second call to her mom was 0:40am, but it didn't go through. If she didn't change her mind, why call again? To double the pain? And it's a very short time after Mai Chen left. The most logical conclusion is she gave up the idea of death, and she wants to hear the voice of her mother. She wrote her last post at 00:37am, but her death was between 2:00-3:00am. This is unreasonable. Would she not write one last post to say goodbye to Mai Chen?

What did she does in those two hours before she died? She didn't call her home, didn't reject Mai Chen, didn't write a blog...And why did she choose to take drugs to die? If the experience of the last six months made her feel dirty, why would she choose such a filthy way to die?"

Bo Jinyan ends with this statement: "This is too easy. Next time, please figure it out yourself. I am born to solve more complicated cases than this."

Jian Yao is digesting his words carefully, then she looks at him.

- Did he say... next time?

- There's NOT going be a next time.

She asks Bo Jinyan: "Do you think Mai Chen's words are reliable?"

Bo Jinyan replies: "Yes. Besides, according to Wang Wan Wei's diary, her miserable life had nothing to do with Mai Chen."

Bo Jinyan adds: "There is one more thing. Mai Chen mentioned she was wearing a pair of pearl earrings. In the autopsy photos, she wasn't wearing anything. Go to the police station to check the evidence to see if there is a pair of earrings."