Find the murderer and have a car accident

Alex doesn't know if his guess is right or not, but he thinks it should be like this.

After a simple meal, he returns home. He thinks that now that Alice was dead, no one would disturb his peaceful life anymore.

"Bravo."

As for what the murderer did and who he killed, he doesn't care at all, as long as that murderer won't come to provoke him.

The next day Alex goes to the store as usual. When he walks to the door of the store, he thinks about Alice monitoring him. His current work and rest time is very regular. He goes to the store and home everyday, and occasionally goes back to his parents' home.

Alice can't monitor him when he is at home, so she can only monitor him near his store.

And monitoring him needs to find a place that allows her to stay for a long time without arousing other people's vigilance.

The best way is to rent a room. He turns his head and sees that his store is located on the commercial street, and there are no rooms that could see the inside of store directly.

Then the only places left are fast food restaurants, teahouses, and milk tea shops.

He has some guesses in his mind. The murderer is a man and hates women. So he would not go into places like milk tea shops and afternoon teas where there are many women.

Then it could only be a place like a fast food restaurant. In addition, Alice had already resigned. With her financial conditions, a fast food restaurant is indeed a good choice.

In this way, the murderer might be a frequent customer of a fast food restaurant as well, because only in this way could he discover Alice's abnormality.

His shop opens normally between 10 and 11 in the morning and closes around 6 in the afternoon. So Alice is supposed to monitor him during this period, and the time she and the murderer met was most likely at lunch.

Eating fast food also shows that the murderer is not very old, in his twenties, and should not exceed 30, because older people do not often eat fast food.

First, they think it is unhygienic, and second, fast food is too expensive. If they want to eat a full meal, they have to spend more than 30 yuan one time. Compared with fast food, pasta and clay pot rice are more cost-effective.

This habit of eating fast food frequently indicates that he lives alone. One person can feed the whole family. It is certain that this person is a young single male.

Combined with his misogynistic personality, he should not work anywhere. He is most likely a freelancer, a takeaway, courier, or taxi driver.

Takeaway can be ruled out first. The missing case shows that he has a means of transportation to transport corpses. A two-wheeled battery car for delivering food is basically impossible.

Courier can also be ruled out. Although three-wheeled battery cars can indeed transport corpses and are easy to hide, according to his understanding, the courier's trajectory is to load goods in the morning, then deliver goods, return to the courier station at noon to continue loading goods, and then deliver again in the afternoon.

There is no courier station on this commercial street because the land price is too expensive. No courier station will choose to be here. In this way, he cannot come here specially for lunch.

Now the answer is obvious, taxi driver.

Living habits, economic conditions, transportation of corpses, including the distance from the crime scene, etc. all match.

At noon, Alex goes to a fast food restaurant on purpose. He orders a meal and sits by the window, where he could indeed see his store.

Not long after, a taxi stops at the door of the fast food restaurant and then Alex becomes alert. A young man with short hair and short sleeves gets out of the car. He is quite energetic and Alex is not sure if it was him.

But his next action exposes himself, making Alex sure that the murderer was him exactly, and his guess was completely correct.

The first thing the young man sees when he gets down is to look at where Alex is. This action is too obvious to Alex. After all, Alex sits at a distance from the door, and a normal person would choose to look at the door. Why would he look here?

The young man takes a look and then looks away. He enters the store, asks for a set meal, and then sits down at a distance from Alex.

Since the murderer has been identified, there is no need for Alex to stay any longer. He lowers his head and eats quickly, then turns around and leaves.

What Alex doesn't know is that after he leaves, the young man looks at his back and thinks about something in his mind.

Alex doesn't want to do anything about that murderer. As he said, Alice was already dead. Whether that person killed someone or not has nothing to do with Alex. All Alex wants is just to live a peaceful life and won't want to get involved in these things.

The reason why Alex wants to identify the murderer is to be on the safe side, afraid that that person would probably implicate Alex, so Alex would just stay away from him in the future.

After closing the door at night, Alex is driving home. When he passes the traffic light, a car rushes straight towards him. When he sees it, it is too late.

"Bang."

The violent collision makes Alex feel extremely dizzy. His eyes goes black and he faints directly. However, he sees clearly the man who hits him before the collision. It is exactly the young man in the fast restaurant at noon. That murderer!!!

His last thought is that he is too careless, and he doesn't expect this person to be so decisive.

…

When Alex wakes up again, he sees the familiar ceiling, but he didn't expect to be here again.

He hears his mother's shouting, which makes him a little dazed. It is too similar to the scene when he was shot three years ago.

Alex turns to look at his mother, and just as he is about to say that he is fine, an idea suddenly flashes through his mind, and this idea makes him change his mind instantly. He looks at his mother blankly and asks, "Who are you?"

The mother gets also stunned when she hears this, and then anxiously says,

"I am your mother, poor son, don't you recognize me?"

Alex pretends to be confused and continues to stare at his mother, muttering,

"Why don't I remember?"

Seeing Alex like this, his mother hurriedly shouts, "Doctor! Doctor! Come in."

Soon his attending doctor comes, and his mother says anxiously,

"Doctor! Look, my son doesn't remember me, what's going on?"

The doctor motions to his mother not to worry, he walks in front of Alex, stretches out a finger and asks,

"What is this?"

"One."

Then he takes out a pen and asks, "What about this?"

"Pen."

"What time is it now?"

"August 10, 2022."

The doctor nods, thinks for a while and asks, "Do you know your name?"

Alex pretends to try to recall, and after a long time he says,

"My name is Alex."

"Then do you remember what happened before?"

Alex frowns. He doesn't suddenly hold his head and show pain like what actors did in the TV series. Who knows if what is played in the TV series is true or not?

He just looks at the doctor and shakes his head in confusion.

The doctor nods, then motions his mother to go out with him. The mother looks at Alex worriedly and follows the doctor out.

The reason why Alex pretends to have amnesia is what he just thought of. Amnesia has only benefits and no harm to him right now. After this amnesia, he is no longer afraid of exposing his time travel.

Even if there is any abnormality, no big deal, he has amnesia and it's understandable.

And even if the police persists and finally finds some clues, he can completely use the reason of amnesia to get away with it, killing two birds with one stone.

The doctor outside says to the mother,

"Well, the injured person had a car accident and hit his head. There is indeed a possibility of amnesia. This amnesia may be temporary or permanent, so we cannot be sure at present."

The mother asks hopefully, "Can it be cured?"

The doctor shakes his head,

"At present, we have no way to treat amnesia, but it is not impossible to restore his memory. The usual treatment method is to find a familiar place to see if it can help him awaken some memories."

The mother's face gets full of disappointment. The doctor sees it and comforts her,

"You don't have to be too sad. You just see that his amnesia will not have any impact on his life. He just forgets some people and things, Which does not matter too much."

The mother nods heavily. It is the greatest comfort for her that Alex would be fine in the future.

Back in the ward, Alex looks at his sad mother and feels a little reluctant. His mother is very good to him. Now he makes her so sad, he really feels guilty.

But he has to do this. Only in this way could he completely return to normal life. Besides, he does not leave her and would stay with her in the future.

He comforts her, "Mom, you don't have to be too sad."

When the mother hears this, a happy expression instantly appears on her face.

"Son! Do you remember me now?"

Alex shakes his head and sees that his mother's happy expression froze. He says,

"Although I have lost my memory, you are so worried. You must be my mother. Am I not still your son? It's just amnesia. Even if I can't remember anything, won't you not consider me as your son?"

"What are you talking about? You are my son of course. No matter what happens, how can I not consider you as my son?"

"Isn't that the end? This is no different from before, so you really don't have to worry too much."

The mother nods and she has figures it out. It is just amnesia. At most, she would raise him again.

Seeing that his mother is not as sad as before, Alex feels much better.

He knows that he would have to deal with the police and the young man next, and he already has an idea.

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