48 Hours a Day

“… Are you saying that the human world has been invaded by heretics, disguised as human beings, and secretly replaced our friends and loved ones, so that the loved ones and friends around us may not be the ones we know anymore?” Bai Qing glanced at her eyes, even though she said she was willing to believe what Zhang Heng said later, but as an ordinary person with normal intelligence and reason, and after nine years of compulsory education, it was incredible to hear this for the first time.

“Yeah, before at KFC, I heard you say that your father had been a bit abnormal lately, that it was early to go home after work, and that there was another person in the room who I thought had been replaced by your dad,” Zhang Hengdao, “and that the description of your mother last night was similar to that of the victim I had met before, but just because it was so similar that I suspected her, I knew that those things were working on me, so I didn't rush to conclude that I came home to get my gear and drove back. ”

“Are you here? Last night.”

“Yes, I arrived at about 12: 48, parked outside your neighborhood, but I was too sleepy to sleep.” Zhang Heng did not tell Bai Qing about his strange dream because the relationship with this copy is not clear yet.

“According to you, the person who was replaced should also be my father, my mother discovered an anomaly, so my father… that thing killed my mother to shut up. ”

“No, as far as I know, those things have always been cautious, except the time the three children drowned before, when they didn't seem to have killed anyone directly, and they actually preferred to use the rules of human society to achieve their ends over this simple, crude way. ”

Zhang Hengton went on to say, "In the case of university students, they create the illusion of the target mental anomaly through constant psychological oppression. College students had previously started a riot in the community with a knife. Once the outside world accepted the image of his mental anomaly, those things could put him in a psychiatric hospital, and no one would ever believe his words again, and this time the means they used evolved. ”

“What do you mean? ”

“Your father and your mother had an earlier quarrel, and your mother had deliberately quarreled with each other and called the police, so that everyone else and the police knew that your father had intended and acted to harm your mother before, and buried a pen for what happened afterwards, so that when your mother died in the living room covered in blood and your father was found holding a fruit knife, no matter what he said nobody would believe, I should have realized earlier, this was actually an escalation of the college student knife incident. ”

“But the people who behaved abnormally before were my father, and the cameras that he secretly installed, how do I explain that? ”

“Your father should have discovered your mother's anomaly. After all, no matter how many more fights the two men had had for 20 years, he might have suspected your mother of cheating from the way your father looked at the old photographs, so the previous photographs were looking back at their past feelings, and the cameras were installed to capture rape, which is the way normal people think, including when he came home from work earlier, should be trying to save that emotion, which also explains why they had a clash at night, but when the police came, your father kept his mouth shut shut about the clash. ”

Pa Qing thought, “You seem to be right. It's possible that my father is a very honorable man. If he suspects my mother of cheating, he definitely doesn't want this to be known to outsiders. But... I did see him standing there with a fruit knife. ”

“This kind of thing is easy to do if you are prepared and have no heart. For example, when your father comes out and sees your mother killing herself, he will surely rush to grab the fruit knife from your mother, but your mother moves quickly, or is powerful enough, to complete the killing. Finally, your father grabs the knife, which is what you see.” Zhang Hengdao, "of course, this is just my guess, the specific situation will be investigated before I know. ”

“So that thing sacrificed itself to put my dad in jail? ”

“I do not think that they have sacrificed themselves, and we know too little about them now, not what they are, by what means they have been replaced, or what their living conditions are.” Zhang Heng analyzed, "Perhaps the body to them like clothes to us, throwing away the body to them is just a change of clothes. ”

“Have you been investigating this kind of thing, before in the classroom you always had a lack of sleep, and is that why?” Asked Baiqing.

“Yes, I am tracking the whereabouts of college students and the drowning of three children by the river.” Zhang Heng admitted.

“Why? You said you weren't very familiar with that college student, and those things warned you, why take the risk? ”

“Well… I come from the Association for the Prevention and Control of Invasion of Alien Species, which deals exclusively with anomalies.” Zhang Heng lied on this issue, borrowing the name of Shen Xixi's organization.

“Sounds like a mysterious institution that only appears in novel films. Is there anyone else in this association besides you? ”

“Yes, but none of them are here, they have other things to deal with, so it's up to us.” Zhang Hengdao.

“Sorry, I'm trying so hard to keep up with your rhythm, but...” Bai Qing hugs his head, "that sounds incredible, alien invasion, my mother is not actually my mother or anything...”

“It's okay, you can take your time, I know you're having a hard time right now, so you can stay here and rest, or go to your grandfather's house and leave the investigation to me.” Zhang Hengdao.

“No, I'm with you.” Bai Qingdao, “don't leave me alone.” She reached out and grabbed Zhang Heng's hand, "I always had that picture of the living room in my head, over and over again, like a nightmare, I, I can't rest, if you're telling the truth, can we get my mother back? ”

“It's possible, but the odds are slim, I must say, but we may have a way to get your father off the hook. ”

“I'd do anything to prove that my father didn't kill him.” Bai Qing did not hesitate.

“Well, let's start with the body and see if we can find anything.” Zhang Hengdao.