Answer: Because he is an expert in metaphysics, his password must be related to his professional hobbies. Dialing "8" for the first time and then "hanging up" implies that it is related to "gossip"

Second time: 1 means even number (1), and 2 means off (2).

Separation from the middle, deficiency from dryness, three links

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So the killer was Li Xi.