"Um, I’ve got it."
Li Zhiyuan waved at Lin Shuyou in the distance, signaling him to follow downstairs.
The two got into Tan Yunlong’s police car and headed for Zhou Yunyun’s school.
Since the search and interrogation involved entering the female dorms, more female officers were brought in for the operation.
Though young, Lin Shuyou was able to blend in with the group of cops as if he were an undercover officer, but Li Zhiyuan’s age and appearance made things a bit awkward.
Tan Yunlong directly explained that Zhou Yunyun was Li Zhiyuan’s distant cousin.
Since they were from the sa hotown, calling each other "cousins" didn’t necessarily require a blood relation.
Zhou Yunyun’s dormitory was a six-person room, and at this ti, the other five girls were arranged in other dorms giving statents, while the police were searching their room.
Li Zhiyuan said to Lin Shuyou: "Help search."
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"You have experience hiding things in dorms."
"Oh, okay."
"Just like the inspection earlier in the hospital."
"I understand."
Lin Shuyou borrowed a pair of gloves and joined in the search; however, he kept a Chasing the Distance Secret Scroll lucky charm tucked in his palm.
There were many items in the female dormitory, especially clothes, in the closets, on the beds, in storage boxes, and hanging on the balcony.
While examining these clothes, Lin Shuyou wiped them with talisman paper to observe any reactions.
anwhile, under Tan Yunlong’s lead, Li Zhiyuan listened in on the questioning of the other five girls in various rooms.
All five girls appeared very nervous in front of the police, speaking hesitantly.
This was a natural reaction, but it caused trouble for Li Zhiyuan’s "observation" skills, as his physiognomy was better at catching microexpressions on people’s faces—hard to do when their expression managent was out of control.
It was generally known that Zhou Yunyun had good relationships in the dorm and in class.
Also, although the new term had just begun, Zhou Yunyun had already received many love letters and direct confessions from boys.
Li Zhiyuan could only silently note down the nas of the five girls sharing the dorm:
Tong Yanyan,
Wang Lunan,
Zhao ngyao,
Zhang Xin,
Zhou Shengnan.
By the corridor, Li Zhiyuan looked at Tan Yunlong, hoping to get so insights from the experienced detective.
Then, he realized Tan Yunlong was also looking at him, thinking along the sa lines.
Tan Yunlong comforted: "Once we expand the network of relationships a bit more and bring more people in for investigation, maybe we’ll find a breakthrough."
"Okay."
Tan Yunlong added: "I’ll have soone do a deeper background check on these five girls sharing the dorm and also probe their network of relationships."
"Uncle Tan, did you notice sothing?"
"No." Tan Yunlong shook his head honestly, "Just experience, I guess. For incidents happening in the dorm, whether theft or other, the likelihood that the suspects are roommates is quite high.
However, it would still be best to find the poison.
With a case like Zhou Yunyun’s, if it’s poisoning, setting aside psychoactive drugs, could it be heavy tals?"
"Uncle Tan, I’m not familiar with those."
What he was looking for was not a toxin, but a cursed object.
To so extent, cursed objects and poisons had similar effects.
At this mont, Li Zhiyuan saw Lin Shuyou gesturing to him.
Li Zhiyuan went over and Lin Shuyou spoke in a low voice: "Brother Xiao Yuan, I’ve found sothing unusual."
With that, Lin Shuyou spread his palm, revealing five talisman papers that had turned black.
Not completely black, and the color was light, but they had indeed changed.
"What are they from?"
"Clothes, the ones hanging and drying on the balcony."
Led by Lin Shuyou, Li Zhiyuan went to the dorm balcony where the five pieces of clothing that had blackened the talisman paper were hung together.
Tan Yunlong followed and asked, "Xiao Yuan, did you find sothing?"
It was an redundant question, as Lin Shuyou’s cautiously sneaking peeks clearly spelled out "I have a discovery."
"Uncle Tan, since the statents are complete, let them return to their dorms, have them take their clothes off the balcony."
"Alright, I’ll arrange it."
The five girls were allowed to return to their dorms. A female police officer pointed to the balcony and said, "Take down the clothes hanging there, each person only takes their own, as we need to do a thorough check of the balcony."
Shortly, the clothes from the balcony were taken down.
Except for those five pieces that caused the talisman papers to blacken.
So, these five pieces belonged to Zhou Yunyun.
Li Zhiyuan tugged at Lin Shuyou’s arm; Lin Shuyou, puzzled, looked down at him.
With no other option, Li Zhiyuan looked up curiously and asked, "Are these my cousin’s clothes? Were they washed yesterday?"
Tan Yunlong asked the five girls, "These are Zhou Yunyun’s clothes she washed yesterday?"
"Yes, Yunyun washed them last night."
"Right, Yunyun washed them and hung them out last night."
"Yunyun washed her clothes for a long ti last night and only ca back when our lights were off."
"After hanging her clothes, she got into bed. I called her, but she ignored . I regret it; maybe Yunyun was already feeling unwell."
"Yes, and early in the morning, Yunyun drove us out of the dorm while we were still in bed."
Li Zhiyuan: "In the past, when my cousin was at ho, she would often help wash clothes."
Tan Yunlong: "Zhou Yunyun only washed her own clothes last night?"
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