The three of them were together, and if soone had to get beaten up, it would definitely be Du Qiang, that oaf.
When it cos to IQ, he hardly uses his brain, almost good as new. In terms of looks, he’s pretty average, and without his police uniform today, how could he possibly pull off high-level beauty spells?
Every organization has its support staff, and clearly, Du Qiang is the head of logistics among the three, in charge of paying bills. It’s just uncertain if the organization can reimburse this kind of expense.
They stayed at the school until eleven-thirty in the morning; the students had already been released from class. Blending in among them, they were hardly noticeable. Afraid of being recognized, Du Qiang specifically wore a mask today, increasingly acting like a public figure.
Luckily, now that the weather was cooling down, the outside temperature had dropped to around zero, so wearing a mask didn’t seem out of place.
Once noon arrived, so students rushed to the cafeteria, others returned to their dorms, while others walked out the school gates, either to go shopping or to eat. And if you saw a group of guys walking out with their arms around each other’s shoulders, there was a good chance they were heading to a net cafe.
Li Zijun and Du Qiang, as professional detectives, found tailing so students a piece of cake. They began wandering and staking out near the net cafe by the school’s back gate, observing potential targets for conversation.
anwhile, Su Qing found a restaurant with a decent environnt near the school’s back gate, ordered a few dishes, and sat down to wait for soone.
"Hey~~ Sorry for being late!"
Zhang Dandan, one of the deceased’s dorm roommates, arrived as Su Qing invited.
When the three of them left that day, Lin Chengcai insisted on getting the WeChat contacts of the three girls, which surprisingly ca in handy today.
Because at that ti, he realized through his voiceover that the three girls present had their own little sches and concerns, naturally holding back so words. He and Lin Chengcai noticed so of it but chose not to reveal or force questions. If a al could solve the issue, why make it ugly?
Thus, today, when he asked Li Zijun to chat up the male students of the school, he thought about these three girls.
Among them, Zhang Dandan and Li nghua were more or less the sa, having a relatively good relationship with the deceased, except Wang Yue, who didn’t get along well. She even contributed to the rumors circulating in the school.
The behaviors of superficially friendly yet internally discordant relationships among girls were sothing he had only heard of before but never seen. First, he was a guy and didn’t know many girls; second, even if he had female friends, they wouldn’t usually talk to him about such matters. Thirdly, even if he heard about it from another girl, he hadn’t observed it this deeply before. It truly felt like three individuals with eight hundred hidden thoughts.
With Zhang Dandan, he rely sent a WeChat ssage saying he wanted to chat about her roommate’s matters over a al.
Zhang Dandan accepted his invitation without hesitation, even seeming pleasantly surprised.
Su Qing, being sowhat of a social dia influencer now, admittedly had good looks. At least she hadn’t seen many more handso than him in school; paired with fa and money, he stood out as an officer.
Thus, even when she ca today, the other two girls in the dorm didn’t know, as Su Qing specified he wanted to talk with her alone.
"I just got here too, co, sit down!" Su Qing stood up, wearing a highly professional fake smile.
Even though he secretly despised Lin Chengcai’s handso man trick, he had to admit, it was quite effective.
"I’ve ordered two dishes; see if you’d like anything else." He handed over the nu, to which Zhang Dandan waved her hand repeatedly, "I’m okay with anything, I can eat whatever."
It wasn’t the typical "anything" from a girlfriend; she was genuinely fine with anything. Seeing she really didn’t order, he added two more dishes, making it three dishes and one soup, just enough for two.
Then he started by making small talk without directly asking questions, soon eliciting Zhang Dandan’s crisp laughter from the seat.
It was apparent she had dressed up for this eting, which he knew quite well. However, he was only interested in the information in her mind, not her body. Having tasted rare delicacies, ordinary food didn’t tempt him much.
After they almost finished eating, Su Qing began, "Oh, almost forgot the main reason I ca today. I have so things I want to ask you, don’t worry, it’s just us two. Although I’m a police consultant, I’m not exactly a policeman. I’ve been curious about the school rumors; as roommates, you should know so inside information, right?"
As he asked, Zhang Dandan visibly relaxed, assisted by his voiceover hints that helped him find topics that could break into her trust. Soon, she provided so juicy details.
"Caiwen is actually quite nice, just too naive. We knew she was involved with our school’s Professor Jiang; we even advised her before, but she didn’t listen. And I feel that Professor Jiang isn’t a good person; the way he looks at girls from our class has a sort of pervy vibe.
They’ve been together for over a year. It was okay before, but for so reason, shortly after school started this year, rumors spread about her being involved with Professor Jiang, putting her under a lot of pressure. Later on, I noticed it seed related to the graduate recomndation quota, and Ke Yao from class three seed to have her eye on that quota. Eighty percent of the rumors were her doing.
We advised Caiwen recently, but she said she’d deal with it after the graduate recomndation quota was secured. She didn’t think realistically — even if she succeeded, she’d still have ambiguous ties with Professor Jiang for three more years, what’s in it for her?"
With nobody else around, aided by his voiceover, Zhang Dandan gradually opened up, speaking freely. She even revealed that the affair between Wei Caiwen and Professor Jiang was likely leaked by Wang Yue.
Evidently, despite sharing the sa dorm, each girl had their own exclusive circles, maintaining re surface relations.
anwhile, Li Zijun and Du Qiang finally confird the net cafe location and identified targets. Du Qiang set up the computers, bought drinks, and sat next to a group of guys.
"Hey, handso, are you guys students from Jiangcheng University?"
"Uh... Yeah, what’s up?"
"What a coincidence, I’m also from Jiangcheng University, graduated a year ago."
"Oh, so you’re a senior!"
"Are you guys playing LOL? Which server? Let’s play together?"
"Sure!"
Quickly, Li Zijun blended in with the guys through her outstanding looks, while Du Qiang sat aside, nearly grinding his molars.
Soon, she inquired about the recent suicide incident at Jiangcheng University. Compared to Zhang Dandan’s detailed, subtle approach, the rumors the guys knew were much more sensational.
Allegedly, Professor Jiang got a girl pregnant and didn’t want to take responsibility, driving her to suicide. Others claid he fancied another girl and wanted to give the graduate quota to soone else, while still others said the pressure from rumors overwheld Wei Caiwen, leading her to suicide.
Various speculations all pointed to two key figures, Professor Jiang and the graduate quota competitor, Ke Yao.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Li Zijun even managed to get Ke Yao’s class and student number — the rumors spread like wildfire.
anwhile, representatives from Jiangcheng Public Security Bureau, Zhao Minghui, Lin Chengcai, and others contacted the fire departnt leadership and t the man in the photo among Wei Caiwen’s belongings.
"Hello, I’m Zhao Minghui, forensic team leader from Jiangcheng Public Security Bureau, and this is deputy team leader Lin Chengcai. Are you Professor Jiang Maoxue?"
Inside an academic office, Zhao Minghui faced the fifty-sothing man with greying hair and asked.
The man was indeed Jiang Maoxue, appearing cultured. Despite his age, he had an erudite deanor.
However, his face at the mont displayed rare traces of panic, unease, and even fear.
Since learning yesterday about Caiwen’s suicide, a chill ran through his heart, fervently hoping their relationship wouldn’t be exposed. But the call from police today sank his heart.
"I am, may I know the reason for your visit..."
"We’d like to discuss Wei Caiwen’s circumstances with you, hoping for your cooperation."
"Officer, I didn’t kill anyone. The night before yesterday, I was ho sleeping and my wife can confirm, we have surveillance at ho, I..."
Before he could finish, Lin Chengcai raised his hand, cutting him off: "We haven’t implicated you in the girl’s death; we just want to understand what your relationship with the deceased was."
"Nothing, we were just ordinary teacher-student, rarely t outside classes."
But the next mont, a stack of intimate photos of the two was laid on the table.
"Professor Jiang, this case is serious, and we hope for your honesty. Regarding your private life, we won’t interfere, but please cooperate with our investigation. We need to understand what happened to the deceased recently. Also, if you still deny, it’s fine, we also have your WeChat chat records. If necessary, it’s entirely possible to look into it and conduct an investigation, don’t you think?" Lin Chengcai spoke coldly, leaving no room for face.
Seeing the photos, the greying Jiang Maoxue sank onto the sofa, speaking after a long pause:
"This... please don’t tell my wife!"
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