No.14 Disciple: Death Puzzle

Chapter 12 Three Cards
"But it doesn't matter, the teacher is very big, there will always be someone who knows something that you don't want to say. I can understand it, people are dead, and I don't want to tell the truth about the reputation of the deceased. You three are right It’s okay to keep silent about the investigation, as long as I leave the reception room, I can still ask other people, and I can also ask your former roommates.”

An Youlin breathed a sigh of relief, giving the three boys opposite him a chance to breathe, and gave them time to think about what he just said.

"But before that, I wondered why the buddies were so tight-lipped? Could it be that there was a discussion before? Then I have to ask the three of you, where were you, what were you doing, and whether there were any witnesses when the crime happened. ?”

Hearing An Youlin's question, the three of them panicked even more. This was completely different from the previous question.

"You doubt us?" Sun Haiyi blushed, it was not easy for him to be the first to speak up because of his shyness. "If you want to eliminate the suspicion, then answer it directly." Zhuo Qingshan followed.According to the descriptions of the three, after the game, everyone stood by the court to rest and drink water, but Zhao Chen did not stop. He put away his wallet and mobile phone on the chair by the court and left. Explain where to go. "He left in a hurry, but he didn't appear to be in a hurry when he was playing." After Zhao Chen left the court, Li Xian went to find his girlfriend.Feng Xiaojie returned to the dormitory, while Sun Haiyi was still packing things in the dormitory.Sun Haiyi confirmed that Zhao Chen did not return to the dormitory after playing basketball, but left the school directly.

As for when the crime happened, Li Xian said that he and his girlfriend went to the playground during the day, and they didn't want to go back to school after a tiring day, so they stayed overnight in a hotel outside the school.Because they had to move the repaired water dispenser to their girlfriend's dormitory this morning, the two rushed back to school very early.

Sun Haiyi said that he slept in the dormitory that night: "When I woke up in the morning, Xiaojie had already returned, and he was still asleep."

"Oh, yes, I went out to drink with my classmates last night, and then went to the karaoke room to sing nursery rhymes. I came back at about twelve o'clock. At that time, Dahai was already asleep. I was afraid of waking him up, so I quickly went to bed and lay down .”

"I will check the situation of the three of you." As soon as Zhuo Qingshan finished speaking, Li Xian became anxious: "Are you still going to find my girlfriend... Actually, there is no need, there is no need to doubt the three of us , there is really no need, no matter who is likely to kill Zhao Chen, anyway, the three of us are absolutely impossible..."

An Youlin didn't answer the words, his attitude was very frivolous, and he didn't care about Li Xian's words at all.

Sun Haiyi blushed shyly, wanted to defend but didn't know what to say, he had already realized that his alibi was not as secure as he imagined.

Feng Xiaojie frowned, as if holding back something in his heart: "It can't be us, we have no reason to kill him!"

Sun Haiyi glanced at Feng Xiaojie and nodded hesitantly.Li Xian said in a panic, "If someone really wants to kill Zhao Chen, it's probably related to feelings."

"Emotional reasons?" An Youlin pretended to be puzzled, "Didn't you just say that you didn't understand?"

Li Xian sighed helplessly, and replied: "I don't dare to talk nonsense. Everyone in Zhao Chen is dead, and his mother's temper is raging everywhere. I'm really scared. Besides, we won't be able to live with Zhao Chen." About a year, he seldom lives in the dormitory, although the relationship is not bad, but he is not familiar enough to tell us everything..."

"Then you just said that someone would kill Zhao Chen for emotional reasons, why is that?" Zhuo Qingshan asked.

"I just heard about it, so I'm not sure." "You, just tell me, let us investigate the facts." An Youlin nodded slowly. "We boys rarely know about this kind of thing, and boys don't gossip too much." Zhuo Qingshan stared straight at Li Xian, urging him to get to the point as soon as possible.

"I heard what my girlfriend said. No, it has nothing to do with my girlfriend. My girlfriend heard what her friend said. Zhao Chen's private life is quite messy."

Li Xian deliberately lowered his voice, as if he was worried that someone would overhear him. "Zhao Chen has quite a lot of girlfriends. I heard that many girls have slept with him. It's not surprising. Who doesn't like rich and handsome guys?" "He never mentioned anyone who has feelings for him." Are you entangled?" "No, he doesn't live in the dormitory often, and I've never heard him mention it." Li Xian shook his head. "Then what about your girlfriend? Why would she mention Zhao Chen's private life to you? It can't be for nothing, right?"

"Because some girls said that they were deceived by Zhao Chen, and that he was promiscuous and so on. Anyway, they said it themselves." Li Xian was a little embarrassed, and he took a sip of tea to relax, "After all, it was just what I heard , so I didn’t dare to talk nonsense just now.”

Zhuo Qingshan then asked: "Then you don't know who the girl he has emotional entanglements with is?"

Li Xian's head was shaking like a rattle, and he quickly lowered his voice and said, "I heard that many girls said that they were in love with Zhao Chen, but I don't know if it's true or not."

"But even if it's an emotional entanglement, it's not enough to kill people, right?" Feng Xiaojie was a little puzzled in his words.

"That's not necessarily the case. How can you explain things like feelings clearly? Maybe it's an impulse, and you can't let others get what you can't get. It's not like this kind of case has never happened before, right?"

Li Xian frowned and looked at Feng Xiaojie, as if accusing him of blocking the direction of the police's suspicion. He was very worried that Zhuo Qingshan and An Youlin would suspect them again.Sun Haiyi, who hadn't said a word just now, looked at Feng Xiaojie shyly with a blushing face, with complicated eyes.

An Youlin asked a few more insignificant questions at random, and finally, he found three cards from the black leather bag, on which only his mobile phone number was printed.An Youlin handed the cards to three people respectively, and looked at each of them carefully.

"If you think of anything again, you can call me at any time." An Youlin added, "Don't worry guys, what you said just now, whether it's a rumor or a fact, we will not tell the relevant people .Of course, I won’t tell anyone else what you said to me alone afterwards.”

After An Youlin finished speaking, the three of them nodded with a vague understanding.After sending the three of them away, An Youlin and Zhuo Qingshan found Teacher Qian and said they wanted to meet Zhao Chen's former roommate.A few minutes later, the other four people from the previous eight-person dormitory also came one after another.All four were on the basketball court at the time, which confirmed the situation of the basketball game that day.When asked about Zhao Chen's personality, the answers he got were very similar to those of the three boys just now. They said that Zhao Chen was generous and righteous, and he didn't see anyone with whom he had any grudges.

An Youlin said directly to the four people this time: "I heard that Zhao Chen had emotional entanglements with many girls, and I also heard that he dated many girls at the same time. Have you heard about this?"

The four of them looked at each other in blank dismay, not expecting that An Youlin would directly raise this question.But since someone had already put things to the test before, there was no need to carry the burden of leaving dignity for the dead.

As for Zhao Chen's relationship problem, as Sun Haiyi and the others said just now, although it is not clear who the girls who have emotional entanglements with Zhao Chen are, it is true that Zhao Chen's private life is very chaotic. The girls from the Normal University were entangled, and they were also ambiguous with the girls outside the school.

After the questioning, Zhuo Qingshan and An Youlin stood in the corridor. "Is there anything else you want to ask?" Zhuo Qingshan asked An Youlin, "For example, do you want to find a girl to inquire about the girl who has trouble with Zhao Chen?" An Youlin held an unlit cigarette in his mouth. Shaking his head slowly, he squeezed out words from between his lips with a cigarette in his mouth, "No, you heard what they said just now. It's hard to tell whether it's true or not, and we don't know which girls I just got into trouble with him. Asking about business trips, I'm afraid it will be self-defeating."

"Then where are we going next?" "Let's eat!" An Youlin looked at the time, "It's already noon, even if we want to continue our investigation, we have to be more humane and let them finish their meal." Teacher Qian came out from the office next door and asked Zhuo Qingshan if she wanted to ask other people.Zhuo Qingshan said that there is no need for the time being, and if necessary, she may come to Teacher Qian for help.Just as Zhuo Qingshan and An Youlin were walking outside the teaching building, a girl hurried over and bumped into Zhuo Qingshan.The books in the girl's arms were scattered all over the place, Zhuo Qingshan quickly helped to pick them up.

Just when Zhuo Qingshan handed the book she picked up to the girl, the girl exclaimed, "It's you! Sister Police?"

"So it's you." Only then did Zhuo Qingshan discover that the girl was the one who was photographed secretly when she went to Xijing University to look for An Youlin that day. "Last time, I really thanked you very much. It's just that I was too busy that day and didn't have time to ask you. How should I address my sister?" "My name is Zhuo Qingshan, what's your name?"

The girl smiled slightly, her face was as pale as when Zhuo Qingshan saw her last time: "Tang Ning."

"By the way, why are you here?" "I'm a student here!"

"Didn't you be there last time..." "I went to Xijing University that day to visit my high school classmates." An Youlin saw a book on the ground, so he picked it up and looked at it: "Selected Essays on Literature of Past Dynasties" .He handed the book to Tang Ning, "Are you studying Chinese?"

(End of this chapter)