No.14 Disciple: Death Puzzle

Chapter 63 Private Investigation
"Shanshan," Zhuo Zhengyu asked softly, "what are you looking for?"

When Zhuo Qingshan heard her father's voice, a surge of soreness rushed to the tip of her nose, and tears rolled in her eyes.She didn't dare to turn her head back, so she just replied softly, "Dad, you're back. I want to find the bottle of old wine that Uncle Cheng gave you, and I want to give it away!"

Zhuo Zhengyu just asked who Zhuo Qingshan would give the wine to.Without saying a word, he came to another row of wine cabinets, knelt down and found the bottle of old wine that Zhuo Qingshan had mentioned.

"Thank you, Dad," Zhuo Qingshan said while holding the bottle, "I'm still busy with a case tonight, so I might not be back. You should go to bed early."

Zhuo Zhengyu looked at his daughter, and seriously warned: "Shanshan, you must be careful." Zhuo Qingshan turned around and nodded to her father with a smile.

Zhuo Qingshan drove to the Xijing University library in the rain. The library was closed, and all the windows were dark.

Zhuo Qingshan quickly ran towards the library foyer with the wine bottle in hand. The street lights were dim, and the rain splashed her trouser legs.Before coming to the foyer, Zhuo Qingshan patted the glass door and shouted inside: "Director Li! Are you there?"

No one responded after shouting several times, Zhuo Qingshan recalled the scene when An Youlin brought her here last time.

"Li Jiugui! Li Jiugui! Come and open the door!"

Not long after, lights appeared in the depths of the corridor, and Li Weijiang came to the door in a calm manner wearing slippers.

"Ouch, Xiao Zhuo, why do you remember me as an old man?"

Li Weijiang unlocked the door, put Zhuo Qingshan in and looked outside. "An Youlin didn't come, I was the only one!"

As she spoke, Zhuo Qingshan shook the old wine brought from her father in front of Li Weijiang.Seeing the fine wine, Li Weijiang's eyes lit up, and he immediately shook his head: "Could it be Xiao Anzi who asked you to come?"

"It's nothing!" Zhuo Qingshan put the bottle behind her, "But we both have agreed in advance that you are not allowed to tell your little Anzi about the fact that I bought you a drink!"

Li Weijiang first glanced at Zhuo Qingshan suspiciously, and said: "You must have come to me for something, right? The borrowing of books is not over. The few books that Xiao Anzi took away last time were only given to the students yesterday." Send me..."

"Don't worry, it's not about borrowing books." Zhuo Qingshan pointed to the depths of the corridor and said, "If you want to drink, let's go to the kitchen?"

Zhuo Qingshan followed Li Weijiang towards the kitchen that she had been to last time. The kitchen was still clean and tidy.Li Weijiang asked about the case, Zhuo Qingshan answered a few words vaguely, then opened the refrigerator door, found some small dishes from inside and put them on the table, Li Weijiang found two small wine glasses in the cabinet, and was very happy He returned to the dinner table and sat down.Zhuo Qingshan saw the wine glass in front of her, thinking of being drunk last night, her stomach churns uncomfortable.

"Curator Li, today I only serve you to drink, and I won't accompany you to drink."

Zhuo Qingshan put the wine glass in front of her back into the cupboard, and found a glass bottle of soda in the cardboard box next to the refrigerator.

Li Weijiang filled a glass of wine for himself, and impatiently took a sip, his face full of happiness.Zhuo Qingshan was amused by this lovely old man.

"I said, little girl, if you have something to say, just say it, why are you looking for me?"

Li Weijiang picked up the side dish with chopsticks and put it in his mouth and started to eat it. "I want to ask you something about An Youlin."

"An Youlin, An Youlin, An Youlin!" Li Weijiang muttered while picking up vegetables, "I thought you wanted to ask me something related to the case...Why are you so interested in Xiao Anzi? "

Zhuo Qingshan hesitated for a moment, and said, "I'm just curious about him..." "Ask!"

Zhuo Qingshan remembered the last sentence she said last night before she fell asleep drunk.Zhuo Qingshan could no longer remember the specific content of that sentence, she just remembered the word "butterfly".

"Director Li, I want to know something about 'Butterfly'."

Li Weijiang was stunned for a moment, then took a sip of his wine cheerfully: "I never thought that Xiao Anzi mentioned butterflies to you."

"Butterfly, is there any important meaning?"

"Many years ago, it was Lao Chang who told me. I remember the last time you came to the library, did I tell you about it? How did Lao Chang see Xiao Anzi for the first time?"

Zhuo Qingshan saw that picture again, the young An Youlin was thin and thin, wearing clean but old clothes and sitting on a stone bench... "At that time, Xiao Anzi was sitting on the stone bench and watching Other children were playing. Lao Chang stood behind Xiao Anzi for a long time. He said that he felt that Xiao Anzi was anxious and innocent. "While Lao Chang was looking at Xiao Anzi," Li Weijiang suddenly lowered his voice, "A butterfly flew towards Xiao Anzi, and I saw Xiao Anzi raised his hand and stretched out his fingers, and the butterfly landed on his hand impartially..." After that, I saw Xiao Anzi Occasionally, when he came to the Xijing University library to read, a butterfly would fly in from the window. If Xiao Anzi saw a butterfly flying over, he would lightly raise his hand, and the butterfly would land on his hand. I was too engrossed to see the butterfly, and the butterfly would land on him and wait for a while before flying away..."

"An Youlin could attract butterflies when he was a child? What about when he grows up?"

"Yes, I met him once when he was in college." Li Weijiang took a sip of his wine, "I'm used to this kind of thing and don't think it's strange." "Little girl, you came to me just because of the butterfly." What?" Li Weijiang stared at Zhuo Qingshan with a smile, "Could it be that you fell in love with Xiao Anzi?" Zhuo Qingshan was shy for a while, but she quickly returned to normal.

"Director Li, I actually have another matter to ask you when I come to you." Zhuo Qingshan said with a serious attitude, "To tell you the truth, you have to keep this matter secret... In my opinion, it might happen the same as now There is some connection in the case!"

Li Weijiang went in without knowing it, he filled another glass of wine for himself, and nodded. "Director Li, I want to know about the Viking Plaza case five years ago."

The sky above Xijing City is always covered with an airtight hood, and the air in the hood wanders wetly in every corner of the city.It was already dawn, and the campus of Xijing University was silent, only the rustling sound of rainwater hitting the trees.

Zhuo Qingshan sat in the driver's seat for a long time and didn't come back to her senses. She chatted with Li Weijiang all night, and Li Weijiang drank the whole bottle of wine.Zhuo Qingshan's mind was full of pictures about the Viking Plaza case five years ago, which was completely different from what the media reported.

Zhuo Qingshan stared blankly at the empty parking lot, there were only a handful of cars parked here.The morning news on the radio is broadcasting the weather forecast, and the announcer is reminding the citizens of Xijing that the rainy weather will continue in the coming week, and the citizens are asked to pay attention to travel safety.

Zhuo Qingshan sighed deeply, she regretted inquiring about the Viking Square case, it sounded too hopeless.She thought of Yu Yina, the female reporter who spent all her time tracking and reporting the police's case.

Zhuo Qingshan's question was the same as hers. An Youlin went abroad after the Weijin Plaza case, but returned to China five years later without warning.What is the reason for this?Or is the current case related to the Viking Plaza case five years ago?
Thinking of this, Zhuo Qingshan shook her head. She has followed An Youlin since the beginning of the case. If it was related to the Weijin Plaza case five years ago, she would have noticed some signs anyway.

The rain was getting heavier, Zhuo Qingshan looked at her phone, Xu Qingqing didn't call her all night, it seems that An Youlin stayed in the Criminal Investigation Brigade all night.Zhuo Qingshan started the car and drove towards the Criminal Investigation Brigade.

Back at the Criminal Investigation Brigade, it was still dark, and the streets were still gray.Zhuo Qingshan walked in the damp corridor, came to the door of the conference room, and gently opened the door.The meeting room was stuffy and hot, and the projection screen had been suspended. Through the projection light, Zhuo Qingshan saw An Youlin curled up between two chairs that were put together and fell asleep.

(End of this chapter)