Chapter 30 second quarter

"Thank you, I'm much better." Back in the room, after drinking a few cups of hot water, Ren Xuling finally stopped shivering.Outside the window, there was the hissing of police sirens and the buzzing of discussions from the crowd of onlookers.Lao Gu and Qin Siwei went to the teachers of Experimental High School to find out about the situation, leaving me to take care of Ren Xuling who was almost scared out of her wits. "Why did you go to the basement?" I asked Ren Xuling. "I made an appointment with Ge Yao to go swimming there." She said tearfully, "I met her in the yard at noon, and she told me that there is a hot spring swimming pool in the basement, which is not open yet. She said that she would secretly go swimming in the afternoon, Invite me to go with you."

"What time did you make an appointment to meet?" "I didn't make an appointment for a specific time." She wiped the tears off her face, "Because Principal Zheng arranged for me to go to the hot springs with the teachers in the afternoon, and I was embarrassed not to go, so I asked Ge Yao to play first, and agreed I'll come back to find her around three o'clock." "Have you told anyone about this?" "No, Ge Yao said that you can't tell others. Otherwise, they will definitely not let us play." "You and Ge Yao... It seems that you have a good relationship usually?"

"It's okay." She whispered, "She followed our class." "Listen to the class? Isn't Ge Yao a sophomore in high school?" I was a little puzzled. "Oh, she is a grade lower than ours," Ren Xuling said, "but Ge Yao's grades have always been very good. She completed high school courses by herself in her first year of high school, so she often came to our class to attend classes in the past two years." "So, Ge Yao is a genius girl just like you?" "Well, she's quite smart." Ren Xuling said with a blushing face, "It's just that the family is too poor. If Principal Zheng didn't support her, she might drop out of school."

"Well, no wonder she's coming here to work." "That..." Ren Xuling hesitated for a moment, and whispered next to me, "I tell you, you must never tell Teacher Yin." "What's wrong?" I didn't understand what she was talking about, what did it have to do with Yin Yufen. "It's because Ge Yao came to work. In fact, she didn't just want to make money." Ren Xuling lowered her voice, "Principal Zheng has already paid for Ge Yao's high school tuition for her. She came here to escape Wang Zhe." "Who is Wang Zhe?" I was even more confused.

"It's Teacher Yin's son. He's in the same class as me. He didn't get into college this year, and he's repeating his studies with Ge Yao's class. The school is giving them tutoring these days. Ge Yao said that Wang Zhe is always pestering her, which is very annoying. It happened that one of her distant relatives was working here, so she followed her to work." "So, this Wang Zhe is pursuing Ge Yao, but Ge Yao is not interested in him, right?" "That guy Wang Zhe always bullies people." Ren Xuling curled her lips disdainfully, "We all hate him, but we don't want to turn against him."

"Because he is Teacher Yin's son?" "Well, just avoid him if you can't provoke him." "So, does Ge Yao have a boyfriend? Or...a boy he likes." "No... I haven't heard from her. Our school is very strict." Ren Xuling shook her head, and told me nervously, "Don't tell Mr. Yin about Wang Zhe pestering Ge Yao. Let her know, she will definitely scold me for talking nonsense. Last time, a girl went to the principal to sue Wang Zhe, but Mrs. Yin insisted on talking to his parents—it was Wang Zhe who bullied him, but she said it was his girl who didn’t it is good."

"I won't tell her." I assured her.Yin Yufen looks rigid and mean, but she seems like someone who can do such a thing, and she seems to care too much about this precious son.Humans have weaknesses. "Do you know who introduced Ge Yao to work in the Hot Spring Hotel?" I asked Ren Xuling. "It seems to be one of her cousins. Or is it a cousin? Uh... or a cousin... I just heard Ge Yao mention it, but I really can't remember it. Anyway, they are quite distant relatives." "Then has she ever had conflicts with anyone?" "No..." Ren Xuling said hesitantly, "She...is very straightforward, and she can't hide her words in her heart. But conflicts...there's no contradiction at all."

Yes, for a girl of seventeen or eighteen years old, the circle of life is nothing more than school and family.Especially for children like Ge Yao, it is difficult to have complicated social relationships.The so-called conflicts refer to fights and quarrels among classmates, making petty tempers.With whom could she become enmity and cause death?It is estimated that there will be no more useful things here at Ren Xuling.I told her to have a good rest and not to go out in the room for the time being, so I went downstairs to find Qin Siwei and Lao Gu. A small private room in the restaurant on the first floor of the hotel is now Lao Gu's temporary office.The atmosphere in the room was a bit unnatural, Qin Siwei and Lao Gu were lying on a notebook, arguing in low voices with serious faces.On the other side of the table, Sun Liang stared at the wallpaper on the wall in a daze, as if he wanted to count how many small florals there were on it.Sitting next to him, Chen Xinye lowered his head and played with his fingers.Yin Yufen folded her arms in front of her chest, her face was as gloomy as ever.Their hair was all wet, and it looked like they had just returned from the hot spring.

"Where are Principal Zheng and Teacher Li?" I found that two people were missing. "Principal Zheng was very sad to hear that Ge Yao was killed. He was not feeling well, so he went back to his room to rest." Qin Siwei said, "Teacher Li went up to take care of him. How is Ren Xuling?" "I was a little scared, but I'm fine." I dragged a chair and sat down. Lao Gu finally raised his head, and pretended to be deep, and said, "Just now I've learned about this afternoon's activities with everyone. Well, to put it simply, Ren Xuling also went to the hot spring where several teachers went together around 2:30 in the afternoon. Teacher Li has a bad heart and can’t soak in the hot springs, so he stayed in the hotel to rest. Principal Zheng didn’t go because he was tired. Well...after arriving at the hot springs...everyone has never left. "

"Xiao Gu, what do you mean?" The dean couldn't help getting angry, "It seems that we suspect that girl was killed by us, it's too much!" "Teacher Yin, don't be in a hurry." Old Gu said slowly, "I'm just doing a routine job. Besides, I don't know if any of the teachers happened to meet her before Ge Yao was killed? " "I... I didn't even know that girl was here." Yin Yufen's face was flushed, and she said firmly, "Anyway, I haven't seen her before." "I heard from Ren Xuling at noon that Ge Yao works here, but I haven't seen her yet," Sun Liang said.

"I haven't seen Ge Yao before." Chen Xinye stopped playing with his fingers, "Oh, that little girl, what a pity. Who is so vicious and murdered a child?" "Madman, it must have been done by a lunatic." Sun Liang said angrily. "I've never met it before... Then, for this girl, Ge Yao, do you have any impressions, has she ever had conflicts with anyone?" Lao Gu continued his routine. "I don't know." Chen Xinye said bluntly, "That child is very smart and popular in school. I haven't heard that she has ever blushed with anyone." "I heard from Ren Xuling that Ge Yao often goes to the senior class to attend classes." I added a digression. "Oh, that's right." Sun Liang said, "She originally wanted to sign up for the college entrance examination this year, but there are regulations in the country that non-graduate students are not eligible for registration. In fact, Ge Yao has no problem taking the test this year." "It's too late if you miss a year's class." Yin Yufen said coldly. "Our English teaching and research section has just done this year's college entrance examination questions for the sophomore students." Sun Liang said provocatively and bluntly, "Ge Yao finished the exam paper in less than 30 minutes and got almost full marks." "She has read the questions in advance." Yin Yufen still had a cold face, "Aren't the college entrance examination questions and answers online now?" "We have the test for the students before online, okay?!" Sun Liang shouted angrily. Lao Gu coughed twice, signaling that they had strayed too far.Yin Yufen secretly gave Sun Liang a look, his eyes were full of disgust. "Maybe you can ask Principal Zheng. Principal Zheng paid for Ge Yao's high school tuition." Chen Xinye broke the awkward situation, "I heard that sometimes she lives and eats at the principal's house." "Yes, Principal Zheng's favorite students are Ren Xuling and Ge Yao." Sun Liang echoed, "Ren Xuling belongs to the kind who has aura and works hard. And that child Ge Yao is very talented and doesn't need it at all." Her grades are frighteningly high for studying hard. We all look up to her. Oh, what a pity." At this time, Manager Hong opened the door and walked in: "Aunt Ge Yao, who is also our cook Feng Liping, said that she met that girl this afternoon." "Oh? Where is she?" Old Gu asked excitedly. "I brought her here." Manager Hong dragged a middle-aged woman in from the door.She looked to be in her forties, with a thick and strong figure like a vat, her long hair was tied into a messy bun behind her head, and her dark red face showed a little anxiety. "Then... teachers, please go back first." The old customer angrily sent Yin Yufen and others to the door, turned around and looked at Feng Liping without saying a word. "That..." Feng Liping blushed even more, "Ge Yao is a girl from my uncle's brother-in-law's niece's uncle's family. She calls me aunt. In fact...she and I are really not related, and we were not related before. never communicated." "You introduced her to work here, right?" I really didn't understand the complicated family relationship she was talking about.Of course, there is no need to figure it out. "Two days ago, she asked her aunt, who is the niece of my cousin's brother-in-law's family, to greet me, saying that she wanted to earn some money." Feng Liping pulled the dirty apron on her body, "Her aunt told me, Ge Yao's family is very difficult. Her father is sick and can't work, and her mother supports a large family by farming alone, and it is not easy to raise money for her father's medical treatment. It happens that the two small children in the kitchen these days The worker asked for leave and went home to collect wheat. There was not enough manpower, so I told the manager and asked Ge Yao to come to the kitchen to help. Who knew that this girl just came this morning, and something happened in the afternoon. I jumped into the Yellow River this time It can't be cleaned anymore. If her family asks me for someone, what am I going to pay them? Now these little girls are too worrying. If they don't work hard, they don't know where to go to play in a blink of an eye. I can't even shout back..." "When was the last time you saw Ge Yao today?" Lao Gu interrupted her whining. "It's noon today. The kitchen was quite busy. The girl said she went to the bathroom, but she didn't come back until almost an hour later." Feng Liping said angrily, "There are more customers today than usual, and everyone is busy. Work hard, it makes me lose face, doesn't it? I asked her to wash the dishes, and she did it honestly. As soon as I turned around, she ran away to nowhere. I had no choice but to After finishing my own work, I went to wash the dishes and dishes for her. When I was about to finish washing, she rushed in again, grabbed two potatoes from the vegetable basket, turned around and ran away. I called her, she Don't pay attention to me. Later, I heard that something happened to her. " "What did she take?" Old Gu asked with his eyes wide open. "Potatoes, two potatoes. I don't know what she's going to do." "Tu...dou? What time was it?" "Probably... Around 2:30 in the afternoon." Feng Liping said, "I can't say exactly what time it is. No one will keep staring at the time when they are working. Today is so busy, let's talk about the kitchen. I don't know if the clock is accurate. Anyway, she didn't show up after she ran away." "Two potatoes?" Lao Gu seemed very confused about this question, and after a while, he said to Feng Liping, "Okay, you go to work first. I will come back to you if I have something to do." "Damn it." After dismissing Manager Hong and Feng Liping, Lao Gu sat at the table and pondered for a while, then asked Qin Siwei, "Brother, what do you think?" "Lao Li found Ge Yao's body at five past three in the afternoon. It seems that the time of the incident was the time after Ge Yao left the kitchen, between two thirty and five past three." Qin Siwei said. "Ren Xuling said that Ge Yao asked her to meet at the swimming pool around three o'clock in the afternoon." I told them. "I asked Ren Xuling to swim together..." Lao Gu closed his notebook, "Then what is she going to do with two potatoes?" "I don't understand either." Qin Siwei shook his head vigorously. "Has the cause of death been determined?" I asked Lao Gu. "At present, it looks like drowning. There are pinch marks on her neck, and she was drowned by someone pressing her head in the pool. The time of death is consistent with what Feng Liping said, between two and three o'clock." "It's too cruel." Thinking of this way of dying, I felt very uncomfortable. "To be honest, I have no idea at all." Old Gu said sullenly, "Could it be that he is really crazy...but those two..." "Don't think about that for now." Qin Siwei brought Lao Gu back to reality from his entanglement with Tudou, "It can't be a lunatic. The biggest problem now is the motive. I really can't understand the reason why he killed Ge Yao. One High school student, where did the blood feud come from?" "Girls of this age...maybe related to a certain boy." Lao Gu finally said something upbeat, "Xiying, have you ever asked Ren Xuling if Ge Yao is related to some boy? " "I asked, and Ge Yao doesn't have a boyfriend. At least Ren Xuling doesn't know." I said, "But I heard that Yin Yufen's son has been chasing Ge Yao. This Wang Zhe is in the same class as Ren Xuling, and he is currently repeating his second grade with Ge Yao's high school. "I repeated Ren Xuling's words exactly. "Wow, it's interesting." Old Gu was happy. "Adolescence, this kind of thing is inevitable." Qin Siwei was not interested in this clue, "Although Ge Yao is not interested in Wang Zhe, she doesn't seem to refuse directly, she just ran out to hide. Ren Xuling also said , they don’t like Wang Zhe, but they also try to avoid conflicts with him. If Ge Yao’s avoidance makes Wang Zhe feel murderous... I think it’s far-fetched.” "Check that kid's whereabouts first." Old Gu said confidently. "But... I always feel... something is wrong." Qin Siwei said, "But I can't think of what is wrong for a while." "Have you noticed that the two girls are somewhat alike." I reminded them, "Ge Yao and Ren Xuling, when I saw them in the yard at noon today, I almost took them as the same person." "Yes! That's it." Qin Siwei snapped his fingers, "Both girls have baby faces, similar builds, and the same hairstyle." "There are the same clothes." I said, "The white dress and green dress should be the school uniform of Experimental High School, which is part of Principal Zheng's militarized management." "Ah! That's really the case!" Lao Gu shouted, "So... the murderer came after Ren Xuling, right? In the end, Ge Yao was mistaken for Ren Xuling..." "But that doesn't make sense." Qin Siwei retorted, "Why did the murderer kill Ren Xuling? It's still the same question, motive!" "Well..." Lao Gu couldn't explain why, and gave me help-seeking looks frequently. "I just think that the two girls seem to be related in some way." I said, "Both of them are students of Experimental High School, they look somewhat similar in appearance, and their academic performance is very good... maybe I think too much." "I think it's very likely that the murderer killed the wrong person." Old Gu seemed eager to come to a conclusion, "Ren Xuling is the number one scholar in liberal arts in the autonomous region this year, recently there are pictures of her everywhere in the big newspapers, maybe someone will take aim at her. Just like those criminals who attack celebrities or politicians are a perverted mentality to show off, and poor Ge Yao is just Ren Xuling's scapegoat." "This kind of possibility is not impossible." Qin Siwei thought, "But how to explain Ge Yao's strange behavior this afternoon? Tudou? I don't understand!"