Chapter 31 third quarter

"Ge Yao is a very smart kid." Principal Zheng leaned on the sofa chair, eyes half closed.I don't know if it's because the dim light in the room gave me an illusion, but he looks much older than when he was eating at noon. "You don't always ask him these sad things." Li Haixia gave Lao Gu a reproachful look, and gave Principal Zheng a glass of water and a few unknown pills. "It's okay, I'm fine." Principal Zheng put the water glass and pills aside, "Ge Yao's family is very difficult, you may already know this. So she planned to go home to farm after finishing junior high school in No. 1 Middle School. But I am very happy. I have noticed the talent of this child for a long time, and it would be a pity if I don’t continue to study. So I persuaded her and her family to let Ge Yao study in our experimental high school, and I will sponsor her to finish high school. I also wanted to help her study After finishing college... Sigh! Because her home is far away from school, and the home environment is not conducive to studying, so I let her live in my home. Ge Yao is a straightforward child. With her in the family, it feels like it's lively all of a sudden ..." As he spoke, Principal Zheng's tears flowed down his face.

"Old Zheng and I are neighbors." Li Haixia's eyes were also red, "He treats Ge Yao like his own child. That child is also very well-behaved, alas..." "Principal, Ge Yao came here to work, didn't you know anything about it before?" asked the old consultant. Principal Zheng was silent for a while, then shook his head slightly. "The air in this room is not good, let's open the windows." Li Haixia opened the half-covered gray velvet curtains, and I helped her open the windows with rusty hinges.The sun outside is still dazzling. In the wheat field in the distance, countless small figures are busy, forming an interesting contrast with the quiet courtyard of the hotel.Downstairs, beside the flower bed where pink cineraria had just been planted, Ren Xuling was quietly reading a book.

"Xiaoling." Li Haixia leaned out and called her, "Don't run around by yourself, it's not safe here." Ren Xuling raised her head and waved to us: "I'm right here, I won't run around." "Old Li, you'd better tell the hotel, let's go back after dinner." Principal Zheng said to Li Haixia, "Let Xiao Yin and the others pack their things too." "Okay, I'll talk to Manager Hong." Li Haixia said, and looked at us again. "Let's not disturb the principal's rest." I saw her hint, and winked at Qin Siwei and Lao Gu, "Old Gu, don't you want to go back to the game?"

"Yes, I have to go back to see the results of the autopsy." Old Gu stood up very interestingly. After leaving Principal Zheng's room, Li Haixia went to find Manager Hong, and Qin Siwei and I took Lao Gu downstairs.The two of them chattered endlessly beside the car, and I was too lazy to listen to those conjectures about potatoes, so I ran to chat with Ren Xuling. "Principal Zheng wants to go back after dinner." I told her, "You should go back and pack your things too." "Really?" She closed the book and stood up, "Actually... I also want to go back earlier."

"By the way, is there anything wrong with Ge Yao at noon today?" "What's wrong?" She thought for a while, "No, she's quite normal." "Crash!" There was a sound of glass shattering overhead, and a big red guy smashed head-on.I pounced on Ren Xuling and pushed her aside.A fire extinguisher nearly hit the ground with my back, leaving a horrible crater in the concrete. "Are you okay?" I pulled up Ren Xuling who was speechless.She grabbed my skirt tightly, staring blankly at the deformed fire extinguisher.Suddenly, with a "wow", I plunged into my arms and burst into tears.

"There! The fifth floor!" Qin Siwei roared, and rushed into the hotel, leaving Lao Gu stunned. "Take care of her." I pushed Ren Xuling to Lao Gu's side, stepped on the rough outer wall of the hotel, grabbed the dusty window sill, and quickly climbed up to the window on the fifth floor. A group of people surrounded the corridor.The guests who were originally in the room heard the noise and ran out to watch the excitement, discussing in one go.When they saw me coming in through the window, they opened their mouths wide as if they had seen a rare animal.I patted the dust off my body and looked around.There is a faint white mark on the wall, indicating that a fire extinguisher was once hung here.

Soon, Qin Siwei also ran up: "Where is the person?" I shook my head, indicating that I don't know.He glanced at the chattering crowd and asked, "Who was the first here?" People looked left and right, pointing at each other.I saw Chen Xinye and Sun Liang in the crowd exchanging glances.After a while, Sun Liang took half a step forward symbolically: "It should be me and Teacher Yin. I heard the sound of glass being broken, so I came out to have a look... It happened that Teacher Yin came out too." He hesitated for a while , and asked, "What happened?"

"I seem to have come out behind Teacher Sun." Yin Yufen said unhurriedly, "What's the matter? Who is crying downstairs? Is it Ren Xuling?" Sun Liang gave her a meaningful look, trying to say something, But he swallowed it back. "It's nothing, let's go back to the room first." Qin Siwei said cautiously.People dispersed in disappointment, and we were the only ones left in the corridor. "So it was really aimed at her. But why?" Qin Siwei muttered, looking at the crying downstairs, "It's so evil! He should be able to see us, but he couldn't wait to attack. Could it be Do you have to put Ren Xuling to death?"

"Didn't you see the murderer clearly?" I asked him. "Backlight, I saw a shadow flickering." He said, "Keep an eye on that little girl, maybe the murderer has another move." At this time, more and more people gathered downstairs to watch.Old Gu was guarding the fire extinguisher, yelling at the phone to tell his subordinates to come over to investigate the scene, while impatiently telling people not to approach.Ren Xuling has been taken over by Li Haixia, she is still very emotional, she kept wiping away her tears.Manager Hong and two waiters helped to stop the spectators, but it didn't seem to work.I couldn't help sighing, it was messed up, everything was messed up.

Half an hour later, Qin Siwei and I were sitting in Sun Liang's room drinking strong tea.Lao Gu was still busy looking for witnesses, but he didn't know if he got any results. "Our Experimental High School is really famous now." Sun Liang stared at the teapot, "Is Ren Xuling okay? I wanted to visit her just now, but Teacher Li sent me away through the door." "Fortunately, she was not injured." Qin Siwei changed the topic, "You stayed in the room all afternoon?" "Ge Yao's incident made everyone feel uncomfortable, and they are not in the mood to go out to play." Sun Liang's eyes flashed alertness, "We sat with Teacher Yin for a while, and discussed how to appease Ge Yao when we go back. Family members, and then went back to their rooms." He picked up a binder on the table and weighed it in his hand, "I have been preparing lessons. I didn't go out to see what was going on until I heard a rattling sound outside. In the end, I didn’t see anything. Alas, Teacher Yin may have seen something, women are generally better at observing than men.”

"As far as you know, how popular is Ren Xuling usually?" "You want to ask if she has any feuds with anyone? Who can she have feuds with?" Sun Liang seemed to think this question was funny, "Ren Xuling is recognized as a good student by the whole school, and the beloved student of our principal. During the college entrance examination, In order to let her have a quiet environment to rest, the principal let Ren Xuling live in his house temporarily to keep company with Ge Yao, and even drove her to the examination room of the No. Introverted, don't talk about contradictions, she rarely talks to other people." He took a sip of tea and said, "If you want me to say, the murderer is a lunatic, a sex maniac! A sex maniac who specializes in attacking female students!" Qin Siwei wanted to refute Sun Liang, but I stopped him with my eyes.Teacher Sun was just pretending to be confused, otherwise he wouldn't have drawn our attention to Yin Yufen just now. "Mr. Sun, when did Principal Zheng's militarized management start?" I asked Sun Liang. "It started last September. What happened?" "It's nothing, I'm just curious. Aren't many schools want to come to learn experience." "Hey, that's to coax our principal to play." Sun Liang twitched his nose twice, "Principal Zheng was the second place in our autonomous region when the college entrance examination was resumed in 1977. He was only one point away from the first place." , one point. That’s why the principal has been upset. After graduating from Northeast Normal University and returning to his hometown to teach, he vowed to train a top student in the college entrance examination. In fact, he has led the experimental high school well these years. Many students have been admitted to famous universities in the country, and they are also a little famous in the banner. But the principal is not satisfied, because there is no top scorer in the college entrance examination. Well, I always feel that this kind of thing can’t be forced, right?” "So Principal Zheng wants to use militarized management to urge the students to work harder and strive for a champion?" "Well, we were joking in private at the time, saying that the headmaster was about to retire, and it was a bit of a waste of money." Sun Liang said, "Don't tell him. But the headmaster is lucky, and he really succeeded this year. Now he You can rest assured." "However, does this have something to do with militarization?" I couldn't help but think of Yin Yufen's words. If you can cut your hair and change your clothes, you can cultivate top students in the college entrance examination, then it would be simple.That's right, if you send all the students to the army, will you be able to produce a bunch of champions? "Those are just forms." Sun Liang said, "If militarization is so effective, why do we still have more than 20 students repeating this year? Moreover, the rate of admission to higher education and the proportion of key points are basically the same as last year. In fact, it is It's luck to have such a good student as Ren Xuling. The principal has not paid attention to her in vain these years." "I heard that Mr. Yin's son is also repeating his studies, right?" I said, "So I think Mr. Yin has some complaints about militarized management." "Hi, her son Wang Zhe was punished by the principal for refusing to cut his hair." Sun Liang said contemptuously, "Because Teacher Yin has always been very dissatisfied with this matter, and felt that Principal Zheng was targeting her. Wang Zhe failed the exam again this year. In college, Mr. Yin privately said that it was because the child was punished and was stimulated. In fact, everyone knows what kind of material that kid is." "In the eyes of parents, their own children are always the best." I said. "That's what I said, but I haven't seen someone who protects the calf to the extent that she does." Sun Liang found an old lighter on the messy table and lit a cigarette. "But she is currently taking over the principal's class." No. 1 candidate." The door of the room was pushed open a small crack, and Chen Xinye leaned in half of his body: "Mr. Sun, can you lend me the razor?" "No problem, you can come in and sit for a while." Sun Liang said generously, and continued to search. Chen Xinye sat down and politely declined the strong tea Qin Siwei handed over: "No, I will definitely suffer from insomnia at night when I drink tea in the afternoon." Sun Liang turned from the table to the bedside table, and then to the bathroom, and then walked out in frustration: "Where's my razor?" "Have you used it in the hot spring?" Chen Xinye reminded him. "Ah... that's right!" Sun Liang patted his head, "Look at my rote memory, I put it in my handbag." He grabbed a wet bag thrown by the sofa, "Take it with you The hot spring is here, and I didn't have time to clean it up when I came back." He dumped all the things in the bag on the sofa, and two round things rolled down with a "bang", hitting his feet. "Ah, what is it!" Sun Liang shouted.Chen Xinye lowered his head and picked it up, it turned out to be a pair of potatoes. "What are you doing with potatoes to the hot spring?" Chen Xinye couldn't straighten up with a smile, "Are you hungry for a snack?" "Nonsense, you think I'm a fool!" Sun Liang snatched the two potatoes angrily, and looked at them carefully, "Which villain is joking with me. I said why when I came back, I felt that the bag was heavy, and I thought it was a towel. The swimming trunks were soaked in water and became sinking, so it turned out to be these two things." He raised his hand to throw the potatoes out of the window, but was stopped by Qin Siwei. "Mr. Sun, give these two potatoes to me." He almost snatched the two potatoes from Sun Liang. "It's a pity to throw them away. I'll go downstairs in a while and leave them to the cook." "Oh, that's right." Sun Liang didn't fight over the two potatoes.But it can be seen that he has some doubts about Qin Siwei's words. "The principal said he would go back after dinner." Chen Xinye said, "But Inspector Gu refused to let us go, saying that he wanted to cooperate with the investigation." "Nonsense, you can't cooperate with the investigation when you go back?" Sun Liang lowered his head and tidied up the sofa, and handed the razor to Chen Xinye. "If you want me to say, I will sue Wanggui Hotel when I go back." "You're afraid that things won't be a big deal." Chen Xinye said, "Two girls were attacked in one day. Now that school has started, if this incident gets out, parents won't dare to send their children to school. Our school will also have to be attacked." Education Bureau roll call." "Oh, who did we provoke, that such a thing would happen!" Sun Liang muttered. "Okay, let the police think about these things." Chen Xinye stood up, "I'm going back." Qin Siwei and I also declined Sun Liang's suggestion to have another cup of tea, and got up to leave. "It's actually in Sun Liang's bag." Qin Siwei stood in front of the window and tossed two potatoes in his hands, "Are these the two that Ge Yao took from the kitchen?" "Ask Feng Liping for identification, or... how do you make DNA from potatoes? Oh, it can't be done, and I can't find a sample for comparison..." "I'm telling you something serious!" He interrupted my teasing angrily, "You said, who stuffed the potatoes into his bag? Sun Liang said that the bag was heavy when he came back. That's Chen Xinye and Yin Yufen who went to the hot spring together?" "To put it this way, it's not impossible for him himself, but Sun Liang is not sure when the potatoes arrived in his bag. The question now is, if these two potatoes are the two that Ge Yao took from the kitchen, then Why did the murderer take them away and put them in Sun Liang's bag after committing the crime? It's unnecessary." "Well, it's quite strange." Qin Siwei finally stopped fiddling with potatoes, "There's still a matter of time. Ge Yao was killed between 2:30 and 3:00 in the afternoon. During that time, the students from Experimental High School The teachers went to the hot spring together, and they were together all the time, so why did they come back to commit the crime? Motivation is also a problem. If the teachers of Experimental High School were targeted, then Ge Yao's death would definitely not be manslaughter. They Being with those two children day and night, it is impossible to identify the wrong person, and Ren Xuling went to the hot spring with them in the afternoon. Judging from the current situation, the murderer's target should be two people—Ge Yao and Ren Xuling." He thought for a while, and then said: "However, Feng Liping is not very sure about the time. The murderer can kill Ge Yao first around 2:30, and then immediately go to join the others, and the time difference is not more than a few minutes... Not right, either. Ge Yao was forcibly drowned, and the murderer will splash a lot of water on her body, and the wetness will definitely attract the attention of others. But if you go back and change clothes, there seems to be not enough time." "I thought..." I was a little confused for a while.First, the fire extinguisher fell from the sky, and then the potatoes suddenly appeared, disrupting my previous logic.However, these two things are completely contradictory.So is my judgment right or wrong?What's wrong? "What did you think?" "Don't ask me. I don't know anything now." I made myself a cup of instant coffee provided by the hotel, took a sip, and my mouth was full of bitterness, "It's really bad." "Just let it go." Qin Siwei squeezed beside me, "Could it be that the two girls knew something they shouldn't know? I don't think the murderer is some kind of lunatic or a pervert who wants to show off, since he risked being discovered Judging from the risk of rushing to get rid of Ren Xuling, there must be some reason for doing so." I stretched out my limbs on the sofa, "Have you noticed that during the college entrance examination, both Ge Yao and Ren Xuling lived in Principal Zheng's house. Is it a coincidence? I don't think so."