Chapter 37 Chapter Thirty-Seven

Didn't that paper end up at Bai Xiaoxi's house?This question flashed through Zhou Yulou's mind again and again, as densely as the sound of endless train wheels. Obviously, the police have been involved in Bai Xiaoxi's murder.Zhou Yulou thought that if the papers were really there, they would definitely be discovered by the police. No matter how negligent they were, they would not be able to miss such obvious things.The inscription of the thesis reads clearly: Zhou Yulou, Department of Vocal Music Education, Shenjiang Conservatory of Music.It would be a different story if it was in normal places like bookshelves, drawers, and tables, but if it was scattered on the floor next to the bed, it would definitely set off their huge suspicions.They would contact the school immediately, rush to the train station immediately, and take themselves away immediately. They had plenty of time to start their actions...but nothing happened.

Didn't it land at Bai Xiaoxi's house at all?For a moment, Zhou Yulou even believed this conclusion, and he almost breathed a sigh of relief, like a person who really escaped death.But in an instant, the fluke thought was like a dull cockroach, and was slapped to death by his palm!He had to filter out all the details again: from putting the thesis in his pocket yesterday evening, to his empty pocket this morning... Except at Bai Xiaoxi's house, he really couldn't think of any chance for it to fall out.It can only be that.But why didn't the police come to arrest me... why not... This sharp paradox kept stirring in Zhou Yulou's mind, driving him almost crazy.

His madness is completely understandable, because he did not think of another possibility at all.That is, his paper did fall into Bai Xiaoxi's house, and the police did not see it.That was not because of the negligence of the police, but long before the police arrived, the paper was already in the hands of another person. Bai Xiaoxi's boyfriend is Zhao Mengdong's younger brother. Zhou Yulou learned about this from Xie Lan.After the train drove for a while, he called Xie Lan to report that Zhao Mengdong was taken away by the police, but Xie Lan interrupted him at the beginning.Xie Lan told him: "I know. Last night a girl was killed in a rented room outside the school. There was also a man who died together. The police said that man was Zhao Mengdong's younger brother." Xie Lan's Her tone was terribly cold, and she continued, "I'm preparing the report materials for the higher authorities, so that's it." Then she hung up the phone.

Zhou Yulou was stunned by this news... No wonder the police took Zhao Mengdong away!It turned out that that man was Zhao Mengdong's younger brother!Why have I never heard of Zhao Mengdong having a younger brother?Then... Does Zhao Mengdong know the inside story?Did he already know about his younger brother's tricks?Shouldn't he be one of the participants?What will he say to the police... These questions are all fatal, Zhou Yulou really dare not think about it anymore. When he saw Zhao Duo's body, Zhao Mengdong had no expression on his face, neither sad nor surprised, not even the slightest fear, but said lightly: "It's my younger brother, half-brother." The tone was like They're talking about... yes, my sneakers.

The following words were said by Zhao Mengdong after he was brought back to the police force. "My mother died when I was very young. When I was sixteen, my father married my stepmother and gave birth to Zhao Duo the next year. He was quite cute when he was young. He was good-looking, smart, and sweet-mouthed. My stepmother likes him very much, not to mention my dad, who is old enough to hold him like a baby. In fact, I liked him a lot when I was young, and always led him to play. But then it was over and I was spoiled. , idle around all day long and not doing business. After graduating from high school, he failed to get into college, and spent money to enter a travel school. After graduation, he didn’t seriously look for a job. He asked his family for money all day long, and even borrowed it from me. When my father was dying, he discussed with me, saying that I am a promising person, and I am so much older than my brother, so I have to let him, and I will not compete with him for the house in the future, I agreed. "

"My stepmother passed away last year, so the house naturally belonged to him. As a result, he sold the house within three months. It is said that he owed gambling debts outside. Later, he squandered the money from selling the house, and Come to borrow from me. Just last semester, one Sunday, I was in the office to catch up on a thesis, and he came and asked me for money with a shy face. I scolded him that day, and scolded him so badly! One point He didn't let him take the money. I haven't seen him since then, and I don't have any news about him, and I don't even know where he lives. If you didn't come to me today, I wouldn't know he was dead. Hey, you guys How do you know he is my brother?"

"Do you know Bai Xiaoxi?" Han Jian asked. "I know, from the Department of Acting, I haven't spoken to her. What's her relationship with Zhao Duo? Girlfriend?" "Their relationship has yet to be confirmed." "If it's true, that girl is really blind..." Han Jian asked Zhao Mengdong some more questions, told him to go back first, and told him that he was ready to cooperate with the police investigation at any time. It was in the last semester that Wu Qian got a glimpse of their brotherhood on the day when Zhao Duo was scolded like a "blood sprayer".At that time, she was going to practice in the physical education classroom.When he reached the door of the Vocal Music Department's office, he was stopped by the roar inside.That day, she eavesdropped and peeked through the crack of the door for a long time. At that time, she thought, Mr. Zhao's younger brother is really handsome, why did he scold him so fiercely?This brother is simply too inhuman.

Xie Lan encountered an unprecedented crisis.Pressure from superiors, attention from the industry, entanglement from Bai Na, public opinion from all quarters... Xinjiang Conservatory of Music is like a person recovering from a serious illness. After a few days of recovery, he is on the brink of death again.If Fang Lili's suicide by prostitution can still be explained as an isolated phenomenon, then in just a few days, another girl died naked in a rented room outside the school. This cannot but be said to be a major problem for the school management .What annoyed Xie Lan the most was that the one who died with Bai Xiaoxi was actually the younger brother of the school teacher!No matter what the truth of the matter is, in short, it will make people think about it when it spreads.Xie Lan had already talked to Zhao Mengdong, but Zhao Mengdong repeated to Xie Lan what he had said in the police force like an endorsement, even the calmness and indifference were exactly the same.His innocent face made Xie Lan's anger pointless.

At the school meeting, Xie Lan assigned three urgent tasks.First, all students living off-campus must move back to their residence halls immediately.You can't even guarantee your own safety, why are you still going crazy outside?Second, each department immediately handed over the list of students who performed outside to the dean's office to strictly review their performance locations and strengthen their safety awareness.Thirdly, the whole school was suspended for one week to carry out a special study entitled "How to be a clean and self-respecting college student in a complex social environment".Materials will be organized by the Propaganda Department, and the journal will cooperate with printing supplements.Whether teachers or students, during the study period, no leave, no lateness, no absence.One demerit for being late and one expulsion for absence.In addition, the school celebration performances are temporarily canceled, all rehearsals are stopped, all work is stopped, all activities are stopped, and all classes are stopped... The Conservatory of Music suddenly became turbulent, and everyone took action to mourn a mysterious dead girl.

The investigation results of the crime scene made Han Jian very frustrated.If there were no two corpses, Han Jian thought, it would not be too much to say that the room was spotless.No abnormal fingerprints could be found, no valuable traces could be found, no suspicious physical evidence, and all footprints had been wiped clean. The time of death of the two people was very close, both around 10 o'clock in the evening, and they basically went to Huangquan hand in hand.The man was fatally wounded by a knife, and the girl's temple was pierced by a sharp object, but the sharp object was nowhere to be seen.

Through interviews with neighbors, Han Jian basically confirmed the relationship between Zhao Duo and Bai Xiaoxi, so the first thought that came to his mind was love killing.The reason is simple, Bai Xiaoxi basically died naked, wearing only underwear and a bra.Han Jian thought, maybe it was an unexpected night when a man was brought back by Bai Xiaoxi, and then they met Zhao Duo unexpectedly.Either the man killed Zhao Duo first, and then killed Bai Xiaoxi to silence him; or, it was Bai Xiaoxi who died first.What puzzled Han Jian was why the murderer left the knife on Zhao Duo's body, but took away the thing that killed Bai Xiaoxi?What is that thing?In addition, quarrels would inevitably occur that night, but the woman who lived next door to Zhao Duo's house said she heard nothing.She didn't get home until almost 10 o'clock that night, and the only anomaly was a damn cat jumping down the stairs, scaring her half to death. Han Jian decided to focus on the men around Bai Xiaoxi: a man who was related to Bai Xiaoxi, a man brought home by Bai Xiaoxi, a man who made her wear only a pair of underpants and a bra... Who is that man? ? Zhao Mengdong was lucky to win the jackpot!A love triangle between an unlikely pair of brothers and a beautiful girl is enough to make bloody results.Indeed, Zhao Mengdong and Bai Xiaoxi are both in the Conservatory of Music, so it is impossible to say that there is no such possibility.But after investigation, Han Jian found that Zhao Mengdong didn't have the time to commit the crime at all.And he and Bai Xiaoxi really have nothing to do with each other, they are just a pair of teachers and students from different departments in the same school, that's all. "Things... have to start with this cat." After Han Jian took his seat, the old man spoke slowly. This is Han Jian's third visit to his home.In the first two visits, the old man couldn't extricate himself because of the great shock, so that his eyes were blurred and he couldn't speak clearly, so he couldn't talk at all.Today, it seems that he has recovered a lot, and he looks like he will have a long talk. "I picked this cat up from the park, and I named it Xiaoye." Han Jian burst into laughter, "Hey, your name looks a bit like a Japanese devil." "Because it was originally a wild cat. In today's fashionable words, what is it called... a stray cat. Every time I hear this word, I feel uncomfortable. I always think of the song, stray people miss you outside, dear mother , homeless people..." The old man sang high-pitched voice and stopped to cough loudly.Han Jian hurriedly took the opportunity to ask him to pick the main one, but the old man was still stubborn and insisted on starting with the table tennis fight, talking all the way down, talking about the war with the old lady, talking about the hard work of finding cats for days, saying I read "Three Thousand Questions of Naughty Blue Cats"... Finally, I came to the key point. "...I knocked on the door a few times and said, I came in, and no one spoke in the room, only Ono was calling from inside, so I opened the door and entered the room." "So the door is always open?" Han Jian asked him. "Yeah, there's always a slit open, or how did Xiaoye get in? I went in and took a look... Oh my god! There were two people lying on the ground, a young man and a big girl. My legs were weak at that time, and my eyes were dark." I didn’t listen to it, and I heard Ono calling in front of me, but I couldn’t see it at all.” The old man’s face was blushing, “Just say that big girl is... shirtless and wearing a bra, Yellow ground, with pink flowers. I saw that flower, I recognized it, it was a peony, with many flowers but few flower buds..." "Didn't you lose your eyesight?" "Yeah, uh...but she's right under my nose, can I not see her?" "and then?" "Then I can't take care of Xiao Ye anymore, life is at stake! I'll call the police right away, you guys came here so fast, great job!" "Have you had any contact with the two deceased?" "Sometimes, we meet each other when going up and down the stairs, but we haven't spoken to each other. Oh, by the way, that young man drove a car a while ago, but he didn't see him anymore." "Have you found out that they have been with any special person?" "That didn't pay attention." "You just said that you searched for the cat for most of the night on the night of the incident, did you find anything unusual?" "Hey... By the way, I knocked on the door of their house that night." "why?" "Look for a cat." "when?" "Just around 10 o'clock, I heard someone shouting downstairs... Whose cat? Running around! It's so scary running around in the corridor... When I heard it, it must be Xiao Ye. I guess the sound came from The one from the fifth floor, I went down and knocked on the door, but no one answered me after knocking for a long time." "You knocked on his family?" "No, I knocked them all, both of them knocked, and none of them paid me any attention. They were all dead. Then I went downstairs to look for it by myself. I hid behind the bicycle shed and waited for Ono to come out by himself. Waiting, I saw a person coming out of the corridor..." The old man suddenly became excited, "That's right! That might be a murderer." "why……" "look like." "How does it look like?" "Mysterious, he left in a hurry, and I've never seen him before, he's definitely not from this building, I guarantee it!" "Male and female?" "male." "See what it looks like?" "I can't see clearly, it's dark, and he's walking so fast... He's still holding something in his hand!" "what?" "Bag." "Bag?" "A big bag." "Did you see clearly?" "That's right! The big bag is bulging, and it seems to have a lot of things stuffed in it." The old man gestured with his hands, and the size was surprisingly similar to the bag in Zhou Yulou's hand. "I asked the man, which floor did you come down from? Did you see a cat when you went downstairs? But before I finished speaking, he yelled... No! Then he left without stopping He stopped for a while without looking back, as if he was running away. Do you think he would be so anxious if he hadn't done something wrong? Really, maybe that person is the murderer! Like!" "What time is that?" "Probably... around ten o'clock." "Apart from his appearance, do you still have any impression of how tall that person is and what clothes he is wearing?" "He's quite tall, about 1.8 meters tall. He seems to be wearing a suit and no tie. He seems to be wearing a round-neck shirt underneath. In today's words, what's his name, a ladder, boo boo..." "T-shirt." "right." Finally, Han Jian asked the old man: "If we catch that person and ask you to identify him, can you recognize him?" The old man froze for a moment, then slowly said: "Then...you have to let me hide in the dark."