Chapter 40 Chapter Forty

Vocal department meetings are long and dull. Feng Tai first asked Zhou Yulou to introduce the situation of the Shanghai meeting, and then began his long speech.Looking at Feng Tai's fluttering lips, Zhou Yulou tried hard to guess whether he was the one who sent the text message last night.At this time, he decided to do an experiment. He secretly took out the phone from his trouser pocket and turned it on. He knew that the success rate of this experiment was very low, because unless that person took the initiative to contact him, that mobile phone must be turned off.But Zhou Yulou couldn't drive away his curiosity no matter what, so he decided to try.He slowly typed the string of numbers on the mobile phone, put the mobile phone back into his pocket, sat down as if nothing had happened, and pressed the dial button.Then...he heard the phone ring.

He was stunned!He looked around... very nervous!Whose phone is ringing?It was so sudden, he didn't intend to hear the ringtone, but it did! "Whose phone?" Feng Tai looked at everyone sternly, "Didn't we ask to turn off the phone during the meeting?" "Director Feng," said Old Chen who was sitting next to Feng Tai, "it's... your cell phone." Zhou Yulou stared at Feng Tai! Feng Tai awkwardly took out a mobile phone from his pocket.He blushed, smiled apologetically, and told everyone: "I'm sorry, this phone is a dedicated line for me and my girlfriend. I promised her to turn it on 24 hours a day. I forgot to turn it off before the meeting. I promise that there will be no such thing in the future." matters." After speaking, Feng Tai hung up the phone.

Feng Tai's statement was confirmed after the meeting.Zhou Yulou asked Zhou Yuting, she did have a 24-hour dedicated line with Feng Tai, and she was the one who made the call just now.As for whether his call was really connected, Zhou Yulou didn't know. The conversation with Han Jian took place in the conference room.Han Jian brought an assistant.Zhou Yulou heard that he was the one who called him this morning. "The world is really too small. I didn't expect that we could still meet in this case." Han Jian said. "Yes, fortunately my wife was not kidnapped this time." Zhou Yulou replied.

The joke worked well. There was a burst of laughter in the conference room, and then Han Jian said: "Let's get straight to the point, Mr. Zhou, don't be nervous. We are just doing some routine investigations based on what we have. I will try to keep things short so as not to Wasting your time." "It's okay, just ask. Xiaoxi is a very good student. I taught her not long ago. I am very sad to hear the news of her death. I will tell you everything I can think of. I hope you can catch her as soon as possible. murderer." "Where did you find out about Bai Xiaoxi's death?"

"From Dean Xie, I happened to be on a business trip with some colleagues in Shanghai that day. Before boarding the train, the police took away Mr. Zhao Mengdong from our department. I called Dean Xie to report the incident, and only then did I know about the situation in our school. Something happened to a girl." "Have you had much contact with Bai Xiaoxi?" "It's mainly because during the recent period, our school held a school celebration performance, and the performance department rehearsed a musical. Their Director Sun asked me to help everyone with tutoring, and Bai Xiaoxi was also in it, so we have more contacts."

"Did you know her before?" "Uh... She came to see me once, about a month ago. She heard that I knew a lot of people in the circle, and wanted me to help her contact performance opportunities. It happened that the TV station was holding a show at the time, and a friend told me , there was a girl who needed someone for her role, so I immediately called Xiaoxi and told Xiaoxi. She was very happy at the time and said that she would definitely not embarrass me. But after a while, that friend notified me that the station had changed its mind. That show was withdrawn, and the characters in the new show were all replaced by old people. So I hurriedly called Xiaoxi and told her to stop busy. Officer Han, your people told me this morning that Xiaoxi’s There is my number in the call record, I thought about it, it should be that matter, in my impression, I only had two phone calls with her."

"Do you know much about Bai Xiaoxi's life?" "Not much, she is not a student of our department." "He has a boyfriend named Zhao Duo, have you heard of it before?" "No." Really not, he said to himself. Han Jian asked: "A girl as beautiful as her should be outstanding in school. Have you ever noticed that she has too much contact with the opposite sex? Whether it is a classmate or a teacher." "I didn't notice. There are many girls in our conservatory, and it's not very conservative for boys and girls to be together in art colleges. As teachers, we usually don't pay special attention to this."

After asking some other questions, Han Jian said: "Okay, thank you Mr. Zhou, we will do our best to solve this case, and give you all a comfort." "Thank you so much." Han Jian and his assistant stood up, and Zhou Yulou sent them out.When he got to the door, Han Jian suddenly stopped and asked him, "When was the last time you saw Bai Xiaoxi?" Zhou Yulou couldn't help shaking...Damn it!This is both an insidious question and an insidious question!His guard had just let down because the conversation seemed to be over.He had almost blurted out just now—"On the night she died."But he didn't say that after all. He thought hard and said, "About four or five days before her death, Director Sun asked me to help review their program. It was in the physical classroom, and many people were there .”

"It's okay." Han Jian said. Zhou Yulou opened the door and was the first to walk out of the meeting room.As soon as he went out, he felt something flicker in his peripheral vision.He turned his head and saw a dark figure turn around at the end of the corridor and disappeared. "Teacher Zhou," Han Jian called him from behind, "I heard that Huang Dasheng came to you after he resigned." "Yeah, I'm working as an editor for the academy newspaper. Are you looking for him? I'll take you there." "No, thank you, I can find it." After speaking, Han Jian and his assistant left.

Zhou Yulou stood at the door of the meeting room for a while, wondering who is that black shadow... The lie about that phone call was something he had in mind when he left the house today.At that time, as soon as the police said that Bai Xiaoxi had his number in his call records, he immediately remembered those two calls—both the night when he went to Ossina's bar.One was when he called in the office, which was his first call with "Hairou"; the second was when he arrived at the bar and told her to sit at table sixteen.He was really glad that he didn't talk to that girl frequently, otherwise he would have been in trouble by now.That lie wasn't too hard to make up, and it seemed to work well.Zhou Yulou couldn't help feeling a burst of relief, and even began to feel a little grateful for the person who sent him a text message.No matter how nasty the man looked, he had taken the damn papers and kept himself out of the police's sights.What could be more terrifying than the police?

Who is that shadow... Zhou Yulou turned on the phone and looked at the glowing screen.Strange, it's been a day, and that person hasn't sent a text message. When walking out of the teaching building, Zhou Yulou saw the police car parked beside the corridor.He knew that Han Jian had gone to Huang Dasheng's office.Are they reminiscing about the past, or are they discussing the case?Let them talk, he thought, at least he was safe now. Zhou Yulou walked towards the school gate. The gate of Xinjiang Conservatory of Music is the iconic landscape here. It is a magnificent building in the shape of a Chinese character supported by four columns.The maintenance had already started, and Zhou Yulou saw tall scaffolding erected on both sides of the school gate, and workers were busy busy on it.At this time, he finally heard the long-lost text message ringtone.He took out his cell phone and saw that it was the number.He pressed the view button, and the words on the screen made him stunned: Mr. Zhou, the gate is under construction, you should pay attention to safety