Chapter 53 Chapter Fifty-Three

On Monday, Zhou Yulou met Bai Xiaoxi's mother in the dean's office. Zhou Yulou was going to hand in his thesis.When entering the room, Wang Yue pointed to Xie Lan's office and told him: "Bai Xiaoxi's mother is here, and Dean Xie is talking to her." Zhou Yulou immediately put the paper on Wang Yue's desk and said, "I I won't go in, you leave it to her for me." Just after finishing speaking, the door opened, and Xie Lan and Bai Xiaoxi's mother came out from inside.Zhou Yulou didn't dare to turn around and looked down at the paper.He heard Xie Lan patiently speaking some comforting words, and the other woman cried out in exhaustion.Then those voices quieted down, and Zhou Yulou heard footsteps approaching him... When he turned his head, Bai Xiaoxi's mother was already standing in front of him.

He nearly jumped when the hand caught his arm! "Are you Teacher Zhou?" The woman seemed to see a savior, her eyes flashed with a gloomy light, "I saw you on TV, and they said you are the best teacher here..." Zhou Yulou was speechless, looking at the woman. "Do you know about our creek?" "I heard about it." Zhou Yulou wanted to escape, but the woman clung to him tightly, and Wang Yue tried to break free, but she pushed him away. "The creek is gone..." The woman wept softly. "I know……" "You have to make decisions for my daughter. We handed the child over to the school, and it's just gone. We can't catch the murderer for such a long time..."

"Sister, you should go home first, it's not an option to stay here all the time." Zhou Yulou begged him. "No!" The woman was extremely determined, her eyes widened, and she chattered endlessly.Wang Yue squeezed over and stood in front of Zhou Yulou. "Sister, Mr. Zhou still has a lot of work to do, you can talk to me and let him go back first..." "Get up!" The woman pushed Wang Yue away. "The police will definitely catch the murderer..." Zhou Yulou muttered. "Where is the murderer? You haven't solved the case for so long, give me back your daughter! Catch the murderer for me..." The woman lost her mind and regarded the school as a police station, holding Zhou Yulou with her fingers like iron pliers. Shouts pierced the office windows.Zhou Yulou turned around, and she dragged him back... "Let go of Mr. Zhou!" Wang Yue roared angrily and rushed forward. The woman grabbed Wang Yue's face, and Wang Yue pushed Zhou Yulou and her away. twist together...

The dispute finally ended when Lao He brought a few people to drag Bai Xiaoxi's mother away. Wang Yue's face was scratched with blood streaks, and Zhou Yulou's arm was bright red. When the knock on the door sounded, Han Jian was looking for something at Zhao Duo's house. Zhao Duo's poor friend told Han Jian that in addition to the computer, Zhao Duo actually had another valuable thing - a video camera.He used to show off very proudly for a while.Han Jian came to look for those two valuable things today, but he unexpectedly welcomed a visitor. This was the first time since the crime happened in so many days.But the knock on the door didn't sound friendly, almost hitting the door with a fist.Han Jian put his hand on the handle of the gun and walked over to open the door.

Standing at the door were three tall and thick men. The iron law of usury is to do what you say, and since you say you will collect the money after ten days, you will not be lazy when the time comes. "Who are you looking for?" Han Jian asked. "Where's Zhao Duo?" The big man said fiercely. "No, go out." "Who are you?" "His cousin, what's the matter? When he left, he told me something." "Tell you? Do you have the final say? He owes our boss money, and you blocked him even with interest?" "Block it? Let me... block you first!"

Han Jian detained several usury thugs, and finally found out the reason why Zhao Duo and Bai Xiaoxi borrowed money crazily. Han Jian knew that unless there was a special crisis, most people would definitely not want to get involved in the troubled waters of usury.During the investigation, he didn't hear that Zhao Duo or Bai Xiaoxi had any investment plans, and it seemed that they were not like that kind of people, so why did Zhao Duo borrow usury? And that missing computer.Han Jian thought, Zhao Duo is a big internet nerd, he probably wouldn't sell the computer, and even if a second-hand computer is sold, it's not worth a lot of money. Compared with their tens of thousands of loans, it's just a drop in the bucket.So, his computer should not be sold.Then there is another possibility. The old man who kept the cat said that the person he saw coming out of the corridor that night was carrying a bag in his hand. Judging from the size he said, the bag should be more than enough to hold a notebook.

The murderer took the computer?Looking for money?If not, there must be something related to the murderer stored in the computer.What is it... Han Jian tried his best to draw the outline of the case in his heart, hoping that the outline would become clear one day soon. That call made Zhou Yulou wait for two full days, and finally, on Wednesday morning, the moment before the thesis defense started. The dissertation defense was held in a large conference room of the Education Committee, and all participants were divided into three days to accept this torture with a high failure rate.Each person's defense time is about half an hour, during which they have to deal with various questions from the expert review team.The respondents of Xinjiang Conservatory of Music included five young teachers including Zhou Yulou and Feng Tai.In order to boost morale, Xie Lan, accompanied by Wang Yue, personally went to the Education Committee to supervise them.

Feng Tai's number was in front of Zhou Yulou, and his defense lasted for nearly 40 minutes. When he came out of the conference room, he was full of joy. That state put a lot of pressure on Zhou Yulou.After each respondent came out, the expert group had a ten-minute closed-door discussion. During that process, Zhou Yulou was restless, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't calm down.His mind was full of things, but none of them had anything to do with the defense, either the whereabouts of the 150,000 yuan, or why his old friend didn't call him back.It was a friend of his who worked at the bank and hadn't answered his calls for several days.

As a result, just today, when the staff of the Education Committee came over and said, "Ms. Zhou, please come in", the phone rang.Bank friends.Zhou Yulou immediately picked up the phone, and his friend explained to him that he had been on a business trip and didn't bring the phone with him, and he just saw it.Zhou Yulou hurriedly set a time to meet without waiting for his friend to finish speaking, and repeatedly told him that the matter was urgent and he must not miss the appointment!Don't miss the appointment... After hanging up the phone, he found that everyone was looking at him with strange eyes, and Xie Lan's expression was already very ugly.He hurriedly apologized to everyone, then got up like a dumb boy and walked to the conference room.When he got to the door, Wang Yue ran up and told him, "Director Zhou, the phone has to be turned off."

"Thank you." Zhou Yulou turned off the phone and suddenly felt refreshed, and his confidence doubled. The results of the evaluation were announced before the end of get off work the next day.The Education Committee pays great attention to efficiency this time. On the one hand, it is in response to the high-efficiency style advocated by the province, and at the same time, it is also to prevent malpractice.The result was that Zhou Yulou was not there when it was reported to the Conservatory of Music. If he knew the result, he would be shocked.He went to the bank, found that friend, and did something very important.

Zhou Yulou thought that, excluding very rare cases, "Xiao Haipeng" would definitely leave his ID card information when opening a bank account.Of course, he wouldn't be stupid enough to use a real ID, but even if the ID is fake, the photo is always real.There is also a possibility that the blackmailer has nothing to do with "Xiao Haipeng". Xiao Haipeng's ID card was picked up, stolen, or forged, and the blackmailer just used it to get a card.But even then, the blackmailer, as an agent, should leave some information about himself.Of course, those information may be false, but in any case, a dead horse is a living horse doctor, Zhou Yulou decided to give it a try.There is still a week left, he thought, if he is lucky, he may really be able to use "Xiao Haipeng" as a starting point, and follow the clues to find out that bastard. Of course Zhou Yulou didn't tell his friend about his being blackmailed. He found a high-sounding reason and asked his friend to help him find Xiao Haipeng's account opening information and a copy of his ID card.His friend told him to wait a while. The whole system is undergoing a major inspection these days. The account holder’s information is kept confidential. Employees privately disclosed that they violated discipline. We have to wait until this weekend, when the inspection is over. It was past 5 o'clock when Zhou Yulou got home, and before he entered the door, he heard a burst of laughter coming from the house.He walked into the room and finally knew the final result of the professor's assessment.This time, a total of eight teachers under the age of 40 were awarded the title of professor in the province's art colleges.There are two students in Xinjiang Conservatory of Music, one is in the Composition Department, and the other is Zhou Yulou from the Vocal Department. This result surprised Zhou Yulou very much.In fact, when he came out of the meeting room of the Education Committee yesterday, he had already announced that he was out of action.Thinking is a wonderful thing, and sometimes it is completely out of human control.When he first sat down in front of the review team, he felt pretty good, but after answering two questions, he suddenly saw an expert's mobile phone on the table—it was exactly the same as the "stranger" Nokia!From then on, he couldn't help being distracted, and he was obviously not in the mood to answer the questions. The review team threw him an open disappointment.Later, an old expert with brown spots on his face actually asked him: "Mr. Zhou, did you really write this paper yourself?" That question greatly hurt his self-esteem. Walking out of that door is not too well adjusted.But in any case, the review team gave him the title of professor.After all, he is an expert and can consider problems more objectively.They didn't just ask for the answer from one defense, but more considered Zhou Yulou's achievements over the years.In addition, his thesis is really wonderful, and after Xie Lan's revision, it is even more impeccable.As for the defense, experts believe that it is only a temporary state, and the quality of the temporary state does not represent everything.Just like Feng Tai from Xinyin Music Department, he was in good condition, his whole defense was powerful and energetic, but it was more like a speech for a university president. At the age of thirty-four, Zhou Yulou became the youngest professor in Xinjiang. Many people came, Huang Dasheng, Lu Qing, Feng Tai, Lao Chen, Zhao Mengdong, Wang Yue, Zhou Yuting, and other teachers from the vocal music department, more than ten people, came to celebrate Zhou Yulou's harvest.It was Feng Tai who suggested that everyone come, on the one hand to congratulate, and at the same time to visit the burned Jiang Dan.Everyone was chatting and laughing happily, and the living room was full of liveliness that had not been seen for a long time.The one who laughed the most was Jiang Dan. Zhou Yulou and Lu Qing's meticulous care these days made her recover very well, and today's great news made her seem to have forgotten her illness.Zhou Yulou was more moved, especially to Feng Tai, Feng Tai was so open-minded, which was beyond his expectation.In Zhou Yulou's recent life, this kind of excitement is rare. He tried his best to put himself into it, and tried to play a pure success.He did.There were times when someone's conversation caused the audience to burst into laughter, and he even forgot that he had a sinister "stranger" at his side. Zhou Yulou's mood hit rock bottom in the kitchen. He went to the kitchen to get everyone drinks, and Zhou Yuting followed. "Congratulations, brother." Zhou Yuting said with a smile. "Is your brother good?" "Brother, you can't be idle now, the youngest professor in Xinjiang, just wait for the fans to bombard you." "Little girl, you are so glib, are you influenced by your husband?" Zhou Yuting smiled shyly. "Seriously," Zhou Yulou pointed to the living room, "how is it?" "Very good, in fact, he is really a nice person. He did some things that shouldn't be done in the past, but I know that they are all forced. You see, when you became a professor, he even took the initiative to recruit everyone to help you Congratulations, don't be prejudiced against him anymore." "Tingting, my feelings are not important. If he really makes you feel happy, I don't have any prejudice against him." "Brother," Zhou Yuting's voice lowered, "I feel that since I've been with him, we've become estranged." "Really?" He actually felt the same way. "My sister-in-law is burned like this, why didn't you tell me?" "What's the use of telling you? You're so busy, it can only make you worry." "I'm so sorry to let sister Lu Qing take care of my sister-in-law every day. I'm your sister. I should have done this job." Zhou Yulou patted her on the shoulder, "Forget it, I take care of it, Lu Qing can control his time freely, you have to go to work." "I can ask for leave." Zhou Yuting became serious, "You and sister-in-law are my only relatives, and I don't want us to cease to be a family just because I married someone you don't like." "Where did you say it went?" "Originally, my sister-in-law had such a big accident, but I heard about it from other people. What happened? She needs someone to take care of her all the time now, eating, washing her face, going to the toilet... She can't answer the phone , She was eating apples just now, and I saw that it was Lu Qing who fed her one bite at a time. Brother, I want to ask for leave from school from tomorrow, so I can come home to take care of my sister-in-law." "It's really unnecessary," Zhou Yulou smiled, "Okay, okay, I promise that we will be like a family in the future, and we will report everything to you, okay? But this time it will be like this, your time..." Suddenly, Zhou Yulou stopped talking.He suddenly recalled what Zhou Yuting said just now - "I can't even answer a phone call". Yes, Jiang Dan really can't answer the phone, let alone make a phone call, let alone send a text message.Zhou Yulou suddenly remembered that it had been four days since Jiang Dan's hands were wrapped in gauze, and he hadn't received a text message from a blackmailer.