Chapter 3 Chapter Two Key Doubts

After saying goodbye to Li Kaimin, I didn't go to meet Zhenzhen immediately, because I planned to go to Shen Tingyue's dormitory, hoping to learn about her situation from my roommate. Based on the information provided by Li Kaimin, I found the dormitory where Shen Tingyue lived.When they came to the door of the dormitory, the voices of several girls talking came out through the door. "Was that fat man named Fang Shu really killed by Tingyue?" "Impossible, how could Tingyue kill people? She is usually so quiet, she can't even swear loudly, let alone a fat man, I'm afraid she doesn't even have the strength to kill a chicken."

"That's not necessarily true. You haven't seen her get angry." "When did she get angry? I really haven't seen it." "Yeah, I haven't seen it either." "That time when I was painting with her, I got into a fight and accidentally damaged her painting. She was so angry that her hair almost stood on end, as if she wanted to kill me." "Then?" "After that, it was nothing. She just pushed me fiercely, and then stopped talking to me. However, the next day she took the initiative to apologize to me. How embarrassed I was, it was obviously my fault. of."

A few ordinary gossips are commonplace, but they have given me a general understanding of Shen Tingyue's character, so there is no need to continue listening.After all, it is not very moral to eavesdrop on other girls' boudoir secrets, so I knocked lightly on the door. A very energetic girl opened the door for me. After I revealed my identity and purpose to her, she told me that her name was Zhao Na, she was the head of the dormitory, and she was also a classmate of Shen Tingyue. Later, I asked Zhao Na and other roommates about Shen Tingyue's situation in the dormitory. They told me about Tingyue's personality and family background——

Although Tingyue is beautiful, she is a quiet girl who doesn't talk much outside and always gives people a cold feeling. The boys in the class gave her the title of "Iceberg Beauty".However, she is very talkative in the dormitory, and she talks about almost everything with her roommates.Although her family background is not very good, she is not the kind of person who has too low self-esteem, and she did not deliberately hide her family background. In fact, her life experience is quite pitiful. Her father made some money from doing business outside, so he actually took care of his lover like others.Later, his lover gave birth to a son for him, so he simply didn't want their mother and daughter, and divorced her mother when she was ten years old.Over the years, her father has hardly cared about her life, and only occasionally called to ask about her situation, but it was just a greeting, and don't expect him to help solve any situation.Even her tuition fee for going to the Academy of Fine Arts was borrowed from her mother and relatives of her natal family, and her father didn't even give it a dime.

Her mother has no education, and she was raised by being a nanny for others, and she was also paid to study here.Because her mother's income is not high, and her father did not give her any financial support, she is very frugal on weekdays.Fortunately, she is very good at studying. Not only can she get a scholarship every time, but she also often participates in some small local art exhibitions, and usually she will gain something. The financial pressure is not too great... They told about Shen Tingyue's situation in detail, but this is not the information I need, and it is not very useful for the investigation of this case.What I want to know most is why she disappeared a month ago and what unusual behavior she did before she disappeared.

"Actually, there is nothing wrong with her. Before she disappeared, she had been preparing works for the provincial art exhibition, and often stayed alone in the studio until late." A girl with long hair said. "Is this exhibition important?" I asked. "It's really important to her..." It was Zhao Na who spoke, because she had a good relationship with Shen Tingyue and knew more about this matter, so she mainly told me about the relevant situation next—— The reason why Tingyue participated in the art exhibition was, on the one hand, to get a bonus to continue her studies so that her mother would not worry about her tuition fees all day long. At the same time, she hoped that her ability would be affirmed.To be honest, her painting skills are really good, especially in oil painting, each oil painting is very artistic.Every time I paint with her, I feel very leaky. Her painting skills are not at the same level as ours.I think if she wasn't too young, her works would surely fetch sky-high prices.

Maybe you don't know much about it. The art world is basically ranked according to seniority. It is not easy for young painters to make a name for themselves.But she doesn't think so. She thinks that gold will always shine, so she often participates in art exhibitions, hoping to meet her Bole in the art exhibition. However, it is impossible for juniors like us to get tickets for large-scale art exhibitions, and can only participate in some small local art exhibitions.She also sold a few works in art exhibitions before, but the price was not satisfactory, and it could only be regarded as helping to pay for tuition and living expenses.After all, it is a small art exhibition, and most of the people who come here are people who don't understand art. Of course, they won't pay a higher price, and there won't be any big media coming to cover it, let alone buyers from auction houses.

Although it was the same, she was not discouraged. She still worked hard to paint and continued to participate in various small art exhibitions.It might be that Huang Tian pays off, a few days ago she finally got a dream opportunity. The provincial art exhibition that just ended not long ago was not a famous large-scale art exhibition, but there were quite a few buyers from auction houses participating, and occasionally some painters became famous overnight through such exhibitions.And the most important thing is that it is a rare opportunity for us to have the opportunity to participate in the exhibition.

However, although we also have the opportunity to participate in the exhibition, not everyone can get the admission ticket.Because apart from some well-known old painters in this province, all the art academies in the province will send teachers and students to participate in the exhibition, so the number of exhibitors is very limited.With so many people in our academy, there are only ten places, and more than half of the places are already occupied by teachers alone, and only one of the remaining places is assigned to our class. Although the competition for this spot is extremely fierce, just like Tingyue said-if it is gold, it will always shine.Because Tingyue's painting skills are not inferior to those of the teachers, and she has participated in many small art exhibitions before and has rich experience in exhibiting, so it can be said that this spot falls in her hands.

After she knew that she could participate in this exhibition, she was of course very happy, and she was so excited that she couldn't sleep for several nights.This is not only an opportunity for her to become famous overnight, but also the last chance for her student days, so she is very nervous about it, hoping to present a perfect work for the exhibition. In order to create this perfect work for the exhibition, she not only started preparations three months before the exhibition, but even went to paint in the studio on the third floor of the old teaching building in order to have a quiet environment for creation.The old teaching was rumored to be haunted, so no one used it anymore, and no one would go there for a leisurely stroll. It is indeed not a very quiet place, but it is also quite scary at night.

At the beginning, she would pull us over to accompany her, but after going there a few times, she became more courageous, so she stopped forcing us and went there by herself.Because she stayed in the studio until late at night almost every night during this period, so we thought she stayed in the studio all night when she didn't go back to the dormitory to sleep!However, the next day we found out that she had disappeared inexplicably... Shen Tingyue attaches so much importance to this art exhibition, it is impossible for her to run away without saying a word no matter what the reason is.The only explanation is probably that there was an accident.However, she should have been in the studio before she disappeared, at least within the Academy.What kind of accidents can be encountered in the academy? I asked Zhao Na and others whether there were often missing students in the college, and the security situation nearby.They said that apart from Shen Tingyue, they had not heard any rumors about the disappearance of other students.As for the security issue, apart from the fact that there is a small road near the college that is often robbed at night, there is no major problem. "That path is terrifying. Not only does it have to pass through a deserted cemetery, it is also often haunted by robbers. I heard that there are many people buried in that cemetery with unknown deaths!" Zhao Nalu looked palpitating. "Will Tingyue go this way?" I asked. "No, none of us dare to walk this road, even during the daytime." A girl said. Zhao Na seemed to have guessed the doubts in my heart, and added: "Tingyue usually only leaves the college when she participates in art exhibitions or goes shopping in the commercial street. And she usually goes out with us, and rarely goes out alone, especially at night. I will run out alone." What happened to Shen Tingyue's disappearance? I left the girls' dormitory with this question in mind, and as soon as I left the door, I ran into Zhen Zhen with a bad face. "Why did you sneak into the girls' dormitory?" She glared at me like interrogating a prisoner. "What do you mean by sneaking in? I entered through the gate openly." I shrugged helplessly, and then asked her what information she got from Maiqinghekou. "A Yang is right, this kid is really full of nonsense." Although she pretended to be nonchalant on the surface, her fit and graceful body trembled unconsciously in the process of recounting the absurd memories—— When I walked into Mai Qinghe's bedroom, he was curled up under the blanket.His roommate told me that since Fang Shu's accident, he has been hiding under the covers and refused to come out. Not only did he not go to class, even if he had a meal, his roommate called him back from the cafeteria for him. I revealed my identity and purpose to him, but he still hid under the blanket and ignored me.When I got angry, I lifted his quilt.As if he couldn't see the light, he immediately retreated to the dark corner at the end of the bed in panic, and kept yelling "Don't catch me, it's none of my business" with his head in his hands.I said I was just asking him for a question, not arresting him, but he kept repeating the same words, and I had to grab his collar and slap him twice to be quiet. (I suddenly felt that it was a wrong decision to ask Zhenzhen to go to Mai Qinghe for questioning. I hope that the other party will not complain about her abuse of violence.) After he calmed down, I explained my purpose again, and then he told me intermittently about the night when the crime happened. He said that he went to KTV with Fang Shu, Li Kaimin and two other classmates that night, and then the three came back together.On the way back to the academy, he seemed to say something wrong that angered Fang Shu, because he was drunk at the time, and now he can’t remember what he said. I only remember that Fang Shu was very angry and wanted to beat him. Fortunately, Li Kaimin helped him. He carried it. When Fang Li and the two were pushing and shoving, he suddenly noticed a mysterious figure "floating" towards them in the distance.Although "that thing" was a little far away from them, he could still recognize at a glance that the other party was Shen Tingyue, who had passed away a month ago. He was scared out of his wits at the time, and instinctively pointed to the distance and read the other party's name.Fang Shu thought he was threatening him, and immediately became angry, pushed Kai Min down with all his brute strength, and rushed towards him.Just as Fang Shu was grabbing his clothes and preparing to beat him up, Kai Min stared blankly into the distance and shouted, "Tingyue, it's really Tingyue..." Fang Shu suddenly turned his head and found Tingyue's ghost "floating" towards them. He yelled "Ghost" in fright, and then ran away with all his strength.He also yelled "Run away" to Kai Min who was in a daze, and then ran away with Fang Shu. Maybe because he drank too much wine, he felt his feet were weak, and he felt powerless after just a few steps. Fortunately, Kai Min who came up from behind helped him and dragged him to escape together.Kai Min is a basketball player. He often exercises and runs faster. Even if he is dragged, he can run a little faster than Fang Shu. Although Kai Min dragged him to run, he still ran very hard. When he was about to stop running, he suddenly felt a gust of cold wind blowing from behind. When he turned around, he saw that Tingyue had chased after Fang Shu, and the distance between him and Fang Shu The distance between them is only as long as an arm.He was so frightened that his scalp was about to explode, he immediately gritted his teeth, closed his eyes and ran hard after Kai Min. A few seconds later, Fang Shu's scream came from behind. The scream seemed to come from the depths of hell. He seemed to see Tingyue, who had a ferocious face, opened his mouth full of fangs, and bit Fang Shu's shoulder fiercely, tearing off the entire shoulder.Even with his eyes closed tightly, the image of blood and flesh flying all over the place still clearly appeared in his mind, and the horrific screams were like the sharp nails of a ghost, piercing deeply into his heart... "He can't remember what happened after that, and he doesn't know how he escaped the female ghost's pursuit. I think he was probably taken aback by fright." By this time, Zhen Zhen's pretty cheeks had turned pale. It's hard to find blood, I think she probably completely believed what Mai Qinghe said, although she didn't admit it on the surface. For the same event, two parties narrated two versions respectively. Although I personally think Li Kaimin's version is more objective and credible, Mai Qinghe's version is not useless to me, because I found a key point in it. Sexual doubts - how can he be sure that Shen Tingyue is dead? This coward must know something, so I decided to go to him myself, hoping to get some clues from him.