The Case of Love

Chapter 7 Withered Flowers

For a moment, the private room was filled with applause for Su Xiaohan, and everyone looked at her with admiration.

"Junior sister, I believe you will be a good police officer!"

"Xiao Han, I believe you too!"

Zhou Yifeng and his teammates' affirmation gave Su Xiaohan great encouragement. She was very fortunate that she could join the Criminal Investigation Brigade and have such good leaders and colleagues.

They ate and talked until 11 o'clock at night. Zhu Xiaofeng was the driver who took Zhou Yifeng and Su Xiaohan home. The others either drove themselves or took a ride.

Su Xiaohan told Zhu Xiaofeng her home address, and Zhu Xiaofeng turned on the navigation to take her there first, and then to take Zhou Yifeng there.

Before leaving get off work, Su Xiaohan told her mother that she was having a party with her colleagues and that she didn't need to wait for her to come home for dinner. However, she hadn't come back yet, so Li Aifang was a little anxious and sent her a message. After seeing the message, Su Xiaohan immediately replied and told her mother that a colleague would take her home and she would be home soon.

"Xiao Han, how come you, a girl, want to be a police officer? And study criminal investigation?" Zhu Xiaofeng asked while driving on the road.

In his opinion, Su Xiaohan was beautiful and smart, so there was no reason for her to choose their dangerous and hard job.

Su Xiaohan smiled faintly and said cheerfully: "Maybe it's because I like it."

"If you like policemen, you can find a policeman as your husband. There is no need to be a policeman yourself!" As he spoke, Zhu Xiaofeng subconsciously glanced at Zhou Yifeng.

Zhou Yifeng was looking down at his phone, seemingly not paying attention to their conversation.

"I think I still like being a policeman. I want to explore the truth behind the murder and give justice to the victim." Su Xiaohan looked out the car window, his thoughts drifting back to the past.

At the beginning, she applied to the Beijing Police University not only to find out the truth about the fire in her family's garment factory and find her best friend who had been missing for several years, but also because she admired the police from the bottom of her heart and wanted to become a guardian in peacetime.

Now, when she solves a case with her team, she has a stronger sense of mission and enjoys the process of peeling away the layers and finding the truth.

The two were chatting animatedly when Zhou Yifeng's cell phone rang. Seeing it was Director Zhao calling, he quickly picked up the phone.

Su Xiaohan and Zhu Xiaofeng stopped talking. Although they couldn't hear clearly what Director Zhao said, they were basically certain that something had happened again.

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yifeng resolutely said: "Xiaofeng, send Xiaohan home first, and then come to Dongcheng No. 2 Middle School to find me!"

"Boss, what happened?" Zhu Xiaofeng asked hurriedly.

"A teacher from No. 2 Middle School reported that three students had died, apparently from poisoning!" Zhou Yifeng waved his hand, signaling Zhu Xiaofeng to stop the car.

"Captain Zhou, Brother Xiaofeng doesn't need to send me home. I will go with you!" Su Xiaohan said without hesitation.

It was almost twelve o'clock. She knew that Zhou Yifeng wanted to take care of her, but she didn't want to be the one being taken care of.

"This scene will be ugly, are you sure you want to go?" Zhou Yifeng asked her.

"I'm sure I'll go. There's nothing to be afraid of for me!" Su Xiaohan looked determined and stern.

Zhou Yifeng didn't say anything else and asked Zhu Xiaofeng to navigate directly to Dongcheng No. 2 Middle School.

Su Xiaohan sent a message to her mother to explain the situation. Li Aifang had long opposed her daughter becoming a police officer, and now her daughter had to go to the scene in the middle of the night, and she couldn't help but worry.

Su Xiaoxin stayed by her side and consoled her, "Mom, don't forget that Xiaohan has been very capable since she was a child, and she is still with their leaders and colleagues, so she must be fine. You go to sleep first, I'll wait for her."

Li Aifang sighed and said, "You should go to sleep too. You have to go to the company tomorrow."

Su Xiaoxin agreed and went upstairs with her mother, but she tossed and turned and couldn't sleep when she thought about her sister having to face such a scene so late.

Dongcheng No. 20 Middle School, where the incident occurred, is more than kilometers away from the center of Beijing. It is a key middle school and a model high school in Beijing. Every year, students are admitted to famous universities. Children who study here have a bright future.

Although Zhu Xiaofeng sped up the car, it took them an hour to arrive at the school.

The scene was in Room 613 of the girls' dormitory, where four girls lived, all of whom were students in Class , Grade of Dongcheng No. Middle School. In the dormitory, three girls had no vital signs, and the scene was horrific.

At the scene, Zhou Yifeng met Song Yan, the administrator of the girls' dormitory. According to Song Yan, the school implemented a closed management system and students could only go home on weekends. This weekend, only Zhou Anqi went home from Room 613, while the other girls were studying at school.

At around ten o'clock in the evening, Wu Nan from the next dormitory found that the lights in room 613 were still on, so she came to look for her friend Lu Ying, but no one responded after she called several times. She pushed the door and found it was not locked.

As a result, as soon as she pushed the door open, she was stunned by the scene in front of her: Lu Ying was lying on the ground, curled up, with disheveled hair and foaming at the mouth; Zeng Lan, who was on the upper bunk, had half of her body hanging down, as if she was about to get out of bed; Li Danxin was crawling on the ground, with a ball of filth at her mouth.

Wu Nan was startled, her legs went weak and she almost fell to the ground. She held on to the wall and staggered back to her dormitory. She and her roommates went to find the dormitory manager Song Yan, who immediately called the police.

After listening to Song Yan's statement, Su Xiaohan's first feeling was that the death of three girls at the same time was definitely not a simple matter.

While Zhou Yifeng and Song Yan were talking, forensic doctor Sun Yidan came over to explain the situation to Zhou Yifeng. After the on-site inspection, the three people were dead. Their pupils shrank sharply, there was white foamy vomit around their mouths, their auricles and earlobes were cherry red, and their faces and lips were cyanotic. The symptoms were highly consistent with acute drug poisoning. As for what caused their poisoning, it would take autopsy to confirm.

While Sun Yidan was speaking, Zhou Yifeng kept frowning with a serious expression. Even though he had seen many crime scenes, he couldn't help but be moved when he saw three young girls losing their lives so tragically.

"Teacher Song, I would like you to cooperate with us and call back the girl who has gone home from the dormitory. Or we can go to her house to find her." Zhou Yifeng discussed with Song Yan.

He thought that since all three girls in the dormitory were dead, the only girl who was still alive might know something.

"I'll check the registration book downstairs. I have her cell phone number." Song Yan agreed readily.

Zhou Yifeng and Su Xiaohan followed her downstairs. Soon, she found the cell phone number of the girl who went home from the dormitory. Her name was Zhou Anqi, and she lived in Dongcheng, not far from the school.

Zhou Yifeng took out his cell phone and dialed her number. After a long time, a lazy girl's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Who is it? Calling so late!"

Zhou Yifeng paused for a moment and said, "Zhou Anqi, I am Zhou Yifeng, the captain of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Beijing Public Security Bureau. There is something I need your cooperation in investigating."

Taking the girl's emotions into consideration, Zhou Yifeng's voice was much softer than usual, but even so, Zhou Anqi still seemed frightened.

"Uncle police, what's wrong? What do I need your help in investigating?" Her voice was visibly trembling.

"Three girls in your dormitory died. I want to know if anything unusual happened in the past few days?" Although he knew it was cruel to tell a teenager about this, Zhou Yifeng had to say it.

"What? They are dead? How did they die? They were fine when I went home yesterday, how could they die?" Zhou Anqi's emotions completely collapsed.