The Case of Love

Chapter 9 Poison
Su Xiaoxin turned her head and looked at her mother, then sighed, "Xiao Han, I want to support you, but seeing you like this, mom and I are very worried. Mom is old, if you always go out at night and don't come back all night, how can mom bear it?"

Su Xiaohan was speechless at her sister's words. As a criminal police officer, she needed to rush to the crime scene as soon as possible. It was impossible for her to come back and sleep at night and then go to investigate the next day. She understood her mother and sister's worries, but she could not avoid what they were worried about.

After thinking for a while, she took her sister's hand and walked to her mother's side to sit down. She gently put her arm around her mother's shoulders and said softly, "Mom, I know you and sister are worried about me. You think it's unsafe for a girl like me to be in that kind of place late at night, but I'm a police officer and this is my duty. Captain Zhou asked Zhu Xiaofeng to take me back last night while they went to the scene, but I don't want to be the one being taken care of just because I'm a girl. If everyone wants to be taken care of, who will solve the case and who will seek justice for the deceased?"

Su Xiaohan's voice was not loud, but very firm. From childhood to adulthood, she always used this gentle and peaceful voice even when arguing with her parents. She understood her parents, and no matter what they did, it was out of concern for her, and she didn't want to hurt them.

Seeing that the solemn expression on her mother's face had eased, Su Xiaohan continued, "Mom, I've been through a lot in the past few years, Xia Mo's disappearance, the fire in the garment factory, I want to find out the truth! So, please rest assured, mom and sister, I will protect the people and myself, let's wait together for the day when the truth comes out!"

When Li Aifang heard her daughter mention the fire in the garment factory, she slowly shed tears. She would never forget the day when Yang Yi, the company's vice president, told her on the phone that her husband had died in the fire.

Like her two daughters, she also had doubts, thinking that the fire in the garment factory was not an accident but was caused deliberately. However, there is no evidence to prove that the fire was caused deliberately.

Although she was against her daughter becoming a police officer, she could not help being moved by her heartfelt words. She took the tissue from Su Xiaoxin, wiped the tears from her face, turned to look at Su Xiaohan and said, "Xiaohan, Mom knows that being a police officer is your dream, but I am just worried about you. You will face extremely vicious criminals, and they will not show mercy to you just because you are a girl!"

Su Xiaohan blinked mischievously and teased her, "Mom, I will not show mercy to criminals! Don't you know how powerful your daughter is?"

Li Aifang looked at her and sighed helplessly: "Child, you have always been righteous since you were young. Mom can't control you anymore! But you have to promise to take good care of yourself and don't let your sister and I worry! Mom is old and can't stand the stimulation anymore!"

"Mom, sister, don't worry, no one can hurt me. I will still protect you!" Su Xiaohan hugged her mother with one hand and her sister with the other, and two lines of tears fell silently from the corners of her eyes.

After her father left, her sense of mission grew stronger and stronger. Even if she had to try her best and give everything, she would protect these two women!
"Go, go upstairs and have some sleep. You have dark circles under your eyes!" Li Aifang smiled again.

Seeing that her mother and sister no longer opposed her becoming a police officer, Su Xiaohan was in a good mood, and her previous fatigue was almost swept away. She kissed each of them on the face and ran upstairs.

After entering the bedroom, she lay down on the bed without washing up. She hadn't slept all night, and the soft big bed seemed even more comfortable, and she fell asleep quickly.

After an unknown amount of time, the phone on the pillow rang sharply. She woke up reflexively and took the phone to see that it was Zhou Yifeng calling. She didn't dare to delay and quickly answered the phone.

"Xiao Han, I'm on my way to Dongcheng No. 2 Middle School. Come out immediately and find me at the No. 2 Middle School!" Zhou Yifeng spoke very quickly and hung up the phone after he finished speaking.

Su Xiaohan thought that Zhou Yifeng must have made an important discovery when he was in such a hurry to go to No. 12 Middle School. She looked at the time and it was already past noon. The aunt at home was steaming buns. Su Xiaohan took two buns and was about to leave, but suddenly remembered that Zhou Yifeng might not have eaten yet, so she took a few more.

Because of the murder, the people of Dongcheng No. 613 Middle School were in a panic. On the way from the school gate to the teaching building, Su Xiaohan heard many students talking about the incident in dormitory as they walked.

"You think the three of them committed suicide together?"

"No way? What's the matter?" "If you ask me, it's not necessarily suicide. It should be the work of Zhou Anqi, the girl in their dormitory."

"I heard that she was not in the dormitory last night and went home. It shouldn't be her."

Su Xiaohan subconsciously stopped for a while to hear the girls talking happily. However, she quickened her pace when she thought of Zhou Yifeng calling her in a hurry.

The second-year high school teacher's office was on the fourth floor of the teaching building. When Su Xiaohan arrived, Zhou Yifeng was in the conference room next to the teacher's office, and the teachers of Class 2-3 of High School were being questioned one by one.

Su Xiaohan pushed the door open and Zhou Yifeng motioned for her to sit next to him.

"Teacher Feng, let me tell you that your three students were poisoned by potassium cyanide. I want to know if you have this stuff in your chemistry lab?"

Sitting opposite them was Feng Zhe, the chemistry teacher of Class 0.01- of Senior High School. When Zhou Yifeng asked, he answered without hesitation, "Comrade police, we don't have this kind of stuff in our lab. This stuff is highly toxic. Only grams is enough to kill a person."

"Are you sure?" Zhou Yifeng asked again.

"I'm sure!" Feng Zhe's tone was very certain.

Zhou Yifeng nodded and was about to ask him to leave when Su Xiaohan suddenly stopped him and asked, "Teacher, since there is no potassium cyanide in the laboratory, is it possible that someone used the laboratory to make potassium cyanide?"

After Su Xiaohan finished speaking, Feng Zhe was stunned. After a long while, he said nervously: "Comrade police, you suspect..."

"Teacher Feng, don't be nervous. This is just my guess. As far as I know, potassium cyanide is not easy to buy on the market, but it can be made through chemical experiments in the laboratory." In order to prevent Feng Zhe from being too nervous, Su Xiaohan slowed down her tone.

"This... I need to understand it, but I believe no one would be so bold as to synthesize potassium cyanide in a school laboratory!" After a brief moment of uneasiness, Feng Zhe regained his composure.

"Okay, thank you Teacher Feng. I hope you can cooperate with us and find out who has entered and left the laboratory in the past few days and what they have done?" Zhou Yifeng said politely.

Feng Zhe agreed and left the meeting room in a hurry. He couldn't believe it. If someone dared to use the laboratory to synthesize this murderous thing, it would be too terrible!

After Feng Zhe left, Zhou Yifeng handed an envelope to Su Xiaohan, "Take a look at this."

(End of this chapter)