No.14 Disciple: Death Puzzle

Chapter 13 Suspiciousness
Tang Ning took the book and raised her face to look at An Youlin. After the two looked at each other for a few seconds, Tang Ning quickly avoided An Youlin's eyes and turned to Zhuo Qingshan.

"This is..." "He is my colleague, An Youlin."

Tang Ning reached out her hand and shook An Youlin's hand: "Hi, my name is Tang Ning." She stared at An Youlin with great interest, without the shyness and taboo just now.

An Youlin felt his right hand was cold, holding Tang Ning's hand was like suddenly entering ice water.Afterwards, Tang Ning carried the book in her arms and walked to the depths of the corridor, and looked back a few times.

Zhuo Qingshan glanced at An Youlin who was frowning with an unlit cigarette in his mouth. Could it be that Tang Ning also fell in love with An Youlin?What's so good about this sloppy man?
An Youlin scratched his messy short hair: "Let's go, let's eat." "Where to eat?" Zhuo Qingshan suggested, "It's better to go back to the team to eat in the cafeteria." "Forget it, go back to the Criminal Investigation Team from here, I will I’m starving to death. It’s not far from Xijing University, let’s eat there.”

The two came to Xijing University, and An Youlin took Zhuo Qingshan to the cafeteria.Because it is the weekend, not many students come to the school cafeteria to eat.Zhuo Qingshan followed An Youlin to the third floor of the cafeteria. There were many stalls here, including chicken chop rice, hamburgers and all kinds of fast food.

"Xiao Zhuo," An Youlin staggered ahead, carrying a black leather bag, like a retired veteran cadre, "Do you have anything you like to eat?"

"I, whatever, as long as I can eat enough." Even so, Zhuo Qingshan's eyes were still scanning the column of signature dishes in front of the stall.The two walked along the front of the stall, and two sleepy-eyed girls walked towards them not far away.The two girls were wearing loose, soft pajamas, their hair was still wet, and they were carrying bath baskets in their hands.It seems that the two of them slept late on the weekend, got up at noon and took a shower, and then came to the cafeteria to eat.

The two girls gradually approached, and one of them stopped suddenly, her eyes widened.She tugged at the girls beside her, and they hurriedly ran past Zhuo Qingshan with their heads down.

"Oh, did he see how embarrassed I was? I thought I wouldn't meet him on the weekend..."

"Hurry up! Don't let him see you!" Zhuo Qingshan couldn't help laughing seeing one of the girls covering her face with one hand, not wanting to be seen by An Youlin.She really couldn't figure out why the sloppy man in front of her, who liked to play tricks in class, was so attractive to these little girls.
An Youlin stopped at a stall, and the owner of the stall knew him well. Seeing him coming, he quickly got up to greet him.

"What would Mr. An want to eat?" The boss couldn't help but glance at Zhuo Qingshan, "Did you bring your girlfriend here today? It's the police!"

"I'm not his girlfriend." Zhuo Qingshan rushed to explain. "My colleague at work."

An Youlin followed, his eyes still on the menu at the stall.In the end, An Youlin ordered two small stir-fries, one meat and one vegetarian, one soup and two bowls of rice.Zhuo Qingshan was so hungry that she panicked a long time ago. Seeing that the food was served, she quickly moved her chopsticks.

After a few mouthfuls of food, Zhuo Qingshan felt refreshed again.

"Nu Guang Guess You Underline..." An Youlin said to Zhuo Qingshan, who had puffy cheeks, "Don't worry, speak slowly, drink some soup." Zhuo Qingshan took a sip of soup and smoothed it down her throat.At this time, the two girls who fled the cafeteria in embarrassment just now came back again, and they both changed into clean and tidy clothes.One of them changed into a light blue patterned dress, and the other wore a plaid patterned shirt.The two girls had a new look and makeup, as if they were coming to meet someone very important.The two girls did not dare to sit at the table directly opposite An Youlin, but chose to wait and see from the side.

"I just wanted to say, did you find any clues just now?" "Yes, but tell me what you found first." An Youlin ate while talking.The two girls who sat on the side just now were just holding two glasses of drinks, talking in a low voice, staring at An Youlin intently.Seeing this, Zhuo Qingshan couldn't help laughing, but An Youlin didn't understand and asked her why she was laughing.Zhuo Qingshan turned her head slightly to signal An Youlin, and An Youlin turned to look at the two girls.The two girls became excited instantly, and completely lost the dignified and generous posture just now.

"It's similar to what Song Chunming investigated. The deceased Zhao Chen's family background was superior, he was righteous and generous to his classmates. In addition to what you said before, Zhao Chen's relationship problem is indeed doubtful."

An Youlin nodded, but did not respond.Seeing this, Zhuo Qingshan continued to ponder over the conversation with the deceased Zhao Chen's roommates just now: "I think our next step is to investigate the people who had emotional entanglements with the deceased Zhao Chen. But I can't figure it out. Why don't you let me pass tissues to Feng Xiaojie?"

An Youlin raised his face and stopped the chopsticks in his hand: "Because Feng Xiaojie doesn't want people to see his tears."

"You mean, as a boy, you don't want people to see him cry? The deceased, Zhao Chen, helped Feng Xiaojie when he was sick and hospitalized. Feng Xiaojie was very grateful to the deceased, so it's normal to be sad."

"Do you remember who mentioned this matter just now?" "Isn't it Feng Xiaojie himself?" Zhuo Qingshan asked puzzled.An Youlin lowered his head to eat again, but did not answer.Seeing this, Zhuo Qingshan knew that her answer did not satisfy An Youlin.In desperation, Zhuo Qingshan recalled carefully again.

"It seems that the boy named Sun Haiyi also mentioned it, but what's so strange about it?"

"How did he talk about it then?"

"Sun Haiyi said at the time that a classmate with a difficult family was sick and hospitalized, and the deceased Zhao Chen paid for it..."

Zhuo Qingshan, who was originally talking while picking up vegetables, was stunned. She suddenly felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't tell what was wrong.

"It seems that you also found something wrong?" An Youlin wiped his mouth with a tissue, "Obviously they are roommates in the same dormitory, but Sun Haiyi just said 'there is a classmate', he can just say It's roommate Feng Xiaojie."

"Then what do you mean... Sun Haiyi didn't mention Feng Xiaojie directly?" Zhuo Qingshan felt that this guess was a bit conjectural, "Well, there may be other reasons. Maybe Sun Haiyi knows that the two of them have a good relationship, So I don't want to take the initiative to mention this matter, so as not to make him sad when I ask Feng Xiaojie, or maybe it is to take care of his face..."

An Youlin chewed the food, nodded and said: "Well, it's just a guess at the moment." "Is there anything else you have discovered that you haven't told me?" Zhuo Qingshan was no longer in the mood to eat, she put the chopsticks on the table , looked at An Youlin very seriously, as if he had caught evidence that he had something to hide. "It's hard to say. If you want a definite answer, just wait and see." An Youlin was already full, and he wiped his mouth with a tissue, "But what is certain is that the three of them did indeed hide something. .”

"Just now you investigated in the dormitory, what did you find?" An Youlin took out something from the pocket of his trousers and threw it on the table. Zhuo Qingshan looked down and found it was an unopened condom.Zhuo Qingshan's face flushed immediately, and she quickly covered the condom with a tissue.

"I found this in the dormitory too?" "Well, it's in Zhao Chen's drawer and under the bed." In the drawer and under the bed?Zhuo Qingshan was puzzled. Although she already knew that Zhao Chen's private life was chaotic, he didn't usually stay in the dormitory. It was reasonable to have condoms in the drawer, so what was the reason for the condoms under the bed?Could it be said that Zhao Chen once brought the girl who liked him to the dormitory to have sex?
"Do you think there's anything suspicious about this?" "We'll have to wait." "The three of them will take the initiative to call you?" An Youlin nodded slightly.

Just when Zhuo Qingshan was about to continue asking questions, her cell phone rang. It was Song Chunming calling, telling her that she had found the rented apartment of the deceased.

"Have you eaten yet?" Song Chunming was weak on the phone and told Zhuo Qingshan that he was still hungry.When An Youlin heard the conversation between the two, he whispered to Zhuo Qingshan, "Tell him, let's go over right away and ask for the address."

On the phone, Song Chunming quarreled for Zhuo Qingshan to bring food over. After Zhuo Qingshan hung up the phone, she went to the stall to buy two packed meals, and then the two left for Zhao Chen's rented apartment.

(End of this chapter)