Campus Trickster (Part 2)

Qi Jiabao suddenly jumped out, "Captain Gu, me too, I want to go too." He was very unhappy that he was not called last night. He said that he was excluded every time there was a murder case.

Gu Fang nodded to Yang Dawei, and Qi Jiabao followed him.

Shen Xingyan hadn't slept all night and had done an autopsy. She was tired and sleepy. Seeing that there was nothing for her to do, she went home to sleep.

Song Xijun had already left, and the key was placed on the top of the door frame. Shen Xingyan opened the door, lay down on the bed in a daze and fell asleep.

I slept soundly until I was woken by the ringing of the phone. She thought there was new progress in the case, so she picked up the phone and heard Song Xijun's voice, "Yanyan, you're back? Did Zhuo Shanshan really commit suicide?"

"I'm sorry, the case is in the investigation stage and cannot be disclosed to the public."

Song Xijun was very disappointed. "It's been rumored everywhere in our school that Zhuo Shanshan was possessed by a ghost. Otherwise, why would she commit suicide when she was fine?"

"Ghosts and gods are all nonsense, don't believe them."

"But they spread rumors with details. Didn't I tell you that there is a restricted area in our school and freshmen went in to explore and saw ghosts? They said that the ghosts were sleeping and the freshmen disturbed them, so they came out. The graduate student dormitory is the closest, and Zhuo Shanshan lives alone, so she was haunted by the ghost."

Shen Xingyan was speechless. How could she still believe in ghosts and gods when she was a college student? "Don't care what they say. Don't believe it. There are no ghosts in this world. Even if there are, they are just people pretending to be ghosts."

"I knew you wouldn't believe it. Your colleague came to visit the school again today, but it seems he didn't ask any useful questions."

Shen Xingyan suddenly remembered something and asked, "Do you know Zhuo Shanshan?"

"We know each other, I guess. We just nodded when we met. There aren't many graduate students in our school, so everyone knows each other."

"Then do you know if Zhuo Shanshan has a boyfriend?"

"Her? No, I don't think so. If she had a boyfriend, she would probably run into him walking around campus."

"What about the men you're in close contact with?"

"I don't know, but if the boss counts, then there should be, haha, we are abused by the boss every day."

"boss?"

"It's our advisor, Zhuo Shanshan, who is famous for his strictness. All the students who study for a master's degree under him are stripped of their skin. I heard that some students in the previous classes even studied until their fifth year of graduate school."

After hanging up the phone, Shen Xingyan got up, washed his face, ate something simple, and went to the bureau to tell Gu Fang what Song Xijun had told him. "I have a guess. Could Zhuo Shanshan's suicide be related to her mentor?"

In her era, many supervisors would put obstacles in the way of their students because of graduation thesis issues, and some even had unspoken rules. She remembered from her grandfather's notes that Zhuo Shanshan's suicide was due to her mentor, but she couldn't say it directly. She could only find an opportunity to guide her.

Gu Fang: "Let's go to Gongda."

Shen Xingyan sat in the passenger seat and Gu Fang drove the car all the way to the University of Technology.

Zhuo Shanshan's jumping off the building was such a sensation that they attracted a lot of attention as soon as they arrived at the school.

The two found Zhuo Shanshan's master's supervisor Tang Weiping. Tang Weiping was a man in his forties, wearing a gray coat, a light blue shirt, a pair of wide-rimmed glasses, suit pants, and leather shoes. From the outside, he completely fits the image of an intellectual.

As soon as he heard that Gu Fang and the others came for Zhuo Shanshan's matter, he immediately said sadly: "I am deeply disturbed and saddened by this matter. Zhuo Shanshan has achieved good results in her studies and research. Losing her is a loss for our school."

Shen Xingyan couldn't help but twitch his lips. He spoke so righteously.

Gu Fang was probably not used to such an official answer, so he asked, "Zhuo Shanshan is so outstanding and her academic performance is up to standard. She could have graduated early. Why didn't she graduate?"

Tang Weiping paused and stroked his glasses. "She is a good student, but her graduation thesis was suspected of plagiarism. I sent her a call back and asked her to rewrite it. In our academic world, plagiarism is a very shameful thing."

“Who did she plagiarize?”

Tang Weiping smiled embarrassedly, "You plagiarized the article I published in an academic journal."

"Can you show us?"

"Of course." Tang Weiping pulled out a hardcover magazine from the bookshelf and turned to his page. "At least half of Zhuo Shanshan's paper overlaps with mine."

"Can we take it back as evidence?"

"I can give you a copy, but you can't take the magazine away."

Shen Xingyan looked through the article published by Tang Weiping and compared it with Zhuo Shanshan's paper. Indeed, there was more than half of the overlap in content. In terms of time, Zhuo Shanshan's paper was written in August this year, and Tang Weiping's article was published in July, a difference of one month.

"Based on these judgments, Zhuo Shanshan did plagiarize. But Tang Weiping is Zhuo Shanshan's master's supervisor. If Zhuo Shanshan revealed the content of the thesis to Tang Weiping in advance, Tang Weiping wrote the article in advance and published it, and Zhuo Shanshan wrote it later, in the eyes of others, Zhuo Shanshan was plagiarizing."

Gu Fang disagreed, "You have a preconceived idea. How can you be sure that Zhuo Shanshan didn't copy it?"

Shen Xingyan opened her mouth and closed it again. She couldn't say that she had seen this case in advance.

Back at the Municipal Bureau, Yang Dawei and Qi Jiabao also came back. The result of their investigation was that Zhuo Shanshan had no close contact with any man.

Qi Jiabao said: "Zhuo Shanshan has already written a suicide note, why do you insist that she didn't commit suicide? I think she did commit suicide."

"Then what was the reason for her suicide? Who was the man she had sex with? How did she get the injuries on her body?" Shen Xingyan asked three questions in a row, dumbfounding Qi Jiabao.

Gu Fang patted Qi Jiabao on the shoulder and said, "Jiabao, learn more from your sister Xiao Shen."

Qi Jiabao was dissatisfied, "You guys didn't take me with you when you were investigating cases, how can I learn?"

Yang Dawei smiled and said, "I'll take you with me from now on. We can't stop you from making progress."

Gu Fang glanced at him warningly, and Yang Dawei said hurriedly: "Only when it is safe."

Shen Xingyan also told Qi Jiabao the results of their investigation. Qi Jiabao was indignant. "It was just over a month later, but you were convicted of plagiarism. I don't accept it!"

Gu Fang slapped him, "Who told you to surrender?" He changed the subject, "Xiao Shen, I remember you said that you heard the news of Zhuo Shanshan's suicide from your best friend's father. Go ask her father where he got the news.

Dawei and Jiabao went to visit the area near Zhuo Shanshan's home. Since there were no men with whom she had close contact, they started by investigating the men around her, and then I would investigate Tang Weiping. ”

The troops were divided into three groups. Shen Xingyan had only met Song Hongquan a few times. If he asked him directly, he might not tell him, so he found Song Xijun.

When Song Xijun heard that they were investigating Zhuo Shanshan's suicide case, he became interested. "Don't worry, I'll take care of it. I'll definitely find out for you."

After some inquiries, Song Xijun brought news that on the night Zhuo Shanshan committed suicide, Song Hongquan, Xiao Jishan and a few friends had dinner together.

Shen Xingyan recalled the scene when Xiao Jishan came that night, it was not as simple as having a meal. But she couldn't tell Song Xijun, so she reported the situation to Gu Fang.

Gu Fang was investigating Tang Weidong. Tang Weidong came to teach at the University of Technology in 1985 and became a master's supervisor since 1987. Zhuo Shanshan is the third class of students he has taught. Some students graduated in their fourth and fifth years of graduate school in previous classes. Zhuo Shanshan is the first one to graduate right after entering her third year of graduate school.

Gu Fang also went to look for the girl who graduated from her fifth year of graduate school. Her name was Ding Baoyi and she is now the director of the finance department of a state-owned enterprise.

Ding Baoyi was filled with hatred when talking about Tang Weiguo. "He is an academic fraud. He plagiarized students' research results and published them as his own. He then used them to improve his academic status. That's how he got the title of professor.

If anyone is prevented from plagiarizing, he will find ways to trip you up and fail the exams. The most hateful thing is that in order to continue stealing students' research results, he will not allow students to graduate. The more capable one is, the longer one’s graduation will be. ”

When Gu Fang heard this for the first time, he couldn't help but click his tongue, "The school doesn't care?"

"The school wants academic results. As long as it is beneficial to the school, they don't care whether it is from the students or the teachers."

"Have you ever thought of any other solution?"

Ding Baoyi smiled bitterly, "I have thought about it. I wrote a letter to the Ministry of Education, but nothing came of it. I was also severely punished by the school for it, and I didn't graduate until my fifth year of graduate school."

If it was just plagiarizing research results, Zhuo Shanshan would not jump off the building. "Besides plagiarizing your research results, did Tang Weiguo make any other requests?"

"I know what you want to ask. Tang Weiguo has never made excessive demands on girls. He only cares about his title."

Gu Fang said goodbye to Ding Baoyi and returned to the Municipal Bureau to meet with Yang Dawei and others. Shen Xingyan had been waiting there early, and when she saw him come back, she leaned over to listen to the progress of the case.

Qi Jiabao was angry and his face was red.

Gu Fang teased him, "What's going on? Who messed with our treasure?"

Qi Jiabao said angrily: "Cui Jianrong is a piece of shit. He is not nice to Zhuo Shanshan at all. He makes Zhuo Shanshan sleep in the basement."

Gu Fang looked at Yang Dawei and asked, Yang Dawei's face was not looking good either, "That night at school, Cui Jianrong acted like Zhuo Shanshan's biological father, but it was not the case. He treated Zhuo Shanshan and his daughter differently. Zhuo Shanshan lived in a dark and damp basement, and his daughter lived in the princess room.

After school, Zhuo Shanshan has to help sell buns and do housework, just like a servant. ”

Gu Fang: "How many stepfathers in the world would truly treat the children brought by their wives? It is reasonable for him to do this. Has Cui Jianrong ever beaten Zhuo Shanshan?"

Yang Dawei shook his head. "Not really. He treated Zhuo Shanshan well in front of others. The neighbors praised him."

Shen Xingyan curled her lips, "One face in front of people, another face behind people."

Yang Dawei looked at her, "It seems you have a problem with him?"

Shen Xingyan laughed, "Did you do what I asked you to do?"

Qi Jiabao looked over at him suddenly, "What did you ask him to do?! And behind my back!"