54 Taboo 15||Secret

There was a yellow leather file bag in the safe.

"Take a quick look at what's inside?" Xu Yaoyu urged.

Jing Ning took out the file bag and put the box back in its place. "Let's go down and take a look."

They arrived at the cafeteria. It was still early and there was hardly anyone there. Jing Ning unsealed the file bag, revealing various documents and a thick stack of photos.

Yan Shuang picked up one at random, and then snapped the photo back with force.

"What's wrong?" Jing Ning turned his head and asked.

Yan Shuang paused, her ears heating up at a visible speed, "Nothing."

Ye Jingan looked at him puzzledly, then picked up the photo he had just put on, "Ah, my eyes."

"Hmm?" Lin Haichen, who was looking down at the documents, also raised his head and looked at Ye Jingan.

Ye Jingan took the photo from his hand and placed it on the table with a "pa" sound. He showed the same expression as Yan Shuang and said expressionlessly, "Nothing."

This completely aroused the curiosity of others.

Xu Yaoyu just stretched out his hand to take it, but Ye Jingan quickly put his hand on it, "Children are not allowed to watch this, it's 18+."

"Oh." Xu Yaoyu withdrew his hand angrily.

Jing Ning glanced at Yan Shuang's red ears, lowered his head, and a barely perceptible smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He picked up another photo, his face returning to its usual expressionless state, and flipped through the photos one by one.

"This Zhang Bin must be a pervert. He takes nude photos and collects them, and even keeps them in a safe." Ye Jing'an said.

"And these girls look young." Lin Haishen said.

"I think these are photos of girls who participated in competitions in the past." Jing Ning flipped through the last photo and turned the stack of photos face down over his mouth. "I remember a few of them. I've seen them in the archives."

"Is Liu Nian's in there?" Tian Yiyi asked.

Yan Shuang poked his ear, which was still a little hot, and without caring about the photos, he picked up the remaining photos and examined them carefully one by one. "Found it."

In the photo, Liu Nian'an was lying on the bed with her eyes closed. There was no trace of makeup on her face. Under the purple light, one could still see that she had good skin and beautiful features. She was completely different from the one Yan Shuang saw last night.

"It seems that Liu Nian's death is indeed related to Zhang Bin." Lin Haichen retracted his gaze and said, "I think the subsequent disappearances are likely related to him as well."

Jing Ning nodded slightly, "Since it has been confirmed that these are girls going to participate in the competition, but Gao Yan is not on it, I don't think she is the only one who was not photographed."

Zhang Fan shrugged, "I just don't like her."

"What's on this document?" Yan Shuang asked.

"Some award certificates, documents for school construction projects, all signed." Jing Ning pointed to the remaining pile of pink envelopes, "and some love letters."

"Zhang Bin is quite narcissistic," Ye Jing'an said, "and he's also very popular. There are so many, probably hundreds of copies."

"I found more than one love letter from Gao Yan." Jing Ning picked out Gao Yan's love letters and pointed to the last few. "These should be the ones Gao Yan wrote later. The words are more passionate than the first ones. But from here on, it's as if Zhang Bin suddenly agreed to her pursuit. She didn't write anymore."

Yan Shuang took the letter Jing Ning had pointed to and glanced through it. Most of it expressed her admiration for Teacher Zhang Bin, and at the end, she expressed her hope that she could participate in the competition. Gao Yan's handwriting was neat, and it was obvious that she had written with great care. She filled two pages with dense writing.

"I don't think it's that Zhang Bin doesn't like her, but that she no longer feels threatened," Yan Shuang said after reading the letter. "Assuming Zhang Bin does have a special fetish and likes taking these photos for his own enjoyment, why doesn't he keep them at home or on his phone to look at them later? Why would he print them out and put them in a safe?"

"That makes sense." Ye Jingan suddenly realized.

"So I think Zhang Bin took these photos to prevent himself from being discovered molesting girls and to use them to threaten them," Yan Shuang said.

"Even though the girls liked Zhang Bin and did things they shouldn't have done, they were more afraid of being discovered," Jing Ning said. "So they just listened to Zhang Bin obediently."

"Gao Yan also likes Zhang Bin, but she said it was Liu Nian who pursued him. Liu Nian did end up together with Zhang Bin," Lin Hai pondered. "Don't forget that she was afraid Liu Nian would come looking for her, so what role did she play in this?"

"Jealousy, fanning the flames, the things you like are taken away by others." Yan Shuang said with a frown.

Jing Ning's expression remained unchanged as he walked out, "Go find Gao Yan."

Gao Yan watched as they tried to slip out the back door, but were stopped by Ye Jing'an who had arrived first. "Where are you going in such a hurry?" She then shouted to the people outside, "Hurry up, she's trying to run away."

Gao Yan watched a group of people approaching her and knew she couldn't escape today. She said fearfully, "Why are you still here? I've already told you everything I know."

"Lying is not good." Jing Ning said with a nice smile on his face. He smiled softly and his voice was gentle. Like a big-tailed wolf, he was waiting for the little white rabbit to come to him. "Do you want us to tell you here, or do you want to come out with us?"

In the stairwell of the teaching building, Jing Ning beat around the bush with her, waved the love letter in front of her eyes, and asked her directly, "Do you want to tell me yourself, or should I tell you?"

Gao Yan was shocked when she saw him holding the love letter she had written. Her face changed drastically, and her eyes were filled with fear. After a psychological game, she was defeated and said, "I... I said -"

"Think it over carefully and tell us carefully. We know more than this." Jing Ning reminded her.

Gao Yan's body trembled, the expression of fear on her face even more obvious than before. Her lips trembled slightly as she spoke slowly, "I took the initiative to ask Liu...Liu Nian to go find Zhang Bin. At that time, I really liked Teacher Zhang Bin. I studied hard, thinking that if I got good grades, he would choose me."

"It doesn't really matter to me whether I participate in the competition or not. I just want to be by his side." Gao Yan gave a self-deprecating smile. "I started writing him love letters every week, but for several months, he ignored me. Until one day, I secretly delivered my letter to his office and found his drawer unlocked. I saw those photos..."

"I instantly understood his preferences. I felt like God couldn't stand it anymore and was helping me. So I begged him, saying I knew his secret and if he didn't agree, I would tell everyone." Gao Yan laughed crazily, her expression twisted and ferocious. "He's really scared!"