Chapter 6: A Couple’s Quarrel and Murder (6) Second Hint…

Sang Luo asked curiously: "What happened to her? Is she isolated?"

Xie Ling'er looked in the direction of her finger, her eyes a little frightened: "Her name is Bai Bingxin, she is our forensic doctor, she is very capable at work, but she is too much of a workaholic. She talks about corpses all the time, and she talks about body parts, vomit, and feces all the time. Everyone in the unit avoids her, especially in the cafeteria, where everyone is eating. Who wants to hear these things!"

As she spoke, Xie Ling'er lowered her voice and told Sang Luo a piece of gossip: "She is so charming, there are many men in the county who like her, but no one can stand her job. There is a rumor that her family has arranged 18 blind dates for her, and every time the man was scared away!"

After hearing this, Sang Luo actually felt some admiration for Bai Bingxin in the corner. If it weren't for considering Xie Ling'er's feelings, she really wanted to sit next to Bai Bingxin and get to know this workaholic female forensic doctor.

As they were talking, everyone at the table stood up and left. Xie Ling'er hurriedly pulled Sang Luo to sit down and eat. After lunch, Sang Luo returned to the unit on time and started his afternoon work with his master.

In that era, there was no electronic household registration information system, so people's household registration information could not be queried from a computer and could only be retrieved through paper documents. Ma Shi Tu took Sang Luo into the archive room, found several thick books, and started looking through them together.

Du Chunsheng and his wife said that Shen Xueyao was from Gaoliang Village, Baiyun County, and Sang Luo did find this name in the population registration book of Gaoliang Village. The registration book stated that she was the only daughter in the family. Her father's name was Shen Liye and her mother's name was Wu Menghua. The family moved to Gaoliang Village from Mocheng.

There was no phone number for their family written in the registration book. At that time, farmers generally did not have mobile phones, and only a few had landlines at home. In order to contact Shen Xueyao's parents, Ma Shi Tu dialed the village chief's home. The call was quickly connected. Ma Shi Tu briefly explained his purpose, and the village chief immediately ran out to find Shen Xueyao's parents.

After a short wait, Shen Xueyao's mother Wu Menghua answered the phone. She spoke in a dialect and her tone was very impatient:

"If you have anything to say, please say it quickly. I still have to go to work in the fields!"

Ma Shi Tu emphasized: "I am a criminal police officer from the Baiyun County Public Security Bureau."

Wu Menghua didn't care at all: "So what if you're a criminal police? I haven't committed any crime. Can you still arrest me? Not to mention the criminal police, even if the king of heaven comes, you can't delay my farming!"

Despite Wu Menghua's rude tone, Ma Shi Tu still said patiently: "There is one thing you need to be prepared for. Your daughter is involved in a murder case. Please go to the Public Security Bureau to cooperate with the investigation."

"Bah!" Wu Menghua spat into the phone. "My daughter is staying in the city peacefully. How could she be involved in a murder case? Are you a liar? Don't think I will be fooled!"

Ma Shi Tu repeated it several times, but Wu Menghua still had the same attitude. Seeing her like this, Ma Shi Tu had to tell the truth: "Your daughter Shen Xueyao is suspected to be the murderer in this case. She died last night. The body is now in the Public Security Bureau. We need you to identify the body."

Then, Wu Menghua said something that no one expected: "How can I go to the city? I need a donkey cart to go to the city. If you buy me a donkey cart, I will go to the city. Otherwise, no way!"

Ma Shi Tu frowned: "In other words, you refuse to come to the Public Security Bureau to identify the body?"

Wu Menghua was firm: "I refuse!"

"Don't you care about your daughter's body?" Sang Luo couldn't help but ask. After the case is closed, Shen Xueyao's body will still have to be handed over to her family to be dealt with.

Wu Menghua cursed and said, "Since she is so shameless that she can do such a thing, why should I care about her life or death? She did such a thing and made me a laughing stock in the whole village. I don't want to see her again. As for her body, you can do whatever you want with it, whether you bury it in a mass grave or throw it on the street to feed the dogs. I have no right to interfere!"

"Okay, then leave it to us." Ma Shi Tu hung up the phone and breathed a sigh of relief. Dealing with such people is often the most difficult.

Sang Luo found it hard to understand: "Shen Xueyao is the only daughter in the family and the only college student in the village. If something happened to her, her parents should be extremely worried. Why would they have such an attitude? It's even more casual than if a dog died at the entrance of the village..."

"You're probably afraid of being implicated," Ma Shi Tu sighed. "Situations like this are not uncommon. Sometimes when family members know their loved ones are the murderers, they will refuse to show up and try to distance themselves from the incident. We are only obligated to notify the family members, but we cannot force them to be present. In short, we have done what we should do."

After saying that, Ma Shi Tu went to the corridor to smoke a cigarette, but Sang Luo was still a little worried.

It was almost time to get off work when Yuan Xiaohu and Xie Ling'er returned from the city. They went to Qinghua University in the city in the afternoon and checked the photos of the two dead bodies. They confirmed that Shen Xueyao was a Chinese department student who had just graduated from Qinghua University and was a classmate of Du Lingfeng.

They also found the contact information of the two students from the same class through the school. Since these students went to work in different cities after graduation, they could only be contacted by phone. Xie Ling'er called them one by one.

"I got some information, but I don't know if it's useful." Xie Ling'er said while drinking water. Her throat was sore after making phone calls for an entire afternoon.

"According to most of the classmates, these two had a very good relationship in college, which attracted many people's envy. They were a perfect couple. Shen Xueyao was born with fair skin, tall stature, and a very sweet voice. Many boys were pursuing her, and she chose Du Lingfeng after carefully selecting from all the suitors."

"After they got together, Shen Xueyao often went out to spend money. Because she lived a comfortable life and was fair-skinned, some of her classmates nicknamed her 'Snow White'."

"However, some classmates disliked Shen Xueyao, especially her roommates. When the freshman year started, the school assigned them dormitories. Shen Xueyao only went to the dormitories to take a look, and then she reported to the school and asked not to live in the dormitories. She wanted to rent a house on her own. The school agreed, and she never lived in the dormitories for a single day. Her relationship with her roommates became strained. Her roommates thought she was a troublesome and pretentious girl."

When Xie Ling'er said this, Yuan Xiaohu interrupted: "That shouldn't be the case. Shen Xueyao came from the village, so she should be able to endure hardships. How could she be so spoiled?"

Xie Ling'er ignored her and continued, "Some female classmates have taken the initiative to invite Shen Xueyao to make friends, but they were all rejected by Shen Xueyao. Before she fell in love, she insisted on being alone. She went to class and left get out of class alone. After she fell in love, she only stayed with her boyfriend. It can be said that Shen Xueyao is famous for her withdrawn personality and not being sociable."

"Despite this, no one has ever heard of any conflict between Shen Xueyao and Du Lingfeng. Everyone thought they would get married after graduation. When they heard about the murder, their classmates were very surprised. No one knew the reason for their quarrel."

Sang Luo also shared his progress: "We have contacted Shen Xueyao's family, but her parents refused to come to identify the body. They also said that Shen Xueyao's body was left to us to dispose of. It's really strange."

Yuan Xiaohu shrugged: "I think it's understandable. If I were her parents, I wouldn't dare come here. The victim's family is worried about having no place to vent their anger. What if they beat me up as soon as I show up?"

After a discussion, Yuan Xiaohu concluded, "Well, the investigation of this case ends here. We have investigated everything that can be investigated. Master, we can write a closing report. The facts are here. The woman killed the man, and then she committed suicide out of fear of the crime. There are no other suspicious candidates. The only doubt is why the two of them suddenly fell out that night. However, this is a matter between lovers. How can we outsiders know? Now that both parties have passed away, no one will ever know what happened that night."

Ma Shi Tu nodded slightly. "The cause of the emotional dispute is not clear yet. I'm afraid it's a bit difficult to explain to the man's family. However, the police can't keep wasting their resources on such things. It's been almost 24 hours since the crime happened. Let's close the case. I'll write the closing report tomorrow."

After this was agreed upon, at the time of getting off work, Sang Luo returned home with a heavy heart. What the master and Yuan Xiaohu said were very reasonable, and the case should be closed. Sang Luo began to suspect that what she saw in the middle of the night was just an illusion. Perhaps the dictionary was not flipped at all, and no word of injustice appeared. It was all just because she was too tired.

Thinking of this, Sang Luo was almost convinced himself.

Dinner was still a problem. The company cafeteria only provided lunch, not breakfast or dinner. Sang Luo was not good at cooking, so she just made a bowl of noodles. However, this time she put two poached eggs in the noodles. She remembered that in her previous family, her mother only put poached eggs in the noodles for her younger brother and not for her. She was blatantly partial to her. Now that she lived independently, she could finally put as many eggs as she wanted in the noodles, and no one would care even if she ate a lot.

After dinner, Sang Luo went to bed early, but because she was worried, she tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep, and forced herself to stay up until late at night.

This time, a strange scene appeared again. The lights in the bedroom went out, the curtains didn't move, there was no wind in the room, but the dictionary on the table opened automatically, turning the pages rustlingly, and finally, a word lit up -

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