Chapter 377: An acquaintance commits a crime

Mo Youyou's words completely stunned Zhou Yi.

"Looking for me?" Zhou Yi asked back.

Mo Youyou was also a little confused, "Is it difficult...is there no such thing?"

She looked at Qiao Jiali beside Zhou Yi and suddenly felt a little worried.

At this time, someone in the room asked: "Youyou, who is it?"

A short-haired woman in her early thirties came out of the bathroom and asked. Seeing two strangers standing at the door, she immediately became alert and frowned and asked Mo Youyou: "Do you know them?"

Mo Youdian nodded: "Aunt, these two are police... police..."

Mo Youyou's aunt was startled and exclaimed, "Police? What did you do?"

Zhou Yi quickly said, "It has nothing to do with her. We are looking for her to find out about her classmates."

My aunt heaved a sigh of relief and said, "Come in and talk, don't stand at the door."

Zhou Yi and Qiao Jiali entered the room. Mo Youyou's aunt asked them to sit down and poured them two glasses of water.

A little boy of five or six years old came out of the room, pulled Mo Youyou and said, "Sister, play with me." The aunt picked up the child and said, "Sister has something to do. Mommy will go to the room with you to play first."

As he said this, he carried the child to the master bedroom and closed the door.

Mo Youyou asked worriedly, "Officer Zhou, what happened to Xiaoshuang?"

"I don't know either. I just came back from out of town this morning, but I couldn't find her, so I came to ask you about her recent situation."

"You just came back? Then how come she..."

"Youyou, why don't you tell us what happened over the past two days? The more detailed the better."

Mo Youyou nodded worriedly.

She said that in the past week, Lu Xiaoshuang's daily routine was actually quite regular, attending classes and going to the tax bureau for internship as usual.

Apart from this, she basically had no other arrangements, and she only went between two points on campus: the classroom and the dormitory.

She even refused to go to the social event I wanted to invite her to.

On the evening of April 29th, in the dormitory, she asked Lu Xiaoshuang what her plans were for the May Day holiday.

Lu Xiaoshuang said she planned to go home to see her grandmother and take her to try hearing aids because she had almost saved enough money.

Other people in the dormitory also heard it at that time, and several students from other places were discussing where to go for fun.

Because there were no classes the next day, that is, in the afternoon of the 30th, they had a day and a half of vacation.

Lu Xiaoshuang also asked her if she wanted to go home. She said that the time was too short and she was too tired to take the bus, so she didn't want to go back and planned to stay at her aunt's house for one night.

Then after class the next morning, some people went to the cafeteria to eat, and some just left.

Mo Youyou had called her aunt in advance. Because her mother-in-law had been in poor health for the past two years and could not take care of the children, her aunt had already taken unpaid leave to stay at home to take care of the children. So she asked her to come directly for lunch after class.

After class, she went straight to the dormitory, put her books down, and left with her bag on her back because she had to catch the bus.

On the way out of the school gate, I met Lu Xiaoshuang who was walking back.

Mo Youyou said that Lu Xiaoshuang seemed to be worried about something at the time. She walked hurriedly with her head down, and only stopped when she called her.

Mo Youyou asked casually at that time, "Didn't you go to the cafeteria to eat?"

Lu Xiaoshuang’s answer was: No, I don’t want to eat anymore. I have to go find Brother Zhou later.

Mo Youyou said that she didn't notice anything wrong with Xiaoshuang at the time and even teased her a few times.

Then we said goodbye.

After that, she has been staying at her aunt's house until now.

This answer was more detailed than the information Zhou Yi had gotten from his previous phone call to the dormitory manager. The key point was that it also contained a very abnormal piece of information.

Lu Xiaoshuang said she would come to find me later.

This was impossible because I was still in Anyuan at that time.

But based on his understanding of Lu Xiaoshuang, she was not someone who would joke about such things.

Then there are only two possibilities.

First, Lu Xiaoshuang was going to do something that she didn't want others to know, so she found an excuse.

But Zhou Yi thought this possibility was extremely small, because Lu Xiaoshuang was originally a cautious person, and she had listened to Zhou Yi's repeated instructions before he left, so it was impossible for her to do such a dangerous thing again.

The second possibility was that from Lu Xiaoshuang's perspective, she really believed that she would go to see Zhou Yi later. Because someone had somehow arranged for Lu Xiaoshuang to meet up somewhere off-campus under her name...

"Youyou, are you sure Xiaoshuang meant that she was going to find me?" Zhou Yi confirmed.

Mo Youyou nodded, indicating that he was definitely not mistaken.

If this is true, then the problem becomes tricky.

Someone tricked Lu Xiaoshuang out in this way, which means at least two things.

First, someone was plotting against Lu Xiaoshuang. This person might be the murderer of the grand case in the previous life.

Second, this person knows the relationship between him and Lu Xiaoshuang, and may even know that he is not in Hongcheng.

If this is the case, then this person may have been secretly monitoring Lu Xiaoshuang.

This is terrifying when you think about it, because I was completely unaware of it.

But this information also made Zhou Yi certain of one thing.

This is a major case, not a roving crime.

It must have been done by someone who knew Lu Xiaoshuang.

Could it be that the large-scale investigation of 3,000 people by the task force in the previous life couldn't dig this person out?

What kind of murderer could be so flawless and not reveal any flaws when facing the police investigation?

But why did the murderer want to kill Lu Xiaoshuang?

In a murder case, there must be a motive, and the main motives are revenge, love, money and rape.

Murder for money and murder for rape are ruled out first, because Lu Xiaoshuang has no money and was not raped in her previous life.

As for a murder of passion, Zhou Yi asked very directly when we were having Western food last time, so this possibility should not exist.

Unless there really is some pervert who has abnormal feelings for Lu Xiaoshuang and hides them so deeply that even Lu Xiaoshuang herself is unaware of them.

As for the vendetta, he couldn't understand how this kind and simple girl could have such a deep hatred for someone.

He thought of the sweater, so he asked, "Youyou, do you know that Xiaoshuang has a white wool sweater?"

"Yes, she said it was given to her by your aunt, Officer Zhou. She took it back to the dormitory before you went out with her that day."

"Have you ever seen her wear this sweater again or take it out again?"

Youyou thought about it and shook her head: "No..."

Suddenly, Mo Youyou said, "I remembered that this sweater was cut by someone."

When Zhou Yi heard this, he hurriedly asked, "Are you sure?"

"Sure, Xiao Shuang is so mad she's almost dying. She even told the dorm manager about it."

"Who did it?"

"Auntie said we can't say anything without evidence," Youyou said angrily, "but I'm sure it was Xu Liu who did it."

"Xu Liu?" Zhou Yi was puzzled because he knew this name. He was Lu Xiaoshuang's roommate.

The standard dormitory building has eight people in a room. There are two bunk beds on each side, four desks in the middle, and a cabinet that reaches the ceiling on one side of the entrance, which is divided into nine lockers.

After the grand case happened in the previous life, Lu Xiaoshuang’s seven roommates naturally became the focus of investigation.

For these roommates who live together day and night, the police suspect whether there are long-term pent-up conflicts caused by living habits and details, as well as discrimination.

But the actual investigation shows that Lu Xiaoshuang has almost no interactions with most of her roommates, let alone any conflicts, so everyone has an almost unanimous evaluation of her as being eccentric, introverted, and unsociable.

This kind of thing cannot be concealed because the police conduct separate and cross-examinations.

Among them is Xu Liu. She is just one of the roommates and there is nothing special about her.

In the transcripts of other roommates, including Mo Youyou, there was no mention of any conflicts between Xu Liu and Lu Xiaoshuang.

"Tell me the details of what happened at that time," Zhou Yi said.

"OK."

Mo Youyou not only recounted what happened when Lu Xiaoshuang discovered that her sweater was cut, but also recounted what happened when Xu Liu spoke harshly to Lu Xiaoshuang for no reason.

Qiao Jiali noticed that Zhou Yi's brows were furrowed, but she didn't know that Zhou Yi fell into deep thought because he had received a new piece of information that was different from his previous life.

"Youyou, has Xu Liu ever targeted Xiaoshuang before?" Zhou Yi asked.

"No, she and Xiao Shuang used to be normal classmates. It seems they didn't talk much."

This information is consistent with the investigation in the previous life.

"So what's Xu Liu like normally?"

Youyou thought for a moment and said, "Actually, I'm not that familiar with her. I just know that her family seems to be quite well-off, and she's a bit arrogant."

"Where is she from?"

"I don't know. I only know that she passed the exam and came from the south. She didn't seem to say where exactly she was from."

Zhou Yi and Qiao Jiali exchanged glances, it seemed that they needed to check this person's information.

"Sister Qiao, ask Captain Wu if Xu Liu is in the dormitory."

"good."

Just as Qiao Jiali was about to make a phone call, Mo Youyou said directly, "She's not in the dormitory. It seems she took leave on the 29th and 30th, so she won't be in the dormitory on the night of the 28th."

"Ask for leave? Where to?"

"I don't know. She hasn't told anyone."

Qiao Jiali said, "Then I'd better call Captain Wu and ask their counselor about the reason for Xu Liu's leave, as well as her family's contact information."

Zhou Yi nodded, and Qiao Jiali stood up and walked to the kitchen to make a phone call.

"Youyou, who in your dormitory has a better relationship with this girl named Xu Liu?"

"Our dormitory? It seems that no one has a particularly good relationship with her. But there was a girl in the dormitory next door who had a pretty good relationship with her. I saw them eating in the cafeteria together several times." Then Youyou provided the dormitory number and the girl's name.

"Another question, does Xu Liu have a boyfriend?"

Youyou thought about it and shook her head: "Anyway, I haven't heard of it. There are not many men in our major, so there are not many cases of romance. If there were, it would definitely spread quickly."

"Okay, I see. Thank you for this information."

Mo Youyou asked nervously, "Officer Zhou...Officer Zhou, has something happened to Xiaoshuang?"