Chapter 425 I Want to Go Abroad

Zhang Wenhua said that from that day on, Xu Liu stayed with him for a full two weeks.

Of course he didn't stay in the hotel because he had to go home, otherwise he wouldn't be able to explain to his wife.

It was summer vacation at the time, but because he was a well-known senior teacher, he gave extra lessons to students through a cram school run by a friend during the winter and summer vacations and holidays, so he had a lot of free time.

Because he can give tutoring outside, he has a certain income base, and his wife is not aware of the specific income from tutoring.

From the very beginning, he kept a small treasury without telling his wife.

It is precisely because of this that he has money in his pocket and his mind becomes wild, which allows him to tear off human skin and do beastly things.

During these two weeks, he would go to the hotel to find Xu Liu almost every day after class under the pretext of tutoring.

In order to avoid problems, he bought birth control pills for Xu Liu in advance and told her to take them every day because he would come over anytime and anywhere.

Except for the first day, he was not so rough again because after the first day, he found blood on the bed sheets.

This surprised him so much that he hugged Xu Liu and asked her if she had ever had a boyfriend.

Xu Liu shook his head.

Zhang Wenhua was very excited. He hugged Xu Liu and said that he had found a treasure. He would treat her well in the future and would not be so rude to her anymore.

Every time he went to the hotel, he would only stay there for about an hour, then get dressed and leave.

And when he went there later, he would often bring some food and small things to Xu Liu to make her happy.

Every time after they finished, the two of them lay in bed, and he would put on his glasses and talk about Xu Zhimo's poems, Cao Zhi's "The Goddess of the Luo River", or the spirit of literature.

It was as if he was still standing on the podium, imparting knowledge passionately.

Sometimes when he got to the emotional part, his voice would stop abruptly, and then he would suddenly turn over and pounce on the young body beside him, continuing to vent his most primitive desires.

Zhang Wenhua said that during the half month they spent together, he noticed that Xu Liu had gradually begun to change.

At the beginning, she was as stiff as a piece of wood, which inevitably made him feel a little disappointed. Fortunately, she had never been touched by anyone, which gave him psychological satisfaction in his possessiveness.

But under his careful teaching, she slowly began to grow and become different.

It was like opening Pandora's box, which could never be closed again.

It even made Zhang Wenhua feel powerless, but he couldn't stop.

Until the last day, as soon as Zhang Wenhua entered the room, Xu Liu took the initiative to rush over and ask for a kiss.

They were crazy and passionate, Xu Liu even shouted wantonly, which scared him so much that he quickly covered the other person's mouth for fear of causing trouble.

Finally, Xu Liu fell down trembling all over, and he had already been drained dry and didn't even have the strength to raise his hands.

The only sound in the air was the heavy breathing of the two people.

I don’t know how long it took, Xu Liu slid off him and reached out to him.

He thought Xu Liu wanted to ask him for money, so he said his wallet was in his trouser pocket and asked him to take whatever he wanted.

Because he was very satisfied with this toy that he had trained himself, when he said he would support her through four years of college, it was actually just a casual remark to increase his chances of attracting her.

In fact, what he was thinking was that he had had enough fun in the past half month. Xu Liu was going to Hongcheng to attend university anyway, and the mountains were high and the roads were long, so there would be no risk to him.

If you really want to rekindle our old relationship, then wait until she comes back during the winter or summer vacation, and then spend some money to have some fun together.

Anyway, she was poor, and having taken this step, she could never turn back.

What's more, he is her first man.

But Xu Liu's performance on the last day shocked him greatly, because it was a great satisfaction both physically and psychologically.

Just as Mr. Lu Xun once said so aptly, men’s two biggest hobbies are “persuading prostitutes to become good women” and “luring decent women into sexual intercourse.”

He personally turned a virgin into a slut.

This feeling brought him a huge joy like a tsunami on the spiritual level, which was even better than the honor and glory he had gained when he taught the student who ranked third in the province in the college entrance examination Chinese language.

So he decided that he couldn't just let it go. He had to fulfill his original promise and let Xu Liu be his lover forever.

He couldn't give away the toy he had cultivated to others.

So he generously told Xu Liu to take it himself and take as much as he wanted.

But unexpectedly, Xu Liu said he didn't want money.

He was stunned for a moment, then stood up and asked, "Then what do you want?"

Xu Liu said: I want my ID card, I'm going to college.

After hearing this answer, Zhang Wenhua breathed a sigh of relief and said that she had left her ID card in the car and would give it to her later.

Then, Zhang Wenhua took her out of the hotel for the first time, took her out for dinner, took her shopping, and bought her new clothes and a schoolbag.

It was only then that he said he saw Xu Liu smile for the first time.

The salesperson next to him kept praising his daughter for being so beautiful, which once again gave his perverted heart great satisfaction.

After shopping and returning to the hotel, he wanted to be intimate one last time.

But unexpectedly, he was directly rejected by Xu Liu. Xu Liu held the envelope he gave him on the first day and told him that the two weeks they had agreed on were now over.

So he had to keep his word, otherwise she would call the police and tell them that he raped her.

Zhang Wenhua said that he was stunned on the spot and didn't know how to respond for a moment.

In front of him, Xu Liu took off all her old clothes and put on her new clothes from head to toe.

The whole time, she looked at him with a playful look.

Especially when she took off her underwear and exposed her body in front of him, this hot body that he had owned not long ago actually made him feel a little discouraged.

Xu Liu stuffed all the old clothes into the worn-out schoolbag and then threw it directly on the ground.

She picked up her new bag containing her personal belongings and walked up to Zhang Wenhua.

Zhang Wenhua came to his senses at this time and said embarrassedly, "Why don't I take you to the bus?"

Xu Liu said no, then came over and kissed him on the face.

Then she whispered in Zhang Wenhua's ear, "Teacher Zhang, if you still want to sleep with me, come find me in Hongcheng."

This sentence was like a curse, making him think about Xu Liu day and night and obsessed with her in the days that followed.

But unfortunately, the school had officially started and he couldn't get away for the time being, so he had to put this matter on hold for the time being.

After hearing this, He Bin said to his colleagues afterwards that Zhang Wenhua was a perfect example of what a beast in human clothing was. It was outrageous that such a person could stand on the podium and teach people!

He Bin asked Zhang Wenhua whether he had bought a pager for Xu Liu for communication?

Zhang Wenhua asked in shock: You even know this?

He Bin slammed the table and said angrily, "I'm asking you the questions now, you have no right to ask back."

Zhang Wenhua nodded repeatedly and said that he did buy a Chinese-language pager for Xu Liu at that time.

In fact, Xu Liu originally said directly that he wanted a mobile phone.

Zhang Wenhua was shocked by this request and immediately found a reason to refuse.

First, the phone was too expensive, and he felt that Xu Liu was asking for an exorbitant price.

Secondly, he didn't want Xu Liu to have too much initiative. With a pager, he could only control the time to contact her. Otherwise, if she took the initiative to call his home or work, it would be a huge threat to him.

He Bin immediately asked him to report Xu Liu's pager number.

Then let him continue to explain.

Zhang Wenhua said that about a month later, one day at the end of September, he couldn't help but send a message to Xu Liu's pager, asking her to call back.

While waiting for the call, he was completely distracted. It was not until more than an hour later that Xu Liu called.

But he was cautious and asked her where she was calling from.

Xu Liu replied that it was a public phone at school, and he bought an IC card. He also teased him, "Teacher Zhang, why are you so timid? Didn't you have a lot of fun on the bed?"

These words choked him, and then he changed the subject and asked Xu Liu whether he would come back during the National Day holiday.

Xu Liu asked why he came back, it was boring.

Then she asked him why he broke his promise and didn't come to Hongcheng to see her, and whether he fell in love with another girl.

Zhang Wenhua immediately swore that she was too busy at school and that she had no one else but her, and then she started to coax and lie.

He said that his original intention was to trick Xu Liu into coming back during the National Day holiday so that he could rekindle their old relationship.

But Xu Liu refused to come back, even though he said he would give her travel expenses.

Finally, Xu Liu suggested that he wanted to travel to a certain city during the National Day holiday and asked him if he wanted to go.

Zhang Wenhua thought about it, and finally the second brother defeated the eldest brother, so he gritted his teeth and said let’s go.

So the two of them agreed on a time and place to meet in that city.

In order to be able to find Xu Liu, Zhang Wenhua lied to his wife after returning home, saying that a friend introduced him to a wealthy family in another place. The family's child had just entered the third year of high school this year and was not good at Chinese, so they offered a high price to ask him to tutor him. It happened to be the National Day holiday, with two days off and a weekend for a total of four days. He wanted to go and see if he was good, and if he would take one weekend every month to tutor him.

He said his wife didn't suspect anything and thought it was good to make more money, and she supported him very much.

So he packed his luggage, left Huaixing impatiently, and boarded the train headed for derailment.

Zhang Wenhua said that when he arrived at the agreed place by train, Xu Liu had already arrived first.

He said he didn't recognize her at all, because after only not seeing her for a month, Xu Liu's dress style was completely different.

She was wearing a bright dress, her hair was long and flowing, she had on fashionable sunglasses, makeup and bright lipstick.

With a handbag slung over her arm, she stood out in the crowd.

Just over a month ago, she was still wearing no makeup, a ponytail, and simple clothes.

So Zhang Wenhua said he was in a trance and didn't dare to recognize it.

Until Xu Liu saw him, took off his sunglasses and walked towards him with a smile.

Xu Liu affectionately took his arm, asked her with a smile if she was tired and if she missed her, and deliberately rubbed her chest against his arm, making him feel itchy.

Zhang Wenhua asked casually, why are you different from before?

Xu Liu replied with a smile, "Why, don't you like it?"

Zhang Wenhua kept saying that he liked it, and it turned out that being a college student was indeed different.

Xu Liu asked him where they should go first. Zhang Wenhua reached out and pinched her butt and said two words: hotel.

When Xu Liu heard this, he immediately burst into laughter as loud as a silver bell.

When Zhang Wenhua was recounting this story with some excitement, He Bin's face was full of contempt and disgust, because the senior teacher opposite him was obviously enjoying and reminiscing about this experience.

The sense of vulgarity was even beyond words.

He Bin questioned him whether he was making up stories to satisfy his own perverted desires.

Zhang Wenhua excitedly said no, saying that he had already told everything and how could he dare to lie again.

He swore that every word he said was true, and if he lied, he would be struck by lightning!

He Bin knew very well that Zhang Wenhua didn't care about being struck by lightning at all. A hypocritical person like him had no faith.

What he feared was being ruined.

He Bin has plenty of ways to deal with him, but not now.

He asked Zhang Wenhua to continue and warned him that they would verify every word he said.

If you are found to have lied, you will bear the consequences.

In fact, He Bin had already seen that under the constant psychological pressure, Zhang Wenhua had long been at the end of his strength.

This is indeed the case. After all the questions were asked, the man couldn't even stand up.

Zhang Wenhua said that he and Xu Liu stayed in the hotel for three days and indulged in debauchery for three days.

On the fourth day, the two had to leave.

He discovered that Xu Liu's clothes and appearance were not the same, but his personality seemed to have changed as well. He became proactive and unrestrained, and his demands in bed were insatiable, which even made him feel a little afraid, because he had been drained dry in the past three days and three nights, and was so tired that he couldn't even straighten his back.

Not only did Xu Liu demand excessively in terms of body, he also had a big appetite for money. Every time he was halfway through, he would start asking Zhang Wenhua for money, and would not let him continue if he didn't agree.

Zhang Wenhua had no choice but to agree.

As a result, on the day of departure, Zhang Wenhua discovered that all the money he had brought with him had been taken away by Xu Liu.

He couldn't even afford the ticket back home, so he had to go to a nearby bank to withdraw money.

I also have to collect the "supplementary tuition fees" to give an explanation to my wife.

So all of a sudden his small treasury was stretched to the limit.

However, he said he had to admit that Xu Liu's performance in bed seemed to open his Ren and Du meridians, making him unable to stop.

But he also knew that Xu Liu's appetite was growing, and his small treasury could not sustain it for long.

His peak income period is during the winter and summer vacations.

So when he went to Hongcheng to find Xu Liu later, he learned to be smart. Not only did he give her money, he also bought her some clothes and other things in advance. Some of them were brand-name goods, and he even asked his friends to buy them for her in the provincial capital.

It is neither very expensive, but also a good brand and presentable.

After buying these things, when Xu Liu asked him for more money than expected, he made excuses again.

However, he said that he could actually see that Xu Liu was not very satisfied with these things, and it seemed that she only cared about money.

But he could only play dumb, because he had calculated the cost and realized that buying things would save him more money overall, and it would also make him appear to care about her.

He said that after the National Day holiday, he went to Hongcheng three more times in the name of "make-up classes", all on weekends.

Stay one night and leave.

After he arrived in Hongcheng, he would first go to the hotel to book a room, and then tell Xu Liu the room number through the pager. Xu Liu would then come up secretly so that no one would discover him.

He was very cautious and careful in his work. He changed hotels three times during his three visits, and all of them were a certain distance away from Hongda.

This is also the reason why the Hongcheng police have no clues after searching the hotel for so long, because Xu Liu's name never appeared on the hotel registration form at all.

By the third time he came to Hongcheng in December, his small treasury could no longer support him. If he wanted to continue this relationship, he could only secretly use the family savings and then find a way to make up for it during the winter and summer vacations.

But this is actually a very risky behavior. If his wife finds out, he will have no way to explain it.

So he was in a very difficult situation. He didn't want to give up enjoying Xu Liu's young body, but he didn't know how to maintain this dirty relationship.

So after the two of them had vented their desires on the bed in the hotel, he was panting and thinking about what to do next.

Because winter vacation will start in a month, Xu Liu will definitely return to Huaixing, and the two will inevitably meet again, but he has no money.

He was thinking about how to find an excuse to avoid meeting during the winter vacation so that he could earn more tuition fees during the winter vacation.

Xu Liu took the initiative to speak and said that she didn't want to go back to Huaixing during the winter vacation.

This made Zhang Wenhua very happy, and he quickly said that it was fine not to go back, as Huaixing was not as lively as Hongcheng.

Xu Liu also said that he wanted to sign up for a training course.

Zhang Wenhua didn't realize the problem yet and kept praising her for being studious and motivated.

As a result, Xu Liu said that she wanted to go to the provincial capital to sign up for an IELTS training course, which would cost about 3,000 yuan, and she hoped Zhang Wenhua could help her pay the money.

This scared Zhang Wenhua. Let alone three thousand, even three hundred might be a problem for him.

He asked her why she should study IELTS. Isn't it enough to take CET-4 or CET-6 in college? Besides, you are majoring in finance, so you don't need this thing.

Xu Liu started to act coquettishly and made all kinds of excuses.

Finally, I confessed that I wanted to go abroad. My parents stopped me from going to Peking University or Tsinghua University because they were afraid that I would go abroad and never come back to ignore them after being admitted to the university. This affected my life for the rest of my life.

She hated her parents and her two younger brothers. Since they were so afraid of her going abroad, she had to go abroad and never come back, completely severing ties with her family.

Zhang Wenhua said that when Xu Liu said this, he was so angry that he even bit his lips until they bled.

Zhang Wenhua was frightened, but not by her remarks about hating her parents and family.

But it was Xu Liu's determination to go abroad.

He knew that he could no longer control this girl, let alone support her.

No wonder she is so obsessed with money, it turns out she has already figured out what she wants to do.

Zhang Wenhua began to persuade her, first telling her that the moon in foreign countries was not that far away. In fact, foreign countries were very chaotic, and it would be very dangerous for a little girl like her to go there.

But Xu Liu turned a deaf ear and remained unmoved.

He could only start analyzing the difficulty of going abroad and tell her that given her current situation, she actually couldn't go abroad at all.

Not to mention the money issue, the fact that she is still in college means she can't go abroad.

So if you want to go abroad, you have to at least wait until you graduate from university, then either apply to study for a master's degree at an overseas university, or simply go abroad to work.

In any case, it's still very early.

These words finally made Xu Liu face the reality and gave up her eager desire to go abroad.

Then she said that if she really wanted to go abroad, the only person she would be reluctant to leave behind was her grandmother. If her grandmother had not taken out her coffin book, she would never have been able to go to college.

But my grandmother is old and in poor health, so I will wait until she passes away before going abroad.

But she must go abroad in this life, even if she dies, she wants to die abroad.

Zhang Wenhua immediately hugged her to comfort her, and at the same time enjoyed this young body.

He said that at that moment he had made up his mind to cut off contact with the girl.

Because the other party's appetite was so big, even if he sold him, he would not have the money to support her to go abroad.

Although it is hard to bear to part with the other person's body, it is better than being dragged into the abyss from which there is no escape.

So that meeting in early December became the last time he and Xu Liu met.

Although he promised to come to Hongcheng to be with her on the weekend of Christmas week at the end of December when they parted, that was just his delaying tactic.

He was still very confident about this because he had thought about it carefully from the beginning.

Every time he called Xu Liu on the pager, he used a nearby public phone or a landline he paid to call at the convenience store. Even if Xu Liu called back the number, he couldn't find him.

And he never revealed his home address.

The only place at risk is his workplace.

Because the first time he helped Xu Liu to give false testimony in the hot pot restaurant, he openly reported his name and unit. After all, he had not thought of it to this extent at that time.

So after the winter vacation of 1997, not long after school started, one day the security guard told him that a pretty girl had come during the winter vacation and asked for his home address.

But the old man didn’t know either, so he asked them to come back and ask after school starts.

The old man also asked him if he was a former student and wanted to give him a gift during the New Year.

These words made him break out in a cold sweat, because he knew that this beautiful girl must be Xu Liu.

Fortunately, the old man didn’t know where he lived, otherwise if Xu Liu really came to his house, he would not be able to celebrate the New Year.

During that period, he was extremely worried, fearing that Xu Liu would come to the school to find him again.

Fortunately, everything has been calm since then. He guessed that Xu Liu also had to go to college and couldn't leave Hongcheng.

Gradually, he forgot about this matter.

But it’s not that he hasn’t thought about renewing his relationship with Xu Liu, but his small treasury is really difficult to support, so he has to save enough money first.

He planned to contact Xu Liu again during the summer vacation and ask her to come to the city for two weeks.

As for excuses, I will just make up some excuse like I broke my leg.

The only thing that worried him was that he was afraid that Xu Liu would have a new financial backer in Hongcheng, and what would he do if that person looked down on the money he gave him?

Also, he felt that he was Xu Liu's first man, so he developed a possessiveness towards her. He said that he felt heartbroken when he thought about her sleeping with another man.

He Bin sneered after hearing this, "Are you still worried? Do you have any sense of propriety or shame? Do you have any conscience as a human being? You have a daughter yourself. When you abused a little girl who was only a few years older than your daughter, didn't you think about your own daughter?"

Zhang Wenhua's head, which was already lowered, lowered even lower.

He Bin knocked on the table and asked, "How are you going to let your daughter face you as her father in the future?"

Zhang Wenhua asked timidly, "You... won't tell the school or my family about this, right?"

He Bin ignored him and continued to ask, "Where were you from April 28th to May 1st?"

"The 28th? I...I'm in school. I'll be at school on the 28th, 29th, and 30th."

He Bin frowned and asked, "What about May 1st?"

"It was a holiday that day, so I was at home."

"Who can prove it?"

Zhang Wenhua said: "My wife, my daughter, and my sister-in-law's family can all prove it. That day, my sister-in-law, her husband and their children came to visit my house."

"During these four days, have you ever left Huaixing for Hongcheng?"

"No." Zhang Wenhua looked at He Bin's serious expression and suddenly realized that the other party was not coming for the matter between him and Xu Liu, but for Xu Liu.

He hurriedly explained, "Comrade police officer, I really haven't seen her since that incident last December, nor have I had any contact with her. Whatever happened to her, it has nothing to do with me."

He Bin said coldly, "It's not up to you to decide whether there's a connection or not. We have to investigate to find out. Please give me the names, units, and contact information of your wife and sister-in-law."

When Zhang Wenhua heard that they were going to look for his wife, he was so scared that he fell to his knees and cried and begged them not to look for his wife and relatives, and begged them to let him go.

He Bin didn't indulge him at all. He looked coldly at Zhang Wenhua, who was kneeling on the ground like a dog, and told him, "We are carrying out a mission. If you refuse to cooperate, we can only take you back. As for your wife and relatives, we will naturally find a way to find them. Think it over carefully."

This was what He Bin had intended to do from the beginning. Even if this man was not the murderer, he could not let him get away so easily. The police had no obligation to keep these dirty things secret for him, not to mention that it just happened to involve the investigation of his alibi.

As for what the outcome will be, He Bin has no control over it. Anyway, these are the consequences of his own fault.

Zhang Wenhua provided the information while crying.

He Bin and his colleagues first contacted the school leaders and Zhang Wenhua's colleagues to confirm whether he was in school from the 28th to the 30th.

Then he went to find his wife and relatives and asked them about what happened on May 1st. He also asked them whether they knew what the relationship between him and Xu Liu was, whether they had mentioned this person, or whether they had expressed any dissatisfaction with this person.

Especially Zhang Wenhua's wife, He Bin asked very carefully, repeatedly confirming whether Zhang Wenhua's wife knew about Xu Liu's existence, whether she knew about the relationship between Xu Liu and her husband, and whether there had been any conflicts or quarrels between the couple because of this.

He Bin said that the purpose of doing this was to rule out the possibility that Zhang Wenhua had hired someone to kill someone.

After all, in an immoral triangle relationship between a man and a woman, it is quite common for one party to kill the third party to show loyalty in order to please or win back the other party.

Therefore, his investigation process is reasonable and well-founded.

Of course, everyone in the task force on this end of the phone knew that He Bin did this on purpose.

In short, this gentlemanly villain Zhang Wenhua will pay the price for his moral corruption.

He became infamous and his wife and children left him.

After all, no parent would dare to entrust their child to a teacher with such a completely lost set of values.

But for the task force, finding Zhang Wenhua means progress in the case.

But it also means that the clue is interrupted here.

Because He Bin's investigation confirmed that Zhang Wenhua had been in Huaixing during the period of the incident and had no leave, he had sufficient proof of his absence.

His wife was completely unaware of Xu Liu's existence, and had no idea that every time her husband went out of town to give tutoring, he was actually tutoring in bed.

She even felt sorry for her husband because he was always exhausted every time he came back from tutoring classes outside the city. She even advised her husband to give up because it was too hard.

But Zhang Wenhua said seriously, "How can we just let it go? A real man should stand between heaven and earth and keep his word."

He even described to her seriously the strengths and weaknesses of the "male classmate" he was tutoring, and how he planned to help him improve in the future.

She had never imagined that her husband would do that kind of thing in bed with a girl who was only a few years older than her daughter.

He Bin found out about Zhang Wenhua and helped the task force confirm several things.

First, Xu Liu’s source of income was confirmed.

At least the issue of financial resources from freshman year to the first semester has been explained.

This confirmed the speculation that someone had previously supported her and provided her with financial assistance.

Why has Xu Liu acted like a rich man since he started college?

Why can Xu Liu live a rich life without relying on his family?

Including what about those brand-name clothes that were found in Xu Liu’s dormitory closet without even the tags removed.

And Xu Liu's actual whereabouts when he was not in the dormitory on weekends and "went out to play".

All of this was reasonably explained in Zhang Wenhua's confession.

The specific experience of Xu Liu going to the city to work, which her parents were not aware of, as well as some subsequent information gaps, were also filled in.

Second, it was consistent with what Lu Xiaoshuang had previously provided, that Xu Liu went to the Good Luck Hotel to find a job.

When Xu Liu went to look for a job, Zhang Wenhua had just cut off contact with her and broke the appointment, so she kept checking her pager while waiting for the interview.

But this also shows one thing, Xu Liu's financial situation is rather bad.

Logically speaking, only four months had passed from August to December. Xu Liu had spent two weeks with Zhang Wenhua in August and earned two thousand yuan. Adding the two thousand yuan she had stolen from the hot pot restaurant, she had at least four thousand yuan.

This does not include the time they met during the National Day holiday, and the money Zhang Wenhua gave her when he went to Hongcheng to see her in late October and mid-November.

Logically speaking, she shouldn't be so short of money, at least in the short term.

Or maybe she squandered it during this period. After all, Zhang Wenhua said that Xu Liu was completely different after going to college. She dressed fashionably and even wore makeup.

But from the inventory of Xu Liu's belongings, it seems that she did not spend too lavishly.

Zhou Yi expressed a view that she might have spent the money on overseas study training or consultation.

This is the third piece of information Zhang Wenhua brought out, Xu Liu has a strong desire to go abroad.

The reason was clearly stated in Zhang Wenhua's explanation. Xu Liu hated her original family, her parents and her two younger brothers.

So she was eager to go abroad and make a complete break with her family.

This should be the only way she can think of to take revenge on her parents and family! Since you are so afraid of me going abroad, then I will go abroad to show you!

But to be honest, Zhang Wenhua did have a point in advising her on this point.

In Xu Liu's situation, if he wants to go abroad, he must have the right time, place and people.

Given her situation, going abroad is almost a fantasy.

To put it bluntly, she couldn't even sneak across the border.

However, she still wishfully told Zhang Wenhua that she couldn't bear to leave her grandmother and would only consider going abroad after her grandmother passed away.

Unfortunately, her words came true. Not long after the winter vacation, her grandmother, the only one who loved her, passed away.

But she did not go abroad as she wished, but was murdered four months later.

But this does not rule out the possibility that she may have enrolled in classes or consultations for this matter and spent money on it.

In fact, she also clearly expressed this intention when she met Zhang Wenhua for the last time, which shows that she at least knew the relevant information.

So Zhou Yi felt that she might have spent all her money on this matter, resulting in her being left with no money.

She originally thought that there was a financial sponsor, Zhang Wenhua, but the other party broke the appointment, which made her panic.

Otherwise, even if she was usually extravagant, she would not spend all her money. After all, she was a person who had paid a huge price for money before. Such a person is like a person who has been bitten by a snake. He will instinctively fear being without money.

Fourthly, and also the most valuable point in finding out about Zhang Wenhua, is the pager number.

This proves that the clue about the pager provided by the hotel front desk was correct.

And more importantly, the pager disappeared when Xu Liu was killed.

Perhaps because Xu Liu was carrying the pager with him when he was killed, the murderer disposed of it when dealing with the deceased's belongings.

Another possibility is that the murderer had also contacted Xu Liu through this pager, so the murderer must have disposed of this pager.

So after He Bin provided the pager number, the task force immediately sent someone to the operator to check the call records.

At the same time, He Bin was asked to contact the local telecommunications operator in Huaixing to check the records of the paging number. Because in 1997, due to the limitations of communication technology and network architecture, the records in different places were not interoperable, and the communication records of the pager were generally stored in the local paging station.

After the records on both sides are exported, query and analyze the numbers one by one.

Theoretically, if the murderer was the financial sponsor who continued to support Xu Liu after Zhang Wenhua, then he should have maintained secret contact with Xu Liu through this pager number, just like Zhang Wenhua.

If we can find this number, we may be able to find the murderer.

He Bin's description of Xu Liu's experiences made everyone in the task force sigh with regret.

Because the reality is too tragic.

Perhaps before the college entrance examination, Xu Liu was truly proud in her heart, because in the closed environment of high school, she was one of the small group of people at the top of the pyramid, and she did have the capital to be proud.

Although she failed the college entrance examination due to interference from her family, she was admitted to a key university that is out of reach for most students.

But the fact that she went to the city to work and stayed at Huang Ying's house made her face reality for the first time.

Once you leave the school gate, no matter how your academic performance is, you will return to your true class.

In school, Huang Ying was a poor student whose scores in the junior high school entrance exam were not high enough, and whose parents had to pay for backdoor admission to get her into high school. Her college entrance exam score was barely enough to get her into a second-tier university, and her whole family was extremely happy about it.

But in reality, Huang Ying is a wealthy child from the city who lives in a big house with air conditioning, whose parents are in business, and has never had to worry about food and clothing since childhood.

But in reality, Xu Liu is a poor man who has no home to return to and cannot even afford the tuition even after being admitted to a key university.

Perhaps all the pride she had before she was eighteen was blown away by the air conditioner in Huang Ying's bedroom that night.

That's why she was in a hurry to find a job and leave the next day.

Because that place did not belong to her, every minute and every second she stayed there was torture and torment for her.

It is very likely that it was this silent and huge psychological shock that changed her mentality, causing her to become greedy in a private room at a hot pot restaurant shortly afterwards and make the most wrong decision of her life.

It was this decision that marked the beginning of her downfall.

When she hid the envelope, her life was doomed.

If Zhang Wenhua had not "helped", the money would have been found and she would have faced detention at the very least.

Moreover, given her situation, her family will definitely be notified, which would be a disaster for her. Her parents, who are already dissatisfied with her in many ways, will definitely not allow her to go to college. They will force her to work and may even marry her off early to receive a dowry.

The reality is that Zhang Wenhua helped her "escape legal sanctions", but while helping her, he also dragged her into a bigger abyss.

Although Zhang Wenhua emphasized that he did not force Xu Liu, he only proposed a deal and the other party agreed to it on his own initiative.

But in that situation, Xu Liu at that time actually succumbed to her threats.

Because there were only two paths before her, she had no choice.

However, this also made Zhou Yi certain that Xu Liu and Lu Xiaoshuang were fundamentally two different types of people.