Chapter 9, Poppy 09
The conflicts between dormitories intensified during our junior year.
Around that time, Yu Wanying opened a social media account and started to gain followers. She made some money and started buying more brand-name cosmetics and some new clothes.
In order to facilitate live broadcasts and video production, she rented a house outside and occasionally went there to record.
However, Yu Wanying still paid attention to her relationship with her classmates. She often returned to the dormitory to sleep at night, and as usual, she would bring gifts and snacks to her classmates, treat them to meals, and take them out to play.
No matter how busy she is, she will always plan her time well and never miss classes.
But the distance between her and her classmates inevitably grew farther and farther.
At this time, Ye Ruxi also started to borrow online loans. She was heavily in debt because of her previous extravagance. Looking at the words praising Yu Wanying on the Internet, the desire in Ye Ruxi's heart was like a poisonous thorn, piercing her internal organs bit by bit, and gradually making her twisted.
Ye Ruxi ate the snacks that Yu Wanying brought over, and even started to feel justified. She felt that Yu Wanying owed her that. She was so rich, how could she not deserve this?
Once, Ye Ruxi saw Yu Wanying leave her makeup bag in the bathroom. She lied, saying she wasn't feeling well, and skipped her afternoon classes. When no one was in the dorm, she carefully locked the door and secretly used Yu Wanying's makeup. They were from prestigious brands she didn't own, and the packaging looked different.
In the tiny bathroom, she applied foundation to her face with trembling hands, watching the white foundation blend across her skin with her fingertips. She drew her eyebrows in the bathroom mirror, bit by bit, and finally, she applied Yu Wanying's lipstick, applying it several times in a fit of rage.
But even if she used the same cosmetics as Yu Wanying, the person in the mirror did not become a peerless beauty. Instead, she became as ugly as a clown.
Then Ye Ruxi washed off the makeup on her face with makeup remover oil and broke down crying in the bathroom.
She wants to find a shortcut in life and become Yu Wanying.
She went to work, doing odd jobs, but she was afraid of hard work and had no perseverance, so she quit many jobs after just a few days and still could not make ends meet.
Human desires are endless.
The ever-increasing amount of online loans and the constant calls demanding repayment plunged her into another level of hell. She began borrowing money, but fearing her classmates would find out, she only dared to borrow from high school classmates. Once she borrowed, she would use various excuses to delay repayment and never pay it back.
At this time, Yu Wanying's account was getting more and more popular. She was loved by more people and got many opportunities.
Ye Ruxi hid in a dark corner, looking at Yu Wanying's back with increasingly vicious eyes.
She thought that even if lucky people succeed, it will be easier than for ordinary people.
Gradually, a crazy idea appeared in Ye Ruxi's mind. Since she couldn't become her, she would destroy her!
She was already lying in the mud, so why was that woman standing high in the sky? She wanted to pull her down and suffer with her.
Ye Ruxi began to register a second account and spread rumors about Yu Wanying on the Internet. She tried desperately to win over her classmates and made up all kinds of lies.
She exploited her classmates' jealousy and secretly bullied Yu Wanying together. However, Ye Ruxi felt that this was not enough and she was still not satisfied. She then instigated her classmates to register some fake accounts, pretending to be stalkers and harassing her. Soon, this behavior caused Yu Wanying to fear.
At first the girls were very excited and used this intimidation and harassment as a topic of conversation.
But when the initial novelty wore off, the classmates had to do internships in their senior year and prepare for graduation projects and papers, and they became busy. They were afraid that the matter would be exposed and were unwilling to continue. Ye Ruxi gradually became dissatisfied with just scaring Yu Wanying.
Finally one day, one of Yu Wanying's haters kept knocking on her second account: "Dude, do you have any information about Yu Meiren?"
"I can't stand that woman either. You can add her as a friend!"
She initially ignored him and played dead until the man sent another message: "If you have her phone number, I can buy it for you."
At that time, Ye Ruxi was having a headache about paying back this month's Huabei.
Seeing this message, her heart was beating fast. She was afraid that the fortune in front of her would slip away. She trembled and typed a word: "OK."
Ye Ruxi soon discovered that she could make a profit by selling information about Yu Wanying and her photos. Not only that, but there might be men who would become madly obsessed with Yu Wanying and harass her. Those men would definitely be more like her than they pretended and would be able to scare her more.
It's the best of both worlds.
Once there is a first time, there will be a second time.
She was afraid of leaving chat records, so she transferred the conversations into the game and tried to hide the truth by trading in-game equipment.
She was consumed by the beast within herself.
From now on, there is no return.
In the interrogation room, Ye Ruxi sat on a chair.
At first, she persisted, kept on being stubborn, and kept finding all kinds of excuses for herself. But Luo Siwei could always pierce through her disguise with just one or two words.
At the end of the questioning, she gave in step by step under Luo Siwei's interrogation and told most of the truth.
Ye Ruxi felt very uncomfortable. She felt that the room was a little stuffy and sweat appeared on her forehead. She reached out and unbuttoned her collar.
The makeup on her face was like a mask, and the foundation began to come off. She originally thought she was successful, but it turned out that only a few words were needed to expose her to her original state.
Luo Siwei confirmed her crimes of harassing and stalking her roommates and buying and selling information.
Ye Ruxi bit her lip, her eyes filled with malice and ferocity: "I admit it all, I dare to take responsibility for it. However, Yu Wanying is not a good person either..."
Hearing this, Ni Xiang raised her head and looked at the hideous-looking female student in front of her: "Why do you say that?"
Ye Ruxi sneered: "That birthday party was Yu Wanying's trap. I know that woman too well. Do you know why we called the police and reported her missing?"
Luo Siwei knew that at this point in the interrogation, the police no longer needed to increase the pressure. Ye Ruxi would confess all the evil things she had done.
As expected, Ye Ruxi continued to talk to herself: "For the birthday party that day, Yu Wanying deliberately booked a very expensive restaurant and said she would treat us to a meal. When all the dishes were served, the waiter also pushed over a three-layer cake. We waited for a long time but couldn't contact her..."
At this point, Ye Ruxi chuckled and continued, "How could she be so kind? She did it on purpose. She made us look bad. She wasn't there and we couldn't get in touch with her. We didn't even have a good meal that day, and when we paid the bill, each person had to pay an average of over 800 yuan. For Yu Wanying, this is small change, and even for someone like Mu Chengxiao who comes from a wealthy family, this 800 yuan is nothing. But for Xue Rong and me, this is our living expenses for half a month! What else can you say if this isn't intentional?"
She chattered on and on to herself.
"That woman must have known something, and she wants to take revenge on me! So I called the police. I hope you can find Yu Wanying... When you find her, I'm going to give her a good scolding and make her pay me back! She might be waiting somewhere right now, secretly happy because her trick worked..."
When Ye Ruxi said this, her eyes turned red, as if she was really heartbroken about the eight hundred yuan.
When Ni Xiang heard this, she felt sick to her stomach.
Luo Siwei also stared at the female student in front of him, as if he was looking at a monster.
The interrogation room suddenly became quiet.
Ye Ruxi finished her speech, looking at the serious expressions of the two policemen in front of her. She finally discovered something. Her voice became softer and she asked doubtfully, "Could it be that you have found her?"
Luo Siwei said, "We found Yu Wanying's body this morning."
After hearing this, Ye Ruxi felt like she was struck by lightning and sat stiffly on the interrogation chair.
After understanding the entire situation, Luo Siwei began to verify the detailed information.
At the beginning, the content of Ye Ruxi's transactions with those people was just some texts and information, but later it became more and more excessive.
Moreover, Ye Ruxi's target is not just Yu Wanying. She will use her female identity to approach other girls.
Ye Ruxi had sold the phone numbers and private photos of all the innocent-looking campus beauties and department beauties. Each piece of information was clearly priced according to its importance. Phone numbers and WeChat IDs were a hundred yuan, upskirt photos soared to several hundred yuan, and private photos went for thousands.
Generally, girls are more cautious around men, but they are less wary of girls from the same school. Those girls never imagined that their information would be sold to those lewd boys by their classmates.
In the past six months, Ye Ruxi has earned more than 20,000 yuan in this way. She used the money to pay off online loans or buy luxury goods.
When asked to the end, Ye Ruxi began to get scared and kept crying, saying that she had nothing to do with Yu Wanying's death.
Even if she hadn't personally participated in Yu Wanying's murder, these violations of her privacy would have landed her in jail. She would eventually pay the price for her jealousy.
After the interrogation, Luo Siwei narrowed the suspects down to those who had purchased Yu Wanying's information.
Luo Siwei asked Ni Xiang to list all the accounts that had been traded.
Soon, the police officers got a list of names.
There were fourteen accounts in total, some of which had conducted transactions with Ye Ruxi many times.
In the evening, Luo Siwei worked overtime for a while and then got up to go home.
She and Ni Xiang walked outside and happened to meet the female forensic doctor Song Xueyan.
Song Xueyan and Luo Siwei discussed their own examination results: "The autopsy results are in. There was some drink in the stomach and anesthetic residue in the body. The preliminary diagnosis is that the anesthetic was added to the drink."
Luo Siwei nodded.
Ni Xiang heard this from the side and frowned in surprise, asking, "Yu Wanying has been stalked and harassed for a while now. She must be very careful. Why did she drink the drugged drink?"
Luo Siwei said, "Some stores now sell drinks with added ingredients, and they are all bottled and sealed. She probably didn't realize that the unopened drink was already filled with anesthetics."
Ni Xiang thought about it and realized that if someone handed her a bottle of intact drink, she would probably open it and drink it without any precautions...
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