Incineration
After landing at Qu'an Airport, the four of them met again after a year. The woman was pushing a 20-inch small suitcase, wearing sunglasses, with an elegant and proud posture. The other three were already waiting for her at the exit.
"Sister Hua, can you go a little slower?" Shi Quansheng took the suitcase from her hand.
Hua Qi pushed up his sunglasses and said, "Why are you in such a hurry?"
"There's no rush. We've all been summoned and will have to get in the police car soon!"
Qi Luoxuan was very anxious and had been worried for several days since receiving the notice.
Hua Qi said impatiently: "What are you afraid of? The person being investigated is Yin Shilu, what does it have to do with us?"
Tang Cheng couldn't sit still anymore and retorted, "How can it have nothing to do with us? We are all Yin Shilu's students! Do you think we can get away with what he did?"
Hua Qi took off his glasses unhappily and looked at him like an idiot, "Are you stupid? What does Yin Shilu's crime have to do with us? Did you help him kill someone or bury the body? The police haven't even shown up yet, and you've already lost your composure!"
Tang Cheng gritted his teeth and spread his hands to give up.
Hua Qi is the one with the most background among them, and she has always had the final say in their group of four.
Tang Cheng showed weakness, "Then what do you say we should do?"
Hua Qi said bluntly: "Of course we should tell you what we have to say. It's best not to lie to the police."
"But..." Qi Luoxuan disagreed. "We have to extricate ourselves from these things that Yin Shilu has dragged us into. I think it's necessary to lie to get out of this." After that, he sought the opinions of the other two. "What do you think?"
Hua Qi snatched back the luggage and said, "You guys take care of yourself anyway."
She strode forward, leaving the remaining three behind.
Qi Luoxuan asked helplessly: "What should I do now?"
A few minutes later, Tang Cheng sighed and compromised, "What else can we do? If one of us gives a different testimony, it won't work. With Hua Qi's personality, he might really tell everything. Even if we lie, it will only backfire."
Qi Luoxuan was very flustered and chased after Tang Cheng, asking, "We're not breaking the law, are we? We didn't do anything!"
Tang Cheng calmly analyzed, "Logically speaking, we are just ordinary insiders. We didn't participate in the original incident. At most, we are considered to have known about it but didn't report it. Apart from our reputation, there shouldn't be a heavy price to pay."
Municipal Bureau
They moved quickly and arrived at the city bureau before sunset.
As soon as she entered the door, Hua Qi sat calmly among a group of policemen and took the initiative to ask when the interrogation would begin. She was the most cooperative person she had met so far.
Chen An invited her to his office and gave her a glass of water as usual.
After sitting on the plane for several hours, my stomach felt much better after drinking the warm water.
Next, Hua Qi took the initiative to talk about everything about Yin Shilu.
"My undergraduate major was life sciences, and I took the medicine exam as a cross-examination. I had good grades, but I didn't pay much attention when choosing an advisor. I just looked it up online and applied. My mom said that I had never experienced hardship in my life, so I didn't know how treacherous people could be. I didn't expect her words to come true after I entered Qu'an University."
Hua Qi smiled bitterly as she recalled her year at Qu'an. "Yin Shilu treated us very badly. We didn't have a sophisticated lab, no usable lab equipment, and we didn't even have to wear work clothes when we entered the lab. During our first year of graduate school, we had no access to Yin Shilu's research. Every day, he either took us out for social events or sent us out to work for free at some institutions."
"He really... isn't even a teacher!" Hua Qi clenched the cup tightly as she spoke, her fingertips turning white. She bit her lip stubbornly, then released it. "The most hateful thing is that he recruited female students just to use their bodies to raise research funds for him. We became commodities in his hands, constantly changing hands in exchange for his high research funds!"
"One time, he took me out for a social event and left me alone. In a fit of rage, I grabbed a bottle and hit him. He threatened to teach me a lesson, but thankfully, my family was well-off, so I paid to settle the matter. After that, I didn't want to follow him anymore and asked the college to change my advisor several times, but was always rejected! I knew he was behind this, and I had no choice but to avoid him by not participating in group meetings or project research. During that time, I even considered taking a leave of absence or even dropping out."
"The turning point happened last summer."
Hua Qi's face turned pale, and the faces of those people appeared in front of her one after another.
She closed her eyes tightly, then opened them again and talked about a little-known crime.
"In early summer 2023, Yin Shilu gathered a group of students and proposed a study on the treatment of rare cancers. He asked us if anyone was interested in participating, but no one was willing at the time."
In the sultry summer, the cicadas' chirping echoed through the simple laboratory like a death-threatening sound. The floor was covered in dirt. They were wearing white coats and felt itchy all over. They lowered their heads to avoid looking at the hypocritical mentor in front of them.
Seeing that no one was willing, Yin Shilu selected a group, which was the second research group.
"Aren't there only two people in the second research group? How can they be enough?" Chen An asked.
Hua Qi on the opposite side sneered, revealing a disgusted expression, "Did Chu Tong say that?"
Chen An didn't deny it. Hua Qi said, "He's Yin Shilu's dog. Of course he says that. Any student who has been to Qingping Building knows that there are clearly five students in the second-year graduate school group!"
Chen An's eyes sharpened. "Which five?"
"Chu Tong, Wang Ruofei, Huang Shuwen, Zhao Yibo, and Cai Ruyao." Hua Qi always remembered their names. Not only did he remember their names, but he also remembered their faces before they left. "Among them, Chu Tong and Wang Ruofei are Yin Shilu's confidants. The remaining three are pure slaves."
Chen An silently memorized these names and motioned for her to continue.
The experiment started quickly, and they were arranged to conduct research in the old teaching building, which was the building that caught fire this time.
To be honest, Hua Qi was really happy when she saw on the Internet that Yin Shilu was burned to death in the old laboratory. She seemed to see Yin Shilu crying and begging for mercy, and she felt very happy when she thought of it.
As the days passed, the experiment still had no results. Although the experiment had no results, I could always hear coughing sounds coming from inside, intentionally or unintentionally.
Because of the coughing sound, Hua Qi approached the laboratory several times and looked through the window. The environment was extremely simple and even basic protection was not available. She advised them several times not to do it and just go on strike together to report Yin Shilu.
"The Huang Fuhong case happened at that time, and eleven graduate students from the School of Life Sciences jointly reported their advisor."
This incident attracted widespread attention from netizens in the short term, but when the heat passed and the crackdown on the Internet began, this incident was like a fallen leaf buried in the dust, waiting to rot.
The school initially chose to shield Huang Fuhong, but after netizens stirred up trouble, they were forced to hand him over. About ten days later, the school announced the results of its investigation into Huang Fuhong, confirming the allegations. Huang Fuhong was dismissed and charged with fraudulently obtaining a national special research grant, and will face sentencing. The school's official media outlet also stated that they would make appropriate arrangements for the remaining eleven students. That was the end of the matter.
Hua Qi was very sad, her brows knitted together, and she questioned him with her big watery eyes, "Just when we all thought we had won, do you know what happened next?"
"None of them graduated!" Hua Qi clenched his fist and slammed it on the table in anger. "Eleven of them, all voluntarily dropped out! Officer Chen, if it were you, would you believe it?"
Chen An didn't say anything. Not giving a direct answer at this time would help the investigation continue.
"Their failure also marks the failure of my advocacy. No one can afford to ruin their future. The second-year graduate group is still diligently doing research. I dare not encourage anyone to just sit around and wait for death. If I can graduate, I will graduate. If I can't, I won't study anymore."
"But, an accident happened!"
One very quiet afternoon, Huang Shuwen suddenly fainted in the laboratory. After that, they fell one after another, and only two survived!
Those two people were Chu Tong and Wang Ruofei.
"They don't do anything. They rarely even come into the lab. It's said to be a project for five people, but in reality, only three are working hard on it." Every time Hua Qi thinks about this, he falls into a kind of pessimism. "Why are the people who work harder often the most unfortunate?"
"Huang Shuwen, Cai Ruyao, and Zhao Yibo were diagnosed with a rare cancer at almost the same time!"
Hua Qi sniffed. "Huang Shuwen was in the worst health, and her condition deteriorated the fastest. When I left, her face was a skeleton ravaged by illness. And just like that, the school halted the research. Yin Shilu wasn't punished, and the school wasn't willing to pay for their cancer medication. They just insisted on producing evidence to prove that their cancer was caused by the experiment!"
"And you're using Chu Tong and Wang Ruofei as examples! Come on, everyone knows these two have never even been to a lab!"
Chen An grasped the key point, "Does that mean everyone in your group knows about this, too?"
"I know!" Hua Qi wiped her tears and pointed at the three people outside, "They all know!"
"But everyone stood up to speak for the three of them, even me..."
This matter has troubled her for over a year. "I'm not sure how the school handled it. I only know that everyone in my first graduate school group was sent home, probably to silence us."
This incident is not very well-known on the Internet. I found some posts but they could not be opened or they had been deleted. It is obvious that the school has dealt with it.
It seems that Qu'an University is also quite well-educated.
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