Chapter 76 Shi Qiyan

◎ Xiangwan, come quickly, Shi Qiyan is going to jump off the building.◎

Gu Zhiguang's curiosity was aroused, and he began to ask in detail.

Lu Zhiying hesitated, "My husband is a senior engineer at Xingshi Architectural Design Institute. He has been in charge of many large-scale construction projects. He once studied in Country D, and his drawings are particularly beautiful. He is also very knowledgeable about the protection of historical buildings, and he has published a book called "History, Hidden in Wonderful Architectural Symbols."

Gu Zhiguang, who is also an undergraduate student majoring in architecture, opened his eyes wide and opened his mouth wide: "Mr. Shi Tong? Shi Qiyan is Mr. Shi Tong's daughter!"

When Lu Zhiying saw that he knew her husband's name, her eyes gradually lit up and she murmured, "So, there are still people who remember him."

Gu Zhiguang stood up and said loudly, "Of course I remember. Mr. Shi presided over the restoration of the Kwai River Street historical district and rebuilt the Song Dynasty building Zhaixing Tower. His book "History, Hidden in Wonderful Architectural Symbols" is rich in pictures and texts. It was my favorite book in high school. The reason why I chose architecture as my major was because of Mr. Shi's influence. I never thought that Shi Qiyan was Mr. Shi's daughter! No wonder, no wonder she is so outstanding, no wonder she is so dedicated to the protection of historical buildings."

Lu Zhiying felt her eyes warm up. She felt satisfied, proud, and touched. She straightened her back a little. "Thank you. Thank you for remembering Mr. Shi."

Gu Zhiguang asked: "Did Mr. Shi jump off the building? Was it due to health reasons or something else?"

Lu Zhiying said: "Mr. Shi was a very strict person. He strived for perfection in everything, especially in his work. Qiyan was born in 1969. When she was twelve years old, Mr. Shi jumped to his death. Before he died, he suffered from insomnia every night. He pulled his hair and cursed himself for being sorry for the country, the party, and Qiyan's biological mother, and that he didn't deserve to live in this world."

Hearing this, Gu Zhiguang didn't understand and asked, "Who is Qi Yan's biological mother?"

Lu Zhiying said: "Qi Yan's biological mother, Qin Chihe, was Mr. Shi's college classmate. She had a difficult birth when she gave birth to Qi Yan... and then she passed away. She was only in her twenties when she passed away."

Gu Zhiguang asked: "Who are you?"

Lu Zhiying said: "When Qi Yan was three years old, Mr. Shi and I got married. Mr. Shi and Qin Chihe had a deep relationship and originally did not plan to remarry, wanting to raise the child alone. However, in the second year, that is, the Great Movement in 1969 was in full swing. Qin Chihe was from a landlord family, and the organization required Mr. Shi to draw a clear line with Qin Chihe, even if the person had died, he had to make his position clear. Under the arrangement of the organization, Mr. Shi and I met.

My family has been poor for three generations. After graduating from junior high school, I was admitted to a technical school and assigned to a sewing machine factory as a worker. At that time, I was considered both red and professional. I was very satisfied with Mr. Shi, but Mr. Shi was reluctant. Later, the organization talked to him again and again, and Mr. Shi could only tell me clearly that if I was willing to marry him, he would definitely respect me and treat me well, but he could not give me exclusive love because he had Qin Chihe in his heart. If I agreed, then we would get married, if not, then forget it. "

Gu Zhiguang was fascinated by what he heard: "What happened next?"

Lu Zhiying said: "I was already 26 years old at that time. I grew up in the countryside. My family favored boys over girls. I had a history of short marriages. Most of the men around me were rough. Mr. Shi was elegant, gentle, and very gentlemanly. He was different from others. Whether he loved me or not, I wanted to marry him."

Gu Zhiguang was a qualified listener: "What happened next?"

Lu Zhiying was encouraged and continued, "Later, I married Mr. Shi. By marrying me, Mr. Shi had made a clear distinction between himself and Qin Chihe, and our life became peaceful for a while. We, a family of three, lived a happy life."

Gu Zhiguang asked: "A family of three? Didn't you have any children later?"

Lu Zhiying shook her head: "Before I married Mr. Shi, I was married once. That man and I worked in the same factory. He would beat people up when he got drunk. He beat me up when I was in the late stages of my pregnancy and my uterus ruptured. I had to have an abortion and I couldn't be a mother ever since."

Gu Zhiguang sighed and said, "Sorry, I shouldn't ask you that. Auntie, are you okay? It doesn't really matter whether you have a baby or not."

Lu Zhiying glanced at him and comforted him, "I'm fine. Although I can't have children, after I married Mr. Shi, Qiyan became my child and called me mom. I have been raising Qiyan since she was three years old. She is a very obedient child and we have a close relationship, so I have no regrets about the child."

Gu Zhiguang is 21 years old this year. His parents rarely tell him these stories about family affairs, but he loves to listen to gossip. Now, when he hears Lu Zhiying telling him about these past events, he is very interested and curiously asks, "What happened to your alcoholic ex-husband?"

Lu Zhiying never thought that young boys today would have the patience to listen to her stories. "He had a bad reputation in the factory, and no girl wanted to marry him. Later, he had liver pain and went to the hospital for a checkup. It was found to be advanced liver cancer. He died within a year."

Gu Zhiguang felt relieved: "Serves you right!"

After he finished speaking, Gu Zhiguang realized that he had strayed from the topic and brought it back to the subject abruptly: "By the way, what did you say about Mr. Shi's insomnia before he jumped off the building?"

Lu Zhiying said: "That happened when Qi Yan was twelve years old. In 1980, the national policy improved, and the architectural design institute where Mr. Shi worked took on many design projects. Xing City was going to build a gymnasium, and Mr. Shi was the project manager. As the project was being built, he became more and more nervous, suffering from insomnia all night. Later... the gymnasium began to sink unevenly, and Mr. Shi thought it was all his fault, so he jumped off the building."

Gu Zhiguang never expected that Shi Tong, who had survived the movement for ten years, would commit suicide because of a design error in a construction project. He stood up suddenly and said, "How could this happen?!"

Lu Zhiying's eyes were filled with sadness: "People scold me, saying that I am unlucky in marriage. The first man I married died of liver cancer, and the second man I married also jumped off a building. Sometimes I wonder, if I hadn't married Mr. Shi, and he had married a woman who understands architecture and knows how to live, would he not have died?"

Gu Zhiguang waved his hands and comforted her, saying, "You can't be blamed for this. An alcoholic gets liver cancer because he drinks too much and damages his liver. It's his own fault. Mr. Shi's jumping off a building may have hidden reasons that you don't know. Given his love for architecture, he would have tried his best to solve problems when problems arose during the construction of a building he designed himself. Uneven settlement of a building should be related to the foundation conditions, not necessarily a design problem. Besides, he is an architect, not a structural designer. If there is a problem, it should be the fault of the structural designer. Why would he jump off a building?"

Hearing what Gu Zhiguang said, Lu Zhiying was suddenly stunned: "It's not his fault? Then why do people in the design institute say that it was Mr. Shi who had a strong sense of responsibility and was depressed, so he jumped off the building?"

Gu Zhiguang frowned, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind: "Auntie, I have a bad idea. Could it be that... Mr. Shi did not commit suicide, but was murdered? Did Mr. Shi know something he shouldn't know, so he was harmed? Did you report it at the time? What did the police say?"

Lu Zhiying's face turned pale and she murmured to herself, "He killed me? That shouldn't happen. Mr. Shi is a very good person. He is polite and restrained. He always reflects on himself first and never blames others. I haven't heard that he offended anyone.

Mr. Shi was at work at the time. The design institute's office building has six floors, and people can go up to the roof. He went up to the roof alone and jumped down. When I received the notice in the factory and rushed over, the police had already arrived. Mr. Shi was covered with a white sheet. The rest of the matter was handled by the leaders of the design institute. I knew nothing.

Mr. Shi suffered from insomnia that year, and the police later concluded that he committed suicide due to depression and external stimulation. I haven't read much, and I don't understand these things. I just believe whatever the police say. "

"I don't understand these, I don't know anything, I haven't read many books"

This is what Lu Zhiying has always emphasized.

It can be seen that she is a person with low self-esteem. When something big happens, her mind goes blank and she just follows whatever the authority says without any doubt.

Even if he really killed Shi Tong, it happened in 1980, twelve years have passed, and it would be difficult to trace it back.

Depression leads to suicide? Gu Zhiguang fell silent.

Lu Zhiying came back to her senses and stared at Gu Zhiguang blankly: "What should I do? Qi Yan is now just like her father, unable to sleep all night, sitting there alone looking out the window from time to time, mumbling something. What is depression? I don't understand. Qi Yan is just like her father, they are both people who keep things to themselves, and I can't talk to them. I only know how to buy groceries, cook, and wash clothes. I don't know about architecture or art. I only know how to care about their health, whether they eat well and wear warm clothes. Am I useless? I can't help at all!"

Gu Zhiguang asked her: "Have you asked Shi Qiyan what happened to her recently?"

Lu Zhiying was not Shi Qiyan's biological mother, and she had a natural admiration for Shi Tong, so she was a little timid in front of the Shi family father and daughter. She looked at Gu Zhiguang with a bitter face and said, "I didn't dare to ask, so I came to you."

Gu Zhiguang was very curious about how such an honest student's parent would come to the detective agency to look for him: "How did you know where I am?"

Lu Zhiying said, "There is a colleague in our sewing machine factory whose daughter is also studying at Hunan University. She said that the most famous thing in the school is the Gu Zhiguang Detective Agency, and the students will come to you when they have any problems. So... I asked for the place and came to you."

顧之光問：“那您的委托，是要我幫忙調查一下，施啓燕最近遇到了什麽為難事？”

路芝英連連點頭：“是的是的。你和她都是年輕人，肯定好溝通。我問過警察，得了抑郁症的人可能會有自殺傾向，施先生跳樓也和這個病有關。怪只怪我當時關心不夠，不懂得這個病。如果我問清楚原因，好好開解他，施先生說不定現在還活得好好的。所以，我這回一定要好好關心啓燕，絕對不能讓她走她爸的老路。”

顧之光看着眼前打扮得樸素無華的中年女人，有些動容。身為繼母，卻能真心實意關心沒有血緣關系的孩子，真的很善良。

顧之光說：“行，那您這個委托我接了。現在是暑假期間，我想辦法和施啓燕的研究生同學取得聯系，先側面打聽一下。您說施啓燕是和導師一起做項目之後變成這個樣子的，那我也去問問她導師。如果有什麽發現，怎麽和您聯系？”

路芝英在來訪本上寫下縫紉機廠的辦公室電話，又寫下家庭住址，反複叮囑：“孩子，你可千萬別驚動啓燕啊。她的性格和她爸爸一樣，好強，不願意旁人知道她的一點點不足。如果讓她知道我自作主張找偵探調查，她肯定會很生氣的。她生氣起來和她爸爸一樣，不打不罵，就是沉默不語，把你當空氣一樣，真的好吓人。”

和她爸爸一樣、和她爸爸一樣。

路芝英翻天覆地說過好多遍，她對施桐、施啓燕是憐惜中帶着崇拜，态度近乎卑微。

顧之光說到這裏，擡起頭來看着趙向晚：“我就是感覺有些棘手，所以才想着來找你。正好我哥和清溪回來，他們也好久沒有見到你，索性就一起來。”

趙向晚沉吟不語。

費思琴的案子讓她深深感到家庭教育的重要性。成年之後的心理疾病，多多少少都與童年經歷有關。好的童年、有愛的父母，會讓人陽光、單純、堅強，比如季昭；悲慘的童年、嚴苛的父母，則可能會使孩子敏感、自卑或者抑郁。

從顧之光、路芝英的描述來看，施啓燕與施桐一樣，都是敏感、自律、骨子裏帶着清高的人。如果說都有抑郁症的話，那還真的有點麻煩。

顧之光見趙向晚不說話，不知道她是什麽意思，便繼續往下講：“我是前天接的這個任務，昨天找到兩個施啓燕的同學聊了很久，又打聽到了賈慎獨教授的工作時間，跑到他辦公室側面打聽了下，我現在有一點點想法，不知道對不對。”

趙向晚道：“講吧，我聽着。”

顧之光說：“路姨叮囑過不要驚動施啓燕，所以我找她同學打聽的時候，說我對施啓燕暗戀已久，不知道怎麽表白，想找他們請教一二。施啓燕是我們學校的名人，長得漂亮、學習成績好，追求者無數，但她聲稱是獨身主義者，高傲地拒絕了所有追求者。她和同學們之間的關系并不算融洽，平時總是獨來獨往。她現在住的是研究生宿舍，雙人間，室友邵一凡和她是同一級、同專業的同學，只是導師不同，按理說應該和室友朝夕相處應該親如姐妹吧，可其實她與室友邵一凡關系很冷淡，很少聊天說話。”

上一次湛曉蘭的案子，趙向晚就察覺到了顧之光的優勢

——他是極好的“包打聽”，上至教授、校領導，下至同學、校友，就算是普通的運輸公司員工、掃大街的環衛人員，他都能和人家聊到一起去。在聊天中了解八卦，找到對案件有用的線索。

這才一天時間過去，顧之光已經開始對施啓燕的社會關系展開調查，掌握這麽多旁人很難接觸到的信息，真的是個人才。

趙向晚道：“顧之光，有沒有人誇過你，很有當偵探的潛質？”

趙向晚的肯定與表揚成功讓顧之光興奮得找不着北，嘻嘻一笑：“還好、還好。”

朱飛鵬在一旁聽故事聽得來了興致，催促道：“然後呢？同學說施啓燕清高冷傲，導師怎麽評價？”

顧之光說：“賈教授那裏，我也不敢提施啓燕，只說我想報考本校研究生，想向他請教一些專業問題，了解到這個暑假他正在開展的科研項目，當然，也順路問了問他有幾個研究生，大家好不好相處之類。”

顧之光這個“和誰都能聊成知己好友”的長處，雙胞胎哥哥顧之星自愧不如：“小光，你可真是能忽悠，膽子也大。我和清溪都不太敢和老師說話，你倒好，找上門和人家扯閑篇，賈教授竟然還不嫌煩！”

顧之光笑得得意洋洋：“我就說過，我像媽，你像爸。咱媽是不是朋友特別多？以前物資困難的時候咱們家從來不缺吃的，媽媽坐在家裏都有人上門來遞話：今天供銷社有瑕疵布，便宜，趕緊來；公社水塘裏撈了一批魚，快來拿。所以……我和誰都能聊，這是遺傳。”

顧之星有點受不了他這得意勁，白了他一眼：“行了，別吹牛，趕緊往下說吧。剛才你說你有一點點想法，可是說這半天，我都沒聽到你的想法是什麽，光聽你講和這個聊天、和那個聊天了。”

經哥哥提醒，顧之光終于發現自己又扯遠了，忙說：“別急，馬上就要說到我的想法了。”

顧之光喝了一大口冰可樂，打了個大大的汽水嗝，在顧之星忍耐的目光中，繼續開始他的講述。

“賈教授向來以嚴厲出名，批評多、表揚少，這一點他的研究生都知道。但賈教授對施啓燕非常欣賞，多次當衆表揚她，說她是他帶過的、最優秀的歷史建築傳承者。因此，高傲的施啓燕對賈教授言聽計從，無論是做項目還是寫論文都全力以赴，生怕讓賈教授失望。”

“今年暑假的項目，是一個關于湘西危縣吊腳樓保護與利用的科研項目，賈教授主持，省科委下撥資金50萬，要求将湘西吊腳樓打造成展示樣版，推向全國。賈教授一共有六個研究生，不過研三的已經畢業，手上只有四個研究生，施啓燕是唯一的女生。賈教授帶着四個研究生剛從湘西危縣回來，一個個曬得脫了皮，聽說今年十月份就要彙報，都說累得要命。”

趙向晚、朱飛鵬、何明玉都不懂高校科研，但梅清溪因為被老師看中想收他讀研，大四曾參加過老師的科研項目，多多少少懂一點，便問：“五十萬的科研經費，已經算是非常高了。這麽多的科研經費，要求高、時間緊，賈教授為什麽只帶了四個研究生去做？建築學院那麽多教授、副教授，大家一起合作不好嗎？”

顧之光道：“我聽施啓燕的室友邵一凡吐過槽，賈慎獨在學院有兩個外號，一個外號是賈百萬，另一個外號就是賈獨食。”

“哦——”

所有人都發出會心的這一聲哦。

能賺錢，還小氣，說的就是賈慎獨了。

科研經費就是這麽多，多一個老師參與就要多分出去一部分錢，賈教授不舍得，所以就死命地用自己的研究生。

顧之光打了個寒顫：“賈教授聽說我想報他的研究生，又知道我爸是珠市星光建築公司的老總，當時那雙眼睛都在放光。為了籠絡我，甚至說他可以幫我争取一個推薦指标，不用參加考試，畢業就進他的團隊。”

顧之星幸災樂禍地說：“那你就讀吧，爸要是知道你能讀研，向來重視學歷的他肯定會漲你的零花錢。”

顧之光連連擺手：“不要不要。這四年本科我都快讀吐血，好不容易只剩下一年就能畢業，我幹嘛要自讨苦吃？賈慎獨那個吃獨食的相太難看，我不要讀他的研究生。”

朱飛鵬拍了拍桌子：“說正事！”

他算是看出來了，如果沒有人控場，顧之光能把話歪到喜馬拉雅山脈去。

顧之光忙點頭：“是是是，說正事。我的懷疑就是，賈教授一味壓榨研究生，給了施啓燕很大的精神壓力。施啓燕又不像我是個樂天派，她是個自我要求很高、事事力求完美的女孩子，抗壓能力差。如果遇到賈教授批評或者打擊，就有可能出現她媽媽所說的整晚失眠、一個人喃喃自語的精神問題。”

趙向晚覺得他分析得很有道理：“既然你已經找到問題症結，那告訴路媽媽不就行了？找我做什麽？”

顧之光嘆了一口氣：“可是，老師要求嚴格好像沒有什麽錯，施啓燕現在只是失眠，并沒有造成嚴重後果，路媽媽知道之後，又有什麽辦法解決呢？難道能夠退學？施啓燕馬上研二，小論文已經發表了一篇，只要按時完成學分和畢業論文，就能如期畢業，和導師把關系搞僵了對她又有什麽好處？我頭痛的就是這個。再說了，同學們對賈教授的議論與埋怨，都是私底下的話，不可能拿到明面上來說。我剛剛請教過朱警官，他說我這個偵探純屬玩票性質，與同學的交流也沒有記錄，算不得什麽證據。唉喲~當個偵探好累哦。”

朱飛鵬聽他前面說的，還算明白。但到了後頭說什麽算不得證據，趕緊開口說明白。

“喂，顧之光，我們剛才是這樣說的嗎？你問的是，私下取證能不能作為有力證據，比如偷拍的照片、聊天記錄這些，我回答你說不行。比如有些人請私家偵探跟蹤丈夫出軌，拍那個床照，強逼對方寫認罪書，這些肯定都不行。至于你受同學家長委托了解對方在學校的表現情況，要本就沒有達到要動用警察的地步，談什麽證據不證據的？”

顧之光嘿嘿一笑。

【我爸想讓我畢業後回家裏公司幫忙，我肯定不幹的。顧之星不肯回去，怕聽那些叔叔伯伯唠叨，我還不是一樣？顧之星開房地産公司，我就開偵探社，反正不回珠市。一個好漢還得三個幫呢，我現在既然和向晚和重案組的人搭上了線，那肯定要搞好關系嘛。我媽說過，最好的關系就是你幫我、我幫你，只有互相麻煩，才能結成一個團體。】

趙向晚瞟了顧之光一眼：“你将來要開偵探社，所以想提前和警察打好關系，跑到這裏來扯東扯西？”

顧之光有一種被看穿的感覺，不好意思地摸了摸後頸：“也不完全是這樣。一來呢，我的确仰慕警察，雖然學的是建築學，沒辦法進公安局工作，但畢業後開家偵探社總可以吧？提前一點和你們認識，請教專業知識，這是我的私心。二來呢，施啓燕是我們專業所有男生的女神，她要是精神狀态出問題，我心裏肯定不舒服。向晚你心細如發，又是女孩子，說不定能夠出出主意，是不是？”

警察屬于國家機構，調查取證講究流程組織嚴密、合法，有時候遇到一些需要用非常手段時，便顯得有些無力，私家偵探的存在能夠彌補警察破案的不足。想到這裏，趙向晚點了點頭：“好，那我問你幾個問題。”

顧之光一聽，立馬坐得筆直，像個小學生一樣端正：“你問。”

趙向晚問：“路芝英是施啓燕的繼母，母女關系怎樣？”

顧之光思忖片刻，認真回答：“兩個人外型相差很大，施啓燕美如天仙，而路芝英樸實無華。路芝英擔憂施啓燕的精神狀态，并想盡辦法介入；施啓燕在學校裏從來沒有提起過父母，也不對路芝英敞開心扉。從這些地方來看，她們母女的關系并不是很好，至少……不平等吧。路芝英仰望施家父女，而施家父女都對她并不尊重。”

趙向晚繼續問：“施啓燕難道沒有一個朋友？”

顧之光搖頭：“從她同學的講述來看，一個朋友也沒有。不過……我聽到一個挺有意思的事，施啓燕據說會寫日記。”

日記？一個把心事傾訴在日記本裏的女孩。

趙向晚問：“施啓燕在宿舍裏寫日記？說這話的人是誰？她偷看了嗎？”

顧之光說：“就是邵一凡說的。她說施啓燕有一個上鎖的抽屜，平時都關着，從來不當着她的面拉開，不知道裏面有什麽。施啓燕的飯菜票、證件什麽的都放在另一個不上鎖的抽屜裏，這讓她有些好奇。後來有一回，她推開宿舍門進去，看到施啓燕神色慌張地将一個硬殼子的日記本塞回抽屜，邵一凡便有了個懷疑。不過邵一凡說她只是好奇，并沒有偷看。”

趙向晚：“日記是別人的隐私，她寫就寫吧，并不影響旁人。”

顧之光說：“沒錯。我的意思是，既然施啓燕沒有朋友，也從不和繼母交流心事，我們是不是可以從日記本入手，去了解她的內心？”

朱飛鵬斷然否決了他這個提議：“現在一切正常，什麽事情都沒有發生，你要是去偷看或者讓別人偷看，屬于侵犯隐私，如果對方報警，你肯定要受到懲罰。”

顧之光慌忙擺手：“不不不，我肯定不會偷看。我是說，如果出了問題呢？如果出了意外呢？警方可不可以查看日記本？”

如果出了意外？朱飛鵬毫不猶豫地回答：“當然可以，這屬于重要物證。”潘國慶殺妻案中，正是翁萍芳的日記本立了功勞，撬開潘國慶的嘴，讓他承認殺人事實。

顧之光神色有些郁郁：“說實話啊，我昨天調查了一天，感覺有些喘上氣來。施啓燕看着光鮮亮麗，可是活得好辛苦啊。她一個朋友都沒有，把時間和精力都獻給了學業，如果導師否定她的努力，她真的可能會抑郁。她繼母路芝英雖然關心她，但畢竟不是親生的，兩個人文化層次相差很遠，無法溝通交流，萬一，我是說萬一，萬一她想不開，怎麽辦呢？”

因為費思琴的緣故，趙向晚最近找了不少心理學相關的書籍來看，對抑郁症有了一定的了解。再一次聽到抑郁二字，她有了些警惕。

“大家對抑郁症不太重視，總以為只是一時之間的情緒低落，是內心太過脆弱，只要堅強一點、樂觀一點，就不會有事。實際上，抑郁症是一種精神疾病，輕的可能表現為情緒低落、興趣減低，重的話就是思想悲觀、思維遲緩，缺乏主動性，再嚴重一些，那就可能會自責、自罪，飲食、睡眠差，嚴重的可能會出現自殺念頭和行為。”

聽到這裏，飯桌旁的人都愣愣地看向趙向晚。

“這麽吓人的嗎？我有段時間也情緒低落，幹什麽都不起勁，難道是抑郁症？”

“是病嗎？我一直以為是矯情。”

“我以前的鄰居整天嚷嚷活着沒什麽意思，被他爸打過幾回，後來送到鄉下勞動，慢慢好了起來，這難道是抑郁症？”

聽完衆人的話，趙向晚安撫道：“也不是說情緒低落就都是抑郁症，有時候天氣不好、身體不好，或者遇到點挫折，正常人也會心情不好。我說的是那種因為遺傳因素、生化因素、心理或社會因素所造成的功能性疾病，具體應該怎麽檢查怎麽确診，那是醫生的事，我今天說這個，是想提醒顧之光，施啓燕如果有家族遺傳的病史，的确要注意自殺傾向。”

聽趙向晚這一說，顧之光有點坐不住了，站起身說：“那我等下直接到施啓燕家裏拜訪，先陪師姐說說話，如果她有什麽想不開的，先幫她開解開解。導師給精神壓力什麽的，不要怕，應付一下就行了嘛，反正那個項目是導師的又不是她的，做不好就做不好，導師才是第一負責人。”

他這話一說，趙向晚搖了搖頭：“陪伴與開導的确有用，但如果你沒有找對引起抑郁的原因，一味地勸她應付對待可能會适得其反。事實上，抑郁症患者都是善良的人，也就是當遇到生活中的問題，他們不怪環境、不怪別人，而是不斷反省，覺得一切都是自己的錯，因此陷入一種不斷自責的困局之中。我聽你講路媽媽陳述施桐先生的情況，似乎就是這樣。所以……你還是先觀察一下，讓路媽媽随時關注她的情況吧。”

顧之光越聽越怕，再也坐不住了，拱拱手告辭：“季昭，多謝你今天謝我們吃飯。朱警察、何警察，改天再來向你們請教。向晚，我先走一步，不管怎麽說，我接受了路媽媽的委托，這事我就有責任，我得去看看情況。”

趙向晚揮揮手：“行，快去吧。”

中午這頓飯結束，梅清溪與顧之星為房地産公司開始忙碌，趙向晚四人回市局繼續工作。

天氣依然炎熱，重案組辦公室的吊扇依然吱吱呀呀地轉着。

電話鈴忽然響起，聲音急促而響亮。

趙向晚似有所感，擡起頭看着紅色電話機，看着接起電話的朱飛鵬臉上笑容凝滞，大聲道：“向晚，顧之光找你。”

趙向晚快步奔過來，一把拿過話筒：“什麽事？”

電話那頭傳來顧之光顫抖的聲音：“向晚，快來，施啓燕，要跳樓。”

趙向晚的聲音冷靜而清晰：“跳了嗎？”

“沒。”

“在哪裏？”

“湘省大學，南3樓，建築學院大樓，樓頂天臺。”

“她現在情況穩定嗎？”

"We have called the police and informed Lu's mother. Shao Yifan tried to persuade her, but she didn't say anything. She just stood in the gutter outside the parapet. I don't know what she was thinking."

Just this afternoon, they talked about the possibility that Shi Qiyan might be suffering from depression and was going to jump off the building in the afternoon. This made Zhao Xiangwan feel heartbroken.

Gu Zhiguang was extremely anxious on the phone: "Xiang Wan, what should I do? What should I do? I'm calling you now from the office phone, please give me some advice."

An idea flashed through Zhao Xiangwan's mind: "Go and tell her that her mother asked you to investigate Shi Tong's suicide case because Lu's mother found a diary of Shi Tong with some very important things written in it. Lu's mother suspected that Shi Tong was killed by him, not by himself."

Gu Zhiguang was stunned: "Did he kill her? I have no evidence."

Zhao Xiangwan raised his voice: "If there is no evidence, just make it up. Hurry up!"

Gu Zhiguang repeated in a panic: "Improvised? Okay, okay."

Click!

The phone hung up.

Zhao Xiangwan turned around and said to Zhu Feipeng, "Brother, send me to the third floor of the south building of Hunan University. Human life is at stake."

Zhu Feipeng heard everything clearly and immediately responded, "Let's go! I'll take you there."

He Mingyu followed: "I'll go too."

The three of them drove all the way and arrived at Hunan University fifteen minutes later.

A large group of people gathered downstairs on the third floor of the south building.

During the summer vacation, the university campus was relatively deserted. But now, because of Shi Qiyan's suicide, people from the fire department, police from the police station, students who heard the news, and faculty and staff who stayed on campus all flocked to the campus.

Someone was shouting, "Quick, quick, quick, I found a quilt, everyone pull it."

Someone was calling out, "Where is Shi Qiyan's family? Tell them to come over."

Someone was shouting, "Is Professor Jia here? Hurry up and inform him, his graduate student is in trouble!"

More people are talking about it.

"Who is it? Why would you jump off a building under such scorching sun?"

"A graduate student from our school? Oh my god, what's wrong with you?"

"It's a girl? It can't be because of relationship problems, right?"

"She has been standing on the roof for half an hour, right? She is so motionless that I am worried that she will get heat stroke even if she doesn't jump off the building."

Zhao Xiangwan put his hands on the sunshade and looked up.

The six-story teaching building has a gutter board outside the parapet. In the northwest corner, there stands a slender girl in a white shirt and white pants, looking like a fairy.

“It’s moving, it’s moving!”

Suddenly there were screams from the crowd.

Shi Qiyan moved.

Instead of walking back, she took a step toward the edge.

"It's over, it's over, she's going to fall!"

Following the shout, a person came running from behind Zhao Xiangwan, one of his shoes missing, his hair disheveled, his face covered with tears and snot: "Qi Yan, Qi Yan, my Qi Yan..."

The man looked at the staggering figure like a madman, and shouted heartbreakingly: "Qi Yan, Qi Yan, you can't jump, you can't jump!"