Chapter 193 Time I seemed to hear footsteps. …
When the group arrived at the school, they did not alert the school leaders. Only the vice president and counselor of the college followed them and explained the situation to them.
They did not waste time anywhere else, but went directly to the rooftop of the Art Academy.
Since the incident, the rooftop has been locked. No one is allowed to enter without permission unless requested by the police.
Even the few remaining keys were collected.
Shen Qingye looked around on the grass-covered rooftop, taking in the surrounding environment.
The college has opened up the entire top floor, but most of the area is undecorated, with just a slightly simple cement floor. Only the area where they were was covered with fresh green grass, and there were several coffee tables and benches placed around it.
It does look like a good place to chat and drink tea.
Yue Lingchuan asked: "Where did Xia Tingyi jump from?"
The accompanying counselor hurriedly said: "Judging from where the body fell...it's probably in this direction."
Everyone looked in the direction he pointed and saw that it was at the end of the grass and the wall, which was also opposite the rooftop door.
Shen Qingye's eyelashes narrowed slightly.
No sound.
She heard no sound here.
This indicates two things: either the girl had already died before arriving here, or the "evidence" who witnessed the scene was taken away.
Shen Qingye is more inclined to the second point.
The forensic autopsy report showed that the deceased died from falling from a building, and there were no other fatal injuries such as knife wounds or heavy objects hitting her, so it was more likely that she was pushed down the building alive.
In this case...
Shen Qingye lowered his eyes in deep thought, while the counselor beside him explained with a wry smile:
"Comrade police officer, I have already told you the situation. I did not manage it properly and did not expect such a thing to happen, so I just put the key to the rooftop in the drawer without any precautions..."
"Besides, the new students had just entered the school during those two days, and I was busy with all kinds of things. I didn't take care of the key. I never knew when I was not in the office and that girl took my things away..."
As he spoke, he sighed again, his expression full of fatigue, as well as some self-blame and reluctance.
Yue Lingchuan looked at him and said, "According to what you said, you don't even know when she took the key?"
Lin Xiaowei was helpless: "I really don't know. I kept the key in the office at the bottom, and I rarely open that drawer, so I really don't know when the things disappeared."
Shen Qingye's eyes fell on him, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly asked: "So what were you doing when the crime happened?"
Lin Xiaowei said: "I'm in the office, sorting out student file information. Because the Academic Affairs Office is pushing me so hard, I don't even have time for a lunch break."
"You were in the office, and you didn't hear anything?"
Lin Xiaowei shook his head: "No."
Shen Qingye asked: "Were you the only one in the office at that time?"
"And Teacher Lin. Oh, Teacher Xu is here too."
Before Shen Qingye could ask, the counselor took the initiative to explain: "Teacher Lin seemed to be sleeping at that time. His home is far from the school, and he had classes in the afternoon, so he didn't go home and rested for a while in school. As for Teacher Xu, um...she seemed to be on the phone? I'm not sure, I just remember that she was outside for half of the lunch break."
Yue Lingchuan's eyebrows moved: "Making a phone call outside?"
The accompanying vice president hurriedly explained, "Oh, Teacher Xu's mother had an operation some time ago, and she even took two days off. Her mother should still be in the hospital that day, and she was probably worried, so she called back."
Yue Lingchuan glanced at Lin Xiaowei, then looked at Xiao Ma. Seeing that the other party nodded, he paused slightly in tapping his arm with his fingers.
Shen Qingye spoke at the right time: "Are you sure you didn't leave the office at noon that day?"
Lin Xiaowei shook his head: "No."
"Oh." Shen Qingye nodded in understanding: "--That is to say, Xia Tingyi got the key before noon that day, right?"
Lin Xiaowei was a little confused: "...Yes, that's right."
Yue Lingchuan's eyes were heavy. He turned back to look at Xiao Ma when he heard the words: "——I remember that the security guard at the gate said before that he had seen Xia Tingyi enter the academy, right?"
Xiao Ma's heart sank, and he said quickly, "Yes."
He had memorized the time long ago, and said quickly, "He said... Xia Tingyi entered the academy at about 13:15. The time difference is probably no more than two minutes."
"Entering the academy at 13-15, climbing from the first floor to the fifth floor, and opening the door to the rooftop - this series of actions, even if Xia Tingyi wasted some time climbing the stairs, five minutes should be enough, right?"
"If that's the case, then she should have jumped off the building around 13:20. Why did she jump off the building at 13:25?"
Yue Lingchuan looked around at everyone and said in a deep voice: "One or two minutes can be considered a normal time difference - but a full five minutes, what was she doing during this time?"
"Are you hesitating whether to jump off the building?"
There was silence all around.
It was such a hot day, but the vice president was sweating coldly on his back and his eyes were dark.
It's obviously a simple case...why has it become so complicated now?
"Police, police comrades." He couldn't help but say: "What... do you mean?"
Yue Lingchuan looked at him quietly: "We should be the ones asking you this."
What happened in those five minutes in between?
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There was a clue in the case and the relevant personnel were interrogated again.
The security guard was taken into an empty classroom and recalled what happened that afternoon.
"I remember correctly... It should have been around one o'clock. There were not many people in the teaching building at that time, so when the girl came in, I took a look."
"I was thinking that maybe it was because class was about to start that someone came. But when I looked at the time, it was only 1:15. I was wondering, it's still early, why are they coming so early?"
"Who would have thought that after a while, I heard someone outside shouting that someone had jumped off the building. I went out to take a look and found that it was the girl I had just seen..."
On the other side, Shen Qingye and Yue Lingchuan also interrogated Teacher Lin and Teacher Xu respectively.
Teacher Lin knew nothing. He just said that he had been sleeping. When he was sleeping soundly, he was woken up by a scream saying that someone had jumped off the building.
"I was so confused at the time that I didn't react at all. I thought I had misheard. But when I looked outside, I found a bunch of people gathered outside..."
Teacher Xu also said at first that he knew nothing about it. According to her, she had been making phone calls in the corner stairwell that afternoon because her mother had just undergone surgery and she was worried about her. I had to make arrangements for my younger siblings, take care of my mother, and have my own children at home... I didn't have time to rest for the entire afternoon.
When she heard the noise, she was startled and quickly hung up the phone. She went downstairs to see what had happened.
Shen Qingye asked her if there was anyone to testify when she was outside, and she smiled bitterly and said no. She said that all the other teachers had gone home at noon that day and there were only three of them in the office... When asked if she had noticed anything unusual, she didn't know.
But when Shen Qingye mentioned the time issue at the end, she seemed to remember something and suddenly said, "That afternoon... I seemed to have heard footsteps."
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