Chapter 194 Physical Evidence I want to go to Lin Xiaowei’s office to take a look.
Shen Qingye grabbed the pen in his hand and moved: "When?"
"Hmm..." Teacher Xu thought for a moment, "I remember...it seemed like when I was on the phone, oh yes! I remember, I heard footsteps at that time, but I didn't take it seriously, and then after a while, I hung up the phone and called my brother again. The time was probably..."
She picked up her phone and took a look. "Yes, 1:18! That was the time I called my brother. If you go back a little further... I heard the footsteps at about 17:18."
She thought carefully, "Because the footsteps were on the other side of the stairwell, normally you wouldn't hear them. But that person seemed to be in a hurry, his footsteps were fast and heavy, so I vaguely heard some movement."
Very urgent, usually not audible...
Shen Qingye stroked the pen in his hand and continued to ask: "What happened after that? Did you hear those footsteps again?"
"No." Teacher Xu shook his head and said, "I was so absorbed in talking to my brother on the phone at the time that I didn't pay much attention to what was going on around me. I really don't remember if it happened again."
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"Teacher Xu said that the footsteps she heard were hurried."
"It is known that there were not many teachers in the teaching building at noon that day, and the few who were there were all in their offices during that time, and someone can prove it. The security guard also said that no one else came in between the time Xia Tingyi entered the teaching building and the time she jumped off the building. In other words, the owner of the footsteps was most likely Xia Tingyi."
In the empty classroom that was specially vacated, Shen Qingye took the confession, looked around at everyone, and asked the key question:
"So, what is she worried about?"
Everyone's brows were gloomy.
Yes, if she just wanted to find a place to jump off the building, why would she be so anxious?
Are you afraid of being discovered by others, or are you afraid of regretting it, so you want to jump down in one go?
But if she was worried about regretting it, then it would be somewhat contradictory to the fact that she jumped off the building ten minutes after entering the teaching building.
Could it be that he suddenly regretted his decision after going up to the rooftop, but within just a few minutes he reaffirmed the idea of suicide?
But when you begin to hesitate and doubt about an idea, can you really make up your mind so quickly?
"Looking at it this way...it seems like she has an appointment with someone and is worried about being late, so she's anxious..." Xiao Wu murmured.
Everyone looked at him and obviously thought the same thing. Just an appointment...
Who could have asked her out?
Yue Lingchuan said, "The other teachers who stayed in the teaching building at the time all have alibis, and they don't have the key to the rooftop. Only the three people in Lin Xiaowei's office are a little suspicious."
Shen Qingye said, "We have investigated Teacher Lin before, and he does have the habit of taking naps. And he has not taught Xia Tingyi's class yet, so he should have nothing to do with her. Teacher Xu also has those phone calls as evidence... Only Lin Xiaowei said that he was busy working in the office, but Teacher Xu was not there during that time, and Teacher Lin was resting. No one knows whether what he said is true or false."
"If he was gone for a dozen minutes, no one would notice."
Yan Haifeng nodded slowly: "Yes."
"Lin Xiaowei is also the counselor of Xia Tingyi's class. More importantly, he said before that he often takes students to the rooftop for heart-to-heart talks." He put emphasis on the word "heart-to-heart talks" and said, "If he used the excuse that Xia Tingyi was not in good shape recently and asked her to go to the rooftop for a heart-to-heart talk, then everything makes sense. Even why Xia Tingyi delayed jumping off the building for a few minutes seems to have an explanation..."
Shen Qingye continued, "Teacher Xu also said that the other staircase was some distance away from where she was at the time. Normally, if she walked normally, she wouldn't be able to hear any sound."
In other words, it cannot be ruled out that someone else went up the stairs during that period of time.
Xiao Ma scratched his head: "If that's the case, then why did Lin Xiaowei do this?"
"When we were investigating before, we checked everyone around Xia Tingyi, but we couldn't find anyone who might have any connection with the Liang family."
But if it wasn't the Liang family, what motive did Lin Xiaowei have for committing the crime? Or is there some other hidden story that they haven't discovered?
Yue Lingchuan asked: "Have you investigated Lin Xiaowei before?"
Yan Haifeng nodded: "He comes from a poor family, and his university is in a different province from Liang Shiming's. The people around him don't have any connection with the Liang family."
"Poor family?" Yue Lingchuan raised his eyebrows: "How poor?"
Yan Haifeng said: "He enrolled as a poor student. The school seemed to have waived his tuition fees. He seemed to have borrowed part of the remaining tuition fees. During his college years, he often went to various places to look for jobs, and even had to earn the bulk of his living expenses by himself."
Yue Lingchuan pondered for a moment, knocked on the table, and said, "If I remember correctly, I seem to have heard someone mention before that the Liang family provides academic scholarships to some colleges and universities."
Yan Haifeng's expression paused.
Yue Lingchuan said: "Perhaps you can check whether the Liang family is involved in the scholarship and bursary programs behind the school where Lin Xiaowei is studying."
Xiao Wu hesitated and said, "But their schools are not in the same province, and they are so far away... If Liang Shiming really wants to sponsor students, wouldn't it be more convenient for him to choose a school in his own province?"
Yan Haifeng glanced at him and said in a light tone: "Do you think his original intention is to really support students?"
Xiao Wu paused, then suddenly understood.
"I'll have someone check this out." Yan Haifeng said, "But for now—"
Shen Qingye suddenly said, "I want to go to Lin Xiaowei's office to take a look."
Yan Haifeng looked at her in surprise, but remembering her performance in the last case, he nodded: "Okay."
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The reason why Shen Qingye wanted to go to the office was simple.
If the murderer is really Lin Xiaowei, then the physical evidence of the crime scene is neither on the rooftop nor on the deceased, so it is very likely that it was taken away by Lin Xiaowei.
Combined with the fact that he most likely called Xia Tingyi to have a heart-to-heart talk, Shen Qingye felt that if they were going to have a heart-to-heart talk, they wouldn't just sit there and chat without saying anything, right?
And it turned out that Shen Qingye's guess was correct.
The moment he stepped into the office, Shen Qingye heard a yawning sound:
[Are the police here again?] 】
[Alas, it’s no use.] Didn’t they find nothing the last time they came? 】
[I just feel sorry for that little girl. At first, she thought Lin Xiaowei was really worried about her, and she foolishly let herself be tricked to the wall...]
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