Chapter 95 Han Songlin and Qin Jiayu had a suitor before.
"Because his usual behavior is indeed a bit... weird. I think that if someone is really dissatisfied with Lao Zhou because of some trivial matters, then he should be the most likely..."
Ke Zhiwei's words were still ringing in her ears. Shen Qingye looked at the boy sitting in front of her. He was wearing a black shirt and black pants, and his hair was slightly long, covering his eyes. His eyelids were slightly drooping, and his expression could not be seen clearly. You can vaguely see the fair skin under the scattered hair, with a transparent color.
Perhaps it was a preconceived notion, but Shen Qingye felt that the other person indeed exuded a gloomy aura and did not look easy to deal with.
Yue Lingchuan was the first to speak: "Han Songlin?"
Han Songlin looked up at them, said nothing, and just nodded sullenly.
Yue Lingchuan asked: "Do you know why we called you here?"
He finally said, "I know."
His voice was unexpectedly clean, like the sound of cold spring water hitting rocks or the jingling of bells and bracelets, pure and pleasant to the ear.
He said sullenly, "Because of Zhou Yuanfeng's matter."
Yue Lingchuan: "How is your relationship with Zhou Yuanfeng?"
Han Songlin shook his head: "I'm not familiar with him."
"Really?" Yue Lingchuan said, "It's just that we're not familiar with each other, not that we have a grudge against each other?"
Han Songlin looked up at him again, as if he was a little confused. He said, "I'm just not familiar with him."
Yue Lingchuan asked in confusion: "But why did I hear from others that you had a conflict with Zhou Yuanfeng some time ago?"
Han Songlin slowly raised his head, and Shen Qingye noticed that his pupils were very dark, not as dark as those of ordinary people.
"What?" He tilted his head unconsciously, with doubt in his dark eyes: "What conflict?"
Yue Lingchuan crossed his arms: "Don't you know?"
He blinked, looking very confused: "Did I have a conflict with Zhou Yuanfeng?"
"when?"
His expression did not seem fake. Shen Qingye and Yue Lingchuan looked at each other and took the initiative to explain: "About a month ago, during a class meeting, you rushed to the classroom and were soaked. You accidentally bumped into Zhou Yuanfeng and got him dirty. Zhou Yuanfeng scolded you."
Han Songlin thought for a while before his frown slowly relaxed and a look of realization appeared on his face: "Are you talking about that time?"
He tilted his head, confused: "Is that called a conflict?"
Yue Lingchuan looked at him: "In your opinion, isn't that a conflict?"
Han Songlin looked at him with his dark eyes and pursed his lips: "I apologized to him."
He paused: "He forgave me at that time."
He looked at them steadily, his expression full of seriousness.
He apologized and the other party forgave him, so the matter was over.
——He simply thought so.
Shen Qingye moved his fingers slightly, thinking of what his classmates said about him, and suddenly felt that maybe he was not gloomy and difficult to get along with, he was just immersed in his own world and had his own set of behavioral standards.
"So you don't remember anything about this?" she asked.
Han Songlin said: "If you hadn't told me, I would have almost forgotten it."
Yue Lingchuan turned the pen in his hand and said, "What about the cat abuse incident? How do you explain this?"
"Torturing... cats?" Han Songlin spoke slowly. He pointed at himself, somewhat incredulously: "Me?"
Yue Lingchuan nodded: "We heard from some classmates that they found you abusing cats."
"Some classmates..." Han Songlin's mouth suddenly curled up: "Is it Tan Jiajia?"
Shen Qingye didn't say anything.
Han Songlin wrinkled his nose and muttered with dissatisfaction: "I told you, she doesn't understand anything..."
He quietly rolled his eyes. Shen Qingye's eyes flickered when he saw this: "But the knife wounds on those cats are real, right?"
"If you didn't abuse the cat, then where did those knife wounds come from?"
Han Songlin looked up at her, frowned and said seriously: "I am not abusing cats, I am saving them."
Shen Qingye's heart was slightly moved: "Save them?"
Han Songlin said, "The cat that Tan Jiajia saw before had urinary stones. It had been over a week since it was excreted, and no matter what methods were used, it still couldn't be excreted. So I took it to the pet hospital and asked the doctor to perform surgery. I brought it back only when its wounds were almost healed."
"There are other cats. Some have tumors in their stomachs, some have swallowed plastic bags, and some have broken their legs accidentally... All of them need surgery."
"Including the time when I accidentally bumped into Zhou Yuanfeng during a heavy rain, it was because a kitten had just undergone surgery and I was worried that its wound wouldn't heal well in the rain, so I ran out in the rain to build a new nest for it and then hurried back to the classroom."
Shen Qingye paused for a moment and asked, "Then there are people who say that you once took a litter of newborn kittens out of school and never brought them back?"
Han Songlin corrected her: "I sent them for adoption. They were still too young. The orange cat was a first-time mother and was not used to it. She couldn't take care of the babies properly. So I asked the pet hospital to help them find adoptive homes."
"Then why do cats have their ears cropped?"
"That's a sign that they've been sterilized." Han Songlin explained to her earnestly, "It's bad for stray cats to have too many babies. It can easily lead to related diseases. Sterilization can reduce the aggression of male cats, reduce the number of stray cats, and increase their lifespan. It's good for both cats and humans."
"Cat ears are clipped to mark them and prevent them from being captured repeatedly. Cats have fewer capillaries and nerve endings on their ears, and they are anesthetized when their ears are clipped, so it doesn't hurt much."
Shen Qingye was stunned for a moment, and finally remembered why the ear cutting operation seemed familiar.
——When I was in college, there was a classmate in the class next to me who also liked cats. He once mentioned the reason why cats had their ears cropped.
Put it this way, it all seems to make sense.
He did not hold a grudge against Zhou Yuanfeng because of that incident, nor did he do anything to abuse the cat.
All of these are just misunderstandings of others.
Shen Qingye couldn't help but ask: "Then why don't you explain to them?"
Han Songlin was even more puzzled: "Why should I explain to them?"
Shen Qingye looked at him, and the boy said calmly: "What does what I did have to do with them? Why do I need to explain it to them?"
That being said, but——
"They have a misunderstanding of you now, thinking you are someone who abuses cats."
Han Songlin frowned: "Let them think whatever they want, it has nothing to do with me."
Shen Qingye paused. The other party was obviously a very determined and self-centered person who didn't care about others at all. He didn't care what others thought of him. It was no wonder that such a misunderstanding occurred.
She then said, "But these are just your words. What evidence do you have to prove that what you said is true?"
Han Songlin slowly frowned and asked, "Why should I prove it?"
He looked at them and said, "Even if I abused a cat, it was a stray cat. I didn't infringe on other people's property, so I didn't break the law. Even the police can't do anything to me. Not to mention that you are criminal police, you are in charge of criminal cases. This kind of thing has nothing to do with you, so I don't need to prove it in front of you."
He paused, remained silent for a moment, and suddenly said: "You are doubting me."
He looked at Shen Qingye and Yue Lingchuan, and said firmly: "You are doubting me."
He asked: "Is it related to Zhou Yuanfeng's case?"
Before Shen Qingye could say anything, he had already guessed based on the clues:
"You heard from others that I tortured cats, and you also found out that I had a conflict with Zhou Yuanfeng before, so you became suspicious of me—"
"Do you think I was the one who kidnapped Qin Jiayu? Did I deliberately frame Zhou Yuanfeng?"
"You found that Zhou Yuanfeng was innocent, but there were so many traces left at the scene, so you speculated that someone wanted to frame Zhou Yuanfeng. And I was the only person who had a conflict with him recently, and I had a history of abusing cats, so you suspected me."
He looked at Shen Qingye: "You don't want me to prove that I didn't abuse the cat, but you want me to prove that I didn't commit the crime, right?"
The other party's intelligence was beyond Shen Qingye's expectations. She did not respond, but met the boy's dark eyes, was silent for a moment, and repeated what she had just said:
"So you have evidence?"
Han Songlin said calmly: "Yes."
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There is a pet hospital outside the University of Finance and Economics, which is not far away and can be reached in about ten minutes by car.
It was just noon, and there were not many customers. The shop owner was eating. When he heard the door open, he looked up and exclaimed in surprise: "Hey, Xiao Han is here again?"
He raised his hand to wipe his mouth and stood up: "Is there another injured kitten? Come, let me see it!"
Shen Qingye paused after hearing this, looked at Yue Lingchuan, and then stepped into the store.
The boss then realized that there were two people following Han Songlin, and he couldn't help but look a little surprised. He looked at Han Songlin again, who had no backpack or bag and had bare hands, and realized belatedly that he didn't seem to be here to see a doctor for the kitten.
"These two are..." He spoke hesitantly. Could it be that a pet at home is sick and it is inconvenient to bring it over?
The boss was thinking about it, but Han Songlin said, "I'm not here to treat the cats. They came to see you."
After he finished speaking, he stepped aside and stood aside in silence.
The boss became more and more puzzled. He looked at the two of them and asked tentatively, "Is there anything I can help you two with?"
Yue Lingchuan stepped forward, handed his ID to the boss, and said, "We are criminal police from the Municipal Bureau. We are here because there is a case that requires your cooperation in the investigation."
"Case, case?" The boss was immediately terrified: "What, what, what did I do? I didn't do anything. What case do you want to bring to me?"
Shen Qingye said: "Don't worry, it has nothing to do with you, I just have some questions to ask you."
"It has nothing to do with me..." The boss paused and glanced at Han Songlin. Could it be that...
"Please sit down, both of you." He hurriedly moved two stools for Shen Qingye and the other person. Han Songlin, who was sitting next to them, was not taken care of, so he found a stool for himself and sat silently next to them without saying a word.
The boss licked his lips and rubbed his hands: "Well, what question do you want to ask?"
Shen Qingye asked: "Are you familiar with Han Songlin?"
The boss nodded and said, "Yes, he often brings some sick stray cats to me for treatment. Sometimes he also asks me to find adoptable homes for some kittens. After a while, we became familiar with each other."
Shen Qingye: "Do you remember what diseases those cats he brought had?"
"Well, this..." The boss thought for a while, "I remember that there seemed to be a cat that often urinated blood. After examination, it was found that it had urinary stones. Another time, a tabby cat had a bulging belly. It was not pregnant. B-ultrasound showed that there was a mass inside, blocking the digestive tract. But we were not sure what it was at the time. When we cut open the belly, we found a large plastic bag inside."
"Another time, it was an old cat that was listless and had no appetite before coming. After examination, a thumb-sized tumor was found in its abdomen. There was also a cat with uterine pyometra due to multiple births... Anyway, he has sent cats to me many times over the years, and I can't remember some of them clearly."
Shen Qingye's eyelashes moved slightly and he nodded secretly. This was similar to what Han Songlin had said before.
Yue Lingchuan, who was standing by, asked curiously, "Does he come alone every time?"
"Not only that." The boss glanced at Han Songlin and said, "Occasionally I've seen him come here with other classmates. What's your name, that one—"
Han Songlin said in a muffled voice: "Stray Cat Rescue Association."
"Oh, yes, yes, the Stray Cat Rescue Association. The girls and boys there are very enthusiastic and often bring stray cats here. A lot of my business is taken care of by them."
Yue Lingchuan asked curiously, "Does your club pay for the rescue of stray cats?"
Han Songlin nodded: "Yes."
The boss also said: "I know they are doing good things, so I usually give them a discount when they come, and just charge them the cost and labor."
Shen Qingye also realized what Yue Lingchuan was thinking, and asked, "It's not cheap to perform surgery on a cat, right?"
The boss scratched his head and said, "It's not low. For sterilization or something like that, even if I charge them less, the cost is still tens of yuan. If it's a complicated operation, it will be even more expensive, sometimes hundreds of yuan."
Shen Qingye looked at Han Songlin: "You haven't worked yet, right? Saving stray cats with such a large sum of money must be a big burden, right?"
Han Songlin said: "I have a scholarship."
He looked at her, his eyes were dark but unusually clear: "The scholarships from school, society, and the country are not small in a year, enough for me to use."
"Besides, I'm not the only one. There are other students who will share the cost of the kitten's treatment."
Shen Qingye and Yue Lingchuan looked at each other and slowly stood up: "Okay, we got it."
She said to her boss, "I'm sorry to bother you today."
The boss quickly stood up and said, "No trouble, no trouble, I'm glad I can help you!"
He was silent for a moment, looked at Han Songlin who had been silent beside him, and couldn't help but say: "Well, police comrade, although Xiao Han is not very good at speaking, he has a good heart. He has done so much for Xiaomao over the years, and I have seen it. So..."
Shen Qingye understood what he was thinking and smiled at him: "Don't worry, we will definitely investigate it thoroughly and will not wrongly accuse any good person."
The boss then smiled and scratched his head embarrassedly: "That's good, that's good."
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After both parties said goodbye, Shen Qingye took Han Songlin back to school, thanked him for his cooperation, and let him leave.
Han Songlin didn't say anything from beginning to end. He just kept his head down and remained silent. After knowing that he could leave, he just nodded slightly and turned away.
Shen Qingye looked at his back, and after a long time she slowly withdrew her gaze.
"Han Songlin probably has little to do with this case," she said.
Yue Lingchuan said: "He didn't have sufficient motive to commit the crime, and the suspicions of his classmates all stemmed from their misunderstanding of him."
Everyone has his or her own personality. Han Songlin lives a good life, and Shen Qingye will not comment too much on his behavior.
She temporarily put Han Songlin behind her mind and analyzed the case again: "If someone really wanted to deliberately frame Zhou Yuanfeng in this case, then what was their purpose?"
Yue Lingchuan said: "Except for random murders by strangers, most murders are caused by love or revenge. Frame-ups like this should also be caused by these two reasons."
"For love, for revenge..." Shen Qingye pondered for a while: "If it's for love, then the murderer might like Qin Jiayu, so he doesn't like Zhou Yuanfeng? That's why he set up such a trap?"
She shook her head: "But that's not quite right. According to our previous analysis, if the murderer really wanted to kill Zhou Yuanfeng, he would probably kill Qin Jiayu. If he liked Qin Jiayu, he wouldn't do that, right?"
Yue Lingchuan shook his head: "We cannot rule out the possibility of love turning into hate."
Shen Qingye nodded: "That makes sense." She paused, then asked: "So, the murderer could be a woman? Because she had an emotional entanglement with Zhou Yuanfeng, or because she couldn't get him, so she chose to take action and wanted to destroy him?"
The two looked at each other and both laughed bitterly.
Well, this expands the scope of suspicion again.
Shen Qingye added: "What if the murderer has no emotional entanglement with Zhou Yuanfeng, but simply has a grudge against him?"
Yue Lingchuan said: "Classmates in the class all say that Zhou Yuanfeng is straightforward and generous, and gets along well with everyone. On the surface, he doesn't have many enemies."
Shen Qingye: "Then it could just be that the murderer has a unilateral grudge against Zhou Yuanfeng."
"In a relatively simple environment like the campus, what could be the reason..."
Yue Lingchuan was silent for a moment, then suddenly shook his head and said, "The school says it's simple, but it's not that simple."
Shen Qingye looked at him, and he said, "Do you remember what Teacher He said before?"
"Zhou Yuanfeng is at the top of his class in terms of academics, and he is also the monitor of his class and the president of the student union. These titles may not be very useful to people in society, but they are more or less useful in school for students who have not yet graduated or have just graduated and are looking for jobs."
Shen Qingye said slowly: "So, the murderer is likely to be in competition with Zhou Yuanfeng in terms of study or class position?"
Yue Lingchuan said: "According to what Han Songlin said, the school should have a lot of scholarships, but the number of scholarships for each class is limited."
Then it is inevitable that some people will not get the money.
Maybe this reason would not be a ground for kidnapping and framing, but at the very least, these people have a conflict of interest with Zhou Yuanfeng, so they are more or less suspicious.
The two of them didn't waste any more time and went their separate ways after discussing it.
Shen Qingye first went to find Qin Jiayu's roommates and asked them whether Qin Jiayu had ever been in a relationship or had any suitors during her four years in college.
At first, the three girls said that Qin Jiayu had never been in a relationship and Zhou Yuanfeng was her first love. But after thinking about it, he said that when Qin Jiayu was in her sophomore and junior years, she did have a suitor, but the other party never showed up. He only wrote love letters every time and never revealed his identity. Qin Jiayu seemed to dislike the contents of the other party's letters. Every time she received a letter, she would tear it up and throw it away. It was not until she started dating Zhou Yuanfeng that the man stopped writing love letters.
Shen Qingye asked if any letters were preserved, and they all shook their heads:
"Anyway, we know that Jiayu always tears up the letters she receives. As for whether there are other letters... we don't know."
Shen Qingye said he understood and took note of the clue.
On the other hand, Yue Lingchuan also found several of Zhou Yuanfeng's roommates and asked them whether Zhou Yuanfeng had ever been in love before or had any fanatical suitors.
Gao Xuefeng said: "As for love, Lao Zhou seemed to have dated a senior student when he was a freshman. However, they broke up within two months. It seems that the senior student thought he was childish or something, and she was about to graduate at that time, so they naturally separated. Lao Zhou never fell in love again after that. He said that he found girls troublesome and he didn't have the patience to coax them. It wasn't until his junior year that he got together with Qin Jiayu."
"First love? Probably not. He seemed to have dated in high school, but they broke up not long after. So Qin Jiayu should be the one he dated the longest..."
"As for suitors... Lao Zhou is quite popular in our school. Many girls like him and they send him love letters all the time. But there aren't any crazy suitors. Many of them give up after being rejected. A few of them are more tenacious and give up completely after persisting a few times. Everyone is pretty rational."
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Not long after, the two met and exchanged information with each other.
Shen Qingye said, "Qin Jiayu had a suitor before, but he never revealed his identity and he had always been writing love letters to her. After she got together with Zhou Yuanfeng, he gave up. It has been more than a year now. I don't know if it has anything to do with this case."
Yue Lingchuan also said: "Zhou Yuanfeng had two ex-girlfriends, but they didn't date for long and have been apart for many years. They haven't contacted Zhou Yuanfeng, so the suspicion is relatively low at the moment."
Shen Qingye sighed softly.
By now, the original suspect Han Songlin was confirmed to be a misunderstanding. Now there is another suitor of Qin Jiayu, but we don’t know who the other person is yet.
Qin Jiayu had packed up her dormitory when she first started working. Except for the mattress and quilt, all other personal belongings were sent back home, so the school could not find any clues at all.
She murmured, "We still have to go to her house and see if we can find those letters or something."
Yue Lingchuan patted her shoulder and said, "Take it one step at a time."
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