Greed & Laziness (5)
Song Shu was stunned for a moment: "All three of the deceased knew Qiao Qing?"
If they knew each other, then shouldn't Qiao Qing be the main suspect to be held accountable? But when Qiao Qing was communicating with him, he looked completely defenseless, as if he had no idea about this matter.
Ji Ting folded his hands in front of his abdomen. He had a clean and handsome face and was dressed in an elegant college uniform, which always reminded people of the gentle and considerate prince in fairy tales.
"Qiao Qing is not aware of this matter. He has a simple personality and does not have such means. After a simple inquiry, I have ruled him out as a suspect."
Song Shu: “…”
Although Song Shu didn't quite think that Qiao Qing could kill three people silently, Ji Ting was so sure. Was this also part of his charm?
Ji Ting's eyes swept across Song Shu's face, and then stopped at Song Shu's waist and abdomen. There were bright red and vivid marks there, and even though he only saw them once last night, they were still lingering in his mind.
Ji Ting gestured, "Sit down and talk?"
Song Shu had been standing since he entered the door. His posture was not casual or relaxed, but rather like he was ready to leave at any time.
Song Shu sat down, and Ji Ting's masked smile became more real.
Song Shu said sincerely: "I am very interested in these cases."
Regardless of what Ji Ting's purpose in looking for him was, he wanted to express his interest in the case so that Ji Ting could share some information with him. The more clues Song Shu got, the more excited he felt. After staying on that planet without games for a long time, he was so bored that he was about to grow grass. Now, real-life detective work gave him a more realistic sense of excitement.
Ji Ting poured him a glass of water: "Well, I heard about it from Qiao Qing, which is why I asked you to come here today."
There was nothing more to say next. Ji Ting simply explained the deceased's information, but his eyes always lingered on Song Shu's face for too long.
Song Shu didn't care. It was just an information exchange. He just read it. He summarized several points that Ji Ting said in his mind.
All three deceased had fantasized about Qiao Qing.
The first victim was a vampire helper in the cafeteria. He was an honest man with no bad habits. He even bought blood from animals sold in the market. But in the records, he once killed his best friend and sucked him dry. Qiao Qing's name was mentioned many times in the diary. The diary for a whole month was filled with his admiration for Qiao Qing.
The second first-year vampire who died was from an ordinary family of human and vampire. He was lazy in his studies and was timid and fearful. He had shown his affection to Qiao Qing, but after being rejected, he went to sit downstairs of Qiao Qing's house many times.
The third vampire who died was a cleaner in the academy. He was promiscuous, poor but good at packaging himself. He dated many human lovers at the same time, and these lovers all thought he was teaching at Suzuran Academy. He had followed Qiao Qing many times and was warned by the academy's discipline committee. The original punishment was expulsion, but Qiao Qing felt sorry for him and chose to forgive him, so the cleaner was able to continue his job.
The common point between these three people is that they are all vampires and they all adore Qiao Qing. The murderer may be an extremist who adore Qiao Qing and hates vampires.
After Song Shu memorized this information, he looked up and said, "According to the president, the suspect has been identified?"
Before Ji Ting could respond, the office door was pushed open and a baby-faced man hurried in with a pale face: "President, another one died!"
…
On the way to the crime scene, Song Shu was lost in thought. Today was exactly the third day since the last case. Did this murderer really kill once every three days?
And...it’s not clear if it was Song Shu’s illusion, he had also been harassed in this way in real life.
But really, aren't there only a few ways to harass him? It was all the same, and Song Shu was a little fed up. Over time, this fed upness turned into indifference. As long as it didn't bother him, it didn't matter what he did.
Song Shu followed behind Ji Ting. He was thinking while walking, and inevitably a little distracted, and almost bumped into Ji Ting who suddenly turned around.
Ji Ting reached out to hold his shoulder, but quickly let go: "Do you want to see it? The scene might be bloody."
Song Shu nodded: "It's okay for me."
Having said that, Song Shu was still a little nervous, and hypnotized himself - these are just pieces of paper, these are all games, I'm fine.jpg
555: [It's okay, I'll help you mosaic. ]
Song Shu became even more nervous.
Damn, it can’t be that he is really so cruel.
Ji Ting nodded, turned around and continued to move forward. Instead, the baby-faced man next to him took a step back and looked at Song Shu strangely: "What's your name?"
Song Shu's eyes were aimlessly fixed on the empty space. He came back to his senses after hearing the words, "What? Sorry, I didn't hear it clearly just now."
Baby Face looked at Song Shu and repeated, "What's your name?"
Song Shu had seen Babyface before. He had come to see Qiao Qing several times, and his classmates all said that he was Qiao Qing's follower. Babyface's attitude was unclear, but Qiao Qing seemed to like to order Babyface around.
Song Shu replied: "My name is Song Shu."
The baby-faced boy also said his name. Song Shu nodded and reviewed the case in his mind again.
The atmosphere fell silent, and Babyface couldn't hold it in anymore.
He has met Song Shu many times.
This is Qiao Qing's deskmate.
The first time he met Song Shu was when he went to Class A to find Qiao Qing. Qiao Qing was chatting with Song Shu, with his chin propped up and his eyebrows curved, looking like he was having a very happy chat.
Babyface had seen Qiao Qing smile like this to others many times. Whether it was admiration, envy, or just flattery, Qiao Qing always had the ability to make others indulge in his appearance and smile.
He grew up with Qiao Qing and was very kind to her, but she never smiled at him. He knew that many people said he was Qiao Qing's licker...
The first thing the baby-faced boy saw when he looked at Song Shu was jealousy, followed by astonishment - Song Shu was not listening to Qiao Qing seriously.
Song Shu held a feather pen in his hand. No matter in the sun or in the dark, his skin was sickly pale, his lips were extremely red, his soft black hair was draped over his forehead, his pupils were weary under his crow-feather eyelashes, and he drew casually and carelessly, casually and with boredom.
It seems like he is... distracted?
Baby Face had never seen anyone who could be distracted while talking to Qiao Qing. He must have been too surprised at the time, otherwise how could he think Song Shu was prettier than Qiao Qing?
He didn't ask Song Shu's name, but walked up to Qiao Qing and said, "Qiao Qing, this is today's milk, remember to drink it."
Qiao Qing doesn't like drinking milk. She always refused it in the past, and today was no exception: "I don't want to drink it. Milk really tastes too fishy."
After saying that, Qiao Qing licked his lips, shook his hand again, and blinked at him: "I don't want to drink it anymore, can you take it back?"
The baby-faced boy's first reaction was to look at Song Shu, who was yawning with tears at the corners of his eyes, not even glancing at them.
In the past, he would always persuade Qiao Qing and coax her to drink the milk obediently, but this time, for some reason, he just took the milk back and left the classroom.
Qiao Qing got angry about his behavior later, and he coaxed Qiao Qing for a long time before she calmed down.
Later at the banquet, Baby Face also noticed Song Shu. She was wearing a simple outfit of white shirt and black pants, but her face was so outstanding that it was hard not to notice her.
Qiao Qing had many people to chat up and communicate with, so she had no time to pay attention to him. He didn't like to see Qiao Qing smile at other people, so that time, he focused a lot of his attention on Song Shu.
Song Shu was always casual, carrying a tray, and moving like a fish among the dignitaries at the banquet. Many men and women stuffed cigars and cigarettes into his pockets.
He accepted it without changing his expression when it was handed to him, and he just smiled when it was stuffed directly into his pocket. He was really impatient and even his expression was stingy, so cold that the person on the other side fell silent.
Because Song Shu was too indifferent, he followed Song Shu again and watched Song Shu take out the cigarettes from his pocket and put them into the lost and found box at the banquet. But after returning, Song Shu was stuffed with cigarettes and cigars again.
Baby Face originally wanted to see how Song Shu handled it, but Qiao Qing called him away because Qiao Qing wanted him to run errands and get something.
On the way, he kept thinking, what would Song Shu do with those cigars? Didn't he smoke? Those cigars were said to be very expensive...
…
Even though he had met Song Shu more than once, his baby-faced voice still trembled when he spoke to Song Shu face to face for the first time.
Song Shu is much more handsome than Qiao Qing, but he doesn't stay with Qiao Qing just for Qiao Qing's face.
The baby-faced man looked at Song Shu again and lowered his head. Indeed... she was very pretty, so pretty that she didn't seem to be from this world.
Song Shu didn't say anything, and a layer of alienation automatically grew around him that others couldn't get into. Baby Face looked at him many times, but Song Shu was still immersed in his own world, as if he was unaware of anything.
Maybe you just don't want to pay attention to him.
Song Shu has always been so indifferent.
This was different from Qiao Qing. If he looked at Qiao Qing like this, Qiao Qing would smile back at him.
The baby-faced man looked at Song Shu several times from behind, and when he finally mustered up the courage to talk to Song Shu, Ji Ting in front of him turned around and called him away.
The baby-faced man held his breath and looked at Song Shu again, but Song Shu still didn't respond and didn't look at him.
“…”
Babyface walked towards Ji Ting with heavy steps.
Ji Ting tilted his head and raised his eyebrows: "Who provokes you?"
The baby-faced man paused and said, "No, I just thought of something unhappy."
The crime scene this time was in the gymnasium, and a cordon had been set up to clear the area. The deceased was a third-year human student who was about to graduate.
The victim was strangled to death and the murderer threw his body from the highest point of the gymnasium into a conspicuous position in the middle of the gymnasium.
The crime scene was not as brutal as Song Shu had imagined. 555 even blurred the scene, but he still didn't dare to look at the body. His previous gaming mentality disappeared, and Song Shu was a little afraid of having nightmares at night.
555: [Weren’t you very courageous just now? ]
Song Shu refused firmly and with great backbone: "...Even if you ridicule me, I won't watch it."
There were several people maintaining order at the scene, as well as forensic doctors and police. Ji Ting negotiated with them, while Song Shu and Baby Face stood by.
The deceased was a human being, and unlike the previous three cases, the clues were cut off.
Song Shu didn't dare to look at the body, so he had to look around and think about random things to divert his attention. Fortunately, Baby Face talked to him again.
"You are Qiao Qing's deskmate."
Song Shu seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and was willing to talk to the baby-faced man. He looked at the other party and nodded: "Well, what's wrong?"
The baby-faced man looked in Ji Ting's direction and said, "Ji Ting likes Qiao Qing."
Song Shu:?
It was a very incoherent sentence, but Song Shu really didn't want to think about the corpse, so he had to continue the topic: "And then?"
Song Shu's expression was very serious, no longer casual and careless as before. The baby-faced man pursed his lips and said, "Many people like Qiao Qing."
Song Shu agreed: "Well, he is very popular."
Baby Face was observing Song Shu the whole time. But no matter what he said, Song Shu's expression was either cold and indifferent, or sincere, as if what he said was the truth.
The baby-faced man was in a bad mood all of a sudden. He didn't know what was wrong with him. Anyway, all the questions he asked Song Shu were blocked lightly, like a fist hitting cotton, without any strength at all.
The baby-faced boy turned his head away and moved a little further away from Song Shu.
Song Shu doesn't care about him anyway.
Song Shu looked at Baby Face and left inexplicably, feeling a little puzzled, but soon another young policeman started discussing with him, and he had no time to continue thinking about Baby Face.
On the other side, the baby-faced boy saw Song Shu quickly communicating with the young policeman again, and he felt even more depressed.
…
"This is not the first murder today. The first murder happened near the monastery. The victim was a vampire. The details are still unclear."
The young policeman said, "This is the fourth murder case at Suzuran Academy this month. The higher-ups are taking it very seriously."
Today's incident also broke the rule that the dead were all vampires.
Song Shu thought about it and suddenly thought of a very serious question.
Qiao Qing just transferred here yesterday, right? But these three murders happened many days ago, the longest one even happened nine days apart. Are these people all in Linglan College? ? How did they know Qiao Qing?
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