"Xie Jun's sister?" Gu Shouxin didn't empathize as much as Cai Xiaolian. He grasped the key point: the deceased was the younger sister of a student from their Royal Academy.
To date, the Royal Academy has more than 300 students, including those from the capital and other prefectures, but most of them are either rich or noble.
Moreover, among these people, besides those from the royal family and princes and princesses from the West, there were a few others that Gu Shouxin particularly remembered, Xie Jun being one of them.
Xie Jun's family were merchants. He enrolled in school through his uncle, the Prefect of Jingzhao. This boy was particularly honest and straightforward, and had some of the characteristics of a landlord's foolish son. He had a lot of money and spent it extravagantly. He was generous and didn't care about details. Gu Shouxin was training him to be an outstanding manager of a royal merchant family. Therefore, most of the students in Xie Jun's class were children from merchant families.
"Dad, is Xie Jun very naughty?" Gu Xin asked.
"It's alright, he's just a bit straightforward. If someone with a cunning mind were to scheme against him, he might become mischievous," Gu Shouxin gave a very fair assessment.
Not all spoiled brats are stupid; many are ruthless and cunning.
Xie Jun is the kind of foolish playboy who gets taken advantage of.
"Oh? I thought he was mischievous. The owner of the courtyard where the well where the dead was found used to be Xie Jun's classmate. He said Xie Jun was often called in by the teacher to talk to his parents," Gu Xin said.
Gu Shouxin raised an eyebrow but said nothing more.
“Moreover, that person is my prime suspect. However, I have a gut feeling that he is not the murderer, but is just hiding something from me, or that he knows who the murderer is but is not telling me,” Gu Xin said.
"How do you know?" Gu Shouxin asked.
Gu Xin only gave a general overview of the case, but did not mention the investigation results.
When Gu Shouxin asked this question, Gu Xin told him her analysis with Xiao Qiu and Officer Gao.
"Hmm, I see! That's the right approach. It's getting late, go and get some rest!" Gu Shouxin nodded in satisfaction and said.
"Okay. Dad, Mom, I'm going to rest now. You should go to bed early too, reading and drawing at night is hard on your eyes. Goodnight, Dad and Mom!" Gu Xin waved and ran off.
"This girl, she actually knows how to change the subject!" Cai Xiaolian smiled helplessly.
"Let her do what she wants! After all, major cases don't happen in the capital every day. Once the case is over, just make sure she's well-fed and clothed." Gu Shouxin smiled as well.
"You just spoil her!" Cai Xiaolian glared at him. "Why can't a girl do anything right? Why does she like this? The three of us used to say we'd raise her to be completely different from the characters in the books. Well, now she's completely different, the complete opposite of the characters in the books. She's bold, meticulous, beautiful, and yet so strong in martial arts. I really can't bear to see her suffer at all. If I want her to stay home and be a carefree little fairy, that's enough."
"In the book, she's portrayed as a little fairy, carefree without the interference of her mother and older sister. But what was the outcome?" Gu Shouxin asked with a smile.
Cai Xiaolian was taken aback.
"So, this is good. Isn't what we all wanted was for her to grow up to be an independent, self-reliant, and independent young woman who can live well on her own? And that's what she is now! So, we should be happy," Gu Shouxin added.
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