Chapter 257 Case Investigation
"Just eat noodles, why take pictures!" said the noodle stall owner with a glare.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Zhou Jianguo quickly apologized with a smile.
Zhou Yi burst into laughter. People's personalities don't change easily, but at least there was determination in his father's eyes.
Then Zhou Yi discussed some details with his father, including how to tell his fellow workers, how to persuade the factory leaders to compromise, etc.
Zhou Yi saw that it was almost time, so he paid for the noodles and went to work.
The focus of today's investigation is to conduct a comprehensive investigation into the social relationship between Yao Fenfang and Tang Xue.
Because Yao Fenfang's current confession is relatively complete, and Tang Xue is a student, before there are clear clues, simply trying to change the confessions of the two through repeated interrogations is an illegal interrogation.
Based on the social relationships of the two, they can be roughly divided into three directions: family, Tang Xue's school, and Yao Fenfang's factory.
Shi Tao had been to the plastic factory yesterday, so he volunteered to go to the plastic factory with Gu Changhai, and He Bin led the second team to investigate the family relationship between the two.
The school side will be handed over to Zhou Yi and Qiao Jiali.
According to household registration information and Yao Fenfang's own account, Yao Fenfang's ex-husband was named Tang Jun, and the two divorced in 1989.
Since Tang Jun was cheating on his wife and was caught in bed making quite a noise, he called the police.
Therefore, in the final divorce agreement, Tang Jun was identified as the party at fault, and the 62-square-meter house in Donghai Community was given to Yao Fenfang, and Tang Jun did not have to bear the cost of supporting his daughter.
According to Yao Fenfang, Tang Jun completely ignored their daughter. In the eight years since their divorce, he has visited their daughter no more than twenty times.
Besides Tang Jun, Yao Fenfang has an older brother, Yao Dazhi, who drives a bus in the city, and an elderly mother who lives in a nursing home.
Only her ex-husband Tang Jun is currently missing, and it will take some effort to find him.
After completing the division of labor, Zhou Yi and Qiao Jiali drove straight to Xiangyang Middle School and found the school leaders to explain their purpose, but they only mentioned the pregnancy and did not mention the murder crime behind it.
The vice principal, who was over fifty years old, was shocked and kept saying: How could this happen?
This matter will definitely be exposed in the future, and the school will definitely be implicated. After all, it is unacceptable that a girl is pregnant for ten months and goes to school every day without any teacher noticing.
Therefore, the vice-principal cooperated very actively. He not only called over the main subject teachers of Class 2 (2) where Tang Xue was studying, but also asked the class teacher to think carefully about which students had a good relationship with Tang Xue and bring them to the police for questioning.
However, the information reflected by several teachers was not much different. They all said that Tang Xue had a relatively low presence in school, and her academic performance was below average. She was not outstanding, but not so bad as to be at the bottom.
This is how it is in school. The students who impress teachers are either very good or very bad. The ones in between are basically easily ignored.
However, the head teacher still provided two useful clues.
The head teacher said that in the second half of her second year of high school, after a parents' meeting, Tang Xue's mother pulled her aside to ask about the situation and expressed great concern about whether her daughter could be admitted to university.
At that time, the head teacher suggested that if conditions permit, she could find a one-on-one tutor to help Tang Xue improve her weak math skills, or at least stabilize her main subjects.
"Did you find your own teacher to give you extra lessons?" Zhou Yi asked.
The vice-principal explained, "In principle, the Education Bureau doesn't encourage in-service teachers to provide extra tutoring outside of school. However, some students' grades aren't strong enough, and their parents are anxious. So, we understand and occasionally organize extra tutoring, but the fees are very low, so there's no problem of overcharging. Therefore, our teachers won't accept one-on-one tutoring, as it's unfair to the students."
Zhou Yi understood immediately. It turned out that he was worried that he would question the supplementary lessons.
"Principal Chen, the issue of tutoring at school has nothing to do with the case. We won't record it, don't worry. I'm only concerned about whether Tang Xue found a tutor and who she found."
The head teacher shook her head. "I don't know about that. Tang Xue's mother did ask me if she could hire a school teacher as a tutor. I told her what Principal Chen said. She could ask outside."
The math teacher added, "She probably did. Her math grades were pretty poor to begin with, but they did improve quite a bit for a while. I even praised her during the final exam that semester. But... her grades dropped significantly again when she entered her second year of high school..."
Qiao Jiali asked, "When did your grades start to decline in your second year of high school?"
"Her grades haven't been great in the first few exams since school started. I guess she didn't study hard enough during the summer. This semester, during a test, I noticed she didn't look well, so I asked if she wanted to go to the infirmary. She said she was fine, just had a stomachache," the math teacher said. "There were girls with menstrual cramps before, but I didn't take it too seriously. If she felt uncomfortable, I told her to lie down for a while. Now that I think about it, I'm afraid... I'm afraid..."
It seems that I have to go back and confirm with Yao Fenfang and Tang Xue about the issue of the tutor.
The second valuable clue provided by the head teacher was about the relationship between male and female students.
Although it is not clear, there was a boy named Huang Chen in the class who was close to Tang Xue. Some classmates also reported to her that during physical education class, Tang Xue and Huang Chen hid behind the bushes and hugged each other.
She talked to the two of them and told them that they should focus on their studies at a young age and not think about things that were not suitable for their age. If they were found to be inappropriate again, she would have to call their parents.
Qiao Jiali asked: "When did this happen?"
The homeroom teacher thought for a moment and said, "It should be in the second half of the first year of high school, around March or April last year."
Qiao Jiali and Zhou Yi exchanged glances. If it was March or April last year, that meant Tang Xue was not pregnant yet.
Working backwards from her birth date, Tang Xue should have been pregnant in May.
So this boy named Huang Chen might be the child's father.
And Huang Chen, the first letter of Huang is H, which matches the letter on Tang Xue's bracelet.
"Teacher, you just said that there was a boy in the class before. What did you mean by before?" Zhou Yi asked.
"Oh, because Huang Chen transferred to another school when he was a sophomore in high school."
"Transfer school? Why?" Zhou Yi asked hurriedly.
"I'm not too sure about that. It was his father who arranged the transfer," said the head teacher.
The vice principal then spoke up, "Comrades, let me explain this. I remember this incident. Huang Chen's father probably works in a government agency, so he used his connections at the Education Bureau to make a call and arrange for him to transfer."
"Did you give a specific reason for transferring schools?"
The vice-principal frowned and said, "It seems that it is due to physical reasons."
Zhou Yi thought to himself, this is indeed a society where relationships are important, and having connections is a piece of cake.
"Do you know which school he transferred to?"
"This has the student status change record in the reference room. How about I take you two there to check it out?"
Zhou Yi decided to follow the vice principal to check the transfer records himself, and asked Qiao Jiali to find Tang Xue’s classmates to find out the situation.
On the way, the vice-president asked tentatively, "Comrade police officer, is there something wrong with this little girl named Tang Xue?"
"Principal Chen, we cannot disclose this for the time being. After the case is closed, the bureau should send a relevant notice to the Education Bureau." Zhou Yi said.
The case involves a minor student who became pregnant and gave birth to a child. Regardless of whether Tang Xue is the murderer or not, an internal announcement must be made.
The vice principal wiped the sweat from his temples and said, "We educators need to reflect on this."
Soon, the vice principal asked someone to find Huang Chen's transfer application form, which was submitted in mid-July 1996.
In other words, Huang Chen transferred schools during the summer vacation.
As soon as the second year of high school started, I was already in another school.
The reason column was indeed filled in with physical discomfort and the need to change the learning environment.
The school he transferred to was actually a middle school in Yongding County.
It is indeed not very common to transfer schools from the city to the suburbs.
Zhou Yi called the command center, found the phone number of the Academic Affairs Office of the Yongding County Middle School, and called.
After revealing my identity and asking, I found out that there was indeed a boy named Huang Chen who had transferred there at the beginning of the second year of high school.
Moreover, this school is a full-boarding middle school with strict management.
This is too abnormal. Logically speaking, Huang Chen's father works in a government agency and can use his connections to the Education Bureau to transfer his child to another school. His family should be relatively well-off, but he was transferred to a remote full-boarding school in the suburbs.
What is the purpose?
Zhou Yi decided to drive to Anding County immediately to ask Huang Chen in person.
Coincidentally, Qiao Jiali had almost finished asking questions.
I learned from a girl who was on good terms with Tang Xue that Tang Xue secretly wrote a love letter to Huang Chen when she was in the first year of high school, and Huang Chen later gave her a small gift.
"A small gift? Is it a bracelet?" Zhou Yi asked.
"That girl said Tang Xue was being secretive and didn't tell them what it was. Then the two of them started dating. It's said that almost everyone in the class knew about it, but no one was talking about it. Later, someone reported them. It was the incident in PE class that the homeroom teacher mentioned. Then there were rumors that Huang Chen beat up the student who reported them after school to warn him not to meddle in other people's business."
"Haha, you're still a school bully." Zhou Yi said as he stepped on the accelerator.
"I've learned a little bit about him, and he's not a school bully, but Huang Chen is usually quite generous, so a few male classmates have a good relationship with him."
"Did anything happen before Huang Chen transferred to this school?"
Everyone who has been to school knows that in junior high and high school, it is impossible for teachers to know everything.
After all, they are not as easy to control as elementary school students. Boys and girls who reach puberty have more active thinking and more complicated thoughts.
There are some things that only these students know privately.
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