Chapter 376 White Sweater
At the bottom of the cardboard box filled with old clothes was a white sweater.
It’s not so much a sweater as it was once a sweater.
Nothing unusual was found when it was lying under the box, but when he took it out and looked at it, Zhou Yi was stunned.
This sweater was cut into pieces. Judging from the smoothness of the cuts, it must have been cut with scissors.
Of course Zhou Yi remembered this sweater, because he gave it to Lu Xiaoshuang personally. It was a thank-you gift specially prepared by his aunt to thank Lu Xiaoshuang for tutoring his cousin.
How did it become so broken?
With so many cuts, it couldn't be an accident, it had to be man-made.
And it couldn't have been done by Lu Xiaoshuang herself, because Zhou Yi found traces of trying to sew it with white thread.
But the sweater, and the fact that it had so many cuts on it, didn't help at all.
Zhou Yi was filled with anger all of a sudden. Who on earth could do such a wicked thing?
Suddenly, he felt a chill in his heart.
Because this is another change, and it is a change caused by oneself.
In the previous life, this white sweater did not exist, so it was naturally impossible for it to be cut.
The police have thoroughly investigated Lu Xiaoshuang's interpersonal relationships, and there is no possibility that other clothes were cut without her knowledge.
Moreover, from the old school uniforms and Lu Xiaoshuang's daily clothes in this box, we can tell that she lives in poverty. Apart from a few pieces of clothing given by her aunt, she cannot have any expensive clothes.
So the cheap clothes were not cut, only the valuable clothes were cut. Could it be that someone was jealous?
Jealous of Lu Xiaoshuang?
Why?
She is a poor student, what is there for others to envy?
Appearance? Impossible. Lu Xiaoshuang wasn't stunningly beautiful, and she wouldn't be envied simply because of her looks.
Study? Although she was a good student, she was not the best in the university, and there were many top students.
Money is even more impossible.
Zhou Yi suddenly felt panicked because he thought of a possibility, which was Lu Xiaoshuang's internship at the Tax Bureau.
An organization like the Municipal Taxation Bureau is considered a popular and secure job in a prefecture-level city like Hongcheng.
Even at a key university like Hongda, it is impossible for all finance graduates to enter the tax bureau every year. After all, there are regular jobs and the number of people recruited is limited.
Although it was just an internship and didn't mean anything about the future, it was indeed Zhou Yi who got in through the back door with Wu Yongcheng.
At least the possibility of joining the tax bureau in the future is much greater than that of others.
Zhou Yi didn't think too much about it at the time. He just wanted to find an internship for Lu Xiaoshuang that could make money and make use of her academic qualifications and professional advantages.
But the same thing will produce different perceptions when viewed by different people.
A poor girl who has to work part-time to earn her living expenses suddenly gets an internship at the tax bureau, which can easily arouse some people's suspicion.
Especially... for example, those who originally felt superior to Lu Xiaoshuang would experience a huge psychological gap and become jealous and hateful of Lu Xiaoshuang.
This must have been done by a female classmate of Lu Xiaoshuang, because the most suitable place to do something like cutting a sweater is the girls' dormitory.
However, according to this logic, Lu Xiaoshuang in the previous life should not have aroused this person's jealousy, so theoretically this should have nothing to do with the grand case.
Regardless, it's a clear clue.
He immediately thought of asking someone, that was Lu Xiaoshuang's only good friend in school, Mo Youyou.
He turned off the lights and prepared to go downstairs.
But he didn't plan to draw the curtains because he wanted light to come into the attic.
This beam of light is hope.
When he came down from the ladder, Qiao Jiali saw that he was holding something in his hand.
The old lady also saw it and asked with narrowed eyes: "What is this..."
"Grandma, Xiaoshuang asked me to help her get it." Zhou Yi rolled up the white sweater and held it in his hand to prevent the old lady from seeing the flaw.
The old lady nodded, with a puzzled look on her face, but didn't ask any further questions.
After asking a few more questions, Zhou Yi signaled Qiao Jiali to leave.
Qiao Jiali understood and told the old lady that they had something else to do and left first.
The old lady reluctantly sent Xiaoshuang to the door, and kept telling her to come and visit when she was free, and reminded her to remember to eat on time and not to go hungry.
The two men had already reached the gate of the slum. Looking back, they saw the old lady still leaning against the door frame looking at them. When she saw them looking back, she waved at them again.
Zhou Yi felt a little guilty and immediately turned his head away.
"Zhou Yi, what's wrong with this sweater?" Qiao Jiali asked after getting in the car.
Zhou Yi took out an evidence bag from the car, stuffed the sweater into it, and handed it to Qiao Jiali.
Qiao Jiali took it and looked at it, stunned: "What...what happened to this sweater? Is this Xiaoshuang's?"
Zhou Yi nodded: "My aunt knitted it for her."
"Your aunt?" Qiao Jiali was even more confused.
Zhou Yi told his cousin about Lu Xiaoshuang tutoring his cousin and his guess about the sweater being cut.
When Qiao Jiali heard this, she immediately started the car and said, "Let's go directly to Hongda and meet up with Captain Wu and the others."
It’s not that the remaining people from the Lu family won’t ask, but that they don’t need to ask for the time being.
Lu Xiaoshuang's grandmother said that her granddaughter came back last Sunday, which was the week before Li Youqiang's case happened and the week when Zhou Yi and his family went to Qian Hongxing's house for dinner.
She said that Lu Xiaoshuang bought her some food, but she couldn't bear to eat it, thinking that she would eat it together with her granddaughter when she came back next time.
That means the Lu family probably has no other clues for the time being.
If it is finally confirmed that the deceased is Lu Xiaoshuang, then we have to find her relatives to understand the situation again, but that has a prerequisite.
This is good news for Zhou Yi. Last night, he asked Qian Hongxing to come here to help him find Lu Xiaoshuang. Qian Hongxing should have been in contact with Lu Xiaoshuang's second uncle and third uncle at that time.
Since her grandmother didn't mention today that someone came to see Lu Xiaoshuang last night, and her hearing loss and living environment showed that she didn't know about this.
Otherwise, if Qiao Jiali learned about this situation and a "teacher" came to see Lu Xiaoshuang, it would cause a deviation in the direction of investigation.
This is Zhou Yi’s dilemma.
As a reborn person who knows the circumstances of the murder and a key law enforcer, any of his actions are likely to arouse suspicion.
But he was really at his wit's end on the train last night, so he had to resort to this last resort.
On the way, Zhou Yi called Wu Yongcheng and learned that they were still communicating with the Hongda Student Affairs Office. Since today was Labor Day, while most students might be on campus, the school leaders and faculty were generally on holiday. Therefore, the Student Affairs Office couldn't make a decision on Wu Yongcheng's request for assistance in the investigation and said they needed to consult with the leadership.
But the problem is that the staff on duty cannot directly ask the school leaders and decision makers for instructions. They can only ask their own leaders and then report up one level at a time.
You can imagine how efficient this is. The other party even asked Wu Yongcheng to come back tomorrow because the leader would be there tomorrow.
Wu Yongcheng snorted, "It really fits the saying: It's easier to meet the King of Hell than to deal with the little devils."
Zhou Yi knew that this was just a temper tantrum.
Hongda is a 211 key university, and its president is at the level of a provincial-level official. The mayor of Hongcheng is also at the level of a provincial-level official, so they are on the same level.
So even if Wu Yongcheng really wanted to meet President Hongda, he probably didn't have the qualifications. At least Xie Guoqiang had to come forward.
However, this also fully illustrates the special nature of the university, which is why in the previous life, a special task force had to be set up under the leadership of the provincial department before it could enter Hongda to formally conduct an investigation.
It is because of the power of the Hongcheng City Bureau that it is unable to conduct a normal investigation into the Hongda case.
"Captain Wu, don't worry about the others. I need to find someone first. Please talk to the people at school."
"who?"
"Lu Xiaoshuang's roommate is called Mo Youyou. I want to ask her in person about some things."
"good."
Fifteen minutes after hanging up the phone, Qiao Jiali and Zhou Yi arrived at Hongda. Since they were driving a police car, they were allowed to pass at the door after showing their ID.
I found the Student Affairs Office, which is responsible for the daily management of students, and Wu Yongcheng was already waiting downstairs.
"Captain Wu, how is it?" Zhou Yi asked impatiently.
"The Student Affairs Office agreed and helped us contact the dormitory, but Mo Youyou is not in the dormitory. My roommate said she left yesterday afternoon."
"Is Mo Youyou a native of Hongcheng?"
Wu Yongcheng shook his head: "The school checked the information and found that her registered residence is in the neighboring Wuguang City."
"Wu Guang?" Zhou Yi thought for a moment. "Today is Wednesday, so we only have one day off for May Day. Has Mo Youyou applied for leave tomorrow and the day after tomorrow?"
Wu Yongcheng shook his head: "I checked, no leave was requested, there is no such thing as a long vacation combined with the weekend."
Wu Yongcheng's meaning was the same as what Zhou Yi wanted to ask. With only one day off, the possibility of her going home was relatively low.
Even though it's just the next city, the long-distance bus ride across town is quite tiring unless you have a private car. I left yesterday afternoon and need to be back before tonight, which is unlikely.
"Is there a phone number at Mo Youyou's house?"
"Yes, I called, but no one answered. She might be out." Wu Yongcheng said, "I asked Chen Yan to call the command center to find out if Mo Youyou has any relatives in Hongcheng. If she is from Wuguang, it is more likely that she has relatives in Hongcheng."
Zhou Yi nodded. Wu Yongcheng thought things through thoroughly and did what he wanted to say in advance.
Soon, Chen Yan, who was on the phone, came back and said that the command center found out that Mo Youyou's mother's sister, her aunt, had married to Hongcheng.
Zhou Yi and Qiao Jiali immediately drove to the address provided by Chen Yan. Chen Yan looked at the police car driving away and asked, "Master, should we continue investigating here?"
Wu Yongcheng took out his cigarette case and said, "Let me call Director Xie first."
As for Zhou Yi, he was driving the car this time, and Qiao Jiali could tell how anxious he was from the speed of the car.
When they arrived at the community where Mo Youyou's aunt lived, the two found the corresponding house number, and Zhou Yi couldn't wait to knock on the door.
"Coming." A girl in the room responded.
The door opened, and the person who opened it was Mo Youyou.
She was very surprised to see Zhou Yi.
"Officer Zhou? Why are you here?"
"Youyou, do you know where Xiaoshuang went?" Zhou Yi asked.
But Mo Youyou's words shocked Zhou Yi and Qiao Jiali.
She replied doubtfully: "Xiao Shuang? Didn't she say she was going to find you?
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