Chapter 427: Self-Immolation Incident (Day 8 of 10,000 Days)
Liang Wei said that Ni Jianrong had already gone to the Labor Bureau in person to get the information.
Because the deputy director of the Labor Bureau said that Dong Lu’s medical insurance had a large number of usage records from the end of 1989 to the beginning of 1990.
So Ni Jianrong rushed over as soon as possible.
Of course, Zhou Yi thought that Captain Ni wanted to express his gratitude and maintain the relationship. After all, the information could be obtained with a fax, and there was no need to go there in person in the pouring rain to get it.
"Captain Liang, I think Dong Lu should have been admitted to Hongda University's graduate school." Zhou Yi said.
Liang Wei nodded: "Yeah, you think the same as I do."
No wonder I couldn’t find Dong Lu even after searching through the school’s student files. It turned out that he was not on the undergraduate student list at all, but on the graduate student list.
"Have you checked the information about Dong Lu's graduate student?"
After Zhou Yi asked, he saw Liang Wei frowning, and he suddenly felt something was wrong.
Sure enough, Liang Wei’s answer was: “I checked, but I didn’t find anything.”
No results? That’s even more strange. Hongda pays for all the medical insurance, so how could they not find any information?
At this time, Xiang Jie said, "I went to Fang Gexin to check, and there really was no such person. Fang Gexin said he didn't know anything about it, and if he couldn't find any information, then that person didn't exist."
Zhou Yi couldn't help but curse, "Isn't this nonsense? If you're not a Hongda student, how did you pay for your medical insurance?"
Liang Wei said, "This matter is indeed very strange. I just called their Vice President Zhang to inquire about the situation in person. We can't always let them come to us. We have to take the initiative to find them as well."
Liang Wei looked at his watch. "It's eleven o'clock in the morning, and the other party and I are scheduled for two-thirty in the afternoon. Zhou Yi, you will come with me then."
Zhou Yi answered without hesitation: "Okay."
And the timing was perfect, because he happened to have some other things to investigate.
After Liang Wei left, Zhou Yi immediately called the TV station and found Ding Chunmei.
Ding Chunmei was quite surprised when she received the call because she knew about the grand case and the special task force. After all, the TV station was more informed.
She thought Zhou Yi was looking for her for something related to the grand case, but Zhou Yi actually asked her for Song Shasha's contact information.
Although it was strange, he still gave Zhou Yi the contact information that could help him find Song Shasha.
Zhou Yi immediately made a phone call and quickly contacted Song Shasha.
"Officer Zhou?" Song Shasha asked in surprise after answering the phone.
"It's me, hello Song Shasha."
"Officer Zhou, do you... want to talk to me about something?" Of course she knew that a murder had occurred in the school, and she also knew that there were police officers staying in the school for a long time, so she naturally became nervous when Zhou Yi came to talk to her at this time.
"I have something to ask you, do you have time now?"
"Yes, should I go to find you, or should you come over?" Song Shasha asked.
Zhou Yi thought for a moment and said, "Let me come over. Do you have a quiet environment there?"
Liang Wei called Xie Guoqiang in the conference room. As an experienced person, he had already noticed something amiss regarding the medical insurance issue. He needed to discuss it with Xie Guoqiang. After all, this was Hongcheng, not the provincial capital.
Liang Wei, who was standing by the window, suddenly saw Zhou Yi opening an umbrella, walking into the rain, and walking away quickly.
Liang Wei was a little curious. Did this kid find some new clues?
The rain was so heavy that Zhou Yi couldn't see the road clearly and could only look at the road signs at each intersection to confirm the direction.
By the time I reached the graduate dormitory building, I was dripping wet.
As Zhou Yi put away his umbrella, Song Shasha came over and said, "Officer Zhou."
Zhou Yi took a look and saw Song Shasha wearing a long skirt, still exuding an elegant scholarly air, but the hem of the skirt was covered with rain and mud.
Seeing Zhou Yi's eyes fall on her skirt, Song Shasha smiled helplessly and said, "This is why I don't usually check the weather forecast."
Zhou Yi smiled, pulled up his wet trouser legs and said, "Me too."
Just now on the phone, the two of them made an appointment to meet at Song Shasha's graduate dormitory. She said that her roommate was on a business trip with her supervisor and had not been around recently.
The reason why Zhou Yi didn't let her join the task force was, firstly, that she had nothing to do with the case and there was no need to add psychological burden to her; secondly, the things he wanted to inquire about might not really be related to the case, so it was better not to make a big deal about it.
After going upstairs, Song Shasha opened the door and invited Zhou Yi in. Zhou Yi put the wet umbrella at the door.
The conditions of the graduate student dormitory were indeed much better. Although Zhou Yi had never seen Lu Xiaoshuang's dormitory, he knew it was an eight-person room, so how good could the conditions of an eight-person room be?
The graduate dormitory is a double room with the bed, wardrobe, and desk neatly separated on the left and right, and there is also a separate bathroom.
Song Shasha pulled a chair over for Zhou Yi to sit on, then poured him a cup of hot water and put a tea bag in it.
"Officer Zhou, my humble abode is simple, and I don't have anything to offer you. Please have a cup of hot tea."
"Thanks."
"Officer Zhou, are you looking for me... because of that case?"
"No, it has nothing to do with the case."
"Oh, I see." Song Shasha couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when she heard it. "Then ask whatever you want to ask. I will tell you everything I know."
"Look, do you remember the last time I had dinner with you guys, you mentioned the self-immolation incident?" Zhou Yi asked.
That’s right, what Zhou Yi wanted to ask was about the night after Zhang Hui’s case was solved, when he went to have a free meal in order to save Ding Chunmei.
During the meal, Song Shasha mentioned that the building next to their dormitory was also a dormitory before. A girl set herself on fire there and the school later blocked the news.
When Zhou Yi learned that Dong Lu's medical insurance was collected and paid by Hongda, but the school could not find Dong Lu's graduate student file information, he immediately thought of this matter.
Girls, self-immolation, blocking the news.
These key words made him think of Dong Lu.
Especially the issue of the school blocking the news. To be honest, as long as no one was killed, the school could really block the news.
Like universities and steel mills, universities have security departments. Usually, incidents such as theft, fighting, etc. are handled by the security department.
Unless it gets really serious and someone is killed or seriously injured.
Therefore, burns like this are handled immediately by the school security department.
In addition, most leaders tend to make big things small and small things disappear, so this explains why Dong Lu’s graduate student information cannot be found.
However, he had to learn more about the situation and could not just tell Liang Wei without any basis, because Liang Wei had made an appointment with the school leaders and was obviously going to negotiate on this matter.
He will have to hand the knife to Liang Wei at that time.
Facing Zhou Yi's question, Song Shasha nodded: "I remember."
"Can you give me some details about the self-immolation you know about?"
Song Shasha said embarrassedly: "All I know is what was said during the last meal. I don't know the details anymore."
Zhou Yi didn't give up and continued to ask: "I remember you said it was a senior student who told you?"
"Well, I was a freshman at the time, and my senior was a junior, and we had the same advisor."
"Can you contact your senior sister now?"
Song Shasha nodded and said, "Sure, we had dinner together last month."
Zhou Yi took out his cell phone and handed it to Song Shasha, saying, "Could you please call her right now?"
"Oh, okay." Seeing Zhou Yi's serious expression, Song Shasha knew that he must have something important to say, so she took the phone and started dialing, turning on the speaker.
A moment later, the phone was picked up and a female voice asked, "Hello, who is this?"
"Sister Yali, I'm Shasha."
The person on the other end of the phone looked puzzled, as if looking at the number being called: "Sasha? Is this your number? Did you buy a new phone?"
"No, I used someone else's."
"Oh, what's the matter? Is there anything I can do for you?" the person on the other side asked with a smile in his voice.
"Sister Yali, it's like this, I have a police comrade here."
The other party was stunned: "Police...Police?"
Then he asked, "Are you the handsome guy I mentioned at dinner last time?"
Song Shasha was caught off guard, her face flushing slightly. She quickly said, "Sister Yali, Officer Zhou wants to know something, so I called you. Do you remember last year when you told me about a girl who set herself on fire in the building next to our graduate student dormitory?"
"I remember. What's the matter?"
"Can you tell me the details you know? The more detailed the better. Officer Zhou is listening right next to you." Song Shasha emphasized this specifically to prevent any more unexpected situations.
"Let me think about it... After all, I heard this from my senior..."
At this time, Zhou Yi said, "Hello, Sister Yali, I am Zhou Yi from the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Municipal Bureau. Please be as detailed as possible, such as the time, the parties involved, etc. The more detailed the better."
Zhou Yi didn’t say anything more. If you don’t know either, please ask your senior.
At worst, we can just put it on layer by layer like Russian nesting dolls. I don’t believe that we won’t be able to find out the news.
Even if the school blocked the information at the time, there would always be someone who knew the person involved and knew some more detailed information.
If Dong Lu really studied for a master's degree at Hongda and was burned, then someone who knew her would definitely know about it.
Just like Lu Xiaoshuang and Xu Liu’s roommates and classmates.
Perhaps in a few years, for future students, the grand case will be terrifying and mysterious, and there will be many different opinions, but for people today, it will not feel mysterious, but terrifying.
Song Shasha's senior classmate is called Yu Yali. She said that if she remembered correctly, her senior classmate told her that the self-immolation incident happened in the winter seven or eight years ago, before the winter vacation.
The building where Song Shasha and her friends live now was not originally a graduate student dormitory. The building next door was.
When Zhou Yi came just now, he took a look and found that there was indeed a building of similar height less than ten meters away from the graduate student dormitory building.
Although it was raining heavily and there was no sun today, he could still tell the direction.
Now this building is on the west side. Under normal circumstances, the morning sunlight will be affected by the building next door on the east side. Generally, the building on the east side will definitely be chosen as a dormitory.
Yu Yali said that the overall structures of the two buildings are actually similar. When they were first built, they were said to be used as dormitories for faculty and staff.
It seems that it was not built into a faculty dormitory because many faculty and staff members went to make trouble.
Song Shasha asked with a bit of fear on her face: "Sister Yali, isn't it because this place used to be a cemetery?"
"No, they all wanted to divide up the houses on the east side. They said the houses on the west side had poor lighting and were exposed to the sun, so it was hot in the summer and cold in the winter. That's why they started making a fuss."
Song Shasha heaved a sigh of relief when she heard this, then smiled at Zhou Yi and said, "Indeed...it's so hot in the summer and so cold in the winter."
Zhou Yi didn't think it was strange. This kind of thing is not about scarcity but inequality. It's human nature, so it's normal to make a fuss.
Yu Yali said that after the incident, the school simply converted this place into a dormitory for graduate students. However, there were not so many graduate students, so only the building on the east side was used. Now the building on the west side is used as a warehouse to store miscellaneous items.
Then the accident happened in dormitory 404.
When Zhou Yi heard the house number, his heart skipped a beat. Although he was not as superstitious as his mother, this number was indeed unlucky.
The structure on the opposite side is the same as this side, with two people per room.
Yu Yali said: "My senior schoolmate told me that the accident happened in the middle of the night. Many people first heard a series of shrill screams. Then people living on the fourth floor opened their doors and saw a burning person running in the corridor, shouting for help."
Zhou Yi frowned and asked, "What happened next?"
"I heard that a brave girl grabbed a fire extinguisher from the wall and rushed over to put out the fire. Then the ambulance arrived and took the man away."
"Is he dead?"
"I'm not very clear about that. Anyway, it is said that the school later talked to all the students on the fourth floor. During the conversation, it was mentioned that after an investigation by the school security department, it was confirmed that the girl had committed suicide due to personal problems. The implication was that she committed self-immolation." Yu Yali's tone was full of disdain, and she obviously thought this was nonsense.
Zhou Yi looked up and saw Song Shasha looking even more worried.
Yeah, it’s no wonder they don’t believe it, it’s really too ridiculous.
Regardless of whether this person is Dong Lu, even if it is someone else, it is not uncommon for people to have suicidal thoughts due to setbacks in life and relationships.
But there are many ways to commit suicide, such as cutting wrists, burning charcoal, taking pesticides or sleeping pills, hanging, jumping off a building, etc.
How many people who commit suicide would choose such a painful and complicated method as self-immolation to end their lives?
And he rushed out and shouted for help.
Self-immolation is not as simple as lighting your clothes with a lighter, but involves pouring gasoline or other accelerants on your body and then setting it on fire.
People who cry for help have a strong desire to survive, and there will be many opportunities to regret in the process.
If this person is Dong Lu, it would be even more impossible.
It had been a year and a half since she was raped. The fact that she was admitted to Hongda University as a graduate student showed that she had come out of the shadow of the incident and was ready to embrace a new life.
Even if I haven't completely gotten over it, at least I won't commit suicide again because of this incident.
As for emotional setbacks, that is even more impossible. From what we know so far, Xiao Bing's attitude towards Dong Lu can be described in four words: never leave or abandon.
So self-immolation is impossible.
That was an accident?
But this is a graduate student dormitory, not a special environment where open flames are used. How could an accident of this magnitude possibly occur?
Another very important point is some details in the rumors about this matter.
A person whose whole body was on fire, self-immolated, but no one used the word "fire" to describe this incident. Even the school did not say it was a fire when talking to students.
If it was a fire, such as an accidental fire in dormitory 404, which caused this person to suffer serious burns, then there is still the possibility of an accident.
But no one mentioned that it was a fire, why?
Because once there is a fire, it must be reported to the fire department. The university is a public resource, and fire safety problems are extremely serious matters.
Is this the reason why the school chose to conceal it?
Or is there some other hidden secret behind this matter?
Yu Yali said: "Anyway, after the incident, dormitory 404 was sealed off. First, all the students on the fourth floor moved to the current building. Later, everyone moved there, and the building opposite became a warehouse for storing miscellaneous items."
Zhou Yi asked, "Is it confirmed that the person who set herself on fire was a girl?"
"Yes, it's a girl. All the people living on that floor are girls."
Song Shasha explained, "We have six floors here. The first three floors are for boys, and the fourth to sixth floors are for girls. I guess it was the same before."
Zhou Yi nodded and asked, "What about the other person in Room 404? Was he in the dormitory that night?"
"I don't know about that. That's all I know."
Zhou Yi thought to himself, it seems I have to have a doll.
"Ms. Yu, could you please help me get some information about the girl who was burned that year?" Seven or eight years ago is not too long ago. I should be able to find out by asking the senior students of my senior school.
"No problem. Cooperating with the police is every citizen's duty. Besides, you're Sasha's friend."
"Thank you very much. Please contact me as soon as possible. This is my contact number."
After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yi thanked Song Shasha and prepared to leave.
At this time, Song Shasha asked, "Officer Zhou, have you eaten?"
"not yet."
"Would you like to eat something together? It's almost dinner time."
Zhou Yi raised his hand and looked at his watch: "Yeah, it really is. I'm so sorry to have delayed your meal. Go eat quickly."
"You... aren't going?"
Zhou Yi pointed to the east building outside the room window, which was obscured by the rain, and said, "I'm going to go there first."
Song Shasha looked over and suddenly felt a little scared. Before, she only didn't dare to look across at night, but after the phone call just now, she didn't dare to look across at him even during the day.
If the girl who set herself on fire had died, how much resentment would there have been?
Before leaving, Zhou Yi suddenly thought of something and casually took out the photo given by the old dean. He pointed at Dong Lu in the photo and asked, "Have you seen this girl?"
He remembered that Song Shasha had just started her graduate studies two years ago, so she definitely had no intersection with Dong Lu, but he thought what if he had seen her in a photo somewhere? It would always be a good idea to ask.
Song Shasha looked at Dong Lu and slowly shook her head: "I haven't seen it."
Suddenly, she pointed at Xiao Bing next to her and said, "Isn't this Teacher Xiao?"
Zhou Yi was surprised and asked, "Do you know Xiao Bing?"
"Last year, I became interested in French and took a few open classes taught by Teacher Xiao."
Zhou Yi nodded, that was normal contact.
Song Shasha said casually: "But it's strange, that night I saw Teacher Xiao seemed to come out of the opposite building."
"Which night?" Zhou Yi asked hurriedly.
"It was the night I met you at the school gate. On my way back, I ran into Teacher Xiao and said hello. Judging from the direction he was heading, it didn't seem like he was coming out of our building. It seemed like he was coming out of the building opposite."
Zhou Yi was shocked. Wasn't that the night before he went on a business trip to Anyuan? He came to say goodbye to Lu Xiaoshuang at that time.
It's very strange, why did Xiao Bing appear in the graduate dormitory building?
I have previously suspected that Xiao Bing followed me that night because he knew I was on a business trip, but I felt that the possibility was not high. Theoretically, Xiao Bing was not capable of monitoring and following me under my nose.
Now that I know that he appeared in the graduate dormitory building, it means that he was not following me and Lu Xiaoshuang at that time.
Then how did he know that I was going on a business trip?
After leaving the graduate dormitory building, Zhou Yi rushed into the rain and ran directly to the opposite side.
Although it is the same structure, as soon as you come in, you can clearly see a sense of desolation in the building opposite.
There was a stale smell in the air.
What was strange was that the other party’s door was open and there was no one in the duty room at the door.
Zhou Yi leaned closer to the window of the duty room and took a look. It was also dilapidated, covered in dust, and it looked like no one had been in there for a long time.
This means that there is no one on duty guarding this building.
Zhou Yi walked up the stairs and found some traces between the third and fourth floors.
There is a straight line mark on the wall and ceiling, which is left by rust, and there are also several marks of expansion screws on the wall.
It should be what was left after the iron gate was removed.
I guess there was an iron gate between the third and fourth floors, probably to prevent boys living on the first floor from going to the third floor.
Then it may have been demolished after the self-immolation incident. After all, if a fire really happened, this iron gate would have killed many people.
Going up to the fourth floor, Zhou Yi stood at the entrance and looked around.
There was a long, dimly lit corridor with dormitory doors on both sides.
There was only a window at the end of the corridor, with a faint light coming through.
"It's really suitable for shooting horror movies." Zhou Yi laughed at himself as he looked at the creepy corridor.
He felt around and found no flashlight.
But he felt the pistol at his waist.
This is the truth, all those ghosts and monsters are just clouds!
Zhou Yi walked into the dormitory area on the fourth floor. The surroundings were eerily quiet, with only the sound of rain coming from afar.
The doors of the dormitories on both sides were closed.
Zhou Yi looked up and quickly found dormitory 404.
On the faded light green dormitory door, a few peeling numbers were written in black pen.
Zhou Yi stood at the door and reached out to turn the doorknob.
I thought it was locked, but unexpectedly, when I lightened my hand, the door opened.
As the door was pushed open, the rusty door hinges rubbed against each other and made a strange creaking sound, like a woman's painful moan.
Zhou Yi was not frightened by the sound, but immediately determined from the sound of the rusty door hinges and the jerking feeling when the door was pushed open that the room had not been opened for a long time.
A thick cloud of dust blew in my face, welcoming the uninvited guest.
Zhou Yi waved his hands to clear away the dust.
The room was pitch black, and the glass windows were blocked with cardboard.
However, the little bit of light pouring in from the corridor allowed Zhou Yi to vaguely see the situation in the room.
The room was empty, with nothing in it except dust.
Zhou Yi remembered the location of the light switch at the entrance of Song Shasha's dormitory, so he reached out and felt around in the same place. Sure enough, he found the switch, but it was the old-fashioned one.
Snap! The switch flipped on, and the light bulb above my head actually lit up.
This surprised Zhou Yi a little.
As the lights came on, the room became clearer.
There was indeed no furniture in the room, only a chair lying alone on the floor in the corner, with some book pages and newspapers scattered on the floor.
Zhou Yi did not go in immediately, but looked around the room first.
Although the lights were a little dim, Zhou Yi found some clues, there were footprints in the room!
It was very messy, extending from the door to the window.
The window panes were covered with cardboard covered with yellow tape, but the cardboard on one of the panes had fallen to the ground, and the rain outside could be vaguely seen.
The light was too dim just now and Zhou Yi didn't notice.
He squatted down and carefully observed the footprint closest to him.
This footprint was obviously left on thick dust, because there is a clear boundary between the edge and the surrounding dust, but it must have been there for some time, because a thin layer of dust has fallen behind the footprint.
It looks like someone was here not long ago.
Xiao Bing?
Zhou Yi stood up, took out his cell phone and prepared to call Chen Yan, asking him to bring people from the technical department to extract the footprints and then match them with the footprints found before.
Regarding the footprints, there are currently two groups of footprints extracted plus a little bit.
The two groups are the two groups found in Xiao Bing's home. From now on, it is basically certain that one group belongs to Xiao Bing and the other group belongs to Dong Lu.
As for the remaining little bit, it was a quarter of a footprint found in the weeds in the alley next to the Ergang dormitory. It was a right foot.
The technical department took samples and filmed them, then attempted to restore them.
But the results were not ideal.
Because this footprint is less than a quarter of the size, it is difficult to restore it accurately.
In the end, we could only come up with a rough range, that is, the overall footprint may be between 41 and 43 yards.
This result can only be said to be better than nothing. After all, it is still too broad, and different styles of shoes will also have different versions.
However, when they matched it with Xiao Bing's footprints, they found that they did not match, which meant that the person who kidnapped and knocked Lu Xiaoshuang unconscious was indeed not Xiao Bing.
Not even Dong Lu.
Because the front part of these footprints is a little wider than Xiao Bing's footprints, let alone Dong Lu's.
The most valuable part of this footprint is the pattern on the sole.
It is a wavy pattern, but no features such as logos were found. Lao Qiu is currently looking for shoes on the market to see if there is any brand with a matching or similar pattern on the soles.
At least I compared the shoes in Xiao Bing's house and found that none of them matched.
Zhou Yi was about to make a phone call when a panicked voice suddenly called out from the end of the corridor, "Who! Who's there?"
Zhou Yi leaned over and saw a flashlight shining on his face.
Zhou Yi couldn't help but squint his eyes and cover them with his hands.
"What are you doing?" An old man ran over with a flashlight.
After seeing Zhou Yi's appearance clearly, he breathed a sigh of relief: "Oh my god, I was scared to death. I thought I saw a ghost in broad daylight."
"Young man, what are you doing? Why are you here?"
Zhou Yi took out his ID and said, "Hello, sir, I'm a police officer."
The old man looked at the evidence and asked in confusion, "Police, why are you here? Aren't you all in the building to the east?"
Obviously the old man knew the general situation.
Zhou Yi was about to ask a question when the old man glanced at the door behind him and asked in confusion, "Is the door lock not working again?"
"Again?" Zhou Yi asked hurriedly, "Master, when did it break last time?"
"It was almost a month ago. It broke inexplicably." The old man said helplessly, looking at the door lock.
Could it be that these footprints were really left by Xiao Bing?
Zhou Yi asked the old man and learned that he was not a formal employee of the school because he had retired.
But because I had nothing to do at home, I asked a relative to find a cleaning job for me.
Because of his connections, his relative assigned his work scope to the graduate student dormitory. There were two buildings in the work area, so he actually only had to clean one building.
However, his relatives reminded him that although this building did not need to be cleaned, it contained school belongings, so he had to take time to patrol it to prevent anyone from stealing things.
But in fact, he said that although this is a warehouse, it is filled with unwanted things. Even if they are given to him, he would find them in the way. He doesn't know why the school keeps them and doesn't throw them away.
Zhou Yi smiled but said nothing. There was probably something fishy about keeping the rags and not throwing them away. Some items might have been rags when they were purchased, but not on the books. If they were thrown away, the inventory wouldn't tally when they went back to reconcile the accounts. So, even if they were rags, they couldn't be thrown away.
In the first year of their previous life, Zhou Yi and Lu Zhengfeng worked on a case involving the vice-principal of a middle school who was in charge of purchasing.
I bought a batch of so-called student eye protection devices at a unit price of 36,000 yuan, but the actual cost was less than 100 yuan per unit.
In the end, he had a conflict with his subordinates over the uneven distribution of the spoils, committed manslaughter during the fight, and later abandoned the body.
After being arrested, his problems were thoroughly investigated.
The principal of an ordinary middle school in the provincial capital amassed more than 8 million yuan in seven years, most of which he squandered. In the end, he only recovered less than 3 million yuan.
So this kind of thing is nothing new.
The old man was obviously an honest man. He said that there were so many things stored here that no one came to fix the lock of the downstairs gate when it was broken, and no one came to fix the lock of the house when it was broken.
Zhou Yi asked the old man if he knew what had happened in this place before?
The old man shook his head like a rattle and said that his relative told him not to go to 404.
As he said this, the old man took two steps back, as if there was something creepy in Room 404.
Zhou Yi hurriedly asked why.
The old man said mysteriously, "Young man, my eldest nephew said that someone died in this house and was burned alive."
Zhou Yi's heart skipped a beat. Burned to death? Someone's dead?
Isn’t it Dong Lu?
Zhou Yi quickly asked the uncle, what is your nephew's name?
As a result, the old man refused to say anything, thinking that he would be fired if he did.
Zhou Yi had no choice but to threaten him, saying, "If you really refuse to tell me, I will have to handcuff you and take you back."
When the old man saw Zhou Yidu took out the handcuffs, he could only say that his eldest nephew's surname was Fang and he was the leader of the Student Affairs Office.
When Zhou Yi heard this, he thought that the flood had flushed the Dragon King Temple. What a coincidence.
He called Chen Yan and asked him to bring people to retrieve the footprints.
Then he looked at the time. It was already lunchtime. Judging from Director Fang's personality, he probably wouldn't be in the office at this time.
So I didn't rush to go.
After extracting the footprints and returning to the task force to eat lunch, Zhou Yi asked Chen Yan to go find Director Fang.
When Fang Gexin saw them coming, he was very enthusiastic, but it was the kind of official enthusiasm that was used in a perfunctory tone. He even asked them if they had eaten.
Zhou Yi looked at his smiling face and said, "Director Fang, I just met an old man."
Fang Gexin was stunned: "Old man?"
"He said your Director Fang is his eldest nephew."
Fang Gexin suddenly realized: "Oh, that's an elder relative of mine. His family isn't well off, so he retired and asked me to find him a job doing odd jobs, so I..."
Fang Gexin was smiling, but suddenly his smile froze. He asked, "Officer Zhou...Officer Zhou, where did you run into my relative?"
"It's the graduate student dormitory." A smile doesn't fade easily, it just moves. Now it's on Zhou Yi's face. He beams, "I met your relative in Room 404 of the old graduate student dormitory."
A trace of panic flashed in Fang Gexin's eyes. He probably didn't expect that the police would find dormitory 404 so quickly.
He tried to ease the embarrassment with a smile, but his facial muscles twitched uncontrollably.
Zhou Yi knew it, that's right, Director Fang really knew something.
Although given this person's personality, he might not necessarily know Dong Lu, but when something like this happened in the school, the school leaders wanted to block the news, such as hiding Dong Lu's relevant information, and the student information was under the responsibility of their Student Affairs Office, so naturally they could not avoid him.
Maybe he is the lackey who works for the school leaders.
"Officer Zhou...Officer Zhou, why did you go there for no reason? That's not a graduate student dormitory, it's just a storage room for miscellaneous items."
Zhou Yi feigned surprise and said, "Really? It was a warehouse, but this dormitory 404 is empty. There's nothing there. Director Fang, could something have happened there before? I heard someone burned to death in that dormitory..."
"But there's no relevant record in our public security system. What's going on? Could it be that a murder case was missed?"
Fang Gexin looked very unhappy and said nothing.
"Director Fang, why don't you tell me first, is the person living in this dormitory Dong Lu?"
Zhou Yi didn't beat around the bush and directly mentioned Dong Lu's name. Xiang Jie had just checked Dong Lu's graduate student information with Fang Gexin that morning, so there was no need to continue testing him.
To put it bluntly, both parties are well aware of this matter, it's just a matter of how to bring it up.
Fang Gexin looked at Zhou Yi's determined expression and sighed. Then he leaned in front of Zhou Yi and whispered, "Officer Zhou, please don't make things difficult for me, a handyman. I just want to make a living. I know your task force will have an appointment with our school leaders later. If you have any questions, I suggest you ask them directly."
After listening to this, Zhou Yi nodded and said with a smile: "No problem, I'll be there soon anyway."
When Fang Gexin heard this, he immediately felt relieved.
But Zhou Yi immediately added, "Then I will tell your school's leaders that it was Director Fang who asked us to ask. He said that if there is anything, we should ask the leaders directly. He just wants to make a living. Is that right?"
He turned around and asked Chen Yan: "Brother Yan, did you hear that?"
Chen Yan nodded immediately: "I heard it, that's what Director Fang said."
Fang Gexin was so scared when he heard this: "No, no, no, officers, you are going to kill me by saying this."
Zhou Yi sneered in his heart, you little brat, are you trying to talk official language and use torture to trick me?
I guess you are indispensable when eating meat and drinking soup, but you step back when taking on responsibilities?
I know what you fear most, but I still can’t cure you?
Zhou Yi said, "Director Fang, to be honest, I don't want to embarrass you. But the problem is that you are now embarrassing me. I am just like you, a handyman. If you don't give me any benefits, then I can only drag you along to fill the sea."
As he said this, he spread his hands with an indifferent expression.
Fang Gexin was dumbfounded.
This was not the first time he had met Zhou Yi. Before the task force was established and the identity of the deceased was confirmed, he had noticed Zhou Yi when Wu Yongcheng brought people from the Third Brigade to ask him to cooperate with the work.
The reason is simple, he's been on TV.
He knew that the requirements for watching that program came from the city, and he happened to be very concerned about such instructions from above, so he watched it very carefully.
Afterwards, he took the initiative to write a review for the school newspaper and published it. The title was: Thoughts after watching the program "Questioning the Heart", on the compatibility of grand spirit with the times of urban development.
Of course, the content is to praise the foresight and farsightedness of several school leaders. When the entire Hongcheng was in danger, only Hongda was like a mainstay, standing firm.
However, not long after, he was slapped in the face by a grand case.
So he was impressed by Zhou Yi.
However, when they met for the first time, Zhou Yi hardly spoke, and it was Wu Yongcheng who came forward to negotiate with him.
He immediately realized that Captain Wu was not easy to deal with.
They thought that Zhou Yi was just picked out by the Municipal Bureau to serve as a front man because he looked energetic.
Unexpectedly, he discovered today that the old members of the Third Brigade were not easy to deal with, and the young members were not easy to deal with either.
It’s just that the old ones still care about face, while the young ones don’t show any mercy at all.
Fang Gexin was helpless. He tugged at Zhou Yi's sleeve and whispered, "Officer Zhou, can you please talk to me for a moment?"
Zhou Yi immediately followed him to the door, and then Fang Gexin whispered a few words to him.
Zhou Yi nodded, patted Fang Gexin on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, Director Fang, I won't mention you to the leadership about this matter."
Upon hearing this, Fang Gexin immediately clasped his hands together and said, "Thank you, Officer Zhou, but please don't say I said that."
Zhou Yi and Chen Yan left the Student Affairs Office. Chen Yan asked, "What did Director Fang tell you?"
"He admitted that the person who previously lived in dormitory 404 was Dong Lu."
"Great, now all the information matches up."
"He also said a message." Zhou Yi said with a gloomy expression.
"What?"
"He said Dong Lu applied to withdraw from school on her own initiative."
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