Chapter 44 Did Lu Chi kill someone again?
"Lu Chi also took leave?"
When Yu Qing heard the news in the morning, he looked very surprised. He looked at the girl next to him and asked uncertainly, "Who told you this?"
The girl pouted and said, "I heard Ms. Xu say this when I took my homework to the office. Apparently, something happened at home, but I don't know the specific reason yet. Anyway, they asked for help."
Upon hearing this, Yu Qing's heart sank slightly.
Lu Chi's request for leave was not good news in his eyes; in fact, it was an extremely dangerous sign.
There are only two reasons why a murderer might ask for leave.
The first is to commit murder, and the second is to prepare for the murder.
He quickly turned on his phone, trying to find a clue in the news, but the screen only showed some routine news reports, with no updates about the murder case.
I gradually breathed a sigh of relief.
But then he frowned.
Although there is no news of a murder case at the moment, it is possible that the police have not yet found the body, or it is possible that Lu Chi is on his way to commit murder.
He dared not think the worst.
In short, regardless of the type, it serves as a warning.
You don't look well. Are you alright?
The girl noticed his unusual behavior and quickly asked him what was wrong.
Yu Qing snapped out of her reverie and shook her head: "It's nothing. I was just thinking that if something really happened to Lu Chi's family, it would definitely affect his exam. His grades weren't very good to begin with, and if he falls further behind, he might have to repeat a year."
"That's true."
The girl stroked her chin in agreement: "But since you care about him so much, why don't you just go to his house and see for yourself? I remember his house is near the school, it's not far."
To everyone's surprise, Yu Qing's expression changed drastically upon hearing this.
He immediately stood up: "I'm not going."
Are you kidding me? Sending him to a murderer's house?
If you accidentally see the murder weapon or the scene where the body was disposed of, that would be terrible; wouldn't that be like walking into a trap?
The girl was startled by Yu Qing's excited expression and couldn't help but mutter, "If you don't want to go, then don't go. I was just saying it casually. Why are you yelling so loudly?"
"I'm not going, unless I'm crazy."
Yu Qing coldly refused.
...
Night falls.
The air in the alley was damp and stuffy, with a faint musty smell, and occasionally a dog barked.
Yu Qing felt that she had probably gone mad.
As soon as evening self-study ended, he went to his homeroom teacher, Old Xu, to find out Lu Chi's home address, and then followed the clues to find him.
Lu Chi's home address is not far from the school, in a dilapidated old neighborhood. It's hard to imagine that such a run-down residential building can still be seen in this brightly lit municipality.
There were no apartment buildings marked in the old neighborhood; it was just a row of small bungalows. Yu Qing wandered around for a long time but couldn't find where Lu Chi lived.
There are few people in the old neighborhood to begin with, and there were hardly any pedestrians around at this time. It was pitch black all around, so Yu Qing couldn't even find someone to ask for help.
Left with no other choice, Yu Qing had to return the way he came.
Fortunately, the convenience store at the entrance of the residential area was still lit up.
The owner was a middle-aged woman who was sitting in front of the counter eating sunflower seeds and watching TV. The TV was turned up very loud, and you could hear it from a great distance.
Yu Qing casually picked up a bottle of mineral water from the shelf.
When he was paying the bill, the proprietress suddenly looked up at him and said, "Young man, you look unfamiliar. Why aren't you home yet, it's so late?"
Yu Qing said somewhat awkwardly, "I came here to find a classmate, but I got lost."
"The person you're looking for is in the first building on the left at the intersection," the proprietress said casually, then continued eating sunflower seeds.
"How did you know who I was looking for?" Yu Qing asked in surprise.
The landlady rolled her eyes at him: "You can count the number of young people living here on your fingers, and with you wearing that school uniform, who else could it be but a stutterer?"
Little stutterer?
Yu Qing was stunned.
Is the stutterer she's referring to Lu Chi?
But after thinking about it again, he felt it made perfect sense.
After all, Lu Chi usually stutters when he speaks. He originally thought that Lu Chi was introverted, but it turns out that it was innate.
"Thanks, Auntie!"
Yu Qing paid the money and was about to leave when she suddenly remembered something, turned back, and said with a smile, "Auntie, can I ask you something else?"
"What's up?"
The proprietress looked at him warily.
Yu Qing's smile grew even brighter: "Didn't the quota for impoverished students come out? The teacher asked me to come and visit to see if the situation is true. Can you tell me more about his family's situation?"
"Oh, I see!"
The proprietress was relieved and then began to talk at length about Lu Chi's family affairs.
"It's pitiful to talk about this little stutterer. His parents died in a car accident when he was very young, and now he lives with his grandmother. His grandmother is mentally unstable and talks nonsense all day long. She also often goes out and wanders around, sometimes smashing things in other people's shops. Over the years, she has lost a lot of money."
"This morning I saw his grandma running out of the community like crazy. I couldn't stop her and she even pushed me, almost making me fall to the ground. Oh my, it scared me to death."
"In the afternoon, the little stutterer finally brought his grandmother back from outside. Fortunately, she wasn't hurt anywhere, otherwise it would have been another medical bill, not to mention he would have had to take time off to take care of her, which would have interfered with his studies."
"Isn't this child unlucky? So young, and his parents have passed away, plus his grandmother is such a worry... Sigh..."
The proprietress rambled on and on, but in the end, all that remained was a sigh.
Yu Qing's heart was also filled with mixed feelings after hearing this.
So, Lu Chi didn't go to school this morning because he went to see his grandmother, not because he went to kill anyone.
With the truth revealed, Yu Qing finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Auntie, I understand the situation, thank you."
Yu Qing nodded slightly to the proprietress and then hurriedly left.
Following the directions given by the landlady, he quickly arrived at the foot of Lu Chi's building and looked up at it.
The location is on the fourth floor.
A faint light shone through the window, indicating that the people inside were not yet asleep.
Yu Qing didn't go up immediately, but stood downstairs for a few minutes.
In those few minutes, he walked back and forth several times.
In the end, I gritted my teeth and went in.
The motion-activated lights in the hallway flickered on and off, and large patches of peeling paint had fallen off the walls on both sides, revealing a dark gray base.
The surroundings were eerily quiet.
Only Yu Qing's footsteps echoed in the empty space.
Yu Qing's heart began to waver.
Just as he stepped onto the fourth-floor staircase.
Sudden.
A dark shadow darted out from the corner of the corridor and quickly swept past his feet.
Yu Qing was startled and instinctively took a step back, almost losing her balance.
After he got a clear look, he realized it was a cat.
The cat didn't stop, but continued running forward until it reached a door on the fourth floor, where it stopped and meowed twice at him.
Yu Qing immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
He slowly walked over and found that the cat was a black and white calico cat with shiny fur and a round belly, which did not look like a stray cat.
Just then, the door suddenly opened.
Lu Chi came out, wearing a yellowish white T-shirt and with his hair a little messy.
He first squatted down and hugged the cat in his arms.
Then he noticed Yu Qing standing in the middle of the stairs, his eyes widened slightly, and then a look of surprise appeared on his face: "You... how did you get here?"
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