Chapter 156 Concealment
After chatting for a while at Zou Chengye's house and writing down the names of his ex-wife Cai Qinglian and student Lu Qiaoling, Xia Muchan decided to go back first and wait until night to wait for the strange sound.
Just as everyone was getting up to leave, the door opened and a beautiful young woman pushed it open.
Zou Chengye waved his hand and said, "Yaxiu, this is a comrade from the Criminal Investigation Team who is here to investigate the threatening letter."
Yu Yaxiu glanced at everyone and smiled gently: "Thank you, police comrades, you have worked so hard."
Yu Yaxiu and Zou Chengye stood together, one was elegant, the other beautiful, and they were indeed a good match in appearance.
Xia Mufan asked Yu Yaxiu directly: "Do you have any suspects in your mind?"
Yu Yaxiu shook her head: "I don't know. At first we thought it was a prank and didn't think of calling the police, but later we received phone calls and threatening letters, which made us panic, fearing that something bad would really happen to us. Our teacher Zou has always been kind to others, and I usually get along well with my colleagues. I don't know where I accidentally offended someone and caused such a disaster."
Xia Mufan's eyes dimmed. Is Teacher Zou kind to others? From what we know now, this does not seem to be the case.
After bidding farewell to the couple, the Serious Crime Unit 7 walked out of the collective fundraising building. As soon as they arrived at the empty space downstairs, Feng Xiaoyu was the first to speak up: "Do you think Mr. Zou's wife is really a mistress?"
Sun Xianbing snorted, "I think this Mr. Zou is just a traitor. He found a beautiful wife and dumped his ex-wife. He is really morally corrupt."
Feng Xiaoyu was a little dissatisfied: "It's just a thing, and we still need to protect him?"
Xia Mushige said: "Since he has reported the case and we have taken over, we must protect him seriously."
After hearing what Xia Mufan said, the other four members of the Serious Crime Unit 7 tried to cheer up.
Gong Weiguo took the initiative to ask to go to the telecommunications bureau to print out a phone list: "I have recorded the times when the recent threatening calls came in. When the time comes, I may be able to find the person by checking the phone list. However, if the other party uses a public telephone booth, it may be difficult to trace the source of the call."
Xia Mushige nodded: "Okay, no matter what, let's investigate first."
Feng Xiaoyu said, "Then I'll go to the police station and check Mr. Zou's basic situation. I want to find out the time of his divorce, remarriage, and transfer, and then investigate the current situation of his ex-wife and daughter. Although information is much more developed now, the information database that Captain Ling mentioned a while ago has not been established yet. Otherwise, it would be great if we could just enter a name on the computer and find out his whereabouts."
Gong Weiguo comforted him and said, "Although Hui City's information database has not been established, I heard that Xing City has taken the lead in building a population archive information database. Let's call the Xing City Public Security Bureau and maybe we can find out his whereabouts."
Gong Weiguo's words immediately cheered up Feng Xiaoyu: "That's great! I'll contact the Xing City Public Security Bureau and see how Zou Chengye's ex-wife and daughter are doing now."
Sun Xianbing and Yu Jing looked at each other, then looked at Xia Mufan at the same time: "Team Leader, what should we do?"
Xia Mufan looked at the beautiful and peaceful university campus and made arrangements in an orderly manner: "Yu Jing drives and takes Weiguo and Xiaoyu to do the work. Xianbing, you and I will walk around the school and ask about Zou Chengye's situation. Everyone, meet in the office at 7 o'clock in the evening."
Hearing both sides will lead to enlightenment, while hearing only one side will lead to confusion. Currently, all Xia Mufan has heard is what Zou Chengye said. It would be better to find out from others what kind of person Zou Chengye is.
After arranging the tasks, Xia Mufan noticed that everyone was relaxed, so he straightened his face and said, "Our criminal investigation team is not only responsible for solving homicide cases, but also trying to prevent them from happening. Since Zou Chengye has already called the police, his life is within our protection. Please be alert and don't slack off. If we can prevent a homicide from happening through our efforts, wouldn't it be more meaningful than waiting until the case happens to solve it?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone who was originally in the mood to gossip became serious, straightened their chests, and responded loudly: "Yes!"
Huishi Finance and Trade College does not cover a very large area, but the campus environment is very good. The tall sycamore trees are hung with golden leaves, rustling in the wind. The simple and elegant building appears to be full of historical heritage under the shade of green trees.
The school has not yet had its winter break, and students coming and going are full of youthful energy.
When Xia Mufan and Sun Xianbing arrived at the Finance Department, the first person they met was the department head Yang Kemin.
Yang Kemin spoke highly of Zou Chengye, saying that he has strong professional ability, is serious in teaching, and has a good relationship with colleagues, but he has a little personality.
Little personality? When Xia Mufan heard this, he couldn't help but ask: "What kind of little personality?"
Yang Kemin thought for a while before speaking: "Let me put it this way. Generally, when teachers in our department evaluate students' grades at the end of the semester, they will show some mercy and try not to let students fail. The number of students failing a class will not exceed 10%. However, Zou Chengye is different. The failure rate of the courses he teaches is the highest in the department every year, about 20%. Once it even reached one-third. The students in the department call him Captain Zou."
Xia Mufan asked: "Do you still remember this student Lu Qiaoling?"
Yang Kemin's eyebrows jumped when he heard the name. "Alas, this student also gave us a headache. The department had clearly announced that she would be admitted as a postgraduate without taking an entrance exam, but she regretted it later and found a good company. She wanted to take advantage of everything and didn't want to suffer any loss. She was a sophisticated egoist."
After expressing her dissatisfaction, Yang Kemin said helplessly: "In fact, from a procedural point of view, we can't stop her from choosing a better unit to work for, but because she wasted a quota, it will have a bad impact on her class and our major. Afterwards, we tried to persuade her to continue her postgraduate studies, but Lu Qiaoling rejected us without hesitation. She said that her family's financial conditions were not good and she hoped to find a job as soon as possible. Seeing that there was no other way, the department finally agreed."
Xia Mushige said, "But, I heard that she didn't graduate."
Yang Kemin stroked his forehead with his hand, "It's hard to explain. Yes, we agreed. At most, it was a waste of a quota. But Teacher Zou was quite individualistic and was determined to punish her. His punishment was to fail Lu Qiaoling's graduation thesis defense. In fact, the group of teachers in charge of the defense at that time felt it was a pity. Lu Qiaoling has always studied very hard and respected teachers. Her graduation thesis was well-reasoned, innovative, substantial in content, appropriate in methods, and standardized in text. It was completed quite well and qualified for recommendation. But her instructor Zou Chengye insisted on his own opinion and must give her a failing grade. Because of Teacher Zou's insistence, other teachers in the same group had no choice. So, I say that Teacher Zou is a teacher with a strong personality."
Xia Mufan raised his eyebrows: "Is it up to Zou Chengye alone to decide the grade of Lu Qiaoling's graduation thesis? It is obviously an excellent thesis, how can he go against his conscience and give her a failing grade? Isn't the department trying to persuade Teacher Zou?"
Yang Kemin smiled bitterly. "Although Mr. Zou does not hold a leadership position in our department, he is an important member of the academic committee, has strong professional ability, and has a high academic status in the department. He said that the thesis cannot pass, and other teachers can't say much. Qiaoling broke his promise and wasted a quota for exempted graduate students. Mr. Zou insisted on punishing him, so we acquiesced."
Xia Mufan asked: "Is it possible that Lu Qiaoling will bear a grudge and retaliate against Teacher Zou?"
Yang Kemin shook his head. "I don't know about that. We all know that Lu Qiaoling had a one-year extension for graduation. The next year, she participated in the graduation thesis defense with the next class of students and passed it smoothly. She also thanked Teacher Zou for his strict education in the acknowledgments of the thesis. There should be no retaliation."
It is really ironic that her teacher failed her graduation thesis, but Lu Qiaoling still thanked Zou Chengye in her acknowledgments.
Xia Mufan continued to ask: "Then do you know how Lu Qiaoling is doing now? Do you have her contact information? Does she have any classmates who she is close to?"
Yang Kemin thought for a moment, found a phone number and gave it to Xia Mufan: "I don't know whether Lu Qiaoling had a particularly good relationship with any of her classmates. This number is from her then-class teacher Xu Ping, you can go ask her."
Xia Mushige asked, "How old is Teacher Xu? Is he a professional course teacher or a full-time class teacher?"
Yang Kemin said: "The class teachers in our department are all professional teachers, usually young teachers. Teacher Xu Ping is in her early thirties this year. She was assigned to our school six or seven years ago after graduating from graduate school. She has a lively and cheerful personality and gets along well with students. She is popular with students. Maybe Teacher Xu knows something about Lu Qiaoling?"
Before leaving, Xia Mufan asked, "Did you know that Zou Chengye recently received a threatening letter?"
Yang Kemin heard about this for the first time and his eyes widened. "Ah? A threatening letter? No way. We haven't heard from Teacher Zou. How come the couple kept this a secret? They didn't even tell the department. If we knew, we would at least send a few students to protect him."
Xia Mufan originally thought that after Zou Chengye felt his life was threatened, he should have sought help from the organization as soon as possible. Unexpectedly, Zou Chengye kept it a secret until the very end and called the police. It was strange.
Xia Mufan asked: "Do the leaders know about Zou Chengye's family situation? Do they know the whereabouts of his ex-wife and daughter?"
Yang Kemin was even more surprised: "Ah, he has an ex-wife and a daughter? I always thought he and Nurse Yu were married."
It seems that Zou Chengye has kept the fact that he was married a secret. At least his colleagues at Huishi Finance and Trade College are not quite aware of it.
Xia Mufan and Sun Xianbing also asked several other administrative staff in the department office. The administrative staff and teachers in the Department of Finance usually deal with work-related matters, and know very little about Zou Chengye's family life, and are unable to provide more information. When talking about Lu Qiaoling, they all shook their heads secretly, obviously thinking that Teacher Zou had gone a bit too far. After all, he is delaying the students' future.
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