Chapter 9
Chen He looked innocent: "What am I pretending?"
Yu Aiai's face twisted slightly: "You clearly know that I really, really..."
Chen He slapped his forehead and said, "Oh, I remember now. It was you who wrote on Qiu Yue's back, right? Oh, we weren't friends back then. I mistook you for someone else."
Yu Aiai's face flushed with anger: "Don't make excuses. The Yu Er you drew is clearly what I looked like back then."
She picked up her phone, her exquisite nail art making the screen click, then she turned to the comic page and held it in front of Chen He.
In the picture, the girl named "Yu Er" who writes on Qiu Yue's back has her long hair tied into a bun, hanging on her left chest, which is very distinctive.
Chen He looked at the screen and then glanced at Yu Aiai now.
Although she has permed her hair, she still likes to gather it on the left side and pin it with a black velvet butterfly hairpin inlaid with rhinestones. Just by tilting her head, she looks shy and charming.
It hasn't changed in five years, which shows that Yu Aiai really likes this hairstyle.
Chen He apologized, "I just wanted to draw a pretty girl. You were the prettiest girl at the time, so I unconsciously drew inspiration from your image."
"You...I..." Yu Aiai was so overwhelmed by the compliment that she didn't know whether to be happy or angry. Her face flushed red. "Well...there's also Xu San, isn't he referring to Xu Candong from our disciplinary team? You didn't use your real name, so can't I tell? I'm not stupid!"
The Discipline Management Group is a student group responsible for discipline. It has five or six members. Yu Aiai is the group leader and Xu Candong is one of the members.
Although it is a small group, they have the power of life and death in that closed base.
Chen He agreed with her: "Of course you are. You are very smart, otherwise how could you see it at the first glance? Comics are just stories, don't take them seriously."
Yu Aiai felt a little proud and a little less angry.
Chen He picked up a sugar cube from the small plate and said, "I've never understood why the disciplinary team headed by you always had a problem with Qiu Yue?"
Yu Aiai's expression twisted. "She's just a fickle bitch. She pretends to be sick all day long, seducing this one, then that one. Who else should I mess with if not her?"
With a "crack", the sugar cube shattered into powder in Chen He's palm.
Yu Aiai looked at her in surprise.
"This candy is so crispy." Chen He smiled and sprinkled the candy into the half-drunk American coffee. "Who did she seduce?"
Yu Aiai said sarcastically, "There are many. She hasn't let go of anyone she's attracted to. Xu Candong is just one of them."
"Qiu Yue fell for him?" Chen He didn't stir the spoon, watching the white sugar dissolve in the dark coffee. "If I remember correctly, it was Xu Candong who set his sights on her first. To be more precise, that's called harassment."
Forced contact with the shoulder.
Using the power of the disciplinary committee, they would call people out of the studio or keep them after class for a "talk".
He took Qiu Yue's schoolbag on the pretext of checking her belongings, and threw it around with other boys, making her beg them to return it to her.
The more she begged, the more excited they became.
That's not a show of affection, it's not just harassment, it's bullying.
Until one day Qiu Yue fell ill.
In her schoolbag were the heart medications she needed to take regularly. She looked very pale, and the boys were still making a fuss.
If Chen He hadn't seen that something was wrong and snatched back her schoolbag to help her find the medicine and take it, something serious would have happened.
Xu Candong didn't take it seriously at all, and Yu Aiai even mocked her, saying that Qiu Yue was pretending to be weak to win sympathy from boys.
For some people, recognizing their mistakes is impossible throughout their lifetime.
Yu Aiai is still indignant today: "If she doesn't make a fuss, how can anyone harass her? She wears a white dress all day to act innocent, like Lin Daiyu. Those worthless people are completely bewitched by this bitch!"
Qiu Yue is not particularly dazzlingly beautiful, but she has a kind of beauty that makes people feel distressed.
Is beauty also a sin? Chen He wondered.
She sighed, "Maybe it's a crime to possess a treasure."
Yu Aiai didn't understand: "What crime?"
"If you were walking down the street wearing jewelry and a robber came to rob you, would it be your fault or the robber's?"
"Of course it's the robbers' fault." Yu Aiai answered firmly.
"Then Qiu Yue is pretty, so some boys chase her. Whose fault is it?"
"Of course it's Qiu Yue's fault."
"Forget it, it's my fault." Chen He smiled helplessly and shook his head.
It's your fault for trying to reason with a fool.
Yu Aiai looked at her in confusion. "You're rambling on, trying to avoid the main topic! Do you remember who stayed by your bedside day and night to take care of you when you were bedridden? It was me, Yu Aiai! How could you be so ungrateful and paint me as the villain!"
"How could I forget your kindness?" Chen He suddenly leaned forward, took Yu Aiai's hand in hers, patted the back of her hand, and said word by word, "I will never forget it in my life."
Yu Aiai felt Chen He's hand was cold, and she felt inexplicably creepy, so she quickly pulled her hand back.
Chen He acted as if nothing had happened and asked, "By the way, what did the short video say about my comics?"
Yu Aiai waved her hand. "The host speculated that you, the author, killed Qiu Yue. How funny."
"How do you know it wasn't me? You also know that I have a grudge against Qiu Yue. My classmates all saw how she treated me at that time. Why couldn't I have held a grudge and killed her?" Chen He looked at her calmly.
Yu Aiai was speechless and said hesitantly, "I believe you."
Chen He's tone darkened as he suddenly asked, "The police don't believe me, so why should you? Do you know who the real murderer is?"
Yu Aiai instinctively dodged, lowering her head to sip the rim of her glass. "Don't we all know that it was Prisoner Feng who did this?"
"The police couldn't confirm it was Teacher Feng until the end, and it's still an unsolved case."
Yu Aiai rolled her eyes. "Xu Candong saw her pouring oil and setting fire to the house. If this isn't suicide out of fear of punishment, what could it be?"
"If it was really Teacher Feng who did it, it would be logical for her to set herself on fire out of fear of punishment."
Chen He smiled mysteriously, "However, after Qiu Yue's body was found, Teacher Feng's suspicion has become lessened. We can even conclude that she didn't do it."
Yu Aiai opened her eyes wide in confusion: "Why?"
Chen He said slowly: "Because, Teacher Feng can't drive."
"What does this have to do with driving?" Yu Aiai was even more confused.
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