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"Are you serious? It's the middle of the night, aren't you afraid a ghost will take you away? And why didn't you call me?"
"I wanted to call you! But you were sleeping like a pig and I couldn't wake you up." Su Jin'er said as she walked toward the bathroom with a towel.
Ruan Hongmei followed behind with her head down, saying, "You must have been really tired yesterday! But you can't just go out alone! What if something dangerous happens?"
"Don't worry, I'm fine, aren't I?"
"What did you go out for in the middle of the night? You weren't on a date, were you?"
Su Jin'er shot her a glare and said, "I'm not that boring! Didn't you hear any sounds at all last night?"
"Nope! To be honest, I slept really soundly yesterday! I didn't hear a thing." Ruan Hongmei pouted. "Come on, you went out for a stroll in the middle of the night?"
"Yeah!" Su Jin'er continued toward the bathroom with her towel.
"Then why didn't you call me? Aren't you afraid of danger?" Ruan Hongmei followed her closely.
"You were sleeping so deeply that I couldn't wake you up, and you're still asking!"
Ruan Hongmei stuck out her tongue apologetically and said, "I was indeed a bit tired yesterday, but why did you go out if nothing was going on?"
Su Jin'er covered her face with the towel and mumbled, "Didn't you hear any strange sounds last night?"
"No, what happened?"
Su Jin'er shrugged and said, "Someone kept knocking on our dorm room door in the middle of the night. I opened the door to check and saw an eye that seemed to have no eye socket."
"Eyes without sockets?" Ruan Hongmei exclaimed in shock. "Did you go out to see?"
"I was so scared that I immediately closed the door, but later I saw a girl in white, so I followed her out."
"Could that eye belong to that girl?"
"I don't know. Let's go find Captain Xing."
It was already past ten when Su Jin'er and the others found Captain Xing. Chu Feifan was there too, and his gaze towards Su Jin'er was filled with complexity, making her heart ache.
"Captain Xing, I want to know the information about that Construction Worker," Su Jin'er said directly upon seeing him.
Captain Xing looked at her and said, "Aren't you not participating anymore?"
"Heh! I would prefer not to participate, but I think this matter is somewhat related to me. Since I'm not involved, the person behind it will naturally find a way to drag me in."
Captain Xing nodded and handed her a sheet of paper.
It contained the information about the Construction Worker, but after seeing his age, Su Jin'er was taken aback.
The information about the Construction Worker was as follows:
Guo Xiaoli, male, 22 years old, high school graduate. Due to family poverty, he could not afford to attend university, so he went out to work with his uncle and later became a Construction Worker. He was very honest, which made him well-liked on the construction site.
"Is that all? What about his home address?" Su Jin'er asked, looking at the paper with only a few lines of information in confusion.
"Only his uncle knows his home address, but since he's not at the construction site right now, we'll have to wait for him to return to find out," Captain Xing said helplessly, shrugging his shoulders.
How could people who work together not ask each other about their home addresses? Although everyone comes from different places, people always hope to meet someone from their hometown outside, so it's natural to inquire about each other's hometowns. However, this boy named Guo Xiaoli seems to be intentionally hiding his hometown. What reason could he have for concealing it?
Su Jin'er fell into deep thought. Unfortunately, she wasn't a police officer and couldn't question the workers.
"Hehe, I know what you're thinking. Are you wondering why the people working with him don't know anything about him?"
Su Jin'er nodded.
"That's because Guo Xiaoli didn't come here with them at the beginning; he joined later. According to the foreman, he only started a few days ago. There's a piece of information that you might find interesting."
"What information?"
"This guy named Guo Xiaoli knows a student from your school, and it's a female student."
"Do you know who that student is?"
Captain Xing shook his head and said, "The worker who provided this information mentioned that he only saw her from behind and didn't see her face, but judging by her figure, she should be a very beautiful girl."
"That’s not necessarily true; some girls have great figures but can be quite scary-looking," Ruan Hongmei said while playing with her fingers.
"You’re just being sarcastic." Zuo Yi suddenly chimed in from somewhere nearby.
Ruan Hongmei stuck out her tongue and fell silent.
"How is it?" Chu Feifan asked.
"You are right, Qin Yu's relationship with Zhuo Xiaoman is not good, but I have heard even more shocking news."
"What news?"
"Qin Yu is Hao Hongtao's ex-girlfriend."
This news left everyone stunned; no one expected that the proud Qin Yu would be interested in someone as ordinary in looks and talent as Hao Hongtao.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, this is what Qin Yu's best friend told me."
"Heh, I guessed correctly," Chu Feifan said with a smirk.
Everyone was confused by his meaning.
Chu Feifan glanced at Su Jin'er and said, "Actually, the reason I didn't return to the dorm that night was that Qin Yu drugged me. I thought something happened between us, but later I found out we didn't do anything; she was just lying to me. However, this also allowed me to use that to investigate her. She and Hao Hongtao were high school classmates, and Hao Hongtao's girlfriend is not Zhuo Xiaoman, but Qin Yu."
Ruan Hongmei frowned and said, "Why is it so complicated? What exactly is going on?"
"Simply put, they are all lying," Chu Feifan said with a smile. "The conversation you heard in the school cafeteria that day was all a ruse; they put on a show for you."
"Damn Hao Hongtao, how could he deceive us?" Ruan Hongmei said angrily, puffing out her cheeks.
"How did you know all this?" Su Jin'er asked Chu Feifan. Although she felt happy upon hearing that it was Qin Yu who had drugged him, she couldn't let him see her emotions.
"Although Hao Hongtao temporarily became Zhuo Xiaoman's boyfriend at Qin Yu's suggestion, his heart is still with Qin Yu. The way he looks at her made me suspicious, so I had Ayi investigate. I didn't expect my guess to be right."
Even though she learned these things, it only seemed to make the case more confusing. What kind of relationship existed between Zhuo Xiaoman, Qin Yu, Hao Hongtao, Wang Xiangxiang, and Guo Xiaoli? What were they hiding?
Suddenly, a police officer entered from outside. After greeting them, he said, "Captain, Guo Xiaoli's uncle has returned."
"Let's go meet him immediately."
With that, the group left the Student Council Office together.
Su Jin'er initially thought Guo Xiaoli's uncle would be a lazy fat man, but to her surprise, he was not fat at all; in fact, he was quite thin with dark skin and appeared malnourished. As she walked in, she noticed he already had quite a few gray hairs, looking at least fifty years old.
He seemed to know they were coming and was waiting on a pile of dirt. Upon seeing them approach, he quickly threw his cigarette on the ground and stepped on it to extinguish it.
He extended a pair of calloused hands to shake hands with Captain Xing.
Captain Xing got straight to the point: "I believe you know why we are here, so let's not beat around the bush. We hope you can cooperate with us."
He nodded and replied, "I also want to know why my nephew suddenly committed suicide, so I will do my best to cooperate. Anything I know, I will tell you."
"Can you tell us about Xiao Li?"
Guo Xiaoli's uncle sighed and lit another cigarette, taking a slow drag. His hand holding the cigarette trembled noticeably. "Xiao Li was a poor child. His lifelong dream was to go to college and leave the mountains behind. However, after the college entrance examination that year, he should have been a student at a university. But my brother—his father—suddenly had a stroke. Our family didn't have much money to begin with, and in order to treat my brother, Xiao Li gave up continuing his studies and came to the city to work with me. He was an honest and obedient child, which is why we all liked him. Sometimes when we received our wages, we would give him a little extra. But he wasn't someone who liked taking advantage of others; he often treated us adults to meals. This time, Xiao Li and I weren't supposed to come here; we were going to another construction site. But I don't know why Xiao Li insisted on coming here after hearing about it; he kept begging me without explaining why. He had never asked me for anything before, but this time he strongly requested to come here. I couldn't refuse him. If I had known it would turn out like this, I would have never let him come."
"Do you know if he knows any students from this school?" Su Jin'er asked.
He smiled wryly and said, "We are all uneducated people; how could we possibly know college students?"
"Well, during our investigation, a worker told us that he had seen Guo Xiaoli talking to a female classmate. Don't you recognize her?" Captain Xing inquired.
"A female classmate?" He frowned, tilting his head back in deep thought.
After a moment, he suddenly said, "I remember now! He mentioned once that he had a high school classmate studying here. I think her name is Zhuo Man."
"Zhuo Xiaoman?"
"Oh! Yes, yes, that's right—Zhuo Xiaoman." He displayed a look of joy, seemingly pleased that he could recall it: "Do you know her?"
"Oh! It's nothing; we won't disturb you further. If we need anything, we'll come back to find you," Captain Xing said politely.
"Alright, alright."
"If you remember anything important, just call this number." Captain Xing handed him his business card.
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