Chapter 42: Dark Shadows

Thinking that when the police were enforcing the law, there was actually a person standing in the corner and watching all this quietly, Lu Cheng felt very weird.

Who is it and why?

Lu Cheng could think of two possible motives.

One is coming at the police, just wanting to see the arrest, watch the excitement, and find excitement, which belongs to this kind of motive, but in view of the fact that this peeper can find a good viewing place as soon as the police come, it is still somewhat difficult.

Unless he knew in advance that Wang Tao would pass by here, unless he had already fully stepped on and inspected all corners of the school.

It is difficult for onlookers to do the above two things purely by watching the excitement, and Lu Cheng is more inclined to the second possibility.

That is, the peeper is coming at Wang.

If this is the case, you should at least know in advance to be familiar with Wang Tao's trajectory and the latest news about this case.

In short, if this person really exists, it is the most strange variable in the investigation of this case so far.

"This is my feeling, I can't do it, just to provide you with a reference."

"Well, I'll look into it again, your suggestion is important to me."

As he spoke, there was a brief pause in the conversation.

Shen Ran didn't seem to know what to say for a while, he felt grateful in his heart for Lu Cheng's attention to his opinion, but when he wanted to say thank you, he felt a little rusty.

Now they are between friends and colleagues, and he is still a little unsure whether they are far away or near.

When Shen Ran was estranged from others, he never had this kind of problem, and his reaction was always calm and agile.

Just as Shen Ran paused, Lu Cheng suddenly wanted to ask him that question.

He was holding back in his heart just now, trying to find an opportunity to ask him a question.

"You really ...... Is it passing through there? ”

"What?" Shen Ran didn't understand for a while.

"It's nothing, I mean......" Lu Cheng thought about how to ask more naturally, but Shen Ran quickly gave an answer.

"Oh, passing by, yes, I'm passing through there."

"Is it so far away, what's the matter with coming here?"

"There's a new bookstore there, and I'd like to go there." Shen Ran gave an irrefutable answer with a short and specific reason.

Lu Cheng wanted to ask again, but he didn't know what he could say.

It turned out to be passing by.

The first problem is wrong, and the rest is even more non-existent.

I didn't expect that my years of reasoning experience would have a big overturn here in Shen Ran today.

Luckily, he didn't know.

Lu Cheng's heart was turbulent, and he could only force his composure, "Oh, that's it." I mean, you're a bookstore visitor, hahaha. ”

Lu Cheng made a round by himself, and then changed the topic.

"By the way, and the same question we talked about last time...... "They talked about something related to the case.

Hanging up the phone, he exhaled.

In fact, when he thinks about it, he asked this question, and he didn't think clearly about what answer he wanted to hear.

What did he expect Shen Ran to say?

Shen Ran has always kept his distance from people like that. If he doesn't take the initiative to stay away from a person, he is already a great acceptance of the other party.

Lu Cheng couldn't understand himself a little, and laughed at himself.

Shen Ran, who hung up the phone, was also not completely calm.

When Lu Cheng asked him this question, he felt that he understood what Lu Cheng meant.

Lu Cheng was asking him if he had come to school on purpose.

He immediately came up with an answer.

The first time he went to school, he noticed that a new bookstore had opened outside the school.

So it's not unfounded to come here to visit a bookstore.

It's just that he didn't know why he was inexplicably a little nervous when he answered Lu Cheng, so he quickly used this bookstore to block the questions that Lu Cheng might still ask.

He had noticed the bookstore, but it didn't make sense to say that he had to take a 10-kilometer drive here to read a book in the past few days......

He was also confused about himself.

It's just that this confusion can't be explained, and if it is said, it seems to have some kind of meaning.

Unspeakable meaning.

He remembered Lu Cheng and the statement he had made, "I'm not ......"

Shen Ran closed his eyes and sighed lightly.

Think about it anymore.

"In addition to Wang Tao, if there are any suspicious characters who appear near there during this time period, all of them will be checked and monitored again!"

Lu Cheng issued this order temporarily.

"Suspicious ......" Xiaomei was a little confused, when they went to the school to look for Wang Tao, they just stared at him alone, and didn't notice the other people in the school at all.

Lu Cheng quickly understood her confusion.

"When you arrested him, everyone in that area was checked, especially with Wang Tao, or someone Li Yuwen might know."

Judging from Lu Cheng's somewhat vague description, Lu Cheng is not quite sure who the person he is looking for is.

"Look around, there's an old tree around there, and see if there's any surveillance footage shining into that old tree." Lu Cheng tried his best to narrow down the scope of this search.

"An old tree?" Xiaomei wondered, she couldn't figure out Lu Cheng's train of thought at all.

When Xiaomei and the others went to check the surveillance, Lu Cheng didn't waste time, he came to the office where Wang Tao was detained again.

Prepare to continue the interrogation that was previously interrupted by the phone.

He was going to try to ask Wang Tao again.

Some police officers have asked him some questions next to Wang Tao, but he has always been hesitant.

In addition to answering his name, school and other basic information truthfully at the beginning, once he asked about stealing, he began to want to cry.

Lu Cheng stood from a distance and observed him for a while. Gradually, Lu Cheng found that although Wang Tao was still crying like last time, this time Wang Tao seemed to be more normal.

Although they were all crying, he was not shaking.

Just a slight difference. In order to confirm whether his feelings were accurate, Lu Cheng decided to try it himself.

He walked up to Wang Tao again and sat down across from him.

"Wang Tao, hello, I'm Lu Cheng, we've met, remember?"

Lu Cheng tried to talk to him, but Wang Tao only glanced up at him and did not respond in particular.

However, if he could raise his head, Lu Cheng felt that there was still a chance.

Lu Cheng changed a few more ways and asked Wang Tao a few more questions, but Wang Tao still didn't want to answer him.

At this time, Lu Cheng also stopped, and his patience was indeed consumed a little.

Just when he was hesitating to give up, he remembered what Shen Ran had talked to him about.

He imagined what he would say to this boy if Shen Ran was sitting here now.

After thinking for a while, Lu Cheng decided to say another word to the boy in front of him.

"You're here now, it's safe, you don't have to be afraid, I'll guarantee your safety."

After saying that, he did not press him to ask him any other questions.

However, this inexplicable sentence seemed to touch Wang Tao more than any previous sentence.

The tip of his nose flushed.

He seemed to be crying again.

But this time the crying seems to be different from before.

Lu Cheng handed him a tissue, he reached out to take it, and whispered, "Thank you." ”

Lu Cheng took this opportunity and tried to ask a question.

"When we came to look for you that day, did you feel that someone was following you?"

This issue does not concern the fact of his theft, but it is equally relevant to the facts of the case.

If he is willing to answer, it is naturally good, if he is unwilling to answer, Lu Cheng can also see some clues from his reaction.

Unexpectedly, Wang Tao quickly reacted.

He looked up at Lu Cheng again, his eyes full of surprise and fear.

It's that fear.

Shen Ran said that he was afraid, this is this reaction.

He shuddered slightly.

Lu Cheng knew that he had asked the key, so he hurriedly struck while the iron was hot and asked, "Is there such a person?" Who is he? ”

"I, I don't know, I'm not sure ......"

His body shook even more violently, and fear seemed to burst out of his body.

He folded his arms and tried to lean back in his chair, and the whole person was curled up.

Up in the air......

He must have seen something.

"You say you're not sure, did you guess who?" Lu Cheng was unwilling to let go of this opportunity, he seized the loophole in Wang Tao's words and chased after him.

"He's looking at me, he's looking at me." Wang Tao's state became extreme, as if he was about to be swallowed up by fear. But Lu Cheng couldn't relax at this time.

"Who, who's watching you?"

"He, I saw his eyes. He ......"

……

As soon as the interrogation ended, Lu Cheng's mobile phone rang.

It's Xiaomei.

Lu Cheng asked Wang Tao to rest for a while, and he went to the side to answer the phone.

"Marine, it's found. There was a man dressed in black with a hat attached to his head, and when he took off his hat before he walked behind the tree, we all thought he was familiar. ”

"Is it Zhou Haoxuan?"

"Marine, how do you know?"

Wang Tao just said, but he couldn't be sure. He just said he saw a dark shadow. And according to him, the dark shadow peeked at him more than once. ”

"Ah, peeking? What is Zhou Haoxuan going to peek at him for? Xiaomei subconsciously felt that Zhou Haoxuan couldn't go to see him out of curiosity or good feelings for him, on the contrary, it was more likely and better understood that Wang Tao went to peek at Zhou Haoxuan.

Because from the perspective of ordinary people, Zhou Haoxuan is really much more dazzling than Wang Tao.

Judging by his description, the man was more than just peeking...... I'll tell you about this when I go back. You're not sure it's Zhou Haoxuan, right? ”

"I'm not entirely sure, but there is a similarity on the screen. But if it's really him...... So, the last time Wang Tao was so scared when he was talking, was it because Zhou Haoxuan was standing next to him? ”

"Looks like it's time to ask him. Ask Mr. Chen, is Zhou Haoxuan in class now? ”

"Okay."

Xiaomei was ordered, and quickly hung up the phone and went to contact the counselor, Teacher Chen.

A moment later, Lu Cheng's phone rang again.

"Team Lu, Teacher Chen can't find Zhou Haoxuan now, he doesn't seem to have been to class for a few days!"

"What?!"