Chapter 099: Nothing Happens in the World (Part I)
"Miss Xu, who do you think is related to online harassment?" Fu Liangtao saw that Xu Jingjia had been staring at the relationship chart of the characters without saying a word, so he repeated his question again.
The long-ago memories gradually came back in Xu Jingjia's mind, and even Xu Jingjia herself was surprised by their clarity.
Xu Jingjia looked at the relationship chart of the characters that Fu Liangtao showed in front of her.
The results of the survey marked next to each photo are some things that Xu Jingjia does not know, and most of the information in this part is related to the recent situation of the students, and Xu Jingjia has not paid attention to their dynamics for a long time.
Fu Liangtao saw Xu Jingjia staring at the relationship chart of the characters without saying a word, so he asked again, "Is there any information left?"
I only heard Xu Jingjia say: "Alex and Fion had been dating for a very short period of time in the last semester of their associate degree, about three months.
Cliff was passionate about the bridge club and after his first year he found other ambitions and switched to other subjects."
Fu Liangtao nodded, and while writing down the information provided by Xu Jingjia in the manuscript according to his words, he asked again, "Do you have any other information that needs to be added?"
Hui Jingjia also said, "Although Marvin's grades are not good, he likes to study the use of hacking software in his spare time, and has shown his results to many students.
Zita returned to Hong Kong from Canada to study in Hong Kong. Before progressing to an associate degree, she was downgraded to a high school in Hong Kong and took the local college entrance examination. As far as I know, she has already learned some computer knowledge and programming skills at her school in Canada, as well as some understanding of old computer systems."
Zita's associate degree was so outstanding that she was the only student to be admitted directly to the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in Year 2.
Xu Jingjia pointed to the closest photo to her in the photo—it was Zita's. The results of the investigation showed that Zita worked hard after graduating from college and partnered with her husband, whom she met in college, to start a web advertising design company.
In addition to Zita's excellent computer skills, Mia and Vanessa were also admitted to the Chinese University of Hong Kong after graduating with an associate degree, but they started studying the subject in their first year. At present, both of them are senior programmers at companies that specialize in in-house programming for large enterprises.
Fu Liangtao was obviously not satisfied with the information provided by Xu Jingjia, because even if Xu Jingjia didn't mention this information, it would be a matter of time before Pang Jitong and him noticed it.
Throughout, Ms. Hui did not answer questions about who she thought was involved in the online harassment.
What Fu Liangtao really wanted to hear from Xu Jingjia was Xu Jingjia's opinion of the people on the character relationship chart, not any emotionless information. Because of the emotionless information, as long as it takes a little more time, he will definitely be able to find it.
Thinking of this, Fu Liangtao asked tentatively, "So, do you think these people are related to online harassment?" Of course, Fu Liangtao knew that Xu Jingjia would not mention these messages for no reason, and Xu Jingjia must know more than that.
Xu Jingjia was noncommittal to Fu Liangtao's question, and said with a smile: "I just pointed out what was missing from this relationship diagram."
Fu Liangtao was not surprised by Hui's answer, because Zita, Mia and Vanessa are all very busy occupations, while Marvin has been working in shifts at the Immigration Department in recent years. In addition to her work, Zita has to juggle her family, and Mia and Vanessa are passionate about church matters. It is hard for Fu Liangtao to imagine that these four people would use their spare time to harass Xu Jingjia online.
Fu Liangtao's eyes narrowed, and he felt that Xu Jingjia's attitude before and after seeing the character relationship diagram was a little different. Compared with the mention of Zhou Muqing's message, Xu Jingjia's answer seems to have become more and more emotionless.
Fu Liangtao felt that the situation seemed to be back to before Xu Jingjia agreed to become an informant, even if he kept knocking on the side, he could only get these specious messages.
At this time, I heard Xu Jingjia say slowly: "Sir Fu, if you want our cooperation to go smoothly, I hope you can give sincerity to cooperate." While speaking, Xu Jingjia hung her head and fiddled with her fingers absentmindedly, scraping her nails for a while.
Xu Jingjia's voice was neither happy nor sad, and Xu Jingjia's hair hung down from her ears, just covering Xu Jingjia's face. For a while, Fu Liangtao couldn't see what Xu Jingjia's expression was.
Fu Liangtao thought about what Xu Jingjia was referring to, and thought of Xu Jingjia's inexplicable mention of Zhou Muqing's message just now, Fu Liangtao suddenly understood. Xu Jingjia is not only to change the subject, but also to test his attitude.
Xu Jingjia knew very well that Fu Liangtao was doubting her motives just now.
Fu Liangtao shook his hand, smiled faintly at Xu Jingjia, and said, "Okay! I'll try my best."
Hui also understands that in the current cooperative relationship between the two, the word "trust" will have a direct impact on the effectiveness of the cooperation. It's just that this thing can't be forced, so I reminded Fu Liangtao in this way.
Fu Liangtao recalled his reaction just now, and couldn't help but wonder, could it be that his suspicion just now was so obvious? Fu Liangtao remembered that Xu Jingjia had seen through his temptation twice before, and he couldn't help but feel that Xu Jingjia's reaction was too sharp.
In order to ease the tense atmosphere, Fu Liangtao no longer asked Xu Jingjia who he thought was related to online harassment, but changed the topic: "At that time, facial makeup should have already risen, right? Universities in Hong Kong don't use student forums, so you should all know each other's news through Facebook at that time, right?"
Xu Jingjia nodded and replied, "That's right. I think Facebook became popular in Hong Kong around 2007...... That's when I signed up for an account, but it wasn't until I got to my associate degree that I started using it more often."
Since Hui Jingjia's social media account has been deactivated, Fu Liangtao didn't know much about Xu Jingjia's dating pattern at that time, so he asked again: "So, how many friends did you add to your face when you were at the peak? What are your criteria for adding friends to the mask?" Fu Liangtao wants to know whether the people who follow Xu Jingjia on social media are all people she knows in real life.
I only heard Xu Jingjia reply, "I can't remember the number indeed, but at the most, it was about 140 to 150. The friends I added in the early days were all high school classmates, and then middle school and associate degree classmates. The people I add are all people who are familiar with me, and I never add or add colleagues in the workplace if I am not familiar with them, and I delete them regularly.
Until the account was deactivated, there were only about 100 friends left."
Fu Liangtao naturally has a habit of using social media, so it is clear that the number of friends mentioned by Xu Jingjia is actually quite small. The average number of friends he knows is about 250, including friends, colleagues, family and classmates. If Ms. Hui's use of social media is exactly what she says she does, she wouldn't be careless.
Fu Liangtao said casually: "I think you have a good relationship with Zita, you five girls, from the first semester to the last semester as long as you are in the same tutorial class, you will inevitably complete the group report together."
Xu Jingjia smiled faintly and did not speak.
"So, who do you have the best relationship with among these people?" Fu Liangtao asked.
I only heard Xu Jingjia reply: "The first school year was Nina and Mia, and after the second school year, I had more contact with Vanessa and Mia because of extracurricular activities. However, my relationship with Nina has always been the best, almost to the point where we don't talk about anything."
In Fu Liangtao's eyes, the previous questions were just foreshadowing, and the next thing was what he really wanted to ask: "What about Ian? Or, what about Owen?"
Fu Liangtao's question mentioned the two rumored objects of Xu Jingjia's scandal. For Fu Liangtao, when considering the suspicion of the two of them being harassed on the Internet, Xu Jingjia's answer will definitely have a certain impact.
Xu Jingjia pondered for a moment, Fu Liangtao thought that she would not be unaware of the reason why she asked these two people. Xu Jingjia replied, "Actually, strictly speaking, Ian and I have met so many times, after the mid-term examination of the first semester, we used to catch up with homework and group reports between computer and English classes, so the number of times we actually participated in the bridge club was not too much.
The second semester meeting time does not match the class schedule, so it is even more impossible to attend. I'm not going to hide it from you, I did have a crush on Ian, but we didn't get to know each other at all. And when I found out that he had a girlfriend, I wouldn't bother him."
After listening to this, Fu Liangtao felt that what Xu Jingjia said was not the same as what he had investigated, but his face was not obvious, and he asked, "So, you are not familiar with it? But aren't you joining the bridge club in your second year?"
"Alex, Vanessa, Mia and Cliff should have had more contact with Ian, after all, they became officers of the bridge club in their second year. It was also because of Vanessa and Mia that I became a nominal member the following year."
"Where did you know Ian has a girlfriend? Do you know his girlfriend?" Fu Liangtao asked again.
Xu Jingjia replied, "One day when I was checking my email, I received a Facebook friend notification from Ian, and the notification was accompanied by a message from him: 'w/ a personal message. (with a private message)'. I added him as a friend, but I couldn't find the information he mentioned, and I only saw a lot of photos of him and Mia on his Facebook account, and I realized that the two of them were dating."
Fu Liangtao said, "Miss Xu, I don't mean to question you, but according to our investigation, Ian didn't have a girlfriend at that time."
Speaking of this, Fu Liangtao paused for a moment to try to observe Xu Jingjia's reaction, but in vain, then continued: "Through Ian's Facebook account, I found out that in 2012, Ian participated in church meetings in your middle school alma mater twice. Do you know this? Do you think it could be a coincidence?"
Xu Jingjia said slowly: "I have a vague impression of this, and I also wondered if it would be a coincidence. However, my contact with Ian has always been limited to bridge. I'll be involved in church meetings at my alma mater, I've only told Zita, Fion, Mia, Nina, and Vanessa.
Also, when Ian attended, I hadn't been there in a long time. The church will have roll call for all meetings, so you can check with the relevant records."
Fu Liangtao lowered his head and wrote down Xu Jingjia's answer, and then asked, "What about Owen?" It can't be unfamiliar, right? Didn't he drop out of school because of you and had depression?"
"Fu sir, if I said that although Owen and I used to be in the same class and knew each other's existence, but we never said a word between us, would you believe it?" Xu Jingjia said.