Chapter 53

You say that you want to blame the teacher and the school for this kind of thing, which is really a bit of a bully. What school would want this kind of bad luck to happen to its students? Isn't it now that I hit the muzzle of the gun, and I have no choice but to carry it?

When we arrived at the school, Lin and I went to Ms. Li's office with her. The teacher's office at St. Lan Private High School is not private, but public. But today happens to be the school holiday, so there is no one in the school.

"Sit down first, I'll make you some coffee."

"Thank you."

Lynn and I picked up two chairs and sat down, this was the first time we had been to this office, but it was hardly a grade compared to the teacher's office when I was in school. The walls of this office are made of fine sandalwood, which is polished and full of classical flavor.

On the rectangular desk, which is about four meters long, there are a total of six classrooms, each seat is very clearly divided, and the books on the table are stacked neatly.

The table is made of enamel and carved with intricate but ornate patterns, which are unusually beautiful when the light hits them, and this beautiful luster is not dazzling, but pleasing to the eye.

Twenty minutes later, Mr. Li came back with three cups of coffee, and the three of us sat down in a triangle, silently holding the coffee and drinking, sometimes praising the deliciousness of the coffee, but neither of us took the initiative to file the case first.

After a while, after the silence, it was Mr. Li who took the initiative to bring up the case.

"Cheng Kui's father...... Seems to be sick. ”

I was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is it serious?" ”

Teacher Li nodded lightly and said, "Cerebral infarction hemorrhage, and now I am still in a coma, but it is said that if I am rescued from surgery, I will also end up paralyzed." ”

Doom, this guy's favorite thing to do is to drag his family with him. And the more things go in this bad direction, the more I feel a huge sense of mission from the disappearance of Cheng Kui - the prisoner must be caught as soon as possible!

"Cheng Kui...... It must have disappeared when something happened to Wang Xiaoyao's body that day, right? ”

I nodded and told Mr. Li what we had come to so far. She listened quietly, and when she was done, she just nodded, and pulled her hair behind her ears.

"One thing I would like to tell you is that in a week's time, the school will organize a graduation trip for the students...... At present, I am thinking about going to the beach in Jinhe City. ”

I asked her if she would go to all grades in the third year of high school, and Ms. Li said that this was the case in theory, but the graduation trip still depends on the student's own choice. Students can go if they want to, but if they don't want to, the school won't force it.

Lin was a little worried and said to Teacher Li, wouldn't it be bad if Class A in the third year was also dealt with like this? Ms. Li said that she also thought of this, and that all this matter is still under consideration.

At present, the conclusion of the school is that either the students of Class A of the third year will go on a graduation trip together, or they will not go. Due to the special situation, Class A of the third year must take collective action, and there can be no one who is left alone, otherwise...... The stakes are too high.

I pondered for a long time, and then said to Mr. Li, "Although this kind of thinking may be selfish, Mr. Li, I think it may be more correct to let all the students of Class A of the third year participate in the graduation trip." ”

Mr. Li seemed to be a little detached, and after putting the coffee cup on the table, the whole person leaned deeply on the back of the chair, frowned slightly, closed his beautiful eyes and gently rubbed his temples with his two hands.

She said that the answer of your police officers is exactly the same, and it is really impossible to say that you are not selfish. I couldn't help but be stunned when I heard her say this, and Lin asked Teacher Li curiously, are there other policemen who have also said this?

Teacher Li nodded lightly and said that the criminal police team sent down from above was about to officially arrive in Qianlong City, and they had already contacted the school beforehand. When they learned that we were going to organize a graduation trip for the students, they also wanted us to have all the students in Class A of Year 3 participate.

"Why?" Lin looked at Teacher Li and asked.

“…… Rather than waiting for death, such as fighting. ”

With that, Mr. Li slowly opened his eyes and looked at me.

"Mr. Zhang, I think you should know better than me about this, right? After all, you're all cops, and you all have the same things on your mind. ”

I smiled wryly, glanced at Lynn, and saw that she was looking at me, I sorted out the wording, and explained, "In short, it is indeed like what Teacher Li said. But there is another reason why I want the students of the third year A class to participate in the graduation trip. ”

After that, my eyes narrowed slightly when I looked at Mr. Li.

"Because, I personally think, the murderer who caused the disappearance is likely to be in Class A for three years."

“…… What the? ”

Teacher Li was stunned for a moment, and then I saw that her face suddenly became ugly, and her two arms involuntarily hugged each other, as if what I said made her a little frightened.

"You say...... The murderer who caused so many horrific unsolved cases would be a senior in high school? Or is it from our class? Mr. Zhang...... Although you are a special investigator, there are some things that you shouldn't talk nonsense about without evidence, right? ”

I could feel that Ms. Li was a little angry, but in order for her to understand my thoughts, I had to make my position clear first.

After drinking the half-cold coffee from the coffee cup, I explained to Ms. Li that I could understand her feelings, and that if it were me, I would not want the students in my class to be the murderers. But now the crux of the matter is to catch the prisoners, not respect each other, right?

Seeing that Mr. Li's face was complicated and he didn't speak, I continued, in fact, according to the information we have gathered so far, things may be in two directions.

One is the disappearance case caused by the conflict within the class, and the other is ...... It is the birth of a disappearance case caused by an incredible force.

When I said the second option, Mr. Li's expression was obviously puzzled. It was useless for me to go around the bend with her, so I asked her bluntly, Mr. Li, do you believe that there are ghosts in this world?

Teacher Li's face turned pale, although it was only for a moment, but I saw a flash of panic in her eyes. And this little detail made me wonder, and I felt as if I had discovered some secret.

But soon Teacher Li regained her composure, she just looked scared, and said that you are obviously a policeman, but you want to stipulate the conclusion on the ghost? This method of escaping responsibility is also a bit too perfunctory.

I glanced at Lin quietly, and found that her eyes were also slightly narrowed, and her observation was as sharp as Lin, and she must have also noticed the subtle change in Teacher Li's expression. I think...... Maybe we should think of a way to find out why Mr. Li seemed so flustered when we mentioned ghosts just now.

It definitely didn't help to ask her directly, so you had to tap it from the side. But don't mention it for now. I thought about it, and then said with a smile, as you said, Mr. Li, the second theory is too far-fetched now, so let's mainly talk about the first one.

Immediately, I told Mr. Li about the class gap I had noticed in the class between the commoner students and the aristocratic students.

And in order for her to understand what I mean, I cited the matter of Wang Dongcheng, who passed away some time ago. In fact, he is a good example. In the private high school of St. Lan, it is obvious that the commoner students have difficulty fitting into the circle of aristocratic students, and this class gap will lead to bullying.

I made my opinion clear to her, and I said that this disappearance could have been caused by this? The students had conflicts with each other, and eventually the flow began to get worse and worse, until finally the result was uncontrollable, which is what we are seeing now.

Teacher Li still didn't seem to understand, first she strongly denied to us what class gap there was between commoner students and aristocratic students, and then, she asked me, if it was a contradiction between these two sides, why were the victims of the disappearance case both commoner students and aristocratic students?

I said, first of all, I don't think the prisoner is just a person. Mr. Li, do you know about a serial rape and murder case that occurred in a certain country in the 80s? Teacher Li shook his head silently.

I told her that this serial rape and murder case, in fact, as long as the word rape and murder is replaced by disappearance, it is very similar to the case that is currently in front of us. And the most important reason why the serial rape and murder case is still an unsolved case is because from the beginning, people got one thing wrong.

That is, at the beginning, due to incomplete confessions and clues, people almost locked the number of prisoners to a singular number, and they all felt that there was only one prisoner. At the same time, as rape and murder continue to occur, the horror of this prisoner is increasing day by day.

By the end of the day, the prisoner had turned into a rare murderer, a bloodthirsty pervert with an extremely twisted heart. And the reason why he became this image is also very simple - if he is not portrayed in this image, there is no way to explain why the police have not been able to catch him.

But in reality, the police are simply misthinking, and they don't realize this when they don't do anything about it - you can hardly find a single lazy cop from the crime squad in charge of that case. Then the most suspicious one was caught.

However, even when a major suspect is caught, the police are still not 100% sure that the suspect is the real one, and he himself has always firmly denied that he is a prisoner, which makes the truth even more tormenting.

However, public opinion at that time almost did not allow the police to make further mistakes, and if there were any more mistakes, the credibility of the national police would be greatly reduced, and the image in the hearts of the people would be completely collapsed - under the influence of public opinion, the people of the whole country were more concerned about the serial rape and murder case.

Therefore, when the evidence was insufficient and the prisoner himself firmly denied his murderer, the police decided to sentence the suspect to death in order to calm the anger and fear of the people.

“…… And then what? ”

I had a dry mouth, so I went to get a glass of water to drink, and as soon as I sat down, Mr. Li and Lin came up nervously. Teacher Li, in particular, seemed to be desperate to know the answer.

"And ah, hear this...... Can't you guess the ending? ”

After that, I smiled helplessly. Lynn looked at me and said that the suspect was certainly not the real murderer. I shook it and said, as I just said, whether this suspect is the murderer or not, the police can't be sure.

At that time, as long as there was a little evidence that could prove that the suspect was not the murderer, the police would not move him to death, no matter how great the pressure of public opinion was, it was a human life after all.

The biggest problem is that the suspect cannot prove that he is not a prisoner, and the police are not 100% sure that he is an offender, simply because of insufficient evidence. So no one knows if the guy who was sentenced to death was the real prisoner.