Chapter IV

"Hello Director Wang, we are the criminal police of the Criminal Police Brigade of the Binhai New District Bureau, because a murder case that occurred on Huangshi Beach on July 19 is related to a classmate named Sima Yuanying in your department, so I am here to learn about the situation with you." As soon as he walked into the office of the dean of the philosophy department of Mingchuan University, Dong Chenghai immediately took the initiative to shake hands with Wang Hong and expressed his intentions.

Ouyang Yunxi and Xiao Lin followed and shook hands with Wang Hong one by one, when shaking hands, Ouyang Yunxi deliberately looked at Wang Hong carefully, she felt that the appearance of the woman in front of her was well maintained, and the delicate facial features and elegant makeup were difficult to make people feel that this was a middle-aged woman who was forty-two years old. At the same time, what emanates from her is not the vicissitudes of life that middle-aged women often have, but a strong aura that makes people unconsciously restrained and oppressed, and her gestures and words are full of the condescending arrogance that politicians often have in officialdom. Ouyang Yunxi was immediately shocked, if it weren't for the police uniform on her body reminding her that she was already a criminal policeman, she was even a little at a loss and forgot to let go of Wang Hong's hand.

Wang Hong, 42 years old today, is the head of the Department of Philosophy at Myeongcheon University, a professor of philosophy and a tutor for master's students in the Department of Philosophy of Myeongcheon University, and a member of the Foreign Philosophy Committee of the Haibei Provincial Philosophical Society. For a lady who has just turned forty-two years old, these titles make her excellence infinitely magnified among her peers, and she is indeed a very good strong woman, you must know that in the current China, many people who are close to retirement are still prostrate on the road to associate professors to professors, although associate professors and professors are one step closer, but this step is difficult for some people. Many university workers feel that this situation is very unreasonable, but they are helpless, after all, this is a very complex problem, not only institutional problems, but also national and cultural problems, and sometimes even political influence at work. Of course, no matter what, Wang Hong can become the head of the department of Mingchuan University at this age, at least it shows that she is better than ordinary people in all aspects.

"Hello, please be seated." After Wang Hong and Dong Chenghai shook hands, they immediately made a "please sit" gesture with their right hand: "Xiao Zhang, you bring some water to Officer Dong and them." ”

"Yes, Director." Xiao Zhang is Wang Hong's assistant secretary, since Dong Chenghai and they came in, she has been standing behind Wang Hong's right, her hands are naturally drooping, her palms are inward, her right hand is placed in front of her and her left hand is crossed at a 90-degree angle, stacked in front of her lower abdomen. It wasn't until Wang Hong told her to fetch water that she walked out of the office quickly and in small steps, deliberately controlling the sound of the heels of her high heels and the floor, and gently closed the door and walked towards the lounge.

"Director Wang, I'm really sorry, I hope I didn't bother you." After Dong Chenghai sat down on the couch in the office, Ouyang Yunxi looked at Dong Chenghai and then at Wang Hong, and said with a little apology.

"Officer Ouyang is polite, don't talk about disturbing, it is the duty of every citizen to cooperate with the police investigation." After Dong Chenghai and the others sat down, Wang Hong also sat down on the single sofa on the right side of the coffee table at will, looked at Dong Chenghai, Ouyang Yunxi and Xiaolin respectively, and finally looked at Dong Chenghai and said with a slight smile, "I don't know if there is anything I can help with?" ”

"Director Wang, you are polite, according to the teacher of the Student Affairs Department of your school, there is a student named Sima Yuanying among the 2015 graduate students of your department, so the purpose of our visit today is to get to know you about Sima Yuanying, a student." Dong Chenghai looked at Wang Hong and said with a serious face.

"Hello, please drink water." Xiao Zhang knocked lightly on the office door, waited a few seconds and walked in with three bottles of mineral water, and put them on the coffee table in front of Dong Chenghai and them one by one, Dong Chenghai and they also thanked them one by one.

After Xiao Zhang finished bringing water to Dong Chenghai and them, Wang Hong raised his head and said to Xiao Zhang: "Xiao Zhang, you go and get busy first, I'll call you if you have something." Xiao Zhang nodded slightly and walked out of the office. After the office door was closed, Wang Hong continued: "There is indeed a classmate named Sima Yuanying among the 2015 graduate students in our department. ”

"Director Wang, don't get me wrong, we don't suspect that Sima Yuanying is involved in criminal activities. On July 19, a murder occurred on the Huangshi beach opposite the south gate of your school, and the police arrived at the scene and found that there was a wallet at the scene, and there was an ID card in the wallet, according to the information on the ID card, the ID card belonged to an identity certificate named Sima Yuanying. After careful investigation, we confirmed that this person is Sima Yuanying, a student of your department, and we are not sure about what role Sima Yuanying played in this case due to the lack of relevant evidence, of course, we are here to understand the situation with you in order to solve this problem and restore the truth as much as possible. Dong Chenghai explained.

"I see." Wang Hong nodded, and then said, "I know Yuanying, and I have had several direct contacts with him. He is originally from Qianzhou City, Donghai Province in the south, one of the more outstanding students in our department, with excellent academic performance, sincerity, but more introverted, not like to talk, in addition to learning things in general, rarely take the initiative to contact our teachers, personality is more prominent. In this way, what you want to know, I will cooperate within the scope of my responsibility. ”

"Thank you. Have you felt anything unusual about Sima Yuanying recently? For example, truancy and the like. ”

"As far as I know, no. However, as the head of the department, I rarely have direct contact with students, and I usually only understand through the reactions of other teachers, but according to the teachers in charge of student work, the list of student discipline violations does not include Sima Yuanying. Moreover, the graduate students of the class of 2015 have been suspended for more than half a year, and there are no attendance problems such as absenteeism. ”

"Are graduate students suspended so early?" Ouyang Yunxi interjected.

"In our department, the teaching arrangement for philosophy graduate students is as follows: generally there are classes in the first semester of the first year and the second year, and the classes are suspended at the beginning of the second semester of the second year. As far as I know, Sima Yuanying had the idea of taking a doctorate, so he didn't go out for an internship, and he has been preparing his dissertation professionally in the dormitory. ”

"So, when was the last time you saw Sima Yuanying, or when was the last time you heard about Sima Yuanying?" Dong Chenghai then asked.

"It's been a long time since I last saw Yuan Ying, at the end of the third semester, probably in mid-January 2017, and I can't remember the specific day. That time was also by chance, next to the elevator on the floor where we were, I happened to take the elevator from downstairs, he just happened to go down to wait for the elevator, so I met, chatted a few words, and asked him about his study. ”

"When was the last time you learned about him?"

"About a month ago, at the beginning of June, several of our teachers were sitting together and chatting between classes, and one of them was Yuan Ying's assistant tutor, and he mentioned an article that Yuan Ying showed him on German classical philosophy, and he spoke highly of Yuan Ying. Yuan Ying has always been obsessed with philosophy, and we are very pleased that Yuan Ying can have such results. ”

"Vice-Mentor?" Dong Chenghai asked with a little confusion.

"Yes. Under normal circumstances, there is only one supervisor for each graduate student, but because the supervisor of some students is an honorary professor or other adjunct professor of the school, because the main place of work of these professors is not in the University of Minnesota, it is not very convenient to contact and guide, so the department generally arranges an associate supervisor for each of these students, and Yuan Ying's supervisor is a professor at the Faculty of Philosophy of Kyoto University and an honorary professor of our school, so the department also appoints an associate supervisor to Yuan Ying. ”

"Do you know which dormitory Sima Yuanying lives in?"

"Room 404, Building 2, Graduate Student Apartment." Wang Hong replied casually.

"Director Wang, it's really not easy, you actually remember the addresses of so many students' dormitories." Ouyang Yunxi said half admiring, half tentatively.

"No, it's really because I have a deep impression of Yuan Ying, a classmate, and I remember the information about him more clearly. Graduate students are not like undergraduates, and I don't know exactly what most of the graduate students in the department do. Wang Hong smiled awkwardly after speaking.

"Last question, can you tell us the contact information of Sima Yuanying's tutor, deputy tutor and parents?"

"Of course you can, but I don't know the contact information of Sima Yuanying's parents very clearly, so let's wait a while, I'll ask the teacher in charge of graduate work to check it and tell you, can you see it?"

"Thank you." Dong Chenghai replied politely.

"Wait a minute." After speaking, Wang Hong got up from the sofa and left the director's office.

Dong Chenghai and the three of them waited in the office for a while, Wang Hong came back, holding a piece of paper in his hand, Wang Hong walked to the single sofa where he was sitting just now and did not sit down, and directly handed the piece of paper with the information of Sima Yuanying's tutor and parents to Dong Chenghai.

Dong Chenghai immediately realized that Wang Hong was euphemistically ordering the eviction of guests, turned his head and looked at Xiao Lin, who was taking notes, Xiao Lin nodded at him, Dong Chenghai turned back to Wang Hong and said, "Thank you." I'm sorry to delay you for so long. If there is any situation in the future, we may come to trouble you, please forgive me. ”

"Officer Dong is polite, as long as I am welcome in the department." Wang Hong said politely.

"Director Wang, take a look, if there is no problem, please sign it." Seeing Dong Chenghai and Ouyang Yunxi stand up, Xiao Lin also stood up and handed the folder in his hand to Director Wang.

"Okay." Wang Hong took the folder handed over by Xiao Lin, looked at the record on it, nodded, and then signed his name in the blank space at the end of the last one.

"Thank you for your cooperation." After Wang Hong finished signing, Dong Chenghai once again thanked Wang Hong, and Ouyang Yunxi and Xiaolin also nodded together and left the office of the head of the Department of Philosophy of Mingchuan University.