CHAPTER XVI

Mingda Hotel is located on the side of the coastal road southwest of Mingchuan University, from the geographical point of view, Mingda Hotel is located in Mingchuan University Community, but although Mingda Hotel is located in Mingchuan University Community, but the place adjacent to Mingchuan University is surrounded by a row of iron fences, and because of this, there is a saying that "Mingda Hotel is located near Mingchuan University".

Mingda Hotel is a mid-to-high-end hotel, built in 2009, is a for-profit company operated by private capital controlled by Myeongcheon University, and has the status of an independent legal person. Due to its proximity to Myeongcheon University and its deep relationship with Myeongcheon University, it has long been a meeting place for Meicheon University to hold international academic exchange conferences and forums, as well as a place to arrange accommodation for visiting scholars. The school does not need or need to arrange for the visiting students' families to stay in the Mingda Hotel, and at the same time, the students' families rarely take the initiative to spend more money to stay in the Mingda Hotel, but because the Sima Yuanying incident is a major safety incident for students, and the school leaders are also very concerned about this matter, the school made an exception to arrange Sima Yuanying's family to stay in the Mingda Hotel.

The car slowly stopped in front of the gate of the Mingda Hotel, except for Xiaobai and his entourage, five people got out of the car and walked towards the lobby of the Mingda Hotel.

"Big brother and sister-in-law, you sit on the sofa and wait for me first, and I'll go to the front desk to say hello." After walking into the lobby of the Mingda Hotel, Zhou Xiaobo took them to the rest place in the hall on the first floor and said to Sima Yufan.

"Okay." Sima Yufan didn't sit down, still standing. Chen Huixian had recovered from her emotions at the airport and nodded slightly apologetically to Zhou Xiaobo.

"Big brother, sister-in-law and sister Yuanying, the department has arranged two rooms for you, 1712 and 1713, the formalities have been completed, you can move in now, the department has arranged it, you just have to live." It didn't take long for Zhou Xiaobo to walk up to Sima Yufan and them again, holding two room cards in his hands.

"What kind of business, how can I make you spend money." Sima Yufan shirked.

"Big brother, I hope you don't get me wrong, this is what we should do, Yuan Ying is very loved by the teachers in the department, and as Yuan Ying's family, we naturally love the house and Wu." Zhou Xiaobo insisted.

Sima Yufan nodded and didn't speak again, but a trace of pride flashed on his face, and this fleeting pride came from Sima Yuanying.

"Then I'll take you up first, and you have a good rest first." After seeing that Sima Yufan didn't speak again, Zhou Xiaobo took the initiative to invite.

"Okay, I'm sorry for you."

"It's okay, brother." After Zhou Xiaobo finished talking to Sima Yufan, he turned his head and said to Xiao Wang, who had been standing behind: "Xiao Wang, the person has come back, you can go back to the department first, and leave it to me here." ”

"Okay, Mr. Zhou." After Xiao Wang finished speaking, he said a little goodbye to Sima Yufan and left the Mingda Hotel.

Zhou Xiaobo led Sima Yufan and them out of the hall, through the corridor on the right side of the hall, to the elevator, and entered the elevator together until the elevator stopped on the 17th floor.

Zhou Xiaobo first opened the door of room 1712, turned sideways, and let Sima Yufan and the three of them enter the room.

This is an elegant, reasonable layout, spacious business room, the indoor area is about 40 square meters, in addition to the facilities in the room, there is also a set of sofas and a coffee table.

"Big brother, are you okay with this room?" Zhou Xiaobo waited for Sima Yufan and them to walk into the room, and after a while, he also walked in and asked politely.

"That's good, you bother." Sima Yufan replied with the same politeness, and then continued: "Teacher Zhou, do you have time?" I'd like to talk to you. ”

"That's what I mean, why don't we go to the next room?" Zhou Xiaobo immediately returned.

"Okay, wait a minute." After Sima Yufan finished speaking, he turned around and walked to Sima Wanyan and Chen Huixian's side, at this time Sima Wanyan put her arm around Chen Huixian's shoulders, and the two of them sat together on the bed by the window, Sima Yufan whispered: "Wanyan, you accompany your mother first, and I will talk to Teacher Zhou." ”

Sima Wanyan didn't speak, just turned her head to look at Sima Prevention and nodded.

Zhou Xiaobo led Sima Yufan to room 1713 next door, opened the door and turned sideways to let Sima Yufan enter the room first, and then gently closed the door. 1713 and 1712 are both business rooms of the Ming Hotel, with the same layout and planning.

Sima Yufan was not polite, and went straight to the couch in the room to sit down, while Zhou Xiaobo picked up two bottles of water from the TV table under the TV, unscrewed one bottle, walked to the edge of the sofa and handed the unscrewed bottle to Sima Yufan, and then put the unscrewed bottle on the coffee table and sat down on the single sofa.

"Can I smoke a cigarette?" After Zhou Xiaobo sat down, Sima Yufan took out the cigarette in his trouser pocket and asked Zhou Xiaobo.

"Big brother, you are free." Zhou Xiaobo said.

Sima Yufan opened the cigarette case, took out two cigarettes, and held them in front of Zhou Xiaobo, Zhou Xiaobo nodded, made a gesture of refusal with his hand, Sima Yufan withdrew his hand, stuffed a cigarette into his mouth, and put the other one into the cigarette case.

"Yuanying, this kid, has a very big idea, basically doesn't talk about himself with my mother, and even comes to Mingchuan University far from his hometown to study on his own, and he will tell us when he decides. To put it mildly, we also know that today we only know that you are Yuanying's associate supervisor, do each graduate student have more than one supervisor? Sima Yufan picked up the lighter and lit the cigarette, took a sharp puff, and said calmly after spitting out the smoke.

"Not really. Under normal circumstances, each graduate student has only one supervisor, but Yuan Ying's chosen supervisor is an honorary professor at Mingchuan University, the professor is a working professor at Kyoto University, and his main place of work is in Kyoto. Zhou Xiaobo explained briefly.

"Can you tell me about Wonyoung's studies?"

"Yuan Ying's academic performance is very good, his introduction to philosophy is also very unique, his theoretical knowledge is very solid, he is also very hard-working, and he has great potential in academic research in philosophy. I have published two papers in the authoritative philosophical journal "Philosophical Studies" in China, which is not easy for a master's student, and it is difficult for many doctoral students and even teachers to publish articles in "Philosophical Studies". Personally, I like Yuan Ying very much, and I recognize his talent, and the teachers in the department are also very optimistic about him. Zhou Xiaobo said calmly, and his words couldn't hide his appreciation for Sima Yuanying and his sadness.

"He didn't tell us any of this, and I didn't ask about it, basically every time we talked about it, it was because of money, either he asked me for living expenses or I asked him if the living expenses were enough. Now that I think about it, I'm really incompetent as a father. ”

"Yuan Ying has big ideas, is serious, doesn't talk much, doesn't like to have unnecessary communication with people, is more proud, and it is very unnecessary for him to communicate normally in the eyes of ordinary people, he just wants to concentrate on doing his own thing."

"That's true. I'm in business, he's philosophical, and my personality is the complete opposite of him, and sometimes I even feel a little strange. Fortunately, he never caused us any trouble before this, and it was always smooth from elementary school to middle school to college to graduate school. It's just that somehow I suddenly encountered such a thing. Sima Yufan couldn't help but lower his head when he said this, holding his forehead with his right hand, and holding a half-burned cigarette between his index and middle fingers.

"I'm as sad about this as you are. To tell you the truth, it took me three full days to accept this fact. ”

"What do you know about this, can you tell me more about it?"

"The exact process is not yet clear, and the police are still investigating. At present, I only know that a body was found on the beach of Huangshi near the south gate of Ming University on July 19, and a wallet and a Yuan Ying's ID card were left next to the body. In the past few days, the police have been visiting and investigating, and the school has also learned about it privately, but there has been no substantial tension. ”

"In other words, now the police can't fully confirm that the deceased is Wonyoung?" After Sima Yufan listened, a glimmer of hope flashed in his eyes.

"Well, theoretically, yes, like you, I don't want to be Yuan Ying either. However, the coincidence that Yuan Ying accidentally left his wallet there is very low in terms of probability, and as far as I know Yuan Ying, he is not the kind of person who can make trouble, so ......"

"I understand what you mean, we can fantasize, but reason is reason, and facts are facts." Sima Yufan whispered, and from his low tone, he could feel that even he felt that the question he had just asked was nothing more than a fluke or self-comfort.

"By the way, I don't know if the police have contacted you, the police told us that they plan to arrange for you to go to the police station in the afternoon to find out about Yuanying's situation and confirm the ......"

"They told me." Sima Yufan interrupted Zhou Xiaobo's words, he really didn't want to hear what Zhou Xiaobo might say next, especially the words "recognize the corpse".

"If you don't object, I want to go with you in the afternoon, after all, I have been in contact with Yuan Ying for a long time, and my feelings for him are relatively deep."

"Then let's go together, I'm okay with that." Sima Yufan replied.

"Thank you."

Sima Yufan did not answer.

At this moment, Zhou Xiaobo's phone rang, Zhou Xiaobo took out his mobile phone from his trouser pocket, and found that it was Ouyang Yunxi's call, so he apologized to Sima Yufan and walked to the door.

"Hello, I'm Zhou Xiaobo."

"Hello, Mr. Zhou. I am Ouyang Yunxi from the Criminal Investigation Brigade, and I just learned from the school that you have received Sima Yuanying's parents, I want to confirm with you how their situation is, and do you need to postpone the afternoon arrangement? Ouyang Yunxi asked very seriously on the other end of the phone, I have to say that now the police are handling cases more and more humanely.

"They're fine, there's no need to postpone." Zhou Xiaobo replied briefly.

"Okay, then I won't bother you. Good bye. ”

"Goodbye."

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Xiaobo returned to the room, and Sima Yufan had already got up from the sofa at this time, and was standing in front of the window looking at the outside world.

"If you're busy, go ahead and don't bother to take care of us." After Sima Yufan heard the sound of Zhou Xiaobo opening the door and coming in, he turned around and said to Zhou Xiaobo, who was still holding his mobile phone.

"Okay, then I'll leave first, and I'll pick you up in the afternoon."

Sima Yufan nodded and agreed. Zhou Xiaobo pushed out of the room, then gently closed the door.