Genius Detective - Chapter 57

Chapter 57: 57

Upon hearing this, Lin Dongxue’s cheeks began to heat up . “What nonsense are you spouting?”

“Don't misunderstand . The ‘like’ I used is not in the literal sense . ‘Like . ’[1] Do you understand? Don’t think too much about it . ”

Lin Dongxue rubbed her finger around on the table and breathed a sigh of relief, “Tch, you scared me so much that my heart started pounding . . . ”

“What kind of reaction is that?”

“Don't misunderstand!” Lin Dongxue raised her volume and stated, “I was scared that I was confessed to by an old uncle . I would obviously be flustered . ”

“I didn’t misunderstand . Rest assured, I like mature women . ”

“Thank you for letting me go!” Lin Dongxue clapped her hands together and gave a thank-you gesture to him .

After drinking the milk tea, Chen Shi left . The lab tests and autopsy were carried out throughout the night, so she stayed until 10 o'clock in the evening . Soon, Lin Dongxue felt that it was meaningless to continue to stay there, so she went back home to rest first .

The next morning, she ran into Lin Qiupu as soon as she got into the bureau . From the dark circles on his eyes, Lin Qiupu had not gotten much rest last night .

Seeing each other again, the brothers and sisters were a bit awkward and tense around each other . Lin Dongxue looked up and reminded, “We had an agreement . You’re not allowed to order me to do anything with regards to this case . ”

“Okay, okay, if I said it, I’ll do it . But you need to pay attention to your own safety when you’re investigating alone . You shouldn’t be alone at night . . . ”

“You’re doing it again!”

Lin Qiupu closed his mouth . The destination of the two people was the forensics lab . Lin Qiupu tried to reconcile on their way over . “Sister, we should find a time to have a meal!”

“Why?!” Lin Dongxue asked grumpily .

“To have a chat . ”

“I’ll think about it . . . Oh yeah, didn’t we agree that you won't call me ‘sister’ at the station?”

Lin Qiupu smiled bitterly . He reflected the whole night last night and felt that he really did control her a bit too much . He decided to find a time to sort out some of the misunderstandings between them .

After all, he did not want his only relative in the world to regard him as a passer-by .

Peng Sijue obviously did not sleep for the whole night . The whole unit was all getting by through coffee alone . The laboratory work was progressing smoothly, however the drug test was the most difficult of all . The results of the drug test found a certain macromolecular compound in the stomach of the deceased . It should be a drug . Peng Sijue compared it to hundreds of common anaesthetics, but there were no matches .

Peng Sijue handed the test reports to Lin Qiupu, and Lin Qiupu gestured over to Lin Dongxue with his mouth . “Give her a copy too . ”

Peng Sijue looked at the two curiously . “What? This time you pair of siblings are competing against each other? It is impossible to understand what goes through the minds of you immature mortals . ”

“Lao Peng, when did you become a deity? Saying we’re mortals and all . ” Lin Qiupu snarled .

“Xiao Wang, print another copy . . . I can’t do this anymore . I need to rest for a bit . ”

The two looked at the test report in their hands and Lin Qiupu asked, “Can you really do this by yourself?”

“Whether I can or not is my own business . ”

“Let’s go to the school together later in the morning . . . I am not interfering with your business . If you want to go somewhere else, I will not stop you . ”

No matter how she was going to investigate, the starting point of the case was the school, so Lin Dongxue agreed .

Taking into account the impact and commotion it would cause, they decided not to drive a police car . After getting to the school, the principal personally met with them . A few polite greetings were exchanged expressing sadness and grief, but also involved intentions to strengthen school management and security . Lin Qiupu interrupted him impatiently . “The identity of the deceased has not been confirmed . We have a generated picture of the deceased's likely appearance on hand . You should photocopy it and distribute them to the class teachers . ”

“Okay, but they still have classes right now so it will have to wait until later . ”

“No problem, we can wait . ”

The police temporarily set up in the office . At around  10am, a balding middle-aged uncle rushed in . He clutched the generated picture of the deceased and snivelled, “Officers, this . . . Is this true?”

“What's wrong, do you know the deceased?” Lin Qiupu asked .

“Deceased? He was still very well yesterday, how did he die just like this? I mean, why didn’t he come to class today? Sorry . . . Sorry, this blow is just too heavy for me . Let me calm myself down and have a seat . ”

Lin Qiupu poured a glass of water for the teacher as he sat down and took off his glasses to wipe them . He explained, “This child is in my class . His name is Du Lei and he is the class representative for our class . His results are very good, and he is also a very good boy . Such a good child, how could . . . ” He trailed off as he put his head in his hands, but Lin Dongxue noticed that there were no tears in his eyes at all .

“What are his family circumstances like?”

“I did a home visit not too long ago . Du Lei's parents are working out of town . They come back once a year, and so he lives with his grandmother . The grandmother's eyes and ears both don’t function too well, so the child often takes time to help his grandmother do housework . He is especially obedient and sensible, and doesn’t usually concern or surround himself with delinquents . Haii, a good child, how come . . . ” He grieved .

“Don't be sad, which students does Du Lei have a good relationship with?”

“I don't know the situation between the students . I’ll have to go to the class to ask . I will tell you later . ”

“Who did he meet with last night and who did he leave school with yesterday? Could I please trouble you to ask? If it’s convenient, could you please bring the relevant people here . . . It’s just a general inquiry . Please ask those children not to be afraid . ”

“Okay, no problem . I will try my best to cooperate with the police and try to catch the murderer as soon as possible . . . Can I ask if this incident will affect my job performance review this year? If this incident goes public, I am afraid the principal will put the blame on my head, but you all know that there are so many children in a class . I have no ability to multiply myself, how can I manage all of them from school to their homes?”

“You can rest assured that we will communicate with the principal regarding this . ”

“Thank you! Thank you!” The class teacher walked away in great gratitude .

Lin Dongxue scoffed “There’s a child who is dead and he only cares about his own review?”

Lin Qiupu drank a sip of tea from the thermos he prepared and responded, “It’s reasonable . Everyone is afraid of getting into unlucky situations . You don't have to be too harsh on him . ”

By noon, students from Du Lei’s class had come in to provide their input to the situation . When the children saw the police, they were a little nervous . Everyone had their own version of events . Some children insisted that the deed must have been done by certain individuals because Du Lei had some fights with them . Some people said that they saw Du Lei leaving school with some other kids to go to an Internet café . Some said that Du Lei was probably killed by “Perverted Wu”; “Perverted Wu” was the nickname of the class teacher .

With seven mouths and eight tongues[2], everyone's words began to hurt Lin Dongxue’s brain . However, Lin Dongxue noticed that three children had mentioned Du Lei hung and a child named Wang Jinsong often together . Lin Dongxue asked, “Who is Wang Jinsong?”

“Snot King! He is gay with Du Lei . ”

Lin Dongxue smiled . “Do you know what being gay means? Can I trouble you to bring him over?!”

After a while, Wang Jinsong was summoned over to meet with the police . He was also extremely nervous upon seeing them . Lin Dongxue comforted, “Don't be afraid, we are only asking about the situation . Everyone has been saying that you have a good relationship with Du Lei . Is that true?”

The child nodded and Lin Dongxue asked again . “When was the last time you saw him?”

“We came out of school at half past five and we ate lamb skewers on the way home . Then, I asked him if he could show me his mathematics homework . When he opened his schoolbag, he found that he had left it back at school, so he went back to school to get it . Since the bus came, I didn’t wait for him . ”

“Do you both take the bus?”

“Yes, we live very close . . . ” After his response, Wang Jinsong suddenly looked very nervous, and started fidgeting with his hands .

“And this is the last time you saw him?”

“Yeah . . . What happened to him? Was he killed?”

“This is not convenient for us to disclose . Is there anything you wish to add?”

Wang Jinsong scratched his head in thought, then added, “Right, he told me that the Chinese teacher is really annoying . ”

“Anything else?”

“No . ”

1 . He said this in English .

2 . There should only be seven tongues, but in this case, seven mouths produced eight tongues . This expression means that they just wouldn’t stop talking, almost as if there was an extra tongue babbling along with them out of nowhere .