Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1383: Hunting Crime + Fireworks 8

Li Han raised his hand to report the information he had: "I checked the construction information within five kilometers of No. 8 Middle School. There are many such places, and there are also many places that have been rumored but have not been under construction. Combined with the time when Ren Xiaoxuan's remains were moved to the Eighth Playground four years ago, the most likely news is the construction of a highway about one kilometer away from No. 8 Middle School."

Du Cheng didn't expect to gain anything in such a place, so he quickly asked, "Which direction?"

Li Han briefly drew a few lines and said, "There are rumors online that there is a road construction plan southeast of the No. 8 Middle School playground. I haven't received any specific public information yet. This is just my guess based on the information on the Internet. It may not be that reliable in reality."

Du Cheng understood what Li Han meant. If it was a government construction project, it would be impossible to wait for four years without any news of the start of construction.

Seeing that everyone was a little discouraged, Xu Qin quickly said, "Perhaps we don't need to worry about whether the news is true or not. As long as the murderer sees and hears it, believes it to be true, and takes action, it will provide us with a lot of clues to solve the case."

He Rongyue happened to hear this. She knocked on the door and came in, still holding the report in her hand. "We have analyzed the dirt and other materials on the clothes and bones of the deceased. We have separated pollen from the clothes. After comparison, it turns out to be Jacaranda."

"Because the pollen was concentrated on the chest of the clothing and mixed with blood, we have reason to believe that the deceased was killed in an environment with jacarandas, or had been to an environment with jacarandas and stayed there for a while before being killed."

Some of the wording is not quite accurate, but He Rongyue has not yet received a more detailed test report and can only speak based on the existing conclusions.

So the group of people went to No. 8 Middle School again, and almost the moment Xu Qin stepped into the school gate, he found Zhai Lanxin standing on the top floor looking out.

Xu Qin immediately asked Du Cheng for instructions: "Captain Cheng, I'm going to go see Zhai Lanxin."

Du Cheng also saw the person standing on the tall building, and looked out along Zhai Lanxin's line of sight. After making sure that Zhai Lanxin was looking toward the southeast of the playground, he took the lead and walked ahead, "I'll go with you."

Du Cheng's intuition told him that Zhai Lanxin, whom Xu Qin cared about, must be no simple person. Even if Ren Xiaoxuan's death had nothing to do with her, she must know something.

Investigators cannot always rely on their intuition to handle cases, but sometimes intuition can indeed save a lot of trouble.

Zhai Lanxin also saw everyone, so Du Cheng and Xu Qin went upstairs. Later, she sent a message to Shen Yi, saying that she had made an appointment to meet with alumni in the city who might have had a relationship or connection with Ren Xiaoxuan in the past.

When Zhai Lanxin saw everyone, she was still gentle and intellectual, as if she was still happy to be able to help everyone because she had just talked to Shen Yi.

After saying hello, Xu Qin couldn't help but look around. This was the fifth floor, not the eighth floor where Zhai Lanxin was just now. The view was of course different, but if she lowered her head a little she could see the playground, and if she looked up she could also see the trees in the southeast direction.

As if chatting, Xu Qin raised her hand and pointed in the direction of the trees, and asked Zhai Lanxin: "Teacher Zhai, are those trees over there planted by the school?"

Everyone was secretly paying attention to the changes in Zhai Lanxin's expression. Sure enough, they saw that her expression was different, but she adjusted quickly. The next second, she put on her usual smile and answered Xu Qin's question: "Those trees were not planted by the school, but when I was in school, I heard that they were planted there by construction workers. They can be said to have grown together with our school."

At present, there is still no direct or indirect evidence to prove that Zhai Lanxin had any excessive contact with the deceased Ren Xiaoxuan, so Du Cheng and Shen Yi went to ask the local alumni invited by Zhai Lanxin who might have had contact with Ren Xiaoxuan before his death.

Shen Yi would not actively make malicious assumptions about anyone, so he took the initiative to finalize the direction of the inquiry with Zhai Lanxin on the way, mainly asking about their impressions of Ren Xiaoxuan back then, and even provided a point of entry, "Now that the case of Ren Xiaoxuan's disappearance has been brought up again, there was also an art teacher named Zhao Tingtao who was confirmed to have molested Ren Xiaoxuan, so we can only reveal this information."

Zhai Lanxin said she understood, and in the subsequent gatherings, she did work towards the direction provided by Shen Yi. But after asking for a long time, she only got one piece of information: a boy had a crush on Ren Xiaoxuan back then, and he staged a "liking her means bullying her to get her attention" drama.

The man who was speaking could not help but sigh, "When I was in school, I thought I was the third oldest. Seeing Ren Xiaoxuan reject Tian Lin's feelings many times, I felt that she was ungrateful. But at that time, Tian Lin also saw Ren Xiaoxuan often watching him play basketball, so he thought that Ren Xiaoxuan was interested in him."

"So later on, Tian Lin had people isolate Ren Xiaoxuan, saying it was to teach her a lesson, which made sense at the time."

"Of course, considering our current age and experience, this is definitely not the case."

Now it seems that the sudden appearance of Tian Lin may be the most important breakthrough.

He Rongyue led the team and found a utility knife under the trees in the southeast direction of the playground of the Eighth Middle School. They also extracted traces of blood from the surrounding soil. Therefore, it is very likely that the area under those trees was the scene where Ren Xiaoxuan was murdered.

The police summoned Tian Lin, and he cooperated very well, but he only admitted to bullying Ren Xiaoxuan. "I read Ren Xiaoxuan's diary, and combined with the fact that Ren Xiaoxuan often appeared around the basketball court, I thought she liked me."

"Men, no matter what age, are always full of vanity. Especially Ren Xiaoxuan, who is good-looking and has a good personality. Although she looks a little withdrawn, I liked her at the time, so I went up to her and said I would give her a chance to pursue me."

"But I didn't expect that the person Ren Xiaoxuan liked was not me! So I was angry and bullied her in school. When she disappeared, I thought it was my fault and didn't dare to say anything about it. But I was also questioned. I did not have any contact with Ren Xiaoxuan before and after she disappeared."

After leaving the interrogation room, Xu Qin said to everyone: "It seems that Tian Lin did not lie. No matter how you ask, his confession is correct."

"Also, he didn't know who Ren Xiaoxuan liked. Because of his desire to win, he also looked carefully, but he just couldn't find that person."

Du Cheng watched the entire interrogation process and he agreed with Xu Qin's opinion. There were more and more clues about the case, but the case had actually reached a dead end. The only breakthrough now was the person that Ren Xiaoxuan had a crush on in her diary.