Chapter 86 - The Last Classroom (1/2)

Translator: Lonelytree  Editor: Millman97

The Peeping Tom is Fan Yu’s father‽ Chen Ge never would have imagined that if he had not read the paper notes. Looks like I was right. Fan Yu’s aunt has been hiding something crucial from me.

When Chen Ge was trying to deduce the killer earlier, he had been missing a crucial element, a motive. The notes had provided him with a new line of enquiry.

There are three notes, and they have different handwriting. This means that at least three people knew about Teacher Fan’s dirty secret. Chen Ge did not touch the notes inside the book. The paper was fragile from the passage of time, and he was afraid that his touch might ruin the key evidence.

The handwriting on the paper is very clear. Teacher Fan kept these three notes probably to find the students by comparing the handwriting. After all, Mu Yang High School is small; with the convenience of being a member of staff, three days would have been more than enough time to inspect the handwriting of all the students at this school.

Chen Ge memorized the contents of the notes. To be honest, he was rather curious as to how the three students discovered the secret of the cubicle. Were they all victims? But that does not seem like that from the tone of the notes, especially the last one—If you insist on staying at this school, then you shall stay here forever. That definitely doesn’t sound like something a victim would say.

The message communicated by the three notes was extremely clear, but their demand sounded rather juvenile to Chen Ge. The correct solution to deal with people like Fan Yu’s father was to report to the police and not ask for something like a public apology. If anything, the exposure of the incident might exacerbate the situation, for it might cause further trauma to the victim.

The content of these notes does sound like they came from students, could they be the ones who tossed Teacher Fan into the well?

Chen Ge had the motive, but the timing was all wrong. There were two adults who disappeared that night. To be able to kill two adults and deal with their bodies without leaving any trace behind did not sound like something that was achievable for several teenage students.

I must have missed something. Chen Ge tried to look at the situation from Teacher Fan’s perspective. An open apology was definitely out of question. If this thing was exposed, his life would be ruined. He already had a record before coming to Mu Yang High School, and the punishment for repeat offender would be serious.

Fan Yu’s father knew about that; it was why he had kept those paper notes. He had probably planned to sniff out the students who had threatened him and deal with them personally, but from the result, it seemed like his three-day search came up with nothing.

Here’s the conclusion of everything I’ve found so far. These three notes came from different studies, but even after comparing the handwriting of the students at this school, Fan Yu’s father came up with nothing. These three students discovered the secret of the sixth cubicle, but instead of reporting it to the police, they adopted the method that had the least effect and would easily expose them, which was to threaten Teacher Fan directly. Lastly, the warning on the final note did come true.

These three points made zero sense to Chen Ge. To summarize, three students who could not be discovered found out about Teacher Fan’s Peeping Tom habit and, after their warning failed, made Teacher Fan disappear.

Individual who fits these three criteria basically doesn’t exist. However, Chen Ge already had quite a good idea about who the killer was, but he was still uncertain.

The notes also mention a girl whom they want Fan Yu’s father to apologize to. If I can find her, then many problems will be solved.