Chapter 324: The Turning Poin (1/2)
My remarks poured a bucket of cold water on these gung ho officers. This case was a challenge despite the information we had. We locked in on the suspects but were still a long way from solving the case.
Xiaotao took a deep breath, ”In this case, let's stay put and locate Lang Jun first. We’ll slowly look for evidence related to the murder.”
After the meeting, Xiaotao asked if I had anything, to which I replied, ”There’s not much for me to do. I’ll go back to school and play some League of Legends and maybe take a nap later.”
”Sigh, your life sounds so carefree,” said Xiaotao, her voice filled with envy. “I wish I could switch places with you.”
”I’m just kidding,” I laughed. “Would I really leave you with all the work? I previously asked Lao Yao to go through Ding Xu’s chat records so he might have found something by now... ”
At the thought of being molested by Lao Yao in every possible way, I almost dreaded going alone but it was too much to ask for Xiaotao’s company over such a small matter.
”Do you have any insight on this case?” asked Xiaotao.
”I still need something to tie it all together,” I explained. “I think we can start with Ding Xu.”
”Didn't you just say his words have no legal basis?” she queried.
“That’s exactly why I'm trying to find some sort of correlation that will render his words admissible. Here’s what I think–maybe he was not possessed by a ghost at all, but was an eyewitness of the events from that year?”
After our brief conversation, we parted ways and I headed back to school. Dali had been missing all morning. I called him, hoping he could accompany me on my visit to Lao Yao’s dormitory. Being in a room alone with him was more tormenting than having my skin peeled.
Dali returned cheerfully, ”Guess who I had breakfast with today!”
”Luo Youyou?”
“Bingo!” Dali burst out laughing. “I talked to her all morning... although our subject revolved around you. But at least we had a common topic.”
”Damn it!” I frowned. “You didn't run your mouth off about me solving crimes, did you?”
Dali’s answer made me dizzy with exasperation. ”Well, I only spoke the truth!”
”I've told you a million times. Don't talk about the cases!” I rebuked. “Can't you talk about poetry or something else?”
No matter how strictly confidential the case was, word would eventually get out and people would always form speculations or create rumors. However, as a party to these rumors, I was obviously perturbed.
When we arrived at Lao Yao's dormitory, we saw him squatting on his chair like a monkey, engrossed in a game of PUBG. ”Have you found anything?” I asked.
”I did but I’m not quite sure if it’s what you’re looking for,” he drawled.
”Let me have a look!”
”Wait a minute,” Lao Yao waved his hand. “Watch me slaughter these sons of bitches!”
After saying that he pressed the F1 key and the whole screen exploded at once, killing his opponent in seconds. It turned out that this was a plugin to win the game that Lao Yao had written himself and was currently testing out. ”So these plugins were created by cheats like you!” I condemned.