Chapter 51: Wronged Spirit (4)

  "I have something to attend to, I'll leave first. I'll come find you guys before school lets out." Xianhuan said and left with his briefcase, leaving the three people speechless.

  Xian Huang went straight to the school principal's office and knocked lightly on the door:

  "Knock knock knock."

  "Come in." As a dignified female voice came from inside the house, Hyun-ho pushed open the door with a smile on his face and walked in.

  Xian Huang immediately took out the certificate in his hand and said to the instructor sitting in front of him:

  "Director Ling, hello. I'm Zhang Xianhao from the criminal investigation team of the police station. I came today to ask for your help with something, I don't know if Director Ling is willing to assist?"

  "Oh, it's Officer Zhang! Please sit down, please sit down. Helping police officers is what we should do. What brings you here? You've actually come to find me?" The woman in her thirties or forties, with a warm and elegant smile, was dressed in a white professional attire that looked dignified and refined.

  "Do you know Chen Xinyan, the female student who died at school five years ago?" Xianhuan sat on the sofa, took out Chen Xinyan's personal information form from his briefcase, and handed it to Director Ling while speaking.

  "Ah..." Director Ling's smile froze on his face as soon as he heard the three words "Chen Xinran", and his hand holding the documents trembled slightly.

  "It's not necessary to look at the materials. Although it was a case from five years ago, I still remember it vividly. I don't know what Officer Zhang wants to ask about? Whatever I know, I will definitely tell you the truth." After a long time, Director Ling put down the materials in his hand and said with a dim gaze.

  "I want to know what exactly happened at that time?" Xianhuan stared intently at the director's every move, asking.

  Director Ling took a deep breath and said, recalling something:

  "At that time, students from our school who lived far away were all boarding students and would only return home on Fridays and come back to class on Mondays. I was just an ordinary teacher then, and Xinyan was one of my students, also a boarder. I was her homeroom teacher, and although Xinyan wasn't a good student, she usually followed the rules and had a likable face. I don't know what happened, but during the second semester of her sophomore year, on a Sunday, her parents called me and asked if I knew where Xinyan had gone. That's when I found out that Xinyan hadn't returned home on Friday, she was missing, and no one could find her! ... Until Monday, she was... found in the bathroom by someone!" Director Ling said, wiping away tears from the corners of his eyes with a tissue, his face filled with sadness.

  "Was there anything unusual before she died?" Xianhuan asked, looking but not seeing.

  "No, it's just like usual." Director Ling replied.

  "After death, is there anything unusual in school?" Xianhuan paused for a moment and asked calmly.

  Director Ling fell silent for a long time, and then stammered:

  "After Xinran's death, the students said that the toilet where Xinran died... was haunted! They said that Xinran died unjustly and became a vengeful spirit to seek revenge, looking for someone to take her place! Many classmates, even teachers, have seen Xinran's ghost, and most of them transferred schools or moved away."

  Xian Huang suddenly had an idea, he was most afraid of ghosts, and must have a guilty conscience! He hastily asked:

  "Are there records of students transferring and teachers being relocated?"

  "Yes, in the computer lab."

  "Can you take me there now?" Xianhuan was overjoyed, his intuition telling him that this dead case was about to have a breakthrough!

  "Alright, follow me." Director Ling replied and led Xianhuan to the data room.

  Arriving at the door of the data room, Director Ling slowly opened the key to the locked data room and brought Xianhuan in front of a computer, opening several files and carefully examining something.

  "Found it, just these." Soon after, Director Ling smiled and stood up to give Xianhuan a seat.

  Xianhuan sat down and carefully looked at the list of names on the table, which was not a small number. He recorded them one by one, while Director Ling assisted him on the side.

  After registering all the people on the list, more than an hour had passed. Xianhuan let out a sigh of relief, put things into his briefcase and smiled at Director Ling:

  "Thank you, I'll take care of the rest."

  "Hmm, no need to thank me. If Officer Zhang can really find the real culprit, it would be a fair deal for Xinran too. Sigh..." Director Ling sighed and shook his head as he walked out of the records room.

  "I will." Xian Huan gazed at the receding back, seeing a teacher's fondness for his student, a mother's tenderness towards her child. In his heart, he secretly vowed to crack this cold case wide open!

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