Chapter 2: Complicated Human Relationships

  Wu Hui and others found Zheng Jiahui wanting to speak but hesitating, knowing that she had some things unsaid.

  Yang Rong is a woman, so when asking women, it's easy to be trusted by the same sex. Seeing Guo Yining looking at herself, Yang Rong nodded slightly.

  Walked to Zheng Jiahui's side, smiled and said, "We hope you tell us everything you know. As for whether it's useful or not, we'll only know after investigating. Is there anything else you want to say about Liu Xilei?"

  Zheng Jiahui is a traditional woman, and when it comes to relationships between men and women, she's still a blank slate. However, this doesn't mean she's clueless. She glanced at Yang Rong and her face turned red as she looked down, embarrassed, her voice barely above a whisper. "Actually, Liu Xilei just doesn't have a steady boyfriend."

  Because Zheng Jiahui's voice was very soft, Yang Rong had to lean in close to hear her, and for fear of startling Zheng with a loud voice, Yang's own voice became much gentler. "Can you speak more clearly?"

  "Uh... I... I often see Liu Xilei kissing different boys downstairs, sometimes they even..." Zheng Jiahui's voice became softer as she spoke, her head lowered further down, as if trying to shrink into her neck.

  This girl is so simple, already over 20 years old and almost 30 years old, in their countryside, children can probably make soy sauce early, Yang Rong smiled at Guo Yining, such a simple woman, afraid it's not common.

  In Guo Yining's eyes, being concerned about the opposite sex didn't seem like anything to be ashamed of, but seeing Zheng Jiahui like this, they suddenly felt that even walking close to her was an unethical thing.

  Yang Rong saw several big men with an air of indifference and disdain, she smiled bitterly, after all, she was a woman. "How are they?"

  "Ah! This... this is unspeakable, it's those things that can't be said out loud..." Zheng Jiahui couldn't bring herself to say it, slightly raising her head and looking at Yang Rong. The following events were really too difficult to mention, hoping that Yang Rong wouldn't ask again. But Yang Rong just looked at her with a puzzled expression, as if hoping she could clarify things further.

  It seems that she can't help but be unclear, Zheng Jiahui lowered her head again. Since she had to say it, she might as well finish quickly and get it over with. "They often hugged each other naked in the dark corner of the stairs. I saw them many times when I returned to my dormitory." After saying this, Zheng Jiahui took a deep breath, as if she was about to faint.

  Yang Rong heard Zheng Jiahui's speech speed up a lot, guessing that saying such things made her feel like it was an unvirtuous thing for a woman, what era is this, and there are still people as conservative as her, "It was around what time."

  Zheng Jiahui didn't know why Yang Rong was so fixated on this issue, especially when discussing it in front of so many people - wasn't that embarrassing? "It happens every week. Because of my research project, I usually return to the dorm at 12 midnight. That's when I've seen them. As for other times, I don't know."

  "Has Liu Xile ever brought a man back?" Yang Rong looked around at the somewhat messy room of Liu Xile, wondering if she could find some men's hair here.

  "No, she knew I didn't like people coming to the dorm, so she wouldn't bring anyone back." Although Zheng Jiahui had many complaints about Liu Xilei, after learning of her death, she suddenly felt that Liu Xilei was actually a good person. At least in not bringing men back to the dorm, Zheng Jiahui was still grateful.

  If Liu Xiangli was a person who had a very messy private life, then she might have been in danger when dating outside. "Would she not return to the dormitory at night and stay out overnight?"

  Zheng Jiahui thought for a moment, Liu Xilei was still a relatively cautious person. "Well, sometimes she would, but the next day she would definitely come back. If she didn't come back, she would call me. What's strange is that I never asked her where she was, but every time she would tell me where she was. Like this time, three days without news and not coming back, it's something she had never done before."

  Wu Hui heard Zheng Jia Hui's words and was slightly taken aback. "You mean she tells you where she is every time?"

  Zheng Jiahui was startled by Wu Hui's voice, since he entered the house, Zheng Jiahui hadn't heard him speak, suddenly hearing his low and magnetic voice, which sounded pretty good, so out of curiosity, Zheng Jiahui finally lifted her lowered head, took a glance at Wu Hui, but quickly lowered her head again, however, her face turned even redder.

  Yang Rong's expression towards Zheng Jia Hui, this girl who can't hide her feelings, seems to have fallen in love with Wu Hui at first sight.

  "Yes, it's like this." Zheng Jiahui lowered her head, but she kept glancing at Wu Hui from time to time.

  "It seems that Liu Xile is a person with a strong sense of security, no matter where she goes, she will tell the people around her, but this time she didn't tell anyone. It seems that she should have left with someone she knows and trusts. Let's take a look at the people Liu Xile knows first." Wu Hui, although he inferred that the murderer was a man in his 40s, also needs to carefully investigate the male classmates around Liu Xile, maybe they can find some clues.

  "Well, I think so too. Then trouble you to write down the names of men related to Liu Xile." Guo Yining agreed with Wu Hui's statement and handed Zheng Jiahui a pen and paper, letting her write down the names she knew.

  Zheng Jiahui knew about Liu Xilei's death, and she didn't hesitate either. She took the paper and pen handed over by Guo Yining, sat down on one side and started writing seriously.

  Yang Rong looked at Zheng Jia Hui's straight back as she wrote, just like a primary school student, and for some reason, she felt that there was something strange about her.

  Fang Youjian saw Yang Rong staring at Zheng Jiahui, wondering what she was thinking about, so he walked to her side and stared at Zheng Jiahui's back together with her. "What's wrong? Is something not right?"

  "It's nothing, maybe I'm just overthinking." Yang Rong also couldn't quite put her finger on what was strange about it, perhaps it was a woman's sixth sense, but the feeling was there. In any case, in an investigation, you have to trust the evidence, not your feelings.

  After the law and politics department finished collecting evidence, Guo Yining sealed off Liu Xilei's room with police tape and instructed school staff not to enter Liu Xilei's room.

  Zheng Jiahui was a bit afraid and didn't want to stay in her room, so the instructor arranged for her to move into the graduate student dormitory.

  Fang You took a look at the list written by Zheng Jiahui and felt a headache, "Liu Xile's interpersonal relationships are quite complicated, so many boys have a relationship with her, this is what Zheng Jiahui knows, then how many more will she not know?"

  "Stop nagging, one by one investigation is fine, no need for so many useless words." Guo Yifei lightly tapped Fang Hai's head with the package in his hand. This kid had just behaved well for a few days and was already starting to complain again.

  "Captain Guo, rest assured, I will investigate one by one, and there won't be a single fish that slips through the net. You can rest easy." After saying this, Fang You gave Yang Rong a look, and Yang Rong understood implicitly. She followed Fang You as they walked in the opposite direction. She didn't want to stay with Guo Yining, so she'd better go find clues with Fang You instead.

  "These two bear kids, usually too spoiled by them, no big or small." Looking at the back of Fang You and others leaving, Guo Yining had a tone of parents doting on their children.

  Wu Hui certainly knew that Guo Yining was just talking, but in her heart she liked these two young people very much. "The two of them are quite capable, you really want to cultivate them from the bottom of your heart, otherwise you wouldn't take them wherever you go."

  "Nothing can escape your notice." Guo Yining smiled and found Wu Hui's eyes to be somewhat dazed, "Wu Hui, there is something that I find strange."

  Wu Hui saw Guo Yining stop in her tracks and also stopped in his tracks, "What's wrong?"

  Guo Yining didn't know if it was appropriate to ask this question, but he felt that as Wu Hui's friend, he should show some concern. "I've heard before that your criminal profiling skills are very accurate, and many big cases were solved because of your profiling abilities. So why is it that this time when I see you again, you're having doubts about profiling?"

  Wu Hui had long noticed that Guo Yining would look at him with a hesitant expression every time, he knew that one day Guo Yining would ask, "Do you remember the '1225 Christmas Murder Case' four years ago? At that time, my profiling appeared to be incorrect, and some people who shouldn't have died did, so from then on I began to suspect the accuracy of my profiling."

  Guo Yining thought that Wu Hui's current state must be related to the shocking case that shook the nation back then, but she didn't know what exactly happened.

  "'1225 Christmas Murder Case' wasn't cracked because of your profiling in the end, was it? I'm not very clear about what happened in between. At the beginning of the case, there were few leads, so it's understandable that you made an incorrect profile. Later, as more clues surfaced, didn't you make a correct profile? So, the credibility of your profiling is still quite high."

  Wu Hui shook his head, he didn't want to relive the pain of that time. "This kind of life-and-death matter, if it's not 100% correct, I really don't want to use someone else's life as an experiment, so I don't want to do criminal profiling again. If possible, I just want to slowly find the criminal from some clues."

  Guo Yining really needed Wu Hui's expertise, if they only started from ordinary clues, some cases would really become unsolved mysteries. "However, you understand criminal psychology so thoroughly, if just because of one mistake, you avoid your own profession, don't you think that because you took a detour, giving the criminals more time, will make more people sacrifice?"

  Wu Hui didn't say anything else, he didn't want to discuss the topic anymore. He adjusted his collar and although the rain had stopped, the weather was still very cold. Such cold weather really wasn't suitable for going out. Wu Hui ignored Guo Yining who was standing in place and hastily left the campus like he was escaping, hailing a taxi at the school gate to leave.

  Watching Wu Hui leave in a hurry, Guo Yining let out a deep sigh. What exactly happened back then that made Wu Hui dare not to touch it? It seems that after this case is over, he will have to go to the provincial capital himself and ask the people who participated in the case at that time what really happened to Wu Hui back then.