Lingqiu Lake and Saunter (9)

  "If you were to find a reason for someone to commit a crime, what would it be?" Lin Yuan suddenly asked Xia Zhu.

  Xia Zhu furrowed her brow and thought for a moment, ultimately shaking her head: "I've thought about this problem many times," her voice was very gentle, sounding like a nocturne, while her eyebrows were relaxed and slightly smiling: "It's just that I couldn't think of any reason for the crime that wouldn't be an insult to human dignity."

  Lin Yuanxi couldn't help but laugh out loud, and Xia Zhu spread his hands in exasperation: "I know you don't like this kind of theory." For no reason at all, Lin Yuanxi suddenly reminded him of the feeling that Professor Lin had given people a long time ago - old-fashioned yet stubborn, yet with profound knowledge that commanded respect.

  "It's not that I don't like this theory," Lin Yuanxi rarely explained seriously: "It's just too idealistic, and I'm not very fond of it."

  "Is it too fanciful?" Xia Zhu's eyebrows were slightly furrowed, and after thinking for a moment, she relaxed and smiled: "Maybe I just have too high expectations for people's emotional intelligence."

  "This time Lin Yuanxi fell silent, he remained silent for a long time before saying faintly: 'Everyone is a potential criminal.'"

  Xia Zhu opened her eyes wide and looked over, just to hear Lin Yuanbo say: "It's just that most people can control the expectation of crime, even if they have a criminal motive, they will solve it with a more proper method instead of thoroughly exploding."

  Everyone has had their share of misfortunes, when faced with desperation, some people choose to indulge in self-pity, others burst into tears, while a few remain optimistic and seek out every possible way out, but only a tiny minority of them stray from the path.

  The person in front of him obviously belongs to this kind.

  "No matter what the reason is, a criminal always stems from selfishness and desire." Lin Yuan said lightly, with some disdain in his eyebrows.

  He stood up and looked down at the three old professors on the other side, one of whom was silently rubbing his palms, another looking around impatiently, and the last one muttering to himself with a nervous look.

  "These people who are at the top of the social hierarchy, I don't quite understand their motives for committing crimes," Xia Zhu said seriously.

  At any time, the school should be the most pure environment, without any distracting thoughts, and it should be a piece of pure land where everyone can focus on their studies without worrying about anything else. Xia Zhu felt sorry for the children in the school.

  Lin Yuanxi smiled: "If you had a chance, who do you think has a problem?"

  Xia Zhuang looked back and said what he thought in his heart: "The last two, both performed strangely. One was too calm, grasping the time of Yan Moqiu's death too well, while the last one was too nervous. Regarding Yan Moqiu's death report, I think this is not something that a person can accomplish, especially in such a short period of time... This does not conform to what an elderly person like him can do."

  "You think the nervous one has a good habit of exercising," Lin Yuan's gaze carried a hint of mockery, lightly sweeping over the tense muscles on that person's legs as he said: "And the silent one has congenital heart disease."

  "How can heart disease be detected?" Xia Zhu was shocked.

  Lin Yuanxu fell silent for a moment, then somewhat helplessly pulled out a stack of reports and threw them over: "Of course it's because of the report that Lin Yuanxu had just gotten, including phone records. Both of them had called Yan Moqiu."

  "What... about Yan Moqiu's death that night?" Xia Zhusheng held his breath.

  "Even now, it's impossible to determine the exact date of Yan Moqiu's death. The body has been soaking in the lake for too long, and even identifying the face is a bit difficult, let alone the date." Lin Yuanbin furrowed his brow at the three people: "What you said is correct, the last two people are suspicious."

  "What should we do to investigate?"

  "It's nothing." Lin Yuanxiao smiled slightly, his hands casually inserted into his pockets as he walked towards the three of them. He first looked at Chai Mulin and politely extended his hand: "I'm disturbing you today."

  "It doesn't matter," the old professor sighed: "Can I go now?"

  Xia Zhu looked at Lin Yuan and nodded: "Of course, thank you."

  Jin Xin's expression changed, but ultimately returned to its original state. He stood up, patted the nonexistent dust on his back, and said expressionlessly: "I don't like this meaningless activity."

  "I'm afraid so," Lin Yuanxi's voice was pleasant to hear, he reached out and gently blocked the person, his expression slightly smiling: "You can't leave now."

  "Why?" Jin Xin stared at Lin Yuanbo, with a hint of anger between his eyebrows, which was quickly suppressed: "I have something to do tonight."

  Xia Zhu was silent for a moment before asking: "I've heard that there's an astronomy club in school, I wonder if they have any activities at night?"

  The Department of Astronomy is not common here, and having such a high-end department in an ordinary vocational school makes one wonder. Xia Zhu had checked before that this department was developed in recent years, previously unknown, after introducing several high-end professors, the scores soared rapidly, even so, there are only a few students every year, after all, this department is really not promising, making people feel uneasy and unable to settle down.

  Jin Xin glanced at the old professor muttering to himself beside him, smiled blandly and replied somewhat perfunctorily, "Are you interested, officer?"

  "Excuse me for being blunt," Lin Yuanxi said impatiently, not wanting to beat around the bush, and simply asked: "On the night of Yan Moqiu's incident, wasn't there an astronomy department activity?"

  "No," Jin Xing said firmly, "it was winter then, and the astronomy club doesn't organize activities during the winter semester."

  "So... " Xia Zhu furrowed her brow and looked at him: "What kind of activities does the Astronomy Club usually organize? I've seen the club's member list, there are only five people in total, and two students have already graduated. There is only one Yan Moqiu's club, what exactly are they doing?"

  When she said this, her expression was extremely cold, and her gaze at Jin Xin was also solemn.

  The old professor, Yan Cheng, finally stopped his incessant chatter. He glanced at Xia Zhu and then at Jin Xin, his expression subtly changing before he whispered, "Look, the harbinger of death has arrived."

  This wasn't the first time they heard this phrase, yet they still furrowed their brows. Lin Yuan asked, "What's with the 'taking lives'?"

  "It's just a campus legend," Jin Xin said coldly, taking over the conversation: "It has nothing to do with you two police officers. Besides, if you two don't have solid evidence, I think our obligation as citizens to cooperate with the investigation is already over."

  "Fingerprints." Xia Zhu suddenly spoke up.

  Jin Xin looked up at her, and Xia Zhu smiled slightly as she flipped through her phone, pulling out the forensic records of Yan Mo's autopsy: "Can you two recognize your own fingerprints?"

  "So long and still can find fingerprints, now the forensic technology is pretty good." Jin Xin's face changed slightly, but he still laughed it off and turned away.

  "It's just a pity that it's no longer without evidence," Xia Zhu smiled slightly: "Now we have the right to detain you two for 24 hours, please cooperate and explain why your fingerprints were found on Yan Moqiu's clothes."

  Yan Cheng suddenly spoke up: "No...the color is wrong."

  Xia Zhu and Lin Yuanxi watched him together, just listening to Yan Cheng suddenly opening his mouth: "White... should be white..."

  "What's white?" Xia Zhu was somewhat puzzled, and then saw Lin Yuanbo's brow furrowed slightly, apparently thinking of something.

  "White, white is Shura..." Yan Cheng suddenly said, flipping through a book of astronomy in his hand.

  Sudden change ——

  Just as the two words "Shura" were spoken, Jin Xing suddenly covered his chest with his hand, his eyes slowly turning white, and he grasped at his chest with a death grip, but his breathing was no longer smooth.

  Xia Zhu reacted extremely quickly, loudly calling for someone while stretching his hand into his pocket to search for the emergency heart-saving pills that every person with a heart condition would carry.

  Too late.

  Those two words were like a death warrant, taking his life in an instant.

  "Asura......ah......ZHEN!" was the last sound Jin Xin made.

  His gaze was fixed on Yan Cheng, as if there were a thousand grudges that had yet to be avenged.

  Zou Muyuan pushed aside the stunned Xia Zhu and looked over, his expression changed slightly. "Someone died during the police investigation, it's not something that can be explained in a few words," he could only shake his head and look at Lin Yuanxi: "Sorry."

  Lin Yuan stretched out his hand to indicate understanding, while pulling Xia Zhu back slightly, with a protective meaning.

  "I will protect your safety." Zou Mianyuan said faintly to Yan Cheng.

  Yan Cheng's expression was like a bookworm's: "Life-threatening, hehehe..."

  Xia Zhu suddenly felt a chill, her slightly cool body had been pulled back by someone, and she was leaning against Lin Yuan's shoulder. Just then, a clear and cold voice sounded in her ear...

  "When faced with death, everyone's reaction is the same, it's nothing special."

  Xia Zhu suddenly felt a warmth in her heart, thinking that Lin Yuan had changed his ways. But then she heard him shake his head and say doubtfully: "Of course, your brain circuitry is not quite like normal people's, I don't know why you would have emotions that only normal people have."

  "Senior." Xia Zhu sighed quietly.

  "What?" Lin Yuan asked, feeling that he must have moved her.

  "Just listen to Xia Zhuang say: 'Comforting words, just the first half of the sentence is enough.'"

  "Are your brain circuits different from those of normal people?" Lin Yuanbo wondered.

  "No... okay, thank you." Xia Zhu said sincerely, afraid that someone would continue speaking.

  Author's words: Thank you very much, ah, and thank you for your comment, Mi Guo! (╭(╯3╰)╮)

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