SS Chapter 23

Rao Xian actually had the same feeling.

“Buzz—” Rao Xian’s phone in Long Xinyu’s hand vibrated. The caller ID showed Shao Hui.

Long Xinyu returned the phone to Rao Xian.

Rao Xian found it funny, “What kind of expression is that?”

Shao Hui’s call had nothing to do with Long Xinyu. It was mainly about the case of Yang Miaoting and Cheng Yang.

Just now in the car, Rao Xian had sent Shao Hui the information about Yang Miaoting’s case.

Shao Hui’s words had unspoken meanings. Rao Xian could hear them, but he pretended not to know.

Shao Hui returned to the case, saying that he had reviewed the past records of Chongda University and found that students always had accidents – suicides, accidents, disappearances, etc. However, considering the school’s population density and time span, it did not seem particularly prominent and had not attracted much attention.

Rao Xian naturally understood that Shao Hui was saying that he still needed to find some evidence to prove that the cases of Yang Miaoting and Cheng Yang were related to the case of Wang Ling before he could start investigating.

He faithfully relayed it to Long Xinyu.

Long Xinyu couldn’t help asking, “Then we’re just not going to care?”

Shao Hui’s side had procedures to follow, but it might also be a hint to Rao Xian – who told Rao Xian that the procedures for applying for a transfer had been held up by the bureau chief? But the case couldn’t wait.

Rao Xian thought for a while and said, “Let’s go to Chongda University and take a look. You can only know if there are any suspicious points if you look at the scene of the case.”

Long Xinyu, of course, listened to Rao Xian. He grabbed the car keys and went out with Rao Xian.

Neither Long Xinyu nor Rao Xian had been to Chongda University. They navigated to the campus all the way, only to find that it was a university town. Long Xinyu was a little disoriented and didn’t even know where to park the car. After asking around, he finally found the parking lot. After getting out of the car, he was still disoriented – it was a school campus, and they were not official investigators now, so where should they start? Long Xinyu was a little confused.

Rao Xian called Ye Xiaochen and asked her how to get to the laboratory where the incident occurred.

Ye Xiaochen didn’t expect Rao Xian and the others to go so fast. She hadn’t been back to the dormitory for long. After thinking about it, she ran out of the dormitory to meet Rao Xian and the others and personally take them to the laboratory where the incident occurred.

Rao Xian and Long Xinyu followed Ye Xiaochen towards the laboratory building.

Rao Xian also wanted to ask Ye Xiaochen if she needed to contact the school, but Ye Xiaochen said that it was a student’s experimental operating room with a combination lock, and she had already found out the code.

Rao Xian’s heart sank. Ye Xiaochen had even found out the password of the laboratory. She was determined to investigate the case of Cheng Yang and Yang Miaoting. She was working hard enough for Cheng Yang.

Ye Xiaochen didn’t notice Rao Xian’s expression. She had a crush on Cheng Yang, but in fact, whether Cheng Yang liked her or not didn’t matter to her. Everyone had to live in their own story. She was unwilling for the person she liked to bear the infamous name of a murderer. Finding the truth about Cheng Yang’s death was her own business. She had her own persistence. She seemed to be trying to overturn the case for Cheng Yang, but she was also paying for her past love.

Ye Xiaochen walked in front, and Rao Xian and Long Xinyu followed behind her.

Long Xinyu was tall, had long legs, and was handsome. Rao Xian was also handsome and used a crutch, attracting the attention of many passing students. But Ye Xiaochen was unaware and focused on taking them to the experimental building.

To go to the experimental building where the incident occurred, they needed to walk a long way, passing through the Art and Beauty Building, which was the teaching building of Ye Xiaochen’s college.

In front of the Art and Beauty Building, there was a corridor displaying many students’ paintings – landscapes, architecture, flowers and birds. Rao Xian walked slowly, so Long Xinyu also walked along, looking around. But a portrait attracted Long Xinyu’s attention, and he stopped, standing in front of the painting. When Rao Xian saw Long Xinyu stop, he called out to Ye Xiaochen and walked over to look at the painting that Long Xinyu was looking at.

It was a huge oil painting of a girl’s half-body portrait. The girl in the painting had smiling eyes, long flowing hair, and a vivid expression, with an indescribable beauty.

Below the painting was the name of the painting, with only one word – “Mourning”; Author: Qin Kai.

Rao Xian couldn’t help asking Long Xinyu, what was wrong, what was special about this painting.

Long Xinyu frowned as he stared at the painting, “I seem to have seen this girl somewhere.”

Ye Xiaochen looked at the painting, puzzled, “Do you know Chu Yao?”

“Chu Yao, is this girl called Chu Yao?” Long Xinyu looked at the girl in the painting and had no impression of the name.

Ye Xiaochen nodded. This painting was painted by Qin Kai, a famous talent in their school. The girl in the painting was called Chu Yao. Qin Kai and Chu Yao were a recognized campus couple, a talented man and a beautiful woman. But a year ago, Chu Yao had an accident. Qin Kai was particularly sad and painted this painting to mourn Chu Yao. This painting also won an award at an art exhibition.

Hearing that Chu Yao had an accident, Rao Xian was particularly concerned, “What kind of accident did Chu Yao have?”

Long Xinyu was surprised, “Is seafood allergy so serious?”

Rao Xian frowned, “Seafood allergy is actually a special kind of poisoning. The reason for the allergy is that seafood is rich in a large amount of foreign protein, and some people are only allergic to certain seafood, not all seafood. As long as they are sent to the doctor in time, it won’t be fatal.”

“How do you know so much in detail?” Long Xinyu was surprised. This should be the knowledge of a forensic doctor.

In fact, Rao Xian’s father had dealt with a similar case, so Rao Xian had a deep impression. In that case, a woman bought a rare sea fish, stewed it at home, and the whole family ate it. After that, her mother-in-law died. Because of the bad relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, the woman’s husband said that the woman had killed his mother. Only after the autopsy did it become clear that the old woman was allergic to sea fish. The old woman went back to her room to rest after dinner. The general onset time of an allergy is 0.5-4 hours. The old woman had an attack three hours after eating dinner, which was midnight, causing suffocation. Her family didn’t hear it, so she passed away.

“Is eating fish so dangerous?” Long Xinyu was surprised, then pouted, “Can’t we eat fish in the future?”

Speaking of this, he looked at Chu Yao in the painting – did this girl encounter a high-probability event?

Long Xinyu shook his head and pulled Rao Xian, “Don’t look at it. I just think this girl looks a little familiar, but I can’t remember where I’ve seen her. I didn’t expect she was already gone. Let’s go.”

Rao Xian was not pulled by Long Xinyu. He asked Ye Xiaochen, “Did Yang Miaoting know Chu Yao?”

Ye Xiaochen thought for a while and said, “They should know each other. Yang Miaoting and Qin Kai are both teaching assistants of Professor Yue Zhonglin. Qin Kai is Chu Yao’s boyfriend. Yang Miaoting should know them.”

Rao Xian remembered Shao Hui saying that students always had accidents at Chongda University, and Long Xinyu also said that Chu Yao looked familiar, and she just happened to die? Too coincidental!

Rao Xian frowned slightly and took a picture of the painting with his phone. Long Xinyu was also muttering in his heart. He just happened to see a painting and thought it looked familiar, and the person was dead. It was too damn weird.

Rao Xian patted him, signaling him to follow Ye Xiaochen. They would investigate the others later. Long Xinyu didn’t speak and followed.

The laboratory where Cheng Yang and the others had the accident was an independent experimental building. The laboratories of Chongda University were basically in this building, belonging to different floors.

Rao Xian and the three of them entered the experimental building and took the elevator to the third floor. There were not many students who needed to do experiments at ordinary times. Because it was a holiday, the experimental building seemed even emptier. The corridor was very long, the windows were open, and the shadows of the trees could be seen shaking from the windows. The footsteps of the three people were scattered.

Rao Xian observed the environment while walking.

Suddenly, a shrill scream came from a classroom that they had just passed, followed by a broken “Help—” cry, which made people tremble.

The three of them turned around subconsciously and saw a classroom door being pulled open from the outside. A disheveled girl ran out from the outside, running in the opposite direction from their path.

Before the three of them could react, a man in tight clothes also rushed out of the classroom. He was wearing black gloves that revealed his fingers, and in his hand was a butterfly knife with blood and a cold gleam.

Rao Xian was the first to react and shouted, “What are you doing?”

The black-gloved man quickly caught up with the girl and grabbed her clothes, pulling her back. He held the knife to the girl’s neck.

The girl used her hands to protect her neck and screamed desperately.

“Stop—” Rao Xian shouted anxiously, raising his hand and throwing the crutch in his hand at the man.

Hearing the sound of the wind, the man ignored harming the girl and dodged sideways. The crutch fell to the ground with a clang. The girl lost her balance after being released and fell to the ground. She grabbed Rao Xian’s crutch and waved it wildly, shouting, “Don’t come over!”

The man grabbed the crutch and snatched it away, throwing it away. He flicked the butterfly knife in his hand and was about to stab the girl again.

The man seemed to be in no hurry to chase and kill the girl. He spun the butterfly knife in his hand and stabbed at Long Xinyu, who was taking a step diagonally, approaching. He was fast and agile, and it was obvious that he had practiced.

Although Long Xinyu had not practiced, he had been very naughty since he was a child. He was good at fighting. Seeing the other party attack, he swung the frame in his hand and hit the man’s knife-wielding hand. The man retracted his hand to avoid it, and the two passed each other. Long Xinyu swung the frame in his hand and smashed it at the man, although there was no method, it didn’t allow the black-clothed man to get close.

Rao Xian didn’t have a crutch and quickened his steps. The girl had already stumbled and crawled over. Rao Xian quickly helped her up, pushed her to the dumbfounded Ye Xiaochen, and quickly shouted, “Call the police!” Then he grabbed the crutch and limped over to help Long Xinyu.

In just ten seconds, Rao Xian had already seen the black-gloved man seize the opportunity to grab the frame that Long Xinyu had swung with one hand. The butterfly knife in his hand slid forward along the edge of the painting frame, forcing Long Xinyu to let go.

The man narrowed his eyes, a wicked and bloodthirsty smile appearing on the corner of his mouth. He spun the butterfly knife in his right hand and stabbed at Long Xinyu’s – neck.

But the man behind him was very fast and had already chased after him.

Rao Xian: “Get out of the way—” He grabbed Long Xinyu and pulled him away, putting the crutch in his hand on the butterfly knife in the man’s hand.

Long Xinyu didn’t expect the other party to be so fast. If Rao Xian hadn’t blocked it, he would have been stabbed in the chest, and he was shocked and sweating.

Then he realized that Rao Xian, whom he had hoped for, hadn’t drawn his gun. It dawned on him that Rao Xian had not been reinstated after being discharged from the hospital, so hadn’t he received his gun back!

Rao Xian blocked the man, and the two had already exchanged two moves. Rao Xian obviously knew how to fight, but his leg restricted his movement. The black-gloved man had a provocative smile on his face, aimed at his weakness, and attacked Rao Xian with his flexible skills.

Rao Xian knew his disadvantages and was on guard, holding the crutch.

The man gave an insidious laugh and said, “Let go, and I’ll let you go.” His voice was cold.

Rao Xian stared at the man and spat out, “I won’t let go, I’m a policeman!”

The man was stunned, licked his teeth with his tongue, and waved the knife in his hand at Rao Xian.

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