I am a super cop

Chapter 2895 Mysterious Relationship
The office suddenly became quiet.

Seeing that Teacher Xu was a little reserved, Lu Weiwei quickly broke the awkward situation and said first:

"When did Teacher Xu retire?"

"Oh." Teacher Xu adjusted his glasses and said without hesitation:
"I retired last year and now I'm idle at home. I heard Secretary Zhao was looking for me, so I came here."

"Oh oh." Seeing that the conversation had already started, Lu Weiwei quickly asked:

"Then do you know your former student Zhao Xiaochuan?"

"Zhao Xiaochuan?" After thinking for a few seconds, Teacher Xu slowly said, "The name sounds familiar, but the appearance is a little blurry because it has been many years since then."

"Also, as teachers, we have many students and may forget, but I know Zhao Xiaochuan is my student."

Upon hearing this, Gu Chen quickly opened the photo album on his phone and showed it to Teacher Xu:
"This is Zhao Xiaochuan, do you still remember him?"

"Oh." Looking at Zhao Xiaochuan in Gu Chen's phone, Teacher Xu quickly took it in his hand and looked at it carefully.

It was also after a long time that he slowly said, "I have an impression of him. Well, I know him quite well."

"So what kind of person is he?" Yuan Shasha was also very curious at this moment.

Teacher Xu seemed to be thinking about something, and slowly said, "Zhao Xiaochuan, he is rather timid and introverted, but sometimes he would have a temper tantrum."

"Huh? What did you say?" Officer Wang was a little confused and asked quickly.

Teacher Xu adjusted his glasses and continued to explain:

"For example, when he is sitting in his seat, other students might play a prank on him by pretending to chat with others and then touching his desk."

"Once or twice, he might say a few words, but he always endured it."

"But when other students pushed him too far and made it impossible for him to do his homework on the desk, he would suddenly get angry and throw the books on the desk."

"Then his temper suddenly flared up, and the other party felt that he was not someone to be trifled with, so he stopped making things difficult for him."

"But his personality is generally weak. He tolerates everything, but he also has a bad temper. When he can't help it, he will get angry."

Looking up and thinking, Teacher Xu continued: "In terms of personality, he is the type with mood swings."

"This is quite similar to his current personality." Gu Chen said slowly after listening to Teacher Xu's explanation.

Teacher Xu was a little curious and asked Gu Chen: "What is his personality now?"

"We also heard from his parents that Zhao Xiaochuan couldn't find a job after graduation, so he kept asking his family for money."

"After one or two times, the family would give it to him, but Zhao Xiaochuan kept asking for it. Finally, his family got angry with him, saying that he had wasted his education and couldn't even find a job after graduation."

"Maybe I said a few too many words, which made him feel unbalanced. In the end, we didn't contact each other for a long time. He didn't even plan to go home for the New Year, and things became a little strained between him and his family," Gu Chen explained.

"Oh? So that's how it is?" Listening to Gu Chen's explanation, Teacher Xu nodded silently and said:

"This is somewhat similar to Zhao Xiaochuan whom I knew before. He has this kind of personality."

"He has a very strong sense of self-esteem and cannot stand being criticized by others. He gets angry easily after hearing a few words from others. His personality is very unstable."

After a pause, Teacher Xu explained, "When I was his class teacher, he also had conflicts with his classmates. I even went to the office to counsel him and told him not to get angry all the time."

"I think if he keeps this kind of personality, it will be hard for him to find a job in the future. After all, no one wants to hire a powder keg."

"At that time, I had already given him some advice, because I felt that he had to correct this problem, otherwise it would be difficult for him to find a job in the future, after all, he has a very strong self-esteem."

At the end, Teacher Xu also let out a long sigh and said:

"But I didn't expect that what I said back then would come true for him. He always can't find a job and needs money from his family. It may have something to do with his personality."

"Of course, it is also possible that the current employment environment is not good, so there are no suitable jobs."

"Yes." After hearing what Teacher Xu said, Gu Chen nodded slightly, and had a comprehensive understanding of Zhao Xiaochuan's character.

So Gu Chen asked Teacher Xu again: "Teacher Xu, when Zhao Xiaochuan was studying in school, did he have a deep conflict with anyone, the kind that was incompatible with him?"

"Deep contradiction? Incompatible?" When Teacher Xu heard Gu Chen use this adjective, his heart skipped a beat. He couldn't help but take a breath and said:

"Why do you ask that?"

"You just need to tell us." Lu Weiwei also reminded.

"This?" Scratching the back of his head, Teacher Xu was a little embarrassed:

"I'm not sure about that, but his personality is very strange and sometimes very extreme. I have criticized and educated him more than once."

"But I always feel that this child has something hidden in his heart and keeps everything to himself."

"So this caused him to be very depressed. How to describe it?" After thinking for a few seconds, Teacher Xu said:

"Oh, it's like a powder keg, the kind that catches fire at any time."

"So other people don't like to provoke him, otherwise there will be a quarrel."

With his arms crossed over his chest, Teacher Xu changed his posture and continued to recall:

"I felt at the time that this child had psychological problems, which might be caused by family reasons."

"So I took the time to visit his home."

"What were the results of the home visit?" asked Officer Wang.

"Well, very good." Teacher Xu thought for a few seconds and continued:
"His parents told me that he was very well behaved at home before, and was very obedient. They didn't say he would have such a bad temper?"

"And his parents told me that since he entered junior high school, they have also noticed that his personality has slowly changed. They think it is because of the heavy academic pressure."

"So usually when Zhao Xiaochuan is at home, his parents will treat him to delicious food and drinks, but Zhao Xiaochuan has also gradually become less talkative."

"What is the reason? Is it really the pressure of studying?" Yuan Shasha asked.

"Maybe." Teacher Xu looked up and thought, then slowly said:

"When Zhao Xiaochuan first came to our middle school, his academic performance was pretty good. He was always among the top students in the class, and he also had strong learning ability."

"I thought he could keep up his grades, but later I found that his grades started to drop rapidly and he was always absent-minded in class."

"Other teachers also told me about this problem at first, saying that Zhao Xiaochuan's grades were declining too fast and it seemed that he didn't pay much attention in class." After taking a deep breath, Teacher Xu continued to explain: "I even talked to Zhao Xiaochuan at the time, but he didn't say anything. He just said that he was not feeling well recently."

"I thought he was sick, so I let him rest at home for a few days."

"How long did Zhao Xiaochuan continue in this situation?" The more Gu Chen listened, the more he felt that something was wrong.

Under normal circumstances, Zhao Xiaochuan would never encounter such a situation.

But the sudden decline in performance must have been caused by some external factors.

But Teacher Xu shook his head and said, "I'm not sure about that. Anyway, during the period when his grades dropped significantly, he seemed to be in a bad mood and didn't listen to the lectures seriously in class."

With a sigh, Teacher Xu continued, "So I couldn't do anything about him. Fortunately, he started studying seriously again and his grades gradually recovered."

"But not long after, his grades started to decline again. It kept happening over and over again, and we were all a little confused. It felt like this guy just wasn't studying hard at all."

"But fortunately, his grades were generally above average, so I stopped paying attention to him."

"Teacher Xu." Gu Chen suddenly interrupted Teacher Xu and asked, "Could it be because Zhao Xiaochuan was bullied at school?"

"Ah?" Teacher Xu was stunned for a moment when he heard Gu Chen's point of view, but soon shook his head:

"I don't know about that. If he was bullied at school, he would speak out, right?"

"And I feel like the classmates in the class know his personality, so they don't dare to play serious jokes on him, let alone bully him."

"Teacher Xu, what I mean is that he might be bullied by senior students. After all, No. 25 Middle School has junior high school and high school departments." Gu Chen continued to remind.

Teacher Xu raised his eyebrows: "The seniors bullied him?"

"Teacher Xu, do you know this person?" Seeing that Teacher Xu was a little confused, Gu Chen quickly pulled out the photo of Gao Cheng from his mobile phone album and asked in front of Teacher Xu.

"This person? Did he graduate from our school?" When Teacher Xu saw Gao Cheng, he was stunned for a moment, as if his memory was a little fuzzy.

So Lu Weiwei quickly reminded him, "When Zhao Xiaochuan was in the first grade of junior high school, this guy named Gao Cheng happened to be in the second grade of high school."

"Oh, it's the high school department?" With Lu Weiwei's reminder, Teacher Xu began to think seriously again.

After a moment, Teacher Xu also shook his fingers and said without hesitation:
"I remember now. Well, there is this person in our school. I see him often."

"Do you see me often? In the junior high school?" Yuan Shasha asked quickly after hearing this.

Teacher Xu thought carefully and said slowly: "The high school and junior high school are actually separated by a wall, and there is a small door connecting them."

"Generally speaking, high school students won't go to the junior high school, and junior high school students won't go to the high school."

"But the playground is shared, but it is also divided into areas. Generally, students from the junior high school and high school are rarely together."

"Then what's the matter with you saying that you often see this person?" After hearing what Teacher Xu said, Officer Wang continued to ask.

"Ouch." Teacher Xu seemed to be confused by the question, and his brain CPU was working at a high speed. After a long time, he slowly said:

"Yes, it's in the junior high school. I often see it in the junior high school."

"Sometimes it's on the stairs, sometimes it's in the hallway."

"Then he might be waiting for Zhao Xiaochuan." Gu Chen reminded.

"It's possible." Teacher Xu nodded silently and said thoughtfully:
"But is there any connection between them?"

"They are all from the same place and their homes are close to each other." Lu Weiwei reminded again.

"Oh, they live close to each other. Then Zhao Xiaochuan's mood swings are probably related to this...what's his name?"

"Gao Cheng." Lu Weiwei reminded.

"Oh, it's very likely related to Gao Cheng, but what's the relationship between these two people? Gao Cheng often comes to our junior high school, and it feels like the two of them should be good buddies, right?"

"No." After hearing what Teacher Xu said, Gu Chen retorted:
"These two people may be enemies. This Zhao Xiaochuan may hate this Gao Cheng very much."

"Please think carefully about what conflicts existed between these two people?"

"Ouch." Feeling that Gu Chen's question was indeed a bit unreasonable, Teacher Xu waved his hand and said with a wry smile:

"I'm already retired, so my memory of what happened over the years is a little fuzzy."

"But I am sure that I have often seen Gao Cheng on the stairs and in the corridors of our junior high school's teaching building."

"I think if Gao Cheng came here to look for Zhao Xiaochuan, then Zhao Xiaochuan's moodiness, including his unstable studies, must be related to this person named Gao Cheng."

“But…”

After hesitating for a few seconds, Teacher Xu also complained:

"But I don't know much about Gao Cheng, so I really can't give you any good advice."

"Thank you very much." Gu Chen also expressed his thanks. At least from the current situation, Zhao Xiaochuan and Gao Cheng must have known each other for a long time.

And the two of them must have had a conflict over something, which eventually led to a falling out.

Based on the clues Gu Chen had previously obtained and reasonable reasoning, the person who might have killed Gao Cheng at the last moment was Zhao Xiaochuan, and the probability of this happening was very high.

After all, when Gao Cheng’s body was dumped into the reservoir by the bald man, Zhao Xiaochuan was near the reservoir.

That's why Gu Chen dared to speculate boldly that Zhao Xiaochuan must have had a connection with Gao Cheng at that time.

It is very likely that Gao Cheng was drowned in the reservoir by Zhao Xiaochuan, and then the bald man took the blame.

"Officer Gu, I'm sorry I couldn't help you. I only know about my students. I don't usually pay much attention to students from other grades and classes."

"So, I just have some impression of this Gao Cheng you mentioned, but not much."

"Thank you very much, Teacher Xu. The clues you provided us are very useful." Seeing that Teacher Xu was being polite, Lu Weiwei also hurriedly said some good words.

On the other hand, Gu Chen's brain was also working rapidly, and he began to feel more and more that there might be a deep conflict between Zhao Xiaochuan and Gao Cheng.

But if you want to understand these, it would be too one-sided to just look at Teacher Xu.

And if we can find a classmate who was very familiar with Zhao Xiaochuan at school at that time, perhaps we can unlock more information about the relationship between him and Gao Cheng from his classmates.

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