Thirteenth month of death

Chapter 97 Investigation Progress
On the other side, He Chu and Zhang Xingzhi also found key information.

After reading the information about the deceased, or "ghosts" again, they both fell silent.

Through visits, inquiries, and collecting various information on the Internet, the two finally identified the student who had recently been in trouble at Shiqing High School.

The girl was named Luo Huiwen. She did not go home after school on Friday and did not go to school until Monday. The teacher called her parents and they found out that Luo Huiwen was missing.

Because she comes from a single-parent family, her father is a truck driver. When he is busy, he is basically not at home for ten days or half a month. He sleeps in the car, so he has no idea when she disappeared.

The neighbors said that they had not seen her come back from school on Friday, and she was nowhere to be seen on Saturday and weekends. The neighbors thought she had gone to live with her divorced mother.

This is a big deal.

The school and Luo Huiwen's father both called the police and launched a massive search. Unfortunately, there were no CCTV cameras in that era, so they could only rely on field visits and interviews with witnesses.

Soon, witnesses said that they had seen Luo Huiwen and her classmates in Minxin Park on Friday.

The police focused their attention on Xiaoling and Xiaoxia, and questioned them separately.

The two high school girls had never seen such a scene before, so they immediately spilled the beans and confessed everything they knew.

Their statements were almost completely consistent. They all said that after school on Friday, the three of them went to the park together to take photos. A celebrity came and two of them went to take photos of the celebrity. When they came back, Luo Huiwen was nowhere to be seen.

The veteran detective who had been handling cases for many years carefully examined the condition of the high school girls. Although they were timid, frightened, and trembling, they probably did not lie.

In other words, Luo Huiwen’s disappearance should have nothing to do with them.

In this case, the time of Luo Huiwen's disappearance can be basically confirmed to be around 6 pm on Friday.

After the police conducted an on-site investigation, they carefully searched the location where Xiaoling and Xiaoxia mentioned taking the photos, and they saw the well at the first sight.

I asked the person in charge of the park about the details, and he said that it was an ancient well with certain historical value. It could not be filled or sealed, so the park simply made some stone sculptures and placed them in front of the well to prevent people from falling into the well.

After the police learned the truth, they immediately thought that Luo Huiwen might have accidentally fallen into the well! Xiaoling and Xiaoxia were too busy chasing their idol to see what happened and thought she had already gone home.

This logic makes perfect sense.

At that time, the police sent someone to tie a safety rope and go down the well.

This well is quite deep and is indeed an old well. The water conditions below are complex and the water systems are intertwined, but the openings are not big enough for people to pass through.

The entire well was searched thoroughly, but Luo Huiwen's body was not found at all.

Didn't she fall into the well?
At this point, the case has reached a complete stalemate.

Luo Huiwen seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth, and her trace was nowhere to be found.

A month later, rumors of ghosts began to spread around Shiqing High School.

After the haunting lasted for more than half a month, the school was closed.

That is the current situation.

He Chu and Zhang Xingzhi had a general understanding of the situation.

During these hours, they even visited some students’ homes in the guise of being newspaper reporters.

Zhang Xingzhi's words were quite reliable. He gained the other person's trust in just a few words and started talking about the missing girl Luo Huiwen.

In general, Luo Huiwen is a typical child from a single-parent family. Her parents divorced when she was very young, and her mother remarried and no longer lives in this city.

She lived with her father, who was a truck driver and was often away from home. He was not good at speaking and only knew how to provide Luo Huiwen with material conditions. The father and daughter had no idea how to communicate with each other.

This also caused Luo Huiwen's personality to become more and more introverted, even withdrawn. She was ashamed to speak loudly in public, ashamed to look up and look people in the eye, and even ashamed to refuse others. She would only endure everything silently.

In the impression of her classmates, she is a gloomy weirdo.

Because the prologue that He Chu and Zhang Xingzhi wanted to verify was about the classroom, and they found obvious traces of long-term musical instrument practice on Luo Huiwen's fingers, so the two also asked other students whether Luo Huiwen had any special skills in musical instruments.

At this time, a student said that Luo Huiwen could play the guitar and was taught by the school’s music teacher.

That's all the information.

The two stood outside the school gate. After a thorough investigation, it was almost ten o'clock in the evening.

After waiting a little longer, I will be able to enter the school's music classroom to verify the prologue.

"The music teacher's name is Zeng Wei. Should we go find him to find out more about the situation?" Zhang Xingzhi asked.

He Chu did not answer. Zhang Xingzhi thought he was thinking, but after waiting for a while, he realized that He Chu was in a trance.

"He Chu?" Zhang Xingzhi patted his shoulder.

He Chu suddenly came back to his senses and said embarrassedly: "Sorry, I was distracted and thinking about something else just now."

Zhang Xingzhi looked at him with a hint of worry: "You haven't been feeling well since we played hide-and-seek. Did something happen to you?"

He Chu forced a smile: "It's okay, I just... It's okay, I promise I won't be distracted again!"

"While we still have some time, let's go and ask the music teacher first." He Chu said.

Zhang Xingzhi glanced at the time and said, "Okay, as long as you can get back to the school gate before twelve o'clock, it's fine. And you, Xiao He, if you have any questions, please let me know."

He Chu looked at him gratefully and nodded.

The two of them had the address they got from the students. Teacher Zeng Wei lived not too far from the school, only a 20-minute walk. He usually rode a bicycle and it only took him 10 minutes to get there.

Zeng Wei's house is an independent small courtyard. The house is a bit old, but it is kept very clean.

He Chu knocked on the door. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew past them from behind, making them shiver.

"Who is it? It's so late."

"Hello, we are reporters from Nancheng Daily. We have some questions to ask you about Shiqing High School. We can pay you a consulting fee." Zhang Xingzhi said familiarly.

Whether they are journalists or not is just an excuse; paying them is the most important thing.

Sure enough, the door opened quickly.

The person who opened the door was a man in his thirties with hair that fell to his shoulders. He had a beard and was wearing a green sweater that was very fashionable for that era. He really fit the two people's stereotype of an "artist".

"Hello, are you Mr. Zeng, the music teacher at Shiqing High School?" Zhang Xingzhi stepped forward and asked with a smile.

"It's me. If you have anything to say, please come back tomorrow. It's so late." Zeng Wei glanced at the two of them and suddenly wanted to see them off.

Zhang Xingzhi pressed the door frame and squeezed his way in. He stuffed an envelope into Zeng Wei's hand and said with a smile, "We only have a few questions, and we'll leave after we're done. This is the consultation fee. I'll pay it to you first. Please don't refuse."

Zeng Wei glanced at the envelope in his hand, then glanced at the two of them before completely moving away.

"come in."

(End of this chapter)