Eyes that are the same as those of evil

Chapter 31 Ghost Hotline - Serial Murder Case 11
The school is in chaos.

A crowd of media outlets, alerted by the news, thronged outside the gate, with high-quality cameras zooming in to capture a sliver of blood on the teaching building plaza.

The anxious students were ordered back to the classroom, but there were still prying eyes peering in through the windows and cracks in the doors.

Tan Jia sat by the flower bed, kneading a dough figurine to calm himself, but his gaze couldn't help but be fixed on the corpse whose head was covered.

Zheng Yan led his team to the rooftop to arrest people. In the oppressive and quiet campus, angry roars could be heard from time to time.

"stop!"

However, before they could catch the person, another team of police officers carried a boy covered in blood down from the building at high speed.

"Has the ambulance arrived? Where's the school doctor? School doctor! Come help stop the bleeding!"

Tan Jia looked over and saw that there was a third person.
The school clinic doctor rushed over to help stop the bleeding. Large clumps of blood stained the man's T-shirt, but they couldn't slow down the bleeding from the knife wound on his neck.

“It’s no use…” In his anxiety, less than a minute later, the school doctor said in a trembling voice, “He’s stopped breathing before the ambulance arrives.”

The police officers remained silent, then covered his face with their clothes as well.

Do you know this person's name?

The principal and teachers all gathered around, and after some identification, the teachers from the Political Education Office recognized the person.

"Zhang Jie is a student from the previous two years. He's already gone to university and should be returning to his alma mater..."

"Why did you come back to your alma mater? To ask a girl who's repeating her senior year of high school?" Tan Jia asked as she walked up to the corpse.

The teachers fell silent.

This criminal case is not simple; it's best to say as little as possible.

The principal wanted to protect the school's reputation. Seeing her dyed green hair and her hairstyle not meeting the standards, he thought some student was too bold and was about to tell her to stop talking nonsense when Tan Jiami's succinct questions cut him off.

"What was the girl's name? A few hours ago, someone came to visit her, saying they called the homeroom teacher to confirm her identity before letting her in. Where is that person? Also, Zhang Jie came in yesterday. He should have confirmed with the teacher before coming in, right? Who was the other person he brought in? He is very likely the murderer."

The homeroom teacher of Class 27 in the third year of high school stepped forward. She was a short-haired woman in her forties with a very sorrowful expression.

“Her name is Wei Ting. She is a student repeating her senior year. In the morning, someone claiming to be her sister did come to see her, but I only knew that she lived with her grandmother. I was not sure if she had this sister. I only agreed to let her in after confirming with her. After we came in, I thought her sister had left.”

It seems that Bian and Wei Ting know each other.

Could it be a similar relationship between Bian and Xue Jing?
Could it be that Xue Jing's death is not the end, and Wei Ting is also part of this series of suicides?
Will there be a next person?
Tan Jia then asked the security guard, who recalled that Zhang Jie was indeed accompanied by someone when he came in yesterday, the one with the surname Jiang on the register, who looked very wealthy.

Her gaze swept over the name of the person in the ranking: Jiang Zhixin.

They arrived yesterday afternoon, but Wei Ting forcibly kept them until today. Perhaps she used some kind of "obedience potion" on them?

So, was the dark figure Wei Ting pointed to before she died Bian or Jiang Zhixin? What was she trying to express?
The forensic and trace evidence examination teams will take some time to arrive. The police first examined the splattered bloodstains on Wei Ting's body and could preliminarily determine that Wei Ting stabbed Zhang Jie with a knife, but it was unknown whether the fatal wound was also inflicted by her.

If so, Wei Ting would go from victim to perpetrator, and her death would be seen as suicide out of guilt. Unlike Qu Li and the others, she acted far too blatantly; at least the bodies of the people Qu Li and the others killed haven't been found yet.

Seeing that she and a group of police officers all had serious faces, the homeroom teacher couldn't help but speak up for her.

“Wei Ting wouldn’t do such a thing. She’s introverted, filial, and quiet. All she wants is to study hard, get into university, and help her grandmother move. But her grandmother died a few months ago, and her mood has been terrible ever since. I went to her house to persuade her to repeat a year of high school for a long time…”

My grandmother, with whom I depended on each other, died a few months ago.

Qu Li, Chen Yingying, Xue Jing, and Wei Ting all experienced terrible things within the past year.

Do you know what her relationship is with Zhang Jie? Or, to put it another way, has she ever been bullied by Zhang Jie?

The homeroom teacher hesitated for a moment: "I'm not too sure, but I did hear that she went to the police station to report her grandmother's death last year, but I don't know the specific reason."

The principal coughed, signaling her not to say too much.

Tan Jia glanced around: "The media's cameras are right outside. You don't want to say much to the police, but you want to say it to the cameras? That makes sense. The media is definitely very interested in the tragedy of graduates coming back to insult high school seniors, resulting in two deaths and one escape." The principal's old face froze.

At this moment, the commotion from the chase on the teaching building finally stopped, and Zheng Yan led a boy downstairs.

It's not Bian.

For some reason, Tan Jia felt a sense of relief.

“Wei Ting, who fell from the building, is dead. Zhang Jie, who was carried down, has also passed away. This person should be called Jiang Zhixin. I suspect that the two of them bullied Wei Ting and even caused the death of Wei Ting’s grandmother.” She stepped forward and said.

Zheng Yan's expression was solemn. He nodded and pushed Jiang Zhixin forward.

"Take him back to the station."

……

Concealing the truth and breaking through the media's barrage of questions is no easy task.

By the time Tan Jia and his team returned to the police station, the sun was almost setting.

The returning detectives all had solemn expressions and heavy hearts.

Now, the truth has become a story that is too painful to investigate.

Eight bodies were laid out in the forensic autopsy room. At a glance, the sutures and white sheets covering the bodies after the autopsies were horrifying, and the stench of decay was nauseating.

Besides Qu Li, Chen Yingying, Xue Jing, Wei Ting, and Zhang Jie, the remaining three bodies are those of Peng Siyan, Feng Yang, and Wan Lei, who were just found.

Xiao Chen said softly, "When we found them, the bodies were already decomposed. They were all killed by having their throats cut first and then being stabbed repeatedly. They must have been given 'docile drugs,' because there were few signs of struggle or resistance on the bodies."

They must have discussed it beforehand, as their methods were very consistent.

"There are many fingerprints on these corpses; they didn't try to cover them up." Old Li sighed as he pulled a white cloth over the heads of the corpses.

He was determined to kill or commit suicide.

"So, Qu Li killed Peng Siyan, who had bullied her, before she fell from the building; Chen Yingying killed Feng Yang before she hanged herself, which is why she suddenly became happy; Xue Jing killed Wan Lei before she cut her wrists; and Wei Ting killed Zhang Jie before she fell from the building."

Zheng Yan examined each corpse one by one, and after slowly finishing his explanation, he raised a question that still remained—

"Xue Jing and Wei Ting could be said to have committed suicide, but Qu Li and Chen Yingying's deaths were definitely caused by someone else. Who was that person? Was it Xue Jing? What role did Bian play in all of this? Did she persuade Wei Ting to commit suicide?"

These questions will determine the final conviction in the case.

“The school’s surveillance footage shows that Bian left around noon. We are currently looking for where she went. She didn’t try to hide her whereabouts, so we should be able to find her soon.”

Zheng Yan: "We have to hurry, I'm worried she might commit suicide too."

Upon seeing the last body, Wei Ting's blood-stained school uniform lay beside her, her face still faintly revealing her youth and beauty.

They are still so young, and they have so many years ahead of them.

It felt as if a weight was stuck in their chests, making the detectives need to take several deep breaths before they could speak.

"Get things done. Check Wei Ting's file. Wu Yang, have their parents been called over to identify the bodies?"

Wu Yang nodded at the door: "They've arrived. We were just about to take their statements one by one."

Zheng Yan calmed himself down, strode out of the forensic room, and said decisively, "We must find out as soon as possible how many people are in Peng Siyan's gang and who they are. Otherwise, there may be more people who take revenge and then commit suicide. They no longer believe that legal means can help them get justice."

That's roughly the truth. Did you all guess it?

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