Sheriff Uncle, open the door quickly! I've come to solve a case!

"That girl didn't wash it off herself; the big bad guy killed her!"

As Xia Lan listened to Bai Zhizhi say these things, she couldn't help but slow her breathing.

"Who killed her?"

Bai Zhizhi shook her head: "Zhizhi doesn't know either, but don't worry, sister, the police officers will catch the big bad guy."

Xia Lan sat weakly on the edge of the bed, covering her face with her hands, and tears began to flow again.

Xu Shuang is such a kind girl, who would want to kill her?

When Xu Shuang fell from the roof of the teaching building, was she pushed?

If I had noticed something was wrong with her sooner, if I hadn't helped her escape the dorm check, would she have survived?

Feeling a warm hand stroking the back of her hand, Xia Lan lowered her hand and saw Bai Zhizhi.

"Sister, you can still see that sister, right?"

Xia Lan nodded.

"Actually, it's not because the older sister is scared, it's because that older sister is asking the older sister for help."

"You're that woman's best friend; she can only come to you because only you can help her."

"What should I do then?"

"Hasn't Sister already seen Zhizhi?" Bai Zhizhi took Xia Lan's hand and slowly channeled the black mist into her own body.

"From now on, sister doesn't need to worry about anything. Zhizhi will help sister find the truth."

Xia Lan felt her eyes burning, and her voice was hoarse: "Okay..."

Bai Zhizhi smiled sweetly: "Sister, but today Zhizhi is here to cleanse you of the evil spirits."

She took out a yellow talisman from her small schoolbag, and with a few strokes of her pen, a talisman for warding off evil spirits was drawn from her hand.

She pasted the talisman on the inside of Xia Lan's room door, instructing her, "Sister, you can't tear off the talisman, okay? This will protect you so you can sleep well!"

"Listen carefully, sister."

Following Bai Zhizhi's instructions, Xia Lan opened the curtains to let in plenty of sunlight, then moved the desk to the north, placed the celebrity posters facing east, and moved the flowers on the bedside table to the north, essentially completely rearranging the room.

"Finally, my sister will stay in the bathroom for an hour. After an hour, she will come out and eat properly, and then she won't be afraid of causing trouble."

After giving his instructions, Bai Zhizhi tiptoed to open the door and went out. Xia Lan's mother immediately came to greet him.

"How is it?"

Bai Zhizhi, with the air of a master, said: "Miss, you're all better now. Auntie, please settle the talisman fee. It's 500 for one talisman."

"Okay!" She immediately scanned 500 yuan for Bai Zhizhi.

Xia Lan, holding a study guide, quietly walked behind the crowd to the restroom.

"What's this?" Xia Lan's mother was puzzled, but her daughter's complexion did look much better.

"Auntie, please don't disturb my sister. While she's in the bathroom, I'll cook her a delicious meal, preferably with some meat."

"Okay! I'll do it right away!"

Qin Qingzhou stepped forward, took Bai Zhizhi's schoolbag, and took her hand with his other hand: "Let's go."

"Aren't you staying for dinner?"

"No."

After Bai Zhizhi and the others left, Xia Lan's mother cooked a very sumptuous meal as Bai Zhizhi had instructed.

Xia Lan happened to come out of the bathroom when she finished cooking. The aroma of the food cheered her up, and she ate two bowls of rice.

Bai Zhizhi sat in the passenger seat eating a hamburger she had made herself, her mouth covered in sauce.

Qin Qingzhou had admired Bai Zhizhi's elders more than once, and this time was no exception.

Xia Lan's symptoms were clearly due to being frightened by seeing a dead person.

In situations like this, it's best not to stay alone. You should stay with your family or in a public restroom or other place with human scents.

This isn't some kind of mystical theory, but rather a human instinct as an animal. Although it sounds far-fetched, the smell of animal feces is the most comforting to an animal's instincts.

Bai Zhizhi knew things that many adults didn't.

It seems that the elders in her sect are not ordinary people.

Bai Zhizhi, unaware of Qin Qingzhou's thoughts, mumbled through her food, "Jiujiu~ Will you take on the young lady's case?"

Qin Qingzhou's brows twitched slightly; he had already heard about the case at A City Experimental High School during the day.

The investigation is still in its preliminary stage, and the police are still handling it. The case has not yet been formally upgraded to the municipal bureau.

Should I answer it?

"Yes, I'll take it!"

"Okay, I'll go ask."

That evening, Qin Qingzhou asked his colleagues on the night shift about the case involving the Experimental High School in City A.

My colleague said the case was not transferred to the municipal bureau.

In general, this means the police have already handled the situation.

That shouldn't be the case. In murder cases, the local police station usually only conducts a preliminary investigation. Once it's confirmed to be a murder, it will be transferred to the municipal bureau. This process usually takes no more than a day.

Could something have gone wrong?

……

The next day, the Experimental High School reopened.

Xia Lan did as Bai Zhizhi said, and her condition improved significantly. She barely thought about what happened during the day that night.

Entering from the school gate, you can still see the place where Xu Shuang died, surrounded by a cordon, with dark red bloodstains on the ground.

Police officers could be seen walking around in the corridor from time to time.

Xia Lan clenched her fists and looked up at the top floor.

"Lanlan," Tian Huanxin called from behind.

Her eyes were dark and swollen, clearly indicating she hadn't slept well the night before: "I didn't sleep a wink last night. My heart was pounding the whole time. Every time I closed my eyes, all I could see was... Oh, I'm sorry, you must have felt even worse."

"It's alright, let's go back to the classroom." Xia Lan looked away and walked back to the classroom with Tian Huanxin.

Everyone in the classroom was talking about Xu Shuang.

Rumors also began to circulate at this time.

Female classmates who were jealous of Xu Shuang's beauty, or male classmates who liked her but were rejected, spread rumors about her in the classroom, not wanting to miss out on trouble.

"I heard that Xu Shuang committed suicide by jumping off a building because she was dumped."

"The story I heard is different. I heard she was short of money, and then..."

"I saw her walking with adults before!"

As soon as Xia Lan sat down, these were the words she heard.

She couldn't understand why people could be so wicked. Xu Shuang, who was kind to everyone, was slandered like this after her death.

"That's enough!" Xia Lan slammed her hand on the table and looked at the group of people spreading rumors.

"Don't you know that spreading rumors is illegal? Xu Shuang has always been very kind to you all, so why are you saying such things about her!"

One of the boys rolled his eyes: "You're showing off."

Immediately, someone chimed in: "Besides, we're not spreading rumors; I saw it with my own eyes."

"She's not like that at all!" Xia Lan shouted.

A classmate suddenly remembered something: "Oh right, you and Xu Shuang are in the same dorm, right?"

"I heard from the dorm inspectors that you covered for Xu Shuang that night. She clearly didn't come home, but you deliberately said she was. Where could she have gone if she didn't come home? You know better than anyone else, right?"

"What are you pretending to be so high and mighty for? Doesn't Xu Shuang's death have anything to do with you?"

"You've gone too far!" Xia Lan couldn't take it anymore and rushed forward to grab him, but was stopped by the teacher before she could do so.

"Xia Lan, come here."