Starting with dissecting ghost stories

Shen Xing did not ask Shen Yuan for leave again. In this situation, leaving her alone at home would be somewhat uncontrollable.

In fact, Shen Xing followed Shen Yuan all the way, watching her walk into the school.

As Shen Xing was leaving, he saw a police car parked outside Granny Zhang's shop, and several police officers inside.

It probably won't be long before the police come looking for Shen Yuan again.

So far, only Lu Wenying should know the information about my assistance in the investigation, but now that things have blown up, Lu Wenying can no longer hide it.

The morning was relatively peaceful, but around noon, a student came to call me and asked me to go to the second-grade teachers' office.

When Shen Xing arrived at the office, Shen Yuan was already sitting inside, along with several other familiar faces.

"Uncle Chen." Shen Xing nodded to the policeman in the lead and greeted him.

"Okay, it's been a long time. I was planning to visit you guys when I had some free time, but I've been too busy lately." Captain Chen Liming forced a smile and said, "We want to ask Xiao Yuan some questions, and we need you to be there."

Because students frequently entered and exited the teachers' office, the head of academic affairs led them to the reception room next to the principal's office in the administration building.

"Xiao Shen, what happened?" On the way, the head of the teaching department, Lao Wang, asked Shen Xing in a low voice.

"It's not convenient to talk about... There's a case recently where Xiao Yuan had a conversation with the deceased before her death, and we're trying to get some information from her." Although Shen Xing didn't want to say anything, some information had to be revealed to avoid others from overthinking.

"Oh...it's alright, it's alright. I'll go listen from the side too." Knowing that it wasn't one of his students who had committed the crime, the head of discipline wiped the sweat from his forehead and followed him into the reception room.

When questioning students at school, teachers must be present. Old Wang replaced Shen Yuan's original position as homeroom teacher and listened from the side.

This is not only to comply with the requirements of the Law on the Protection of Minors, but also to prevent students from suddenly changing their testimonies. A teacher needs to be present as a witness, since there are not many standardized audio and video recording devices available now.

Shen Yuan sat in the middle of the black leather sofa, her legs together, her face pale. After thinking for a moment, Shen Xing sat down next to her.

"Xiao Yuan, I'm sorry for being in such a rush today. I didn't get to take the official statement yesterday. I need you to do Uncle Chen a favor today and finish the statement, is that alright?" Chen Liming took a deep breath and said.

The police officers standing nearby also took out their notebooks and pens, ready to take notes at any time... It was clear that they were in a real hurry, eager to finish the statement right there.

After all, Li Ya's social connections are very complicated, including gambling addicts and drug addicts. The easiest person to find right now is Shen Yuan.

Every time Chen Liming asked a question, Shen Yuan would remain silent for a while before mechanically answering.

In the past few days, her mental state has been repeatedly and tremendously impacted, and she is on the verge of collapse. If Shen Xing hadn't been there, she probably would have already broken down.

After asking a few questions, Chen Liming turned around and winked at a police officer behind him.

"Ah Xing." Another policeman who had followed him waved to Shen Xing at the door, and Shen Xing went over.

Shen Xing got up, walked to the door, and asked while looking in Shen Yuan's direction, "Uncle Zhang, what's wrong?"

Chen Liming was his adoptive father's old subordinate, and Zhang Qiang in front of him was also a veteran of the police station. Shen Xing had met him before when they visited each other during the Spring Festival.

"This was left by my grandmother. Take a look. It was written for you." Zhang Qiang handed over a somewhat worn notebook.

It was less a notebook and more a grid notebook used by elementary school students, and at this moment it was filled with Grandma Zhang's writing.

It's probably something that Li Xiaohua didn't need, so Granny Zhang took it and used it.

This is the notebook I saw last night, placed on the last table.

The note above appeared to be a suicide note left by Granny Zhang. Shen Xing quickly glanced at it.

By the time you see this notebook, Grandma should have already met Fat Girl.

Don't cry, don't be afraid. Grandma has lived a full life. If she can see Fatty again, it will be a happy occasion. She should be happy.

【Little sister, Grandma knows you're soft-hearted and have a heavy heart. You've been crying and blaming yourself these past few days, and it breaks Grandma's heart to see you like this.】

"Child, listen to Grandma. This isn't your fault. It's all Grandma's fault, no matter what."

It's my fault for being so unfilial, giving birth to that beast Li Ya. It's my fault for not raising him properly, turning him into a gambling addict and a drug addict. It's also because I'm too soft-hearted. Years ago, when he stole money and beat his wife, I should have been ruthless enough to call the police or simply stab that beast to death. He wouldn't have survived to this day, causing the death of my chubby sister.

He is a piece of my flesh; this debt is mine to repay.

Although that beast is dead, the place where he died is too filthy and smelly. He killed Fatty, and his spirit still lingers there. I'm afraid Fatty is afraid of him down there, afraid he'll bully her again.

The old lady was going to take the chubby girl away and, while she was at it, burn that dirty place down completely. After the fire, everything would be clean...

When Shen Xing saw this, he realized that he shouldn't continue to have a blank expression.

He slightly raised his head, took a deep breath, and let his hands hang down a little.

Zhang Qiang seemed to understand Shen Xing's feelings, and reached out to pat him on the back.

"Thank you..." Shen Xing seemed encouraged, bowed his head and said thank you before continuing to read, while pondering in his mind.

This was a final letter to herself and Shen Yuan, not a will, because it did not specify any order of inheritance.

This letter is almost entirely devoid of punctuation, using only a single dot as a separator. Aside from the expressions of reluctance to part with Shen Yuan and encouragement for her, it is mostly filled with resentment towards Li Ya.

This might be a good breakthrough for the police—not solving the case, but shifting blame.

"Can I keep this letter?" Shen Xing asked sadly.

"I'm sorry, Ah Xing, this letter is important evidence right now, so I can only let you see it." Zhang Qiang shook his head and sighed.

really.

Meanwhile, the questioning of Shen Yuan had ended, and the head teacher took the absent-minded Shen Yuan back to the classroom, while Shen Xing was left behind.

"Ah Xing," Chen Liming looked at Shen Xing. In fact, his purpose in coming here was to find Shen Xing. "Could you do your uncle a favor?"

"What is it, Uncle Chen?"

"I'd like to ask you for technical guidance on the autopsy work," Chen Liming stood up, walked to Shen Xing's side, and patted his shoulder. "We'll apply for the autopsy later; the report needs to be out today."

We need to do all the work to the absolute best possible level before the provincial department approves it, so that they can't find any fault with it.

"Your dad was my old boss, we're like brothers, please help your uncle this once." Chen Liming was under so much pressure he was almost collapsing. "If there's anything in the future, I'll do everything I can to help you."

This was a formal invitation. Shen Xing knew very well that Chen Liming wanted to produce the best possible autopsy report before the provincial department arrived, to silence the higher-ups and at least prove that the criminal investigation team was on the right track.

Do everything you can to solve the problems?

This is a huge favor.

Shen Xing weighed the pros and cons.