Chapter 838 - 836: For the Deceased Her (6)
"I’ve only heard that my daughter had a boyfriend before, but I didn’t know this young man." Su Youcheng said, giving the impression he had nothing more to gain from asking who Jiang Yizhou was, "I didn’t expect this young man would die out of love; my daughter really did harm others. She died herself, but she also harmed such a good young man."
Those present found his words hard to comprehend, and their gazes on Su Youcheng showed a few traces of speechlessness.
Seeing everyone looking at him, Su Youcheng realized something was wrong, smiled awkwardly, and said no more.
Upon hearing Zhao Kehan ask what he had been doing tonight, Su Youcheng instantly understood he was being suspected and became anxious, "Officer, I didn’t kill anyone; I could never do such a thing. My daughter jumped from the building by herself; many people saw it. We were pursuing compensation from the school, nothing to do with that young man Jiang Yizhou. I heard his family had no money anyway."
Once again, people were speechless, somewhat understanding why the couple didn’t go after Jiang Yizhou—it seemed they had heard Jiang Yizhou had no money and thought it was not worth the trouble.
Zhao Kehan couldn’t help but feel a hint of disgust, but he had come across many cases like this and forced himself to continue questioning despite his discomfort.
Eventually, another security guard’s testimony cleared Su Youcheng of suspicion; he had been with the other guard all evening without time to commit the crime.
Tan Ying, who had been about to sleep, was awakened and told the police wanted to question her, so she went with the officers to see Zhao Kehan, naturally taking Ah Chen with her.
Zhao Kehan had just ruled out Su Youcheng’s suspicion when Tan Ying came over, routinely questioning the situation.
Tan Ying, upon hearing she was suspected of murder, immediately jumped up, "Officer, you mustn’t say such things; how could I be a murderer? My life is good enough, why would I do such an unthinkable thing to commit murder? Everyone knows that dead girl of mine jumped off the building herself; the school bears some responsibility for not watching her properly and letting her develop such bad habits."
"That dreadful girl did such things outside, and young Jiang Yizhou is quite innocent. I heard he was a young man of excellent character and academic performance, just a little poor, indeed unsuitable for that dreadful girl." Tan Ying drifted off topic as she spoke, and Zhao Kehan had to sternly interrupt her and inquire what she was doing during that time.
Tan Ying grew fearful and dared not speak nonsense, "I was in my dorm; back then there were students returning late. I planned to teach them a lesson, arguing for a while before letting them go up after hearing someone had jumped off a building."
Through the camera on Building 2, Sun Ling was indeed seen near the door talking urgently to the dorm staff dormitory.
After the commotion of Jiang Yizhou jumping, Tan Ying came out with a key to open the door; they argued for two more sentences. Sun Ling clearly didn’t want to talk to her much, and ran upstairs with her bag, while Tan Ying wanted to watch the commotion, locked the door and disappeared from the camera view.
Sun Ling was also called to state the situation and looked at Tan Ying with disdain, "Su Chen’s mom kills for Su Chen? Or for Jiang Yizhou? Who would believe that! If Jiang Yizhou were a rich kid, maybe she’d be going around causing trouble, extorting some money."
Tan Ying wanted to curse, but remembering there were many people around, she held her tongue.
She cautiously looked at Zhao Kehan, "That young man really didn’t die for my dreadful daughter? Who would kill him then?"
Zhao Kehan naturally wouldn’t say much and let everyone go back to rest.
After questioning everyone, there were still no leads, and for now they could only leave.
Ah Chen scanned the people, and finally rested his gaze on An Shuo for a moment before drifting away with Tan Ying.
Tan Ying murmured, "Maybe it’s the haunted place; the school’s feng shui isn’t good. Otherwise, how could students keep jumping off buildings one after another?"
"Could Jiang Yizhou have seen ghosts?" At the same time, An Shuo’s voice rang out as he looked around, and upon closer inspection, he focused more on Tan Ying’s surroundings, but ultimately didn’t see anything.
His superstitious words were clearly heard by those around.
Zhou Jiayang and others looked at him strangely, he said, "Jiang Yizhou’s expression in the surveillance was indeed weird, wasn’t it? He looked at his phone, but upon inspection, there was nothing on it. Now suspected of being killed, but who would do that? It really might be ghosts. They say when one’s mood is low and aura weak, it’s easy to attract spirits."
Zhao Kehan couldn’t hold back anymore and turned back, "Classmate, believe in science. We will uncover the truth behind this, don’t spread feudal superstitions here."
An Shuo finally stopped talking, "Then please, Captain Zhao, make sure to uncover the truth. Jiang Yizhou shouldn’t just die like that, uncleared."
The school quieted down, but no one could sleep.
Rumors spread in various school groups, claiming Jiang Yizhou might have been pushed off the building, causing unease among people.
Back in the dormitory, Tan Ying watched her phone for a while, then turned off the light to sleep.
Ah Chen listened to her breathing, which clearly showed she hadn’t fallen asleep.
Before long, she sat up and dialed a call to Su Youcheng.
"Youcheng, do you think there are ghosts in this world?" she asked.
Su Youcheng paused for a moment before replying, "There can’t be ghosts."
For a long time, Tan Ying didn’t speak and then hung up the call with a snap.
"My crazy woman is really absurd, asking me if there are ghosts in this world. Probably frightened by tonight’s incident." Su Youcheng murmured in frustration to his dormmate security guard.
The night passed like that, but Jiang Yizhou’s incident had spread.
Early in the morning, reporters came to school to interview, not stopping.
In the afternoon, Jiang Yizhou’s parents arrived breathlessly, shouting that their son couldn’t have committed suicide or died for love, demanding the school to provide an account and investigate the truth of Jiang Yizhou’s death.
The reporters who hadn’t left rushed forward to ask questions, and the couple also said they didn’t want compensation, just an explanation from the school to uncover the mystery behind Jiang Yizhou’s death.
Compared to Tan Ying and her husband’s actions, many began to sigh that this was the behavior of normal family parents.
Although the school tried to block news, two students having jumped to their deaths, coupled with the previous big commotion over Su Chen’s incident, made it impossible to suppress information.
Some said Jiang Yizhou died out of love, others said it was murder.
But the rumors of dying for love slowly overshadowed the murder theory, and those who did not know the details of that night increasingly believed Jiang Yizhou died out of love.
For a time, people online lamented that Jiang Yizhou was a man of sincere affection.
But soon, Jiang Yizhou’s parents started broadcasting live, stating their son was a responsible person with a sense of duty, who, despite being upset, wouldn’t abandon his parents to commit suicide. There must be an unknown truth behind this.
They insist on advocating for fairness.
Many tried to persuade the parents, but couldn’t dissuade them.
Jiang Yizhou’s parents streamed daily with titles stating they wanted the truth, showing great persistence, even without opening tips or promoting goods, gaining much attention.
Meanwhile, Zhao Kehan continued searching for clues, but could find nothing.
In a flash, a week passed with no new evidence, external opinions putting pressure on him, and superiors demanding he quickly produce results, leaving him overwhelmed.
Jiang Yizhou must be murdered, but there’s no evidence.
"I’ve heard that Su Chen’s mom is very troublesome? Often blocking you from entering the dorm?" Xu Zhao asked, "Maybe I should send you back earlier."
Sun Ling sighed, her brows slightly furrowed, "She is quite troublesome, seems to deliberately oppose me. Sometimes she closes the door ten minutes early, sometimes locks the door right when she sees me coming back, intentionally causing trouble."
"Su Chen is unlucky to have such a mom."
"From now on, return earlier, don’t give her that chance," Xu Zhao said.
Sun Ling chuckled, "It’s okay, she can’t do anything to me; if it really gets out of hand, I’m not the one losing my job."
"Let’s go; let’s head back sooner," Xu Zhao smiled helplessly, "Leave an hour early; she can’t lock the door then. If students start making a fuss, she has no choice."
"Alright," Sun Ling stood up, holding Xu Zhao’s hand. They progressed quickly, already confirming their romantic relationship.
"I’m planning to go abroad," Xu Zhao suddenly said, "But I’m a bit reluctant to leave you behind. Do you want to come with me?"
Sun Ling was stunned, "How come you suddenly want to go abroad?"
Just as Xu Zhao was about to speak, his phone rang. He picked it up, glanced at the screen, it was Zhou Jiayang’s call. Answering it brought Zhou Jiayang’s urgent and frightened voice, "Third brother, something happened! Second is dead."
What?
Xu Zhao’s hand trembled, nearly dropping the phone.
Sun Ling sensed something was wrong and quickly asked, "What’s wrong?"
"Second is dead, fell off a building," Xu Zhao said, teeth lightly trembling, and he put away his phone, walking quickly into the school, Sun Ling quickly caught up.