She is the Side Character! — Watch Her Change her fate!

"Officer Zhao, you must have seen many things. Clearly, with someone like Mu Shiming, it wouldn’t be easy for Su Chen to cause a big scene, right? She might not even get the chance to, ending up getting herself burned first."

"And then?" Zhao Kehan didn’t answer, continuing to ask.

Zhou Jiayang sighed, "Because of this, Su Chen definitely drifted away from us, and there was a rift between her and Jiang Yizhou. She didn’t cut off contact with us or break up with Jiang Yizhou. Many things stayed the same, and we thought she accepted reality, just distancing herself from us."

"Not until those photos and videos of her surfaced online did we realize what she was secretly doing. I guess she was trying to latch on to someone powerful to take revenge on Mu Shiming."

"But the faces of the men in the photos and videos weren’t shown, so it’s hard to tell who they are."

"She obviously failed, the photos and videos were exposed by someone unknown. She might have realized that revenge was hopeless, and ultimately chose to jump off a building." Zhou Jiayang looked full of regret, "It’s also because of this that Jiang Yizhou feels guilty all the time, thinking he failed Su Chen. When people outside speak ill of Su Chen, saying she’s unworthy of him, he feels even worse, but he doesn’t know how to explain it to others."

"Initially, we really thought Jiang Yizhou, like Su Chen, couldn’t withstand it anymore and chose to die together. Until Liang Cheng was tied up and thrown off a building, then I realized someone might be avenging Su Chen. Aside from this, Jiang Yizhou probably wasn’t involved with anyone else."

"Officer Zhao, could it be Su Chen’s parents who hurt Jiang Yizhou and Liang Cheng? I asked my uncle before, they wanted to work at the school, which was their own request. Now it seems the situation isn’t that simple," Zhou Jiayang said.

Zhao Kehan looked at him, "And you’re still daring to stay at school? Aren’t you afraid they’ll come after you?"

"It’s not that I want to stay at school, it’s that I don’t dare to leave. Ever since learning about Liang Cheng’s situation, I’ve been hiding here. The school is repairing surveillance, and they will install cameras in the blind spots. As long as I stay under surveillance, regardless of whether the killer is Su Chen’s parents, I’m safe."

"If you really leave the school, wouldn’t there be more opportunities for them to act?"

"I’ll arrange for a detailed investigation into Su Chen’s parents. Currently, there’s no evidence indicating they’re the murderers," Zhao Kehan said.

But it’s very suspicious.

Zhou Jiayang quickly said, "What about me? Officer Zhao, I’m really in danger now. The killer even killed Liang Cheng, they probably won’t spare me. Can you arrange for someone to protect me?"

Zhao Kehan agreed; Zhou Jiayang’s situation was indeed very dangerous.

"You don’t have to worry about that, I’ll arrange for people to come right away."

Zhou Jiayang finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Have your people protect me secretly. Maybe we can catch the killer. But of course, you must ensure my safety first."

Watching Zhao Kehan leave, Zhou Jiayang took a deep breath, collapsing fearfully onto the chair, his eyes blankly staring at the door.

He couldn’t explain why, but the room felt chilling, a coldness rising from his feet, as if unseen eyes were watching him carefully.

Ah Chen stood quietly in the corner, silently watching Zhou Jiayang.

Zhou Jiayang seemed to sense something, looking towards her position for an instant, revealing Ah Chen’s silhouette momentarily.

"Ah—"

Startled, Zhou Jiayang shouted, scrambling to get up from the sofa and rush outside. But just as he reached the doorway, he halted, as there were still many surveillance blind spots outside.

He didn’t dare run recklessly, fearing the killer would strike when people weren’t looking.

He tried looking back to where he saw something before, but it was empty and void of any shadows.

Rubbing his eyes, it was indeed empty; he exhaled heavily. It had to be an illusion that he saw Su Chen.

Su Chen was already dead; there couldn’t possibly be ghosts in this world, it was just his imagination.

Ah Chen had no intentions to frighten Zhou Jiayang further, the earlier scare was merely a minor punishment for his lies.

Knock, knock—

The sound of knocking startled the already shaken Zhou Jiayang.

Realizing it was a knock, he nervously asked, "Who is it?"

"Zhou Jiayang, is it? I heard some noise from here earlier, is everything okay?"

Opening the door, Zhou Jiayang found Lu Miao standing outside, Su Chen’s advisor, who lived on the same floor, presumably passerby who heard him earlier. True enough, Lu Miao had a book in hand, seemingly returning to his room, looking at him with concern.

"Oh, it’s Teacher Lu." Zhou Jiayang sighed in relief, then, still shaken, glanced inside the room, "Teacher Lu, can I stay at your place for a bit? Two of my roommates recently passed away, I’m a little scared, and my uncle is out of town for a meeting, probably won’t return until late."

He figured it’s better to have company than being alone.

Lu Miao, the school’s advisor, over six feet tall, with a habit of working out and running, seemed formidable. If the killer did come for him, with Lu Miao around, he wouldn’t have to worry.

"Sure, but I have to prepare for class later, don’t make a fuss," Lu Miao said.

"Alright, don’t worry, I won’t disturb you, Teacher Lu. I just met Officer Zhao earlier; he said they’d arrange for someone to protect me soon, shouldn’t be long now."

Lu Miao appeared puzzled, "The police are arranging protection for you? Is the killer likely targeting you?"

"Yes." Zhou Jiayang nodded without explaining further.

Lu Miao didn’t ask for more and led Zhou Jiayang to his quarters.

Returning to the police station promptly, Zhao Kehan instructed the team to investigate Su Chen’s parents and learn about Mu Shiming.

"Captain Zhao, Mu Shiming is dead," Jian Qi said. Seeing Zhao Kehan looking her way, she added, "Fell to his death from the rooftop of an office building two hours ago; Captain Li has already gone there with his team."

"What did you say?" Zhao Kehan’s voice raised slightly.

He quickly composed himself, realizing that if Mu Shiming really did something to Su Chen, he was part of the problem, and the killer certainly wouldn’t spare him.

Wait a minute, two hours ago—

Glancing at his phone, he suddenly remembered something. Over an hour ago, while questioning Zhou Jiayang, the other person had received a message notification, checking it immediately.

Could there be a connection?

Zhao Kehan still dialed Zhou Jiayang’s number, the call connected quickly.

"Officer Zhao, is there anything else?"

"Mu Shiming is dead, did you know? When did you find out?"

Zhou Jiayang paused for a moment in surprise, "Did the killer take out Mu Shiming too?"

"Yes, just two hours ago. Tied and thrown down like Liang Cheng," Zhao Kehan stated, "You haven’t been informed?"

"No, how could I know in such a short time? If not for Officer Zhao’s call, it might have been a while before I found out. By the way, Officer Zhao, when will the protection you’ve arranged for me arrive?"

"They’re already on their way." Unable to extract more information, Zhao Kehan sighed. He was accustomed to this and didn’t expect these people to fully disclose the truth.

But ensuring Zhou Jiayang’s safety was paramount.

The killer wouldn’t let him off.

An hour later, Zhao Kehan received a call from a subordinate officer, the voice within sending chills through him, "Captain Zhao, Zhou Jiayang is dead, fell from the teacher’s dormitory building."