Chapter 171: Blurry Image
Su Yuqing watched the two of them with a fond, knowing smile.
Watching other people’s shy, budding romances always evokes a feeling of sweet, innocent, and adorable love.
It was very heartwarming.
And Su Yuqing loved to watch.
But when it came to her own situation, she was subconsciously slow on the uptake, finding it difficult to even realize what kind of state, what kind of relationship, she and he were in.
Her heart was in turmoil.
It was fine as long as she didn’t think about it too deeply, but the moment she did, she would easily get lost in confusion.
Now, after watching the cute reactions of the bickering couple, Huang Mao and Zhao Yuanyuan, Su Yuqing subconsciously stole a glance at Chen Mo.
’What exactly are Chen Mo and I?’
She couldn’t come up with a clear answer.
’A couple? But we’ve never confessed our feelings to each other or made things official.’
’Family? But I’m just staying here temporarily, and his parents haven’t even approved.’
’Just friends of the opposite sex? Who would let a friend live in their house for so long, and get so close at times?’
The more she thought, the more confused she became.
It seemed like they fit every category, yet none of them were clearly defined.
She didn’t know what Chen Mo was thinking, nor did she know what she herself was truly thinking.
She hoped to be with him, yet she was afraid to reveal her feelings.
Chen Mo felt Su Yuqing’s gaze and immediately turned to look at her, only to see her flustered eyes darting away.
Su Yuqing pretended to be reading, quickly shifting her gaze back to her book, but her mind was racing.
Chen Mo just smiled and didn’t say anything.
The four morning classes were basically spent handing back test papers, announcing scores, and going over the questions.
Naturally, the person who received the most praise was none other than Chen Mo.
He was praised practically every time a test for a new subject was handed back.
The students were also amazed by Chen Mo’s progress.
Many of the more ambitious students who wanted to improve also took time between classes to ask Chen Mo for his secrets.
But what secrets were there to get? It all basically came down to studying hard.
To improve in math, mastering the concepts was one part, but drastically increasing the number of practice problems was also a major key.
Many math problems test mental flexibility; the most important thing is whether you can immediately think of a simple and practical approach to solve them.
As for Chinese and English, those were all about memorization.
Only through diligent, repetitive memorization to increase one’s vocabulary, reading comprehension, and memory skills could one truly improve their grades in those subjects.
Comprehensive Science also had many formulas that needed to be memorized.
Most of these things required hard work to improve gradually; it couldn’t be done overnight.
Even though Su Yuqing spent all her time with Chen Mo, if he wanted to help her improve her grades, he would have to take it slow and guide her step-by-step.
Still, Chen Mo shared what tips he could.
For example, techniques to improve memorization efficiency.
Su Yuqing and the others listened very attentively from the side.
After all, improving one’s academic performance was the ultimate goal of being a student.
It was also the most important representation of one’s ability.
In the adult world, earning potential is the key measure of a person’s status.
But in school, the ability to earn points is the key measure of a person’s status.
School is a small society, and here, too, strength reigns supreme.
With good grades, even the school bullies would give you a wide berth.
They usually wouldn’t pick a fight with you.
Physical force is always a hidden strength, but in a society governed by law, it’s the kind of ability acknowledged by the masses that is most admired.
Now that Chen Mo’s grades had shot up to first in the year, he was the center of attention, like the moon surrounded by stars.
The teachers would treat you like a treasure and look out for you.
Chen Mo was already close with Zhou Hao, so not many people dared to mess with him.
Now that he had the "invincible first-in-the-grade" golden body protecting him, he was even more untouchable.
Naturally, the people under his protection also received much better treatment.
No one had dared to bully Lin Yu’an recently. Now that his seat had been moved behind Chen Mo’s, he was even safer.
Before, he sat quite a distance from Chen Mo and was surrounded by troublemakers. Coupled with his quiet nature, he wouldn’t speak up when bullied, so it was common for him to be picked on secretly.
Things were much better now.
「Over the next few days」
Chen Mo continued to tutor the group, and they all worked on improving their grades together.
At the same time, Chen Mo didn’t forget to investigate whether what Li Tie had said was true.
Although Li Tie had no reason to lie, Chen Mo felt he should investigate properly out of caution.
Following the address Su Yuqing gave him, Chen Mo found the warehouse where Li Tie worked.
He spent a little money to get information from Li Tie’s coworkers about last Friday.
Li Tie really hadn’t been lying. He had indeed been with his coworkers all of last Friday night.
He had neither the opportunity nor the time to go out.
He didn’t even know what had happened at Li Gang’s house that night.
He only found out later when he went to Li Gang’s house.
It was at that moment he saw Su Yuqing, suitcase in tow, get into a taxi with Chen Mo and leave her home.
He didn’t think much of it at the time. A normal person wouldn’t imagine that parents would entrust their high-school-aged daughter to a boy her age, let alone allow them to live together.
So Li Tie hadn’t paid the matter much mind.
After gathering all the information, Chen Mo knew with certainty that Li Tie had no time or motive to commit the crime last Friday night.
Even if his return had caused a butterfly effect, it was unlikely to alter the actions of someone who was just going about their normal routine that night.
Li Tie had gotten drunk and passed out that night, which had nothing to do with whether Chen Mo had returned or not. So, while he might be a fanatic with a crush on Su Yuqing, he definitely wasn’t the attacker from last Friday night.
He needed to find a new suspect.
And now, the only remaining lead pointed toward Blade.
Having Blade’s people trace the security footage backward to find the person he saw that night was the most critical clue.
If they could find this person, Chen Mo felt the case would basically be solved.
But over the next few days, there was little news from Blade’s side.
After all, the rain had been heavy and the light extremely poor that night. Very few security cameras had captured a clear image.
Three days passed, and all Blade had were a few blurry clips of security footage.
Blade sent the blurry clips to Chen Mo, but they were too indistinct. It was difficult for Chen Mo to make out who the person, soaked by rain in the dim light, really was.
He could only hope that the people Blade had assigned could continue their search and find clearer footage to identify the person.
This was clearly a job that would take time!