Chapter 44
Zhu Momo was a student at the Qingdao University’s Faculty of Chemistry. That day, in the afternoon, she braved the hot sun and went to the laboratory. Then, she saw that someone was already there.
Zhu Momo was very surprised. “Ke Ai? You’re here. I thought you . . .”
Ke Ai was her usual calm and gentle self. It was only upon looking more carefully, one would notice that her eyes were slightly red and swollen.
“I’m fine,” she said, her voice low and soft. “It’s just that, the police . . . have not found my younger brother yet.”
Zhu Momo felt sad. The day before, the others had also been shocked and scared when Ke Ai was taken away by the police out of the blue. Although they were surprised, even suspicious, in the end, in all fairness, nobody believed that such a good person as Ke Ai could have committed a crime. A few months ago, there was a period of time when Ke Ai had seemed somewhat depressed, and did not join in their activities for a while. However, she had gradually resumed her normal behaviour. Yesterday, when Ke Ai had returned from the police station, she had told everyone that her younger brother had been murdered, which is why the police needed to question her. Everyone immediately sympathised with her.
“Why don’t you rest at home for a few more days?” Zhu Momo asked with concern. “I can manage the experiments on my own.”
Ke Ai shook her head. “How can I do that? Life must go on, and I can’t dump my problems on all of you as well. Let’s get started.”
Zhu Momo reflexively nodded. Although Ke Ai was gentle and easy-going, she had also always been highly assertive. This was also the reason why people liked her, whether they were male or female.
“I’m going into the inner room to carry out the observations. Can you take charge of the outer room?” Ke Ai asked.