Can We Say No to Divorce?-Chapter 824 - 574: Extra—The Last Journey (Part 1)
Zhuo Yufeng vowed to trust his brother to the death, "There’s no one more suitable than him! He’s ruthless! He’s merciless! He’s humane!"
Thus, the matter was decided for the moment.
...
In the meeting room.
Zhuo Yufeng, Song Xuyao, Gan Zi, Su Tianqing, and Xiao Ma sat facing each other.
Song Ziyu and Qiao Xiaoyan did not attend.
Song Ziyu was pregnant, experiencing severe reactions, so Su Tianqing had her resting.
Qiao Xiaoyan was currently grieving, so she wasn’t called to avoid upsetting her.
Su Tianqing, more than anyone, wanted to quickly send Song Ziyu back to City A, so he spoke first, "I’m not a professional, but I want this case solved the most. So, I’ll say it first! The four of us need to go over the case again, do you agree?"
The other three men agreed.
Gan Zi began, "The first case with Chen Hui occurred on March 3rd, the first night I arrived at the town. The second case involves Chen Xiaomei’s murder ten years ago, which is also related to the killer. The third case involves Xu Ruowei, who is connected to me; she was my junior. I have seen Sang Dawei in the fourth case..."
"You hadn’t mentioned this before?" Su Tianqing frowned.
Gan Zi furrowed his brow, "I just remembered. One day when I was questioning passersby, Sang Dawei mischievously instructed a dog that scratched my car. The fifth case involves Sang Dafu, another target of the killer, and the sixth case is the Bai Ye case. Given all this, the killer is temporarily locked onto Shao Bing. She’s a Ph.D. in chemistry and psychology; her boyfriend was found and executed. It’s said she sees love as her life, giving her a reason to hate me. The key now is, where is she?"
Zhuo Yufeng looked at the documents, saying, "Shao Bing is beautiful and charismatic, highly educated. Such a person must have stayed in town for a long time to know about Chen Lin’s matters ten years ago, as well as the hotel’s staff issues, and the Sang family’s financial status. Regarding her killing Bai Ye, I’ll reserve my opinion for now."
Song Xuyao spoke last, "Besides Chen Lin’s parents, his fellow villagers, and the school teachers, no one knows about Chen Lin’s matters from over a decade ago. The school never had regular teachers, constantly changing them, except for one person who stayed the longest."
Then, Song Xuyao took out a notebook, showing it to everyone, "This was my homework before I came to find you."
"The principal?" Su Tianqing hadn’t yet looked at the notebook and called out, "Is it the principal? But she’s in a coma with a brain tumor! Also, her appearance is very different from Shao Bing’s. Moreover, I remember her height; she can’t possibly be 168 cm..."
Xiao Ma took Song Xuyao’s notebook and began reading, "Principal, self-named Yani, 45 years old, has been teaching in the town for 15 years, just aligning with her departure from University A. Another important point, she taught Chen Lin, and also taught Chen Xiaomei and Chen Hui, in other words, everyone who attended school here was taught by her. No one knows them better."
Song Xuyao said, "She has a brain tumor and knows her time is short, so her mad actions are quite normal. Second, the difference in appearance, she must have changed due to suffering from illness, that’s normal too. Third, height can also change as one ages, especially if they are ill. Now, I suggest using her DNA for testing with Shao Bing’s, regardless if we find Shao Bing’s DNA or not, Yani is highly suspicious."
Zhuo Yufeng furrowed his brow, "DNA testing is necessary, but, Lao Song, she’s been in a coma, how do we explain this? How were the murders carried out?"
"What if she’s pretending to sleep?" Song Xuyao boldly hypothesized.
Everyone gasped and inhaled sharply.
This... is entirely possible!
If Yani is truly a double Ph.D. in chemistry and psychology, pretending to sleep and fool everyone would be easy.
Su Tianqing immediately said, "Alright, let’s lure the snake out of its hole, and catch it in the urn. I don’t believe we can’t draw her out?"
Thus, they installed cameras in Yani’s room, including outside, with additional surveillance points.
Of course, they also stationed people to watch, but Yani remained unconscious.
This made Su Tianqing anxious, "If she doesn’t wake up, are we just going to wait like this?"
So, they consulted the doctor, who checked the principal but didn’t know when she would wake again.
Nobody wanted this to become a cold case, so Gan Zi was recommended to speak, to stimulate the principal to wake up.
Inside the hospital room, Gan Zi sat by the principal’s side, "You’re still angry about me discovering your boyfriend was the killer back then, aren’t you? You don’t know how bad a person he was. He played a teacher-student relationship with you while being with guys. Think, you want revenge for this... Is it worth it?"
No matter what Gan Zi said, the principal did not wake!
But waiting like this, anyone would lose patience.
Song Ziyu went to the hospital room to see the principal, "Principal, I’ve always respected you. I thought, being here for over ten years and always selflessly dedicating your career to education, you truly are remarkable! So, I don’t want to believe the killer is you!"
"But now, all evidence points to you. How I wish you could wake up and tell everyone!" Song Ziyu sighed, "Principal, are you really going to leave things unfinished? Surely you don’t want it to end like this!"
That night, Su Tianqing and the other men were discussing matters, allowing Song Ziyu to sleep in her room first, but Song Ziyu was gone!
Su Tianqing called her phone, but nobody answered. He immediately informed the others, "Has anyone seen Ziyu?"
Everyone said they hadn’t seen her!
"Where’s the principal?" Su Tianqing quickly called the police at the hospital, and they said, "From the surveillance footage, the principal has been asleep and hasn’t woken up."
"Go to her room!" Su Tianqing began to sweat coldly, "Hurry..."
They all went to the principal’s room, and when they lifted the covers, there was nothing under the quilt...
"She’s pulled a fast one!" Zhuo Yufeng shouted, "Damn it, how did she escape the electronic surveillance?"
Everyone rushed to check the surveillance footage, only to discover that around the time it got dark at night, a mist had risen in the room. In less than half a minute, the mist inexplicably disappeared again, and everyone thought it was part of her treatment, so they paid no mind.
"She’s a PhD in chemical engineering; creating such a mist is easy for her." Song Xuyao frowned, "We’ve been tricked by her. Ziyu should be her last target."
Su Tianqing was the angriest, "If I had known sooner, I’d have killed her first and ended it all..."
Zhuo Yufeng patted Su Tianqing’s shoulder, "The more critical the moment, the calmer we need to be. Let’s think of a plan together. Her body is weak, and she’ll have trouble taking Ziyu with her; they can’t have gone far."
"She might still be in the hospital!" Song Xuyao said, "If she left with someone, the security and the police would have noticed."
Little Ma quickly organized people for a thorough search of the hospital.
Even if they have to search every inch, they’ll find Song Ziyu.
An officer reported, "We’ve found the principal’s traces... She’s on the rooftop burning paper..."
Everyone ran over, and Yani was there holding a stack of paper money, burning it.
"Where’s Ziyu?" Su Tianqing ran over to question.
At this time, the principal’s body was as thin as paper, her complexion pale as a ghost, sustained only by nutrient water. The fact she could hold on was a miracle in itself. 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚
"You’re worse than a beast; Ziyu respected you so much, and what have you done?" Su Tianqing accused, "You’ve gone and made her disappear! You’re truly a perverted old thing!"
The principal smiled calmly, "She’s gone where she should go!"
Little Ma and others seized her; she didn’t resist but looked at Gan Zi instead, "We’ve finally met!"
At the time, the most popular high-achieving student in the school was Gan Zi.
And the most popular beautiful teacher was Shao Bing.
These two academic talents and beauties met this way after fifteen years.
Someone once said they should be together as a pair.
However, back then, Gan Zi already had a girlfriend, who was gentle and kind, a nurse.
He was proud, not caring for anyone else, only having eyes for his nurse girlfriend.
So he paid no heed to such rumors.
"Where’s Ziyu?" Gan Zi didn’t have time to reminisce.
Shao Bing glanced at him, indifferently, "Do you like her?"
"Whether I like her or not, she should be alive and well in this world," Gan Zi said sternly.
Shao Bing laughed, "I’m afraid she might end up like your ex-girlfriend..."
"What did you say?" Gan Zi’s expression changed.
Shao Bing was very pleased, "Do you remember how that gentle nurse died?"
Gan Zi remembered; she had fallen ill, and the hospital could find no cause, her life weakening day by day. "Was it you? Did you cause her death?"
Gan Zi had always thought she died of illness. After all, medical skills fifteen years ago couldn’t compare to now; who knew she had been murdered!
And now Shao Bing was harming Song Ziyu!
"Do you like the gift I gave you?" Shao Bing looked at him.
Gan Zi’s hand trembled uncontrollably; he stepped forward and grabbed Shao Bing, "Why are you doing this? Just because I exposed your boyfriend as a scumbag? You have to harm Xiao Jiu! And now you’re responsible for so many deaths, including Ziyu..."
"Do you still not know why?" Shao Bing wasn’t afraid of being choked; she was going to die anyway, "Anyone you like, I’ll ruin. Chen Hui and those people were just a smokescreen; Song Ziyu is my final gift to you."
"You’re insane!" Gan Zi couldn’t understand, "Tell me quickly, where’s Ziyu?"
