My Life with Narration-Chapter 262 - 261: Gender Discrimination

Du Qiang posed a soul-searching question, he just didn’t understand.

The first time they met, Li Zijun was someone he knew, and Lin Miaomiao was his colleague, and now suddenly they said they knew the person on the business card.

Du Qiang felt like these cases seemed to revolve around him, in other words, it was as if these cases were committed just for you.

What, a domestic version of Conan?

Meanwhile, the moment Xu Feng’s business card was seen, Su Qing’s mind was filled with a voice-over, and it was a very important clue.

[Gu Qiaoqiao, one of Jiang Hong’s classmates, was one of the girls Xu Feng kept, and she was the one who introduced Jiang Hong to the naked loan channel, even eventually introducing her to many clients, with Xu Feng being one of the clients she referred.

For each introduction, she would receive corresponding benefits, with even the major share falling into her hands, turning Jiang Hong into a money-making tool for her, even introducing her to men with special fetishes for benefits. Jiang Hong was under this high pressure for more than a year, earning money to pay off debts while enduring torment, with the debts increasing, eventually leading to her collapse.]

Listening to the voice-over in his mind, Su Qing instantly pieced together the entire story.

Jiang Hong did commit suicide, but she was cornered by life; the nude loan company’s personnel and that Gu Qiaoqiao, they were the ones indirectly responsible for the murder.

He didn’t know if these two parties were liable, but Jiang Hong’s death couldn’t be separated from them, just unsure if there were legal provisions to punish these people.

There weren’t any obvious clues in the room, and the few of them didn’t gain much, Jiang Hong’s electronic devices were taken to the police station, where specialized personnel were conducting a search, and the deceased didn’t have a habit of keeping a diary, after all, who in their right mind writes a diary.

The entire bedroom was immaculate, in sharp contrast with the living room, now Jiang Hong’s body was taken away by the police, leaving the landlord of this house suffering, having done nothing, yet the house became a crime scene.

This kind of old district was already hard to rent out, even lowering the price didn’t help, now with this incident, renting it out in the future would be difficult.

Even though nobody died inside, she jumped from here, most of the people in the whole district, even the neighboring ones, knew about this, it definitely had an impact.

"Everyone, if there’s nothing else, I’ll leave first!"

Over two hours later, at the gate of Xingfu District, Officer Zhao Dongyang looked at the already completely darkened sky and spoke to the incoming people.

In response, Li Zijun and Du Qiang nodded.

"Thanks for the trouble!"

"It’s my duty, it’s my duty!"

After speaking, Officer Zhao turned and left the scene, even leaving the house keys behind.

This house had temporarily been sealed off, after all, the crime scene needed to be protected, and someone might come again to examine it since the case hadn’t been fully determined.

Besides, there were the deceased’s belongings inside, which would eventually be retrieved by her parents.

Although their gain wasn’t much, it wasn’t like they found nothing, at least they had taken a bunch of photos, with Du Qiang holding a plastic bag containing an opened box of condoms and a box of business cards.

As for the rest, it would be up to the colleagues at the police station to see if they could find anything useful on Jiang Hong’s phone and computer.

Li Zijun checked the time and found it was already past 8 PM, he couldn’t help but sigh and said to Du Qiang, "You go ahead and take the stuff back."

"What about you guys?"

"Not feeling great, going for a walk, anyway, Lili already took Big Yellow home, so you don’t have to go back, just come to the station directly tomorrow!" Li Zijun explained, then casually said to Su Qing.

In response, Su Qing could only nod to indicate agreement.

Zhu Lili was a clerical worker, and at this time, she was already off work, Big Yellow was also taken away, the two of them had already received this news earlier.

To bring Big Yellow back tomorrow, it seemed he’d have to head to the police station for some selective overtime.

Giving the two of them a glance, Du Qiang looked puzzled, "Alright then, ah, my fate is just to toil, I’m leaving!"

With that, Du Qiang carried the evidence in the plastic bag and left, getting into the police car parked in the distance and sped away.

"Sister Jun, are you feeling down?" Seeing Du Qiang leave, Su Qing couldn’t help but look at Li Zijun and ask.

Through the voice-over, he understood that at this moment, Li Zijun was feeling somewhat down, and the reason was none other than the impact of today’s incident with Jiang Hong.

One must understand, he just had seen photos, but Li Zijun had also gone to see the body herself, although she’s been a police officer for a while and it’s not her first time encountering such incidents, but police officers are human beings too, naturally they would also feel pressure.

It’s quite common for police officers to suffer from mental issues, the police station even hires specialized psychological counselors to provide guidance.

From a certain perspective, she is a hero protecting people’s life and property, but then, who protects the heroes?

"Hmm, a bit! Walk with me!" Li Zijun said in a low voice, then took a deep breath and walked towards the direction of the sports ground.

Seeing this, Su Qing helplessly followed, the two walked side by side, and after a long time, Li Zijun finally said softly, "Xiao Qing, I’ve been feeling so tired recently."

"Is work tiring? How about taking a leave and resting for a while?" Su Qing knowingly asked.

Li Zijun shook her head, "I wanted to be a police officer, and I did it, but I found it seems to make no difference, my life every day is dealing with these tragedies, today I saw that girl’s parents, although they were in pain, their daughter did commit suicide as clear as shown on the surveillance footage. But since I came here and saw the dunning and threats on the gate and walls, I suddenly can understand why this girl committed suicide, so tiring.

No matter what you said, we found those dunning people, but so what? A life is gone, it’s so unfair!"

Through the voice-over, he can understand Li Zijun’s thoughts, this is an outcome, clearly caused by external reasons, yet no one could be held accountable for it, that was her point of distress.

Previously, those cases she handled, apprehending the culprits could be an explanation to the victims’ families, but this time, there’s simply no one responsible.

And then, when you encounter this kind of thing often, you naturally start to feel uncomfortable, especially for someone like her who doesn’t know how to vent; the situation becomes even more serious. After all, she’s a woman, more emotional.

Hearing this, Su Qing thought for a moment, then tried to reply, "Sister Jun, I’m no longer a police officer, and I haven’t experienced as much as you, but I know that if you brag about something, you have to achieve it. When I was young, I wanted to be a very, very impressive person like you, whether it was in learning or later as a police officer. But as I grew older, my thoughts kept changing.

That very, very impressive person has always been far from me. I even wondered if I would become the trash that Vegeta talks about in my life. Later, I understood that people like us, ordinary people, should cherish ourselves. There’s not much we can do, but I think there’s still a lot we can do. Don’t you want to give the girl’s parents an explanation?"

Through the narration, he learned about the so-called cause and effect. It was clear that the girl was slowly dragged into the abyss by someone with ulterior motives.

These days, it’s like this: ordinary people work hard just to make ends meet, while some feast on others’ misery. He always thought such things were far away from him, but now it’s right in front of his eyes, and he wants to do something, even if it’s just to ease his conscience a bit.

Hearing this, Li Zijun gave him a surprised look, then smiled, "Are you comforting me? I didn’t realize you’re quite good at comforting people?"

At this, Su Qing shook his head, "A heroine like you, Sister Jun, doesn’t need my comfort. I just think that although this case is indeed a suicide, there’s definitely more to investigate."

"Are you talking about those business cards and that Xu Feng?" Li Zijun asked.

She was starting to believe her brother a little, after all, the cases were too numerous for her not to.

"Probably, it’s a hunch. I believe we can find some clues from him."

The two chatted while walking and soon arrived near the stadium, where they could hear the roaring cheers from afar.

There were even many fans gathered outside the stadium, unable to get in.

"I used to really like listening to her songs when I was in school," Li Zijun suddenly said.

Hearing this, Su Qing felt a bit regretful when he thought of the two concert tickets he sat on this morning; he would have kept them if he had known.

"Want to go take a look?"

At this time, going in was certainly not possible, and besides, they didn’t have tickets, but they could get closer and listen to the music from inside.

"Sure!"

So the two of them walked over. As expected of a leading female singer, the number of fans was immense. He didn’t know how many were inside, but outside there were at least a thousand.

There were even small stalls because of the crowd, selling cold drinks and snacks, very lively.

As the two moved through, their hands filled with flyers for haunted houses, escape rooms, dining, karaoke, cinemas, and even discount coupons for hotel rooms. It was quite outrageous.

As the crowd inside the stadium sang along, the songs drifted outside, sparking a little climax. Even Li Zijun softly sang along, her eyes tinged with envy.

Just then, Su Qing suddenly found a special flyer in his hand, a small loan flyer, though he didn’t know when he received it.

[Campus Loans, mainly targeting students. Jiang Rong’s first nude loan was through this lending institution]

Listening to the narration in his mind, Su Qing squinted his eyes and soon his expression caught Li Zijun’s attention as she asked:

"What’s wrong?"

Hearing this, Su Qing raised the flyer in his hand, "Look at this."

"You want a loan?"

"Sister Jun, let me ask, if you borrow from an illegal institution, do you not have to pay it back?"

Li Zijun: ???

Very soon, the confused Li Zijun was pulled by him to a far corner, and right in front of her, he dialed the phone number on the flyer.

"Hello, is this a lending institution? I was referred by a classmate!" Su Qing said.

Hearing his voice, a deep voice quickly came through the phone: "Hello, this is a lending institution. How much do you need?"

"10,000!"

"Okay, please provide your basic information, and may I ask what you’re using as collateral?"

"Didn’t they say it can be a nude loan? I heard there’s no need for collateral?"

On hearing this, the man on the other side instantly flew into a rage, "Are you fucking kidding me? Are you messing with me, idiot!"

"Hey, how come you’re so rude, why are you swearing, how many moms do you have to talk like this!" Su Qing retorted, unwilling to back down.

"Damn, you little bastard, are you looking for trouble, do you believe I can find your information?" The man fumed, then spewed a string of vulgar words.

Then, he angrily hung up the phone.

For this, Su Qing felt extremely wronged. Why can’t men get nude loans, why? This is gender discrimination!

Beside him, Li Zijun was laughing so hard she was bent over, "There are no nude loans for men, and besides, it doesn’t even say there’s a nude loan program on the flyer?"

"You never know, maybe Jiang Hong got caught in a nude loan scandal. This place is so close to Normal University, it doesn’t hurt to try. How about you call and ask, Sister Jun?"

Li Zijun: ...

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