Genius Detective - Chapter 291

Chapter 291

Chapter 291: Teacher Xu's Death

The teacher continued, “However, as the saying goes, “The pitiful person must have their deficiencies”, this child is really not worthy of sympathy . In a chemistry class, he knocked over the sulfuric acid bottle and burned another student’s leg . The other boy was a top student in the class that we were focused on cultivating . They didn’t have any prior relationship with each other . Why do you think he would hurt him? In plain terms, it would be envy . Envy towards the child's good family and his being loved by the teachers . Another time, it happened to me . I don't even want to remember now . I have asthma . I have to carry an inhaler with me everywhere . I also keep one at the office . Once, I used up the one I had on me, so I hurried to the office to get my spare . As a result, when I inhaled, I felt my lungs burning . I almost died . Fortunately, I was able to be treated urgently and survived . The doctor said that my medicine was filled with chalk dust . I asked myself, who would harm me like that? No matter how much I investigated, I found no answers, but I heard that . . . It’s only a rumor, but someone saw that child touch my desk during the day . Why do you think he would harm me like that?”

“Did you make a report?” Chen Shi asked .

“No, the school didn't want to blow everything up, so this big incident was covered up . . . But it blessed me with a silver lining . At that time, I was competing with several teachers to climb up to the position of teaching director . I had to take public classes for this and was worried it would affect my progress . I discharged myself from the hospital early to attend the classes . The school head said that my efforts were commendable and later gave me the position . Some people said sourly that I had implemented a self-harming scheme . . . Oh, these are all tangents . I shouldn’t mention this further . ”

Chen Shi continued to ask, “Other than the indifference of the teachers, was Wang Sunxu abused by his classmates at school?”

“Uh, as far as I know . . . Yes! Once when I got off work, I saw a few boys hitting him on the playground . It was some of the kids who had poor grades in class, and I yelled at them to stop!”

“Really?”

The teacher said awkwardly, “I did shout, 'What are you doing!' but they said it was a joke, so I said nothing and left . . . ”

“What's the name of the student who often bullied him?”

“Lai Wei . ”

“Is there a student file for him?”

The teacher found Lai Wei ’s student file and showed it to Chen Shi . Chen Shi photographed it on his mobile phone . The teacher said, “Actually, now that I think about it, this child was quite pitiful, but it’s not that everyone was bad to him . There’s always true sincerity in human society . There was a teacher named Xu Nianqiang who was very concerned about him . I remember that when the child celebrated his birthday, Teacher Xu even bought him a cake . Teacher Xu was kind-hearted and especially cared about these undervalued students . ”

Lin Dongxue said, “This Teacher Xu should know a lot about him . ”

Chen Shi asked, “Which class is Teacher Xu in?”

“He . . . ” The teacher coughed and said, “He has resigned long ago . ”

“Why?”

“Isn't it inappropriate to talk about that? Perhaps he offended someone . Someone reported that he had sexually assaulted a student . The school did not renew his contract out of consideration for the school’s reputation . . . Of course, I know that Teacher Xu is a good person and couldn’t have done such things . ”

“It feels like Teacher Xu is a different kind of person . Maybe he was socially excluded?” Lin Dongxue said .

“You can't say that . We’re not bad people . Why should we exclude him? Personally, I have never done anything wrong . . . ”

“Okay, okay!” Chen Shi interrupted them, “Thank you, I'll contact you if there’s anything else we need . ”

“No problem . Nothing will happen at school, right?”

“Be careful these two days, especially with the doorway surveillance monitoring . Be sure to confirm that it works properly . If there is anything wrong, contact me immediately . This is my contact number . ” Chen Shi was not being an alarmist . According to his prediction, the teachers and students may be Wang Sunxu's next murder targets .

The teacher was scared and nodded repeatedly .

After leaving the school, Chen Shi drove directly to look for Lai Wei . The student's file only had his parents' addresses . The two asked Lai Wei’s parents about his current address and work unit and heard another earful from people boasting about their son .

Chen Shi dialled Lai Wei’s number and couldn’t get through . Chen Shi said, “Nothing has happened to him, right?”

“You have a crow's mouth . Can’t you say something good?”

“It's not that I have a crow's mouth . I just think that this school bully is likely to be the next target . ”

“Go to his house then!”

“Okay, let’s do so!”

On the way, Lin Dongxue dialed Lai Wei's work number . After inquiry, the other party informed them that Lai Wei hadn't come in to work today and or answered his phone . Lin Dongxue's ominous uneasiness increased a little .

At noon, they didn’t even bother to eat . At 1PM, they found Lai Wei's apartment . They knocked on the door a few times and no one responded . They could only leave empty-handed . When they got downstairs, an aunty complained, “Who poured all that chicken blood into the drainpipe? They really lack morals . Don’t they know that blood clots can easily block the drains?”

Chen Shi walked over and saw that the sewers indeed smelled of blood . The dirty water was flowing down from the residential building .

Chen Shi immediately beckoned and said, “Go to Lai Wei's house . Something may have happened . ”

The two rushed upstairs, and Chen Shi rammed the door a few times . When the door was opened, a heavy stench of blood filled his nose and Lin Dongxue covered her mouth in shock .

There was a trail of blood in the living room . They followed it to the bathroom . They saw a man lying inside, holding half a bottle of soda in his hand . The shower head was on and the water was flowing, washing the blood from the man into the sewer .

Chen Shi turned off the shower, opened the man's eyelids, and said, “We’re too late . He was probably killed last night!”

“I’ll contact the bureau . ” Lin Dongxue said .

Because he was not wearing gloves, Chen Shi did not examine the body carefully . He looked around the room and found leftover instant noodles, biscuit packaging, beverage bottles, and other items . The bed was messed up . It seemed that Wang Sunxu had not only killed the victim but had stayed there overnight .

Judging from the intense frequency of such crimes by Wang Sunxu, it was likely that the next victim had already appeared .

Chen Shi called the teacher from just now and asked, “Apart from Lai Wei, who else bullied Wang Sunxu?”

“Uh, I don't know . You can ask Teacher Xu, he should know . . . Teacher Xu now runs a CD shop on Erlong Road . He should be there at this time . ”

Chen Shi hung up the phone and said to Lin Dongxue, “You can guard things here while I go to Erlong Road to look for Teacher Xu . . . Are you afraid of being alone here?” Chen Shi was referring to Lin Dongxue being alone with the corpse .

Lin Dongxue said, “I'm fine . Be careful . ”

Chen Shi rushed to Erlong Road . It was already evening when he got there . There were many CD audio stores on the street . He asked one of the bosses to see if he could find out where Teacher Xu was . The boss said, “You’re looking for Xu Nianqiang? He is diagonally opposite us . . . Mm, he seems to be closed . Just shout . He lives alone upstairs . ”

“He lives alone?”

“Yeah, he’s an old bachelor . ”

“Do you have a phone?”

“I have a phone, but I don't have his number in it . ” The boss smiled as he made a dry joke .

There was a staircase beside the storefront . The second floor was where the owner lived . Chen Shi went up the stairs and knocked on the door . He suddenly noticed a bloody fingerprint on the doorknob and a strong ominous premonition rose in his heart .

At the same time, he was full of doubt . Why did the teacher who cared the most for Wang Sunxu become his prey!?