S.C.I.谜案集 (Special Criminal Investigation) Book 2

Case 3. Password Killer: Chapter 21. Find the Murderer

"Find the Murderer?" Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other. Then, they stared at Zhang Hua in bewilderment. "What game is that?"

Zhang Hua was silent for a moment before he said, "We... played it in a club."

"Club?" Both Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang said with a frown, "be more specific!"

Zhang Hua smoked a cigarette and said, "at that time, there were many things we didn't have, and things like computers were not yet advanced. All we do outside of school is listening to CDs and so on."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang looked at each other, nodded and continued to listen. Ma Han and the others were very interested, as they smoked at the door while listening. Right after Ma Xin left, a small opening was left at the door. This was done on purpose by Bai Yutang. That way, people outside could hear what was said in the room. Most importantly, the people outside could observe Zhang Jianqi's expression and see if there were any special changes.

"There were six of us in the dormitory. Me, Hao Mo, Wang Liang, Xu Feng, Liu Ming, and Chen Zinan..." Zhang Hua took a hard puff of his cigarette and said, "Actually... Wang Liang and the other three were not as bad as everyone said. We spread those rumours after the incident so that they would be responsible for what happened."

"What?" Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang were surprised, while everyone outside the door frowned.

"They sometimes fight or joke around and skip class, but a lot of college boys have done something like that. The four of them just looks fierce on the outside. They don't really hang out with their classmates. As they had wanted to form a band, they would hang out by themselves. They also didn't like to socialize with the nerds in the class."

"So, you're saying the four of them didn't do anything to Ye Ling?!" Zhan Zhao asked.

Zhang Hua shook his head. "It's just that they died, and Ye Ling became crazy, so we just..."

"It was your father's idea, wasn't it?" Bai Yutang asked, "otherwise, how can the teachers and students say the same thing?"

Zhang Hua hesitated before nodding. When the policemen at the door looked at Zhang Jianqi, he flushed and lowered his head miserably. He didn't seem to be lying.

"Tell me about the club." Bai Yutang said, "what on earth happened?"

"Mmmm." Zhang Hua nodded and slowly began to tell Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang.

"Back then, we had a lot of spare time on our hands. Ye Ling was the number one beauty of our school. She began to associate with Hao Mo." Zhang Hua said with a wry smile, "Hao Mo is from the countryside. He studies hard and is very pure... A girl like Ye Ling is not suitable for him. This is what we felt."

"Is there something wrong with Ye Ling?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"Ye Ling is a rich daughter and is very sophisticated. She had many boyfriends! She was with Hao Mo because he's handsome. She had contacts with many boys. This was well known at school." Zhang Hua said, "the five of us was unable to stop Hao Mo, so we started to give Ye Ling a hard time, hoping that she would back down. That way, Hao Mo won't be hurt in the future... She took us to a place to improve our relationship."

"The club?" Zhan Zhao asked.

Zhang Hua nodded and said, "that club is called Night City Club. It's an underground music club with a DJ. A lot of music from Europe and America are play there. Even heavy metal songs..."

Zhan Zhao and Bai Yutang felt a bit of a headache.

"The people there were crazy, but at that time we thought it was very cool. Wang Liang and the others really like music, so they were ecstatic when they went." Zhang Hua shook his head again and again and said, "We had a good time at the club, and our relationship with Ye Ling had also improved. Later, we met a lot of friends who were older than us, some of whom went to our school..."