Chen Ge was thankful that he did not badmouth Zhang Ya behind her back. He chuckled awkwardly. "I just thought the dance studio was too stuffy, so I came out for some fresh air."
Red blood dripped down her collar, soaking her body over and over again. Zhang Ya stared at Chen Ge for a long time before raising her pale arm to point at the office building.
"Where do you want me to go?" Before Chen Ge could ask any more questions, Zhang Ya disappeared.
Chen Ge was only several meters away from the school gate. He was conflicted. If he went to investigate, he might run into danger again, but if he just left like that, he did not want to.
Zhang Ya's attitude toward me seems to have softened a little. Her hint should be related to the case from four years ago, but this school has more than one scary presence similar to Zhang Ya. It's safer for me to wait for the police to arrive.
Jumping out of the school, Chen Ge stood guard outside the gate with his mallet. He was not sure whether Zhang Peng was still alive or not, so he was on high alert.
Fifteen minutes later, blinding headlights pierced through the night, and two police cars came from the end of the road.
Chen Ge popped out from the side of the road and waved the flashlight on his phone. "I'm here!"
The police cars stopped before Western Jiujiang's Private Academy, and Inspector Lee and a stranger walked out.
"Uncle Lee, you guys sure moved fast." Based on Chen Ge's estimation, the police would arrive in at least half an hour.
"We received a report from a taxi driver, saying that he might have run into robbers. We were planning to come to Western Jiujiang's Private Academy anyway." Inspector Lee had dark circles under his eyes. He had been working hard for several days already.
"Thank you, thank you. Come on in, Zhang Peng should still be at the school!" Chen Ge pointed at the abandoned school gate like he was welcoming guests into his home.
"Da Yong." Inspector Lee waved behind him, and a buff officer who was 1.9 meters tall took out a pair of hydraulic pliers from the trunk to pry open the school gate. "Once you enter the school, follow the rules. The suspects are very cunning, so stay in groups of two."
He turned to look at Chen Ge. "Where was the last time you saw the suspect?"
"I don't know the location of the suspect, but I have something else to report to you." Chen Ge walked to Inspector Lee's side and looked at the building that Zhang Ya had pointed out. "Inspector Lee, I'll take you somewhere."
"Da Yong, stay behind. Everyone else, act according to the plan." Inspector Lee called the officer who was 1.9 meters tall, and the two of them followed behind Chen Ge into the building.
This building only had three floors, but the decoration was much better than the other buildings outside.
"Why did you bring us here? The suspect appeared here before? " Inspector Lee raised his flashlight, his eyes sharp. The fatigue on his body had disappeared, and once he entered the crime scene, he seemed to have transformed into a different person.
"Zhang Peng shouldn't have entered the building." Chen Ge walked ahead, and he tried to recall the exact location that Zhang Ya had pointed at. "The place I'm taking you to is related to the girl's suicide four years ago.
"Didn't I tell you that I'll help you investigate after Zhang Peng is captured? That's a different story; the most important thing now is to capture Zhang Peng. "
"We're here. This is the room." Chen Ge did not answer Inspector Lee. He had waited for the police to arrive before entering the building because he wanted to lower the risk to the minimum.
The sign on the door said Sports Equipment Room. After tearing off the seal and kicking the door open, Chen Ge and Inspector Lee walked in.
The room was littered with balls, and sports equipment like badminton rackets and ping pong paddles were placed on the cupboard by the wall.
"You brought us here just to see these?" Inspector Lee used his flashlight to scan every corner of the room. "What can they prove?"
"Sports equipment management …" Chen Ge walked to the middle of the room. He rummaged through the cupboards before stopping at a single bed behind the cupboard.
There was a similar single bed inside the dance studio, but it was much narrower than a normal bed. It was probably custom-made.
"Someone would work in the sports equipment management room?" Chen Ge pulled the bed back with confusion, and a shocking scene appeared before him.
Under the old and moldy bed board, there were more than a dozen ballet shoes of different sizes. One of them was even dyed black and red with blood!
"So many?" Looking at the dancing shoes that seemed to have been purposely hidden under the bed, Chen Ge could not tell whether he was angry or shocked. The case at Western Jiujiang's Private Academy was more serious than he had imagined.
"There's more than one victim," Chen Ge said loudly to Inspector Lee. "Why would the dancing shoes of the girl who jumped off the building be here? Didn't your report mention the girl's shoes? "
"There's no record of the shoes." Inspector Lee frowned. "They were hidden under the bed, and the shoes were covered in dust. Looks like they've been here for a long time. All the shoes were placed neatly, like someone had purposely collected them. This person probably had a special hobby. "
"Uncle Lee, you're the people's police, so you have to help the victims." Chen Ge tossed the bed to the side. "The culprit who forced the girl to commit suicide had free access to the dance studio and the sports equipment management room, so he was probably one of the managers."
"If what you said is true, then the scope of the investigation is indeed much smaller." Inspector Lee was attracted by the pair of black and red dancing shoes, and he was also moved. "Don't worry, I'll get to the bottom of this case. No matter who the culprit is, I'll bring him to justice!"
After Inspector Lee said that, Chen Ge's black phone vibrated. He took it out and glanced at it.
A new message appeared on screen.
"Find Zhang Ya's red dancing shoes before dawn. Zhang Ya's affection level mission has been completed. Mission completion rate: fifty percent.
"It has to be you! Zhang Ya's affection toward you has increased! You can write down one thing that you want her to do on Zhang Ya's personal page (Note: Do not go against Zhang Ya's will). "
Chen Ge looked at the phone and silently retreated to the door. Even though tonight's experience was rough, the result was good.
He clicked on Zhang Ya's personal page, and the screen turned red. As long as my request is not against Zhang Ya's will, it's fine.
After some thought, Chen Ge wrote at the bottom of the screen, "I hope Zhang Ya will always listen to me."
"I'm sorry, but you've gone against Zhang Ya's will. Please change your request."
"I hope Zhang Ya will protect me from harm."
"I'm sorry, but you've gone against Zhang Ya's will. Please change your request."
"I hope Zhang Ya will not harm me or even think about killing me! That should be enough, right? "
"I'm sorry, but you've seriously gone against Zhang Ya's will. Please change your request."
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