The news about Liu Mei caught me off guard, since I had just seen her at noon, and she seemed full of energy then.

Qin Yao's voice trembled slightly on the other end of the phone, "Wanwan, you have no idea how terrifying that scene was. Liu Mei jumped off the building and fell backwards, blood gushing out instantly, and she looked like she died with her eyes wide open."

"The girls who were close by were completely terrified. Although I wasn't very close, hearing their descriptions of the scene still terrifies me."

Hearing Qin Yao's trembling voice, I quickly came to my senses. Liu Mei's death was too sudden. She had just come to me and acted arrogantly. There was no way she would want to die so easily.

Moreover, I remembered when I saw Liu Mei at noon today, she gagged in the cafeteria, looking like she was pregnant. This series of discoveries, when put together, made me start to have doubts.

I softened my voice and told Qin Yao, "Wait for me at school, I'll be right there!"

I told Ge Zeyu what I had just heard on the phone, and he was also very surprised. The two of us quickly arrived at the school.

The location where the student jumped had been cordoned off, and the school had evacuated the students, giving all students a day off. After all, a murder had occurred at the school, and the students couldn't concentrate on their studies.

As soon as Qin Yao saw me, she seemed to have found her pillar of support. She threw herself into my arms and hugged my arm tightly. "Wanwan, you've finally come! I'm going to sleep with you tonight. I'm too scared to sleep alone. The other girls in the dorm are also scared. They won't be staying at school tonight."

I quickly patted her arm to reassure her, "Don't worry, you can stay at my house later. I have other spare rooms."

"Has Liu Mei's body been taken away?" I looked around. The scene had been cordoned off, and I couldn't see Liu Mei's body. I only saw a large pool of blood on the ground.

After hearing my question, Qin Yao nodded quickly, then whispered in my ear, "Not long after the person jumped off the building, about ten minutes later, someone took the body away. I heard it was Liu Mei's family."

I always felt there was something strange about this, but I couldn't quite put my finger on what it was.

Then, a somewhat familiar figure rushed in from the school gate in a panic. Upon closer inspection, I realized it was Liu Lin.

He is Liu Mei's father. I remembered what I had found out before: Liu Mei comes from a single-parent family and only has her father as a relative.

When Liu Lin arrived, he immediately grabbed one of the police officers and loudly demanded, "Where is my daughter? Someone just told me that my daughter jumped off a building and committed suicide. I don't believe it. There must be some misunderstanding. I need to see my daughter!"

Upon hearing this, I instinctively turned to look at Ge Zeyu, my eyes revealing a hint of shock.

Liu Lin was Liu Mei's only relative, but Qin Yao said that about ten minutes after Liu Mei jumped to her death, her body was taken away by her family.

If it wasn't Liu Lin who took away Liu Mei's body, then who was it?

I couldn't help but think of Chang Xin, but after thinking about it, I felt it was unlikely. Chang Xin had no reason to do that, and it would make it easy for others to discover their relationship.

I frowned deeply, then took out the car keys and handed them to Qin Yao, telling her to wait for us in the car.

After Qin Yao left, I turned to Ge Zeyu and said, "Chang Xin has no reason to expose his relationship with Liu Mei, unless he has a compelling reason to do so."

"You suspect that Liu Mei's death is related to Chang Xin." Ge Zeyu bluntly stated my suspicion, and I nodded in agreement.

Ge Zeyu spread his hands, "Although that's what I think too, we have no evidence!"

While Liu Lin was still questioning him about his daughter's body, two police officers approached. "Who is Jiang Wanying?"

I paused for a moment, then quickly stepped forward. "Yes, that's me. Is there anything I can help you with?"

After the two officers showed me their badges, they told me, "We need to conduct routine questioning. We just learned that the deceased had contact with you before the incident, and you even had an argument."

"Do you have anything to say about this matter? Is the deceased's death directly related to you? Ms. Jiang, please explain. If you cannot explain clearly, we will have no choice but to take you away as a suspect for the time being."

This is the first time I've ever encountered such a routine questioning. They've clearly treated me as a suspect. If I can't give a reasonable explanation, even if I'm innocent in this matter, I'm afraid I won't be able to clear my name after being taken away on the spot.

"You want to take me away as a suspect? Do you have the proper procedures? Since you say I'm a suspect, where are the witnesses?" I asked calmly.

One of them looked impatient after hearing this, saying, "Many of your classmates have identified you. The deceased's relationships were relatively simple, and the only person he had a falling out with was you. Not only that, we also learned that the deceased asked you for a photo when he had an argument with you."

"Did you possess indecent photos of the deceased and use them to blackmail her, causing her to jump to her death because she couldn't bear the pressure?"

With just a few words, the other party shifted all the blame onto me. I couldn't help but chuckle. "Liu Mei did have an argument with me before she passed away, but I wasn't the only one in the class who had a falling out with her. There was another person, Bian Jiahui."

No sooner had I finished speaking than Bian Jiahui, who had been hiding in the corner, could no longer contain herself. She turned around and appeared in front of me, angrily scolding me, "What nonsense are you talking about? Liu Mei and I are good friends, how could I possibly harm her?"

I gave her a slightly mocking look, raising my eyebrows as I asked, "Not planning on hiding any longer?"

I sensed something was off when those two officers were questioning her. Bian Jiahui was hiding behind the wall, but her shadow betrayed her. I didn't expect that just one sentence would make her so restless.

This mudslinging has been thrown at me; if I don't fight back, I'd be doing her a disservice. "How did Liu Mei get to this point? Do I need to remind you what happened at the banquet that day?"

"What does this have to do with the banquet? Don't talk nonsense!" I had barely finished speaking when Bian Jiahui retorted hastily, her expression revealing a hint of panic.

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