Xingnian Tea House

Ignoring everyone's curious gazes, Lin Nanyue walked towards the counter and whispered, "Just now Tang Ran called and said that one of the deceased had a reddish-brown birthmark on the inner thigh."

"Inner thigh?" Qiao Xingnian frowned slightly, and said, "Since it was only discovered now, it means that the birthmark has been destroyed, leaving only a few edges. It should be difficult to judge the shape and size of the birthmark. In addition, in such a private place, unless it is a very close person, they will not know that the deceased has a birthmark there."

Lin Nanyue nodded and said, "Why are there so many young...people here today?"

Qiao Xingnian glanced at everyone seemingly unintentionally, smiled helplessly, and said, "I don't know, except for some regular customers, most of the guests these two days are young people."

"Boss, we're done with our tea, and I want another pot." The girl with glasses stretched out her hand in greeting.

Qiao Xingnian responded, got up to collect the tea set, cleaned it and started making tea.

Lin Nanyue saw that there were many customers in the store, so he planned to stay for a while, and found a girl secretly taking pictures of Qiao Xingnian.He frowned slightly, and said aloud: "It is illegal to secretly take pictures of others without permission, and the person concerned reserves the right to pursue the lawsuit."

The girl who took the sneak shot was taken aback for a moment, then took back the phone with a guilty conscience, and said, "It's just a photo, it's not that serious, not to mention there are many photos of him on the Internet."

Lin Nanyue was startled, got up and walked over, took out his ID, and said, "I'm a policeman, I want to ask you a few questions."

"Interpol?" The girl who took the sneak shot was a little nervous, and her companion said, "Comrade, why don't you just take a photo, don't be so serious that you need to use the criminal police."

Lin Nanyue moved a chair and sat down, and asked, "What do you do?"

The girls present looked at each other, and the girl wearing glasses replied, "We are students of Huda."

Lin Nanyue's eyes flickered, and he continued, "Show me the certificate."

The girl with glasses took out her ID card and student ID card from her bag and handed them to Lin Nanyue.

"Zhang Xiaonan, the Broadcasting Department of Huda University." Lin Nanyue couldn't help being stunned. If he remembers correctly, Liu Man is also a student of the Huda Broadcasting Department.

"Are you from the Broadcasting Department of Huda University?"

Everyone nodded one after another, and the girl with glasses asked strangely: "Comrade policeman, is there any problem?"

Qiao Xingnian was concentrating on making tea, and didn't see what happened here. After he finished making tea, he looked up and found that Lin Nanyue was sitting in the individual guest area.

Qiao Xingnian came over with a tea tray, poured tea for several people one after another, and said, "Please take your time."

Lin Nanyue looked up at Qiao Xingnian and said, "They are students of the Broadcasting Department of Huda."

Qiao Xingnian was startled, he didn't expect such a coincidence, he smiled and said, "Can I sit down and talk?"

The girls burst into smiles when they heard it, and Zhang Xiaonan smiled and said, "Of course I can, I'll move a chair for you."

"No, I'll do it myself."

Seeing the completely different reactions of the girls, Lin Nanyue felt a little uncomfortable.

The girl who took the sneak shot just now asked, "Boss, are you also a student of Huda?"

Qiao Xingnian nodded with a smile and said, "Yes, but I'm not from the Broadcasting Department. A friend of mine is. Her name is Liu Man. Do you know her?"

"Liu Man?" The girls looked at each other with subtle expressions.

Zhang Xiaonan spoke first and asked, "Is the boss and her a couple?"

"No, just friends, but I haven't seen her for a while, and I can't get in touch with her, so I heard that you are also from the broadcasting department, so I asked."

"So that's the case." Zhang Xiaonan nodded and said, "Senior Liu Man is the flower of our broadcasting department. She organizes many activities. She is a famous figure in our department. It's just that we haven't seen her for a while. I heard she got married."

"Married?" Qiao Xingnian pretended to be strange and asked: "She hasn't graduated yet, so is she in such a hurry to get married?"

Zhang Xiaonan looked at the students around him, hesitant to speak.

"I have a good relationship with Liu Man. I have always regarded her as my younger sister. I have been unable to contact her recently. I am planning to call the police. This police officer Lin is my friend, so I told him about it to avoid wasting police force. If you have anything to say, just say it.”

The girl who took the sneak shot bumped Zhang Xiaonan's arm and said, "Xiaonan, just tell me, anyway, almost everyone in school knows about it."

Zhang Xiaonan hesitated for a moment, and said: "Actually, Liu Man and I are quite familiar, and I live in the dormitory next to her. She has good grades and looks, but she is a bit arrogant, and her interpersonal relationship is not very good. She didn't even get along with her in the dormitory." She's close."

Seeing Qiao Xingnian frowning slightly, Zhang Xiaonan quickly said, "Boss, I didn't mean to slander her, these students all know it."

"It's okay, you continue." Qiao Xingnian smiled to ease her nervousness.

Zhang Xiaonan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Actually, as early as more than a month ago, she hadn't returned to the dormitory. We discussed it in private and thought she had moved out. After all, she was a graduate student. But some time ago, When I went to the office to hand in my thesis, the teacher asked me if I had met Liu Man, and if she had any other ways to contact her. She said that I couldn’t get in touch with her. At that time, I didn’t think much about it. Later, the school teacher didn’t mention it again, so I just I thought the teacher had found her. Later, people in her dormitory said that Liu Man found a rich boyfriend and was about to marry into a wealthy family and become a wealthy wife. It doesn't matter whether she studies or not."

"A rich boyfriend? Have you ever seen one?"

"Someone has seen it and said that they drove a sports car to pick her up. And she has received many expensive gifts before, such as brand-name cosmetics, brand-name bags, etc. By the way, it is said that there is also a diamond necklace."

"Who is the classmate who met them? Do you have her contact information?"

"It's Liu Fangfang in her dorm room." Zhang Xiaonan took out her phone, found her number, handed it to Qiao Xingnian, and said, "This is her number, and vx number is her phone number."

Lin Nanyue quickly took out his mobile phone and wrote down the number.

Qiao Xingnian continued to ask: "Then has she mentioned her boyfriend to others?"

"No." Zhang Xiaonan shook her head and said, "People in her dormitory asked about it, but Liu Man didn't mention it, and never talked about it with anyone."

"That man is not a good guy." The girl sitting on the side suddenly said.

Everyone looked over, Zhang Xiaonan asked strangely: "Xiaomei, have you met Liu Man's boyfriend?"

Lu Xiaomei was startled, complex emotions flashed across her face, as if she just blurted out what she just said without thinking about it.

"Xiaomei, tell me, there is nothing between us that we can't talk about."

"But..." Lu Xiaomei said with a puzzled look on her face, "I promised others that I can't tell anyone about this."

Qiao Xingnian looked at Lin Nanyue, sighed and said, "Captain Lin, it seems we have to tell the truth."

The girls were taken aback for a moment, not quite understanding what Qiao Xingnian meant.

Lin Nanyue nodded and said, "The thing is like this. We found a female corpse in East Lake two days ago. After DNA testing, it was proved that the deceased was Liu Man. She had been dead for more than a month."

"Dead?" The girls were a little surprised and looked at each other anxiously.

Zhang Xiaonan was the first to come back to her senses, and said, "So, more than a month ago, she didn't go back to the dormitory, didn't she move out, or was killed?"

Lin Nanyue nodded, looked at Lu Xiaomei, and said, "We are investigating the case, and her mysterious boyfriend is the prime suspect, so please cooperate with us."

Lu Xiaomei looked around uneasily, and said, "But...but...if I say so, will the murderer come to kill me?"

"Don't worry, we will not disclose your information to the outside world, and we will protect your safety."

Zhang Xiaonan held Lu Xiaomei's hand and said, "Xiaomei, just tell me, if that murderer is spared, maybe other girls will be victimized."

Qiao Xingnian looked at the crowd and said, "How about this, this student goes upstairs with Police Officer Lin, and you two talk alone, this way we can avoid leaking information and better ensure the safety of all the students present here."

Everyone looked at each other, and soon understood what Qiao Xingnian meant, and agreed.

Lu Xiaomei struggled for a while, looked at Lin Nanyue, then at Qiao Xingnian, and said, "Boss, can I talk to you alone?"

Looking at Lin Nanyue's overly serious face, Qiao Xingnian smiled helplessly, and said, "Okay, then I'd like to ask Team Lin to look around the store for me."

"it is good."

Qiao Xingnian took Lu Xiaomei upstairs and entered the private room near the stairs.

"Sit down, don't be nervous."

Lu Xiaomei blushed slightly, found a seat and sat down.

Qiao Xingnian sat opposite her and said, "Your name is Xiaomei?"

Lu Xiaomei nodded and said, "My name is Lu Xiaomei."

"Can you tell me the purpose of your coming to the tea house?"

Lu Xiaomei was taken aback, obviously not following Qiao Xingnian's train of thought.

Qiao Xingnian smiled and said, "If you take the bus from Huda to here, it will take at least an hour. You shouldn't come to the tea house just to drink tea."

Lu Xiaomei's face turned even redder, and she said with some embarrassment: "We came here after seeing the video on the Internet."

"Videos on the Internet?"

Qiao Xingnian was very busy these two days and didn't pay attention to the news on the Internet, so he didn't know what happened.

Lu Xiaomei took out her phone, found the video, and said, "This is it."

Qiao Xingnian took the phone and looked at it. It was a video of him making tea at the teahouse. The time it was uploaded was yesterday.He looked at the clicks and forwards again, and finally understood the reason for the good business in the past two days.

"So you didn't come here to drink tea, but to see people?" Qiao Xingnian couldn't help crying and laughing.

Lu Xiaomei nodded blushingly, and said, "We just want to see if the real person is as handsome as the one in the video."

"What about the result, aren't you a little disappointed?"

"No, you are much more handsome than in the video, especially the temperament on your body..."

As soon as she and Qiao Xingnian looked at each other, Lu Xiaomei's heartbeat would speed up, and she became a little nervous for no reason, so she stopped talking.

"You didn't skip class, did you?"

Lu Xiaomei quickly shook her head and said, "No, there is no class this morning."

"That's good." Qiao Xingnian nodded and said, "If I make you waste your studies just to take a look at me, then I will be guilty of a serious crime."

"No, no." Lu Xiaomei quickly waved her hands and said, "Although our grades are not very good, we know what to do when."

Seeing that Lu Xiaomei relaxed, Qiao Xingnian changed the topic to the real thing and said, "Just now you said that Liu Man's boyfriend is a scumbag, what's going on?"

Lu Xiaomei hesitated for a moment, and said, "I can tell you, but can you keep other people in the school from knowing?"

"Don't worry, the police station has regulations that information related to the case must not be disclosed to the outside world. I also assure you that I will never mention anything you said to others."

Lu Xiaomei pondered for a while, and said: "Actually, I have never met the real person, but only seen his photos. That man is not very good-looking, but he knows how to dress up and is good at pleasing girls. My good friend Jiang Xue was deceived by him."

Lu Xiaomei paused, but Qiao Xingnian had no intention of speaking. He knew that Jiang Xue was probably one of the girls Liu Man mentioned.

"Jiang Xue and I are from the same hometown. We met at a party. Whenever there is a holiday, we will make an appointment to go home together, and we will come back together after the holiday..."

On National Day last year, Lu Xiaomei and Jiang Xue made an appointment in advance to go home together, but when the holiday came, Jiang Xue released Lu Xiaomei's pigeons. Lu Xiaomei asked her what was going on, but Jiang Xue refused to say at first. I can't bear Lu Xiaomei's soft and hard foam.

"I tell you, you are not allowed to tell others."

"Okay, don't worry, I won't tell others, what is so mysterious." Seeing Jiang Xue's mysteriousness, Lu Xiaomei's curiosity suddenly rose.

"I'm in love." Jiang Xue's face flushed with a shy look.

"Are you in love? Who, which department, have I met?"

"Keep your voice down!" Jiang Xue quickly covered Lu Xiaomei's mouth and said, "If you keep shouting, the whole world will know."

"Dating is a good thing. This is not a feudal society. You have nothing to keep secret."

"My boyfriend said he didn't want others to know about our relationship before he took me to meet my parents."

Lu Xiaomei frowned when she heard that, and said, "What kind of weird request is this? Xiaoxue, how far have you developed with him? There are so many scumbags now, don't be fooled by him."

"No." Jiang Xue took out the necklace from her clothes and said, "This is the necklace he bought for me. It is a set with this bracelet. It sells for more than 8 in the mall. He also gave me several There are a limited number of bags and brand-name cosmetics, which add up to 10,000+. If he doesn’t really love me, how can he be so willing to spend money for me.”

"Two 10,000+? Are you sure these things are real?"

"I'm sure. I have checked all the things he bought for me at the counter, and they are all real."

"Maybe he is a rich second generation, and 10,000+ is nothing to him."

"Xiaomei, he treats me really well, not only for buying these things, he is gentle and considerate, he loves me more than my parents. And we have been dating for more than a month, and he hasn't touched me yet. He said that as long as I don't want to , she won't force me."

Seeing the happy smile on Jiang Xue's face, Lu Xiaomei said enviously: "There are still such good men in this world, it is really enviable and jealous! When you are free someday, you can bring me to know each other, ask Does he have any single friends around him, please introduce them to me."

Jiang Xue held Lu Xiaomei's hand apologetically, and said, "Xiaomei, I'm sorry, I'll have to meet his parents to discuss this matter, I don't want to make him angry because of this."

"It doesn't matter, it's a matter of time anyway, and I'm not in a hurry. Do you have a picture of him? Let me see what he looks like."

Jiang Xue hesitated, then turned on the phone and said, "I took this secretly, you can take a look, but don't tell anyone."

"Don't worry, my mouth has always been very strict."

……

Seeing Lu Xiaomei stop, Qiao Xingnian asked, "Then what happened after that?"

Lu Xiaomei sighed, and said: "After I came back from home on the National Day, I contacted Jiang Xue and wanted to give her the things she asked me to bring from her home, but I made many phone calls but couldn't get through. Then I called I went to find her in her dormitory, and found her haggard lying on the bed, her eyes were swollen from crying. I asked her what was going on, but she didn't say anything, just kept crying. I was afraid that something would happen, so I dragged her away After going out, the two of us found a place where no one was around, sat down and chatted, and she told me that she was obsessed/raped by that man and took many indecent videos and photos."

"The man threatened her with those videos and photos, telling her not to tell that, right?"

"Yes." Lu Xiaomei said embarrassingly: "Not only that, that scumbag also made Jiang Xue have to be on call, and... also cooperated with him to chase other girls."

"That man knew Liu Man, was it Jiang Xue who helped lead the thread?"

"No. After he found a target, Jiang Xue inquired about her preferences in school, and then he launched an offensive."

Lu Xiaomei lowered her head, her cheeks were slightly red, and she clasped her hands anxiously. It was obvious that she was ashamed to speak out, and she was also under tremendous pressure on this matter.

"How many girls were killed this year?"

Lu Xiaomei didn't look up, she was silent for a while, and said, "Three."

"Besides Liu Man, who else?"

"Liu Meng from the Fine Arts Department and Hao Jie from the Finance Department."

Saying these two names, Lu Xiaomei seemed to collapse.

"Are they all still in school?"

"I don't know. They are not in the same department as us, and we didn't deliberately inquire about them."

Qiao Xingnian took out a tissue and handed it to Lu Xiaomei.

Lu Xiaomei looked up at him, took the tissue and said, "Thank you."

Qiao Xingnian said calmly, "Why didn't you call the police?"

Lu Xiaomei's eyes were slightly red, her brows were furrowed, and she said, "I thought about calling the police, but...but if I call the police and the video streams out, Jiang Xue's life will be ruined."

"Then how is Jiang Xue doing now?"

Lu Xiaomei raised her head in a daze, and looked into Qiao Xingnian's clear eyes. Jiang Xue's painful face appeared in her mind, and tears welled up in her eyes. She choked up and said, "Not good, very bad..."

"What about Liu Meng and Hao Jie, how are they doing?"

Lu Xiaomei's tears were like beads with a broken string, she was ashamed and speechless.

"Escaping will not be redeemed, it will only sink deeper and deeper into the quagmire until you become one with the quagmire and become the same person as that man."

"sorry Sorry……"

Lu Xiaomei lay down on the table and cried, she wanted to vent all the pressure she had endured this year.

Looking at Lu Xiaomei, Qiao Xingnian sighed in his heart. It is human instinct to seek good fortune and avoid harm. When faced with a dilemma, people often choose the side that is beneficial to them, and blindly avoid and face it bravely. , the degree of pain suffered at that time was different.

So they usually choose to escape, but they don't want to understand that avoiding will never solve the problem.

After a while, Lu Xiaomei finally calmed down. Qiao Xingnian then asked, "If you see that man again, will you recognize him?"

"Even if he turns into ashes, I can still recognize him."

"Do you know what his name is?"

"His name is Gao Feng."

Qiao Xingnian took out his mobile phone and sent a text message to Lin Nanyue, asking him to send a photo of Yan Feng.After a while, the phone vibrated, and Qiao Xingnian received a reply from Lin Nanyue. He clicked on the photo, faced Lu Xiaomei, and said, "Is it this man?"

"It's him, he's that scumbag!"

Lu Xiaomei looked at the photo, and the resentment in her eyes couldn't be concealed, which made Qiao Xingnian a little puzzled.

"Give me Jiang Xue's contact information."

Lu Xiaomei took out her mobile phone, clicked on Jiang Xue's vx business card, and asked, "Are you going to find Jiang Xue?"

"If she still wants to come out, she has to face the reality. What's more, Liu Man's death is a matter of human life. Don't talk about the police, even you, can you still remain indifferent?"

Lu Xiaomei nodded and said, "You're right. If we had called the police in time, perhaps Liu Man would not have died."

Qiao Xingnian took Lu Xiaomei downstairs, and the girls didn't stay long, and left the teahouse soon.He recounted the conversation between him and Lu Xiaomei to Lin Nanyue in detail.

"Team Lin, I remember that your younger brother seems to be in the Broadcasting Department of Huda University. If you have time, you can talk to him."

Lin Nanyue nodded and said, "Now that the case has progressed, accidents may happen. I must bring someone to find Jiang Xue to confirm Lu Xiaomei's confession."

"Team Lin, let's get busy, and let me know if there is any progress."

"Okay, then I'll go first."

Lin Nanyue turned around and left the tea house, while Qiao Xingnian continued to watch the shop. There were still many customers in the afternoon, and they were also young and beautiful girls. Qiao Xingnian felt a little helpless.

The store door was pushed open, and Lin Lan and Huo Yang walked in one after another.

Lin Lan glanced at the crowded individual customer area, came to the counter and whispered, "Business is good today. But why are they all girls?"

Qiao Xingnian smiled helplessly, and whispered, "Sister Lin is always well-informed, why don't you ask me?"

"What does this have to do with being well-informed?" Lin Lan was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Could they be after you?"

Qiao Xingnian just smiled and didn't answer. Instead, he changed the subject and said, "Looking at the appearances of Sister Lin and Brother Huo, they must have achieved a positive result."

Lin Lan glanced at Huo Yang, a faint blush appeared on her face.

Huo Yang stepped forward to hold Lin Lan's hand, and said with a smile, "I have to thank you, otherwise our relationship might still be deadlocked."

"The way you thank me is to feed me dog food."

Some lovers finally get married, Qiao Xingnian is really happy for them.

Lin Lan held Huo Yang's arm generously, leaned against him like a little woman, and said, "If you want to stop eating dog food, you should find a girlfriend as soon as possible. There are so many young and beautiful girls, there will always be someone you like type."

"Sister Lin, you promised to treat me to a big meal, you don't mean to go back on your word."

Qiao Xingnian didn't pick on her at all, he wasn't very keen on emotional matters.

"When did I, Lin Lan, go back on what I promised, just tell me what you want to eat, and I'll call and ask them to deliver it."

"Sure enough, Sister Lin is still arrogant. I remembered what you said. But today, I can't do it. There are a lot of customers, so I can't get away. When I recruit a salesperson, I will give Sister Lin a good meal."

Lin Lan asked strangely: "Have you found a suitable one yet? I see that the job advertisement on your door has been withdrawn."

Qiao Xingnian explained casually: "I met a boy two days ago, and I promised to keep the position of salesperson for him, so I withdrew the advertisement."

"Boy? What's the matter?"

Qiao Xingnian briefly explained the soul of the matter.

"You, you are just too kind-hearted, and you make mistakes when you are careful."

"It's a good thing to have a kind heart. Besides, Xingnian has his own judgment. He has a ruler in his heart about who should help and who should not."

"Didn't you also hear about Hu Jing? If Xiaonian didn't give her 10 yuan, maybe there would be no future."

"Because of this incident, I said that Xiaonian has a ruler in his heart. He gave Hu Jing [-] yuan because she worked diligently in the store for three years. He didn't continue to help her because he wanted to wake up Hu Jing. Blind tolerance will not solve any problems."

Qiao Xingnian looked at Huo Yang in surprise, and couldn't help but smile and said, "I didn't expect Brother Huo to be my bosom friend!"

Lin Lan jokingly said, "No, Xiaonian, you don't want to snatch it from me, do you?"

"Don't worry, I'm just a blue-faced confidant, my sexual orientation is normal."