Chapter 205 - Car Accident And Healing Ritual
"So do you know where she got the news from?" Si Lin looked at the girl who was rambling nonstop. If they didn"t stop her, she would probably talk about other unrelated topics. Si Lin was told to be gentle with the witness because she was a student but this was ultimately an interrogation!
"Well, if you really want to know..." The girl leaned in conspiratorially. "Xiao Wen has a good relations.h.i.+p with the monitor of the art cla.s.s, Jia Han. However, Jia Han only has eyes for our cla.s.s president, Jing Jing. Sadly, Jing Jing doesn"t like Jia Han. Honestly, Jia Han is handsome, has good results and come from a rich background, I have no idea why Jing Jing doesn"t like him... Actually, that"s a lie, I do have an idea. Don"t tell others you heard this from me but I hear that Jing Jing is actually a lesbian...." Si Lin and Mo Li sat there, drowned by the school gossip.
At that moment, Mo Li missed being in the morgue. At least the dead would not be so noisy.
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The two hawkers involved were notified and they were hurrying to 22 High School. While they waited, Xiao Rui turned to Lu Xuan, "Based on the surveillance cam at the street corner there, Qiao Qing bought her milk tea here and then went straight to find Wei Lan. There were other students at the stall and she talked to some of them but she didn"t interact with anyone else after she got her purchase. So the problem has to come from the milk tea stall. However, the owner claims he doesn"t know anything."
"So we are going to question the boss and his frequent customers?" Lu Xuan didn"t know much about investigative work. Then he remembered something, "Speaking of, there"s one thing that you might not know. Have Mo Li told you about the voodoo numbers we found inside the victims" stomach?"
Xiao Rui was surprised that they would hide case details from him and he was furious. "Why wasn"t this in the report?"
Lu Xuan explained, "Because we are not sure what they really are. Based on our prediction, those numerals are for some kind of ritualistic purpose."
"What kind of purpose?"
"I have no clues, we are medical doctors, not voodoo doctors. But Miss Mo Li suspect they are for healing."
While they chatted, Kang Zhi suddenly appeared. "I think I know, it"s like Dragonball, right? After one kills enough people, one can summon the divine dragon!"
"Captain Xiao, your member sure has a wild imagination!" Lu Xuan chided with humor looking at the young man.
"Xiao Kang, what are you doing here? Didn"t I tell you to go question the students? If you"re done, go and help Si Lin."
"Actually Captain, I"m here to tell you about that. The legend of the henna started about the same time when a student called Lin Jing got into a car accident. I believe they"re connected. And Lin Jing is actually Headmaster Shen"s adopted daughter."
"Where are Si Lin and Mo Li?"
"They"re still at the meeting room. But captain, do you think this henna legend and that ritual is really that effective? Can it really heal the wounds from a car accident?"
"As a police officer, don"t tell me you believe in these things? Just focus on what we"re here to do, which is to capture the murderer." Then Xiao Rui walked away because the uncle who owned the milk tea stall had arrived.
"We might not believe it, but the killer definitely does. I do think this is some kind of ritual. Or at least the motive has something to do with the legend and the ritual." Lu Xuan pushed on his gla.s.ses. The students bustled out from the school because it was break time.
"Hmm? Isn"t that the girl who was chatting with Qiao Qing when they were waiting for their orders that day?" Kang Zhi pointed at a girl who was standing before the stall. Xiao Rui turned to the girl. The girl was indeed captured on the camera to be chatting with Qiao Qing, they should be friends.
The girl was now talking to another male student. "Jia Han, you"re here to buy milk tea for Jing Jing again?"
"Well, you know how much she likes milk tea. Plus she can"t move that much recently so I offered to come buy it for her. Plus Auntie Qin said I could use this opportunity to mix Jing Jing"s medicine into the milk tea. She"d take her medicine then."
"But... Haven"t you heard about the recent rumors about this milk tea stall?"
"What rumor?" Jia Han was confused.
"Erm, it"s... that, there are dirty things inside the milk teas. After hearing about that, I don"t dare to order from this stall anymore."
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Kang Zhi commented as he saw the crowd around the stall. "Wow, this group of student sure is impressive. They still dare to purchase milk teas from this stall?"
"After all, the news that the milk teas contain human ashes hasn"t been released to the public, so the students wouldn"t know about it. Therefore, I"m curious how did that girl find out." Xiao Rui narrowed his eyes at the girl.
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"There"s nothing I can do. This is a talisman Jing Jing gave me. But after the car accident, she didn"t even want to talk to me anymore... The milk tea is the only way I can get her to respond to me."