Chapter 124: 85. Night, Mystery Case 2
Jack’s Caucasian face was now even paler, making the fine freckles on his cheekbones all the more distinct. He glanced around at everyone in panic and said, still shaken:
"I, I got up to go for a morning run. At that time, there was almost no one in the entire dormitory. I, I walked past Zhou Guanghan’s old room, and suddenly noticed the door was open. I was curious, puzzled if someone had moved into that room again?"
Zhou Guanghan had just passed away over a month ago, so the room had remained vacant. The school and the apartment management had tacitly agreed not to assign anyone to it, despite it being a preferable single-occupancy room.
Eastern people might consider it a ’haunted house,’ and Western students had some taboos about it too.
Jack continued narrating: "I didn’t know what came over me, but I walked over as if possessed. I pushed the door open and looked inside, then saw..."
At this point, Jack couldn’t say anything more, only kept darting his eyes towards Marina and Spicy Girl.
Shi Nian, without even finishing washing up, was the first to rush out the door.
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Zhou Guanghan’s room number was ominous: 404.
Shi Nian rushed over, the door was already wide open, and there were already several people inside.
Sean.
Tang Yanqing.
And a few other students, probably from neighboring dorm rooms who came over out of curiosity.
Shi Nian didn’t have time to ask why Tang Yanqing happened to appear at this time or to look at Sean’s expression, but rushed straight to the bedside...
At a glance, she screamed!
It was S, it was S!
She was kneeling on the mattress with her back facing, bound with ropes, her head pressed down against the mattress, and from the waist down she was bent towards the doorway... her clothes slipped down to her knees...
She was tied up in such a humiliating manner—then, her life was taken.
Shi Nian tightly covered her mouth, walked around to take a closer look at S’s head and face. There were purplish strangulation marks on her neck, it was clear she was strangled to death.
The killer wasn’t satisfied with this; before leaving, they used the bedding to prop up S’s body, maintaining that humiliating posture.
That person wanted not only S’s life but to shame her as well.
After looking around, Shi Nian walked back to the door and collapsed onto Spicy Girl who had come running after her, tears streaming down her face.
All the roommates from 507 came over, and after witnessing, were stunned and unable to react for a long time.
More and more students came upon hearing the news, Sean hurriedly asked everyone to leave, set up a cordon at the doorway, saying it was to preserve the crime scene until the detectives arrive.
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Tang Yanqing also came out, gave Shi Nian a deep look, then said to Zhong Kui, who was relatively calm: "Take care of these ladies, and lead them back to the dormitories first. I will inform the school, classes will be temporarily dismissed today. Don’t go out, wait for the police to take statements."
Perhaps because, apart from Tang Yanqing who hadn’t officially moved in yet, there were only Zhong Kui and Jack, two males in the 507 suite. And Jack, who discovered the body, was so frightened he couldn’t leave the room. Thus, despite sharing a close relationship with S, Zhong Kui restrained his emotions and remained rare calm.
Zhong Kui nodded, quickly led everyone back to their rooms.
Shi Nian couldn’t calm down for a long time, Spicy Girl was also pale-faced, but she pressed her lips tightly, not crying.
Shortly after, the sound of police sirens came from outside the window. Shi Nian looked out and saw Jia Tianzi leading another slightly familiar officer, along with forensic team agents, entering the building.
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Before the police came to inquire, the door suddenly swung open with a bang, Marina walked in with a cold expression, heading straight to Spicy Girl, grabbed her by the collar, and slapped her face twice hard!
The sudden attack left Shi Nian dumbfounded, and Spicy Girl even more stunned by the hit.
Marina furiously said, "Was it you? Was it! Just because of the incident on the balcony yesterday and the necklace matter, you hated her to this extent!"
Spicy Girl cried out in grievance, more afraid of being implicated in the murder, she screamed: "It wasn’t me, it wasn’t me! Even if I had a conflict with her, it wouldn’t lead me to kill her!"
Although Spicy Girl was on the defensive, she didn’t give up on fighting back, staring at Marina angrily: "I suspect it was you! She hid the necklace in your locker, making you the scapegoat inside and out, you must hate her! And besides, you share a room with her. When she left the room last night to go sneakily to Zhou Guanghan’s haunted room, only you would know!"
"You must have followed her quietly. After causing her harm, you dragged her into Zhou Guanghan’s room, making her look so sinister-like!"