Chapter 337 - 335: Trying to Investigate Some Old Cold Cases

Chapter 337: Chapter 335: Trying to Investigate Some Old Cold Cases

When September rolled around, it was time for Cheng Jue to start college.

Su Miaoyi went with him to register.

Walking through the campus, Su Miaoyi felt like she had never seen so many handsome guys and beautiful girls in one place.

What a feast for the eyes. A real feast for the eyes.

"Sis, can you stop smiling?" Cheng Jue asked. After registering and picking up his living essentials, he was heading to the dorms, his hands full of bags.

Su Miaoyi, who was also carrying two bags, looked at him. "Since when do you get to tell me not to smile?"

"Are you here to see me off or to see the handsome guys?" Cheng Jue asked.

"And what if I’m looking at the beautiful girls?"

"You can’t!"

Su Miaoyi glanced at him. "What gives you the right to say anything?"

"I..."

Before he could finish, he saw Su Miaoyi take out her phone and send a voice message.

"Xingrou, let me tell you, there are handsome guys and beautiful girls everywhere. It’s so easy on my eyes. When you have time this weekend, I’ll bring you to see my little brother."

Cheng Jue glared at her, fuming.

Sensing his gaze, Su Miaoyi shot him a glare back.

"When you have time this weekend, are you coming to see *me*?" Cheng Jue asked angrily.

"Seeing you is just the excuse, of course. What’s so special about seeing you?" Su Miaoyi said.

"I’m handsome too, you know!" Cheng Jue was so mad he felt like he might just keel over on the spot.

Su Miaoyi glanced at him again and gave him a little push to the side. "Oh, come on. I’ve been looking at you for over a decade. I got tired of the sight ages ago."

Cheng Jue stopped following her and stood rooted to the spot.

Su Miaoyi glanced back at him but paid him no mind and kept walking.

After a moment, when Cheng Jue saw she wasn’t going to call out to him, he quickly hurried to catch up.

When they reached the dorm, the beds had already been assigned.

It was a four-person room.

After Cheng Jue arrived, they all introduced themselves.

"Is this your girlfriend?"

Su Miaoyi was looking for a wet wipe to clean his bed for him. Hearing the question, she looked up at the person who had spoken.

’He looks a little familiar.’

"Don’t be ridiculous, this is my sister!" Cheng Jue said quickly. "My *actual* sister!"

"Oh, my bad, my bad. Your sister is just too beautiful, I misunderstood. A total misunderstanding," the guy apologized quickly. "Hello! A pleasure to meet you. I’m Di Shulin."

Su Miaoyi looked at him. "Hello."

The other two roommates also greeted Su Miaoyi.

"You look about our age. Do you go to school in Jinghai too?" Di Shulin asked.

"I have a job," Su Miaoyi said.

"So, do you have a boyfriend?" Di Shulin asked.

Cheng Jue stood behind Di Shulin, shooting him a look that could kill. "What do you think you’re doing?"

Di Shulin jumped. "I’m just asking."

"You’re asking too much," Cheng Jue said.

Di Shulin glanced at him, then turned his head back to Su Miaoyi. "So, are you seeing anyone?"

Cheng Jue clicked his tongue in disapproval.

Su Miaoyi smiled and said, "No."

"Then do you have any requirements for a significant other?" Di Shulin asked quickly.

Cheng Jue moved between him and Su Miaoyi. "Stop asking."

Di Shulin kept talking to Su Miaoyi from behind Cheng Jue. "Hey, my brother is twenty-eight this year, and he’s super handsome—way more handsome than me. Do you want to meet him?"

Cheng Jue tried to make Di Shulin shut up.

But Di Shulin was determined to have his say.

"Come on, just meet him! My family’s pretty well-off," Di Shulin shouted.

Su Miaoyi just smiled. In just half a minute, she crafted a whole persona for herself, a woman with a story. She sighed and said, "I’ve already sealed my heart away from love."

Hearing the sorrow in her voice, Cheng Jue was speechless. "..."

"Huh?" Di Shulin stared at her.

Su Miaoyi just sighed again, saying no more.

Di Shulin didn’t dare to press further, afraid of bringing up a painful memory.

They made the bed and put everything away.

Then, Su Miaoyi and Cheng Jue went out to eat.

"Sis, maybe you should enroll here too. I think you have a real talent for acting," Cheng Jue said.

"I couldn’t. I’d be worried my brilliance would overshadow all of you," Su Miaoyi said with a laugh. "Come on, let’s go try the cafeteria."

After dropping Cheng Jue off at the university and getting him all settled in, Su Miaoyi left.

She left Cheng Jue to get familiar with his roommates and the campus.

As she walked toward the university exit, Su Miaoyi kept sighing to herself. ’So easy on the eyes, so easy on the eyes.’

But she suddenly felt like someone was watching her.

She turned to look behind her.

It was registration day for new students, so the campus was crowded.

The moment she turned, all she saw was a sea of people.

Su Miaoyi scanned the area, but there were simply too many people. She didn’t see anyone who looked out of place.

She wasn’t even entirely sure about the feeling she’d just had.

The sheer number of people was clouding her judgment.

So, she scanned her surroundings one more time. Just then, her phone buzzed with a message. She glanced at it, continued walking, and checked it.

It was from Chu Xingrou.

Chu Xingrou: [Are they really that easy on the eyes? Even more so than the guys at our bureau?]

Keeping an eye on what was behind her, Su Miaoyi sent a voice message back to Chu Xingrou. "The guys at work are handsome, but you get a little tired of seeing them all the time. Everyone here is new, young, and... innocent."

Chu Xingrou first sent a star-struck emoji.

Then she sent another message: [Sister Miaomiao, I’m free every weekend. We could go every weekend. I’m already this old; it’s about time I started dating.]

Su Miaoyi replied with a laughing-hysterically emoji.

She then took another lap around the school. When she no longer felt anyone staring at her from behind, she hailed a cab to the Municipal Bureau.

She sat down at her workstation and saw that the snack bag hanging on the side of her desk was full.

They must have been left by Lu Zhishen and Chu Xingrou.

She picked through them, chose a pack of gummies she hadn’t seen before, and tried one. Just as she turned on her computer, Meng Shuyi suddenly appeared beside her and knocked on her desk.

Su Miaoyi quickly stood up. "Director Meng."

Meng Shuyi placed three file folders on her desk.

"This is..."

"It’s a fifteen-year-old case," Meng Shuyi said, tapping the top folder. "Take a look and see if you can offer any new lines of thought."

"Fifteen years ago?" Su Miaoyi flipped open the top folder and took a look.

"Yes," Meng Shuyi said. "After you all got back from Chang City, the higher-ups held a meeting. They decided to have you try your hand at some old cold cases."

Su Miaoyi looked at the victim’s information.

For a fifteen-year-old case, the body would be long gone, and almost all traces of evidence would have disappeared.

The older the case, the harder it is to solve.

"I’ve also spoken with Zhuang Yanzheng," Meng Shuyi said. "He’s in a meeting, but you two can discuss it when he gets back."

"Okay," Su Miaoyi agreed.

"Alright," Meng Shuyi said, patting her shoulder. "Get to it."

Su Miaoyi sat down and gave all three folders a quick skim.

The tragic case of a family of five.

No fingerprints, footprints, bloodstains, or the like were left at the scene.

Back then, the investigation went on for a long time, covering a very wide range of suspects.

But the killer was never found.

Fifteen years ago.

Su Miaoyi did a quick calculation.

Based on her own age, she would have been in the sixth grade.

Going by Qin Leyan’s age, he would have still been in middle school.

Su Miaoyi flipped through the file again. The head of the Criminal Investigation Division at the time was... Qin Chengyuan.

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