Chapter 236 - 234: So That’s How It Is, It Really Is So (First Update)

Chapter 236: Chapter 234: So That’s How It Is, It Really Is So (First Update)

Xu Jing looked at Yu Yang and said, "Tell me in detail."

"I just found out that this Cao Wanyi is actually Doctor Cao’s daughter. Doctor Cao is the Arithmetic Doctor at the Imperial College, but he mainly teaches Outer Students and Inner Residence Students. I’m not very familiar with him."

Zhao Jing’an said, "About a year ago, many things happened to Doctor Cao that shook the entire Imperial College. To summarize, Doctor Cao, Doctor Cao’s daughter, and Doctor Cao’s wife, all died."

Xu Jing was taken aback.

Zhao Jing’an continued, "Doctor Cao married late and didn’t have a daughter until he was nearly thirty, so he always treated his only daughter as a treasure. Who would have thought that over a year ago, his daughter suddenly disappeared? It wasn’t until more than a month later that she was finally found at the bottom of a cliff outside the city. When they found her, her body was... mauled beyond recognition by wild animals. Doctor Cao only recognized her from the clothing remnants and a jade bracelet she always wore.

Also, because the body was so badly damaged and discovered too late, it was very difficult for the authorities to conduct an investigation, and it ended up becoming a cold case.

Doctor Cao’s wife passed away not long after the shock, during which time Doctor Cao was in deep grief. Once, while coming down the stairs, he accidentally fell and broke his right leg. Everyone at the Imperial College was very sympathetic to his plight. Mr. Song even directly gave him a six-month leave to rest and recover.

Who would have thought... it was like a curse on their family. One night, Doctor Cao’s dormitory suddenly caught fire, and after much effort to put out the fire, Doctor Cao was already unrecognizable, following his wife and daughter in death..."

Xu Jing and Zhao Shaohua couldn’t help but show sympathetic expressions.

This was complete family destruction; what Hua Jiu said yesterday was really understated...

But Yu Yang suddenly said excitedly, "What curse! Damn curse! Doctor Cao was killed by those four scumbags! It wasn’t enough for them to kill Miss Cao, they wouldn’t even spare Doctor Cao!

After Miss Cao and his wife passed away, Doctor Cao was determined to find the culprit who killed Miss Cao! For this, he painstakingly investigated everyone Miss Cao had contact with before her death, not even sparing those who only exchanged a few words with her!

Not long after that, Doctor Cao’s dormitory caught fire! Who would believe it wasn’t their doing!"

Xu Jing frowned slightly and looked at Yu Yang, speaking calmly, "I’ve been wanting to ask you, you seem to know too much. How did you find out about these things?"

Yu Yang bit his lower lip and fell silent again.

Xu Jing sneered and said, "You sure are stubborn. But even if you refuse to cooperate now, it’s too late. With the information I have now, I can deduce a lot.

We forced He Anming’s personal servant, Hua Jiu, to tell us about Miss Cao. Before that, no one else in the world should know who killed Miss Cao except those involved that day!

How do you know that Miss Cao was killed by those four? You even know that the person carrying out these murders is related to Miss Cao?!

Your certainty that they are the murderers of Miss Cao comes down to three possibilities. One, you overheard them discussing Miss Cao’s death at some point, thus learning the truth.

Two, you accidentally found or obtained evidence proving that they killed Miss Cao.

Three... you were there when Miss Cao was attacked, and you saw those four kill Miss Cao!"

Yu Yang’s eyes widened, his face turning pale.

This woman’s powers of deduction are way too strong!

Just from his few words, she managed to deduce so much!

When Xu Jing mentioned the third possibility, Yu Yang’s body trembled imperceptibly, and Xu Jing’s corners of her mouth curled up slightly, "It seems you did see it."

Zhao Jing’an, who had been looking at Xu Jing with admiration, couldn’t help but say, "How can that be! If... if he saw those four kill Miss Cao, why didn’t he say anything then!"

"It’s probably fear of retribution."

Zhao Shaohua looked at the small boy with a complex gaze as he grew increasingly ashen, "Those four come from powerful families. Even if he testified and made them pay for their crimes, their families wouldn’t spare him. Besides, those families would certainly try everything to protect them. His testimony as a student at the Imperial College without power might not be enough to convict them."

Zhao Jing’an was taken aback.

Indeed.

If he were in Yu Yang’s position, he may not have had the courage to speak up either.

Yu Yang closed his eyes tightly, a pained and contorted expression on his face, with large tears unknowingly rolling down his cheeks.

Xu Jing looked at him and said in a deep voice, "It seems we were right. You didn’t step forward to testify against those four, though it protected yourself, you couldn’t escape your conscience, so after that, you started paying such close attention to Doctor Cao’s family..."

"No! I am a thousand times more disgusting and ugly than you say!"

Yu Yang suddenly glared, gritting his teeth, "The day Miss Cao caught the interest of those four scumbags wasn’t her first time at the Imperial College. She had been here a few times before, and once, she even saved me when I was being bullied! After that, every time she came to the college, she’d talk to me. She said she felt like I was a younger brother to her and said her father also came from an ordinary farming family who worked hard to become a doctor at the college. She said if I worked hard, I could make something of myself too.

That time, I heard that when Miss Cao came to the college, she accidentally bumped into Zhang Zhengbo, one of those four scumbags. Although Zhang Zhengbo didn’t take it seriously, I felt uneasy in my heart. So afterwards, during the college vacation, I went to her home early one morning and secretly followed her.

Then... then I saw the servants of those four scumbags lure her into an empty alley, cover her with a burlap sack, and directly put her in a waiting carriage...

But I did nothing; I didn’t report it, nor did I tell Doctor Cao... because I was afraid of their retribution... Later, even when Miss Cao’s body was found, I didn’t come forward..."

Everyone listened, stunned.

So that’s what happened, it actually happened this way!

"I didn’t dare do anything, only secretly felt excited after they were killed, making some covert actions when people came to the college to investigate..."

Yu Yang’s face was full of remorse, tears streaming down.

These matters had been kept deep in his heart for a long time and had tortured him for a long time.

Afraid of being looked down upon and fearing involvement in this affair, he hadn’t wanted to speak until this woman cornered him.

He was just a cowardly person; he had no other choice!

Xu Jingjing was silent for a long while before she said, "One last question, how did you know that the perpetrator of this case was related to Miss Cao?"

His words were strange, even claiming the perpetrator was a ghost.

But one thing was clear—he evidently believed this case was related to Miss Cao’s matter.