Chapter 1 A University

University is a place brimming with youth; only those who have left can truly appreciate its beauty.

In summer, you might never again see so many young women and girls wearing hot pants, mini-skirts, or stockings;

Nor will you experience those carefree days of holing up in the dorm, playing games, and teaming up online.

However, despite the suicide case, the campus hasn't been greatly affected.

These days, at schools with a decent number of students, whether universities or middle schools, one or two deaths a year rarely cause much of a stir.

Everyone continues to skip class or go to the library as usual.

"Wearing so little even in the dead of winter, tsk tsk, those legs, that butt, those breasts…"

Lawyer An walked very slowly,

He felt as if he were amidst a garden of flowers,

Engaged in selecting a concubine.

If only he had gotten his new car sooner; he really wanted to leave a bottle of Veelucky (脉动) on it.

Even in the cold of winter,

There really are a lot, a lot of beauty-loving young women.

"Can you hurry up?"

Lao Zhang urged from ahead.

"Oh, okay."

Lawyer An took out a tissue and wiped his lips, wondering why he was so excited today.

Although he had been busy with the sanatorium in Dujiangyan, he didn't have to do any manual labor. After finishing his tasks and giving instructions each day, he often went to Chengdu to have fun, so he shouldn't be this pent-up.

Lawyer An could never have foreseen that,

He had just drunk a large cup of extra-strength coffee with added ingredients after returning to the bookstore,

And its magical nourishing effects were beginning to manifest!

"Hoo…"

Lawyer An had to go to the bathroom in the teaching building to wash his face, but when he looked in the mirror, he still found his face flushed.

He shook his head,

Splashed the water off his face,

And then Lawyer An followed Lao Zhang to the roof.

Although a suicide had occurred, there was no evidence of murder, so it was most likely a suicide. Therefore, except for the appropriately placed caution tape on the roof, the teaching building was being used normally the next day.

After all, there were so many students, and it wasn't a holiday; the school had to keep running.

Lawyer An stepped over the caution tape, and Lao Zhang pointed to a step near the edge and said:

"It was here."

Sun Tiecheng, who jumped, must have been standing here. His footprints, probably from sneakers, are still there.

Lawyer An nodded,

Twitched his nose,

Then ran to the other side,

Bent over and stuck his head behind the wall,

Reached in and grabbed around,

And quickly,

Pulled out two used Biyuntao (碧云涛) condoms.

"Shiba…"

Lawyer An threw the Biyuntao on the ground and shook his hand vigorously.

Lao Zhang came over, examined the marks on them, and said:

"They've been there a long time."

Definitely not from yesterday.

"These students nowadays are really open."

Lawyer An bit his lip, walked to the spot where Sun Tiecheng jumped, and closed his eyes.

In his mind, he began to recall the scene from yesterday with Lao Dao.

The man probably didn't want to die; that much was certain. He probably just wanted to call Lao Dao, treat Lao Dao like a naive and generous soft touch, and try to sell him a sob story to get some money.

If that was the case, unless he accidentally fell after hanging up the phone, he wouldn't have committed suicide.

If he really did accidentally fall, then that would be truly…

If he didn't accidentally fall, then it was murder.

"Did you check the surveillance cameras?" Lawyer An asked.

"We checked. We checked all the surveillance cameras in this teaching building. Sun Tiecheng came up at about 3:30 a.m. After he came up, no one else entered the building.

If students want to stay up late to read or study, they usually do it in the library or in their dorms.

And,

The eyewitnesses who saw the jump confirmed that they first saw Sun Tiecheng standing on the edge, and then he jumped down on his own. They didn't see anyone else on the roof."

Lawyer An nodded,

And continued to ponder.

Then,

He opened his eyes again,

Leaned his body forward slightly,

And looked down.

High,

It really was high.

That Sun guy must have had a terrible fall.

Lawyer An shrugged,

Just as he was about to pull back,

He saw a cloth doll hanging from a window on one of the lower floors.

A cloth doll wearing a red dress seemed to be fixed to the window. Because of the strong wind at the high level, the doll was constantly being blown around, but it never fell.

Lawyer An immediately turned around, went downstairs, and moved quickly on the stairs.

Lao Zhang followed behind him, wanting to ask if Lawyer An had discovered something, but seeing Lawyer An in such a hurry, he didn't ask, just followed.

In the entire police force, he was probably the only one who could mobilize ghost servants to help solve cases, so he couldn't treat the people in the bookstore as his subordinates.

What's more,

He himself was a subordinate of the bookstore.

Lawyer An came to the twelfth floor according to his memory and walked to the door. It was probably an office, but obviously no one was working here anymore. Through the glass of the door, he could see that it was full of杂物(zá wù, miscellaneous items).

Seeing that only Lao Zhang had followed him and there were no surveillance cameras nearby, Lawyer An simply used his white bone hand to pry open the door lock and walked in.

The window of the杂物间(zá wù jiān, storage room) was open.

The window was the traditional old-fashioned push-out type.

The cloth doll wearing a red dress was tied to the upper left corner of the window with a rope. The wind blew, causing it to sway, as if it were dancing.

When he got closer, Lawyer An realized that the doll had a very unique style.

It had big eyes,

And it wasn't female. Although it had long chestnut hair, it had a mustache on its face.

This freaking thing,

Was a male doll!

"Anything unusual?"

Lao Zhang felt like he was Yuanfang (元芳),

Always setting the stage.

But he had to do it,

Because he knew,

When encountering some supernatural situations,

His twenty years of criminal police experience really weren't very useful.

Lawyer An pointed at the cloth doll,

His finger was trembling,

His expression was excited!

Lao Zhang also immediately became excited and asked:

"It, it, it,

It's really ugly!"

"…" Lao Zhang.

………………

"Sigh."

Lawyer An held his chopsticks,

Feeling somewhat melancholic,

Looking at the盒饭(hé fàn, box lunch) in front of him,

He just felt like he was really losing out.

"I thought I'd be able to eat the food that Lao Xu made when I came back today, sigh."

Lao Zhang squatted at the door,

Eating his meal while watching outside.

He actually had the most right to speak,

Because for a long time before, he always came to the bookstore at the right time, happened to sit down, and happened to pick up his chopsticks.

"When are we leaving?"

Lao Zhang ate the last bite of rice, put a grain of rice on his finger into his mouth, and asked.

"What, are you in a hurry to go back?"

Lawyer An asked with some curiosity.

"I need to go to the hospital."

"Oh, heh heh heh."

Lawyer An sneered,

"It's a good thing you met our boss."

Lao Zhang smiled awkwardly and lowered his head.

"I heard about what happened a while ago. Actually, even if I had been here, I wouldn't have been able to help much, but after all, it's all in the past. After seeing so many storms, people grow up."

Lao Zhang continued to nod awkwardly,

You're older,

You talk, you talk.

"Actually, I'm sometimes quite grateful that even if I had been killed by those debt collectors, it would have been because I was inferior and couldn't beat them.

Besides, my dad already did a great job; he really helped me a lot."

"Huh? Didn't your dad go bankrupt?"

"Yeah, if he hadn't gone bankrupt, I guess I would have had to join the 23rd class of the Huangpu Military Academy."

"23rd class of the Huangpu Military Academy?"

Lao Zhang pinched his fingers and started calculating.

"Don't calculate, it's 1949."

Lawyer An picked up the Coke on the table and took a big gulp,

Then slammed it on the table,

And said:

"I almost joined the Guomindang in '49!"

"Uh…" Lao Zhang's face turned red as he tried hard not to laugh, and said: "That's really lucky."

"Laugh if you want to laugh. I myself want to laugh when I think about it now. My dad went to such lengths to prevent me from going astray, and I still let him down, sigh."

"A parent's heart is always for their child."

"Can you be a little more sincere when you're being perfunctory?"

"Sorry."

Lawyer An put down the盒饭(hé fàn, box lunch),

Walked to Lao Zhang's side, squatted down as well,

And said:

"Actually, the boss and I have the same opinion of you. You, just continue to be your good policeman.

Greatness is revealed in the ordinary,

Lao Zhang,

Good people will be rewarded.

Aren't you an example?"

"Mmm…"

"You're lucky, actually, I'm lucky too, really.

I really want to go back to hell right now and burn incense for those bastards who made the decision to expel me, deprive me of my background, and even hunt me down!

No,

I'd even kowtow to them,

I really want to thank them,

Sincerely thank them,

Otherwise, where would I have this opportunity now?

They are my re-born parents!"

A master of the Nether Sea,

A suspected incarnation of the Taishan Prefecture Lord on earth,

I really admire you,

Hugging both of those thick legs, if I still can't make a name for myself, I'll just find a piece of tofu and kill myself.

Lao Zhang couldn't quite understand Lawyer An's thought process, because some things Lawyer An only guessed in his heart, but didn't dare to say out loud.

"How much longer do we have to wait?"

Lawyer An looked at his watch and said:

"Soon, wait until it's completely dark."

"And then?"

"Then go to the roof."

"Still going to the roof?"

"Although that little bastard deserved to die,

Since a pot of dirty water has been splashed on Tai… Lao Dao's head,

Aren't the people in the bookstore all family?

We always have to help our family investigate the matter clearly, right?"

"What you're saying sounds strange, like it's all foggy."

"No, Lao Zhang, you know what, I've never admired my own vision as much as I do now!"