S.C.I.谜案集 (Special Criminal Investigation) Book 2

Case 3. Password Killer: Chapter 14. Misleading

After arriving at the south teaching building, Bai Yutang successfully blocked Zhang Jianqi in the office. Then, Bai Yutang asked Ma Han to bring Bai Fangqin. After entering the office, Zhang Jianqi and Bai Fangqin looked at each other, both very embarrassed.

Bai Yutang did not speak. He sat down on a stool and looked up at them with a smile.

"Captain Bai..." Bai Fangqin did not know how to explain. She smiled awkwardly at Bai Yutang and said, "We didn't mean to hide this..."

"Didn't mean to?" Bai Yutang interrupted. "Zhang Hua was directly involved in the case at that time. Zhang Jianqi is obviously in charge of liberal arts, but you lied to us that he is in the science and engineering department, just to distance him from these cases. This is not just hindering the investigation, but also misleading us. It's a crime. Both of you are principals, so both of you should know a bit about the legal system."

Both Bai Fangqin and Zhang Jianqi's faces flushed. They were not young, and as principals, their job was to teach people. Yet today, they were the ones being taught a lesson by a young man in his twenties.

"Principal Bai is just trying to help me." Zhang Jianqi said to Bai Yutang guiltily, "If you want to blame someone, blame me... I begged her to help."

Bai Yutang shook his head and looked at Zhan Zhao, who touched his chin and looked at Zhang Jianqi. After a while, Zhan Zhao asked, "Principal Zhang, you should be in a difficult situation right now, so why are you still playing basketball with the students? Or is it because the basketball court is close to the old building? You want to see what's going on? But there's not much to see this far away... Unless, you are not interested about what we are discussing, but about something else?"

Zhang Jianqi turned pale and smiled at Zhan Zhao, "I have read your book... I didn't expect you to be even more amazing than what's written in the book."

Zhan Zhao raised his eyebrows and said, "Does it have something to do with your son? Do you think something is wrong with him?"

Zhang Jianqi sighed and said, "Zhang Hua was a good person and had good grades. He was also good looking. However, ever since that incident, something changed. It's like he's given up on everything, fooling around all day. He's not even graduating... Originally, he wanted to do postgraduate studies, but..."

"Why did Zhang Hua suddenly change?" Bai Yutang asked, "Did you ask him about what happened that year?"

Zhang Jianqi shook his head and said, "I asked him many times, but he wouldn't tell me."

"Where is he now?" Zhan Zhao asked.

"This is why I kept it from you guys." Zhang Jianqi shook his head helplessly and said, "Zhang Hua has been fooling around like this for several years. He is like a ghost, keeps disappearing. However, for some reason, he suddenly changed recently. It's like he's back to his old self."

Bai Yutang and Zhan Zhao looked at each other. They both found this quite interesting.

"His mom and I are very happy, but when we asked Bao Sir about the case, we learned that you were reopening it. I was afraid this would make him change again, so I did something stupid."

Bai Yutang looked at Zhan Zhao, asking in his head, "Cat, is he telling the truth?"

Zhan Zhao smiled and said to Zhang Jianqi, "According to your son's behaviour, his previous change was caused by the incident. His subsequent behaviour was to keep himself alive. His situation is very serious. Your son may have suddenly realised that he wasn't doing good and changed or forgot about the incident and changed... However, these two options are not likely. There is only one reason why he has changed again. He's been freed from the knot in his heart."