Zhang Hongyan deliberately covered his heart with his hand and lamented: "Oh, my damn first love..."

This action made everyone laugh. Li Wenling ran over and hugged her, and the two of them laughed so hard that they couldn't stand upright.

Hu Pingtao smiled and winked at Su Zhiheng, who turned around knowingly and said to Duan Zhiqing: "Xiao Duan, come out for a moment. I have something to ask you."

Duan Zhiqing agreed, picked up the coat on the bed, put it on, and followed Su Zhiheng outside.

…

There is no one at the end of the corridor and the lights are on.

Yang Hong took out her key and opened the door to the dormitory management department, and several people walked in.

The fluorescent lamp struggled for five seconds, and finally made a choice between turning on or not. Hu Pingtao raised his head, looked at the blackened light tubes at both ends, and smiled at Yang Hong: "

The lighting facilities here have been around for a long time and it’s time to replace them.”

Yang Hong smiled apologetically: "That's how it is in the school. The funds are limited, so just make do with it!"

She immediately turned to Su Zhiheng: "Teacher Su, I have plugged in the water dispenser for you. If you want to drink water, just pour it yourself. Do you think there is anything else you need my help with?"

Su Zhiheng quickly replied: "Okay, okay. Thank you, Teacher Yang. I'm sorry to disturb you so late. If you have anything to do, you should go and do it first! I will close the door when you leave later."

Yang Hong smiled and said: "Okay, I'll leave first."

It was late at night, and no one would have accompanied Su Zhiheng to the girls' dormitory if the school leaders hadn't called to tell them specifically.

Watching Yang Hong leave, Hu Pingtao walked over and closed the door, casually pulled a chair behind Duan Zhiqing, and said lightly: "Sit down!"

She sat down timidly.

The light shines on Duan Zhiqing's face, showing a special, almost transparent light. Her skin is very white, not at all like a farm girl from the mountains. Looking closer, you can see a faint glow under the skin near her ears.

Blue blood vessels. The cortex is so thin that it seems like it can be broken with just a light touch.

Su Zhiheng sat on the chair, staring at Duan Zhiqing sitting opposite, without saying a word.

On the way here, Hu Pingtao communicated with him in a low voice. Now Su Zhiheng had a general understanding of the whole matter. Although he already knew the result, he still found it difficult to accept it and felt uncertain.

Hu Pingtao leaned against the side of his desk, put his hands in his pockets, and stared down at the cement floor under his feet.

After spending two minutes in silence, Duan Zhiqing hesitated to speak several times. Facing the two men who kept quiet, she felt that the atmosphere was extremely dull. She had a feeling of suffocation that she had never experienced before, and she suppressed an extremely uncomfortable feeling of suffocation.

After a long time, she finally opened her lips, reluctantly, but had to make a tentative sound.

"...Teacher Su...you are looking for me...do you have anything to do?"

Su Zhiheng frowned slightly and was about to speak when he saw Hu Pingtao, who was leaning at the table, waving his hand to him.

"I'm looking for you." Hu Pingtao turned around and faced Duan Zhiqing. He coughed and asked in a calm tone: "Li Wenling lost a set of cosmetics. Do you know about this?"

An imperceptible trace of panic flashed across Duan Zhiqing's eyes. She quickly controlled her emotions and nodded obediently: "I know."

Hu Pingtao smiled: "That's a set of Estee Lauder cosmetics. The European model is very different from the Asian model, mainly because it has some more basic tools for facial care and double the amount of eye cream. Because of this addition, foreign brands

The price of Estee Lauder suits in the market, especially in Europe, is much higher than in China. At more than a thousand euros, even in foreign countries, it cannot be considered cheap."

The muscles in the corners of Duan Zhiqing's eyes were twitching. She almost choked Hu Pingtao's finished words and shouted: "I have never seen that set of cosmetics. I was not in the dormitory the day Li Wenling lost her things. I was in the library. Chen Ruoyu can

Testify... By the way, she came back earlier than me. When I returned to the dormitory, the three of them were there. It was then that I found out that Li Wenling's cosmetics had been stolen."

Hu Pingtao didn't seem to hear Duan Zhiqing's words. He thought to himself: "Estee Lauder's suit is very big. The side of the box is more than fifty centimeters. There are soft pads inside and a portable makeup box. The packaging box is very beautiful.

, divided into gold and silver

Haha... I have read the oral record left by Li Wenling in the student office: She is a local, and when she brought this set of cosmetics from home to school, she carried them in a paper bag containing mooncakes. Later, the cosmetics were gone.

But the paper bag is still there."

Duan Zhiqing kept blinking her eyes, and her eyelashes fluttering up and down showed that she was in intense thinking. She spoke very quickly, almost blurting out the words: "I really don't know anything. I went to class early that morning

, didn’t come back at noon, and went directly to the canteen to get food.”

Hu Pingtao was obviously not in the same thinking circuit as Duan Zhiqing. He turned a blind eye to these excuses and kept using a magnetic voice full of masculine charm, low, slow, and rhythmic.

"The key to this theft is the set of Estee Lauder cosmetics."

"I have read the information about your school: the School of Information was formerly the School of Economics and Management, and was later upgraded to three schools. The state has hardware requirements for the promotion of educational institutions, so the School of Economics and Management underwent a comprehensive restructuring four years ago, especially in terms of infrastructure.

, demolish the old building and build a new one based on the original one.”

"The dormitory you are living in now used to be a two-story classroom facing the street. After the renovation and expansion, a green belt was added 20 meters away from the street, and there is an eight-meter wide walkway in the middle. In order to prevent outsiders from sneaking in,

The outer wall of the college is equipped with barbed iron spikes, which connect the walking path and the building.

There is also a set of multi-directional surveillance cameras every fifty meters. The girls' dormitory is in a "concave" shape, with only one exit due south. Three cameras can capture that location from different angles. In other words, as long as you look at the dormitory door from the

Anyone who comes in or out will leave a video record."

Doubts arose in Duan Zhiqing's heart, gradually overpowering the spreading fear. After calming down, she asked strangely: "What you said... I don't understand, what does this have to do with Li Wenling's lost cosmetics?"

Hu Pingtao raised his hands and made a hug gesture in the air: "A box with a side length of fifty centimeters is so big. Whether it is carried in a packaging bag or hugged, it attracts attention when walking on the street, not to mention

It is said to be in a place like school. This is not an art school, and there will not be people walking around carrying large objects such as drawing boards. Even if there is, it can only be to change dormitories. "

"The Student Affairs Office and the Security Department took the matter of Li Wenling throwing things very seriously. On the day of the incident, they retrieved the surveillance video of the dormitory door, but found no footage of anyone entering or exiting with large items."

"The management of the girls' dormitory is very strict. It is impossible to take something and tie it with a rope and let it out of the window, and there are people below to help. What's more, there are surveillance cameras on all sides of the dormitory. The window of dormitory 405 where you live is right.

It faces the playground, where people come and go, and the lights are on even at night."

Duan Zhiqing's heart was beating wildly, and she forced herself to calm down: "You... why are you telling me this? I didn't take Li Wenling's makeup box. I did see it when she brought it from home that day.

, but she put it away right away, and I didn’t even touch it.”

Hu Pingtao was not so much smiling as he was joking: "Li Wenling is a bit careless. She lost something worth nearly ten thousand, and it doesn't have any impact... But well, the duty of the police is to maintain public order. Since there are people

If you call the police, we must search carefully and deal with it seriously."

Hearing this, Duan Zhiqing's face suddenly turned pale. She stammered and asked: "...Um...you...are you a policeman?"

Hu Pingtao took out his own ID card from his jacket pocket and opened it in front of Duan Zhiqing: "This is my police officer ID card."

Duan Zhiqing opened her lips slightly, and the cold air she inhaled stimulated the inside of her mouth. The stimulated nerves in her brain suddenly contracted, and fear overwhelmed her doubts.

She subconsciously glanced at Su Zhiheng, who was sitting across from him, and found that he was leaning on the armrest of the chair, looking at her as well, with deep questioning eyes.

"I didn't take anything from Li Wenling." Duan Zhiqing looked flustered, shook her head, and defended hurriedly: "I really didn't take it, you must believe me."

Hu Pingtao looked at her with pity and seriousness: "The price of that set of cosmetics is more than 7,000 yuan. This is well documented. According to regulations, if items worth more than 1 yuan and 3,000 yuan are stolen, a case can be filed and the trial will be carried out.

punishment."

Large areas of bright red flooded Duan Zhiqing's cheeks, and then quickly dispersed under the intense stimulation of nerves. She tightly grasped the armrest of the chair, and the muscles at the front of her arms exposed from the cuffs of her cotton pajamas were tense, and her fingers seemed to be pinched hard.

Hard wooden part: "I didn't take it, it wasn't me."

Su Zhiheng, who had been silent all this time, was irritated. He was about to open his mouth to rebuke, but saw Hu Pingtao wave his hand at him, so he suppressed his anger and controlled his emotions.

Seeing Duan Zhiqing who was restless, Hu Pingtao moved to the opposite side of her, bent down, and stared at her condescendingly.

"I didn't say it was you who took Li Wenling's cosmetics. When we police handle cases, what we pay attention to is evidence."

"I just want to tell you a few facts."

"First of all, the location of the girls' dormitory. As I said just now, this is a large secret room to a certain extent. There are surveillance cameras outside, and students inside come and go. Only two days have passed since the incident, you

There is also a lot of evidence preserved in dormitory 405. To put it simply, based on the surveillance records, not to mention me, even the security department of your school can conclude that the stolen set of Estee Lauder cosmetics is still hidden in

They were not transported out of the dormitory building."

"When the crime happened the day before yesterday, the four people in your dormitory, including you, were called to the student office for individual questioning by the Security Department. I have read the records. Zhang Hongyan, Li Wenling, Chen Ruoyu, and you all have alibis.

.”

"Li Wenling also used that set of cosmetics when she got up that morning, and then the four of you went out to class together. Zhang Hongyan had four classes in the morning, and Li Wenling finished the first and second classes. The classes after ten o'clock are elective and must leave the main building.

Go to Teaching Building No. 3. Five people left and arrived at the same time as her."

"Chen Ruoyu is in the same grade as you but in different majors. She only had the first class to attend that day, and she went to the library for the second, third, and fourth classes."

"You and Li Wenling were in the same class, but in different majors. There were only one and two classes that morning. After the second class, you went to the library and found Chen Ruoyu. Regarding this, you made a statement to the Security Department, and Chen Ruoyu also

I made an alibi for you."

Hearing this, the tension in Duan Zhiqing's heart eased slightly. She swallowed hard and exclaimed: A drowning person suddenly received help before dying, and when he stuck his head out from the water, he breathed in the strong relief of fresh air, mixed with heavy breathing.

sound.

"Yes...I...I went to the library and sat at the same table with Chen Ruoyu and read."

Hu Pingtao held his right elbow with his left hand, raised his right index finger, and shook it back and forth in the air a few times: "The crux of the problem is here... But, some things are pointless to explain directly. I'd better go back and tell you first.

Tell me about the whereabouts of that set of cosmetics."

"Everyone in dormitory 405 has a standing cabinet. I just saw that the cabinet is built against the wall. It is more than one meter high and only 35 centimeters deep. This size cannot hide the set of cosmetics anyway.

Only some daily utensils can be placed."

"Since the thing has not been taken out, it means that it is still hidden in a corner of this building."

"Hiding in other dormitories? It is indeed possible. But the risk is too high. That means colluding with another person, and the chance of leakage and detection is greater. For a careful thief,

Saying so is tantamount to putting the handle into other people's hands, and it is likely to end in nothing."

"You are very good-looking, and there are many boys chasing you, but you have not chosen any of them to be your boyfriend. I don't know the specific reason. Maybe you don't like those suitors, or maybe you have a better one.

The goal, but that’s not the point. The key is that you don’t have a close relationship with a boy, which means that the possibility of handing over that set of cosmetics to others to hide is very small, and can even be ignored.”

Duan Zhiqing, who had just felt slightly relieved, fell into the cold ice cellar again. She almost followed Hu Pingtao's words and made a frightened excuse that even she couldn't believe: "I didn't take it, I really didn't take it!"

Hu Pingtao looked at her calmly: "Eliminate all impossible targets in order, and the last remaining stolen goods hiding space is the box under Chen Ruoyu's bed. It is large and large enough to hold the entire makeup box.

"

"If I guess correctly, Li Wenling brought cosmetics from home to the dormitory that night, and you had already planned to hide them in Chen Ruoyu's box."
Chapter completed!