Chapter 764: Chapter 408: A Suspect Emerges

Meanwhile, Qin Feng led the task force members to Zhang Qian’s former middle school again.

From a distance, a crisp reading sound intermittently drifted from the teaching building, and the entire campus was filled with an atmosphere of youthful vitality and knowledge.

He parked the police car outside the school gate, dressed in plain clothes, and walked steadily into the campus, trying not to attract too much attention.

The accompanying officer Chen glanced around the environment while lowering his voice to ask, "Brother Feng, are we going to go directly to the school leaders or her former homeroom teacher next?"

Qin Feng pondered slightly and shook his head, "No rush. If we contact the school management and homeroom teacher again, the response we get is likely to be similar to what was previously recorded in the record."

"What they provide is more about academic and disciplinary information, but they may not truly grasp the real state, off-campus life, of kids at this age."

Chen seemed to understand and nodded, "So, they might not deliberately conceal, but there indeed exists an information blind spot?"

Qin Feng nodded slightly, speaking calmly, "That’s roughly what it means."

"Just like when we were studying, teachers knew everyone’s grades and classroom performance, but they may not truly understand everyone’s real life after school, social relationships, and psychological states."

"They might have channels to know, but may not actively pursue it—unless problems arise."

Chen couldn’t help but laugh, with a bit of self-deprecation, "That reminds me of when I was in junior high, outwardly a well-behaved ’good student,’ but actually, I often sneaked to the arcade to play ’Three Kingdoms,’ still finished homework at home and did okay in exams. A teacher never noticed."

Qin Feng also showed a trace of a smile, responding, "I was the same back then, every day after class, I’d head straight to the arcade to play rounds of ’King of Fighters’ before going home."

"Grades didn’t fall behind, in the teachers’ eyes, I was always a diligent student."

As they chatted, they walked and soon reached Zhang Qian’s former class—Grade One (Upper).

At this moment, a classroom quiz was underway inside, with only the rustling sound of pen tips gliding over paper among the silence.

Passing by the corridor windows slowly, Qin Feng’s gaze swept over the young and focused faces in the classroom and finally gestured to Chen.

Chen understood, walked to the classroom door, and raised his hand to wave lightly.

A young female teacher on the podium noticed them, walked out of the classroom with a hint of doubt, and politely asked, "Hello, are you two students’ parents?"

Qin Feng, hearing this, looked beside him with a helpless smile and joked softly, "My girlfriend is yet to appear, and I’ve become a junior high student’s parent first."

Then, he formally took out his police badge, speaking gently, "Hello teacher, we’re from the Jiangcheng City Public Security Bureau Criminal Investigation Team, here to further understand some things about Zhang Qian."

Upon hearing "Zhang Qian’s" name, a visible hint of surprise and regret swept across the female teacher’s face.

She sighed softly, "Turns out it’s about Zhang Qian... I heard about it before; it’s really hard to accept."

She paused and her tone became more cooperative, "Is there anything I can help with?"

Qin Feng stepped forward, his voice steady and clear, "We hope to talk to a few classmates who were close to her, like friends who often spent time together."

The female teacher nodded without hesitation, "Although I’m not the homeroom teacher, I often saw Zhang Qian leaving after class with a girl named Li Meng, their relationship should be good."

"If needed, I can arrange it now."

Upon hearing this, Qin Feng quickly stepped forward, speaking sincerely, "That would be perfect, could you please ask her to come out?"

"We just have a few simple questions, won’t take much time."

Two minutes later, a girl with a ponytail, dressed in a school uniform, shyly came out from the back door of the classroom.

Her eyes were lowered, and her hands unconsciously pinched the edges of her clothes, appearing very nervous.

The female teacher gently patted her shoulder, soothingly said, "Lili, don’t be afraid, these two are police officers."

"They’re here to protect us and catch the bad guys for us."

"You used to be closest to Zhang Qian, now maybe it’s the last chance for you to do something for her..."

Before she finished speaking, Lili’s eyes were already red.

She bit her lip, trying not to let tears fall, but eventually couldn’t hold back, starting to sob softly.

She nodded while raising her hand to wipe the tears off her face.

Seeing this, Chen quietly gave a hint to the female teacher to switch to a quieter place.

The teacher immediately understood, speaking softly, "Why don’t we go to the broadcast room? It should be empty now."

So they walked one behind the other towards the campus broadcast room at the end of the corridor.

Pushing the door open, it was indeed empty.

The broadcast room is usually only used during exercises or large events.

At this time, only a few microphones quietly sat on the table.

Chen casually closed the door while Qin Feng cleared his throat, speaking as gently as possible, "Lili, don’t be nervous."

"We just want to learn about some things that happened when Zhang Qian was alive."

"As far as we know, she had an online boyfriend; apart from that, were there any other boys close to her?"

Lili calmed down a bit and softly said, "Actually...that online friend was her only boyfriend; there weren’t others."