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5. Bathe in the fire (5)

The wind suddenly blew at night.

Gu Qingtong rarely gets off work and goes home to rest on time, but she has no sleepiness.

After washing up, she got into bed and hypnotized herself.

The whistling wind outside the window was like a burst of pain, intertwined and overlapped with the crying of the students in the video. Even though he covered his ears, Gu Qingtong still heard it sincerely.

Not long after, she sat upright in her quilt, recalling the case she took over during the day.

Following the campus violence case at Huayu School, the provincial key Jinyang No. 1 Middle School also followed suit.

In the two classes in the first grade of senior high school, there was a vicious fight in physical education class due to physical testing venue division. A total of 19 students were injured. The one with the worst injuries was sent to the ICU and died after failed rescue.

The police retrieved the surveillance around the playground and sorted out more than a dozen videos from various angles.

Due to the distance from far and low pixels, these fragments cannot provide evidence support.

At a loss, someone uploaded a live short film taken close to the Internet, causing a large-scale sensation.

The case handlers followed the publisher's account and found out that the fight between students from Jinyang No. 1 Middle School was not an independent case.

The publisher seemed to have noticed the trouble and immediately cancelled his account.

The police investigation was not interrupted. Through technical means, more than 20 folders of the account were restored. Each folder included five videos, recording all of which were violent crimes in campuses from different schools and at different times.

Therefore, several cases were merged into one case and handed over to the serious case team for handling.

After Wang Zhizeng retired, Pan Shaofang was promoted to the leader of the serious crime team.

The new official took office for three reasons, and Da Pan wanted to select the most capable assistant. Through the secret ballot, Gu Qingtong was unanimously recommended by everyone and was promoted to the throne of deputy team leader.

On the second day of taking office, the files of campus violence case were put on the table.

Pan Shaoyan made a concise request: "Time is tight and the task is heavy, everyone should work hard to achieve results within three days!"

Gu Qingtong knew that the "result" mentioned by Da Pan refers to the guy who found out the video and uploaded it.

This account uses a foreign proxy server to access the Internet, hiding the real IP address, so it is impossible to determine where "he" is hiding.

However, the most important point is that the videos uploaded by "he" are all emergencies in schools in Jinyang City, and most of them are content that has not been exposed by the media.

Inertial thinking hinders the progress of the investigation, and everyone in the Crime Squad fell into a state of anxiety.

Gu Qingtong is no exception.

At this moment, the sound of the wind outside slowed down, but it was more like a curse full of resentment. Her heart became more and more blocked, and even if she sat against the head of the bed, she still couldn't feel any comfort.

So I stopped sleeping!

The room was a little cold, so she put on her clothes and got out of bed and called her colleague who was staying on duty in the team.

"Haiyang, how did you watch the video? Have you noticed it?"

"No. The camera is all the victims, and the perpetrator does not even show his face." Jin Haiyang's voice was hoarse, "Sister Gu, do you think we will enter a dead end?"

"No." Gu Qingtong opened the wardrobe and said while looking for a thick coat, "You and Xiao Shitou wait for me, I'll go there now!"

She was dressed neatly and ran downstairs. As soon as she got into the car and tied up her seat belt, the co-pilot suddenly had an extra person.

"Where are you going in the middle of the night?" Ji Heng asked.

"Why are you again-"

Gu Qingtong was brave enough, but she was also scared. Especially Ji Heng was wearing a red T-shirt, which was the same color as the wound on his arm.

"Aren't you going to check my injury?" Ji Heng turned his face and looked bright, "I'll come here to show you the first time."

"Okay. But I'm making a statement in advance. I'm more serious. You're mentally prepared and just say it when it hurts."

"Come on, let's listen to the emperor."

Gu Qingtong turned on the lights in the car and carefully inspected the broken parts of Ji Heng's arm.

In less than a minute, she noticed something strange: it was not a simple skin trauma, nor was it a sharp piercing or a scratch on the ground and wall. Although it was broken, the wound was not deep - only one thing is certain, he did not disguise, but was really injured.

"I have to deal with it for you to avoid infection." Gu Qingtong quickly found the first aid kit and reminded, "If you feel it hurts, don't endure it!"

When using iodine volts to disinfect, Gu Qingtong asked again: "Does it hurt?"

"It hurts, it doesn't hurt either." Ji Heng said, "My feeling system may be broken... Maybe it's because you're by your side, so all your attention is focused on you."

Gu Qingtong ignored him and focused on bandaging his wounds.

Ji Heng was silent for a moment and suddenly asked: "Officer Gu, are you investigating the case of Jinyang No. 1 Middle School?"

"Remember, after the blood on the surface of the wound is completely solidified, you can remove the gauze. If there is adhesion, gently rinse it with saline. Do not pull it hard, otherwise the wound will collapse again."

Gu Qingtong's instructions were made in every detail, but Ji Heng went in and out of the left ear.

"You have investigated the case of Jinyang No. 1 Middle School and the Huayu School, right?" His focus has always been on the work of the Crime Team. "They are two different things! Don't be led by someone!"

Gu Qingtong was not in a hurry to take over the topic of the case. She took out two packs of large-scale band-aids and handed them to Ji Heng.

"While the wound is best kept dry, to be on the safe side, remove the gauze and replace it with this."

"I am a teacher at Huayu School. I know very well that those students are just enjoying bullying others. The more they listen to the begging of the students who were knocked down, the more satisfied they are. The case of injury to others at Jinyang No. 1 Middle School is definitely not a simple campus violence..."

"I have something urgent to go back to the team," Gu Qingtong pointed to the car door on the side of the passenger seat, "You can get out of the car."

Ji Heng widened his eyes, his eyes filled with shock and loss: "Don't you believe me?"

"No, what you said makes sense." Gu Qingtong shook her head, "but I believe in facts more."

"I can tell you where to find evidence."

Gu Qingtong asked back: "Are you an eyewitness?"

This time, Huan Jiheng answered the question: "Looking at your haggard appearance, you must have not eaten lunch or dinner. There is a 24-hour restaurant nearby. I'll accompany you to have a midnight snack?"

"You get out of the car!"

Gu Qingtong officially issued an order to expel guests and pushed it to Ji Heng's left shoulder.

Through the thin fabric, her palms touched a burning sensation that was different from ordinary people.

Ji Heng had opened the car door and before he could take a step, Gu Qingtong grabbed him.

"Do you have a fever?" she asked, "Would you take you to buy antipyretics, or take you to the hospital and choose one."

"Officer Gu, you are very fickle." Ji Heng sat down again, "Preparing injections and taking medicines will not work for me. I just need to stay by your side and get well with most of the illness."

Gu Qingtong said: "Okay, then you and I will go back to the team."

"You always want to catch me back for interrogation..." Ji Heng got out of the car, leaned over and said goodbye to Gu Qingtong, "Forget it, it's better for me to disappear on my own initiative. No matter what, thank you for helping me with the wound, goodbye!"

Watching him disappear into the night with great strides, Gu Qingtong let out a long sigh.

She started the car and slowly drove out of the community.

Just now, Ji Heng said something, and she was absent-minded on the surface, but in fact she remembered it all in her mind. Since he repeatedly emphasized that the case of Huayu School is different from others, he would simply split into two groups, one group first investigates campus bullying, and the other group continues to investigate the people who shot the video.

With two-pronged approach, you will surely find the hidden truth soon!

-

Xu Liang's home is located in the chemical factory's family resident courtyard in the northern suburbs of Jinyang City.

It was noon when Gu Qingtong and Shi Dong arrived, and every household was cooking. The corridors of old-fashioned buildings were filled with choking smoke, and the visibility also decreased a lot.

Since there was no sign on each door, they inquired all the way and finally found the right person.

Xu Liang's mother was holding a soup pot in her hand, which contained the noodles that had just been cooked. A stranger suddenly visited and she was in a panic and the noodle soup almost spilled out.

Gu Qingtong took the soup pot quickly and said, "Hello, is Xu Liang at home?"

"In..." Xu Liang's mother asked, "What are you looking for him?"

"Borrow a step to speak."

When they entered the house, Gu Qingtong and Shi Dong showed their ID: "We are from the serious crime team of the Jinyang Criminal Police Team. We found your home today to ask Xu Liang some questions."

Xu Liang's mother looked puzzled: "His current situation may not be able to cooperate with your investigation."

"We have been to the hospital, and the attending doctor reported that Xu Liang was recovering well." Shi Dong asked, "What do you mean by what you said is that you cannot cooperate with the investigation?"

Before coming, Gu Qingtong specifically talked to Shi Dong about the precautions for communicating with the minors involved in the case. At this moment, he obviously failed to comply with it, and his tone became more and more stiff.

Gu Qingtong quickly said, "Mama Xu, do you think this is OK? We don't show our identities, we just chat with Xu Liang like ordinary guests."

"Oh, I'll take you to his room to see it. Once you look, you will understand."

The door of the inner bedroom opened as soon as it was pushed, and a strange smell of burnt suddenly rushed into the nasal cavity.

A boy sitting on the floor tiles facing the door, facing the brazier, holding a scorched fish in his hand, tossing and turning to the fire.

"You kid, really doesn't worry about it!"

Xu Liang's mother ran to her son and slapped him in the back of the head. When she was about to hit her again, Gu Qingtong and Shi Dong stopped her in time.

Xu Liang murmured to himself: "They want to burn Teacher Ji and I to death, so we are not afraid..."
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