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The person we are looking for is that child, Li Feiyan. It was Li Feiyan who previously shared information that most people wouldn't know, and it seems that she is quite observant about life. I thought that if Li Feiyan knew about the secret that Hu Ningning kept hidden from everyone else, she would likely have noticed some things about Zhang Zuocheng as well.
Perhaps we could obtain some useful information from Li Feiyan.
Sun Qingqing's residence is not far from Taishan Academy; it's about a ten-minute walk. Since the children haven't been dismissed from school yet, it gives us a good opportunity to investigate. When we arrived at the school, the School Leader naturally received us again. After Sun Qingqing took a break, the school arranged for others to temporarily act as class teachers.
At that moment, the class in session was a science class, and we asked the School Leader to call Li Feiyan out. Li Feiyan appeared somewhat reserved when facing this authority figure, but upon seeing me in the office, her demeanor changed completely; she visibly relaxed.
I smiled and said to Li Feiyan, "Do you still remember me?"
Li Feiyan nodded and replied with a smile, "I know you; you're Officer Wu's brother."
I patted her head and said, "That's great; I'm glad you remember me."
I continued, "This time I want to ask you about some of your other friends."
Li Feiyan perked up and raised her eyebrows at me, saying, "Sure! I know a lot of things; I just don't know what you want to ask me about."
I nodded and asked, "There used to be a friend in your class named Zhang Zuocheng who later transferred schools. Do you know him?"
Li Feiyan sat in front of me with a cheerful expression and said, "I know Zhang Zuocheng! He used to give me lots of snacks and let me play with his toys. I heard he had a really big game console at home that I've always wanted to try out, but before I could play with it, he transferred."
I probed further, "Do you know if Zhang Zuocheng was bullied at school? You know Li Jun from your class; he often bullies others."
Upon hearing my question, Li Feiyan looked at me and replied, "Oh yes! Li Jun liked to bully others before. He would pick on people just because they had more snacks or toys than he did. At that time, Li Jun took away many of Zhang Zuocheng's toys, but Zhang Zuocheng didn't dare to do anything about it."
At that moment, I suddenly recalled a toy—a Transformers toy—which was genuine and worth at least a hundred yuan. Guo Li's parents rarely accompanied him at home and had never bought him any Transformers toys. Therefore, the origin of this Transformers toy seemed questionable.
According to Guo Li's mother, this toy was given to Guo Li by a female classmate. It's quite unlikely for a girl to be interested in Transformers. If this toy belonged to Zhang Zuocheng, then everything would make sense.
I quickly asked, "So do you know if Zhang Zuocheng ever had a Transformers toy?"
Li Feiyan listened to my words, pondering for a moment before saying, "I know, I know. At that time, he brought that Transformer to school. Oh, wait, it wasn't just one Transformer, brother; there were two Transformers. One was called Optimus Prime, and the other... what was it called? I forgot..."
Hearing Li Feiyan's words, I asked, "Was it called Megatron?"
Upon hearing that name, Li Feiyan quickly replied, "That's right! That's the name! I heard it was from some animated series. That thing can transform from a person into a car, and then the car can drive around, and when you take it apart, it's a robot. We girls don't find it that interesting, but all the boys wanted to borrow his toy to play with."
There were two Transformers in total, but I only saw one at Guo Li's house, and I didn't see the other one in the cabinet. If this Transformer belonged to Zhang Zuocheng, then where did the other Transformer go?
"Did someone steal his Transformer?" I asked.
"Yeah," Li Feiyan said while tugging at her braid. "It was Li Jun who took his Transformer. Everyone knows about it, but Zhang Zuocheng didn't dare tell the teacher or his parents because he was afraid Li Jun would hit him. After that, no one knows what happened to that Transformer; it seems like it was given to someone else. Li Jun is apparently part of some gang."
"You know about this?" I looked at Li Feiyan's watery eyes and asked.
Li Feiyan blinked and replied seriously, "I know. I also have a cousin who is in middle school. He sometimes comes to our school. My cousin is someone who likes to fight too. He knows those people; he's the boss of the middle school and looks out for our local boss."
I didn't expect these kids to be only around ten years old, with the oldest being thirteen or fourteen, yet they had such deep connections and complicated relationships. Where there are people, there are connections; children are no exception.
"Who is their gang leader? Does your brother know?" I asked.
At this moment, Li Feiyan frowned and after a moment began to say, "I don't know; my brother doesn't know either. Anyway, I've heard it's a girl who's not very old."
"A girl who's not very old? Could it be Guo Li?" I asked.
"Who is Guo Li?" Li Feiyan inquired.
I shook my head and had no answer.
If this leader were Guo Li, it would make sense. So far, the murderer had captured four people: Hu Ningning, Li Jun, Liang Zhengyu, and Guo Li.
The Murderer captured Hu Ningning but did not kill her, which is quite intriguing. The Murderer did not intend to kill Hu Ningning; rather, the goal was to make her provide information about those she believed had bullied Zhang Zuocheng. Otherwise, why not just kill her?
Thus, Hu Ningning provided a list of people who might have bullied Zhang Zuocheng, leading Zhang Zijun to follow her suggestions and commit murder.
Zhang Zijun killed Li Jun and Liang Zhengyu, and now it was Guo Li's turn. If Guo Li was indeed the leader of these individuals, then Zhang Zijun would likely treat him differently, possibly inflicting greater cruelty upon him. From this perspective, everything starts to make sense.
However, within this gang, there were four core members: Guo Li, Li Jun, Liang Zhengyu, and another named Yang Ting. Now that the other three had been captured, Yang Ting remained unharmed. With the school's security tightened after so many deaths and parents becoming more vigilant, it would be difficult for the Murderer to find the time to capture Yang Ting as well.
So would the Murderer still act? Where would Guo Li meet his end?
All of this remained a mystery.
I glanced at Li Feiyan and said, "Alright, these are the things I wanted to ask you. If I need you in the future, I'll come back to ask again."
Li Feiyan nodded, looking at me with her watery eyes. She spoke up, "Okay, brother. By the way, how is Hu Ningning doing?"
"Hu Ningning will be fine," I replied.
Li Feiyan continued, "A while ago, there was a boy named Liang Zhengkun. He seems to be in Fourth Grade. He found a game console at home with Hu Ningning's name on it and brought it to our class so we could return it to her."
"Liang Zhengkun?" I asked. "How do you know his name?"
Li Feiyan answered, "He told me when he came to deliver it. He said his name is Liang Zhengkun and that he found it at home with her class number written on it."
It was indeed strange that Liang Zhengkun found something belonging to Hu Ningning at his home. They were not in the same grade or class; if Hu Ningning's belongings ended up at Liang Zhengkun's house, could it have been taken by Liang Zhengyu? I remembered that Hu Ningning disappeared alongside Li Jun.
Or perhaps this game console was taken from Hu Ningning by Li Jun and then given to Liang Zhengyu to play with. After Liang Zhengyu's death, when Liang Zhengkun was cleaning up at home, he discovered the console and brought it back to give to Li Feiyan in hopes of returning it to Hu Ningning.
If that were the case, it could explain why Hu Ningning went out with Li Jun; maybe she was trying to retrieve her game console from him. That scenario wasn't impossible at all.
It seemed that everything was coming together at this moment; now it was just a matter of finding the exact evidence.
I looked at Li Feiyan and said, "Alright, thank you, sister. You did well."
Before my words had fully settled, Gu Chen's phone rang. After a brief conversation, I noticed Gu Chen's expression darken, as if something serious had happened.
"Okay, I understand. We'll head over right away to find out more," Gu Chen said.
After hanging up, Gu Chen turned to me and said, "Sister, you should head back to the classroom for now. If we have any questions, we'll reach out to you."
Li Feiyan was quite understanding; upon seeing that we had other matters to attend to, she left the office on her own.
At that moment, only the three of us remained in the office.
Mary looked at Gu Chen and asked, "What's going on? You seem like something serious has happened."
Gu Chen frowned and replied, "It's not exactly serious, but I just received some news from Chen Bo. While he was looking into Zhang Zuocheng's background, he stumbled upon something shocking."
"What is it?" I asked.
Gu Chen continued, "After investigating, Chen Bo found out that Zhang Zuocheng died six months ago."
"Zhang Zuocheng is dead?" I could hardly believe my ears. "Zhang Zuocheng is dead? Wasn't this information supposed to be recorded? How come we're only finding out now?"
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