A number of weeks later.

The highest flooring of the Central Police constructing is the workers canteen.  Throughout lunchtime, it’s filled with individuals.  The scent of rice and different dishes fills the place.

Jian Yao has two units of meals on her tray.  One in a takeaway field and one other on a plate.  She turns round to search for a seat.  

Somebody is waving to her: “Jian Yao, this manner.” 

She seems to be over and sees a number of officers from the crew they work with most.  She joins their desk.

“Professor Bo isn’t right here once more?”  Somebody asks.

Jian Yao smiles: “Sure, when he’s busy, he doesn’t really feel hungry.” 

One other officer smiles: “It’s so good to have a scholar like Jian Yao.” 

Jian Yao corrects him: “I’m really his assistant, not his scholar.”

Individuals tends to make that mistake on a regular basis.  She has clarified her position quite a few occasions already.  She feels it’s necessary that folks don’t mistaken their relationship.  They don’t seem to be a ‘instructor’ and a ‘scholar’ to one another.  As a result of if the connection is to progress into one thing else later, she doesn’t need any misunderstandings and problems…

After lunch, a younger officer walks her again to the lab.  

“Xiao Jian (nickname for Jian Yao), would you have an interest to observe a film with me?  “Galaxy Battleship” releases tomorrow.”  

Jian Yao smiles: “Sorry, I’m busy tomorrow.”  

He seems to be upset: “Possibly subsequent time.”  He says goodbye to Jian Yao.  

Jian Yao pushes open the lab door.  Bo Jinyan is sitting at his desk, working away.  He’s in the identical place as when she left earlier on for lunch.  There’s a small mountain of paperwork in entrance of him.  

There aren’t any instances for them to observe for the time being.  So they’re engaged on build up a database of crime statistics.  

It includes visiting serial killers, their household and any surviving victims.  For the previous few weeks, they spent quite a lot of time speaking to criminals within the jail, and going everywhere in the metropolis to hint their backgrounds.  It’s not as nerve wreaking as fixing actual instances nevertheless it’s nonetheless a bodily and mentally tiring process.   

When Bo Jinyan is working, he shuts himself off from the remainder of the world.  He’s so centered that Jian Yao wonders when he’ll get out his ‘shell’.

—————

He lastly stops what he’s doing.  Together with his eyes nonetheless mounted on the pc display, he says: “Hello, the Prison Psychology Magnificence.”

Since she began work on this constructing, there are options that she needs to be known as the ‘Central Police Station Magnificence’. Again in her college days, there are quite a lot of ladies that had been extra enticing than her, so she by no means bought a lot consideration.  However this constructing is full of blokes, with hardly some other younger feminine staffs round.  However ‘the Prison Psychology Magnificence’?? 

Anyway, she clears the information on his desk and places down the takeaway field: “It’s a must to eat one thing.”

“Alright.”  

Jian Yao is used to this.  She actually has to drive Bo Jinyan to interrupt for meals.   

Bo Jinyan seems to be pre-occupied. He’s nonetheless studying a doc as he shovels the meals into his mouth.  He most likely doesn’t actually know what the meals style like.  When he eats, he is sort of a little child that simply desires to complete shortly so he can get on with different extra necessary stuff in life.

He instantly remembers one thing: “Jian Yao, the place’s the dialog data with the criminals with dying penalty.   You understand, those from West Finish Jail?”

“I’ve emailed them to you.” Jian Yao solutions.

“Okay.”  He stops asking.  Maybe there’s the second the place work was briefly out of his thoughts.  He seems to be down at his meals.  Then he frowns and asks Jian Yao: “The place did you purchase this?  It’s terrible!” 

Jian Yao takes a glance.  He’s completed half the field of rice earlier than he complained.

Or maybe she ought to say he lastly found. 

He’s such a choosy eater. Absolutely the meals from the canteen isn’t superb sufficient for him.  

Jian Yao smiles and tells him: “However you’ve been having this for days.  You had been simply too busy to understand.  It can’t be in comparison with restaurant normal, nevertheless it’s recent and nutritious.   Come on, simply end it.”

Bo Jinyan finishes his lunch reluctantly.  

Jian Yao is on the web.  She sees an commercial for “Galaxy Battleship”.  She asks Bo Jinyan casually: “There’s a brand new si-fi film releasing tomorrow.  Are you ?”

Bo Jinyan has completed his lunch.  He walks to the sink to scrub his palms and rinse his face.  Then he turns round to Jian Yao: “No.”

She is a little bit upset.  He walks over to her and leans on her desk: “I’ve organized for one thing extra attention-grabbing than watching a film.”

Jian Yao sips the cup of tea in entrance of her: “What’s that?”

Bo Jinyan: “A visit to Cheng Provence Jail.  We might be interviewing a number of attention-grabbing criminals there.” 

Jian Yao places down her cup. She seems to be on the pc display: “I gained’t go.  Tomorrow is Saturday.  I have to relaxation.”  This sort of investigation isn’t pressing.  It might not make any distinction in the event that they go subsequent week.

Bo Jinyan didn’t count on her to say no: “You might be…. not glad?”

What can Jian Yao inform him? That she simply desires to spend the weekend with him alone, watching a film, having a date with him…?

She simply ignores him and will get again to her work.

Bo Jinyan stands by her desk for some time.  Then he walks again to his seat. 

At first, Jian Yao remains to be a little bit crossed.  However after awhile she too, is so centered on her work that she quickly forgets in regards to the incident.    Often, she is going to look at Bo Jinyan, solely to seek out him working quietly and attentively.

Round 5pm, a workers from the mailing room comes over to provide Jian Yao an envelope: “Jian Yao, it’s addressed to you.”

Jian Yao thanks him and opens the envelope.  

It’s two tickets to “Galaxy Battleship” for tomorrow afternoon, within the {couples} field.  (Room with an additional massive leather-based sofas designed for {couples})

Jian Yao places the ticket again into the envelope.  She walks in the direction of the door.

Bo Jinyan asks softly: “The place are you going?”

Jian Yao turns spherical to have a look at him: “I believe these tickets belong to Xiao Chen.”  Xiao Chen requested if she would watch the film with him earlier.  He may need stuffed in her particulars when he made the reserving.  

Bo Jinyan stops what he’s doing.  He folds his arms collectively, and appears at her: “Who’s Xiao Chen?” He asks: “I booked these tickets.”

Jian Yao: “…you booked the tickets?”

Bo Jinyan picks up the doc he was studying: “Effectively, does this cheer you up? My sad assistant?”

Jian Yao sits down and appears on the tickets: “Sure.  I’m glad now.”  She smiles.  She is studying the label on the tickets “{Couples} Field”.  She asks: “Why did you purchase the couple field tickets?”

Bo Jinyan seems to be at her: “You don’t count on me to squash inside the large theatre with different individuals, do you?”

After all.  What else can or not it’s? 

However, she is happy.

Bo Jinyan’s telephone rings.  Whereas he’s on the telephone, Jian Yao remains to be desirous about the film. She has by no means been in a {couples} field earlier than.  She heard the sofas in that cinema are very snug.

Bo Jinyan finishes his name.  He takes a have a look at her and walks to her desk.

Jian Yao provides him an enormous smile: “I’ll cook dinner breakfast for you tomorrow, as a token of appreciation.”

“That’s not mandatory.” He solutions.  Then he takes the tickets from Jian Yao’s hand.

“Let’s do away with this.” He throws it on her desk.  “We’ve got a case to work on.  The 79th Excessive College.  Murder.”

Effectively, now they’re undoubtedly not going to observe the film anymore.  However Jian Yao quietly picks up the tickets and places them in her pockets.  

——————

The solar has set.  There’s a pale glow of the moon within the horizon.

The 79th Excessive College is the outskirts of city, subsequent Fragment Hill district.  It’s a prestigious highschool.  

When Bo Jinyan, Jian Yao and a number of other officers arrive, the college is in a locked down.  Plenty of the scholars are searching of the window  attempting to  discover out what’s occurring.  General, the ambiance is calm, however tense.  

The police from a close-by station reviews their findings to this point: “The deceased’s title is Ruan Ming Huai.  Eighteen years outdated.  Third Grade.  She is found by some college students on the height of “Qi” Hill. 

Jian Yao seems to be go the abandoned playground to a small hill that’s subsequent to the college.       

“That’s a fantastic lookout level for the encompassing panorama.  The college is presently constructing a viewing platform for the workers and scholar.  It’s off limits to the scholars as a result of development.  However youngsters sneaking up there for enjoyable.

——————-

Qi Hill.  Peak.

Bo Jinyan has a pair of latex gloves on.  He swats down subsequent to the physique.  He takes an excellent go searching.

Jian Yao is standing behind him.  She feels very sorry for the woman who died. 

Ruan Ming Huai is mendacity subsequent to a bit of enormous rock.  There are blood stains on the rock.  There may be additionally a pool of blood on the concrete floor.  It seems to be as if all her blood has been drained out of her physique.

The deadly harm appears to be the slit within the throat.  It prompted the neck artery to burst.  She died of extreme blood loss.  

However she additionally had a number of accidents on her physique.  

There are two cuts on her face.  One on either side of her cheeks.  The injuries are deep, with a mix of blood and soil on the floor.  You possibly can inform she is a pretty woman earlier than the injuries had been there.  There are extra cuts on her shoulders and legs.  Her white costume soaked in her personal blood.  

They get extra details about her.  

Ruan Ming Huai is likely one of the high college students in school.  She is from a wealthy household.  She is a member of the college committee.  Yesterday, she collected 40,000 Yuan  (Chinese language forex) value of charges from the scholars. She was on her strategy to the college administration workplace with the money.  

Her good good friend, Huo Xiao Lu was along with her.  It was round 8pm.  The workers within the administration workplace was not there, in order that they waited outdoors. After some time, Huo Xiao Lu left as a result of she wanted to go to the bathroom.  After that, she returned to the dormitory.  

They’ve simply completed their exams, and there have been no courses the subsequent day.  Huo Xiao Lu thought Ruan Ming Huai would go house after dropping off the cash.  Her household lives close by.  It was not till this morning that her physique was found by a number of college students who sneaked as much as the height.

The workers from the administration workplace returned to the workplace simply earlier than 9pm.  He didn’t see Ruan Ming Huai.  In different phrases, no person knew when she left the administration workplace.  Her time of dying was between 9pm to 11pm, which suggests it’s shortly after she left the administration workplace.  And there’s no signal of the cash.  It seems to be prefer it’s been stolen. 

————

Bo Jinyan swats in entrance of the physique for lower than ten minutes.  Then he seems to be on the different officers after which at Jian Yao.

“A hasty and immature homicide.” He says; “What are your ideas to this point?”  

Jian Yao seems to be on the physique once more: “I need to clear up the case shortly and catch the killer.    Does the killer haven’t any emotions?  How can she or he be so merciless to a younger woman?”  

“Sure, the particular person has developed an urge to kill.”  He nods.  He stands up and appears on the faculty from the height, “If he/she isn’t stopped, there might be extra deaths.”  

Bo Jinyan takes a have a look at the officers: “The killer isn’t an skilled killer.  He/she left behind quite a lot of proof – hair, finger prints, footprints… In the event you do an excellent job with the forensic evidences,  we must always be capable of clear up the case inside 24 hours.”

She is amazed.  “24 hours?  That’s nice.”

Bo Jinyan seems to be at her: “Truly, 4 hours is all I would like.”

Jian Yao is aware of by now that he’s not simply boasting.  If he stated 4 hours, that’s actually all that he’ll want.   She asks with admiration: “Wow.  You might be really a genius.  Are you able to inform me what you have got discovered to this point?”

Bo Jinyan smiles and asks her: “You need to attempt to work it out for your self.  First query.  Is the killer from inside the faculty, or an outsider?”

Ah… one other educating session.  

Jian Yao smiles. it’s not typically that he would ask questions so patiently.  The praise she gave him earlier on will need to have put him in an excellent temper.

She thinks for some time: “Throughout the faculty.  As a result of there’s fairly an excellent safety system on this faculty.  All of the lecturers, staffs and college students have to register their arrival and departure.”  

“Second query.” He places his palms in his pants pocket and stands subsequent to her. “ Did she come right here willingly, or was she dragged right here?”

Jian Yao takes a have a look at the environment: “I believe she got here right here on her personal free will.  Regardless that it was late at night time, there ought to nonetheless be lots of people inside the faculty complicated.  It might have been tough to get her up right here if she didn’t stroll up herself.  In addition to, we didn’t discover any indicators of wrestle on our method up.” 

Bo Jinyan has a smile on his face.  He seems to be at Jian Yao: “Then what brings a woman to a distant place like this?”

Jian Yao solutions instantly: “Boyfriend!”

That is the proper place for {couples} in search of a secluded spot.

“OK.’ says Bo Jinyan: “Time to speak to a few of her classmates. Let’s see who has a romantic relationship with this high scholar.”   

Jian Yao follows behind.  Bo Jinyan stops momentarily and turns to have a look at her: “That is behavioural proof.  It’s not that difficult.  Proper?” 

Jian Yao smiles.  She should bear in mind to reward him extra typically.  

“That’s as a result of you’ll be able to clarify difficult points in a easy method.” she says.

Bo Jinyan is extraordinarily happy with himself.  Beneath his steering, Jian Yao is getting higher at filtering by the details to get to the reality.