Chapter 43 Conversation
The most important thing when talking to people is understanding and empathy, and Chi Xia is very clear about this.
From the moment she met those students, she knew that teenagers in adolescence were indeed frightened, but not everyone went through the same mental journey when they suffered blows and misfortunes.
Some people heal themselves faster than one can imagine.
Chi Xia stood at the door and glanced around, first locking onto five students.
Those students were the ones who wanted to step forward to stop Liang Ruqing from stabbing himself . Among them was a heroic and beautiful girl. It was her shout that prompted the students in the front row to go find the teacher.
Compared with other classmates, these five children looked a little listless. They lay on the table with lonely expressions.
Chi Xia whispered a few words to the psychology teacher, and one of the teachers brought her to the students.
"Can I talk to you?" Chi Xia bent down: "I'm a policeman."
The five children all straightened up, and one of the boys with thick eyebrows frowned: "We don't want to say anything."
Chi Xia smiled and looked at the girl: "What about you?"
The girl glanced at the boy and saw that he buried his face in his arms again. She also shook her head: "Police sister, then I...I don't want to say it either..."
Chi Xia looked at the other three boys, and they all shook their heads.
"Are you afraid?" Chi Xia said in a friendly and slow voice, "Are you worried that the police will think you are related to the teacher's death? And that it will cause trouble for you?"
The faces of several children froze. They indeed had such an idea.
Chi Xia smiled and said, "I have seen the surveillance video of your classroom. Among so many students in the class, you were the bravest at that time."
The children's faces changed again.
The boy with thick eyebrows lay on the table and looked at her: "What's the use of being brave? We didn't save Teacher Liang. There were so many of us, but no one saved her. We are all cowards."
It turns out that the crux lies here.
"You are only seventeen years old."
Chi Xia whispered: "In that situation, an adult would be scared, let alone you students, but you are still very brave. I can see that you want to save the teacher, but everyone was scared at the time, right?"
The children looked at each other in shock.
There are two psychological teachers in the school. Even if several subject teachers come to help calm the children, there will always be students who are missed. At least these children did not appear to be frightened on the surface, so the teachers' focus is on other students.
Now that Chi Xia said this, the children revealed their vulnerability. The girl pursed her lips and cried with a trembling voice: "If...if we were braver at that time, Teacher Liang would not have died..."
"It's not your fault."
Chi Xia held her hand and touched her head with his other hand: "It was you who shouted and asked the students in the front row to find the teacher, right? If it wasn't for you, the situation would be more complicated now."
"And you."
Chi Xia looked at the boys again: "When a classmate fainted from fright, you helped the teacher carry her to the school clinic, and you also helped the teacher organize the students to come to the laboratory safely and orderly. You are much braver than others."
The children were silent.
"What happened to Ms. Liang has already happened, but we can always do something for her."
After she said this, she looked at them earnestly and seriously.
Sure enough, during the time she paused, the boy with thick eyebrows and big eyes asked her: "What can we do?"
"Whether Teacher Liang committed suicide or was murdered, we must find out the truth. What do you think?" Chi Xia asked.
The student nodded.
She continued, "Ms. Liang is your homeroom teacher. You spend the most time with her every day. We need you to tell us more about her. The more we know about her, the better we can investigate her death."
"Xu Yang, we...we..." a boy asked the boy with thick eyebrows.
Chi Xia could see that he was the boss of this small group.
Xu Yang thought for a while before looking at Chi Xia. He asked, "Did Lao Liang commit suicide or was he murdered?"
This question is quite interesting. Chi Xia asked him: "Didn't you see that Teacher Liang jumped down by himself?"
Xu Yang sneered: "Auntie, don't treat me like a three-year-old kid. Lao Liang's behavior today is too weird. She is not Superman. How could she not feel pain when being stabbed by a knife?"
"What do you think? If she didn't commit suicide, then what did she do?" Chi Xia asked, reluctantly accepting her change of identity from eldest sister to aunt.
"Hypnosis to kill." Xu Yang looked at Chi Xia and said firmly.
This is a very smart student. Chi Xia saw confidence in his eyes. She pulled the corners of her lips and lowered her voice: "What a coincidence, I have the same idea as you."
Xu Yang looked at her in surprise.
The other students were also distracted by the words "hypnosis and murder". Hypnosis and murder, this was something they had only seen in books or on TV, but this was the first time in real life, and it actually happened right in front of them.
For a moment, curiosity temporarily overwhelmed their fear.
Chi Xia then glanced towards the laboratory door, and Luo Xun walked in.
Although he and Chi Xia came to the laboratory together, Chi Xia suggested that he wait a while before entering when they were at the laboratory door. Captain Luo was unhappy, but he agreed.
He wanted to see what this woman was up to. He had not found a chance to test her since last night's incident. He had to follow the woman closely, pressing her step by step until she revealed her flaws!
As soon as he walked in, his unruly image immediately attracted the attention of the students.
It was not until this time that Chi Xia realized that being frightened and being curious can sometimes go hand in hand, and perhaps, it can also be accompanied by being infatuated with someone.
Because she heard a girl say, "So handsome!"
Chi Xia was deeply shocked. How could a young kid see Captain Luo's handsomeness despite his unruly appearance? How could Captain Luo look so handsome when his hair was not shaved?
"What long legs!" said another girl.
Chi Xia glanced at Luo Xun's legs. Not only were his legs long, but they were also nicely shaped. She admitted that it was his figure. Chi Xia laughed in her heart.
Luo Xun said a few words to the psychology teacher and quickly walked towards Chi Xia.
Chi Xia introduced the students: "This is the team leader in charge of this case. Can we chat together?"
The students looked at Luo Xun, their eyes full of scrutiny.
"Let's find a quiet place to talk." Luo Xun glanced at the children.
Perhaps it was because of his profession, or perhaps it was his personality, but his sharp eyes made these children feel a little nervous, but they didn't dare to say no in front of him. At this time, Chi Xia, with his kind smile and friendly words, naturally made them feel closer to him.
Except that girl, of course.
They went to an office, and Luo Xun asked some last-minute questions, and went to buy a few bottles of water and crushed ice, each of them holding a bottle of crushed ice and a bottle of water.
“Don’t just stand there, talk while eating.” Luo Xun stuffed the food into their hands and stood by the desk.
"Can you tell us what kind of teacher Teacher Liang is in your minds?" Chi Xia asked first after everyone sat down.
The students exchanged glances, and Xu Yang raised his chin towards the girl: "Chen Ying's summary is the best."
The girl named Chen Ying was a little embarrassed, but still said: "To be honest, Teacher Liang is a good teacher, but sometimes when Teacher Liang scolds us, her words are really unpleasant. Although she is doing it for our own good, we also have dignity..."
"And sometimes she doesn't even listen to our explanations."
A boy followed up: "But there is no way, my mother still wants Lao Liang to scold me, she thinks only Lao Liang can control me."
"Did anything strange happen before Teacher Liang jumped off the building? Or... was it different from usual?" Chi Xia asked again.
The children looked at each other, and suddenly, Xu Yang frowned and slammed the table.
“It’s true!”
