Chapter 58. The Suspicious Teacher

After the questioning, Lin Dongxue signaled that Wang Jinsong could leave. Before leaving, Wang Jinsong asked, “Auntie police officer, was Du Lei raped?”

Lin Qiupu almost spat out a mouthful of tea and said, “You kid, don’t talk nonsense!”

Lin Dongxue said, “Also, I’m not an auntie.”

Wang Jinsong made a funny face and left. Lin Qiupu shook his head and said, “Kids nowadays!”

Lin Dongxue asked, “It’s still early. Do you want to call the teaching teachers to ask?”

“Yeah, okay!”

The teachers came in one after another. Regarding Du Lei, the information they could provide was that this child was diligent and obedient, a good kid. One teacher even took out the mid-term exam results from last month. Lin Dongxue glanced at it and found that Du Lei was actually in the top three. It seemed that his grades were indeed good.

She curiously looked for Wang Jinsong’s name on it and discovered that this kid was actually at the bottom of the class. She secretly thought that grades were like classes in the classroom. How could these two be so close.

Lin Dongxue asked, “Why did Wang Jinsong do so poorly in the exam? Did he not perform well?”

The math teacher said, “His performance is quite stable. He has always been among the bottom five or six in the class.”

“Okay.”

Lin Qiupu looked at the list and said, “Why hasn’t the Chinese teacher come?”

“Maybe he’s still in class. I’ll go call him.”

It was almost noon and everyone was getting impatient when the Chinese teacher finally came in. Seeing the face with the hooked nose, Lin Dongxue suddenly widened her eyes. This man was the one she met in Unit 4 last night.

The information provided by the Chinese teacher was similar to that of the other teachers. Lin Qiupu asked, “You’re the Chinese teacher. Shouldn’t you know more about Du Lei?”

The Chinese teacher smiled and said, “There wasn’t much communication. Just assigning and distributing homework and such. This is a private middle school. Teachers leave after class, and some even work part-time outside to earn a little money. If you have questions, you can ask the class teacher.”

“Okay…”

Lin Dongxue suddenly asked, “Do you live in Unit 4?”

The Chinese teacher broke out in a cold sweat and then regained his smile and said, “Yes, yes.”

Lin Qiupu’s gaze shifted from his face to Lin Dongxue’s face. Lin Dongxue continued to ask, “Last night when I was at the scene, you seemed to have gone out and come back in.”

“Oh? It was you last night…Nothing. I just forgot to close the door when I went out and suddenly remembered, so I went back… Police officers, you won’t suspect me just because of this, will you?”

Lin Qiupu became interested in this person and said, “How are the teachers’ dormitory buildings arranged? Do teachers of one grade live together?”

“No. They’re all mixed. The school provides accommodation. Many of us teachers are from out of town, so we live at the school.”

“Some students said that Du Lei kind of disliked you?”

“Who said that!” The Chinese teacher became nervous for a moment and then said, “Students disliking a teacher is normal. It doesn’t mean anything.”

“Can we take a look at your dorm room?”

“Sure!”

“Then let’s go now.” Lin Qiupu stood up.

The Chinese teacher became flustered again and said, “Right now? My dorm room is very messy. Let me tidy it up first!”

“No need. We’re not doing a dorm inspection. Just taking a casual look. Please lead the way!”

Everyone walked out. Lin Qiupu whispered to Lin Dongxue, “This guy is fishy.”

Lin Dongxue “Oh”ed. If Chen Shi hadn’t warned her in advance, she would probably think the same. She firmly believed in Chen Shi’s analysis that the murderer wasn’t within the school.

Lin Qiupu asked, “I haven’t asked yet. How should I address you?”

“My surname is Li.”

Teacher Li led them to the door of the dormitory. Before entering, Teacher Li smiled awkwardly and said, “Dear police officers, as a single man, it’s normal for me to have some personal hobbies. Please don’t associate this with the murder case. I swear to God that this has nothing to do with me.”

Lin Qiupu found him even more suspicious and his tone became stern. “Whether it has anything to do with it is for us to judge. Please open the door!”

Teacher Li looked embarrassed and failed several times when trying to insert the key into the lock before finally getting it right. When the door was opened, the police officers all let out low exclamations of surprise. Those who didn’t know would have thought this was the room of an obese otaku.

In the less than 20-square-meter room, the walls were covered with cartoon posters, all featuring exposed anime little girls.

On the computer desk, there were also some figurines, also of little girls.

Used aircraft cups were thrown in the sink. The aircraft cups were painted with cartoon little girls and were just left there without being cleaned. Lin Dongxue felt a wave of physical nausea.

“Are… Are you a pedophile?” Lin Qiupu asked.

“Lolicon! Lolicon, okay!” Teacher Li chuckled. “As a single man, I like these cartoon works. There’s no problem, right? I can swear to God that I just have fantasies and have never done anything excessive.”

“How can such a person be a teacher?” Lin Dongxue muttered softly.

The police began to investigate the scene. When Lin Qiupu was about to open a drawer, Teacher Li shouted and lunged to stop him. Lin Qiupu shouted, “Get out of the way!”

Teacher Li, with a head full of cold sweat, said, “Police officers, can you leave me a little privacy? Do you know that as a lolicon, I’m at the bottom of the contempt chain in my own small circle. In the eyes of you ordinary people, I’m even more disgraceful… Your search here is like stripping me naked and exposing me. I’m very embarrassed, okay? I swear there’s nothing related to the case in this drawer. It’s just something ordinary and shameful. Please be lenient.”

Lin Dongxue imagined the image of this uncle being stripped naked and felt even more disgusted.

“You really are a Chinese teacher. You sure can talk. Where did you graduate from?”

“Provincial Normal University!”

“Step aside. Rest assured, we won’t laugh at you.”

Teacher Li very awkwardly stepped aside. The drawer was full of suspicious discs with no covers, only a simple number written with a marker pen.

Lin Qiupu turned on the computer and played one of them. Teacher Li tried to stop him throughout but to no avail. In the eyes of everyone, he was already no different from a scumbag.

A lewd sound came from the speakers. Everyone stared at the screen in astonishment. It wasn’t an ordinary pornographic DVD. The picture clearly showed an oily middle-aged man having sex with an underage girl. Judging from the camera angle, it was secretly filmed.

Teacher Li lowered his head, sweating profusely.

“Disgusting!” Lin Qiupu turned off the computer with a snap.

“I swear… I just watched it at home and had fantasies…” Teacher Li stammered.

“Since you came in, how many times have you sworn? Where did you get these things?”

“Downloaded AVs from the internet.”

“Who are you kidding? This kind of thing is illegal in every country.”

“Alright, alright. I’ll confess. I got some resources online.”

“Do you know that producing and distributing this kind of thing is illegal? And it’s with underage females. It’s even more serious.”

“I just collected them. Collecting is not illegal. I can report that forum. You can go catch them!” Teacher Li said with a smiling face.

Lin Qiupu stared at him coldly for a long time and suddenly said, “Cuff him!”