The Youthful You Who Was So Beautiful (translated)

chapter 28 part 3

Have you ever, in your entire life, worked yourself to the bone – just for that one, special person in your life?

Zheng Yi stood beneath the blazing sun, Bei Ye's words ringing in his mind.

Across the street, the first year and second year students remained quietly seated at their desks as classes progressed. The school compound was cloaked in silence.

Zheng Yi cast a quick glance at his watch. Chen Nian should be ending school any time now.

Just then, Zheng Yi's mobile phone rang. Picking up his mobile phone, Zheng Yi heard Xiao Yao's voice on the other end of the mobile phone, "Zheng Yi, I saw the report which you've written regarding Bei Ye."

Zheng Yi had spared no effort in writing up Bei Ye's report. In his report, Zheng Yi strenuously emphasized Bei Ye's contrition and co-operative attitude whilst confessing his role in Wei Cai's murder, and had also highlighted Bei Ye's critical role and extraordinary contributions to the swift resolution of the police officers' investigation into Wei Cai's murder.

After Bei Ye had retracted his confession, Bei Ye swiftly produced his alibi, as well as several clues which pointed towards Lai Qing's guilt as the raincoat man and Wei Cai's murderer, such as the recording of the rapes committed by Lai Qing which Lai Qing had sneakily hid in Da Kang's house, as well as the numerous stalking and indecent videos saved in Lai Qing's various mobile phones.

The knife which Lai Qing had utilised to murder Wei Cai was also quickly discovered by the police officers. Previously, when the police officers demanded the location of the murder weapon, Bei Ye had insisted that it had been thrown into the river, as he still bore some hope – hope that, in the event the police officers managed to discover Lai Qing's knife, and managed to uncover traces of Wei Cai's blood on Lai Qing's knife, he may be able to retract his confession and claim his innocence. And now, the police officers finally managed to locate the murder weapon; however, due to the lengthy period of time during which the murder weapon had been submerged in the river, they were only able to identify the blood type of the blood stains on the murder weapon as being type O – which coincided with Wei Cai's blood type.

Zheng Yi had also managed to utilise the texts Lai Qing had sent previously to trace Lai Qing's whereabouts on the day of the murder, and discovered that on the day of the murder, Lai Qing had appeared at the hill behind the school compound. In addition, the forensic department also managed to uncover a blood-stained cigarette butt hidden beneath the fallen leaves at the hill behind the school compound.

The numerous pieces of fresh evidence, coupled with various pieces of technical analyses, all poitned towards Lai Qing as the culprit responsible for murdering Wei Cai. In addition, even though Wei Cai's corpse had been exposed for a long period of time and showed several signs of decay, the forensic pathologist was still able to provide a conclusive confirmation that Wei Cai had been sexually assaulted whilst she was still alive.

The case of the raincoat man, as well as the case of Wei Cai's murder, was finally resolved. Zheng Yi had been feeling extremely calm and at peace since the resolution of the case.

Now, having received Xiao Yao's sudden compliment in respect of his literary talents, Zheng Yi responded, "Did you call me just to praise my literary capabilities?"

"Of course not. We just finished a training session on thought processes, and thought to share my insights with you. Senior Yang truly has an extraordinary head on his shoulders – his imagination is really wild!"

"Oh?" Zheng Yi stared at the empty school compound in front him, his ears picking up the faint chants of students reciting their English passages in their classrooms. However, Chen Nian was nowhere to be found.