Pristine Darkness

Chapter 31

Our team interrogates the three survivors and, therefore, suspects. Conflicting answers . . . where does the truth lie? Something is clearly being concealed, and it hopefully won't take long for the Scooby Gang to get to the truth. As a bonus, Ding Mo has given us a glimpse of the future! Read right to the end to experience Bo Jinyan and Jian Yao's 'family life' 8-)

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Their third destination was Wen Xiaohua's dormitory. His bed was a little dirty, worse than Xu Sheng's, but it was still better than Lu Ji's. The wall was covered in class schedules, some animation festival leaflets, and pictures from an illustrated magazine featuring the sportswear brand endorsed by various celebrities.

On the bookshelf were some books on the entrance examinations for graduate programmes, as well as some motivational books. The table was quite messy, but not dirty. The cupboard contained some white T-shirts, as well as some cartoon T-shirts, and shorts. Below the table was a pair of sports shoes.

After leaving Nan Hua University, they separated and visited the apartments rented by the two who had already graduated, Jiang Xueran and Rong Xiaofeng.

Rong Xiaofeng and a female schoolmate shared the rent. She lived in the small room. The mosquito net was pink, and numerous pictures of her cosplaying were stuck on the wall. The room was a little messy as well as dirty. Dirty clothes had been thrown into a corner, and were still unwashed. The cupboard was cream in colour. The clothes within all looked cheap, but the designs were elegant and trendy, and the clothes were colourful.

Bo Jinyan noticed that there were several pots of green plants on the balcony, so he asked the housemate, "Whose plants are these?"

The girl answered, "Oh . . . I'm tending to them."

"These weren't grown by Rong Xiaofeng?"

When the girl heard the news of Rong Xiaofeng's death, she was shocked. Still slightly numb, she replied, "No . . . she wouldn't have grown plants. She . . . she had no patience for this sort of thing. She only liked cosplay and listening to music."

It seemed that Jiang Xueran's financial situation was relatively better than that of the others, as he had rented a one-bedroom apartment on his own. However, the location was quite remote, and the apartment was old. The apartment block had been constructed in the nineties, and it featured a long corridor running down the middle of each floor, with small rooms on either side. Jiang Xueran's apartment could be said to be tidy. There were several fairly expensive shirts and pants hanging in the wardrobe. However, the colour scheme in the apartment was plain and cold, without many decorations. It looked like he had not made many changes to the apartment when he rented it. Most of his clothes were also black, white and grey. There was nothing on his bookshelf apart from some books related to the job market and finance.

After he had left Jiang Xueran's apartment, Bo Jinyan asked Jian Yao, "Can you see it clearly?"

Jian Yao replied, "Yes, it's clear."

"I already know the secret which they have been hiding," Bo Jinyan said. "The three of them are all lying."

Jian Yao said, "I think I also know what it is."

Bo Jinyan smiled faintly. "The 'flower' of criminal psychology is blooming right before my very eyes."

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