Chapter 25

Gao Jichang was left alone all night, and due to the combined effects of sleepiness and stress, he felt dizzy and had a headache.

The door of the interrogation room was pushed open with a clang, and two policemen in uniform with stern expressions walked in. They were Chen Pu and Fang Kai.

Gao Jichang's heart was pounding, but he quickly forced himself to calm down. He knew the tricks of these policemen, and this was just the beginning of the contest.

Li Qingyao and the other members of Team 2 watched from the next room through the one-way glass. Unlike the others, Li Qingyao was holding a computer, and while listening, she continued to check Gao Jichang's communication account information. Considering her current academic master personality, everyone was not surprised.

Chen Pu raised his hat brim, revealing his sharp eyes. He asked, "Gao Jichang, do you know why we called you here today?"

Gao Jichang shook his head: "I don't know."

Fang Kai threw the photocopies of the contents in the manila envelope in front of him and said, "We found these in your house. How do you explain it? Did you go to Liu Huaixin's house on the day he died?"

Gao Jichang was silent for a while.

He was taken away from class yesterday, which was a disgrace to him. This also caused him to be isolated from information and he had no idea what the police had. Now it seems that the situation is worse than he thought. However, he has already thought of a response to this situation in advance.

He showed an embarrassed look: "So it's because of this matter. Liu Huaixin gave me this information last week. I explained it to him clearly and he understood that he had wrongly blamed me. I admit that I was close to Zhang Xiyu for a while, and our actions were a little intimate and crossed the line. But we went to the hotel to tutor her, and we didn't do anything else. Later I reflected on my mistakes. I shouldn't treat students as my own children. Speaking of which, I should thank Liu Huaixin for his reminder, but it's a pity that he is no longer here."

Even Fang Kai, an old detective who had seen countless social scum, changed his expression because of this man's shamelessness. In the next room, everyone was cursing.

Chen Pu pulled out a few sheets from Li Qingyao's group from a stack of information and spread them out in front of him one by one. Many of the sentences were marked in red by Li Qingyao.

"What about these? Do you want me to read them to you?" Chen Pu said, "'Be my girlfriend', 'I miss you so much I can't sleep'..." Chen Pu suddenly shouted, "How dare you talk to your own child like that!"

Gao Jichang's face changed and his Adam's apple rolled up and down.

His voice finally trembled a little: "I admit that I made a mistake. I had thoughts about Zhang Xiyu that I shouldn't have. The main reason was that she had been pursuing me and always pestering me. I failed to stick to my original intention and did have an ambiguous relationship with her for a while. But we didn't have a physical relationship. I would never do such a thing."

Li Qingyao looked at his disgusting face and understood one thing: as long as there was a glimmer of hope, this man would not confess, because his heart was extremely cold and he had no shame or morality. Fortunately, the police had obtained enough evidence after a big night of struggle.

Fang Kai threw a stack of information in front of Gao Jichang: "After our investigation, we found that between January and February 2023 alone, you checked into a hotel with Zhang Xiyu eight times. The surveillance cameras captured it all. You were tutoring her with homework every time? You kissed and hugged her in the hotel room to tutor her?"

Gao Jichang's face seemed frozen, without any expression, but he nodded: "She is indeed studying." He even laughed: "After all, she is a sophomore in high school and cannot keep up with her studies. I am very concerned about her."

Fang Kai glanced at him coldly, and pulled out a stack of bank card spending records: "Buying clothes! Buying skirts! Buying sexy adult bras and underwear for a child! Does your wife know that you care so much about female students? Does the school allow it? Do you want me to ask the Education Bureau, the principal, and the students and parents of No. 29 Middle School?"

A drop of sweat finally fell on Gao Jichang's forehead. He moved his lips and said, "I have just admitted that I fell in love with Zhang Xiyu and established a romantic relationship with her. I don't want to say more about the details of our relationship. Death is the greatest thing. Please respect her. I know this is wrong and I know I will lose my job. But I am sincere and she is over 14 years old. I violated school discipline, but is this illegal? Why are you detaining me? I want to hire a lawyer. Please enforce the law in a civilized manner."

Chen Pu and Fang Kai looked at each other quickly. The greater Gao Jichang's reaction, the looser his psychological defenses were.

Chen Pu ignored his protest and continued to ask, "Which one is Zhang Xiyu? We have all your information. It depends on whether you can tell the truth."

Gao Jichang raised his dark brown eyes and looked at Chen Pu. The young policeman's eyes were filled with a hint of mockery and a sense of confidence that he would win, which made Gao Jichang's heart tremble and his anxiety deepen.

Li Qingyao knew that Chen Pu was trying to trick her. So far, in addition to the two new ones she and Zhou Yang had discovered, Chen Pu had found fingerprints and DNA of two girls in Gao Jichang's house. One girl's identity had been confirmed, but the other could not be matched.

That is to say, Gao Jichang's former female high school lover, they have mastered the identities of four people including Zhang Xiyu. But whether there are more, only Gao Jichang knows.

Gao Jichang swallowed his saliva and answered, "Maybe there are one or two more." He smiled with that disgusting expression again: "My memory is not very good, I can't remember clearly."

All the detectives held their breath. Chen Pu said, "Can't remember? Do you want me to remind you of a few? Zhou Wenting, Ma Furui, Liu Fang! Do you want me to read you the chat records with them again? Under what circumstances would you, a male teacher, have the DNA of a female student in your private residence?"

Fang Kai poured a cup of tea for Gao Jichang and said earnestly, "There is a lot of pressure from above about your case. If it gets serious and the crime is severe, it will have a bad impact on both parties. Now I'm giving you a chance to confess - about these girls and Liu Huaixin. It's two different things if you tell it yourself and if we find out and determine the crime. You are an intellectual too, you understand the law, so think it through."

Normally, an ordinary person would be shaken after enduring a whole night under tremendous pressure and facing the soft and hard interrogation of law enforcement officers. But Gao Jichang was not an ordinary person.

He thought for a long time, and still shook his head: "What does Liu Huaixin's matter have to do with me? Zhou Wenting, Ma Furui, Liu Fang and Zhang Xiyu, yes, there are only these four. The police comrades are really amazing. I don't even remember it myself, but you have found out so clearly. Alas, I admit that I am too sentimental. I am not a human being! These are all girls I liked. I had a pure relationship with them for a period of time, that's all!"