"Officer Collins, I need your help with sothing. We found..." "Yes, we’ve already asked."
On the other end of the phone, Galen Collins was in the student dormitory questioning Fu Dong. What he didn’t expect was that Elliana Lyle had already moved a step ahead of him.
Elliana had just hung up the phone and was standing alone in the empty corridor of the teaching building. It was almost dark, and the lights downstairs had already turned on in advance.
Luna had gone to the restroom and hadn’t returned yet, while Andrew Hue had already left to investigate a lending company that Luna hadn’t finished checking last ti.
Progressing on both fronts at the sa ti should yield so results.
Before long, Luna appeared at the corner of the corridor in the teaching building, leisurely walking towards her.
"Luna, Galen Collins will be here soon," Elliana said.
"Oh, what?!"
Luna was suddenly taken aback. "You called Galen Collins?" She never expected that a trip to the restroom...
"Yes, I just did." Seeing Luna’s hesitant and slightly flustered expression, Elliana was sowhat puzzled. "Is there a problem?"
"...It’s just..." Luna sighed long and deeply, waving her hand, "It’s nothing."
It’s not that they couldn’t call Galen Collins; in fact, having him here was beneficial. The only reason she didn’t want him around was because...
She did not want to see Galen Collins!
Oh well, seeing him won’t kill her. Besides, she truly needed his help. The school network managent office always had staff present, and since she was now under Norman Bennett, with Elliana by her side, Galen probably wouldn’t cause her any issues.
Five minutes later, Galen Collins arrived, and the group t in the fourth-floor corridor of the teaching building.
This was Elliana’s second ti seeing Galen Collins in person. Although he was Hannah Collins’s brother, his personality was completely different from Hannah’s.
The first impression Galen Collins gave was one of steadiness and seriousness. His face mirrored Hannah’s, with sharp brows and bright eyes, and a chin with a bit of stubble—presumably too busy to shave.
"Officer Collins."
"Ms. Lyle." When Galen saw Luna standing next to Elliana, he imdiately frowned, his expression heavy: "Why are you here?"
"..." Luna quickly hid behind Elliana, only showing her head as she righteously said to Galen, "I’m working under Norman Bennett now."
Hearing this, Galen gave Luna a dark look but didn’t say anything further, seemingly planning to let her off.
Galen returned to his usual expression and said to Elliana, "Ms. Lyle, lead the way."
"Okay."
Since Elliana was leading the way, Galen walked behind them, leaving so distance. Only then did Elliana lower her voice to Luna, who was still leaning on her back, "You seem scared of him?"
"Yes, I’ll tell you when we get back."
...
Upon reaching the school network managent office, things proceeded smoothly thanks to Galen’s presence.
Teacher Wang, the administrator, was a woman in her 40s, speaking kindly. According to her, there wasn’t just one administrator at the school, but three rotating shifts.
And the day they asked about, she happened to be on duty.
South University’s internal bulletin board used the campus intranet, accessible only to South University’s students and teachers. While links to the intranet were possible within South University, registering for the internal bulletin board required a student ID, so only students could post.
Faced with Galen’s inquiries, Teacher Wang recalled, "That day, I found quite a few violating videos, so indecent... I’m not sure, but there was one pornographic video. I didn’t even click on it—I just deleted it and banned the account. Our school’s network managent is quite strict. Generally, students are aware of the rules for using the intranet, though occasionally so people post inappropriate content. Once found, we trace the student ID and report it to the academic office."
"What’s the student’s na?" Elliana asked.
"The na is Lin Fan."
Upon hearing the na, Elliana suddenly recalled it. After Evelyn Dunn’s suicide, Lin Fan, as Evelyn’s ex-boyfriend, appeared on Luna’s investigation list.
Who would’ve thought he did this? Truly a scoundrel!
It seed as long as they found Lin Fan and questioned him, they’d figure out what was going on.
After leaving the network managent office, they went to see Lin Fan’s advisor and learned that he lived in the male dormitory, room 3-12.
Male dormitory, 3-12.
Unlike other dorms, there were no lights coming from the crack of 3-12’s door, but voices of several boys talking could be heard inside.
Galen first knocked on the door, which opened automatically; it seed it wasn’t locked.
The mont the door opened, a mix of foot odor, cigarette smoke, and fernted garbage wafted out. The room was shrouded in smoke, with a few boys playing gas with headphones on, the faint glow of their screens reflecting their excited faces.
"Top lane, co top lane!"
Galen frowned, holding his breath as he stepped inside to turn on the lights, revealing the room’s true state. Overall, it was quite clean, but the trash can was overflowing, and there were greasy socks hanging by the bed.
"Who turned on the lights? So annoying..."
A boy with acne froze upon seeing Elliana and the others, and then everyone in the dorm noticed the three at the door.
Galen held up his badge, straightforwardly stating, "Police, who’s Lin Fan?"
The boys all turned in unison towards a lanky boy with dyed blond hair. He rose slowly, looking bewildered at the group at the door, saying, "It’s ."
Galen: "Please co with us."
...
--- Outside the campus, in the police car.
Elliana and Luna waited outside while Galen was questioning Lin Fan inside the police car.
"I... didn’t." Lin Fan denied facing Galen’s questions.
Galen didn’t expose him right away, continuing to question him calmly.
...
Half an hour later, under Galen’s professional interrogation, Lin Fan was already panicked and finally confessed everything to Galen.
"She... we broke up last month. Last year in the first half, we took a loan together, and my dad paid it off. But in the second half, she insisted on a loan for a new phone, saying she would repay later. But when this year started, she broke up with ."
"So you harbored a grudge and posted her nude loan video on the forum?"
"No, no, no." Lin Fan shook his head vigorously, quickly explaining, "I also received her video from soone else. The person who sent it was the one who introduced us to the loan. He told that if I posted the video on the school’s forum and sent him a screenshot, he would waive that month’s interest! I... I just lost my head temporarily. I didn’t know she would commit suicide..."
...
After another ten minutes, Galen got out of the car and roughly explained the situation to Elliana.
Without waiting for Galen’s consent, Luna went over and opened the car door, directly questioning the dazed "Blondie" inside: "The person who sent you the video was the one who lent you money?"
"Yes... we saw the flyer on a telephone pole at the ti."
"Give that person’s phone number."
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