Chapter 197 Let Your Son Tell You the Truth

"I didn't. I didn't kill Mr. Qiu."

"If it's not you, then who is it? You live in the same dormitory with my son, how come he got into trouble but you are safe and sound?"

"I...I don't know."

"How could you not know? You live so close to each other, and he would be the first to know about anything you do. You refuse to tell me, are you trying to protect the murderer?"

Seeing Liu Wenqing hesitating and looking flustered, not only did the Zhongqin uncle and his wife suspect him, but even the teacher present found him suspicious.

As students living in the same dormitory, regardless of whether Liu Wenqing killed Qiu Wenhao or not, he must be investigated.

"Mr. Liu, what time did you come back to the dormitory yesterday?"

Facing Xiao Jin's question, Liu Wenqing stammered, "I, I, I don't remember."

"So when was the last time you saw Qiu Chenghao yesterday? Was there anything unusual about him?"

"Your Excellency, I...I didn't notice anything unusual about Mr. Qiu."

Xiao Jin's eyes were slightly cold. Liu Wenqing's words were obviously evasive and he did not mention when he last saw Qiu Chenghao.

"When did Master Liu fall asleep last night? Did you hear any movement from Master Qiu during the night?"

Seeing Liu Wenqing's evasive eyes, Xiao Jin's expression became even colder.

"I advise you to think carefully before answering. Otherwise, if I find out that your confession is different, the consequences will not be something you can afford."

Liu Wenqing was flustered and stammered, "I...I don't remember."

With such a guilty look on his face, even the students who were watching the fun could tell that he was suspicious.

"It was just yesterday, how could you forget it? Liu Wenqing is clearly lying, right?"

"Could it be possible that Qiu Chenghao's death was really related to him?"

"I didn't believe that Liu Wenqing and Mr. Qiu were having an affair at first, but he's so guilty, it's obvious that he's trying to cover up his guilt."

Xie Lan didn't want to get involved, but seeing Liu Wenqing's angry and humiliated expression, he couldn't help but shake his head.

"Liu Wenqing, you clearly have no improper relationship with Mr. Qiu, why don't you defend yourself?

You have to know that what you concealed is nothing compared to the crime of murder."

"Hey, Miss Xie, didn't you say Qiu Chenghao died of a stroke? Why are you saying that Liu Wenqing and Mr. Qiu didn't have any abnormal relationship?

Aren’t you contradicting yourself?”

Xie Lan glanced at the student, "I did say that Qiu Chenghao died of a stroke, but when did I say that this had anything to do with Master Liu?"

"If it's not Young Master Liu, then who is it? Is there anyone in our dormitory who is more handsome than him?"

Chen pulled Liu Wenqing, "Did you kill my son? Was it you? Was it you?"

Liu Wenqing was pulled all over the place by her, and his lips moved several times, but in the end he said nothing.

Xie Lan frowned and said impatiently to Chen, "That's enough. Your son and Liu Wenqing don't have any abnormal relationship. Your son is sleeping with a woman."

Upon hearing that her son was not sleeping with a man, Chen was both happy and worried. "Since it wasn't Liu Wenqing, why did he feel guilty and not dare to say anything?"

"Because Liu Wenqing didn't live in the dormitory last night, he didn't know anything when your son got into trouble."

The deputy headmaster frowned, "But our academy's dormitories are all occupied by male students, there are no female students at all. How could Mr. Qiu mess around with a woman?" "Yes, Miss Xie, our academy is full of male students, even female teachers don't live in dormitories."

The dandy who spoke the words was just looking for fun, and suddenly asked, "Could it be that the woman who was having an affair with Qiu Chenghao was some wild monster or some other woman who was transformed into a woman?"

Seeing that those students were becoming more and more outrageous, Earl Zhongqin felt a little annoyed, but because Lord Xiao was present, he didn't say much.

"Which girl killed my son? Please tell me, Miss Xie."

"The one with Master Qiu is neither Master Liu nor some mountain monster," Xie Lan said, pointing in the direction of Chen, "but her."

When Chen saw Xie Lan pointing at her, she was about to fly into a rage, but she soon realized that her eyes were not on her, but on the maid standing behind her.

"You said that it was her who was with my son? That's impossible. My son would never fall in love with a maid. Besides, the maid was in the mansion yesterday, and my son was in the academy. They had no chance to be together."

Caiyue had never expected that this would happen to her, and her legs almost went limp with fear. She heaved a sigh of relief when she saw that Chen didn't doubt her.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, Xie Lan looked at her coldly, "Do you think no one knows that you work at the Duke Zhongqin's mansion during the day and come to the academy to fool around with Mr. Qiu at night?"

Caiyue's heart skipped a beat, but she questioned Xie Lan with an innocent look on her face, "Miss, how could you wrongly accuse me? I have always been working in the mansion and have never been to the academy before. Today is the first time I come here with my wife.

Besides, our master is of noble status, how could he be interested in a lowly maid like me?"

"Girl, do you know that a random slanderous remark from you could very likely cost me my life?

Although I am a slave and my status is not as high as that of a girl, my life is still a life. How can you slander me so casually just to show off your intelligence? "

The students felt very distressed when they saw that she was feeling wronged and crying.

"Miss Xie, you are really going too far in slandering a maid. Our Royal Academy is strictly managed and outsiders are not allowed to enter. If this girl really sneaked into the dormitory to fool around with Mr. Qiu, she would have been discovered long ago."

Few people believed what Xie Lan said, but Xiao Jin saw that she did not look like she was lying, so he turned around and asked the dormitory head nearby.

"Has anyone outside entered or left the academy recently?"

The director of the academy shook his head. "No, when I learned that Mr. Qiu was in trouble, I asked the gatekeepers Lao Zhang and Lao Wang, and they both said that no outsiders had entered or left the academy recently."

The director glanced at Xie Lan and said, "Also, there is no record of Liu Wenqing in the entry and exit registration book. He lived in the dormitory last night and did not go out."

Xie Lan saw Liu Wenqing's lips move and then stop moving, and knew that he would definitely not tell others that he had secretly left the academy last night.

Xie Lan was not annoyed. She had given him a chance. Since he was unwilling to say it, then forget it.

Uncle Zhongqin was very disappointed. He originally thought that Miss Xie really knew who killed his son, but he didn't expect it was just a slander.

"Master Xiao, it seems that I have to trouble you to help me find out who killed my son."

Just as Xiao Jin was about to speak, Xie Lan said, "Since Master Bo doesn't believe me and thinks that I slandered the maid in your house, why not let your son tell you the truth in person."

Earl Zhongqin's face darkened. He did not speak rudely to Miss Xie because of Lord Xiao.

But she was going too far. His son was dead, so how could she tell him the truth?
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