Chapter 191: 190 Chapter Complex Relationships_1
The two followed Wang Ligang to an office that was quite a distance away. The room was dusty, with a layer of dust accumulated on the desk that clearly indicated the room was seldom used.
Wang Ying was somewhat nervous; after all, she had previously received a call from Wang Ligang. She stood nervously beside Zhuang Chunlan, clutching the corner of her clothing.
Wang Ying bit her lip; her slightly chubby face, slender waist that one could wrap their hands around, and her tall stature all accentuated her well-developed chest. With such a youthful appearance combined with her figure, she would have no problem making a living in the entertainment industry.
Xu Dayuan glanced at Zhou Ning before saying,
"There’s something I need to discuss with the two of you separately. Just answer honestly what you know."
After he finished speaking, Wang Ligang looked toward Xu Dayuan. Xu Dayuan nodded and then turned to Zhou Ning and Liu Yufei.
"You two take Wang Ying next door first and come back later. The nutritionist should follow."
Zhuang Chunlan nodded, pulled Wang Ying out, and went to the next room, where Zhou Ning drew blood from Wang Ying, who looked tense.
Liu Yufei looked at her and then asked,
"Answer my question seriously, Wang Ying. When did Tan Ran and Xing Xiaoli take leave and depart?"
Wang Ying thought for a moment.
"September 6, Ranran needed to return to Liaodong Province Bin City. As for Mr. Li, it seems he left early on the 7th. I don’t know if he went back to Liaodong Province, but I do know that he seems to be renovating a house in Qindao."
"Did he buy it himself?"
Wang Ying glanced at Zhuang Chunlan, obviously seeing the surprised look on Zhuang Chunlan’s face, as if he was unaware of the house buying and renovation.
"Mhm, he won quite a bit of prize money in the recent competitions. Last year, when the properties were launched, he had someone purchase a house for him in Tongshan District, Qindao. Even though he’s from Liaodong, he doesn’t have any significant attachments there, as he was a child abandoned at an orphanage. He hasn’t told the coach, please, sister, don’t say I told you."
Liu Yufei stared at Wang Ying. This girl’s seemingly unintentional revelations were all designed to inflate the situation, and Zhuang Chunlan’s expression on the side was very unhappy.
Indeed, Wang Ligang and Zhuang Chunlan have taken them under their wing since they were ten years old, caring for their daily living and training, helping them plan for the future and achieve results. The reward for such efforts was this kind of secrecy, and there would likely be bitter consequences to come.
Once she knew they were from the "Provincial Sports Commission," Wang Ying couldn’t wait to disclose everything.
The purpose was obvious; she wanted to shed some light on Xing Xiaoli, especially in Wang Ligang’s eyes, as Xing Xiaoli was considered the seventh best in the country with the potential to compete in the Winter Olympics four years later.
If she could break this trust, then perhaps Wang Ying’s abilities might surpass his, especially since Tan Ran had switched from pair skating. Moreover, in terms of age four years later, she couldn’t compare with Wang Ying. Such scheming made one’s hair stand on end.
Zhou Ning understood it all, and naturally, so did Liu Yufei. The two exchanged glances, and Liu Yufei continued to ask,
"So, do you know if Tan Ran and Xing Xiaoli are in a romantic relationship?"
Wang Ying was startled, then her eyes darted around, stealing a glance at Zhuang Chunlan, and she shook her head slightly.
"I don’t know."
Zhuang Chunlan became furious, letting go of Wang Ying’s hand and glaring angrily,
"Stand properly! Answer whatever you are asked. Don’t think you’re better than anyone else just because you’re my cousin’s child. In this team, besides performance, character is the most important thing. Your coach and I have never treated you any worse than others."
With that outburst, Wang Ying immediately started to cry, feeling utterly wronged, but no one comforted her. Liu Yufei took out her badge and flashed it in front of Wang Ying.
"Let me reintroduce ourselves. We’re from the Criminal Police Brigade, and this person who drew your blood is our forensic doctor. Now, think carefully and tell me, are the two of them in a romantic relationship?"
Wang Ying was stunned, nodded, then shook her head, anxiously saying,
"They used to be. Ranran liked Mr. Li, which the whole team knew about, but after Mr. Li stopped growing taller after the age of seventeen, he wasn’t much taller than Ranran. He couldn’t meet the physical demands for pair skating and couldn’t perform the throw jumps, so they ended their skating partnership in 2009, and after that, their relationship faded."
"When in 2009 did they end their skating partnership?"
"I had just arrived at the time, I think it was around April or May?"
"Do you know the address of Xing Xiaoli’s house?"
Wang Ying hesitated for a moment, then took out her phone, searched through her text messages, and showed Liu Yufei an address, which read 397 Hong Kong East Road, Building 3, Apartment 1-301, Shanshui Mingyuan Phase I, Tongshan District.
Zhou Ning quickly took a photo. This place was right next to Shi Laoren, with prices so high they were outrageous, having shot up to over thirty thousand at launch, especially since they were ocean-view properties. Even the smallest apartments there were no less than 150 square meters. Just going by the smallest size, that would be 4.5 million already.
It seemed he had indeed won a considerable amount of prize money, yet their coaches seemed to still be living in the sports bureau dormitory. Such a disparity and secrecy suggested there might be many secrets between this teacher and student.
"Have you been there?"
Wang Ying glanced at Zhuang Chunlan once more, saw her face was ashen, and shrunk her neck, nodding slightly.
"I went there during the Mid-Autumn Festival; the renovations were almost done."
Liu Yufei caught the key information in the statement and pressed on,
"You visited during Mid-Autumn, which means that after Xing Xiaoli left on September 7, he contacted you?"
Wang Ying was shocked and instinctively tried to hide her phone behind her, but Liu Yufei had already snatched it away, opening her contacts to see frequent calls with ’Mr. Li’ between September 7 and October 5, almost every other day.
Liu Yufei then opened her QQ, which was not logged in. Zhou Ning took the phone and held it up to Wang Ying,
"Unlock it. You know we want to see your records with both Xing Xiaoli and Tan Ran. Don’t tell me they’re deleted or that there hasn’t been any contact. With your phone, we can find it all. And if that happens, the nature of the matter will change."
Wang Ying didn’t speak, inputted a string of numbers, and logged into QQ.
The avatar for ’Ranran’ was blacked out, and ’Mr. Li’ was shown online. Zhou Ning sent Wang Ying’s phone number and password to Mr. Qu. After all, with this information, Mr. Qu could access chat histories at any time, even deleted content.
Liu Yufei glanced at her chat history, which indeed was cleanly deleted.
"What’s your relationship with Xing Xiaoli? Lovers?"
Wang Ying glanced at Zhuang Chunlan before nodding slightly.
"What’s there to hide? I just like Mr. Qu."
As she spoke, a crisp slap resounded.
Zhuang Chunlan had already slapped Wang Ying on the face, followed by two kicks, each delivered with real force. Wang Ying didn’t know why the police were looking for her, but Zhuang Chunlan certainly did.
Now that Xing Xiaoli was already listed as a suspect, and with Wang Ying eagerly jumping into the mix, wasn’t she just asking for trouble?
Zhou Ning grabbed Zhuang Chunlan’s arm, but couldn’t stop her feet. Perhaps because her husband was a coach, her movements were fairly agile.
"Why are you hitting me?"
"Why? Your parents left you in my care, not for you to come here and start dating. You’re not good at studying, and if it weren’t for the support from your uncle, would you have any results? All day long, it’s nothing but vanity and chasing after stars, and even going to concerts. Now you’re following others in dating. Do you realize you’re only fourteen? Who do you think you’re going to get locked up?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Ying stopped being stubborn, though she still wore a look of defiance.
"Why didn’t you care when Ranran and Mr. Qu were dating?"
"Tan Ran liking Xing Xiaoli is true, but she was just good to him, and didn’t do anything else. What are you doing?"
Liu Yufei shouted loudly:
"All of you shut up. Am I asking questions here, or are you? Wang Ying, tell me now, where is your dorm? Are you staying with Tan Ran? Also, from September 6 to today, where have you been? Explain everything without leaving anything out."
Wang Ying straightened her neck, as if she wanted to retort, but Zhuang Chunlan raised her hand again, and this time Wang Ying seemed to sense that it was no ordinary situation, and didn’t talk back.
Zhou Ning watched the two of them, not getting overly involved. A young girl claimed she liked Xing Xiaoli, but when it came out that Xing Xiaoli had secretly bought a house, she didn’t hesitate. Her supposed ’like’ was probably something that needed more thought.
"I share a dorm with Ranran, at 201, Unit 1, Building 4 in Enbo Residential Area. Our building is full of athletes like us. As for the time period you mentioned, on September 11, I visited Mr. Qu’s house, and on the eleventh, I went out to have fun for a day. The rest of the time, I was training, and we have attendance records."
Zhou Ning picked up the case, and Liu Yufei knew that he wanted to go to the dormitory, as there they could find Tan Ran’s DNA for comparison.
"Zhuang Chunlan, take Doctor Zhou to Wang Ying’s dorm. Get the keys out."
Zhuang Chunlan held up a bunch of keys.
"No need, I have keys to their dorms."
As they left, Wang Ying bit her lip and looked at Liu Yufei.
"Police sister, what exactly happened? Can you tell me?"
...
Next door, the team doctor Zhang Yu was brought in.
Seeing Wang Ligang standing to one side, he quickly smiled at Wang Ligang, although the tension on his face remained.
"Do I need to prepare any documents for the leader?"
Xu Dayuan stared at Zhang Yu, finding him to be physically similar to Wang Ligang, about 178 centimeters tall with a medium build, and with scholarly elegance marked by a pair of glasses.
"Are you the team doctor?"
Zhang Yu nodded.
"Think back, on July 21, 2009, did Tan Ran ever ask you for leave?"
Zhang Yu spread his hands, his face marked by an embarrassed expression.
"Leader, how could I remember that? Shall I go find the related records?"
Xu Dayuan directly pulled out his credentials and held them in front of Zhang Yu.
"I’m not from the provincial sports committee, I’m from the Qindao City Criminal Police Brigade, so don’t tell me you need to check some records to know. If I hadn’t learned of some information, how could I have found you?"
Zhang Yu was shocked, unable to hide his panic as he glanced at Wang Ligang, clenching his hands tightly. After hesitating for a while, he finally looked up and said:
"From May to July in 2009, I issued several leave slips for Tan Ran, the longest being for a week. She said she wanted to go for a little plastic surgery, and she even... even gave me a red packet of a thousand yuan. I didn’t want it, but she insisted on giving it to me. She was afraid I’d tell the truth to Mr. Wang, so I just..."
"Plastic surgery? Do you know what procedure she had done?"
"Breasts."
Xu Dayuan nodded, bringing things into alignment, but Wang Ligang looked very displeased. Zhang Yu quickly tried to explain to Wang Ligang:
"Mr. Wang, it was Tan Ran who kept pestering me, and I felt that the surgery wouldn’t affect her subsequent training, so I helped her. Don’t be mad!"
Xu Dayuan stood up, not interested in hearing their dispute, and gestured with his hand:
"Discuss your other issues later. For now, you may step out!"
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