Chapter 318

Teacher He said, "Don't say that."

At this moment, Chen Fan, back at the forensic institute, looked at Qu Yiling and asked, "Why are you looking at me?"

"Nothing."

"You're not going to get a saint complex, are you?"

"I'm not, you're talking nonsense, I'm not."

Chen Fan said, "Looking at your expression, it seems otherwise. Your expression tells me: a girl died, and you're very angry; a boy was driven to death by a girl, and you find it speechless. I want to know, what's up with these two expressions?"

Qu Yiling was asked and didn't know how to answer.

Chen Fan, speechless, said, "You guys, really. Open your perspective on the problem, think about it yourself. If a boy doesn't follow a girl, doesn't like a girl, do you think he would fall for it?"

????

Qu Yiling was dumbfounded, looking at Chen Fan.

"What do you mean by that?"

"It's simply this logic. You're a girl, you don't understand. In middle school, how many boys dare to play with girls or talk to them? Talk too much, and other boys will mock you, okay? Besides, if you start plotting to pursue a girl in the first year of junior high, what kind of good person do you think that is?"

"That's not right, Chen Fan. You're shifting the concept. Youth, isn't this youth?"

Chen Fan looked at Qu Yiling, walked closer, took a deep breath, and said, "Yesterday, besides doing the program, when you went back at night, you washed your clothes by hand yourself, and even applied a face mask for yourself. Not only that, you even studied until past one o'clock. At seven something in the morning, you got up, read some more books, and appeared at the forensic institute right on time at eight thirty. I ask you, am I right?"

"You're amazing, but what does 047 represent?"

Chen Fan said, "What you did is youth."

Qu Yiling was dumbfounded.

Looking at Chen Fan.

Chen Fan said, "Some people, from age fourteen to eighteen, choose to study hard through cold windows, start earning money. Others choose to fall in love at this time, waste their studies, and just play every day. You say this is youth?"

"I don't know. I didn't play back then."

Chen Fan said, "Exactly. You didn't play, but others did. Others not only played, but even specifically skipped class, didn't go to school, and went to play. And then? When they grow up, they demand others accept their past? Come on. When I was young, I struggled to find a better future, not to find someone else's leftover youth."

This words sound off.

Qu Yiling said, "Your words are very interesting."

Chen Fan said, "The deceased and that girl were best friends. That girl, I admit, did help this Miss. But most of the time, she was studying. The boy who came to report said that sometimes it was that girl who messed with her own underwear. You tell me, who is actually right?"

"Poor? Poverty has never been the cause of the world since ancient times. Ask yourself more: what exactly did you do? What did you do when you were young? Of course, you are all top students, you don't understand."

Xiang Qinqin said, "That's not right. Your logic is twisted."

Chen Fan said, "Huh, Xiang Qinqin, how is it twisted logic?"

"I worked hard the day after tomorrow. My youth wasn't spent playing... I just, just..."

"Couldn't focus, couldn't understand, couldn't make sense of it?"

"Mm."

The voice was very small.

Chen Fan said, "But this is also youth. You couldn't understand, but you were trying. Others studied hard through cold windows for ten years; you chose fifteen. After graduation, you continued to further your studies. You're a bit slow. It's fine. Slow is good. Slow steps are taken very widely."

At this moment, Qu Yiling thought of a phrase and said, "Are you talking about those people who upgrade from junior college to university?"

"There's no such thing as a complete awakening. From the very beginning, they had that determination. Even after changing environments, the determination still exists. But people like this are not many. However, I also admire people like this."

Youth has no mistakes; it's just that many people like to use the two words 'youth' to pay the bill for the mistakes they made.

"I was young back then, didn't know better."

"Sigh, I just had a brain cramp at the time."

"Everyone around me was like that."

These three sentences are the most heartbreaking and also the most disgusting to hear.

At this moment, in the observation room, Qin Ming said, "Mm, this is the real Chen Fan. He says a lot of these words."

Teacher He said, "Have you encountered this?"

Qin Ming said, "Before, I was a forensic doctor, then I started writing books. I became famous. And then, many blind dates and such came to find me. Some even advised me to break up with my girlfriend. Come on, I chased my girlfriend for a long time. But regarding blind dates, my girlfriend let me go, saying she was also very curious to hear some gossip and such."

Hahahaha.

Everyone laughed along.

Qin Ming said, "I went. The first blind date was a classmate. Her family had some money, I guess. She stopped studying years ago. Now she came to find me and such, saying I had a girlfriend and such, that she was better looking than her. I just couldn't hold back and directly snapped back at her."

"And then?"

Qin Ming said, "My reason for snapping back was very simple: you dated so many people while in school, you're not short of one more."

"She said, 'I didn't know better back then, just played blindly.'"

Qin Ming looked at everyone, looked at the camera, and said, "I didn't know better back then either, but why was I studying?"

The audience clapped continuously.

"Hahahaha, well done. I really like this answer."

"I'm a woman. Before, my family introduced me to a man for a blind date too. He was also a classmate. I asked him the same question, but I didn't know how to answer."

"I'm a man. Damn, I've met women like this. Damn, played too much when young. When they grow up, who still cares about you?"

"I'm looking for a wife. Do you expect me to chase you again? I wouldn't chase someone else's leftover youth, would I?"

Actually, the logic is very simple. It's a circle problem.

Many people just don't see it.

In some good universities, a class with a dozen boys might all be single upon graduation.

Is it that they can't find anyone, or they are unwilling to look?

Who can say for sure?

This matter actually caused quite a stir. After all, it involves quite a few things. A person is gone, so the case can't really be confirmed, but what about those children who were threatened?

But you know, people actually have a lot of malice. Among those boys, weren't there a few who were deliberately stirring up trouble?

Just to sling mud on someone else.

When she was alive, her classmates didn't dare speak up. Why not? Because this Miss, while alive, came from a wealthy and capable family.

Everyone instinctively assumed it was this woman who had taken measures.

But when the truth came out, everyone realized it wasn't this woman who had done wrong. The ones who truly did wrong were actually many.

The deceased Miss was the one who did wrong.

Then everyone stepped forward, volunteering to say it was someone else's fault.

But at the very beginning, no one had ever suspected this Miss.

Why did the girl's farewell letter only say "I'm sorry," and never mention anything else?

This point actually gave the answer from the start. Most people who are bullied use their death to tell others they were being bullied.

But in this farewell letter, that actually doesn't exist.

Old Liu patted Chen Fan's shoulder and said, "Alright, stop thinking about it. Go on a business trip."

"Huh? A business trip? I don't want to go. My head hurts right now. Ouch, I'm starting to get a headache."

"There's a subsidy. They need some people to help over there. Recently they busted a hideout, and there are a lot of people. Interrogation is pretty taxing. They specifically requested you to help out."

"Not going. There aren't even any corpses."

Old Liu said, "There are. I made a request over there and had them prepare some corpses specifically for you, for you to play with. How about that, your Master is generous enough, right?"

"For real? Then I can make the trip. Do I need to bring people along?"

At that moment, Old Song walked in, reached out, draped his arm around Chen Fan's shoulder, and said, "Let's go together."

"You son of a— damn, I knew something felt off. You put in the application, didn't you?"

"All cops under heaven are one family. Everyone gathers together and helps each other—perfectly normal, isn't it? Your thinking is really selfish, I tell you. You, young comrade, your ideological awareness needs improvement."

Chen Fan chuckled and said, "If I don't come back, remember to call the police."

"Don't worry, I'll pick up the phone."

Chen Fan and Old Song got in the car. As for luggage and such, they hadn't really packed much. Forensic examiners going on business trips was perfectly normal.

If you're very capable, congratulations—your business trips will only become more frequent. But then again, the subsidies are there too.

Chen Fan naturally wouldn't say that he could possibly be going just for the corpses.

In the car, the livestream wasn't on. Old Song grabbed Chen Fan by the neck and said, "I'll strangle you to death."

"That's too much, Old Song. Don't push me."

"Dammit, you're a human being. I watched the livestream—my daughter's livestream—and she yawned seventy-five times. You son of a—young people at night, I get it, but can't you be a little more discreet about it?"

Chen Fan said, "What if I told you I was forced?"