Chapter 841: Chapter 714: Completely Baffled

The person straightened up immediately upon hearing this, looking at Zhou Jiao with a tense expression.

"If this place gets sabotaged, the entire city will plunge into darkness and everything will be out of control. Now that someone has committed suicide, we can only have the relevant personnel expedite the investigation."

The implication of the words was understood by the section chief. He immediately returned Zhou Jiao’s documents, saying, "I’ll go make a phone call first; someone might come later to find you..."

Zhou Jiao nodded, "Of course! You go ahead."

As soon as Yi Jiefang saw him leave, he approached and asked in a low voice, "How did you spot a problem with the opponent at a glance? Tell me quickly, where was the flaw? No wonder you acted without saying a word."

Zhou Jiao looked at him speechlessly. Would anyone believe the truth? She also guessed later; it wasn’t until she examined the body that she confirmed it.

"Could there be more accomplices hiding in the shadows? Sigh, I better call Uncle Zhou, no wait, distant help is no good, I’ll call my brother first and have him send people over..."

Zhou Jiao quickly stepped forward to block him. If everyone knew about this, could she still stay in Lingnan? She had bigger things to do!

"It’s not as serious as you think! If there were accomplices, someone would’ve stepped forward to help before these people came, they wouldn’t just wait around to watch the excitement?"

Yi Jiefang tilted his head in thought.

Zhou Jiao pressed on, "If I’m not mistaken. There’s a hidden enemy here who didn’t expect to be discovered by us siblings. Initially, he pretended not to know martial arts, did you notice? I shouted ’enemy agent,’ and cornered, he drew his knife."

Yi Jiefang recalled and nodded along with her words.

"Moreover, when the city bureau people arrive, once we explain the situation and file a case, there won’t be no rats, even if there are, they’d be scared to death, how would they dare come for me?"

"Zhou Jiao, fellow student, makes sense, but we can’t stay here just in case. Tomorrow, we’ll head back to the provincial city, and return to the grassroots once this is settled."

Zhou Jiao was startled by Professor Wei’s voice and turned around to see, quite unexpectedly, some professors and teachers were behind her listening in. Zhou Jiao glared at Yi Jiefang, this fool, didn’t alert her!

Yi Jiefang scratched his head. Was it his fault? His heart was still pounding even now.

"Um, Zhou Jiao, classmate, go wash your hands, and calm down. Later, people from the police station will come and ask you about the situation."

Zhou Jiao listened to Counselor Wu and looked at her hands, suppressing laughter as she bade them farewell. Didn’t expect even teachers to be afraid of corpses.

Once she stepped away, Professor Wei glanced at the students before him and smiled, "Don’t worry. You go wash up too, organize your classmates to rest in their rooms."

Yi Jiefang couldn’t wait to leave.

Although Zhou Jiao made a reasonable argument, until they left this place, nowhere felt safe. He still needed to remind her, and gather the classmates together, with more people, any situation would be less frightening.

Once they left, Professor Wei smiled at his three colleagues, "Who would have thought?"

"Indeed! We really shouldn’t underestimate people."

"We’ve really gotten old; so many days and we didn’t find a single clue."

"Every time we lead a team, something happens, but this time, we’ve achieved something. Fortunately..."

Although the words were unfinished, fortunately, what?

Everyone understood in their hearts; it was a good thing no harm came to the students. These kids were all talents, showing potential to excel independently, losing them was unthinkable.

Just as dawn broke, the city’s bureau staff arrived at the power station.

With the procedure underway, everything was transparent at this point; there was no doubt about the credit for catching the enemy agent. For safety, the suggestions of Professor Wei and others were adopted.

Most of the city’s staff remained to continue investigating the opponent’s identity, while the rest escorted the group of teachers and students with drafts and diagrams back to the provincial city.

In consideration of protection principles, no public praise was given to the seven students who achieved merit last night in the machine room, only making archive records. Zhou Jiao was very satisfied with this.

Meanwhile, Shen Yunshi, He Ben Shan, and Wei Kelin were all dumbfounded. If it weren’t for the chatter in the vehicle, they really wanted to ask what on earth happened?

They just felt exhausted, didn’t know when they fell asleep, awakened by Zhou Jiao’s sharp cry, struggled to open their eyes, and rushed out drowsily, witnessing someone wielding a butchering knife, after that... everything went blank...

It was as if a huge pie hit them...

Zhou Jiao wouldn’t let them regain their senses, since it was mainly her and Yi Jiefang’s credit, bringing some side characters made it seem more reasonable.

She self-righteously narrated, "At that time, if it weren’t for you coming out to help, how dangerous would it have been for the two of us, that was a butchering knife. When you appeared, the opponent saw so many of us, worried about being exposed and turned their assassination into an outright chase."

That night in the machine room, seven people including Zhou Jiao and Yi Jiefang were present. At that moment, they didn’t realize how important this merit was, which in the future could serve as an amulet and provide work placement advantages.

More intriguingly, six of the seven were class cadres, and the remaining one was the persistent Qiao Na, clinging to Zhou Jiao. This made Xie Fang very frustrated.

If there was Zhao Yuanyuan in the Northeast, then in Beijing, it was Qiao Na who inherited this tradition; truly persistent! However, it was her luck. Besides snacking, she had a habit, she couldn’t sleep when others ground their teeth. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Recently, they often slept on mats, fell asleep as soon as their heads hit the pillow. Sleep talking, teeth grinding, sinister laughing, reportedly all accounted for, she steadfastly clung to Zhou Jiao, carrying snacks, hiding in the machine room. Once teachers left, she found a spot and continued sleeping snugly.

At this moment, Xie Fang quietly asked beside her, "What exactly happened at dawn? How did you discover it?"

Qiao Na looked at her and said with surprise, "Da Yi saw something wrong, Jiao Jiao shouted, and all of us went up there. Later, didn’t you all come too."

"Who discovered it first?"

Qiao Na nudged her, "Don’t ask, the city bureau comrades have instructed to keep this confidential."

Xie Fang very much doubted the other party was as dim-witted as she seemed. However, since she said so, it was hard to continue asking, so she smiled and nodded.

What is the meaning of a near miss? Xie Fang was quite mad at herself. Following Zhou Jiao daily for such a long time, why did she slack off these few days?

She knew well, if she had this credit, and if her uncle arranged things, she could definitely stay in Beijing after graduation. Compared to some classmates who claimed to be bricks, going wherever needed, she understood better what staying in Beijing meant. Looking at her mother told the story, why she could work locally as an officer, but couldn’t even enter a neighborhood committee back in Beijing, ending up as a regular worker in a factory?

From high school, Xie Fang set her sights on Huaqing University. She found out that graduates here, at the very least, were engineers, and the scope of professional choices was extremely broad.

Thinking of this, she turned towards Zhou Jiao, who was resting with her eyes closed.