Street Hustler and His Policewoman Wife-Chapter 76: He’s Clinging to His Last Breath

Chen Xiao sat on the chair in the study and opened one of the video recordings saved on the computer.

At the beginning of the footage, a young girl jumped into the frame.

She was wearing a white long dress, with a head of straight, jet-black hair.

She waved at the camera, then put her hands behind her back and smiled, "Hi, my dearest Grandpa! What you’re seeing now is my new campus."

"So, how is it? Isn’t it beautiful? Hmph, if you say it’s not, I’ll tug your white beard when I get home."

"Haha, Grandpa, look, this is my dormitory. It accommodates four people in total, and I’ve already become close with my roommates."

The camera panned, and soon a girl wearing glasses appeared in the video.

"Grandpa, this is one of my roommates, her name is Xu Rourou, and she’s a top student, ranked in the top ten in her city’s college entrance exam!"

"And this is Ye Wei, she sleeps on the bed above mine!"

"This is Wu You, the four of us are known as the four beauties of Room 207, hahaha!"

Following Guo Ning’s cheerful laughter, the four young girls simultaneously waved at the camera, shouting, "Hello, Grandpa."

Chen Xiao watched quietly, sensing the natural confidence and cheerfulness emanating from Guo Ning.

Such a personality undoubtedly stemmed largely from her privileged life environment.

In the entire video, another girl caught Chen Xiao’s attention, Ye Wei—the girl who slept above Guo Ning.

She also perished in that mountain, being the first victim discovered.

After finishing watching this segment, Chen Xiao continued browsing through others.

But after watching many consecutively, most were about Guo Ning’s college life.

And all of this life, she had shared entirely with her grandfather, Guo Zhengchang. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

This demonstrated how deep their grandfather-granddaughter bond was!

After unknowingly watching countless clips, Chen Xiao finally saw one member of the group of five again—Jin Meng.

She was one of the two students still missing!

The video footage showed a gathering with quite a few people, including all the "Four Beauties of Room 207" that Guo Ning jokingly mentioned.

Chen Xiao continued watching, and soon Song Zhen, the second-discovered deceased in the case, also appeared in the frame.

As the footage continued, the appearances of Song Zhen and Jin Meng increased, while the sightings of the "Four Beauties of Room 207" decreased.

This seemed to signal something to Chen Xiao.

After their first year of college, the relationship among the four girls of Room 207 didn’t seem as harmonious.

Meanwhile, Song Zhen and Jin Meng became part of Guo Ning’s social circle.

Soon, Chen Xiao found a birthday video.

The protagonist of this birthday video wasn’t Guo Ning, but Jin Meng.

Judging by the scene in the video, it seemed to be filmed in a KTV. It was noisy inside, making it hard to hear what the people were saying.

But in this video, Chen Xiao discovered a person with a very special identity in the case.

It was the severely ill classmate—Yu Gui, whom the five of them went to visit!

According to Zhang Xian’s records, Yu Gui came from the poorest family but was also an excellent student, even outperforming Xu Rourou from Room 207.

However, in March of this year, he was diagnosed with stomach cancer and had to suspend his studies temporarily.

Zhang Xian’s records indicated clearly that Yu Gui’s treatment costs were composed of three parts: family contributions, school donations, and donations from a Guo Family enterprise.

The Guo Family’s donations exceeded half of the total expenses.

It was easy to infer that the Guo Family’s funding was due to Guo Ning.

In the video Chen Xiao was watching, it should be the first encounter between Guo Ning and Yu Gui. Perhaps due to his family background, Yu Gui seemed somewhat out of place with the group in the room.

He didn’t sing or take any drinks or beverages from the table.

He sat alone in a corner of the sofa, quietly applauding each singing classmate.

Finally, Yu Gui, who had been almost invisible, was noticed. The person who noticed him was no other than Guo Ning.

In the video, Guo Ning pulled Yu Gui up and coaxed him to sing.

Bowing to the coaxing of his classmates, Yu Gui sang an English song.

Chen Xiao couldn’t recall the name, only that Yu Gui had a beautiful singing voice.

For such videos featuring key individuals related to the case, Chen Xiao would watch every single second attentively.

Watching like this, time naturally flew by. At that moment, Guo Zhengchang, who had been waiting outside the study, knocked on the door and asked:

"Mr. Xiaochen, am I interrupting you?"

Chen Xiao shook his head, "No, I just finished another part."

"Then take a break. My granddaughter loves to record everything. Who knows how long it will take to finish watching it all."

"I’m not tired, I’ll watch a bit more."

Guo Zhengchang smiled, "Oh, no. Have lunch with me."

It was only then that Chen Xiao realized it was already twelve thirty, indeed lunchtime.

"Alright, I’ll watch after lunch."

Chen Xiao followed Guo Zhengchang out of the study. Arriving at the dining table, they found the grand dining room occupied only by the two of them.

Guo Zhengchang smiled and explained, "I don’t like noisy meals, so I didn’t call Xiaoqing and the others."

Chen Xiao nodded, naturally seated, and began eating lunch.

There’s an old saying that goes, "Eat without speaking, sleep without talking," and since Guo Zhengchang had said he didn’t like noise during meals, Chen Xiao didn’t say a word throughout.

After all, he needed the peace to digest what he had seen in the videos earlier.

However, Guo Zhengchang broke the silence, "Mr. Xiaochen, did you see several familiar faces in the videos?"

"Yes, Captain Zhang gave me a notebook with his notes when I arrived. I saw Ye Wei, Jin Meng, Song Zhen, and Yu Gui who are related to the case."

"So, Qin Zhao is the only one left for you to find."

Chen Xiao nodded, and Guo Zhengchang sighed and said, "Each semester, Xiaoning would film many videos of her life and either send them to me or bring them home during breaks so I could see them."

"I’ve watched many videos you’ve seen, witnessing how her friendships changed over the years in college. But Ye Wei, Jin Meng, Song Zhen, Yu Gui, and Qin Zhao—these can be considered her closest friends."

"However, among these people, I’ve only met Yu Gui once. That was right after he got sick, and after I agreed with Xiaoning to help him, his family brought him over to our home, where he kowtowed."

"As someone who has lived for over seventy years, I can say among those friends Xiaoning met, Yu Gui and his family are the most upright. Although poor, they didn’t make people look down on them. After being advised to leave the hospital, Yu Gui returned all the money by proportioning it back."

"On that day, I didn’t want to accept their repayment because, to any member of the Guo Family, it wasn’t a significant sum. But his father was adamant, left the money, kowtowed several times, then left."

"Now that this has happened, besides the families of the children involved, Yu Gui’s the one who can’t accept it the most."

At this point, Guo Zhengchang raised his head and said in a tone full of complexity, "In my heart, I deeply resent him, his family, and even their place. If it weren’t for him, my granddaughter wouldn’t have gone to that place. But I know that boy is only hanging on by a thread."

"He’s waiting, waiting for the truth, so he can rest in peace."