Chapter 818 Clues and Portraits

Bai Zepei did not nod in agreement, but looked at Qin Kaichang and Wu Bai and asked, "Are you familiar with that Du Xueru?"

Qin Kaichang shook his head, "I've only spoken to him a few times, so I'm not very familiar with him, but I remember that he was not outstanding in the delegation. He seems to be a substitute, right? In this way, he is not a threat to anyone, so why is he plotting against him?"

Wu Bai stayed at Beiyu Academy the longest, and because of his bold personality, he met the most people. He touched his chin and said: "Then Du Xueru is a bit introverted and doesn't like to talk. His knowledge is good, but his ability to express is not good. That’s why I became a substitute.”

"If someone else disappears and no one else notices, I will feel strange. If it were Du Xueru, I would think it is normal. He often has no sense of existence. Otherwise, you have gone all this way and you didn't tell him. How many words will it take?" Wu Bai shrugged his shoulders as he spoke, as if he didn't have a good impression of Du Xueru.

Bai Ruozhu noticed this and asked, "Wu Bai, you don't like him?"

"It's not that I don't like him. He's too fair and introverted, so he doesn't have the habit of making friends with us martial arts practitioners." Wu Bai said.

Bai Ruozhu couldn't help but laugh, "I think my second brother is also quite fair, and he is usually cold. How come you are still friends?"

Wu Bai touched his nose and lowered his voice and said, "Your second brother has murderous intent!"

Bai Ruozhu couldn't help laughing. Bai Zepei was a little embarrassed and said with a cold face: "Okay, let's talk business first."

Wu Bai muttered beside him: "Look, murderous intent is coming."

Now Bai Ruozhu couldn't help laughing again, and even Wu Ying and Qin Kaichang also laughed. Although Bai Zepei had a straight face, there was a helpless smile on his face.

Everyone laughed for a while and discussed the matter again.

"Maybe there is no conspiracy here, but I think someone must have noticed why Du Xueru disappeared, but just didn't want to talk about it," Bai Ruozhu said.

"Why?" Wu Bai felt a little confused.

"It's all about profit." Wu Ying rolled her eyes at her brother, feeling that her brother's thinking was too simple.

Bai Ruozhu stood up from the chair and said, "We can't waste any more time. Let's go find Dean Wen to gather people together. I have something to ask. If we delay our departure any longer, I'm afraid it will affect our journey."

Everyone thought it made sense and followed Bai Ruozhu to find Dean Wen. After hearing her words, Dean Wen called all the delegation members to the conference hall without asking any questions.

Everyone was waiting for Bai Ruozhu to ask questions, but she ended up holding a baby in her arms. This scene seemed a bit funny.

"Excuse me for a moment, think about it individually. Where was the last time you noticed Du Xueru?" Bai Ruozhu said.

Dean Wen was the first to speak, "I remember seeing him while we were eating. We got off the boat and went to the city library to check it out, and then went to a restaurant to eat. After the meal, Shan Youshen went to buy medicine. , everyone also went to the medicine shop, and then on the way back, they found that Du Xueru was missing."

Bai Ruozhu nodded. Dean Wen was smart enough to explain where they had gone without her having to ask any more questions.

"I remember seeing him at the drug store. Everyone said we should buy some medicines for regular use, so as not to bother Mrs. Jiang. He was standing at the door and didn't buy any medicine." Liu Jianzhou also said.

"Did anyone notice him after that? Did anyone find anything special along the way? Try not to miss any small details." Bai Ruozhu had a faint smile on his face, and quietly observed everyone while talking. Personal reaction.

"We can't leave Du Xueru behind, but everyone knows that the journey is very fast. If we leave one or two days late, we may miss the trip and lose the qualification to participate in the competition. I don't want everyone to go all the way and miss the competition in the end, so Everyone, try your best to think about it.”

Shan Youshen said in a hoarse voice: "It's not all someone..."

He spoke with great difficulty, but before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Bai Ruozhu, "Shut up! Don't delay finding someone by talking about other things!"

She had always had a smile on her face from the beginning of everyone's trip. Even when Shan Youshen found trouble a few times, she also spoke calmly and calmly, never loudly, so now her voice became stern, which silenced everyone in the room. .

"How dare you disrespect me? I am at least a scholar." Shan Youshen pinched his throat and said with difficulty.

Bai Ruozhu sneered, "A scholar can dominate others. Why haven't I seen anyone like you? Besides, I am a fifth-grade imperial wife. Who is disrespecting whom?"

As she spoke, she continued to quietly observe everyone's expressions. She said before that she would be disqualified from the competition. Many people's faces were ugly, but one of them turned his eyes back and forth. This was obviously a sign that he was trying to figure out what was going on. That man must be hiding something.

As she spoke, she walked towards the man, suddenly turned her head, looked at him and said, "Tell me, what are you hiding?"

Everyone was shocked. Why did Bai Ruozhu change people as soon as the conversation changed? And why did she say that Sun Zhong was hiding something?

Sun Zhong didn't expect that Bai Ruozhu would suddenly see through him. A look of panic appeared on his face, but when he reacted and tried to hide it, it was already too late.

Dean Wen also looked surprised, looked at Sun Zhong and asked, "If you have anything to say, just say it. The Academy will not hold you accountable for not reporting what you knew."

With Dean Wen's words, Sun Zhong was obviously relieved, and he was not as panicked as before. He thought for a while and said cautiously: "Actually, it's not that I don't want to say it, but I'm afraid that I made a mistake. If Du Xueru's reputation is lost, it will be bad."

"You just say it's okay. Even if it's a mistake, I will find out and clear his name, and I won't blame you at all." Bai Ruozhu said.

"On the way, I saw a woman who always smiled at Du Xueru. Du Xueru seemed to have seen it too. When he was at the drug store, he didn't go in to buy medicine. He just looked at the woman outside the door." Sun Zhong said.

Everyone looked surprised. Could it be that Du Xueru ran away with the woman? However, no one dared to speak out their guesses. This was exactly what Sun Zhong said. If he got it wrong, it would ruin his reputation.

"Describe what that woman looks like. Jian Qi, come and draw a portrait. Let's identify the person." Bai Ruozhu ordered.

Although Jian Qi is a secret guard, he also has a specialty, which is to draw portraits based on descriptions. As long as the description is clear enough, he can find a way to restore the target's portrait. It is said that Lin Zhenghui asked him to learn it in the first place. He spent a lot of time on this.

Sun Zhong recalled the description. Jian Qi scribbled on the paper. After a while, he picked up the portrait and said to Sun Zhong, "Is that so?"

Sun Zhong's eyes widened, "Isn't this too similar?"