December 14, 2002, the client visited. Audio file 01620021214.wav.
"Thank you so much for your help this time. None of us expected this—not even anyone at the school. Kids these days... I only graduated from college a few years ago myself... Sigh..."
"Did you find the students behind the prank?"
"Yes, we did. It was those troublemakers in my class. Like I told you, they asked me questions that day to keep me occupied on purpose. The recording time you found... only they could have done it. We asked them, and they admitted it. Honestly..."
"Then what about the crying that other people heard?"
"They did it twice more, I think. The school has already punished them. Some people may really have heard it. Others were just bragging to each other."
"I understand. So, is this case closed?"
"Yes. Everything's been cleared up. Thank you so much. Thank you."
"Don't mention it."
December 14, 2002, case closed.
Client: Xu Chen, Qi Junjie
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Occupation: Student
Family: Parents
Contact address: Room XXX, Lane XXX, Aihua Road, People's Celebration City; Room XXX, Building XXX, Tianfu Residential Community, People's Celebration City
Phone number: 68XXXXXX, 64XXXXXX
December 20, 2002, client's first visit. Audio file 01620021220.wav.
"Hello, you two."
"..."
"Are you students from the Affiliated High School of the University of Technology?"
"Yes..."
"Do you know Mr. Sun Hongbin?"
"...We... We heard about you from Teacher Sun... Teacher Sun..."
"Did something happen to Mr. Sun?"
"He... He was in a car accident... He was in a car accident..."
"Did he pass away?"
"..."
"I'm sorry to hear that. Do you think there was something strange about his accident?"
"We were with him! We were the ones who made that recording, along with two other classmates. We just wanted to scare him...