"This morning, a jogger spotted a corpse on the beach, a 20-year-old female, whose identity has been confird as a student from your Jiangzhe University."
At this, you frowned, "This is just a simple case, right? Surely your criminal police system isn’t so incompetent that it requires my intervention for sothing like this?"
Unperturbed by your complaint, Xian Qianling continued, "According to the forensic pathologist, the victim’s ti of death should be around one to two hours ago, but according to the information we have, this girl went missing half a month ago."
"And then what?"
"However, her clothes show significant signs of waterlogging, and according to the experts, the clothes have been soaked in seawater for at least a week."
You paused, then said, "You an her ti of death should be over a week ago, not one or two hours?"
"Yes."
"What does that prove? Maybe the forensic pathologist made an error."
"I can’t tell for sure myself, you’ll know once you see it," Xian replied.
Since you were already on board this ’thieves’ ship,’ you knew you couldn’t disembark yet. Anyway, you had no other plans for the day, so you might as well think of it as volunteer work.
The car took Huancheng Road and headed east. As you ca down from the overpass, you saw a lake not far away and asked Xian Qianling, "That lake is...?"
"Xiang Lake. I rember the first ti we t was by a little house by the Xiang Lake." Recalling the comical scene from that day, Xian Qianling couldn’t help but curl his lips slightly in a aningful smile as he glanced at you.
"Xiang Lake?"
Your mind didn’t wander in that direction; instead, you furrowed your brow and asked, "I rember there was an incident here before, sothing about a zombie attacking people... It was later handed over to the Chu Sect, right? What happened with that in the end?"
At the ntion of that case, Xian Qianling couldn’t help but sigh lightly, "I’m not very clear on the specifics, but I heard the Chu Sect only captured the zombie and didn’t find the mastermind behind it. The case was thus quickly concluded."
Police detectives generally have keen instincts. With your prompt, Xian Qianling imdiately inquired, "Do you suspect this case is related to that one?"
"I don’t know, it’s just a speculation for now. I’ll need to be at the scene to know for sure."
Xian Qianling parked the car by Huancheng Road. By now, the entrance down to the beach had already been cordoned off with police tape, and a few onlookers stood by the roadside, watching the detectives working at the scene from a distance.
Shortly after passing the police line, you recognized a familiar yet disagreeable figure.
Hu Zhiyuan spotted Xian Qianling from a distance, wearing what he thought was a handso smile. However, as soon as he noticed you, his expression chilled imdiately.
"Qian Ling, why did you bring this person again?"
Xian Qianling gave Hu Zhiyuan a cold glance, not even bothering to exchange another word with him.
Hu Zhiyuan had no way of dealing with Xian Qianling, but that didn’t an he couldn’t handle you.
He promptly stepped in front of you, looking down with arrogant eyes and said haughtily, "My friend, if you don’t leave now, I’ll arrest you for the suspicion of obstructing public duties and attempting to tamper with evidence!"
You were taken aback and, before Xian Qianling could lose his temper, you smiled and asked, "Police Officer Xie, are all the elites in your detective squad like this? No wonder you need to step in and solve this."
"What did you say!? Say that again if you dare!"
Hu Zhiyuan reached out to grab you, but you flicked his hand away. In the mont he was about to draw his gun, you had already pulled out a docunt from the inner pocket of your sweatshirt and slapped it hard on Hu Zhiyuan’s face!
"Smack!"
This voice was very crisp and pleasant to the ear!
"This is my ID card. Rember to give it back to once you’re done looking at it."
As you spoke, you strode past Hu Zhiyuan.
Hu Zhiyuan, with his face burning from the slap, struggled to open the work ID that Du Qingming had given to you, his hands trembling with rage.
"This can’t be!" Hu Zhiyuan bellowed, "It’s fake! How could you possibly be from the Chu Sect!"
Hu Zhiyuan’s roar served to inform the surrounding detectives of your identity.
Zhang Zifeng, who had been standing not far away, hurried over, took your work ID from Hu Zhiyuan’s hand, and after examining it closely twice, he said to Hu Zhiyuan, "It is indeed a Chu Sect work ID, and his left hand seems to carry the distinct electronic watch of the Chu Sect."
Despite his chest being filled with the flas of hatred and anger, Hu Zhiyuan, after all, was an educated elite, and his previous behavior was just a montary lapse of judgnt caused by jealousy.
Hu Zhiyuan glared coldly at you and Xian Qianling, "Since soone from the Chu Sect has intervened, we from the detective team should withdraw."
With that, Hu Zhiyuan started walking towards the intersection, but aside from a young female detective, the rest remained in place, most of them turning their heads away and staying silent.
"Good, good!" Hu Zhiyuan sneered and laughed, pointing his finger at everyone in front of him, one after the other, and finally said to you adamantly, "Li Muyun, we shall see!"
"Tch."
Unwilling to waste words with soone who thought too highly of himself, you quickly walked towards the location of the body.
Different from before, the detectives’ attitude towards you had obviously improved a lot upon learning that you were from the Chu Sect.
Zhang Zifeng walked up to you, returned your work ID, and also whispered, "Hu Zhiyuan cos from a notable family and has been pampered since childhood. He’s petty-minded like a mosquito. You should be more careful around him, as a person like him is capable of anything."
You nodded with a smile, "Mhmm, I know that. Don’t worry."
During the conversation, you had already arrived in front of the corpse, which was covered with a black plastic sheet.
Before you crouched down, you deliberately looked up at the sky. At that mont, the sun was located between the horizon and the blue sky with white clouds, offering an unobstructed view of the beautiful scenery.
You said to Zhang Zifeng beside you, "Officer Zhang, could you find a plastic sheet that can block light, preferably one that can cover the entire body."
"We have just the thing."
As he spoke, Zhang Zifeng instructed a young detective nearby, who hurriedly ran to the police car not far away.
"What do you need the plastic sheet for?" Xian Qianling asked.
You looked at her, cold as ice, and suddenly said teasingly, "If I say it’s to block ultraviolet rays to prevent from getting a tan, would you hit ?"
Xian Qianling rolled her eyes without amusent and said sternly, "Stop goofing around! We’re investigating a case, not out here to play. As a public servant, you should be responsible not only to the people but also to the deceased."
Alright, you’ve been lectured.
You shrugged your shoulders, and just at that mont, the young detective ca over with a large black light-blocking plastic sheet. You had Zhang Zifeng and the young detective unfold the plastic sheet to completely block out the sunlight.
Then, you crouched down and reached out to lift the black plastic bag.
And after you lifted the black plastic bag, you were montarily taken aback. You knew this person!
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