On the bushy hills on the outskirts of the city, yellow warning tape surrounded the wooden house within a five-meter radius.
The blue and red police cars flashing alternately were parked on the road in the distance. In the vast rice fields, policemen holding lights were searching for traces at regular intervals.
On the hill, after the trace examination took photos of the murder scene, the forensic doctors went in to collect the body. The head and the undecomposed parts of the body were easy to collect. The worst part was the fleshy paste that was firmly stuck to the ground. They had to lie on the ground and scrape it bit by bit.
come out.
After finally scraping it off, my whole body was soaked with sweat, and the whole body smelled so bad that even the pigs stayed away.
Zhong Xueru took off his mask to breathe fresh air, and said to Li Zan, who was three or four meters away and covering his mouth and nose to hide his disgust: "Part of the deceased was rotten, and some looked like a giant. Since it is summer and the weather is sultry, it is speculated that the time of death of the deceased is not long."
More than 3 days.”
Li Zan: "The deceased has begun to decay, and the death time should be longer...don't talk to me."
Zhong Xueru thought that if Li Zan hadn't been his uncle, he would have been beaten to death!
"The rotten parts were visually inspected to have been hit hard, and the soft tissues were mixed together to form a pulp, directly transitioning to the stage of giant viewing." Zhong Xueru waved his hand: "Any more will have to wait for the autopsy."
Li Zan said gently: "Then you go back quickly, before the police car carrying the corpse has left. Hurry up the autopsy, maybe you can make it in time for dinner."
The implication is that if you can't catch up, don't eat until you finish.
Squeezing others, especially his future sister-in-law, seemed to be Li Zan's innate talent. Zhong Xueru was full of slander and had to wear a respectful smile on his face to avoid being resented by Li Zan.
I really don’t understand why Li Zan spent all his time and energy on him.
What Zhong Xueru didn't know was that Li Zan's Xiaodujichang target had been added to a new target, and it was Jiang Heng whom he knew. Otherwise, he would definitely recruit people as allies and pour out the bitterness together.
Li Zan brushed the messy hair on his forehead and thought about finding a good day to get a haircut.
For him, having hair that goes past his ears and eyebrows is equivalent to having long hair, which is difficult to manage and very uncomfortable. When summer comes, it is hot and sticky.
Ji Chengling came over holding a transparent evidence bag and said, "Team Li, these are the items found in and near the wooden house. These are the deceased's complete clothes, which were taken off, folded and neatly put aside. There is also the deceased's wallet in the pocket of the clothes.
The ID card, coins and a small amount of banknotes are all in the wallet. This is a mobile phone with fingerprint and password locks turned on."
He was carrying several evidence bags in his hand, each of which contained items belonging to or related to the deceased.
At this time, a criminal police officer handed over the newly found physical evidence: "A beverage bottle found in the bushes, with one-fifth of the water left in it."
The drink bottle had no lid, and after being thrown out, it happened to get stuck in the middle of a branch, and the water inside was not poured out.
Li Zan: "Take it back and test it."
Detective: "Yes."
Chen Jie ran back from the criss-crossing alleys, her long hair soaked with sweat, panting, and reached Li Zan and Ji Chengling. She raised her gloved hand, spread her fingers, and hung a bunch of keys on her middle finger: "There is no one behind you.
There was an abandoned car on the dirt road that we passed. The key was taken out of the car. I estimate that the car has not been touched for three or four days."
Running all the way and talking non-stop, Chen Jie was a little out of breath.
Li Zan: "Don't talk, take a deep breath, and take your time."
Chen Jie nodded and followed the instructions. She slowly calmed down after taking a few breaths. She swallowed before saying: "Because it is a dirt road without cement, and it rained a few days ago, the dirt road left heavy ruts. I
I walked along the track and passed through the continuous rice fields and hills. What do you think I saw?"
Li Zan crossed his arms: "Comrade Chen, don't play a guessing game with dad. You can't give me a reward, but dad can kill you."
Chen Jie sneered: "Boss, sometimes people want to show off their cleverness." She sighed inwardly, but it was a pity that she met a boss who was not particularly patient.
"There is a large area of abandoned earth behind. It seems to be a small village. No one has lived in it for decades. There is a rice milling factory at the end of the village. I found a white skeleton and clothes in a rice basket at the exit of the rice mill.
It was tattered and faded, and the body was completely white and bones. I boldly speculate that he has been dead for at least a year."
Li Zan thought thoughtfully: "Two murder cases happened so close to each other at the same time. Is it a coincidence or..."
Chen Jie: "Serial murder?!"
"..." Li Zan glanced at her and then at her, unable to explain: "This place is so inaccessible that it is a good place to kill people and dump their bodies!"
Chen Jie touched her nose. Fortunately, she was thick-skinned and was not embarrassed at all.
Li Zan raised his index finger: "Take some people and expand the search area to see if there are any other corpses! Then take a few people to the nearest residential area to inquire. Pay attention to the farmer who contracted the rice field. Few people pass through this area.
, only the farmer will come over from time to time to look at the rice fields."
Chen Jie: "No problem! I'll take them on their way."
"I didn't let you go." Li Zan called to her and said, "Take the forensic doctor and trace examination to the second murder scene."
Chen Jie: "Okay."
Li Zan thought that he was fine, so he followed.
The rice milling factory was also surrounded by yellow warning tape, and the division of labor between trace inspection and forensic medicine was clear. However, since the murder occurred so long ago, there are actually very few traces that can be found.
Luminol reagent was sprayed everywhere at the murder scene, large areas of fluorescent blue slowly appeared, and blood stains appeared on the floor, walls and rice mill.
Chen Jie: "I lost it! There are so many bloodstains?!" From the door of the factory, we walked around the small rice milling room. The place covered with the most bloodstains was the place where the bones fell.
"This is... Captain Li, I see these blood stains, it looks like a person was chased at the door of the factory, ran all the way in, and finally died in the rice mill."
Li Zan: "Go on."
Chen Jie hesitated for a moment and continued: "The blood stains at the door and the rice mill were in the form of projectiles and mist, and there were drop-like blood stains in the middle. My guess is that the murderer attacked the deceased at the door, and the deceased fled to the rice mill and was killed.
The murderer caught up with him and attacked him a second time, killing the deceased."
"Not bad. There is progress."
Before Chen Jie had time to get excited, she heard Li Zan's next sentence: "The past teachings have finally paid off. Can you understand now that all my oppression of you before was for your own good? Dad has good intentions, and you must continue to work hard."
learning.”
Thinking of the dire situation in which a case review was completed every two days after get off work, Chen Jie's eyes darkened, her heart was filled with bitterness, and she had to force a smile and call her dad.
Li Zan: "If you can become a teacher in the future, don't forget your father's kindness in nurturing you."
Chen Jie: “What should I do if I don’t leave school?”
silence.
After a long while, Li Zan said: "Don't think about the impossible. How could I let you go out and embarrass yourself?"
Chen Jie: Look at this hateful-looking man actually calling himself ‘I’! He did not hesitate to cut off the relationship between father and daughter!
It was already late at night after the work at the two murder scenes that were close to each other was completed. Most people had evacuated. Li Zan and others returned to the branch.
The forensic and trace examinations have yielded no results for the time being. Li Zan went home first, took a shower and prepared to go into a deep sleep to recuperate his energy, because he would be very busy for a long time.
Jiang Heng is not here.
After Li Zan took a shower, he put on his pajamas and put a towel on his shoulders. When he came out, he grabbed the towel and wiped his hair. It was difficult to dry his hair when it was long, unlike before when his hair was short and stubbled and it took a few minutes to dry.
At that time, he could basically lie down on the bed and sleep after taking a shower.
It doesn't work now, it won't dry even after a long time of wiping.
Li Zan was always impatient to do such trivial things. After wiping for a while, he threw off the towel, found the scissors and went to the trash can to cut his hair. He accidentally caught a glimpse of the red dot on the balcony.
He tilted his hand and cut off the hair in front of his forehead.
Li Zan frowned, thinking that he would have to wear a hat tomorrow.
He put down the scissors and went to the balcony, where Jiang Heng came back from unknown time.
Jiang Heng stood on the balcony, and next to his right was a graceful and delicate peony, with several buds and flowers blooming, and its beauty and pride became the only scenery on the bare balcony.
Jiang Heng bought it. He usually takes care of it, and Li Zan is not allowed to pour the tea stems into the basin, so he takes special care of it.
Jiang Heng held a half-burned cigarette in his left hand. White smoke was floating in the night sky, and red dots were looming. He heard the movement and turned his head to look. When he saw Li Zan, something that no one could detect came into his eyes.
Ambition.
Li Zan: "Aren't you afraid that the peony will become useless due to second-hand smoke?"
He choked as soon as he opened his mouth. He is not as good with a gun as he is.
Jiang Heng chuckled, so fascinated that he thought this meant that Li Zan was treating him special and treating him differently, because Li Zan didn't bother to care about indifferent people at all.
Being so choked up in front of him shows that he is not an indifferent person in Li Zan's heart.
Li Zan shuddered and felt a little disgusted with Jiang Heng, who was smiling strangely now. He backed away and said, "If you have nothing to do in the middle of the night, you can cool off. Don't leave cigarette butts on the balcony."
Jiang Heng called to him: "Are you cutting your hair?" He walked over and looked closely at the abrupt and neat cut of hair on Li Zan's forehead to make sure he saw it correctly. "You want to cut your hair?"
Li Zan pulled the hair on his forehead: "It's too long."
Jiang Heng: "I'll help you cut it."
Li Zan was suspicious: "You know how?"
Jiang Heng: “Would you like to try it?”
Under the bright light, there was a mirror on the table. Li Zan was sitting cross-legged on the floor, with a towel on his shoulders. The cold and sharp scissors were pressed against the peak of his eyebrows. Jiang Heng's breath penetrated straight into his nose, making Li Zan feel uncomfortable.
Draw back.
"Don't move." Jiang Heng pressed Li Zan's shoulders and examined his hair: "Can you just cut it short?"
Li Zan endured the discomfort and said: "Don't go past the ears, don't go halfway past the forehead."
Jiang Heng thought about that hairstyle and was struck by how ugly it was.
Li Zan used to have a short haircut. A good short haircut exposed his three-dimensional sharp facial features, but now there is no electric push, so he can only deal with it briefly. Fortunately, Jiang Heng did have the skills to prevent Li Zan from being cut off.
When getting a haircut, someone will inevitably come very close to you. Your safe social distance is invaded, and the breath of another person comes in gently and undeniably. It's uncomfortable but you have to force yourself to accept it.
The scalp, neck, ears, cheeks, and sensitive areas were touched by skin that did not belong to one's own. The touched areas burned inexplicably, and the feeling of being invaded became more obvious.
Li Zan felt very uncomfortable and wanted to refuse.
Before he could say anything, there was a 'click' sound, and Jiang Heng had already cut his hair.
Li Zan straightened his back, his body was stiff, his brows were furrowed, and his expression was as if he was facing a formidable enemy.
"Lift your head slightly and stop moving."
Jiang Heng spoke in his ear, and then came to the back, breathing on the back of his neck. After a while, he spoke to his right ear again. He didn't know what kind of perfume he sprayed on him, and the smell was like a winding smoke.
It drifted into the nose and breathed into the lungs. Li Zan thought it smelled quite good.
But what followed was an even stronger restlessness, which he attributed to discomfort.
“Captain Li’s hair is of very good quality, black, shiny and smooth, very soft and feels great to the touch.”
"You compare me to a dog?" Li Zan said as coldly as possible.
"No." Jiang Heng said with a smile in his eyes and a sincere tone, "I'm touching a cat."
Li Zan: "Is there a difference?"
Jiang Heng thought to himself, Oops! I'm choking again! Don't be awkward, it's so cute!
"It's a metaphor, it doesn't mean anything else. If you think it's not powerful enough, you can just change it to a leopard." They are all cats anyway. The ferocious leopard's bark is so funny, but the contrast is so cute.
Jiang Heng sighed inwardly, he hadn't taken advantage even though he was like this, he was such a moral gentleman!
"The leopard's fur is softer and smoother, and it is also very powerful, like Captain Li."
The breath became thicker, and the strange feeling became more uncomfortable. Li Zan said sternly: "Don't talk! You'll disturb me!"
Jiang Heng paused and smiled with his teeth exposed from an angle that Li Zan could not see.
Finally, the hair was cut. Li Zan hurriedly glanced at himself in the mirror. The haircut was not bad, but the hair on his forehead was cut into pieces, which made him look very boyish. He paused, didn't bother to pursue it, and jumped up.
I went to the bathroom to wash off the loose hair on my body, then came out and turned on the hair dryer to dry it a few times.
Li Zan said good night as if nothing had happened and went back to the room. He lay on the bed and suddenly remembered amidst the sound of the air conditioner: Why cut your hair when you already have a hair dryer?!
