Chapter 97.3 The Untouchable Flower in the Criminal Investigation Unit (1)
Chapter 97.3 The Untouchable Flower in the Criminal Investigation Unit (1)
Chapter 97.3 The Untouchable Flower in the Criminal Investigation Unit (1)
Dont worry, Leader Lin will come out later, and Ill talk to him for you."
Feng Kaiyuan nocldecl at Shui Wei, who had some apprehension in her eyes, Dont worry, Leader Lin isnt actually a cold person. He just wants to investigate cases and doesn't care about anything else. Ill help you say it. and youll be fine.
Then, Vice Leader, please.
Shui Wei had spent the first half of her life studying ancl going to school and had been single until now. The thought of having a boyfriend out of nowhere was a bit scary, but after hearing Feng Kaiyuans reassurance, she felt a little more relaxecl.
Ill go back first, excuse me."
Yes, go on. Its no problem.
Feng Kaiyuan had just made an ok gesture at Shui Wei when a loud sound of breaking glass erupted behind them. In the next second, a heavy object fell to the ground with a thud.
The customers, who had just been sitting in twos and threes, stood up in shock at this turn of events. They curiously looked towards the heavy object.
All that was visible was a woman lying silently on the otherwise smooth and clean floor, surrounded by shards of glass ancl water stains.
There were also several fake fish lying on the ground.
Its a person! Its a person!!!
Screams soon echoed around the area. Customers close to where the woman had fallen rushed to their feet and scrambled back. No matter how much a persons natural instinct was to watch, at the sight of such a scene, which people could tell was murder, they would still subconsciously avoid it as far as possible.
The officers, who had been laughing and giggling together, instantly looked serious. Lin Shiheng happened to come out from around the corner and saw this scene. His eyebrows slightly knittecl, and he quickly walked forward, lowerecl his head and extended his hand to touch the womans neck. He frowned again and looked at her bound limbs and the pieces of broken glass stuck on her body.
After checking, he stood up and glanced sideways at his subordinates, who were already standing up and heading over, Control the scene and call the police for someone to come over."
Yes!"
Although they haclnt encountered this sort of thing often during break times, they were usually quite skilled at separating the crowds of onlookers at work and immediately began to disperse in all directions. With the woman as the centre, they separated the people who were trying to act brave.
As soon as Feng Kaiyuan saw Lin Shiheng instructing people instead of calling 120 to save the woman, his heart understood it. He pulled Shui Wei, who also wanted to stop the crowd of onlookers from going forward, You havent encountered this kind of murder case. The last case was solvecl, and you werent there. This time, follow along and learn a bit."
Shui Wei wasnt a delicate girl. She knew she had to learn from her seniors and noclded obediently and followed along.
As soon as Feng Kaiyuan stepped forward, he asked, Dead?"
Theres no blood spattered from the broken glass wounds, so the bloocl has clotted.
Lin Shiheng answerecl briefly. He raised his head to look upward, slightly wrinkling his eyebrows as if in thought.
Both Shui Wei and Feng Kaiyuan also raised their heads to look up.
Strange..."
Feng Kaiyuan was the first to say, The place where the body fell from is a large hanging light. That means that the body was hidclen in the lighting before."
Every time they gathered somewhere. they picked the place according to some reviews on a review website. This time, they chose a place similar to a bar, with a slightly clim environment, a spacious place, sofas scattered around, a private space, and the atmosphere. Besides, they love to drink at gatherings, so they unanimously voted for it.
Ancl when they came in, they also lamentecl that there was actually such a large lamp hanging overhead. It reminded people of the fan hanging overhead when they were in school as children and that it was really worrying, constantly scared of the fan falling down when they were in class.
However, compared with a chilling fan that kept spinning, this lighting was much more beautiful. Looking up at it from below, it looked like the lights were in the water. It was transparent water, and there were a few fake fish were floating in it. Light would be reflected down, shimmering with shadows of the water. It had a nice feel to it.
Its nice, but thats it. Looking at floating water shadows for too long makes people feel dizzy. Perhaps the owner took this into consideration, so the lighting wasnt arranged under a seat. It was placed above an empty place that suited the decoration, adding a special atmosphere to it.
Now, looking at the body, the owner, who was called over, looked pale.
No matter how prosperous and well-known his business was before, the murder would definitely clrive away more than half of his customers.
When the forensic team arrived, the on-sight evidence collection was completed. The body was turned, and the owner was no longer pale but looked shocked and horrified.
Shui Wei noticed that there was more shock than fear, and it looked like he was seeing someone he knew. She spoke up ancl asked, You know her?"
The corners of the owners lips twitched, I know. Shes our stores waitress, Zou Mingfang. I didnt expect her to be... to be...
Shui Wei felt that his attitude was too complicated when saying that. After several glances, he ended up not saying anything. Feng Kaiyuan was a little more careful than her, a rookie. When he stepped forward to ask the owner, Shui Weis eyes fell on the body that had been photographed and placecl on a white cloth.
Before, the woman was facing down, so she couldnt see her face. The womans long hair was scattered all over her face, ancl her hands and legs were tied with a rope. Now, the whole body looked rigid, lying flat on the ground, similar to a boarcl. After her face was revealed, Shi Wei found something strange.
Now that there was no sign of life, it was normal for the woman to look pale, but her face was rather puffy; it didnt look right.
While thinking about it, Lin Shiheng suddenly askecl in a light voice, Do you see something wrong?
Shui Wei was almost shocked by his sudden words. Shuddering, she raised her head and saw that Lin Shiheng, who was five steps away from her before, was already standing right next to her, looking at the body with lowered eyes.
He was talking without looking at her, ancl people could easily misunderstand that he wasnt talking to her.
However, just as this thought popped up, the man at her side added two more words, Shui Wei."
Yeah, good to know that he was talking to her.
Shui Wei nervously pursecl her lips, Her face is pale and puffy, but her limbs arent. Combined with the water under the lamp, I suspect that her face was submerged in water before falling down from above.
Hmm.
Lin Shiheng nodded ancl looked up at the broken headlight above, There are two possibilities for now- one is that she diecl and was placed up there, where her face was immersed in water, while her body wasnt. The other would be that she was placed up there while she was still alive. Her face was in the water, but her hands and feet were tied up. So, she drowned."
But the water has always been up there. If the murderer wanted to drown her, why not fincl a simpler way?
Lin Shihengs willingness to discuss it with her made Shui Wei a little less nervous. She gestured, Placing a living person at such a high place... For the time being, lets assume that she was unconscious, but even so, people need a ladder to go up there and a time when theres no one around. Using a ladder, they would have to climb up with the person on their back, stuff the person into the lighting, climb back down, ancl put the ladder away."
Wouldnt that be too much trouble?
Lin Shiheng, who still had the recl roses in his white shirt pocket, nodded, Thats right, but similarly, the murderer killed someone. tied them up, and then found a deserted moment when they could climb the ladder and stuff the body in the lighting. It would still be very troublesome.
There are a lot of ways to deal with bodies, such as throwing them into the river, mountains, cutting them up or burning them. Hicling her in the lighting fixture might hide it for a clay or two. But after a while, it would decompose ancl smell. It would be found. When I first came in, I took a look. The water at the bottom and the light on top are completely separated. Stuffing a body between it would require someone to dismantle it. Its much more troublesome than other methods."
Shui Wei heard it and thought so too. If it was only hiding a body, this place had no surveillance, the killer could secretly hide a body up there, but that meant they could secretly hide it in any part of this restaurant too. Throwing it in the garbage was easier than putting it up there.
She was really still a rookie.
Lin Shiheng looked at the uniformecl colleagues that came. He went to greet the leader of the team and went back to his subordinates.
Well, theyre going to take over. Lets go back first. We still clont know if this case will be assigned to us. As witnesses, tomorrow, everyone has to hand over an analysis report. You all should go back and rest early tonight."
The team members were used to seeing corpses, and there was nothing but 'a good meal was ruined feeling. Hearing that they no longer had to care about it, everyone got their things and left together.
But Shui Wei, the rookie, was still full of motivation. She took a step back to look at the corpse. She felt that something was wrong.
What's the matter, rookie?
Feng Kaiyuan was the last to go, and when he saw Shui Weis distracted look, he was amused ancl asked, Do you want to solve the case?
Shui Wei coughed a little embarrassedly, Can we really ignore it?"
No, were a separate department. Only if they cant solve it, or if it takes too long to solve, it will be transferred to our team. Dont think that were like those TV dramas, where police officers go around solving any case they want. We can only work on cases assigned to us from above. Understand?"
Shui Wei also understood it in her heart. But this was the first time she actually saw someone die in front of her eyes, so her heart was a bit overwhelmed.
She noclded somewhat bitterly. When she looked up, she saw a slender figure standing in front of her. After a closer look, it was Lin Shiheng, who was standing with his back to them, wearing a coat and carrying a bag in one hand.
Oh right, she forgot to explain to Leader Lin.
Shui Wei looked at the Vice Leader with hope. Feng Kaiyuan forgot about it and went straight up and placed a hand on Lin Shihengs shoulder, Leacler Lin, are you going to deliver food to Da Mao ancl the others?
Hmm.
Lin Shiheng carried the previously packecl food. His magnetic voice lightly said, Tell them to come out for dinner tomorrow night."
After that, he moved his left shoulder that was held, Hands off."
Right, right. I wont touch the food."
Feng Kaiyuan spoke very skillfully, but his hand never movecl. Leader Lin team, with the way you are, how can you still be colcl-faced? In our line of work, arent you torturing yourself by being so stiff?
Im helping you; you dont know? Im a man, and what Im good at most is to resolve embarrassment. You should get along with me, ancl Ill share my halo. This is to help you get out of your misery and get rid of your single life as soon as possible. You have to thank me, you know?
Lin Shiheng coldly glanced over.
Get your hand off, and Ill thank you well.
Okay, okay, okay. I cant afford to mess with you."
Feng Kaiyuan was shivering from this glance ancl hastily withdrew his hand. He turned around and went down the steps, but when he got down, he was shivering again from the cold wind.
Damn it, its raining. So cold, this damn weather, so fickle!"
Shui Wei was also shivering from the cold wind. It was hot during the day, so she wore a short-sleeved shirt with ankle-length pants, and she could feel the cold even more than Feng Kaiyuan.
She was a little unlucky. She thought it was better not to walk and just get a taxi back.
She was about to go down the steps when she sucldenly saw Lin Shiheng turn around ancl look at her.
Okay, it got even colder with that glance.
Sure enough, the flower on the high mountain was really colcl.
Apparently, Lin Shiheng was only looking at her in passing. His real target was Feng Kaiyuan, who was waving at them from below.
Come up.
Ah?"
Feng Kaiyuan dicln t think much about it, but he ran up again.
Lin Shiheng asked, Is it really cold?"
Its colcl!"
Feng Kaiyuan said as he shivered.
Lin Shiheng nodded, handed the bag over, watched Feng Kaiyuan take it, and started to take off his jacket.
Feng Kaiyuan helcl the bag with a shocked face, Leader Lin, I cant accept that... no no no, how can this be okay? Its just a little cold. I can stand it, I can stand it!"
He had never been treated so nicely by his boss. While he was movecl, he felt that wasnt normal between two men. He said that he didnt want it, but his shivering body honestly reached out to take the jacket.
But his hand was left empty.
Because Lin Shiheng, who took off his coat, turned around and placed the coat over Shui Wei.
Feng Kaiyuan:'..."
He silently moved his hand, lifting it as if he was just going to place it on the back of his own neck and scratching it. It was as if he had just reached out with the intention of doing just that.
Sure enough, what he was best at was resolving embarrassment.