National Forensic Doctor
Chapter 767 - 710: New Tea

Chapter 767: Chapter 710: New Tea

Jiang Yuan spent over two hours meticulously examining the crime scene, satisfying a personal yearning for a fresh scene of crime.

In Ningtai County, such an on-the-spot first crime scene would also warrant a two-hour investigation, any longer would be a torment for both Yan and Wang Zhong.

Of course, usually, that would be enough. As the saying goes, "a clever move can work wonders," most detectives operate in a Cheng Yaojin manner when solving cases; if key clues can’t be found after their set of "three strikes," it’s about time to summon others.

To rely solely on oneself would indeed be irresponsible.

For Jiang Yuan, however, over two hours was enough time for him to assume several different positions to break the case.

From his perspective, the murderer wasn’t particularly adept at concealment, hastily leaving behind the scene without completing a thorough clean-up.

In fact, upon reflection, the second murderer was essentially caught off-guard.

It’s possible that in his expectations, the rental room where the victim resided wouldn’t be exposed so soon.

Furthermore, considering that the first murderer used arson to cover up the crime scene, had the second murderer been prepared, he might have employed the same method; while he still wouldn’t have escaped Jiang Yuan’s investigation, at least he wouldn’t have left such a freshly hot scene.

"Oooh..."

Qi Changye was gnawing on beef, took another bite of steamed bun, followed by a bite of green pepper, tears of happiness almost streaming down his face.

Counting the time, he had slept less than 8 hours in the past three to four days, with broken bouts of two hours or half an hour of sleep, mostly in the car.

He had eaten even less; sleep was to prevent sudden death, but more importantly to keep his brain somewhat clear.

In comparison, eating seemed not as critical, so much so that now he could barely speak from hunger.

"Would you like a drink of water?" His subordinates didn’t sympathize with him, they were just afraid he’d choke.

"Yeah. You eat, too," said Qi Changye considerately.

"No need, we’ve already eaten." His subordinates pushed the remaining scraps of meat toward Qi Changye.

Beep...

The phone rang, and Qi Changye hurriedly swallowed the food in his mouth and picked up the call.

"We’ve found a suspect, is Captain Jiang still there? We’d like him to confirm again." The voice on the other end of the line was polite but also very serious.

Qi Changye guessed the politeness was for Jiang Yuan’s sake, so he felt even more choked...

"Urgh..." Qi Changye pounded his chest.

"Is there a problem?" The voice on the other end remained calm yet serious, "If there are any requests from the Ningtai County Bureau, we can agree to some, within reason. It’s not easy for local jurisdictions to train high-caliber talent. If we demand someone without negotiation, it’s too overbearing. Offering compensation or even a reward is reasonable."

By this time, Qi Changye had managed to swallow the mouthful of bread and meat, and he hurriedly said, "No, I’ll go find Jiang Yuan right away, and also Commissioner Huang."

After hanging up, Qi Changye hesitated no longer. While sending messages to check on his colleagues, he swiftly went in search of Jiang Yuan.

Soon, Jiang Yuan saw several fingerprint photos from Qi Changye, a few ID portraits and everyday photos, clearly screenshot rear-view images, several photos of a dagger, and numerous photos of footprints and shoeprints...

One could guess with only LV1 reasoning that the inside and outside, home and away, of this suspect must have been thoroughly searched.

"The suspect is a driver from the small vehicle unit, so we hope we can be sure before arresting..." Qi Changye explained softly to Jiang Yuan, also hinting at some information, which could help Jiang Yuan make a judgment.

"Confirmed. It’s this person." Jiang Yuan didn’t even look at many photos before giving Qi Changye an answer.

Qi Changye hesitated, "Don’t you need to look at them all?"

"This case does have quite a few clues, but it’s not necessary to review all the evidence to draw a conclusion," Jiang Yuan said, looking at Qi Changye, whose intelligence seemed to have slipped, "You better go and get some sleep before you suddenly die."

"I’m fine. Our compensation is high," Qi Changye said, with a hint of pride.

...

That day.

The Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Zhengguang Bureau had fully mobilized as well, cooperating to complete several capture tasks.

Jiang Yuan’s Accumulated Case Team, however, remained behind, continuing office work, and watched as the police officers from various units gradually returned.

Jiang Yuan carefully flipped through the case files as if it were just another day.

"Captain Jiang, you’re busy," Cui Qishan said with a smile, knocking on the open door, greeting him with particular courtesy.

"Cui Da..." Jiang Yuan stood up to greet him.

Cui Qishan immediately stepped forward quickly, saying with a smile, "No need to stand up, no need, we are well acquainted, no need for formalities, I just came to pop in."

"Oh, then please take a seat. Would you like some tea?"

"Speaking of tea, I brought you a can of tea." With a thunk, Cui Qishan placed a can of tea leaves down, smiling, "I don’t really understand tea, it was given to me by a friend before. I see that you drink tea, so I thought I’d bring it to you."

Judging by the packaging of the tea can, Jiang Yuan could tell it wasn’t cheap and hastily declined.

Cui Qishan naturally did not permit it and quickly left with a smile.

Jiang Yuan, unable to refuse, could only sigh as he accepted the tea and then turned to hand it over to Wang Chuanxing.

"Cui Da gave a can of tea. 480 grams," said Wang Chuanxing as he noted it down and then opened the box behind him. He organized items like coffee, pots, health products, and tea leaves, making space to place the can of tea inside.

"Cui Da has upped his offering," Liu Jinghui said, amused yet nonchalant.

He had recently been too lazy to return to Shan Nan and had stayed in Beijing, reviewing cases with Jiang Yuan, finding it more interesting.

Jiang Yuan sighed and said, "Upping his offering is useless, and besides, if they really wanted to up the offering, they should go find Commissioner Huang."

"Makes sense," Liu Jinghui nodded in agreement, then added, "But you should hurry up and pick a case. Once you’ve chosen the case, those several captain’s minds will also be settled."

"Yeah. I thought the detectives in Beijing would have more resolve..."

"Having a combine harvester and not using it, carrying a scythe to harvest rice with the old and the young in tow, that’s not called having resolve, that’s having one’s brains fixed in place."

"Then let’s go with this one, the floating corpse case in the suitcase found in the river," Jiang Yuan said, picking up a file from the stack he had already selected.

"Are you planning to use the Skull Restoration Skill?" Liu Jinghui, having looked over some of the cases Jiang Yuan picked, immediately recalled this one.

The case had been discovered last March. At the time, a grey suitcase was found floating on the river. Passersby opened it to find a heavily decomposed female corpse and, inside the suitcase, a 10-kilogram dumbbell.

This case perfectly illustrated a forensic mystery—how much weight is needed to offset the buoyancy of a human body in water.

In practice, 10 kilograms was clearly not enough.

For the police, however, the difficulty of the case had reached its peak.

Even just the identity of the deceased had not been determined.

Skull Restoration Skill was obviously an excellent approach, yet even if they could restore the victim’s facial features through the skull and confirm her identity, there was still a long way to go.

To put it further, even if her identity was confirmed, it couldn’t guarantee the case would be solved, which was part of Jiang Yuan’s hesitation.

However, with the conclusion of a previous case, Jiang Yuan’s Skull Restoration Skill had advanced to level 5, and it was time to put it to the test.

Jiang Yuan nodded and said, "Yes, I’m planning to see what we can find with the Skull Restoration Skill."

Liu Jinghui clicked his tongue twice and said, "The time cost is too high, you’ll spend the whole month on this case."

"It doesn’t take that long now," Jiang Yuan paused, then said, "Of the remaining homicide cold cases, there are no better breakthroughs."

"That’s true. The ones left over by the Zhengguang Bureau..." Liu Jinghui didn’t finish, then said, "We could ask Commissioner Huang if taking on a few current cases would count for us."

Mu Zhiyang reminded from the side, "Director Liu, the resources Commissioner Huang is bringing are all for the Ningtai County Bureau, not for you."

"Low standards," Liu Jinghui glanced at Mu Zhiyang, "You even need a membership to watch TV series. Since when do you have to share the spoils to watch the excitement?"