“Shanshan, you get on Tang Yan’s motorbike,” said the professor when he realized that the police car could not accommodate all of them.
“But I…”
“You wouldn’t let an old person like me ride a motorbike, would you?”
Feng Shanshan felt that the professor deliberately wanted to embarrass her. But for the sake of the case, she went to Tang Yan and said helplessly, “I’m sorry to trouble you, Officer Tang.”
“Get on,” said Tang Yan coldly, and he handed a helmet to her. “Put it on. I always ride fast so you better hold on tight. I won’t be responsible if you fall off.”
Feng Shashan was speechless.
Did he see her as a good girl who had never ridden a motorbike before? However, despite thinking that way, Feng Shanshan only learned what excitement was when she rode on Tang Yan’s motorbike. She felt as if she was floating in the air all the way to the crime scene. Was he doing it on purpose?
Of course, with that speed, they were the first to arrive at the crime scene.
When Tang Yan showed his ID, the colleagues already at the scene let him in right away.
“A total of four people died. One downstairs, one at the stairs, one on the bed in the bedroom, and another one in the bathroom. Two men and two women. Their ages are between twenty-four to thirty.”
Seeing the mess along the way, Feng Shanshan couldn’t help but sigh. “There are cuts all over their bodies. There should be at least five or six cuts on each of them. The murder weapon should be something like an axe.”
As for Tang Yan, he did not speak at all, because he specialized in criminal profiling.
His eyes scanned through the whole murder scene, not wanting to miss out any corner.
Soon, the professor and the rest arrived at the scene. Seeing Feng Shanshan already squatting by the body, he was surprised. “How did you arrive so quickly?”
“Thanks to somebody, we have already examined the whole murder scene.”
“Can’t you slow down a bit when you ride with a girl?” The professor scolded Tang Yan. “You really don’t know how to take care of a girl.”
“I’m used to it,” Tang Yan answered, coldly.
“How’s the scene?” The professor shifted to the main topic. “Look at this corpse. It’s still fresh and warm.”
“Yes, the crime happened two or three hours ago,” said the policemen at the scene.
“Shanshan, have you roughly examined the corpses?”
“The one at the door was attacked from the back. There are seven cuts altogether and two of the cuts reached the heart. This one died because of excessive blood loss. The woman at the staircase had various cuts on her abdomen and waist. I can’t determine which cut was the fatal one. The man on the bed in the bedroom had a direct cut through his skull. As for the one in the bathroom, his death is rather peculiar. He died from a sharp fruit knife that was stabbed into his heart. I suspect that it’s a suicide. And beside him are axes covered in blood.
“So, does that mean that we can close the case already?” The young and innocent policemen asked.
However, from Feng Shanshan and Tang Yan’s eyes, the professor was sure. “It is not that simple, right?”
Tang Yan said, “Too many doubts.”
“Bring back the corpses then for an autopsy. And we have to do DNA profiling for all the bloodstains. As for the rest, we’ll talk about it when we get back to the police station.” The team leader told them after going around the crime scene.
“I still want to take a look at the scene.” The professor proceeded to squat at the spot where Feng Shanshan was just at and started examining the corpse carefully while Feng Shanshan wrote down notes on the patterns of the bloodstains. Sometimes, when it was a group homicide or when the case was more complicated than usual, they could make use of the bloodstains to know the movement of the murderer when he committed the crime.
Feng Shanshan did everything she was told carefully.
This made Tang Yan change his perception toward her a little bit. Because from the way she acted, he knew she was used to it already. She was not awkward at all.
The thing Tang Yan hated the most while investigating a crime was encountering an innocent girl who knew nothing.
Feng Shanshan was obviously not one of those girls.
He now wondered what kind of a person Mu Qiqi was.
After a few hours, the policemen made copies for all the evidence that could be brought back to the police station. After that, they left the crime scene.
The professor glanced at Tang Yan. Before he could give an order to him, Tang Yan had already handed a helmet to Feng Shanshan. “Let’s go.”
Feng Shanshan shivered as she thought about the speed just now. “I’ll just take a cab.”
“Suit yourself.” Having said that, Tang Yan put away the helmet and got on his motorbike.
Seeing this, the professor was speechless. “He is indeed a single-minded person. No wonder he had not gotten a girlfriend. Sigh.”
Feng Shanshan did not hesitate. She got a cab right away.
She liked to be simple and neat. She hated clingy men the most.
Soon, they returned to the police station. Since there were four bodies and not enough forensic doctors, Feng Shanshan stayed back to help.
But what she didn’t expect was that Tang Yan knew how to conduct an autopsy.
Seeing Feng Shanshan’s puzzled face, Tang Yan explained nonchalantly, “I also studied clinical forensic medicine and autopsy.”
Feng Shanshan nodded. Although she could not adapt, she still cooperated with him.
“Be prepared to stay up tonight.”
“You stay, but let Shanshan go home. She is a student. She still needs to go to classes tomorrow.” The professor criticized Tang Yan. “I really want to slap you. You really don’t know how to be considerate of girls.”
Tang Yan shrugged and buried his head in his work once more.
“Professor, I can do this.” Feng Shanshan was fired up. “I have class only in the afternoon.”
“Don’t be too hard on yourself.”
Feng Shanshan rolled her eyes and glared at Tang Yan. “Don’t look down on me.”
As for Mu Qiqi, who Tang Yan had wanted to meet, she flew back to Jianchuan at nine the next day with Sheng Xiao. Before they even had the time to go home, Sheng Xiao received a call from Sheng Bowen.
“Grandpa is sick. He wants to see you, Eighth Brother.”
Holding Mu Qiqi, Sheng Xiao did not give Third Brother a definite answer.
“I’ll understand the situation first.”
“Trust me, Grandpa will not make it difficult for you this time.”
Was Sheng Xiao scared? Not at all. In fact, he wanted to know how terrible Huang Yao was now, and what was in Grandpa Sheng’s mind.
But even so, he did not want to tell Third Brother this. “I’ll reply you later.”
“What happened?”
“Grandpa wanted to see me on a whim.” Sheng Xiao held Mu Qiqi’s hand tightly. “I’ll send you home first, then I’ll go to Zhongteng.”
“It’s not necessary. I’m not tired. If you want to visit that old man, bring me along.” Mu Qiqi held Sheng Xiao’s hand. “Send me directly to the forensics laboratory, I have no class in the morning.”
“Don’t you want to rest? Don’t you want to overcome your jet lag?” Sheng Xiao asked.
“I slept for a whole day yesterday. I’m very energetic now. I don’t need to overcome jet lag.” Mu Qiqi was very sure of herself. “And I just read the message Feng Shanshan sent me last night. Seems like there is a big murder case again.”