I became the police station's darling after I could understand what the furry creature was sayi

Chapter 5 again? Has he awakened his Conan-like physique?!
After searching around for a while, Nan Shu finally identified the source of the sound.

—The manhole cover under my feet.

The boy's voice came from under the manhole cover.

but……

There were no signs indicating 'under construction' around, and Nan Shu's first thought was: Could someone have accidentally fallen in and not come out?

But then I realized something was wrong.

If a normal person fell in, they would definitely shout for help to attract attention and try to be rescued. They wouldn't be thinking about eating meat. Besides, where would meat come from in a sewer?

Nan Shu was about to ignore it, but the next second, she paused in her act of getting up, then slowly squatted back down, her eyes fixed on the manhole cover at her feet.

isn't it?
Come again?

Nan Shu remembered her belated lucky charm.

Who said there's no meat in the sewer?
Nan Shu's past life experience told her that there was a high possibility that a bag of dismembered remains wrapped in a snakeskin bag was hidden under the manhole cover, and the sounds she heard were most likely coming from animals such as rats.

Whether it was her imagination or not, as soon as she made this guess, Nan Shu vaguely smelled a faint, familiar odor of rotting flesh.

In her past life, she could smell it almost every day in the dissection room.

Nan Shu ate a bite of braised pork to calm her nerves.

Did she awaken some kind of Conan-like physique?

It's only been less than 24 hours!

The boy's voice continued to play in my ears.

"It's so delicious! And it's deep-fried!"

"It's delicious."

"..."

Chirping.

After finishing her boxed lunch, Nan Shu remained seated, pondering a question: if there really were dismembered bodies hidden under the manhole cover, how should she explain to the operator how she knew?
They'll probably be arrested as criminal suspects.

……

"What are you looking at?"

Crossroads, red light.

Xu Yunli followed Nan Punian's gaze and saw the girl from last night.

Her yellow delivery uniform made her figure appear even slimmer. With her hair in a low ponytail and a few strands falling on either side of her face, she was looking down at her feet with a focused expression, as if she were conducting a challenging chemistry experiment.

When the red light turned green, Nan Punian thought for a moment, then turned the steering wheel. Xu Yunli glanced at him, a thoughtful look flashing in his eyes.

The car stopped on the side of the road.

"Nan Shu".

Nan Punian rolled down the car window.

Xu Yunli saw the girl seem to be stunned for a moment, then suddenly raise her head, her almond-shaped eyes sparkling as if she had seen a savior.

"South Team?! Come on over here!"

Nan Shu waved to them, her gaze passing over Nan Punian and landing on Xu Yunli, "And the forensic doctor, come over here quickly."

She looked so excited; anyone who didn't know better would have thought she'd found gold.

The two exchanged a glance, both seeing the suspicion in each other's eyes, and then got out of the car.

Nan Punian didn't know what had gotten into him, but when he saw Nan Shu, his body reacted before his brain did. By the time he came to his senses, he was already standing next to Nan Shu.

"what happened?"

Nan Punian glanced at the food container in her hand, which she had eaten very cleanly, and then looked at the group of deliverymen who had finished their meals and were resting under the shade of a tree, scrolling through their phones. He frowned.

"Look, what is this?"

Nan Shu pointed to the ground.

"Manhole cover..."

Nan Punian became increasingly puzzled.

Nan Shu: "Look at this manhole cover, it's so big and round..."

Nan Punian & Xu Yunli: ...

"Forensic doctor."

Nan Shu stared intently at Xu Yunli, tugged at his sleeve, and made him squat down. She asked meaningfully, "Did you smell anything strange?"

Xu Yunli has severe mysophobia and dislikes contact with people. He quickly glanced at the hem of his clothes, somewhat puzzled, but still cooperated by squatting down.

He twitched his nostrils, about to shake his head, when his expression suddenly changed.

"what happened?"

Nan Punian looked at the two of them with a puzzled expression. Xu Yunli raised his eyes and gave Nan Shu a deep look. "Call the colleagues in the trace evidence department of the team and ask Xiao Wang to bring the forensic kit over for me."

Nan Punian was taken aback, but immediately understood. He took out his phone to make a call while glancing at Nan Shu.

Nan Shu looked up at the sky.

What a coincidence! She had just dozed off when God delivered a pillow to her head, saving her the trouble of calling the police and getting herself into trouble.

Nan Punian hung up the phone and looked at Nan Shu.

"Miss Nan Shu, we will need you to go to the police station later to give a statement."

Upon hearing this, Nan Shu sighed softly.

Nan Pu Nian: ...

"One hundred yuan per hour, if it's less than an hour, it'll be charged as a full hour, and I'll pay privately."

Nan Shu's eyes lit up immediately, "Really?!"

Nan Punian met the girl's almond-shaped eyes and swallowed back the word "fake".

"Ah."

"Cooperating with the investigation is the duty of every citizen."

Nan Shu said with a smile.

That's a really fast change of expression.

Nan Punian thought for a moment, then turned his head and met Xu Yunli's probing gaze. His eyelids twitched, and he subconsciously said, "Don't misunderstand, I just feel that the young lady has had a hard time."

"Oh."

Xu Yunli turned her face away indifferently.

Nan Pu Nian: ...

soon.

A team of more than a dozen police officers arrived at the scene and set up a yellow cordon within a two-meter radius of the manhole cover.

Upon seeing this, the delivery drivers who were not far away all took out their phones, some to watch the spectacle and others to take pictures.

Nan Shu stood outside the police cordon, with a policeman standing next to her.

The manhole cover was opened.

The stench of decay grew stronger.

The onlookers frowned and began to discuss among themselves.

Nan Shu took out her phone and glanced at the messages in the local food delivery group chat.

[Is anyone nearby? That smell just now... it smelled exactly like a dead, stinky rat. Could someone have died?]

Judging from the scale of the operation, it's possible that even forensic experts have been mobilized.

[This is terrifying! I'll never eat at this fast food restaurant again!]

Don't even mention it... I'm already throwing up.

When Nan Shu saw the message, she heard several retching sounds. Turning her head, she saw several deliverymen squatting by the roadside, retching in front of the flower bed.

One of the men not wearing a yellow robe turned out to be the owner of the fast food restaurant upon closer inspection.

Nan Shu: ...

As for what?

Seeing that Nan Punian was about to put on his protective suit and go down the well, Nan Shu thought for a moment and said, "Team Leader Nan."

Nan Punian turned to look at her.

Nan Shu: "Beware of rats."

After all, they are the 'big spender', so Nan Shu felt it was necessary to give them a reminder.

Nan Punian nodded and followed his colleagues from the trace evidence department down the well, with Xu Yunli close behind.

"Young lady, what's your relationship with our South Team?"

The young policeman next to him couldn't help but ask a gossipy question.

Since he joined the brigade, he has never seen the South Team Leader treat anyone with such a friendly demeanor.

Nan Shu said "Oh," and replied, "It's a simple business relationship." Nan Punian gives money, and she gives a statement; isn't that a business relationship?

The young policeman misunderstood, thinking that Nan Shu was an informant developed by Nan Punian, and his eyes showed more sympathy when he looked at Nan Shu.

Being an informant is no easy task; it's tough, tiring, and the pay isn't high.

Looking at Nan Shu dressed in a yellow robe, the sympathy in her eyes was almost overflowing.

Nan Shu: ?
(End of this chapter)