Eyes that are the same as those of evil

Chapter 65 Strange Corpse 3
However, aside from the inexplicable network of emotional connections, this case is relatively easy to handle.

The murderer was among these thirteen people, and their testimonies, after being sorted out, formed a clear timeline; the scene was full of traces, and although the forensic work was a bit troublesome, the traces made it more likely to find evidence left by the murderer.

It's no different from any other case; it just requires a little more effort.

The only difficulty is that the cause of death of the body has not yet been determined.

Forensic pathologist Lao Li rarely encountered a situation where he had no clue what to do. Qiu Chenxing's naked body was laid out in front of him, and he just stood there with his knife in hand, staring blankly, like a midnight butcher.

Zheng Yan was startled when he went in.

"Feeling hungry for your work subjects can land you in jail, Lao Li. Think it through."

Old Li ignored his words, put down the knife, and was completely puzzled.

"I still couldn't find any injuries on the body, and the deceased showed no signs of struggling. It seems like he suffocated from lack of oxygen for no apparent reason."

Zheng Yan also examined the body carefully and recalled the guess that Xiao Chen had made at the scene last night.

"Could some kind of drug have caused him to hallucinate?"

"No traces of sedatives were found in the mouth and nose of the body. To be precise, apart from a few kiss marks, there were no other suspicious marks on the body, and even the internal organs were normal."

What about toxicology testing?

"It's still being done. The poisons commonly found in homicide cases all have a special odor or pathological characteristics after poisoning, but this body does not, so the toxicology test may not tell us any clues."

"That's really strange." Zheng Yan's gaze moved to the hickeys, and he pressed the skin to examine them carefully.

There were no other wounds that were covered up, not even pinholes.

Could it be that he held his breath and then inexplicably suffocated?

He asked Lao Li to continue the investigation, and then asked Xiao Chen for the compiled statement.

"Based on their statements, I pieced together a rough timeline. Around 7:30 p.m., they entered the room. At 7:50 p.m., they finished a simple birthday celebration. The deceased and Zhong Xiaoyang kissed, which was being watched by many people. The deceased seemed a little embarrassed and went to a corner near the bathroom to play with others. Zhong Xiaoyang was pulled to the middle table to play cards."

"At 8:09, the girl named Shen Yueyue replied to a fan's message on her phone and then went to the bathroom. She was the last person to enter the bathroom before the deceased, but the deceased was never seen approaching her until she came out."

"At 8:25, someone answered a phone call. At that time, someone was singing a love song. It was only a few minutes later. A boy named Zheng Heng said that he vaguely saw the deceased still in the room, drinking."

"Shortly after that, the girl named Li Xiao turned off the lights, trying to create an ambiguous atmosphere for all the couples. This continued until the deceased was discovered by Guan Xia, which took about half an hour."

"Has no one gone to the toilet in the past half hour?"

Xiao Chen nodded: "That's what they said."

Zheng Yan pondered for a moment and went to find the 3D scene scan for trace evidence: "The hotel suite they booked has a spacious living room that connects to the balcony and the swimming pool. The bathroom is located on the right side of the living room, and you have to go around from the balcony to get there."

“According to them, the card players were near the display case last night, the drinkers and singers were in the middle, and no one was near the restroom. So it’s quite possible that no one noticed who went into the restroom, especially after the lights were turned off,” Xiao Chen analyzed. “Was turning off the lights really Li Xiao’s own idea, and no one encouraged her?”

"Everyone had that intention, she just did it first because she also wanted to have some late-night flirting with her...girlfriend. By the way, her girlfriend was the deceased's...sister."

What a messy relationship.

Zheng Yan clicked his tongue: "Have you figured out who among these people has the most motive? The murderer dared to make a move when so many people were present, and no obvious fatal wounds were found on the body. It's not a case of impulsive crime. This means that the murderer must have planned it carefully and designed an escape route. One of those people is his escape route."

"Shen Yueyue, I guess. She was one of the first generation of internet celebrities. She started a company with someone, and the deceased and Zhong Xiaoyang were signed to her company. At the end of last year, the deceased and Zhong Xiaoyang became popular online. Later, probably due to an unequal distribution of profits, they had a big conflict with the company. The deceased wanted to go solo, but found that the company's contract had a trap. They would have to pay a lot of money and couldn't take the account with them."

"After this incident, the deceased became very passive and uncooperative with her work at the company. According to Zhong Xiaoyang, Shen Yueyue and the others were very dissatisfied with her. Recently, a lot of negative information about the deceased has appeared online, and fans speculate that it's due to company suppression. Shen Yueyue's attendance at Zhong Xiaoyang's birthday celebration was not only to save face for her fans, but also to have a final negotiation with the deceased. Perhaps the deceased was still unwilling to compromise, so she resorted to more radical methods?"

Zheng Yan: "Even the most radical person wouldn't go so far as to kill someone and label themselves a murderer. Unless... it was an accident."

Two years ago, they handled a case involving a celebrity. A female celebrity wanted to steal a role from her rival, so she got the rival drunk at a party and hired someone to take photos of the rival being hugged and kissed by a married man and driving under the influence. However, she didn't expect that the man was taking medication at the time. The combination of excessive alcohol and medication directly led to his death.

"Also, if Shen Yueyue was a backup plan left by the murderer, then the relationship between the murderer and the victim must be more than it appears on the surface. We need to dig deeper."

……

Tan Jia didn't pay much attention to this case.

If there are no dreams, then it has nothing to do with her. She continues to live her life: riding her bike, going to the boxing gym, taking sculpting classes, and making zodiac animals with a group of children.

To date, she has learned to use a sculpting knife skillfully to press out various shapes of eye sockets and lips into dough, and to carve various scale patterns. The scales on her snake-shaped dough even received praise from her aunt.

Just when she was about to forget about the case, the dream arrived, albeit belatedly.

It was another night when "she" opened her eyes to find herself breathing heavily, her brain and chest rapidly filled with anger, pain, and hatred, which could only be released when she pounded her fists down.

With a thud, bones collided, and the person in front of him staggered a few steps in the darkness and fell to the ground, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.

She stumbled over and pressed down on the man several more times, each punch filled with resentment; the harder she hit, the more satisfied she felt.

But he couldn't land the last punch; someone grabbed his wrist and flung him away, followed by a sudden, sharp pain in his face.

Her head was knocked to the side, then another punch, and she was the one who fell to the ground. She gasped for breath as she looked at the person who had rolled over and was on top of her. The darkness made the other person's outline indistinct, but the pain from each beating was the clearest.

Blood mixed with saliva choked her, causing her to cough desperately; death seemed imminent.

Pain and hatred alternated, eventually giving rise to the will to survive. Her hand groped wildly in the darkness, grabbed a cold knife, and plunged it in!
Tan Jia gasped and woke up from his dream.

The dream may be late, but it arrives nonetheless.

However, this is just a transitional case; the story is short, and the focus is on the corpse.

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