You went on a blind date and presented an A-level wanted criminal as a meeting gift?

The air in the rest room of the forensic identification center was so quiet it was almost oppressive.

Lin Chen didn't rush to ask questions or analyze the case. He simply opened the temperature-controlled bento box that Ye Qingcheng's personal chef had carefully prepared.

The first layer is a nourishing conch and fish maw soup, with a golden color and rich aroma.

The second layer features exquisite black truffle scrambled eggs with shrimp and asparagus stir-fried with scallops, a balanced combination of meat and vegetables.

The third layer consists of crystal-clear Wuchang rice, topped with a cute smiley face made of seaweed.

Its appearance and aroma are enough to make any hungry person's mouth water.

Lin Chen ladled out a bowl of soup, gently blew on it with a spoon, and brought it to Jiang Tingxue's lips, his movements as tender as if he were handling a rare treasure.

"Here, warm your stomach first."

"Your constitution is prone to coldness, so don't drink ice water all the time."

Jiang Tingxue stared at him blankly, her beautiful eyes still filled with shock and confusion.

She mechanically opened her mouth, and the warm soup slid down her throat. A wave of warmth instantly spread from her stomach to her limbs, finally bringing a touch of warmth to her cold body.

But the ice in my heart still hasn't melted.

"husband……"

She finally couldn't hold back any longer. She put down the soup bowl, bit her pale pink lips, and her voice was filled with struggle and pain.

"The teacher's report...something's not right!"

"Just now, when they weren't looking, I took a look at the deceased's cochlear sample under a high-powered microscope. There were very obvious tiny congestion points on the tympanic membrane caused by high-frequency sound wave vibrations! This is a typical characteristic of sound wave damage, and the evidence is irrefutable! How could he have overlooked it? How dare he write 'natural death' on the report?"

She became more and more agitated as she spoke, her chest heaving violently.

This is not just a questioning of an erroneous report, but a shake-up of my beliefs that I have held for many years.

The mentor who taught her that "corpses don't lie" has today created a lie himself.

Lin Chen listened quietly without interrupting.

He picked up a piece of tender shrimp dipped in black truffle sauce and brought it to her mouth again.

"Eat something first."

His voice was calm yet powerful, carrying an undeniable reassuring strength.

Looking into his deep, all-seeing eyes, Jiang Tingxue's anxiety and panic miraculously subsided.

She obediently opened her mouth and ate the shrimp.

Lin Chen looked at her face, which had regained some color, before slowly activating his [God-level Sense of Smell].

His nostrils twitched almost imperceptibly, and his brain instantly analyzed, stripped away, and recombined the billions of odor molecules remaining in the air.

The smell of formaldehyde, concentration 37%.

The smell of disinfectant alcohol, concentration 75%.

The smell of blood comes from human type A blood, which has been coagulated for over an hour...

And... a very faint, almost completely masked by other scents, faintly bitter almond scent with a hint of plant alkaloids.

"Listening to the Snow,"

While continuing to feed his little forensic doctor, Lin Chen asked casually.

"When you were near Old Chen just now, did you smell a very peculiar scent?"

"smell?"

Jiang Tingxue frowned and pondered for a moment, then shook her head.

"Aside from the normal medicine smell, there's nothing special about it."

Although her sense of smell was more sensitive than that of ordinary people, it was worlds apart from Lin Chen's monstrous "god-level sense of smell".

"It's a very faint, bitter taste, like the aftertaste of a withered flower."

Lin Chen guided her.

"flower?"

Jiang Tingxue was even more puzzled.

Lin Chen smiled, fed her a piece of tender asparagus, and then slowly revealed the answer.

"That's the smell of 'Datura flower extract'."

"Mandala?"

Jiang Tingxue's pupils suddenly contracted!

As a top-notch forensic pathologist, her understanding of various poisons far surpasses that of ordinary people.

Datura, also known as "the angel's horn," is poisonous in its entirety. Its extracts contain large amounts of scopolamine and atropine, which are potent hallucinogens and nerve depressants.

"This plant extract is rarely used in modern mainstream medicine due to its strong toxicity and side effects."

Lin Chen's voice turned somewhat cold.

"But in some shady underground black markets, it is a very popular 'good thing'."

He paused, looking at Jiang Tingxue's pretty face that had suddenly become serious, and continued:

"Some unscrupulous people use it to make slow-acting psychotropic drugs."

"Long-term use of low doses can cause mental confusion and weaken willpower, making one susceptible to manipulation."

"or……"

Lin Chen's gaze deepened.

"When someone is controlled by a more potent toxin that modern medicine cannot cure, this datura extract is sometimes used as an antidote to temporarily relieve symptoms and keep them alive."

boom!

Lin Chen's words were like a bolt of lightning, instantly shattering all the fog in Jiang Tingxue's mind!

Mind control!

Antidote!

This incredibly intelligent female forensic doctor connected all the clues almost instantly!

She gasped in shock.

"You mean...the teacher...he was controlled by poison? Or, someone closest to him was poisoned, and he did this in exchange for the antidote..."

She dared not continue; the guess was too horrifying and too cruel!

To have a forensic expert, who values ​​his reputation above all else, fabricate an autopsy report that could ruin his reputation, what kind of deadly bargaining chip must the other party be holding that he couldn't refuse, and dared not even entertain the thought of resistance?

"pretty close."

Lin Chen nodded, his eyes showing no surprise, as if he had everything under control.

"A person who can abandon the reputation he has built up over a lifetime without hesitation is either someone has caught him in a fatal way, or... he is protecting something more important than his own life."

Lin Chen looked at Jiang Tingxue's face, which was trembling slightly with shock and anger, reached out and gently wiped the sauce from the corner of her mouth with his fingertips, his tone still calm and composed.

"So what we need to do now is not to question him, much less expose him."

"Stirring up trouble will only make the venomous snake hiding in the shadows tighten its grip, and may even cause Old Chen to pay an even heavier price."

Jiang Tingxue stared blankly at Lin Chen, at his handsome face, at the confidence and composure that seemed to control everything. At that moment, the panic and helplessness in her heart were completely replaced by an emotion called "peace of mind".

Yeah, why is she panicking?

Is there anything in the world that this man can't solve?

"So... what should we do now?"

She asked instinctively, her tone already filled with complete dependence.

Lin Chen fed her the last bite of rice, then slowly packed up the lunchbox, stood up, and pinched her delicate cheek.

"You just stay here quietly, file that 'wrong' report, and pretend nothing happened."

"Then, without anyone noticing, they left me a copy of Old Liu's original blood sample."

"And what about you?"

A cold and cruel smile curled at the corners of Lin Chen's lips.

"Me? Of course I'm going to meet our old master, who's been driven to the brink of despair."

"Let's see who this person is, having such audacity to provoke us."

After saying that, he turned and left, his back view elegant and resolute, leaving Jiang Tingxue with only a broad shoulder full of endless security.