From rejecting the beautiful female CEO to becoming extremely powerful

The metal tray bounced as it was slapped, and the tweezers rolled to the edge of the table.

Qian Shouyi pointed at Lu Yunzhou, the veins on his forehead bulging.

"Twenty-four hours? You haven't even studied forensic medicine, what gives you the right to spout nonsense here!"

He has performed autopsies for over thirty years, and most of the difficult cases in Sheng'an City have passed through his hands.

Today, however, he was directly rejected by a construction site boss, and he couldn't save face at all.

Li Zhenhua bent down to pick up the file, his gaze sweeping between the two men.

Lu Yunzhou ignored Qian Shouyi and walked directly to the metal platform.

The deceased's right arm hung outside the shroud, and the back of his hand was covered with dark purple patches.

The edges of those patches had merged together, and the color had darkened considerably.

Lu Yunzhou put on gloves and pressed his thumb against one of the spots.

Five seconds later, he raised his hand.

The area that was pressed did not change color.

Qian Shouyi stared at the patch of skin, his anger simmering on his face.

Lu Yunzhou then lifted the eyelid of the deceased's right eye.

The cornea is highly cloudy, its surface has lost its luster, and the internal tissues are no longer visible.

With these two changes in mind, any experienced forensic pathologist should be on high alert.

"The lividity has set and doesn't fade when pressed. The cornea is also cloudy."

Lu Yunzhou examined the body, his judgment becoming clearer. "Judging from these circumstances, he has been dead for at least 24 hours. He was already dead when he fell from the crane last night."

Qian Shouyi's lips moved a few times, but he couldn't make a sound immediately.

He walked to the body, put his gloves back on, and pressed his thumbs on three spots of livor mortis.

The first spot is on the back of the hand, the second is on the side of the waist, and the third is on the back of the thigh.

The colors haven't changed at all.

Qian Shouyi's breathing became erratic.

He picked up a flashlight, pried open the deceased's other eye to examine it, and his hand quickly became sweaty.

Lu Yunzhou raised the corpse's shoulders slightly.

The lividity on the back was intact, and there were pressure marks from lying flat on the shoulder blades and waist.

Such marks require maintaining the same posture for a long time; a few hours is simply not enough.

Moreover, the body had been lying on its side at the scene since it fell.

If Ma Jianguo really died in the early morning, the location of the livor mortis should have changed according to the posture after the fall.

All the evidence now suggests that the body had been lying elsewhere for a long time.

Qian Shouyi flipped through the initial examination record, and the color drained from his face little by little.

He had previously observed a collapsed skull and multiple fractures, concluding that the fall caused the death.

The time of the incident, surveillance footage, and on-site testimonies all point to the early morning hours.

Following this conclusion, he investigated further and actually mistook livor mortis for a normal change caused by low temperatures.

While livor mortis can be mistaken, changes in the cornea cannot lie.

Lu Yunzhou took off his gloves and threw them into the medical waste bin.

"Even if you rely on seniority, you still need to keep your eyes open. If I let you sign the report today, Yuanchuan will be implicated in a murder, while the real killer can still be out drinking."

Qian Shouyi held the record folder, his arm stiff at his side.

These words directly exposed his true colors.

Li Zhenhua also heard the result and immediately walked to the metal table.

"Mr. Qian, is this preliminary test result still usable?"

Qian Shouyi lowered his head and examined the deceased's mouth, nose, and neck again.

There were patches of bleeding spots on the conjunctiva of the eye, and two pressure marks on the side of the neck that were covered by external injuries.

A few minutes later, he took off his glasses, his back already soaked with sweat.

"Initial inspection invalidated."

Qian Shouyi lowered his voice, "The deceased showed signs of suffocation before death, and the time of death was more than 24 hours ago. The body was transported to the construction site and then thrown from the tower crane, deliberately creating a safety accident."

Li Zhenhua closed the file, his face grim.

The nature of the case has changed.

Safety incidents can be investigated and those responsible held accountable according to established procedures.

Murder, body removal, and staged crime scene all indicate that someone had been eyeing the old port of South Bay for some time, and had even included the police and forensic experts in their plans.

Qian Shouyi stood there, not looking up for a long time.

He knew in his heart that this missed detection was enough to warrant his suspension.

Lu Yunzhou glanced at him.

"If you're old, give up your position. Occupying the examination table and harming people—how can you face the deceased?"

Qian Shouyi's cheek twitched twice.

He wanted to argue, but the preliminary examination records on the table left him speechless.

Li Zhenhua summoned two technicians and demanded that the testing laboratory be sealed off and all samples be re-extracted.

The deceased's blood, stomach contents, oral and nasal secretions, and neck tissue were also included in the expedited testing.

The police officers who were originally in charge of the construction site accident received the notification and immediately returned to South Bay Old Port.

Tower cranes, control cabinets, door locks, and on-site vehicles were all identified as key targets for evidence collection.

Cheng Ye has been temporarily cleared of suspicion of major responsibility, but he cannot leave the Criminal Investigation Brigade yet.

Twenty minutes later, Lu Yunzhou was taken into Li Zhenhua's office.

After closing the door, Li Zhenhua placed his phone on the table and pulled up the surveillance footage of Lu Yunzhou entering the testing room.

"You've saved many lives, I admit that. But you can overturn the old forensic doctor's judgment with just a few glances."

Li Zhenhua stared at him, his guard rising again. "Lu Yunzhou, why are you so concerned about this corpse?"

Lu Yunzhou leaned back in his chair, already prepared.

The story of "Shennong" cannot be told to outsiders.

The ability to examine pulses with vital energy and identify corpses by observing blood also goes beyond the scope of ordinary medical skills.

The more you explain, the more likely you are to be targeted.

He pushed the notice of suspension of the Nanwan project in front of Li Zhenhua.

"The project is burning through hundreds of thousands a day. Yuanchuan just took over the project, and now someone has died, Cheng Ye is in jail, the company is losing money, and I've poured months of my life into it. If I don't investigate thoroughly, am I just waiting to go bankrupt?"

Li Zhenhua tapped the corner of the table, not responding immediately.

This reason is direct enough and fits Lu Yunzhou's identity.

But he still felt that Lu Yunzhou was hiding something.

The office door was pushed open, and Cheng Ye was led to the door by police officers.

His wrists weren't handcuffed, but the tension on his face hadn't subsided.

Lu Yunzhou gestured for him to hold on.

Seeing his reaction, Cheng Ye swallowed back the question he had been holding in all the way.

The phone on the table vibrated.

Ye Zhiwei sent over the investigation results.

Lu Yunzhou glanced at the first line and sat up straight.

Ma Jianguo's ID card, labor contract, and three months of pay slips were all forged.

The archival photos were processed, and the original facial data corresponded to another name.

Zhang Tieniu, 42 years old, from another province.

This person is involved in burglary, illegal detention, and two assault cases. He fled his place of residence three years ago and has been pursued across provinces ever since.

The so-called long-time employees of Yuanchuan never existed.

Li Zhenhua noticed his change and reached out to take the phone.

After reviewing the documents, he immediately notified the technical department to verify his identity.

Less than a minute later, Ye Zhiwei sent another screenshot.

The footage was taken from the freight corridor outside the construction site.

It was 10:47 p.m. last night when an unregistered gray van was parked outside the fence.

The driver's side window was open.

The man sitting inside was in his forties and had a scar on his right cheek.

It was Wu Jian'an, the outsourcing contractor that Cheng Ye had mentioned.