The package has assigned me way too many objects.

Because many students still stay here to study and exercise on weekends, the canteen remains open as usual.

Chu Yinan walked to the first floor of the canteen. One of the restaurants here was the one where human remains were found a few days ago. The entire floor was deserted because of the incident, and most students chose to eat on other floors.

Although many shops on this floor had only a few customers, business was visibly dismal. The owners stared angrily at the restaurant where the wreckage had been discovered, cursing it to go out of business soon, otherwise they wouldn't be able to do any business on this floor.

Amidst the surprised gazes of some students, Chu Yinan walked towards the most controversial restaurant, ordered the signature braised pork rice, and received an electronic receipt showing that the order number was 2.

"It's rare to find people eating here under these circumstances," he muttered to himself. But then again, if he's here, others can too.

The stew shop is run by an elderly woman with gray hair, neatly tied up. She looks to be in her sixties or seventies, but she is in good health and has a good overall appearance.

"After what happened, how can there still be children willing to come and eat at my house?" the old lady said with a self-deprecating smile. She saw that Chu Yinan had already paid the bill, but she hadn't yet started serving him his food.

Although it was self-deprecating, Chu Yinan's situation might also be due to his ignorance of what happened in the cafeteria a few days ago. He came to order food in a daze, and the old lady was actually reminding him that if he realized he didn't want to eat there, she would refund the child.

"I came here to eat, and the prosecutor's office and the police station both said it was just an accident. If they find something new in the food now, I might even be a witness!" Chu Yinan joked. "In a few days, my classmates will gradually forget about this and then they'll start eating here again, Grandma!"

"Is this a blessing for me, an old woman?" The old lady put aside her concerns and started to serve him food.

"There are so few people here today, could you give me a little more meat? I'm still growing," Chu Yinan said, trying to get something for nothing.

The old lady was naturally pleased that someone was still willing to eat her food even under these circumstances. A smile appeared on her previously slightly worried face. After serving him the food, she checked it again to make sure there were no "accidents" before handing it to him.

"If it's not enough, come and get more. Wasting food is not allowed. Did you sneak out of the elementary school to eat here?"

Hey, that's going too far! At most, people might suspect I came from the junior high school, but how come you went straight to the elementary school?!

Chu Yinan felt bitter inside, but couldn't say it: "I'm a sophomore in high school, so I'm developing rather slowly."

"Oh, I'm so sorry! It's been so long since I've seen such a cute boy in high school." The old lady smiled.

Chu Yinan took the food to the side and started eating. This restaurant used to use lemon juice to marinate the meat before stewing, but not today. Chu Yinan was unsure if the old lady was avoiding suspicion, worried that others might suspect that she was using strong seasonings to cover up the strange taste of formaldehyde or something similar.

It's a real pity. Chu Yinan used to have a very good impression of this restaurant, even though he had only eaten there four or five times. Now, however, he finds everything tastes bland. Of course, this is just his own problem. Apart from lemon, coffee, chili, and sweets, everything else tastes very bland to him.

Although Chu Yinan's luck has never been very good, this dish is most likely to be fine, because there is no trace of formaldehyde, especially since the stewed meat itself is relatively mild.

While eating, he quietly observed the stew shop. The old lady looked around for a while and, finding no students walking this way, sat back down on her stool with some disappointment and picked up a book related to literature to read.

I had a feeling from the conversation that this old lady spoke in a very refined and scholarly manner. Rather than a chef, she spoke more like a retired teacher, or rather, a literature teacher.

Hmm? That cover, is it a reprint of "Snow"? Yu Tang's books really can be found everywhere.

A shop that uses lemons in its cooking, and someone who reads Yu Tang's books—their taste is truly excellent. It would be a real shame if they had to close down because of this.

After forcing his taste buds to finish the bland food, Chu Yinan took a sip of water to catch his breath. After putting away his utensils at the dish return point, he returned to the food stall.

"Grandma, are you reading 'Snow'?" Chu Yinan asked, using her sister's book as a way to start a conversation.

"Hmm!" The old lady had a good impression of the young boy and smiled in return: "I heard it's quite popular recently, so I asked my granddaughter to buy a copy for me to read. She's already read half of it. I feel that the writing style imitates the classic novel 'Snow Country,' and the atmosphere is quite similar. The sense of loneliness is spot on, and it also has its own unique core."

This is most likely true, because Bei Yutang has a copy of "Snow Country" that's almost worn out from being read so many times on her bookshelf.

After chatting for a bit more, Chu Yinan let out a burp, said goodbye to the old lady, and prepared to go back for his afternoon nap.

As soon as he turned around, he saw a few students chuckling at him. They were probably trying to put on a show. One of the boys pretended to come over to order food. Just as he reached the restaurant, the two girls who were with him grabbed him.

"What are you doing? Don't you know what happened at this restaurant? What if you find something else in your food? Do you want to order more?"

"What? What happened?"

"Corpse parts!" The girl with dyed yellow hair and somewhat dry hair enunciated loudly, recounting the events of a few days ago in front of the old lady.

"It's normal, no need to be so surprised. This old lady is too old to be reading those vulgar books about forbidden love. It's not surprising that anything could happen in the shop. It's just that there's not enough evidence. Who knows if she really did harm that poor guy in secret?" Another girl with heavy makeup sneered. When she smiled, the wrinkles on her skin revealed the unevenness of the pimples under her makeup.

The old lady didn't know whether the other person did it on purpose or simply wanted to play a prank or make fun of her, but she could only smile wryly and pretend she hadn't seen it.

Seeing this, the shop next door loudly solicited customers: "Come on, come on, eat here! You must be hungry. The food is clean and hygienic. We've been doing this for three years, and the students all give it rave reviews!"

Chu Yinan glanced at them and made a joke, deliberately implying that the shop was suspected of murder. Most people wouldn't be able to run such a business, right? Even if most students who didn't know the truth knew about the prosecutor's announcement, they would choose to stay away from this floor instead of coming over to make fun of it. Who knows if the shop owner really committed murder and then stewed meat to hide the body? What if they talked nonsense here and were targeted by the "murderer"?

But since these classmates dared to joke like that, does that mean they're certain the shop owner didn't "murder"? Then what's their reason for coming here specifically to mock him? And why are they also taking the opportunity to satirize Yu Tang's book?

With a gloomy face, Chu Yinan walked out of the cafeteria and went to a secluded corner to call Prosecutor Shibuya Yi to inquire about her situation. A melodious but resentful female voice came from behind him:

"What are you planning to do? Keep sending people to cause trouble, right? It turns out that no matter how pretty your face is, your heart can be this ugly!"

Chapter 53 As expected, you can't eat in the cafeteria.

Who is this? What is that sharp thing she's holding, and it's pressed against my back?

Perhaps trying to conceal her movement of pressing something against Chu Yinan, she stood very close, her full breasts touching his back. Judging from her position, this girl wasn't as tall as Bei Yutang and Jiang Xuanya, since those two could easily rest their chests on his shoulders, but this girl behind him was a bit of a stretch, though still quite substantial.

Confused, Chu Yinan gave the answer a normal person would give: "What are you talking about?"

The girl behind him assumed he was faking it, suppressing her anger as she bit her lip: "You're planning to call people to cause more trouble, right? You've already caused trouble once with those people, haven't you?"

Do you think I'm here to cause trouble? While I might not be exactly righteous, I'm certainly not a bad person either. Why would you associate me with those despicable acts?

"I think you might have misunderstood something. The number I'm about to dial is the prosecutor's number."

Chu Yinan didn't touch the phone screen. He raised one hand and steadily held the phone up with the other, showing the screen to the girl behind him and displaying the numbers on the dial pad.

After the demonstration, he asked, "Should I call and confirm for you? Besides, shouldn't you be more concerned about those people in the cafeteria than me?"

"But it is undeniable that you made a suspicious phone call in a corner as soon as you left the cafeteria."

The girl still didn't trust him, and her tone was deliberately gloomy. Chu Yinan felt that she might be trying to cover up the softness of her voice. In fact, Chu Yinan could still hear that her natural voice was soft and a little coquettish.

Chu Yinan stopped trying to explain. He dialed the number, put it on speakerphone with a hint of helplessness, and waited for a response. Nearby, some students walked by and noticed the commotion.

The girl behind him didn't want her behavior to seem suspicious, so she moved closer to Chu Yinan and blocked her hand movements even more tightly. From an outsider's perspective, it probably looked like the senior was taking advantage of the junior.

"Hello, is this Chu Yinan? Are you calling to ask about the canned goods?"

That's really direct. Could it be that they just wanted to chat or something?

"Yes, because I care about it. That shop used to make lemon flavored drinks, and it was the only one with decent taste on campus. I still want to see them clear up the rumors and slander, otherwise, we'll have one less shop to choose from in the future."

Shibuya Yi has gradually come to associate Chu Yinan's name with Little Lemon.

The technical department has found clues through extraction methods. The body comes from a stolen cadaver from a medical school on the island. The theft occurred during the relocation of the laboratory equipment storage room. The cadaver was an anatomy professor at a university outside the island. He later retired and transferred to Twin Islands. After a short rest, he resumed teaching. You can easily find his information with a simple search... The body has not yet been fully assembled and may still be in other undiscovered cans.

Chu Yinan remembered this cadaver teacher. He seemed to be an old gentleman who had passed away five or six years ago. At that time, his donation of his body was praised and publicized on the island. He heard that he was well-regarded by his students. Medical students who had not yet graduated and were taught by him thought he was unreasonable and fierce. However, when graduates returned to school, the person they visited most often was this gentleman.

The body was treated so carelessly—dissected, cut up, canned, and then thrown into people's food. This is truly...

Even though it was something that had nothing to do with him, Chu Yinan frowned as soon as he heard it, feeling a surge of disgust in his heart. But it was also possible that he had guessed the wrong person.

"What is the prosecutor's office's opinion? Are they going to continue the investigation?" Chu Yinan asked, but the mature female prosecutor on the other end of the line paused in her reply.

There are leaders in the prosecutor's office who need a closed case to boost their performance and get promoted...

Chu Yinan originally wanted to ask, "Isn't this a good performance case?", but he immediately understood what Shibuya Yi meant: the prosecutor's office didn't want to investigate and wanted to close the case directly.

This means that the official technical department will stop supporting criminal investigation methods. Even if Shibuya wanted to investigate on her own, she could no longer use her identity as a prosecutor, because the technical department would not pay attention to her.

[The police station probably thinks the same way; after all, the leaders are people, and everyone knows each other... I have to go to a meeting, so I'll hang up now.]

Shibuya Yi's tone was clearly reluctant; after saying so much to Chu Yinan, one could vaguely sense her dissatisfaction with her superior.

Coming back to his senses from the phone call, Chu Yinan found that the sharp, stabbing sensation on his back had eased, replaced by the weight of the girl behind him. She seemed to lose all strength and released the sharp object in her hand, leaning weakly against Chu Yinan's back.

Chu Yinan was almost knocked off his feet by her shock-absorbing fat pads, and he staggered a step. Fortunately, after yesterday's treatment at Turing Tower, he felt that his body had become stronger, otherwise he would have been crushed by this "fat girl" behind him.

"Um, hello...? Are you feeling unwell? Would you like to lie down in the school clinic for a while? At this time, if you haven't eaten yet, it might be dizziness caused by low blood sugar. You can buy a cup of sugar water at the cafeteria convenience store."

Perhaps it was the conversation with Shibuya that gave Chu Yinan some trust, allowing her to let go of her wariness and hostility, but she still felt as if she had suffered a huge blow.

"I...I'm fine. The prosecutor mentioned a cadaver, could you ask about the specific person? So many professors in the medical school have donated their bodies, it shouldn't be that..." She couldn't continue, her breathing trembling, as if she were very sad.

Chu Yinan didn't turn around. He didn't know if now was a good time to turn back. He sensed that the girl's emotions were fluctuating a bit, so he could only wait silently for her to calm down.

Suddenly, Chu Yinan noticed that there was more noise around the cafeteria. It was past the peak dining time, and with the weekend, many students were not at school, so there were even fewer people. Why was it suddenly noisy?

"Hey! What brings you here? Did you see the news?"

"Yeah, it just happened about ten minutes ago. Everyone in the groups is saying that another body has been found in the kitchen, and they even took pictures. Is it a finger bone or a toe bone?"

"What the heck?! Not again?! I just finished eating in the cafeteria! Can I even eat at school anymore? Are they going to give me 'extra meals' every other day?!"

"I... I just slurped up some soup noodles, I hope I won't win the lottery."

"It's nothing, I heard it from someone, it seems to be stewed meat or something."

Listening to the conversations, Chu Yinan realized one thing—even if the prosecutor's office wanted to suppress the matter, they couldn't continue to do so.

But obviously there's something even more important, well, stewed meat dishes.

"Um, miss, can I turn back now? I might need to throw up for a while, depending on the situation." Chu Yinan's face was pale.

Chapter 54 Human Favor

The riot in the cafeteria naturally attracted the attention of the police again. Superintendent Mandy was the first to arrive. Although it was not far away, the prosecutors were still late.

"Hey! Why are you staring at me?" Chu Yinan protested to Mandy, because Mandy had been scrutinizing Chu Yinan with suspicious eyes ever since she arrived.

There might have been a joke in it, but Chu Yinan still felt uncomfortable being stared at.

"Because it's suspicious, we need to keep a closer eye on it." Mandy put on a serious expression, but she still yawned and squinted her dark circles while speaking, completely lacking the serious demeanor one would expect.

"How am I suspicious!"

“Lately, whenever something happens, you always seem to be around. Even if you don’t show up, it’s always something that’s connected to you. Isn’t that suspicious? Could it be that you’re trying to curry favor with us and then infiltrate the official team?” Mandy’s words were logical and well-founded.

"Why would I join your team? The food is so bad, am I supposed to suffer there?"

Mandy remained silent, then nodded, as if her thoughts had been hit: "Actually, I think so too. They say there's so much money allocated for food, but they might as well use that money to let us eat out ourselves. What kind of ability do they have to spend so much money to make such terrible food!"

The trash-talking segment ended after Shibuya arrived. Chu Yinan wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he vaguely sensed a hint of happiness on the face of this capable and aloof female prosecutor.

Considering the phone call just now, this happiness might be schadenfreude, a sense of satisfaction that the boss couldn't easily get away with the credit, and that this unsolved case could continue.

Even if it was just a prank, stealing a cadaver, turning it into canned food, and throwing it into the students' meals is still a heinous act.

"The prosecutors are here, so let's go in and see what's going on." Mandy stretched, put on her police "dog tag" with her employee number on it, and reluctantly prepared to get to work.

"Can I come in with you?" Chu Yinan asked.

"It should be okay for you to go in as a mascot, right?" Mandy patted Chu Yinan's head.

Such a joking excuse was definitely not acceptable; under normal circumstances, students shouldn't be allowed to enter or leave the premises. However, Shibuya still tried to come up with a plausible reason:

“Chu Yinan ate inside, so he can go in as a witness to assist.”