Chapter 329: First Crime Scene

Xu Mo explained his thoughts.

"Both have regular jobs and aren't in the same unit; the only place they stay together is… their home. To kill them both at once and Cooking the Corpse could basically only be done in their house, so their marital bedroom is highly likely to be the first crime scene."

"The newlywed couple died together at home; this could be a revenge killing, but there's another possibility. Did you notice they're both quite good‑looking? So it could also be that someone, attracted by their looks, broke into their home and killed the newlyweds… I personally lean toward the second possibility."

"Of course, agonizing over this is pointless; I think the urgent priority is to go see their house, since it could very well be the first crime scene, and perhaps the killer left clues there."

As soon as the words finished, Han Fei gave Xu Mo an approving look.

Among all the officers present, only Xu Mo and he thought alike.

The newlyweds' marital bedroom is the first crime scene, which is also Han Fei's conjecture after seeing their files.

"You and I thought the same; let's go to their house and see if we can find any clues."

…

Xingfu Community.

Building 3, Room 1004.

The System Reward enhanced all of Xu Mo's senses, so his sense of smell and hearing are far better than an ordinary person's.

Standing outside the door, Xu Mo already smelled a hint of blood and the odor of rotting meat drifting through the crack.

At the same time, he also heard the sound of flies buzzing inside the door.

"Looks like we're in the right place; there's a smell of blood and decay, so there should be clues in the room… I'm about to open the door, step back a bit; the smell that comes out may be very foul."

Having said that, Xu Mo held his breath; he had a feeling the upcoming smell would be overwhelming…

Blood smell? Decay? Is there any? Wang Dachuan sniffed hard twice, but he smelled nothing.

"Blood smell and decay? Is there any? Why don't I smell it?"

"My nose is broken? Can't be…" Wang Dachuan, puzzled, inhaled sharply twice again.

At this moment, Xu Mo took out a piece of wire, pried open the lock of Room 1004, and casually swung the door open.

In an instant, the smell of blood mingled with a strong stench burst out the door, and the entire hallway was filled with a nauseating odor that made the scalp tingle.

Along with the stench surged countless flies.

Coincidentally, as Xu Mo opened the door, Wang Dachuan happened to take a deep breath, filling his lungs with the scalp‑tingling stench.

One‑tenth of a second later, Wang Dachuan's face turned green, and his stomach churned violently.

Immediately after…

"Ugh… Ugh…"

In the blink of an eye, he vomited out his breakfast and lunch, leaned his hands on the wall, and kept gasping for breath in large gulps.

Yet the more he gasped, the more nauseous he felt, his bile nearly coming up.

It seems inside really is foul, thank goodness I held my breath in advance… Xu Mo felt a surge of relief.

Han Fei also laughed.

"Didn't Xu Mo already warn us that opening the door might release a terrible smell? And you… you take a big gulp—what, afraid someone else will snatch the breath?"

Wang Dachuan: "..."

"Tell me, how long have you been doing criminal investigation? To vomit in a situation like this—when you go out, don't say I brought you out, you're embarrassing me," Han Fei said, patting Wang Dachuan's back, trying to ease his discomfort.

"Is it me who wants to vomit? It's just a physiological reaction, right? Who can resist vomiting after inhaling a mouthful of rotting flesh?" Wang Dachuan muttered to himself.

Come to think of it, he's not never smelled a smell worse and more pungent; back then he was fine and didn't vomit.

But this time it was an accident…

Out of curiosity, he took a deep breath, not knowing that at that moment Xu Mo happened to open the door, and that sour thrill…

"Han Team, you don't need to worry about me; go in and check the scene, I'll be fine soon," Wang Dachuan said, one hand on the wall, the other covering his stomach.

"Alright," Han Fei shook his head, then led the way into the room.

The moment he entered the room, Han Fei smelled an even stronger stench.

The source of the stench was the open kitchen on the right side of the entrance.

Han Fei glanced and saw a pot on the stove, half of it filled with already spoiled meat broth, and the cutting board beside it still stained with plenty of blood.

Just from a glance, Han Fei guessed what kind of meat was stewing in the pot and the source of the blood on the board.

Besides the kitchen, there were also many bloodstains in the living room.

On the sofa, walls, dining table, floor—everywhere were dried bloodstains.

This is undoubtedly the first crime scene and the site of dismembering and Cooking the Corpse.

After roughly circling the room, Han Fei could reconstruct the scene at the time of the incident.

"Based on the blood distribution, the killer likely used a knife; both victims were killed in the living room—one near the sofa, the other by the TV cabinet."

"The kitchen cleaver is missing; unsurprisingly, the killer probably took it. That kitchen cleaver should be the murder weapon, and I guess the killer used the same knife for dismembering."

"Hmm," Han Fei nodded. "Let's see if there are any other clues left in the house, and Li Chen, check the hallway surveillance."

"Got it!"

…

After a while, the nearly exhausted Wang Dachuan outside, who had been vomiting, finally recovered, wiped his tears, then cleaned the residue from his mouth and nose, and entered the room.

The moment he stepped in, he was shocked by the scene before him.

What kind of room is this? It's practically a Shura Field!

Walls, floor, sofa, dining table—everywhere were bloodstains; the kitchen stove still held a pot of meat broth, and the cutting board beside it still bore dried blood.

"This killer… what kind of pervert must he be?" Wang Dachuan's body shivered involuntarily.

At the same time.

Xu Mo found a few curved hairs on the sofa, each no longer than a finger.

"There's a clue here."

Han Fei walked over and took a look: "This isn't hair, is it?"

"Probably not, it doesn't look like it; rather, it looks like hair from a private part……", Xu Mo replied. Seeing this curved hair, he felt that his earlier guess might be correct.

The trigger of this case should be that the killer was aroused upon seeing lust and then killed someone.

Just then.

Li Chen, who had gone downstairs to ask the property management to check the surveillance, came back.

"Han Team, there are clues in the surveillance; I found a suspicious person in the surveillance, I copied the surveillance video to my phone, take a look."