Chapter 103

At this moment, a group of burly young men entered, carrying a corpse, and walked straight into the canteen.

The chef roared, "You lot, this is a canteen! Don't bring corpses in here; take them somewhere else, really."

Zhang Tianxiong coughed and said, "Sorry, they are special police; they aren't very familiar with this."

At the autopsy table, Old Liu, staring at the corpse, silently said, "There's something I need to tell you; this case probably isn't that simple."

"No problem; solving the case isn't my job. I'm leading the brothers to maintain the image and handle security and other issues."

Old Liu nodded, took a knife, and cut open the sutured wound on the abdomen.

Old Liu was ready, and the cameraman was ready, but what no one was prepared for was what exactly was inside this corpse's stomach.

The deceased was male.

Inside the stomach was also a male.

To be precise, not a male, but a man's head.

At this moment, even Zhang Tianxiong, who had prepared himself, couldn't hold back and vomited directly.

At this time, in the observation room, Chen Fan said, "Where are the new guests?"

Gao Ye said, "It's Hu Ge, and there's a girl; the two are squatting at the door vomiting."

Hu Ge brought the Miss inside; the two sat on the sofa, looked at Chen Fan, and said, "Long time no see, Chen Fan."

Chen Fan said, "You still have tofu pudding left over from breakfast at the corner of your mouth."

"Uh, sorry, sorry."

Hu Ge wiped it and said, "Really careless, my fault."

"No problem; first-timers all have to get used to it. After vomiting enough, you get used to it."

The Miss behind Hu Ge walked out, smiled and greeted Chen Fan. Chen Fan chuckled and said, "But what a rare guest! I didn't expect you to come, Sister Jing Tian, who can't get famous."

Heh.

Wearing a purple cheongsam, Sister Jing Tian sat beside Chen Fan and said, "It's fine; you can continue talking; wait for me to recover."

Chen Fan looked down on her and moved away directly.

"Don't be afraid, really don't be afraid; it's fine. There's nothing between you and me. I just have a new TV drama to film recently and was thinking of coming here to select roles; I think you're very good."

"Sorry, I owe too many TV dramas. Too many people have been calling me these days; line up, thanks."

Teacher He on the side said, "Rare indeed; Chen Fan, you actually have a woman you're afraid of?"

"I'm afraid? Afraid of what? I'm afraid? How could I possibly be afraid?"

Sister Jing Tian said, "Nothing major happened. Before, a few unpleasant things came up, but they've all been handled; we are good friends."

Even ghosts wouldn't believe that.

Here, Chen Fan stood up directly and said, "I'm going to the autopsy room."

Chen Fan ran off directly.

Bai Lu and Gao Ye were very curious; the two looked at Sister Jing Tian.

"When filming before, once we encountered a group of people. At that time, Chen Fan was quite impulsive and blocked them for me, getting a bit injured."

"Ah, was it serious?"

Sister Jing Tian said, "Not serious. Later, actually, nothing much happened; I handled it. Maybe my methods were a bit... that. Later, after contacting Chen Fan a bit, I probably put pressure on him."

Chen Fan sighed deeply and arrived at the scene here.

Qin Ming said, "Hahaha, I know; you offered fifty million to make Chen Fan fall in love with you, right?"

Sister Jing Tian said, "Mm, he didn't agree. I added more money, but he still didn't agree, so he ran away."

Hu Ge held back his laughter.

The audience also laughed. Wow, who'd have thought that watching a criminal investigation variety show could also reveal entertainment industry gossip?

This variety show wasn't watched in vain.

Here, Chen Fan arrived at the scene; Old Liu was leading several students conducting basic examinations.

"Height and Weight, age; you do that. Also, where are the reports you wrote?"

Several people hesitated and didn't speak.

Here, Xiang Qinqin said, "Sent to the teacher's email."

"Oh, I forgot; everything is electronic now; I thought you wrote them by hand."

Soon the deceased's identity was confirmed; the deceased was named Jiang Xiaodong, age twenty-seven, height one meter seventy-five, weight seventy kilograms.

The identity of the other deceased is still being confirmed.

Old Liu here directed the several students beside him, extracting useful items bit by bit.

Zhang Tianxiong reported the situation.

"When the corpse was found, it was a swimmer who reported it."

"If I remember correctly, it's been continuous rainy season recently, right?"

Zhang Tianxiong said, "Yes; the two just wanted to play at being romantic; young people, very normal. We've also conducted relevant investigations; the two aren't locals; they drove out to travel."

Chen Fan smelled something wrong and said, "Eh, could it be that the two aren't a couple?"

"That's not what I care about. As long as they're investigated, even if both have their own families, it has nothing to do with me."

Old Liu said, "Alright, let's do the autopsy; Chen Fan, are you coming?"

Chen Fan said, "Fine; haven't done an autopsy in a long time; my hands are a bit itchy."

????

After saying this, Zhang Tianxiong subconsciously stepped back one step.

Sure enough; this guy Chen Fan, if he didn't go into forensics or something, but became a criminal, would absolutely be the most terrifying kind.

This time, Chen Fan didn't pursue speed; when the knife was about to cut, Chen Fan felt a strong sense of incongruity.

Right, this sense of wrongness kept Chen Fan from being able to speed up at all.

"What's wrong with you? Have you been running on empty lately?"

Chen Fan looked disdainful. "My body's fine. I just feel this really strong sense of—dislocation. My gut tells me something's off about this dissection."

Chen Fan's intuition was usually uncanny—Old Liu knew that much.

Whenever Chen Fan's intuition flagged something, something was almost certainly wrong.

"Don't tell me—"

Chen Fan examined the stitched incisions, then cut them open one by one.

After thinking it over, he tossed aside one arm and one leg.

Then he took the head from inside the belly and placed it on the body.

"There. That's right now."

Old Liu instantly lost it. "Holy—it's really true."

Zhang Tianxiong on the side was dumbfounded. "Wait—what does that mean?"

"Nothing much. I can't figure out why the killer did it, and it's none of my business. For now, this corpse is two people stitched together. Why they were stitched together, I don't know. The victim's head is well-preserved though—still haven't ID'd this person?"

Li Tian pushed the door open with a file in hand and walked in. "Got it. One victim is named Jiang Xiaodong, the other is named Ding Fei."

"Their identities are very interesting—especially Ding Fei's."

Chen Fan glanced at the fingers. "A gambler, right?"

"??????"

Cold sweat began breaking out on Li Tian's back as he stared hard at Chen Fan.

"What? Why are you looking at me like that? If you've got a daughter, sure, look at me all you want. No daughter? Get lost."

"I'm single. With my identity, finding a wife would just be a burden to her. Don't change the subject—explain to me clearly why you knew Ding Fei was a gambler."

Chen Fan squirmed for a while. "Well, actually, I just guessed randomly."

"I don't buy it. You'd better explain clearly. Your circle has plenty of ties to gambling."

Chen Fan gave in. "Fine, fine, I'll tell you, alright? Ding Fei's pinky finger is missing—right here."

"Could've been cut off by accident too."

Chen Fan was speechless. He picked up a scalpel and gestured with it. "A hand chopped off by the person themselves versus by someone else—two completely different things. The scarring is different too. So I figured he cut it off himself."

And from that you deduced he was a gambler?

"I don't buy it. I still don't buy it."

"Believe it or not."

Li Tian thought for a moment, pulled a die from his pocket, and tossed it to Chen Fan. Chen Fan didn't catch it—it hit the floor with a clatter.