Chapter 111

"Early this morning, the rain stopped for a moment. Someone saw a person injured, collapsed by the flower bed, and then called the police. The police came, and the woman said someone hacked her husband and then ran off."

"These are the photos preserved from the scene, and these are also bloodstains."

"What I'm teaching you today is how to reconstruct a case without even going to the scene."

"In other words, the reconstruction of a crime scene."

A few students instantly perked up; this kind of thing the textbook only briefly mentioned.

When the school teacher was giving this lesson, he made it very clear: learning this course is one thing, doing it is another.

"First, the basic thing you need is to understand the concept of why a person is called a person."

Instantly, viewers in the livestream room took out their notebooks and began taking notes.

Old Liu is showing his real skills.

Here, Qu Yiling said, "People have stress responses. Without long-term training, most people's stress responses are similar."

Old Liu said, "That's cleverly put, but only half right."

Cheng Ruofei said, "People have intelligence and will conceal things."

Chen Ti said, "A person's seven emotions and six desires will lead them to do outrageous things."

Xu Xintong said, "People always try to make up for their mistakes."

Xiang Qinqin said, "After death, all people are the same."

Old Liu looked at Xiang Qinqin and said, "I'm surprised—this answer is the one I'm most satisfied with. But combined with Qu Yiling's answer, that would be the complete answer."

"A person's stress responses during life are also a branch of forensic science, called human behavior studies, which is a branch of forensic anthropology."

"Then, if a person is dead, it falls under pathology, pharmacology, and related anatomy, and so on."

"Remember, in forensic science, anatomy is only the most primitive, most basic part. Beyond anatomy, there are many more cases."

The photos were set aside. Old Liu pointed at a few stools and said, "That stool is the flower bed. I'll now teach you how to reconstruct the scene."

Taking out the photos, Old Liu walked to a spot just in front of the flower bed.

"The blood splashed outward, so based on the bloodstain pattern, the person should have been at this position at the time."

"But the fresh blood on the ground didn't splatter randomly, which means this person was slowly moving backward."

"Then, collapsed next to the flower bed, and afterward, pressed down on these fresh flowers."

"The blood appeared here."

Everyone was stunned, staring at Old Liu.

"You all like deduction, right? Then let me give you a forensic deduction. This person was someone the man knew, was familiar with, and was discovered in time. Who is this person?"

Everyone said in unison, "The wife."

In the observation room, the audience was all dumbfounded.

The audience was completely baffled.

"Wait, hold on, you caught the killer just like that? Isn't that too fast?"

"Damn, didn't this person call the police? Right, this wife called the police saying someone hacked her husband."

"That's not right—someone called the police, but it wasn't the wife. It was someone who sent the husband to the hospital."

"In the early morning, the husband went out, the wife sent him to the hospital—damn, is there a third party involved?"

A few students also wanted to bring up whether it was a mistress, but unfortunately, Old Liu's words echoed in their ears: what we forensic scientists deduce is the person, not the incident.

In the observation room, Qin Ming said, "This really is Old Liu. Probably Li Tian's deductions made Old Liu unhappy, so he brought out his signature skills directly."

Teacher He asked, "Are all these real?"

"Yes, they're all real. This is a scene simulation. Actually, we've done this before, but only in an embryonic form. Think back—some time ago, in the case where Qu Yiling and Xiang Qinqin imitated hikers, didn't Qu Yiling sit on the ground?"

Everyone recalled at this moment and clapped.

"This is what's called a simulation, also known as what everyone is familiar with—crime victim simulation, which is a type of crime scene reconstruction."

"Also, Chen Fan's method of deducing a person with just one hand is also a type of crime scene reconstruction. But being able to deduce a person with just one hand—I estimate that in the whole country, only Chen Fan can do it."

"Is it very difficult?"

Sister Jing Tian asked curiously. Here, Qin Ming said, "This is no longer a matter of difficult or not. This has already exceeded the realm of human understanding."

Everyone looked at Chen Fan. At this moment, Chen Fan was secretly looking at his phone, grinning.

Everyone was speechless.

Is this guy not human, or is he a genius?

"What are those looks? Hey, I saw that contempt in your eyes. Damn, are you guys doing this on purpose?"

Teacher He was exhausted and said, "Forget it, let's get back to this case. So, is it the wife?"

Qin Ming pointed at the screen.

Old Liu said, "Li Tian's handling was even faster. To be precise, it wasn't Li Tian—it was the police handling the case who directly locked onto the criminal suspect."

"Uh, how did they lock it down?"

"Repeated questioning. The police asked the man, what did the person you saw look like?"

"The woman gestured."

"The police continued, what weapon did this person have?"

"The woman said it was a kitchen knife."

"The police kept pressing—what kind of kitchen knife, how long?"

The woman began to stammer.

Then the police detained her.

Nearby surveillance was found. It was simple: the man went downstairs to meet his mistress, the woman couldn't stand it, took a knife and hacked him, but the man must have tried to block, which is why his hand got cut off.

After Old Liu finished speaking, everyone instantly bristled. Damn, you can do it like that?

Looking at the crowd, Old Liu continued, "So you see, many cases can actually be solved on the spot. As for the suspense cases you see in TV dramas and movies, they're deliberately made convoluted."

The crowd sighed endlessly.

"Remember, what you see with your own eyes isn't necessarily true. Communication is the core. In fact, the moment you start suspecting this man of meeting his mistress, you've already decided whether he's guilty or not."

"In reality, it wasn't a mistress he was meeting, but a colleague. The man told his wife he was going downstairs to pick up something a colleague was delivering."

"The other party had previously received help from this woman at work. This man and that lady's husband were very familiar with each other."

The young people were completely lost.

Old Liu said, "So, who's actually wrong? Is it 'a gentleman does not stand beneath a crumbling wall,' or is this woman overly suspicious? There's reasoning to be found on every side. I can't judge what that third party was really thinking, and I won't say what kind of person this woman is either."

"But remember, communication is the number one element."

The five people lowered their heads, saying nothing.

Old Liu said, "This happened in the early hours of this morning. As you know, this woman still has a mother and a child who need someone to take care of them. And this man's hand was chopped off. So, tell me, if this woman gets arrested, what happens?"

The string of questions not only stumped the five trainees, but even left the audience confused.

At that moment, Old Liu said helplessly, "I told you, what you hear isn't necessarily true. Is what I say definitely correct?"

The few stared at Old Liu, instantly not quite understanding.

"Just messing with you. Those were the exact words from the police station."

"Look at you all, I was just pulling a little prank on you."

Damn.

Old Liu, please stop joking around, seriously.

Your jokes could scare someone to death.

Chen Fan, on the other hand, was very calm. 927 said, "It's simple. If she gets arrested, she gets arrested. For chopping someone, there's no such thing as forgiveness. You've all read too much toxic chicken soup. Criminal cases go through public prosecution. You think one sentence of 'the family forgives them' settles it? Those are just standards for the judge to weigh, not requirements."

The crowd recalled a previous case, where a father-in-law hacked his son-in-law to death, and the son's wife—being the victim's wife—then forgave her own father.

But no one knew what happened with that case afterward.

Teacher He said, "That child, and that mother—they're the ones having the hardest time, right?"

Everyone looked at Chen Fan. Chen Fan said, "Don't look at me. I won't sympathize. I don't think sympathy means anything. There are plenty of people worse off than them. Instead of caring about others, think more about yourself. Sorry, I might just lack the capacity for empathy."

But everyone seemed to understand again.

"But what I want to say is, good that she got caught."

Damn, you really do leave us hanging.

Meanwhile, Old Liu had the trainees try simulating other cases, then picked up his thermos cup and took a happy sip.

At that moment, Li Tian strolled over.

Looking at Old Liu, he said, "You're up pretty early today."