Chapter 145

The officer handed the contents of the file folder to Chen Fan.

Chen Fan looked through the photographs one by one.

The photo showed a deceased man, collapsed inside an alley, and the person who had been arrested was this man's wife.

The report written on it stated that the wife had shot and killed this man.

Only, the location of the gunshot wound was the leg, not the head, nor the body.

In the morning, the variety show was greeted by over ten million viewers online.

"Don't look at me, eat your food, eat some breakfast."

"Uh, don't I get my own dedicated case?"

"No need, what do you mean by telling me that? Could it be that you want to pull strings, or that you know this woman?"

The officer was young, and being questioned repeatedly by Chen Fan, spoke with a slightly flushed face.

At this moment, Old Liu walked in and said, "Your own family member, why not take care of them? There's nothing to say about this to outsiders, it's just a small matter."

"No, no, although I do know this woman, we haven't reached that stage, we're just friends."

Chen Fan clicked his tongue and laughed on the side.

The officer turned his head, not looking at Chen Fan.

Old Liu said, "Let Chen Fan analyze it. I know about this case. Your bureau chief called me, said you came running here with the documents, told me to take a good look, to see how this case should be defined."

"Ah, bureau chief, actually didn't want me to come."

"It's fine, it's fine, having ideas is a good thing."

Chen Fan looked at the data inside and said, "The time point was last night, the cause of death was excessive blood loss, right?"

"Yes."

Then there's something to say about it.

Chen Fan said, "This person was a prop master at a film and television base, a prop master, how would he come to possess a firearm?"

"This person made it himself."

Chen Fan continued to press, saying, "That's not reasonable, is it? A prop master making his own firearm, doesn't that count as illegal? Could it be that once he's dead, the illegal behavior no longer exists?"

Old Liu said very firmly, "Stop leading this young man on, just talk about the forensic doctor matters directly."

Chen Fan clicked his tongue, originally planning to use a new skill, but unexpectedly, Old Liu was actually able to withstand this skill.

Chen Fan continued, "Currently there are actually two causes of death, the first, excessive blood loss caused by the gunshot."

"Isn't that it? Is there a second one?"

Chen Fan continued, "The blood alcohol content has already reached a lethal level, so whether he died from drinking or was killed by the gunshot, this explanation is unclear."

"Does that mean an autopsy is needed?"

Chen Fan and Old Liu exchanged a glance with each other, Chen Fan continued, "Currently the forensic conclusions I can give are two, death from alcohol abuse, and death by gunshot, however, I lean toward death from alcohol abuse, after all, even without firing the shot, the amount of alcohol consumed would have caused death afterward."

At this moment, the officer said, "Then how do you write the report?"

"Naturally it's death from excessive blood loss, that is the direct cause of death."

Damn, then you're talking nonsense here, spouting rubbish.

The officer sighed helplessly, saying, "Sigh, everyone says it that way, fine, I understand, sorry for disturbing everyone, I'll head back first."

"Tell us, what's actually going on."

The officer said, "Nothing much, this woman called the police many times, after a while we got familiar with her, I was the first to handle her report, at the time she had been domestically abused, currently the two are in the divorce cooling-off period, I found this guy, and told him about these things too, but it was useless."

"This guy is just a scoundrel, I had him write guarantee letters, even when there were subsequent fights and such, I arrested him, he said he'd behave, and then what, later he still went to bother that woman, every time the woman called the police, I had to handle it."

"I'm not fed up, I'm just fed up with this man, they're already divorced, and in the cooling-off period too, why can't he just leave her alone?"

Chen Fan propped himself on the table, saying, "Remember, youngster, the fundamental reason a man is unwilling to divorce is never love, it's always that he can't find his next option."

"You're talking nonsense, love exists in this world."

"Does it?"

"It does... ba."

Hahahahaha.

Chen Fan laughed wantonly.

This is the charm of this skill, even the most resolute person cannot withstand Chen Fan's sweet-talking deception.

Damn, this skill is truly terrifying, this thing can easily kill people.

Chen Fan was very clear, the charm of language, sometimes, words really can make a person die an unjust death, and even, as long as Chen Fan is willing to spend the time, countless people would give Chen Fan money.

"This kind of thing, really no way to handle it?"

"Could it be that even the police have no way?"

"I really can't figure it out, where exactly is the problem, men nowadays really are disappointing."

"Already divorced, and still won't leave her alone."

The viewers in the livestream were the most speechless, they had originally planned to come watch some fun early in the morning, but who would have known, early in the morning they'd encounter this kind of thing.

It's upsetting, and there's nothing to be done about it.

At this moment, among the crowd, a bald head appeared.

Li Tian sat down at the dining table, with a smile.

Chen Fan said speechlessly, "I feel like, whenever you come, nothing good happens."

"No, I came to help this youngster."

Help the youngster?

Old Liu coughed lightly, saying, "Some things, don't say them carelessly."

Li Tian said, "The case is actually very simple, I've looked at the continuous police calls, and the contents of the reports, every dispatch record has no problems, but the biggest problem is, this woman kept calling the police."

Chen Fan didn't speak.

Li Tian continued, "First, this person's head was struck, meaning the head suffered an impact. You forensic folks aren't used to looking at statements and the like — you only look at cause of death, time of death, the source of the fatal blow, and so on. That's what you do — it's data, cold and clinical."

"I'm more emotional. I reconstructed a story."

"The woman called the police because she was beaten by her ex-husband, beaten badly. This is the latest report. In the report, the woman was crying uncontrollably, and there was another line in it — 'You still dare to call the cops? I'll kill you. Just you wait.'"

Chen Fan listened with curiosity.

Li Tian continued, "When a person is threatened, the best way is to choose a weapon to protect themselves. And this person was a prop master. Generally, prop masters can make pistols, but they use blanks inside — they don't cause any pain at all. But the gun this woman got was not loaded with blanks."

"You mean the woman was fighting back?"

Li Tian said, "Not fighting back. 'Fighting back' means actively being persecuted. Whether it's fighting back needs further calculation — that's the lawyer's job. I'm just providing a line of thinking, the simplest concept. The woman didn't run, right? Was she waiting on the spot for you to arrive?"

The officer said, "Yes, yes, that's right."

"Then there you have it. It shows this woman didn't know she was going to kill someone. She didn't know she was going to kill, yet she fired. There's only one explanation — self-defense. So the woman shot at the leg, not the body, not the head."

The officer instantly understood and said, "Right. I found gunpowder residue on the man's pocket and on his hand."

"See, the answer is clear. Was this woman threatened, or did she use this incident to kill the man without being threatened? There are two answers. How it's ruled depends on the judge."

The officer stood up and said, "Thank you both."

Old Liu said, "I can write a statement here. The woman suffered domestic violence before her death, and the woman shot at the leg — the intent was not to kill."

Chen Fan was stunned and said, "That can be written?"

"This is the actual situation. Why can't it be written? I haven't violated any rules. If this woman really were a meticulous murderer, she should have injured herself too."

The officer nodded and waited for Old Liu to write the report.

The officer had the document in hand, ready to leave, when he suddenly thought of something, turned back, and said, "The deceased's mother came to our station on her own to plead for this woman, saying it was all her son's fault and had nothing to do with this woman… Do you think that counts?"

Li Tian and Chen Fan fell silent at the same time.

Old Liu also fell silent.

"Uh, alright, I guess it doesn't count."

Chen Fan said, "Kid, let me ask you something."

"Oh, go ahead."

"How did you hold back and not kill that idiot deceased?"

The kid was amused by Chen Fan's words and said, "I just, sigh, I couldn't hold back either. But once I put on this uniform, I can't find a way around it. I gave her the alarm, and I gave her my own contact info and so on. I was also the first one on the scene."

The kid spoke clearly about his helplessness, but there was nothing the kid could do about it.

The viewers in the livestream also relaxed. Actually, Li Tian's words were nudging the kid — the breakthrough in this case should be approached from the domestic violence angle.

At this time, some students had already gotten up and come to the dining table. Xiang Qinqin squinted her eyes, yawned, took a bite of steamed bun, and nearly dozed off.

Several celebrities arrived one after another. Zhang Xinyu said, "I've been watching the livestream. I didn't expect it could be handled this way."