Chapter 157

At this point, Sister Jing Tian got annoyed again.

At this time Zhang Xinyu came back and said, "You're all here."

"How did the test go?"

"I don't know. Chen Fan just kicked me out, didn't say anything. I can't figure out what's going on either."

A few people clearly felt something was off.

Sister Jing Tian said, "Did he kick you out, or did he do you out?"

"Oh come on, Sister Jing Tian, what are you, driving now?"

Sister Jing Tian laughed and said, "You think I don't know what you're up to? Quit showing off. Be careful, or you'll end up falling in yourself one day."

"Relax, I won't."

Mhm, that sounds awfully familiar—Bai Lu said the same thing about herself once.

Meanwhile, Chen Fan met up with Old Liu and the others. Old Liu took out a document and said, "Everyone take a look. Look carefully. The next case is the only official case you'll be handling."

An official case?

The group took the materials, passing them around, reading through them.

The materials listed one deceased person after another.

Old Liu turned the blackboard around and said, "Forensic medicine may not involve deduction, but forensic doctors still need to look for hidden common points. The case you're handling now is the most complicated case in the country right now, because all these deaths share one thing in common."

Everyone stared at it, not noticing anything off.

Old Liu pointed at the blackboard and said, "Victim Number One was first discovered twelve years ago. At the time of death, the person was stung by Ma Feng and died of asphyxiation."

"Victim Number Two was found bitten to death by a highly venomous spider."

"Victim Number Three was found in the forest, chewed up by leeches, and eventually died."

"Victim Number Four, the latest photo you've seen, had their tongue chewed off by army ants and died from excessive blood loss."

All four victims in a row died from causes involving insects.

Obviously, it takes real guts to link these cases together.

Qin Ming watched the video and said, "Old Liu is really ruthless, pulling out this case."

Teacher He said, "Does this even count as a case?"

"At first it didn't, but back then, the forensic doctor handling the bodies had the foresight to notice something. The first victim, after processing, was found to have traces of honey. Although the honey had been mostly chewed up by Ma Feng, a little residue was still found."

"Then that point of doubt was preserved. The second case—everyone thought it was absurd when they found it. In the animal world, it's extremely hard for a spider to kill a person with venom. But this victim was sleeping, and the spider bit the person countless times before finally killing them."

At that point, the police actually started to get suspicious.

Qin Ming said, "Then the third case, three years ago. Once it was discovered, everyone decided to handle these cases together peacefully. This is the most typical animal-killing case."

Sister Jing Tian said, "Animal killing? Isn't it insects?"

"Nobody specifically categorizes insects. Everyone classifies it as animal killing. These kinds of cases are actually very common, and the reason they're so hard to handle is entirely because the forensic gang can't really help."

Huh?

The forensic gang can't help.

But soon, everyone caught on—indeed, they couldn't help.

The cause of death is animal-induced, so the forensic report will only list those few words. The modus operandi and everything else simply can't be found.

So this kind of case is known as the natural enemy of forensic medicine.

Anything not done by humans is essentially abandoned by forensic anthropology.

Forensic entomology—that is, a branch of entomology.

That's what needs to be studied.

Sister Jing Tian said, "Then this is complicated. Isn't that too demanding for these newcomers?"

Qin Ming said, "It's not demanding. We forensic doctors don't actually understand entomology either. So what these kids need to do with these cases is figure out how to gather information, how to quickly find the right people."

"This is the workplace. Did you forget?"

In an instant, everyone was struck by a sudden revelation—right, this is the workplace, and one common thing in the workplace is interpersonal skills.

Any resource you can use becomes your imperial sword in the workplace.

Old Liu tapped the blackboard and said, "Figure it out yourselves. You can make phone calls now. How to make calls, how to ask people for help, how to get things done properly—that's what you forensic doctors most need to learn. You've always been the ones others come begging. This time, it's your turn to beg others."

The few newcomers nodded.

Old Liu called Chen Fan over and said, "You're coming with me. To the scene."

"Why?"

"Otherwise, you want to make the phone call?"

"Forget it then. Compared to making calls, I still prefer going to the scene."

The two brought a cameraman to a remote civilian house. In the yard, all sorts of trash and cardboard were piled up.

Inside the house, an old man lay on the ground. His tongue was already gone.

The smell of alcohol still lingered in the room.

But the various things scattered around the room made many people start to feel nauseous.

On the floor lay various explicit magazines.

The seals on the walls were all naked.

The books in the corner were all banned, written in fairly bold fashion.

Chen Fan looked at these books, silently picked them up, and planned to pocket them for some "criticism."

He was stopped by Old Liu, who said, "Put it down. What are you doing?"

"I just want to criticize them, criticize them. Really, I'm doing academic research here."

"These will be confiscated later."

"I want to scan the fingerprints on it. I think that would be a great help in solving the case."

Old Liu had nothing to say.

The people in the livestream room could no longer hold back.

"Dammit, this guy. Can you share it with me?"

"Wow, this old man is so disgusting, he really deserves to die."

"There are still such disgusting people in the world, truly foul."

"This kind of old pervert is a hidden danger, he'll definitely harm women in the future. Someone like this should be killed."

Human nature, at this moment, was laid so bare in the bullet comments.

Teacher He said, "If I hadn't seen so many cases, I might have joined the bullet comments in cursing this old man."

Sister Jing Tian said, "I would have too before, but now, I want to keep watching. I just feel this matter isn't that simple."

Zhang Xinyu said, "I don't think the old man did anything wrong. He just likes looking at these things, it's nothing. Why should he be insulted? He didn't affect anyone else, he was just looking at it himself. Why is everyone so full of malice?"

Liu Yan said, "I don't know. Maybe it's because desire is being displayed openly, and people can't accept it."

Chen Fan picked up a book, opened the page, read the first line of text, and let out a chuckle.

Silently put it away.

Beautiful.

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