Chapter 19: Looking at Too Many Dead People, Huh?

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Chen Fan polished off the food in no time, then happily rubbed his belly and let out a satisfied burp.

Boss Yang, on the side, wore a look of frustrated exasperation — look at the others, everyone's still feeling queasy, and here you are with a perfectly fine appetite.

Two officers arrived, then left again.

Which left the onlookers thoroughly puzzled.

"Could someone who actually knows what they're doing explain — is the case really solved just like that?"

"No, wait, have I fallen out of touch with the times? Something feels really off."

"Exactly — it's like they said something, but also like they didn't."

"So then, who's going to explain it?"

Old Zhou, quite amused, took out his scoring board and gave everyone a score.

To everyone's surprise, Xiang Qinqin gave herself five points.

Everyone else got three.

Boss Yang said, "What are these?"

Chen Fan said, "It's already been explained pretty clearly, hasn't it? A person who hanged themselves — the tops of their feet point downward. Which means this person was already dead before being strung up. So whoever did all this must first of all be a very meticulous person."

"Second, after a person has been dead for a while, the limbs only gradually stiffen. So this person had already been dead for quite some time. Then, judging by the degree of rigor mortis, you can work backward to pin down the time."

"And after that it's simple — who had contact with the person before, who showed up nearby, check the surveillance, and you'll have the culprit in minutes."

Only now did everyone finally understand what had happened.

Old Liu said, "A forensic examiner is a forensic examiner, a police officer is a police officer — we need to draw the distinction. We provide clues, not leads on how to solve the case. Anything we say could mislead people, and could easily have an unavoidable impact on the officers' deployment of manpower."

"So your very first lesson is to understand: you must take responsibility for what you say. Anything unnecessary, don't say it. Chen Fan is the best example — suspect all you want, but don't say it out loud."