Chapter 199

Meanwhile, Chen Fan and Old Liu went to the scene. Basically no autopsy was needed—the people were caught red-handed—but a lot of people felt a bit uncomfortable about the result.

Old Liu said, "Pack up."

"Mm."

"You guessed it, didn't you?"

Chen Fan said, "Yeah, I guessed it. And Teacher, you guessed it too, didn't you? You all guessed it, didn't you?"

The several trainees nodded one after another, but none of them spoke up.

"You can't stop them, you just can't stop them at all. Once the last pillar falls, there's no longer any reason to keep on living. The old couple were actually working too. Chen Fan, your analysis was wrong—this man actually wasn't unemployed."

"I know. I was just in a foul mood, that's why I talked about him like that."

"He regretted it too, but this thing called dignity, this thing called face—it always binds some people. His body had fallen ill, he needed medication. Actually, he wanted to die more than anyone, and he didn't want to keep dragging his daughter down either."

"I don't understand, and I don't want to understand. I'm just a forensic doctor."

Li Tian had even been called over, handling the scene.

Looking at the two of them, he said, "You two really—I give up on you. Couldn't you have stopped it?"

"You saw it—would you have stopped it, or do you have a way to stop it?"

Li Tian was speechless. He said, "No way to do it. They struck too viciously—steady, accurate, ruthless. Those two came with the resolve to die. They came here to kill this whole family. Even if you'd tried to talk them out of it, it would've been useless. The second day, the third day, the fourth day—they'd still have done it. No matter how I profile it, how I reason it out, it's meaningless."

Chen Fan and Old Liu finished handling the bodies and said, "So there you have it—even a professional like you can't do anything about it, so what are we supposed to do? We're not psychologists. Even if a psychologist came, that little bit of moral sense wouldn't be enough to explain this thing clearly."

What kind of situation is this, anyway.

Li Tian was speechless.

But it still needed to be dealt with. This case involved way too many things.

Because countless women could deeply relate to this case.

Families forcing themselves to marry someone they don't like, families forcing themselves to take a spouse they don't like.

Never once asking their own child whether they were happy.

【,!! Teacher He said, "The most poisonous line in this world: 'We suffered through such poverty back in our day, so why can't you all handle it?'"

That line sounds awfully familiar, but it's also pretty pointless.

The lawyer said, "I'm actually not that young anymore. My family has been forcing me on blind dates for years. My father even said, 'If you don't go on a blind date, I'll die right in front of you.' But I still didn't go. I'd rather be cursed out, but I want to be selfish to the end."

Hu Ge said, "Your father was just worried about your future."

"That's not worry, that's an information gap. Because in their generation, the most they ever saw was how, in old age, many people who stayed single their whole lives suffered terribly—nobody to care for them when they died, and all that. But our era is different. To be precise, I've never cared about what happens to me after I die."

"But as for cars, houses, all that—it depends on each person's needs. The boyfriend I'm seeing right now doesn't have much money, a little over six thousand a month, and he works overtime every day. But I know he's trying hard. On my side, I haven't been rushing him either, and he wouldn't slack off and just lie flat just because I'm the one earning money."

The story the lawyer shared was actually quite interesting, but also very unrealistic. In real life, where do you find that many grievances?

Life is always less poetic than poetry.

Over at the forensic clinic, several newcomers were in charge of stitching up the bodies of the two deceased.

Outside were the relatives of the family causing a scene. The son was still in the hospital, being resuscitated—as for whether he was dead or not, nobody knew.

But from what Li Tian said, this mother really did strike viciously—several consecutive stab wounds. At the time, nobody paid much attention, just figured she'd come to take a look. Nobody imagined the old lady had come armed with a knife.

She came with the resolve to kill.

"In this world, there are really only two kinds of terrifying killers. The first is someone like Chen Fan—no feelings."

At the dinner table, Li Tian was recounting it.

Chen Fan was furious. He said, "You've gone too far. Damn it, you've gone too far. You wanna die or what?"

"The second is a person whose heart has died. Hmm, how should I put it—let me describe it with a phenomenon you've all mentioned. A person who commits suicide needs a great deal of courage. But sometimes, when the heart has died, the courage to kill oneself can arise very quickly."

"Also, I myself am clear on one thing: you can't talk a heart-dead person out of it. Hope is the best poison—it can keep a person alive. Despair is the best antidote—it can set a person free."

Chen Fan slurped up a big mouthful of food.

Old Liu held up a photo and said, "Mm, I suppose this is the first wedding our Fayibu Sect has ever held—outside the autopsy room."

Hu Ge said, "This is also my first time attending a wedding like this."

"I'm very lucky to be able to witness this love story."

Chen Fan picked up a bite of food and said, "You guys tell me—what if this woman actually no longer loved this man? Or, say, didn't love any man at all?"

Are you immune to romance or something?

Are you allergic to romance or what?

The director now wished he could rush straight to the scene and strangle Chen Fan on the spot—do you have to say such gut-punching things?

Chen Fan went on, "I wasn't wrong to begin with. Why are you all looking at me like that? What do you think this woman wanted?"

What did she want?

Everyone stared at Chen Fan.

Chen Fan said, "Every person's family matters have to be handled by themselves. Men love telling women, 'Why should I get involved in your parents' business?' Well, have men themselves handled their own parents' business properly?"

"What a woman wants is for a man to take her and do something without looking back—not to leave the choice to the woman. Letting the woman choose is the most failed thing of all. It's like, when we're dating, I ask you, 'What do you want to eat today?' versus me just telling you, 'We're eating hotpot today.'"

Song Zuer said, "But I don't like hotpot."

"Just tell me whether you can take a beating or not, and that'll be the end of it."

Everyone burst out laughing, suddenly understanding what Chen Fan had meant.

"Actually, what the woman wanted back then was for the man to take her by the hand, and for the two of them to start a new life."

Zhang Xinyu's words left the people present falling silent once more.

Meanwhile, a phone rang.

It was Old Song's phone.

"Come handle the body."

Chen Fan quickly stuffed a few more bites, got up, and prepared to go to work.

Teacher He said, "What matter?"

Over here, Li Tian said, "Sigh, the man took the woman's coffin himself and ran, went up the mountain, found an open patch of ground, gathered some firewood, lay down inside the coffin himself, and was burned to death together with the woman."

Holy shit.

Instantly, the livestream chat exploded.

This sad story—everyone died?

Not a single one left? 》

Wait no, the person who got stabbed at the hospital is actually still alive.

Old Liu said, "The news from the hospital is that the rescue was unsuccessful—he's dead too."

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