Chapter 246

Qin Ming said, "In this world, the place that costs the most money is the hospital. Many families eventually can't bear the costs, so they take the elderly home to wait for death. Ask yourselves, does this count as murder?"

Everyone looked at Qin Ming, speechless.

"Let me put it another way. How many times, faced with astronomical medical bills, have these people actually intended to kill their own biological parents because they truly couldn't hold on anymore?"

"And if, at that moment, someone helped you end your relative's life, would you complain? Or would you go looking for trouble?"

Everyone remained silent.

Teacher He said, "That's not right, is it?"

"True, I know it's not right, but such cases really do exist. Invisible cases. Although they are only conceptual cases, we still need to investigate them."

At the scene, Chen Fan had the body sent to the forensic institute.

He brought out the blade and started cutting.

Soon, Chen Fan found what he needed: fingerprints near the old man's mouth.

The fresh fingerprints told Chen Fan that this person had been pressed to death by suffocation.

"If you don't believe me, there is other evidence here."

Chen Fan continued, "Crush syndrome refers to a syndrome where muscle-rich parts of the human body, such as the trunk or limbs, are subjected to severe, prolonged compression, leading to local ischemia, contusion, degeneration, and necrosis of the compressed tissues, as well as myolysis and the release of myoglobin. It manifests primarily as acute renal failure characterized by myoglobinuria, metabolic acidosis, hyperkalemia, and azotemia. Crush syndrome is the late stage of crush injury. Internationally, cases with only muscle crush injury without concurrent myoglobinuria or acute renal failure are called 'crush injury' or 'compartment syndrome,' while those with concurrent myoglobinuria or acute renal failure are called 'crush syndrome'."

Pointing to the corners of the deceased's mouth, Chen Fan said, "Here, and here, there are clear traces of finger pressure. This is from when a palm was pressed over them before death."

The man remained silent and did not speak.

Chen Fan continued, "I can also tell you the other indicators."

"The main pathological changes in the lungs early on are consistent capillary dilation and congestion/edema in the alveolar walls on both sides, causing the alveolar septa to widen. There is exudation of serous fluid, neutrophils, and macrophages into the alveolar cavities, alveolar collapse, atelectasis, and compensatory emphysema. Eosinophilic homogeneous hyaline membranes may form on the surfaces of respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts, and alveoli. Later stages are dominated by non-specific pneumonia and pulmonary fibrosis, which can be complicated by bronchitis and lung abscesses."

"Your father's long-term smoking led to damage in his lungs, and this lung damage required a high oxygen supply. But you must understand, there is a data threshold. Even if someone just pressed lightly, as long as they gave your father a little oxygen through the gaps in their fingers, your father could have survived."

"Professionally, one must press very hard to ensure accurate and certain death, so this person must be a professional."

The man said, "I will cooperate. Whatever you want to ask, I will tell you."

Chen Fan put down the knife, looked at the man, and asked, "Did you tell anyone to finish off your father?"

Li Tian was rendered speechless by Chen Fan's words.

No, wait a minute, hold on.

Li Tian asked, "What do you mean?"

"Heh, nothing special. Just asking."

The man said firmly, "I didn't. I absolutely didn't. I didn't tell anyone."

Chen Fan looked at the old man and said, "Then it was actually your father who said it. Your father hoped someone could kill him, end his life, and stop adding to your troubles."

The man fell to his knees with a thud and slapped himself twice.

"Dad, your son is unfilial. I have no ability, I didn't earn any money, I couldn't save you. Even at the end, you still had to take care of me. Damn it, I'm not human, I really deserve to die."

These words were like knives, piercing the hearts of everyone present.

This man was blaming himself; this man had never found relief, and perhaps for the rest of his life, he would carry this fate.

Chen Fan rubbed his temples, looked at Li Tian, and asked, "Let me ask you: if a person only has one day of life left, and another person ends that person's life, is it murder?"

"It is murder."

"What if the deceased was willing?"

"That is still murder."

"What if the family agreed?"

"It is also murder. No need to ask; this is murder. The law needs to punish these people."

The series of questions left everyone deep in thought.

Old Liu patted Chen Fan on the shoulder and said, "Let's make the arrest. There's something else you didn't tell Li Tian."

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Chen Fan smiled and said, "Forget it, I won't tease you."

"What?"

Li Tian showed helplessness for the first time. If a case could make a master detective helpless, one could feel that this case was very difficult.

"Human sin is amplified. No matter what your motive for committing a crime is, as long as you have committed a crime, it will continue. So, this person will still kill, and furthermore, it is a woman."

A woman?

Li Tian said, "Fine, I will go investigate. You come with me."

Chen Fan nodded.

As they were preparing to leave, Old Liu said, "The workload is heavy, take care. Also, let me tell you something: Li Tian's father also passed away due to illness."

Chen Fan said, "Don't tell me Li Tian suspects his father didn't pass away that quickly, right?"

"What do you think?"

Chen Fan fell silent and said, "I understand. I will catch the person."

Old Liu said, "This time, don't hurt this girl."

"I understand, but if this girl really does something outrageous, then I'm sorry. I might have to use lethal force."

The viewers in the live stream didn't know why, but they felt their blood burning.

Damn.

Holy crap, the tone Chen Fan used in this moment was really cool, so cool.

Prison break—is it really just jumping out of a house?

Or is it that people themselves are already in a prison, and the dying body is a huge cage trapping everyone?

And it is precisely this cage that needs others to save them.

The body is also a prison guard, and this prison break allows these elderly people to leave.

It is the help of an outsider.

Not elegant at all, not elegant in the slightest. On this point, Chen Fan was unwavering.

The human world is a huge execution ground. Perhaps the illnesses of old age now are just us paying for the sins of the previous era.

This is punishment, punishment from the human world.

In the hospital, Chen Fan opened the death records.

He calculated bit by bit.

But when he saw the death records, Chen Fan felt completely numb.

— Author's Notes —

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