Chapter 322: The Miserably Dead Woman, Sealed by Silt

The next morning.

When Peng Xiaoran woke up, Chen Fan was still sleeping. Recalling what happened yesterday.

She couldn’t help but smile.

Originally, she hadn’t held out much hope, because Chen Fan was simply too dazzling.

She hadn’t expected that she would truly get her wish.

After a while.

Chen Fan woke up. Seeing Peng Xiaoran pretending to be asleep, he rolled over and began their morning exercise.

By the time the two woke up again, it was already ten in the morning.

Peng Xiaoran had originally intended to wake up early and return to her room without anyone noticing.

But now it was clearly impossible.

“It’s over, it’s over. If everyone sees us walking out of the room together later, they will definitely…”

Before Peng Xiaoran could finish, Chen Fan interrupted, “What does that matter? We’re both unmarried and adults. What’s wrong with sleeping together?”

“They can’t control us anyway.”

Peng Xiaoran felt Chen Fan made sense and immediately laughed out loud.

The two left the room together. Before they even reached the cafeteria, they ran into Ju Jingyi, who was returning from it.

Seeing their state, Ju Jingyi understood everything.

“Oh my, someone had a real fire and thunder night last night.”

Peng Xiaoran felt shy and quickly covered Ju Jingyi’s mouth, “Alright, alright, don’t talk about it outside.”

“Then you have to promise to tell me how you two got along later.”

Ju Jingyi threatened.

“Fine, fine.”

Peng Xiaoran said.

Chen Fan didn’t say anything; girls were always like this.

Arriving at the cafeteria.

They happened to run into Xiang Qinqin and Liu Mengyan.

Although Peng Xiaoran and Chen Fan weren’t holding hands, the state they were in together was enough for the other women to sense something.

Liu Mengyan nudged Xiang Qinqin and said, “She’s already succeeded. When are you going to give it a try?”

Xiang Qinqin glanced at the two, then lowered her head, not looking again.

“I’m not going.”

“Really not going?”

“Really not. Chen Fan is very dazzling and is also my idol, but my feelings for him aren’t just romantic. I hope I can become his partner.”

“In other words, I hope to become his soulmate. As for others… that is his freedom.”

Xiang Qinqin said as much.

It was true that she liked Chen Fan, but she didn’t want to use this relationship to bind him.

A relationship between two people should be allowed to take its natural course.

“Alright then.”

“What you said is also right. Becoming the Master’s soulmate is more important. However… aren’t you jealous?”

Liu Mengyan asked out of curiosity. There shouldn’t be any woman who could allow sharing her man.

Xiang Qinqin shook her head, “I would be, but Chen Fan doesn’t belong to any one person.”

Although she didn’t quite understand Xiang Qinqin’s words, Liu Mengyan didn’t continue to ask.

After breakfast, since there were no cases to attend to.

Everyone continued the program together and came to the autopsy room.

On the operating table in the autopsy room lay a thawed corpse.

Because it had been stored well, the corpse was still intact, except that the eyes, ears, mouth, and nose were sealed with silt.

There were traces of dissection on the surface of the body.

Old Liu introduced, “This is a case from over a year ago, but no clues were found at the time, so this body was preserved intact.”

“Chen Fan, come and see if you can find anything.”

Chen Fan stepped forward, and Liu Mengyan followed closely behind.

After a brief examination, Chen Fan said, “There are bruises on the surface of the body and signs of violation in the lower parts. This is a rape case.”

Of course, this couldn’t stop Chen Fan.

Old Liu nodded and said, “Correct, but the police still haven’t found the culprit, so I wanted to take advantage of the lack of cases to have you take a look.”

Chen Fan said, “The victim’s eyes, ears, mouth, and nose were sealed with silt. That is quite strange.”

Old Liu nodded.

“Perhaps the culprit did this so the victim wouldn’t see the process of the crime or his appearance.”

Old Liu analyzed.

Chen Fan immediately shook his head, “No, that’s not it. Our people have always been very respectful toward the dead, and there are many customs regarding the deceased.”

“For example, after parents die, a married daughter cannot go to visit their graves. There are many reasons for this, but the most widely spread one is the fear that the married daughter will take away the family’s luck.”

“I know this is superstition, but we are just such a country; this is our custom…”

Everyone listened intently.

The viewers in the live stream also started talking about the customs of their own hometowns.

“Yes, my family is like that. My mother wanted to go back to see her parents and visit my grandparents’ graves, but my uncle refused. But I didn’t listen. Why can’t one visit their own parents?”

“That’s still considered good. In some places, they don’t even let daughters who married far away sleep in the family bed, saying it will make the men in the family unable to have boys. Isn’t that nonsense?”

“It is nonsense. In this day and age, many customs should have been abandoned.”

……

“In one of our provinces, there is a custom where sealing the eyes, ears, mouth, and nose of the deceased can cut off the soul’s senses, preventing them from reincarnating or telling others about their grievances.”

“According to this custom, I think the person who committed the crime is very likely from that province.”

Chen Fan said.

After a pause, Chen Fan continued, “Of course, it is also very possible that they are not from that province.”

“When you conducted the on-site investigation at the time, did you find anything else?”

Old Liu shook his head, “We suspected the garage wasn’t the primary scene, but we searched the entire school and couldn’t find it.”

“What about fingerprints on the body? Since the culprit forced the victim, he must have left some traces.”

Chen Fan said.

“There were some, but due to the amino acids on the skin surface, the fingerprints extracted couldn’t be used as evidence.”

“Later, the police found the victim’s car in the suburbs. We found some traces in the car, but they couldn’t be used as evidence either.”

Old Liu said.

“The car should still be there, right?”

“Take us to see it.”

Because today’s live stream was more educational, there wasn’t that much suspenseful content.

This case had certainly been investigated thoroughly when it appeared a year ago.

The reason the culprit hadn’t been caught to this day was simply because they couldn’t be found.

Soon.

Everyone arrived at the place where the accident vehicle was stored.

While Chen Fan inspected the car, Liu Mengyan carefully recorded everything.

The others were equivalent to spectators and students.

It was best if they could learn something, even better if they learned new knowledge; if they couldn’t… they could at least show their faces in front of the audience.