Chapter 332

Then Chen Fan stared at the pen on the desk and fell into deep thought.

"How about giving it a try?"

Forget it, he's a forensic examiner, there's no real need to go kill anyone.

Over here, he yawned and changed into a thicker jacket. This system isn't bad — it hasn't turned him into some superhuman yet.

As for having a story with the young lady, Chen Fan figured it was all the arrangement of fate, definitely not some system buff, absolutely just because he's very handsome.

Breathing out a puff of warm air, Chen Fan rubbed his hands and said, "The cafeteria's gotten a bit cold, Master."

Old Liu said, "The heating needs warming up. Just wait — the repairman is on his way. Once it's fixed here, the temperature will go up."

"We've got a lot of people eating here?"

"Not that many, but after all, we're civil servants, so we do get a few perks. Otherwise, why would the pay be so low and yet so many people still happily do the job?"

Over here, the four newbies had changed into thicker clothes. Qu Yiling said, "So cold! If we had to go to a scene in this weather… wouldn't we freeze to death?"

Everyone looked at Qu Yiling — if you don't know how to talk, then just don't talk.

Qu Yiling also felt something was off.

In the observation room, Qin Ming said, "This weather — it says it'll snow and then it just snows, doesn't give you any chance to react."

Sister Yuanyuan said, "Good thing I prepared clothes in advance, otherwise I'd freeze to death."

Teacher He said, "Then these forensic examiners have to go to scenes in this weather too?"

Qin Ming said, "This is actually on the better side. If the scene is a real shambles, that's the worst. In this weather, whether you're handling a case or a body, the difficulty goes up. But then again, there are some upsides — in this kind of weather, cases actually drop. A lot of criminals, in winter, hardly come out."

Over here, Linghua said, "So does that mean rapists rarely commit crimes in winter?"

Qin Ming said, "Coincidentally, winter cases really are more common."

Why though?

Everyone was baffled.

Qin Ming said, "Because there are fewer people out in winter, so winter crimes of that sort are more common. But stabbing cases, hacking cases — those are fewer in winter, because you can't finish them off."

Pfft — hahahahaha.

The audience, hearing this, all burst out laughing along.

Good lord, "can't finish them off" — that's a first.

That's a bit impolite.

At the scene, Li Tian walked in carrying his gear and said, "Hey, did you guys miss me?"

Over here, Chen Fan grabbed a kitchen knife and was about to go kill someone. Li Tian was speechless and said, "Sigh, don't be like that, Chen Fan. What's the point? We're all good brothers."

Chen Fan put the kitchen knife down and said, "Mm, what you just said seems to imply there's a case, and a tricky one at that, right?"

Li Tian chuckled and said, "Yes. This case, strictly speaking, isn't really a case. Let me ask you something — do you think there are more accidents, or more murder cases?"

"More accidents, obviously. Murders, there aren't that many."

Li Tian nodded and said, "Right, accident cases are plenty, and they're also the biggest headache for us cops and forensic examiners, because we have to prove what counts as an accident."

Chen Fan said, "But what if someone uses an accident to commit murder?"

Hahahahaha.

Li Tian said, "How could that be? How could anyone in the world be like that? It's an accident — it's uncontrollable. Nobody can calculate that stuff."

The moment he finished speaking, Li Tian shut his mouth at once.

Looking at Chen Fan, he said, "You wouldn't be…?"

"I was just saying it off the top of my head, it's nothing, ah, nothing at all."

Nothing? Nothing my ass — what's with all this "nothing"?

"Chen Fan, you'd better give me an explanation, or I'll set a trap for you later."

Chen Fan's face darkened as he said, "Let me put it this way — if I told you I could, would you believe me or not?"

"Before, I wouldn't have. But now, I do. You bastard — even if one day you told me you were the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, I'd believe you. Believing you is more solid than believing there's a pure love story in this fucking world."

?????

Good lord, have I really left that big a psychological shadow on you?

Old Liu said, "Stop messing around, Hu Nao. Look at the case first."

The case was brought out. Chen Fan stared at the photo and said, "This is…?"

Li Tian said, "Someone had their head split open. And as you know, we need to open a case and investigate. But our investigation found no footprints at the scene — only an axe. What do you think we should do with this case?"

Qu Yiling said, "Could it be that the heavy snow covered them up?"

"No reason to think so. We went there when it was snowing — the case was discovered pretty early. What were you thinking? So, I need you guys to help me take a look and figure out how to judge this case."

Old Liu stared at the photo and said, "How should I put it — from my angle, without an autopsy, it looks like the axe just came down on the man's head, split it open, and that caused his death, right?"

Li Tian nodded.

"But we can't determine where the axe came from. So here's the plan — you get Chen Fan to go over and do the examination, and once he's done, I'll handle the autopsy. How about that?"

"That's exactly what I was thinking."

Chen Fan's face darkened as he said, "I think I'm definitely taking home an award this year."

Li Tian said, "You got cast in a TV drama?"

"No, but I think I'm getting the Model Worker award this year. Nobody's stopping me — I love work, and work loves me."

Pfft — hahahahaha.

Everyone at the scene could only laugh helplessly.

In the car, heading toward the destination — since it was still snowing, they couldn't drive very fast.

The car itself was nice and toasty, but the visibility outside the windows was extremely low. Every one of them drove on edge.

In the observation room, Qin Ming said, "This photo is kind of interesting."

Teacher He said, "You can tell?"

"Mm, I can make out a few things. In the photo, the axe killed him in one blow, but in reality it wasn't like that. There's something called testing."

Testing?

It was the first time any of them had heard that description.

"Mm, how should I put it to you—say a person needs to take a knife and slit someone's neck. Unless they're a professional, there'll always be other marks, or the wound will slant up or down or something. A clean, even cut is very rare."

Teacher He said, "I get it. You mean besides the edge of the wound, there are actually other wounds, right?"

At this point, Qin Ming said, "Yes, there's only this one wound, so it could very well be an accident. But as for what exactly caused this accident, that remains unknown."

An accident?

That answer wasn't nearly as compelling.

The car reached its destination. Chen Fan got out, his feet crunching against the ground.

He studied the marks on the ground carefully and asked, "Nothing else?"

Li Tian said, "Nothing. Take a look at the scene. After the training here, a lot of the police at the bureau can handle cases now—basic on-site evidence collection, everyone knows how to do it. But after all these years, none of us have found a single lead."

Chen Fan looked at the footprints on the ground.

He looked at the dead man on the ground.

Then he lowered his head and began to examine the body.

The livestock was clearly visible, and the axe was just standing there on the man's head, though it wasn't a very large axe.

If someone wanted to do this on purpose, it would be easy.

But if it were an accident, it would be extremely difficult.

"What about fingerprints? Have they been collected?"

Li Tian said, "Mm, fingerprints haven't been done yet. We were waiting for you."

Chen Fan prepared to collect fingerprints, but soon he noticed an impression at the bottom of the axe.

Huh, this impression.

Chen Fan said, "Mm, if I told you this was an accident, would you be surprised?"

Li Tian said, "How could this thing be an accident?"

Chen Fan said, "Go borrow an axe from a villager, and then I'll show you how to make this thing."

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