Chapter 399: Murder Where the Family Won't Call the Police

Chen Fan and Li Tian quickly rushed to the crematorium; after confirming no one else had arrived, they contacted the family's address and drove straight there.

By the time they arrived, the funeral arrangements were already underway, with people playing suonas around the perimeter while some family members wept.

The deceased lay inside the coffin.

Chen Fan helplessly looked at all this and said, "You do it; I don't know how."

Li Tian stepped forward and spoke with the family, who wore expressions of contempt and said, "Call the police? My father was already on his last breath and passed naturally; you still want to investigate? You want to perform an autopsy, just to suspect something?"

Li Tian said, "But your father might have been killed by someone."

"Killed? My father had only one breath left; who could have killed him? Are you implying I killed my own father? I sold my house and all my land to save my father."

"If someone killed your father, there could be compensation."

"Compensation my ass! Damn it, if you can bring my father back to life, then I want compensation."

Li Tian fell silent.

Chen Fan said, "Why don't you care who killed your father?"

"No one had any reason to kill my father, and I only have this much money left; where would I get money to sue, and where would I get the energy to drag out these matters? Besides, my father already had lung disease; he passed peacefully, and I don't want anyone to autopsy my father; he has already undergone several surgeries."

Chen Fan quietly said, "May I take a look?"

"Looking is fine, but no autopsy."

Chen Fan nodded.

He approached the coffin and looked at the old man with closed eyes; unusually, Chen Fan saw the words "peaceful" and "serene."

Yes, those two words—peaceful and serene—were the most direct impression Chen Fan received.

After checking the area near the old man's mouth, Chen Fan said, "Hmm, I'm basically certain."

Certain?

Li Tian said, "Are you serious?"

Chen Fan said, "Yes, serious, very certain; the old man did not die naturally. Even with only one day left, this was murder; I can tell you that with full responsibility."

The old man's child looked at Chen Fan and said, "I believe you; are you really certain my father was killed by someone?"

"It's a very simple method of murder: place your hand over your father's nose, cover it, and your father passes away without even resisting; that's all."

???

Such a calm, such a gentle way to die.

Li Tian exploded, saying, "Impossible, absolutely impossible; I don't believe it, I don't believe it."

Chen Fan looked at the abnormal Li Tian and said, "Are you crazy?"

In the observation room, Sister Yuanyuan asked, "What's going on? Isn't something a bit off?"

The new female guest, Shishi, said, "Uh, could this be a past case?"

The new guest was just one more girl; originally the director intended to find someone young, but the young ones had very tight schedules, so they could only find someone who was free.

Qin Ming said, "There is a case; to be precise, this case has actually never been solved up to now; it appeared before, and the killer was not one person, but many killers."

"What case?"