Chapter 79: New Skill: When You Have No Horse in Your Heart, the Divine Comes Naturally (Support Please, Sixth Update)

A large number of items were brought back to the station; Chen Fan found Old Liu, explained the situation, and Old Liu agreed—once the simulated crime scene was processed, the students could practice on them.

Chen Fan returned to the observation room, sat down; Bai Lu handed him a glass of water, while Gao Ye reached for an orange but, seeing the water glass, silently put it back down.

Zhang Yishan said: "All of it?"

"This kid couldn't hold up under questioning—I cracked up. He didn't just confess everything, he spilled other stuff too."

"You mean Long Ge slept with his goddess?"

"Yeah, he's slept with plenty."

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Teacher He was momentarily stunned and said: "What do you mean?"

"I mean exactly what it says."

"Didn't the kid know?"

"So what if he knew? So what if he didn't? They were just a bunch of shady friends out having fun—it's normal. I heard it from Old Song."

Teacher He seemed to realize something and said: "This really isn't something to say on a live stream."

"Everyone has different views on relationships and life. We teach them how to do their jobs—we're not saints, are we? So let it be. By the way, how far along is the crime scene investigation?"

Over here, Old Zhou said: "The simulated scene is from a hiker's murder case. The hiker was found dead in the forest; he'd been in the news before. Because the death occurred in a primeval forest, the case was shelved and left untouched for seven years."

Bai Lu said: "I think I remember—wasn't he a magazine writer?"

"You know about it too?"

"Yes, yes—I remember. Our school organized a spring outing, and that's when I heard about it. My parents refused to let me go and forced me to stay home."

Old Zhou said: "We've gathered everything we could from the simulated scene, but when the body was found, it was already in terrible shape—nothing usable could be detected."

Teacher He said: "Was it wild animals?"

Old Zhou said: "In the wild, a corpse decays rapidly in three days—microbes, insects, wild animals—they'll show you exactly what nature's digestive capacity for humans looks like."

At the scene, five trainees began searching for relevant evidence.

Plants, soil, clothing, bloodstains, and other traces.

Over there, Qu Yiling, sharp as ever, looked at the ground and said: "Xiang Qinqin, come here."

Xiang Qinqin said: "What's up?"

Qu Yiling said: "Stand right here—I need to think."

Xiang Qinqin stood over the bloodstain; Qu Yiling stared at the ground and said: "This doesn't make sense."

"Doesn't make sense?"

Qu Yiling said: "The blood distribution is off. I've studied blood spatter patterns in the lab—I've investigated cases like this. For blood to be distributed like this, at this location, the victim's wound must have been at this height."

Saying this, Qu Yiling crouched down and marked a height on the ground.

Old Liu, sipping tea with half-closed eyes, said nothing.

Xiang Qinqin said: "That height, at minimum, is…"

Then Xiang Qinqin sat on the ground and looked up at Qu Yiling.

Qu Yiling said: "Exactly! That's the height—so why do I feel like I know the victim? Why does he feel familiar?"

Old Zhou sighed and said: "Qu Yiling got half of it right—the victim was indeed seated when killed—but she's fallen into her old habit of over-reasoning."

Teacher He said: "If someone is killed while seated, isn't that usually someone they know?"

"What if they were threatened?"

Teacher He fell silent.

Over here, Old Zhou continued: "And they've reviewed the files—the hiker went up the mountain alone. Don't forget: if he went alone, where did the acquaintance come from? If there had been a known associate, this case would've been solved long ago."

"This case was assigned to Li Tian. It was pulled out specifically because it's still a thorn in his heart."

Zhang Yishan said: "During my internship, I noticed something—many veteran cops spend their entire careers fearing they'll retire without solving their biggest case. Some even chase a single killer for life."

At the scene, Old Liu graded the trainees.

On the other side, Chen Ti volunteered to be carried by the others.