Chapter 1495: And with the Forensic Doctor, a Little Sweetness 08

【Detected villain triggering Heartbeat Value, Heartbeat Value +5, total 5!】

Jin Chen slept for about half an hour, and when the alarm rang, he heard Ling Gun Gun's broadcast.

It simply makes one feel refreshed and invigorated!

【Host, the person who gave you the photos probably didn't send them personally; they also hired someone, and the final IP address is not domestic.】

Still an old hand, huh.

In that case, trying to find the killer by tracking the IP also won't work.

Well, let's honestly investigate the case.

The Major Case Team mobilized again, splitting into three routes to investigate.

Wu Lin was also pulled by Jin Chen to fill headcount, heading to X City University.

What Jin Chen didn't expect was that there was actually a bit of an unexpected gain.

When Roommate A was called by Jin Chen for further questioning, he appeared much more talkative than in the cold interrogation room, and even voluntarily shared the clues he recalled.

"Counselor."

On the steps below the dormitory building, Roommate A sat and said to Jin Chen: "I remember…… the day before the school advised him to withdraw, Zhou Ming was sleeping in the dorm when the counselor called him over."

"He didn't come back until more than half a day later, and that night he almost self-harmed, but we discovered and stopped him."

Jin Chen: "Why didn't you say that during the interrogation?"

Roommate A embarrassedly scratched his head: "I didn't remember that day; it was only yesterday afternoon when the class monitor said in the group that the counselor had taken leave these two days that I realized this."

The day before, the counselor summoned him; the next day, the school issued the withdrawal notice—seemingly a normal notification, but it happened right before the murder case.

Jin Chen couldn't help but reasonably suspect the counselor.

"Where does your counselor live, do you know?"

"This…… I'll ask the class monitor, I don't know." Roommate A took out his phone.

——

The counselor took the phone Jin Chen handed back, casually placed it on the tea table, and said, "This is the reason I personally sought out Zhou Ming to talk; that day I didn't know the school's final decision was to advise withdrawal."

The photo on the screen, taken from a distance, shows two males embracing behind a car, their posture intimate.

"Zhou Ming was originally a key concern; I usually worry about his unstable emotions, let alone if he might have been deceived by someone."

The counselor rubbed his brows, headache.

"Does Zhou Ming often date the man in the photo?" Jin Chen asked.

Wu Lin, standing at his side, stared at the photo, seemingly trying to discern something from it.

"Well, I'm not sure, but as far as I know… starting over a month ago, Zhou Ming's absences have increased."

"Although I can't stop students from freely dating, Zhou Ming is introverted and sensitive; that man, I saw him from afar when I parked at the back gate of the school, and he looks about my age."

"At least he looks like he's in his mid-forties to fifties—what kind of talk is that?"

"Have you ever shown Zhou Ming the photo?" Wu Lin rarely asked.

From the moment he entered, this handsome man remained silent; the counselor also gave him a strange glance, then replied: "No, he gets easily agitated; I'm afraid the photo would make him feel his self-esteem hurt."

He's not young, and recently he suddenly made contact with Zhou Ming.

Jin Chen and Wu Lin exchanged a glance, and at that moment they actually developed some tacit understanding.

The older man dating Zhou Ming is very likely the killer.

This is indeed a significant progress.

Perhaps the killer never imagined that Zhou Ming's counselor would be so responsible, taking this photo for the student's safety.

"Thank you for your cooperation; this photo is a very important clue." Jin Chen had the counselor send the photo to him, then asked: "So your leave is also because you learned of Zhou Ming's death?"

"Yeah……" The counselor sighed deeply and shook his head: "You say being a counselor is easy? I also need to go see a psychologist for some guidance."

Afterwards, they again went around the school asking teachers and students who might have contacted Zhou Ming, but got no further clues.

But with the photo, today's trip was worth it.

Lunch was hastily settled; Jin Chen pulled the seemingly fastidious Wu Lin and bought two servings of cold noodles at a snack stall by the school gate.

On the way back to the police station, with no third person, Wu Lin could only honestly sit in the passenger seat.

Jin Chen suddenly said: "Just now at the counselor's house, did you discover something?"

Wu Lin wasn't surprised by this man's sharpness, and frankly said: "I think the man in the photo looks a bit familiar."

"You know him?"

"……No."

Wu Lin gazed out the car window at the receding street scenery, slightly furrowed his brows, and asked: "Don't you find it familiar?"

After a few minutes, he asked again.

"I don't feel familiar, haven't seen him." Jin Chen glanced sideways at Wu Lin, seeing his nerves a bit tense, changed the topic: "Let's grab a meal together tonight, little bro—I said I'd throw you a welcome feast."

Wu Lin looked back in surprise: "You mean the welcome feast is just the two of us eating alone?"

"Putting it so ambiguously, it's not like I'm trying to date you." Jin Chen chuckled, after the green light he pressed the accelerator without hurry: "I don't care; you promised."

Wu Lin: "……"

This is also the first time anyone has put an invitation to drink in such a fresh and unconventional way.

——

"Jin Team! Major news!"

As soon as Jin Chen got out of the car, Yu Jue rushed out and pushed him into the police station: "Wei Yan repaired some data on Zhou Ming's computer and found a website!"

"We put in a lot of effort researching and found that the website appears to be a depression mutual aid site, but actually it encourages people to commit suicide and engage in death mutual aid!"

"Death mutual aid?!" Jin Chen's steps halted, then he quickly walked toward the Major Case Team office.

If it really is death mutual aid, the nature of the case would change—the killer would not only be a killer, but also the next potential victim.

In the office, all members gathered around Wei Yan's computer; Wei Yan looked grave, quickly opening the constantly loading webpage—according to Jin Chen's hint, he did not use the police bureau's IP and network, but after obtaining permission, he borrowed the identity information of a depression patient who had once received help from the police bureau; thus even if those behind could notice his every move, he would not lose the initiative.

After entering the webpage, the pure black background cold Youyou flickered several times, and many strange elements appeared: daggers, syringes, overturned medicine bottles, and red coffins, constantly flickering and jumping, making people feel inexplicably oppressed.

"We've only seen this part; it's been loading ever since." Wei Yan said.

Wu Lin pressed his wrist, frowned slightly, and said, "Record the screen."

"Oh oh... okay." In the tense atmosphere, Wei Yan was startled by his icy voice, hurriedly started recording the screen, and just then the webpage entered the welcome page.

"Strange..." Yu Jue stammered, "How can one easily get in using a depression patient's identity information?"

A strange and bloody special-effect text appeared.

Around the text, many strange sparkles flickered as well.

Wu Lin averted his gaze, clenched his wrist tightly, and his downcast, concealed pupils trembled slightly.

【72> He stepped back half a step, but Jin Chen happened to support him, asking, "What's wrong?"

He stepped back half a step, but happened to be held by Jin Chen, "What's wrong?"