Chapter 1516: A Spoonful of Sugar with the Forensic Doctor 29

"He deserves to die..." "I know he deserves to die."

Jin Chen rarely spoke to him with a somewhat hard tone, staring at Wu Lin's eyes and said: "But Wu Lin, he shouldn't die at your hands; you can't be the murderer."

In Wu Lin's surprised and dazed gaze, Jin Chen grabbed the phantom's hand, tightened his grip on the scalpel, and stabbed again at the heart, the angle perfectly covering the traces of "murder"; then he dialed 120, the reason being that the criminal lost control during interrogation and committed suicide.

The phantom will become the murderer who commits suicide while bearing guilt, under the doctor's witness.

A part of Wu Lin's subtle hatred also seemed to dissipate a little with the wail of the ambulance going away.

【Detected Villain Blackening Value -5, total 85!】

The evening glow silently spread from the mountaintop, the dim mountain road at dusk looked even more tranquil; on the winding road only a slightly damaged off-road vehicle and the two silent people remained.

Jin Chen was pondering how to comfort the person who had just heard the bad news, and only belatedly realized that he might have just frightened him.

Just as he was about to speak, he heard a soft voice: "Sorry."

Jin Chen looked surprised at Wu Lin walking toward him: "What?"

"I didn't listen to your words, sorry," Wu Lin didn't look at Jin Chen, just stared at the asphalt on the ground, and reason once again occupied his thoughts.

He had countless times wanted to kill everyone involved in that matter, and for that he had specially trained himself to learn many killing methods, because he had always been alone, barely surviving in excruciating pain just to take revenge.

But now he has… someone he cares about, that person also unexpectedly cares for him; amid repeated admonitions "cannot kill", Wu Lin recalled his master's advice from years ago— to become a good forensic doctor, the first step is not to harbor murderous intent toward others.

Later, that saying in his dream turned into "should respect the deceased, should stay clear-headed and rationally look for clues"... and so on, he realized that advice had been invisibly influencing everything, vaguely overlapping with Jin Chen's voice.

Having once lost an important relative, as time passed, the morality and reason that had faded with them returned alongside the appearance of another important person, once again returning to Wu Lin's body.

The shift of hatred and emotion gave Wu Lin a few more points of "humanity".

Wu Lin once again grabbed the corner of Jin Chen's shirt, slowly lifted his gaze to look at him, the depths of his eyes moist.

Regardless of whether the phantom's words were true or false, they dealt him a heavy blow; Wu Lin could not accept it.

All the words Jin Chen wanted to say were blocked back; he only held Wu Lin tightly, using his body heat to dispel the chill.

【Detected Villain Heartthrob Value +10, total 70!】

The slightly rough, dry pads of his fingers wiped away the moisture at the corners of Wu Lin's eyes; Jin Chen cupped his face and placed a kiss gentler than the evening breeze brushing the road.

Wu Lin blinked his slightly itchy eyes, turned his head and buried himself again in his embrace, becoming somewhat composed.

"Just now the phantom said, the rose is in the gallery."

Jin Chen hummed, suddenly recalling the group message: "Gu Huan invited Wei Yan to see the art exhibition!"

——

"I'm sorry to invite you over during the holiday; I hope I didn't disturb you."

Gu Huan still kept that smile; Wei Yan glanced a few times, gave a perfunctory smile, and took two sips of the milk tea he had bought.

He seemed never to have seen this Doctor Gu show any other expression; it was truly chilling.

First impressions are always formed early on; with Jin Chen constantly saying in the office that Gu Huan has a problem, possibly related to the suicide assistance case, Wei Yan felt that whatever he looked at seemed problematic, and he was eager to catch any clue from a tiny detail.

The technician, not very diligent in his four limbs, looked without changing expression at the transparent floor-to-ceiling window of the gallery; seeing Yi Tian disguised at the street side, he slightly steadied his nerves and continued exchanging pleasantries with Gu Huan.

"Do you often come here? It's quite off the beaten path from the city center." Wei Yan had no artistic sense, and didn't know that the area was full of various art galleries and exhibitions; anyway, he talked about whatever came to mind.

"I come when I want to relax; there are few people here."

Gu Huan led him into the back exhibition room, saying frankly, "To be honest, some of these paintings are also mine."

"Oh."

With the mindset that there might be clues, Wei Yan immediately cast a curious gaze at those several groups of paintings, his eyes wide open; Gu Huan chuckled, "I'm glad to have sparked your interest."

"Ha..." Wei Yan strangely shook his head, feeling a bit dizzy.

These paintings seemed magical, half-real half-illusion; Wei Yan even thought he had finally gained an ability to appreciate art.

"Mr. Gu, your coffee."

The gallery staff member came over holding a tray, her exquisite makeup bearing a proper smile, also very artistic in aura.

The dazed Wei Yan glanced at her, almost breaking character from surprise.

This person is also on the list!

Perhaps the website's backend administrator never imagined that their Jin Team had somehow gathered all those lists, forcing them to match faces and memorize them by rote for two whole nights.

The lovely staff member before them, website account "Red Moon", was one of those who had posted "Butterfly" in the thread, and also considered by them to be a member of the task tier.

The staff member didn't notice the turmoil in Wei Yan's heart, again left with an empty tray, brushing past Gu Huan's side.

Wei Yan could only pretend for now that he hadn't noticed anything, moving closer to Gu Huan as if very interested.

"Could you give me an introduction to these two paintings? They look quite interesting."

"Of course."

Gu Huan's smile widened, he loosely put his arm around his shoulder.

At the same time, in the corner outside the gallery, Yi Tian jumped up in fright.

The communicator's signal was blocked!

He was about to go in to investigate when he saw a figure not far away running off in a hurry, the back view flustered and rushed, constantly looking left and right.

"That's how it is..."

Yi Tian ruefully covered the back of his head: "I thought that person was suspicious, so I chased after him, but it turned out to be a pickpocket who stole someone's wallet."

"When I came back, I couldn't see Wei Yan's figure anymore, and then you all arrived."

Jin Chen, Wu Lin, and he crouched together in the grass; after listening to the latter half, they lifted their heads to look toward the gallery.

【Host! The shielding signal on the communicator display came from the gallery; I've undone it.】

Ling Gun Gun was put to use again; Jin Chen's gaze fell on the display screen.