Chapter 257: Another One About to Die

"How did you know it was urine?" Yu Dazhang asked.

He wanted to know how the investigators had distinguished it.

"Test strip." The officer said, handing Yu Dazhang one:

"Take it, it's yours."

Yu Dazhang reached out to take it, instinctively wanting to say "thank you," but the words reached his lips and he just couldn't get them out.

He felt the other man was mocking him.

A common failing of professionals.

Toward anyone outside their own field of expertise, they always carried an air of looking down on them, or of contempt.

Yu Dazhang clenched his teeth and held it in.

He waited until they had finished their investigation before he opened his mouth to ask:

"Can urine be tested for DNA?"

"It can," the same officer from earlier replied:

"But compared to blood, skin, or hair, the accuracy rate from urine stains is a bit lower."

A bit lower didn't matter… Yu Dazhang was overjoyed inside.

No matter how you looked at it, they'd finally collected the suspect's DNA.

For the investigation of the entire case, this was undoubtedly a breakthrough of major significance.

Yu Dazhang turned his head to look at Ye Zhiyu beside him and asked:

"Will he come back?"

With a ready-made psychology expert right beside him, there would surely be unique insight when it came to analyzing the other party's psychology.

Besides, Ye Zhiyu had been following him the whole time and was also very clear on the case.

"Can't say for sure." Ye Zhiyu shook his head:

"A person's psychology keeps changing as time goes on."

"And we can only judge the psychological state within a particular period based on the situation we have at hand."

He's afraid of being held responsible for a wrong judgment… Yu Dazhang immediately guessed what Ye Zhiyu was thinking.

Psychology is the study of people, and it can absolutely be applied to analyzing cases.

Otherwise there wouldn't be books like Criminal Psychology.

"Then just give me a rough judgment." After saying that, Yu Dazhang added:

"I won't blame you if you're wrong."

Perhaps it was that last line that did the trick—Ye Zhiyu's previously stern expression softened a few degrees, and after thinking it over seriously, he said:

"When a person is doing something, they unconsciously fall into a state of tension."

"In that state, a person usually won't turn back and do the same thing again. Since he's already come here two days in a row, the odds are he won't come again."

"Even if he finally finishes what he's doing, he'll go somewhere familiar or to the side of a loved one—coming back here would become meaningless."

Yu Dazhang nodded at the words.

This was pretty much what he'd thought.

There were only two things the suspect could come here to do:

1. Confirm the death was real.

2. Vent his anger.

Both purposes had been achieved, and indeed there was no reason for him to come back.

Yu Dazhang then asked the officer who was still investigating for another urine sample.

This was the equivalent of carrying the suspect's DNA on him at all times.

That evening.

Yu Dazhang got a call from Liu Miao.

"The person I was investigating is about to die." Liu Miao's voice was a bit low.

Sure enough, the leftovers after picking were all substandard… Yu Dazhang couldn't help complaining inwardly.

Either dead, or about to die.

So it turned out the suspect had specifically picked out those who were in good health to go after first.

Yu Dazhang urged:

"Give me the specifics."

"Late-stage stomach cancer, not many days left." Liu Miao answered quickly:

"The family has already given up on treatment, and he's been moved into a hospice ward."

That really didn't leave many days… Yu Dazhang did have a certain understanding of cancer.

Once a person is moved into a hospice ward, it's basically a countdown to the end.

Analyzing it from the suspect's angle, going after someone who was waiting to die was truly unnecessary.

Because every day from then on, that person would suffer endless torment and pain until life faded away.

"Check whether anyone has been in contact with him recently."

Yu Dazhang thought for a moment, then added:

"Try to communicate with him, see if you can get specific information about that little group from him."

He was the only lucid person left in that little group so far. Bringing him back to assist in the investigation was no longer possible—for a late-stage cancer patient like this, even if convicted he'd have to serve his sentence outside of prison.

A man's words turn good as his end draws near.

Yu Dazhang was now only pinning his hopes on the other party having a change of conscience.

"Understood." Liu Miao agreed, then said hesitantly:

"How about you bring Ye Zhiyu over to try?"

That was a good method.

Liu Miao knew what Ye Zhiyu was capable of.

As long as he used hypnosis on that person, he could absolutely make them talk.

"Do you think the other party would agree?" Yu Dazhang retorted.

That one sentence jolted Liu Miao awake.

!

That's right, hypnosis had a prerequisite—it required the consent of the person being hypnotized.

Otherwise it would be no different from interrogation by torture.

And the patient's family members were there too, so even if he wanted to forcibly hypnotize her, he couldn't.

Most importantly, as a police officer, he couldn't justify any means to achieve his goal.

Just as the call ended, Yu Dazhang's phone rang again.

A call at this hour must be about an important case… He immediately took out his phone and looked at the caller ID.

Seeing Qu Tuotuo?

Yu Dazhang thought for a moment; it seemed like he hadn't been in touch with her for several days.

When he first arrived here, he would occasionally call Seeing Qu Tuotuo for a chat before bed at night.

As time went on, his attention was entirely on the case, and he no longer had the mood for it.

He pressed the answer key, and Seeing Qu Tuotuo's clear voice immediately came through:

"Are you still in Xicheng?"

"What a coincidence, I just rushed back today." Yu Dazhang replied.

"I'm almost there too." Seeing Qu Tuotuo's voice was very excited:

"Tell me your current address."

"I'll send it to you." Yu Dazhang then asked:

"What are you coming here for?"

He didn't think Seeing Qu Tuotuo had come to find him—after all, the two of them were only in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship right now.

Although they had met each other's parents, the actual progress was still stuck at the hand-holding stage.

Why can Yu Dazhang repeatedly solve major cases?

With no woman in his heart, solving cases comes naturally!

Alright, actually he wanted to take things further too, but he didn't dare.

This little aunt wasn't the soft, cute type who'd cry for a long time after one punch—she really dared to fight you to the death.

"Coming here to discuss a project." Seeing Qu Tuotuo answered very dismissively:

"I'm driving, we'll talk when I get there."

"Hey, you…" Yu Dazhang was just about to ask if she was staying around here, when the call was hung up.

Half an hour later.

Yu Dazhang saw Seeing Qu Tuotuo at the hotel entrance.

After learning she was staying the night here, the two got a room at the front desk.

Arriving at the room.

"Xicheng isn't far from Songhai, there's no need to rush here late at night."

Yu Dazhang looked a bit worried about her safety.

"Indeed there's no need." Seeing Qu Tuotuo glared at him:

"Does some people think having a girlfriend is also unnecessary?"

That sounded so sour… Yu Dazhang immediately caught on and said with a smile:

"Isn't it because I'm busy with work? I'm suffering too, thinking of you every night until I can't sleep."

This was only because their relationship was confirmed.

If it were before, he would never have dared to say such mushy words to Seeing Qu Tuotuo.

But now, this was part of the fun.

"Cut it out."

Seeing Qu Tuotuo punched him, but her eyes curved into crescents:

"Since you miss me so much, then sleep here tonight—it's perfect since we got a king-sized bed room."

One sentence made Yu Dazhang's blood rush up, his face instantly flushing bright red, and he grabbed her hand:

"Really?"

(End of this chapter)