[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-nation-s-forensic-medical-examiner":3,"chapter-the-nation-s-forensic-medical-examiner-the-nation-s-forensic-medical-examiner-chapter-149":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Nation's Forensic Medical Examiner",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2326844,4551,"Chapter 149","the-nation-s-forensic-medical-examiner-chapter-149",149,"\u003Cp>“How did you get into the Yang family?” Wu Junhao sat at the long table, asking with a seemingly kind expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Chang, slumped lazily, said: “I just walked in. Their front door was open. I thought the kid was home.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why did you clash with Yang Qian, the victim?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I was bored, so I smashed one of their vats… Yang Qian came over and started yelling. I couldn’t just… I couldn’t let him get away with it, right?” Liu Chang’s account was incomplete.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Junhao didn’t care—he was focused now on pulling out the main thread.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the first round of interrogation was done, he could ask the finer details during the second.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By then, Liu Chang wouldn’t be allowed to speak so freely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What exactly did you do when you killed him?” Wu Junhao gradually zeroed in on the key point.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Chang fell into memory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That scene had appeared in his mind more than once—sometimes in daylight, sometimes at night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I could’ve gone abroad,” Liu Chang suddenly said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Junhao reacted quickly: “Mm. Then why didn’t you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Because I killed him in self-defense,” Liu Chang said, raising his voice slightly, then lowering it: “I know you won’t believe me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Tell me,” Wu Junhao coaxed like a parent to a child: “Whether you’re believed is up to the prosecutors and the court. If you don’t say it, who’s going to know?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cops always did this—before gaining control, they showered you with sweet talk. Only once they had the upper hand and the evidence did they suddenly turn into heartless bastards…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Chang shook his head, waited a long while, then said: “His father reached for the sickle first—I grabbed it before he could. But I didn’t realize how long the blade was…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Junhao instantly relaxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This description matched the autopsy findings perfectly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a city kid, Liu Chang had never used a sickle and couldn’t gauge its length—that was normal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the fact that he could describe the motion so clearly proved he was indeed involved in the murder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, no one could possibly recount such a precise killing action without having lived it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You slashed his throat—then what?” Wu Junhao pressed on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Chang’s lips twitched into a brief smile, then vanished: “I was young then, didn’t know any first aid—I just wanted to run away…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You took a shower,” Wu Junhao corrected him. “And wiped the fingerprints off the weapon.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Chang froze. This was the first time Wu Junhao had contradicted him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flicker of anger rose in Liu Chang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I didn’t know what else to do—I just did it instinctively,” Liu Chang argued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Junhao remained calm: “You consciously destroyed evidence—and quietly left Shanghe Village.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I already said—I didn’t know what to do!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Did you make any phone calls during that time?” Wu Junhao suddenly threw another curveball.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Chang’s face tightened instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had called his father—and all his subsequent actions had been taught to him by his father.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Chang now deeply regretted not listening to his father, not studying English harder, not just going abroad to study…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first interrogation ended. Liu Chang slumped completely in his chair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yuan stood and left. He didn’t even enter for the second round.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Wu Junhao’s demeanor, it was clear this round wouldn’t be as gentle as a spring breeze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All the lies told to coax Liu Chang into talking would now be retracted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Chang would surely react strongly—but under the threat of murder charges, he’d eventually submit again, returning to his original state, only now with a quiet, faint sorrow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In overall strategy, detectives and A-share markets were much the same. First, they treated you politely, even making you feel you’d gained some trivial advantage. Then came a gentle decline to test your limits. Before you could react, a steep plunge trapped you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that point, you wanted to walk away—but detectives and A-shares both used the same line to threaten you: “If you don’t cooperate, there’s no turning back…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, to recover your losses, you incurred even greater ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Qiangmin listened to one more round of interrogation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the second round ended, he reviewed Liu’s father’s interrogation record—and finally relaxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The special case team members were called back to the conference room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Our special case team might be the shortest-lived in history,” Huang Qiangmin’s lips stayed above 66.6 degrees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this were any other topic, it might’ve been a sad one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But under these circumstances, everyone genuinely smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“A short-lived special team is better,” someone muttered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I wish every case ended this fast.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Every time we worked with Dr. Jiang, the cases closed quickly.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When someone else spoke the truth, everyone’s eyes turned to Jiang Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Indeed, cases involving Jiang Yuan always closed fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reviewing Jiang Yuan’s skills: forensic pathology was his core duty; outsiders didn’t grasp his depth, but fingerprints had proven him among the province’s elite; his crime scene analysis was excellent; he understood blood spatter; his footstep analysis even surpassed Chen Wenming’s…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A group of detectives began unconsciously imagining: if they committed a crime and faced Jiang Yuan, how would they handle it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The best solution, clearly, was to kill him outright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Now, two things. First: at this stage, only a few people need to continue the case. The special team doesn’t need so many members…” Huang Qiangmin shed the burden and swiftly assigned new tasks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Second: I’ve reported to the director.” Huang Qiangmin glanced at the team, his gaze fixed on Jiang Yuan: “This seven-year-old murder case has finally been solved. Jiang Yuan was the lead investigator. I recommend he be awarded.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone turned to Jiang Yuan again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In such a short time at the bureau, Jiang Yuan had already received one commendation and one Second-Class Merit. Now another award… it was hard not to feel envious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calling Jiang Yuan the lead investigator in the Shanghe Village case was already Huang Qiangmin being generous to everyone’s dignity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be honest, what work had this shortest-ever special team actually done since its formation?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jiang Yuan had directly identified the suspect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Junhao had done some hard work, but it was minimal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arresting a 25-year-old civil servant couldn’t possibly be difficult. And his quick confession? That was the suspect’s doing—not Wu Junhao’s effort or skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if Jiang Yuan had taken a steamed bun, broken it apart, kneaded it fine, chewed it to pulp, and spat it out for Wu Junhao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Junhao merely swallowed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this entire process, including Huang Qiangmin, everyone had just been spectators—what credit could they claim?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Appropriate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Dr. Jiang is truly amazing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No argument.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The special team members came from different departments, but they’d only been together for a day—no one had expected to gain anything from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Qiangmin nodded. As long as everyone was aligned, that was enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Record everyone’s statements,” Huang Qiangmin told the stenographer in the corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone who understood chuckled silently, treating it as nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Qiangmin waved his hand: “Alright, that’s all. Dismissed.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he finished speaking, someone knocked on the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Come in,” Huang Qiangmin called.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A young man entered, took two steadying breaths, and whispered: “The victim’s family is downstairs. They want us to come see them. The family from the Shanghe Village home invasion murder.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So soon?” Huang Qiangmin understood at once. “Has the director been informed?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The director is already meeting the victim’s family.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh. Understood.” Huang Qiangmin immediately relaxed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the director had shown up, the situation must be good. Otherwise, he’d wait until things calmed down before appearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jiang Yuan, come with me. Anyone from First Platoon? Come along.” Huang Qiangmin quickly selected his team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three officers from First Platoon immediately followed Huang Qiangmin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Word spreads fast. Probably leaked by the classmates we questioned,” Huang Qiangmin analyzed the family’s sudden visit, smiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rare to have such reasonable, comforting victims’ relatives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the lobby, they found an elderly woman, pitifully frail, accompanied by her dull-witted son.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Old Huang, come here,” Director Guan Xi called warmly, pulling Huang Qiangmin into the photo zone: “The victim’s wife raised her son alone under terrible hardship. But when she heard the case was solved, she traveled all this way to bring us two boxes of peaches.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Homegrown. Not worth much. Just eat them,” the victim’s wife looked far older than her actual age.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was barely in her early fifties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But without reviewing the case file, Huang Qiangmin would’ve sworn he was looking at a seventy-year-old woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Even if homegrown, they still have value. Let us pay for them,” Huang Qiangmin politely insisted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The victim’s wife waved dismissively: “No need to pay. We have plenty of peaches at home. I even trade peaches for shit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Shit?” Huang Qiangmin frowned. “What do you mean?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I traded peaches for a bucket of shit and dumped it right outside the killer’s workplace,” the victim’s wife said cheerfully. “Their director even apologized to me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huang Qiangmin blinked: “You just dumped shit on the Finance Bureau?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Director Guan Xi also blinked: “You made the Finance Bureau director apologize to you?”\u003C\u002Fp>",1517,"2026-06-20T18:55:00.150Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","d0c7e806a37b8a9a268efe98464df72a1dcb9f9426eb482673dd041ed7c2f9b0","the-nation-s-forensic-medical-examiner-chapter-150","the-nation-s-forensic-medical-examiner-chapter-148",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-nation-s-forensic-medical-examiner-cover.jpg"]