[{"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-165":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},2326860,4551,"Chapter 165","the-nation-s-forensic-medical-examiner-chapter-165",165,"\u003Cp>It was dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The green ivy in the office held its post.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dinner time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The downpour had eased to a drizzle; the flow resembled a successful man’s urine—occasionally trickling, intermittently stopping, never fully ending, and no one could say when it would finally cease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Party committee members of the Ningtai County Bureau collectively hosted a banquet at the cafeteria for leaders from the municipal bureau, provincial department, and central ministries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The head chef of the county bureau’s cafeteria had pulled out all the stops!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just the cold appetizers alone featured several elaborate dishes: mustard duck feet, combined-flavor eggplant, snowflake beef tongue—all made with premium ingredients and bold flavors, signature dishes of the kitchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On ordinary days, as a formally employed chef, the head chef wouldn’t exert himself so much; he’d just slap together a buffet and call it a day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To the head chef, a nearly perfect meal was a conversation between successful men.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a quiet echo between the tiny Ningtai County and the vast provincial capital, the distant capital city; it was the small county’s welcome to the metropolis, and its pride in the metropolis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Jinghui pulled Jiang Yuan to the cafeteria’s second floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Zhihong had flown to Changyang City with him and waved over with a familiar smile: “Comrade Liu, I thought you’d be here tonight—got your work sorted out?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew Liu Jinghui had been busy with a case lately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Jinghui sat Jiang Yuan down and smiled: “Thanks to Jiang Yuan—the case is solved.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Oh? How’d you solve it?” Zhang Zhihong assumed Liu had passed the case elsewhere or handed it off to Jiang Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Jinghui laughed heartily, didn’t answer right away, but stood up, raised his glass, and said: “I’ll be presumptuous—I’d like to toast our Ningtai County leaders first. You’ve cultivated an outstanding technical talent! Director Guan, let me toast you.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to central ministry officials, Liu Jinghui was treated with greater respect by the county bureau’s leadership.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Director Guan Xi immediately stood up, clinked glasses with Liu Jinghui, and smiled: “Comrade Liu, you’re too polite—what’s the story here?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Jinghui downed his drink before saying:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I brought over a case—Yunchang City’s unsolved mystery. Originally, I thought I’d send Jiang Yuan to inspect the scene, see if we could dig up more evidence, since the original leads in Yunchang had hit a dead end.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He spoke casually, but Guan Xi and the others listened intently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of them were veteran cops—they knew a case a municipal bureau couldn’t crack was bound to be extremely difficult.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If even the provincial department couldn’t solve it, and they had to pull someone from below, the difficulty wasn’t just doubled—it was multiplied many times over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more casually a scene was described, the more complex it truly was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guan Xi instinctively glanced at Jiang Yuan beside him and asked: “And then? Did you take over the case?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I was forced into it. All the technical leads were useless,” Liu Jinghui scoffed. “Footprints checked. Bloodstains checked. Relationships mapped. Surveillance footage reviewed—nothing found.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Jinghui picked what he could say, gave a broad overview, then added:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Turns out, everyone could’ve guessed the outcome. I handed the case to Jiang Yuan—he cracked it in a few hours.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Honestly, by the time Liu Jinghui got halfway through, everyone had already guessed the ending.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when he finally revealed it, everyone was stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because this wasn’t just a story—it was real, something that had just happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It struck the heart more directly than even a likely fixed football match.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“How’d he crack it?” Guan Xi couldn’t help asking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jiang Yuan spotted a flaw in one piece of evidence—directly pointing to the killer. The evidence had been reviewed by provincial experts, yet Jiang Yuan spent less time on it than they did.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, Liu Jinghui didn’t elaborate further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The victim’s husband worked at Jindun Company and had some investigative and counter-investigative experience—he’d been to the scene and handled it himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So when evidence tampering surfaced, Liu Jinghui immediately suspected the husband.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But none of this could be mentioned before the case was closed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Jinghui’s explanation remained vague.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guan Xi and the others didn’t care about the case itself—they all turned their gazes toward Jiang Yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This situation was like borrowing your family’s draft ox to help someone else plow a field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The current situation is like borrowing a big livestock from home, only to end up clearing an entire mu of land for someone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And you couldn’t even demand the ox back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You didn’t even have fallow land to plow yourself—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if you thought about it carefully, you did have fallow land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, it was a county—there had to be work for a big ox like this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guan Xi thought this, and his smile toward Jiang Yuan turned into a “hehehe.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guan Xi thought this, and facing Jiang Yuan, his smile turned into a “hehehe.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wine had reached a pleasant haze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The food had left the successful men slightly limp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Jinghui raised his glass again and continued: “I had another mission this time—to award Jiang Yuan a Second-Class Merit medal. Yes, for the Wu Long Wildman case.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’ll certainly cooperate wholeheartedly…” Guan Xi immediately pledged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The leadership hopes for proper recognition—two Second-Class Merits in such a short time is rare. My thought is to schedule it during one of our upcoming large meetings.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was standard procedure—find any big gathering to piggyback on; if none, even the bureau-wide excellence evaluations would do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If nothing suitable came up, even a Mid-Autumn song festival or holiday event would suffice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guan Xi agreed—it was a minor matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Jinghui felt Guan Xi didn’t get it and added: “Director Guan, do you have time in the next two days? I originally planned to take Jiang Yuan to Yunchang City, then handle this after we returned.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guan Xi realized—he was right. If they didn’t arrange it now, they’d have to make another trip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guan Xi laughed and turned to those beside him: “What’s everyone got scheduled in the next few days?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The head of the Political Department said: “Mainly training sessions…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then use the training session—it’s big enough.” Guan Xi asked: “What’s the training on?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’ve got quite a few: fingerprints, DNA, emergency first aid, legal training…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fingerprint training—assign Jiang Yuan to that. Isn’t that perfect? Jiang Yuan’s now one of the top fingerprint experts in the province—such a valuable resource…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Guan Xi had drunk a bit too much and was getting a little wordy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone patiently endured it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone added: “We already planned to invite Jiang Yuan as a lecturer—we just didn’t know if he had time.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then ask him now,” Guan Xi said with full ceremony.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yes, yes!” A middle-aged, relatively successful man turned to Jiang Yuan: “Comrade Jiang Yuan…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Sure, you arrange it,” Jiang Yuan cut him off, his smile genuine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another Second-Class Merit meant he could choose another set of skills.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And theoretically, he’d gain a Level 4 skill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was far more powerful than random skills—properly paired, it could greatly extend Jiang Yuan’s effective range.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Jinghui watched Jiang Yuan’s expression, slightly pleased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the award ceremony was confirmed, Liu Jinghui lightly nudged Jiang Yuan—when it came to gifts and reading minds, he was a professional.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once the award ceremony procedure was confirmed, Liu Jinghui lightly nudged Jiang Yuan: when it comes to gift-giving and reading people’s minds, big brother is a professional.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two days later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two police cars arrived at the entrance of Jiang Village Community.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The guard checked their credentials and raised the barrier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two cars slowly drove into the community.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because it wasn’t a pedestrian-vehicle separated zone, the cars moved slower than pedestrians, and the people ahead stared curiously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Who are you looking for?” At the entrance of the small supermarket, elderly residents past the detention age blocked the cars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“We’re looking for Jiang Yuan. I’ve been here before,” Qi Shanwei got out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He worked in the municipal bureau’s Political Department, routinely handling police-support initiatives, but Jiang Village Community was unforgettable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, villagers indeed recognized Qi Shanwei.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone nodded: “Last time, he came to deliver the merit plaque.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yeah, yeah—that slightly fat cop… looked kind of dumb.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He didn’t have much hair. Now he wears a hat, but last time I saw him without it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Villagers never lowered their voices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Shanwei’s face twitched—he didn’t want to talk to them and said: “Uh… could you please move? We need to pass.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Wreath!” A woman spotted the back seat through the glass and suddenly cried out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Shanwei froze and quickly said: “That’s a flower basket—round, with a basket underneath…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His explanation was ignored.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Jiang Village residents grew excited:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Has Jiang Yuan died?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Died again?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They say Second-Class Merit is earned lying down, First-Class Merit requires hanging on—it’s too hard. A Second-Class Merit holder just… gone.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They mean the military—police aren’t that hard…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Jiang Yuan was such a good kid… gone like this…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Shanwei looked helplessly around—those villagers who weren’t shouting were all frantically typing on their phones, doing who-knew-what!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qi Shanwei looked around in bewilderment; the villagers who hadn’t shouted were all clutching their phones, frantically typing, not knowing what they were doing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, rather, Qi Shanwei could guess what they were up to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Qi Shanwei didn’t understand why they always thought so far ahead!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>",1564,"2026-06-20T18:55:00.150Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","fd24479a884f302b860b504dcdfcaf49bdebe42324108c00b5fd6f29c94b1d82","the-nation-s-forensic-medical-examiner-chapter-166","the-nation-s-forensic-medical-examiner-chapter-164",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-nation-s-forensic-medical-examiner-cover.jpg"]