Before the winter break was even over, Caiyun University of Technology had already become a hot topic online.

The reason is simple: on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, Octopus Media dropped another bombshell:

Four naked male corpses were found in a peach orchard at Caiyun University of Science and Technology. Is this a sign of moral decay or a distortion of human nature?

A group of male college students met during winter break, had a frank conversation, and then died together. Was it an accident or suicide? Is it a resurgence of religious elements, or a manifestation of the deviant thinking of contemporary students?

...

The shocking revelation instantly ignited the internet, turning online games into a second New Year celebration.

"Did you hear? It was four boys who made plans to go to school to masturbate!"

"Isn't this called bayonet fighting?"

"Why is your taste so strong? Couldn't you eat at home?"

"The person upstairs doesn't understand, does he? Educational movies can't compare to the excitement of real life!"

"The truth has been revealed; it was a bayonet charge?"

"An upgraded version of paintball! These young people really know how to have fun!"

"I really want to try it, but it's a bit cold..."

"The focus of everyone's attention is really... hard to explain!"

"Someone upstairs has been exposed! Please leave your contact information, and we'll invite you for tea tonight!"

"Octopus again? This company is amazing! I think they were the ones who exposed the lunchbox dismemberment case two years ago!"

"That's going too far, I'm eating fast food right now, okay?"

Is it the fast food we're thinking of?

"Peach grove, does that sound familiar to everyone? Let me recommend a voice broadcaster; her latest story is 'The Peach Blossom Spring'!"

"Get out of here, you 50-cent party members!"

"Is the person upstairs talking about Blood Rose? I've heard that voice before, it's really powerful!"

"The Peach Blossom Spring and the Peach Blossom Forest do indeed have some similarities..."

"I really want that comb too!"

...

While the internet was in an uproar, Li Nan and his friends were also feeling the pressure.

All four victims were local residents of Tanhua City. As soon as the identities of the victims were confirmed, An Ding Si notified their families.

Although the family members were not entirely convinced, they still rushed to Andingsi immediately.

In the previous 0609 case (the lunchbox dismemberment case), Li Na didn't find it too difficult to comfort the family members. This time, however, dealing with these college student parents from educated families presented a completely different level of challenge.

Especially since Qin Wen was there to lead the team last time, Li Na still felt the work was very difficult this time, even though other people from the Stability Division were helping her.

This damn case! She was sunbathing on the beach in Beihai yesterday, and today she has to come back to deal with these grieving families.

Thinking about it, Qin Wen's job is more reassuring; she only needs to deal with those cadavers who can't speak.

"How could that be? My son was perfectly fine just a few days ago. He just said he was going out to meet a friend. How could he just disappear like that?"

"Yeah, my Wei said his female classmate was looking for him and he'd be right back, how could this be! Ah! Waaaaah!"

"It's the same at my house. He's eating while playing on his phone, and he'll say he's going out for a little while, but he never comes back."

...

The testimonies of several family members were surprisingly consistent: they all went out on the afternoon of the third day of the Lunar New Year, claiming that they had been invited by friends, and then never returned.

For the next three days, the phone was switched off and there was no news of the person. One family reported the child missing on the second day, but the other families felt that the child was grown up and it was no big deal to go missing for a few days occasionally, especially during the winter vacation, it was no big deal for him to go out and play for a few days.

What they all have in common is that they are all single and currently pursuing different women.

Taking advantage of the holiday, perhaps the time is ripe and things will fall into place, and it's hard to say whether it will be time for the two of you to go out and enjoy some time alone.

The family members didn't pay much attention; what they thought was a brief farewell has now turned into a permanent separation.

Li Na diligently recorded the information provided by the family in her notebook, but in her mind she was thinking, "Since they all had female classmates inviting them out, the technical department can just check the contacts. The murderer will be easy to identify. I, Li Na, am truly an invincible and brilliant young woman!"

...

In the conference room of the An Ding Division, while Li Na was dealing with the families of the deceased, in the autopsy room of the laboratory, Qin Wen, after most of the day's work, finally completed the autopsies of four bodies.

Li Nan had been waiting outside for quite some time. "What was the result?"

"No abnormalities were found in the bodies of the four deceased. The cause of death can be determined to be a rapid drop in body temperature. The time of death was probably between 8 pm and 10 pm on the 12th, which is the third day of the Lunar New Year."

"Hmm, is this considered homicide or suicide?"

Li Nan asked blankly, and Qin Wen rolled her eyes at her, "My work is finished, the rest is your business!"

Qin Wen tossed the autopsy report to Li Nan and turned back to the lab.

Li Nan smiled wryly, took the autopsy report back to his office, gathered the evidence collected at the scene, and began to think about it seriously.

"Of the four deceased, three were second- or third-year students at Caiyun University of Technology, and the other was a fourth-year student at a normal university."

"At the time of the incident, the school was closed. The fact that they were able to get in means they entered from inside the school's perimeter wall. This is not surprising. We will check the surveillance footage more closely later."

"The deceased all had calm smiles on their faces, which could be a natural muscle reaction caused by hypothermia. Combined with the semen found in their bodies at the scene, damn, isn't this the post-satisfaction 'post-satisfaction sage mode'? Old Yang knows this, I'll confirm it with him later. Hmm, he probably can't beat me!"

"The four victims' warm clothing was all within one meter of them. Since they froze to death, why didn't they put on clothes before they died and let themselves freeze to death?"

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