38 Red-Clad Female Corpses
When Lin Long arrived, the crime scene had already been surrounded by his colleagues who had arrived earlier. Among them, two familiar figures were examining the body.
Lin Long recognized Zhou Yun and Fang Chengjin at a glance, muttered something, then pulled open the banner and strode inside. "What are these two doing here?"
Pan Xiaoxia came in Lin Long's car, and she jogged to keep up with him.
As they got closer, Pan Xiaoxia spoke up first, "Captain Zhou, we're here!"
Zhou Yun stood up, turned around and looked at them. She was wearing a pure black tracksuit, the clothes were form-fitting, and she looked heroic and dashing.
Zhou Yun's face was pale, even extremely pale. Pan Xiaoxia had never seen Captain Zhou look so bad; it was as if someone in her family had died...
Fang Chengjin, standing to the side, was also wearing a dark blue tracksuit, his short, strong hair styled into a neat slicked-back hairstyle.
At this moment, Fang Chengjin was wearing a mask and bending over to examine the female corpse.
Zhou Yun spoke, her voice slightly hoarse: "Xia, go check and see when the time of death was."
Pan Xiaoxia gave a hesitant "oh," then went to the body, squatted down, and opened the toolbox.
Lin Long raised an eyebrow, thinking that Xia was too obedient to Zhou Yun and didn't seem to care about him, the new team leader. He was a little annoyed. Although Xia was only temporarily transferred to work in Hong Kong, they had at least half a year of work handover and cooperation. Who could stand Xia going back to fawning over the old leader?
Despite his displeasure, Lin Long didn't forget the important matter. He took another step closer, glanced at the corpse on the ground, and asked, "What's going on here? How did you and Lao Fang end up here? Have you been possessed by Conan?"
Zhou Yun lowered her eyelids: "This morning I accompanied Professor Fang to climb the mountain. We were just walking on the lower slope when Professor Fang said he smelled a strong odor of dead rats on a small path, so he came up to check it out. I didn't expect..."
Lin Long asked again, "Were you the only two who saw it?"
Zhou Yun raised her chin, gesturing towards the distance. "That old man was the first eyewitness. When Professor Fang and I arrived, he was shouting and yelling. He was panicked because it was the first time he had encountered something like this. I was the one who called the police later."
Lin Long glanced at him from the side. The old man looked like an ordinary middle-aged or elderly person who came for a morning run. He was sweating profusely and his complexion was not good. He was being questioned and having his statement taken by a colleague. He kept wiping his sweat with the towel around his neck.
The weather is hot enough right now.
Lin Longcai noticed that although the area was surrounded by woods, it was still unbearably hot and stuffy in the middle of summer, not to mention that it was now almost ten o'clock and the sun was starting to shine.
Lin Long turned around and walked towards the old man.
........
Zhou Yun shifted her gaze back to the red-clad female corpse. Her eyes flickered slightly, her brows furrowed with tension, and her hands remained clenched into fists.
The red-clad female corpse lying on the ground was young and beautiful, with long, straight, smooth black hair. Her face was excessively pale, the color of chalk, and her delicate skin was lifeless. Her eyes were closed, and her expression was peaceful, without a trace of ferocity...
The red dress was vibrant, as if I had returned to that summer.
The same park, the same hillside, the same red dress—the only difference was that day there was no sunshine, only a light rain. Raindrops fell, first landing on my head, forehead, and nose, then soaking my thin school uniform shirt...
Fifteen or sixteen-year-old Zhou Yun stood alone beside the female corpse, initially silent, shocked and bewildered, before kneeling down and weeping bitterly. The surrounding police officers could only sigh and watch.
After that day, everything about Zhou Yun changed.
She hates all criminals in the world.
Why is this scene happening again...?
Could it be... the same criminal?
**
"Captain Zhou!" A shout interrupted Zhou Yun's daze.
Zhou Yun exclaimed in surprise, quickly snapping back to reality and meeting Pan Xiaoxia's puzzled gaze.
Pan Xiaoxia asked worriedly, "Captain Zhou, what's wrong?"
Zhou Yun shook her head. "It's nothing." After saying that, she met Fang Chengjin's gaze from behind.
Fang Chengjin had already stood up. He looked at Zhou Yun with a deep, unfathomable gaze, as if he could read minds and immediately understand what Zhou Yun was thinking.
Zhou Yun lowered her gaze and changed the subject: "How did the checkup go?"
Pan Xiaoxia replied: "Based on the body temperature, the time of death was around midnight last night. From the external perspective, the cause of death was excessive blood loss."
Zhou Yun's gaze sharpened instantly. She looked up at Pan Xiaoxia intently, her voice urgent as she asked, "Are you sure it's excessive blood loss?"
Pan Xiaoxia nodded, "Yes. The only fatal external injury on her body is the cut on her wrist. There are some abrasions on her legs and arms, which were probably caused by being dragged up the mountain. They are not fatal."
Zhou Yun's aura suddenly turned colder, and her dark eyes became serious and solemn.
Pan Xiaoxia sensed the chilling aura emanating from Captain Zhou. She didn't understand why she felt something was off about Captain Zhou this time, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.
Pan Xiaoxia couldn't help but ask, "Is something wrong?"
Zhou Yun said calmly, "Check if there are any internal injuries, and whether you took any medicine before going up the mountain."
Pan Xiaoxia nodded.
Zhou Yun looked up at Fang Chengjin, only to see him standing next to the female corpse with his eyes closed.
Seeing this, Zhou Yun couldn't help but think: He's smelling again. What will he smell this time?
**
On the other side, Lin Long had also finished interrogating the old man, but had not obtained any clues.
He turned back to Fang Chengjin and was about to ask a question when a colleague ran over.
"Team Leader Lin, we found a cell phone at the foot of the mountain." As he spoke, his colleague handed over the evidence bag containing the cell phone.
Lin Long took the evidence bag and then turned on his phone screen. The screen had a lock screen password, so he couldn't unlock it for a while.
The phone is the latest Apple model, and the phone case has a cute design with a crystal chain hanging from it.
Lin Long told his colleagues, "Take the phone back to the station and ask the technical staff to help crack it."
The colleague nodded.
Lin Long walked towards Fang Chengjin, who was still keeping his eyes closed, with Zhou Yun standing beside him.
Lin Long spoke up, not afraid of disturbing Fang Chengjin: "Old Fang, what have you found at the scene?"
A few seconds of silence.
Fang Cheng, with his eyes closed, slowly spoke: "Cologne and medical room disinfectant."
After a moment of silence, nothing more was said.
Upon hearing this, Lin Long analyzed, "Perfume could be the deceased's own. The only way is to find out the person's identity. We should focus on checking their home and workplace first. As for medical disinfectant, if the person doesn't work at a hospital, they may have been there."
Fang Cheng opened his eyes and said succinctly, "First, find out the identity of the deceased."
The body had no identification or any clues on it; the only clue was the cell phone.
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