Ha, the original owner had already mastered the art of building walls to hide corpses. Yu Ling dealt with this very thing on her very first day here, so how could she not be familiar with it? Moreover, that smell was hard for him to ignore, given his heightened senses.
"That's right, just as you think. You should contact Officer Chen first."
After Yu Ling finished speaking, she turned to leave. This kind of serious incident was beyond the capacity of a detective and an assistant to handle.
"Hey, wait a minute, are you sure? Why don't we dig it open and take a look?" Guan Xiujie asked, pulling Yu Ling aside.
He had actually believed most of what Yu Ling said based on his own observations, but the police wouldn't let him get involved when they arrived, so he was a little reluctant to leave.
"Huh? Is this legal?"
"No, it counts as disturbing the scene, but they can't really hold me or us accountable, can they?"
Huh? What are you saying about it being illegal?!
Yu Ling, burdened with a side mission, dared not play along with him and insisted on having the wall demolished under the supervision of the police.
"Sigh, okay, okay."
Seeing that Yu Ling was so insistent, Guan Xiujie had no choice but to give up. He took off his gloves, took out his phone, and dialed his friend's number.
"Then I'll call Chen Yang and ask him to come over. I reckon he's finished dealing with the robbers by now."
"Okay, hurry up, don't disturb the other tenants." Yu Ling nodded in response, then casually put her hands in her pockets, showing no intention of doing anything herself.
Guan Xiujie stood there making a phone call.
But the habit formed throughout the day still made him stare intently at Yu Ling without moving his eyes.
Yu Ling's quiet profile, with her eyes lowered and no words spoken, was so adorable and stunningly beautiful. Coupled with her firm and strong body, which appeared slender and curvaceous under her clothes, he suddenly felt that this man possessed a beauty that combined both femininity and masculinity.
It's the kind of beauty that transcends gender.
"What are you looking at? Make a phone call!"
Yu Ling turned around and saw Guan Xiujie staring blankly at her. She couldn't help but glare at him angrily. "This is never going to end! Either investigate yourself, or let it go. It's very impolite to stare at other people all the time!"
Guan Xiujie immediately looked away and chuckled awkwardly, "Uh, I wasn't looking at anything. Oh, the call went through. Hello? Chen Yang, do you know the scene of that crime of passion on bus route 99? Yes, yes, number 57. It's urgent. Come over here, wearing your work uniform, you know."
Yu Ling was too lazy to argue with a crazy guy like Guan Xiujie, so she took on the role of a law-abiding citizen who protected the scene without breaking the law.
When the wailing police cars reappeared, the landlord and other tenants also peeked out to see what was going on. But when they saw Yu Ling and Guan Xiujie standing guard at the door and not letting them in, and the police officers in uniform walking past with various tools, they were frightened and shrank back.
It's just that there's probably a 99% chance they were eavesdropping at the door.
When Chen Yang arrived at the scene, Guan Xiujie told him that there might be a corpse hidden behind the mirror. Trusting his friend completely, he immediately called on his colleagues to start working diligently, preparing to pry off the entire mirror along with the nearby bricks.
Yu Ling felt that he had helped out and should be considered to have gotten involved in a side quest, but he didn't want to stay and do the hard work. Otherwise, if he became too skilled, it wouldn't be good if people became suspicious. So he said to Guan Xiujie, who was watching intently from the side:
"Anyway, Officer Chen has taken over this case. The reasoning should wait until the forensic examination results are out. Can we leave now?"
Guan Xiujie: "Hmm? But we haven't seen the body yet? If you're bored waiting, I'll go out for a stroll with you..."
He didn't want to leave; how could he miss something as exciting as opening a blind box? But Chen Yang, who was at work, heard his friend still nagging Yu Ling, turned around, patted Guan Xiujie on the shoulder with a smile, and started to shoo him away:
"Alright, you've really got some nerve! Mr. Wen just escaped from the robbers, and you were thinking of taking your men to a scenic spot to relax, but instead you're here solving cases for fun? From now on, we police will handle everything here. You're exhausted, go home."
It was his duty, and he didn't mind working hard. It was only after the robbery that he finally realized there were many other places that needed him more, so he simply turned down the serial murder case.
Besides, Mr. Wen doesn't seem like a bad person, so there's no need to make things difficult for him. He was just scared by the robber who had his head blown off, and now he's going to be scared by the corpse hidden in the wall. It would be really uncomfortable if he couldn't eat for three days after going home because of the disgust.
"Uh... alright then." Guan Xiujie made a slight concession. "Yan can leave first, and I'll stay and help you tear down the wall!"
Hey, this friend of mine may seem like a workaholic and often treats himself like a tool, but he's actually quite considerate.
"Shi Yan? When did you start calling him so intimately?" Chen Yang handed the hammer and other items to Guan Xiujie, then whispered in his ear, "Alright, stop your magic now. We're not investigating that case anymore, and don't keep Mr. Wen from leaving!"
Guan Xiujie: Really? Was it me who kept holding onto him?
Okay, that's true to some extent.
But they did agree!
"Officer Chen, you're busy. I'll wait at the door for a while."
Yu Ling didn't seem like she was being eavesdropped on. She took the initiative to leave to avoid suspicion and didn't say she was leaving. She actually acted like a little helper.
At this point, Guan Xiujie no longer needed to hide it from his friend. He told his friend everything he had observed around Yu Ling, in an objective and unbiased manner, including the fact that Yu Ling had discovered that there was something wrong with the mirror.
Chen Yang: "Did he really discover it?"
“Yes, so…” Guan Xiujie wanted to say something, but then swallowed his words and changed to a more irreverent tone, “So, if you’re not going to investigate him anymore, I’ll really keep this promising talent as my assistant!”
"......."
"what ever."
Chen Yang and Guan Xiujie were also learned in various fields. Although they were not as professional as forensic doctors, they were still very professional at digging up corpses and would not cause too much damage. With everyone's joint efforts, they actually found a thicker area behind the wall that should not have been there. It was filled with mud, sand and bricks and was very damp. A corner of clothing was also sticking out from inside.
"There really is a body, everyone be careful."
The 'fugitive and missing murderer,' who had only been embedded in the wall for a short time, soon saw the light of day again.
"It's definitely the husband of the victim in that crime of passion. He was also..." The junior police officer standing to the side, who had probably investigated the case before, was still unable to accept the scene.
"Alright, stop standing there. Let's gather evidence on the spot and take a few more photos. Two people over there, bring the body bag and take it back to the police station to hand it over to our colleagues in the forensic department."
An experienced veteran police officer quickly took charge of the scene and thoughtfully said to Chen Yang, who had a lot of experience today but hadn't had a break yet,
"Chen Yang, you and Detective Guan stay here to clean up the mess. We'll go back and reorganize the files first."
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