Mu Xiaowan bit her lower lip tightly and stared at the corpse that had been completely disfigured.
Some memories that she didn't want to recall suddenly came to her mind. That night, the man who pointed a gun at her had a lewd smile on his face, and he had six fingers on his right hand.
I looked at his height again and it seemed to be this tall too.
Zhou Luancheng didn't get closer. He looked around and saw signs of a fight nearby, and there were knife marks on the tree next to him.
So this is a murder case. He turned around and looked at the driver who had come to watch the fun: "Go report it and call the police."
The others were unhappy when they heard this. People who often walked this road knew that there was no one living in this area for dozens of miles around, so if they wanted to report a crime, they had to go to the nearest town.
It wasted their time, and they immediately shouted: "No, no, we have to hurry on our way."
"Yes, it's bad enough that we have to stay here and keep you company. We don't have the time to spare."
"Let's go, let's go quickly. If you want to stay, you can stay. We won't stay."
The few people who were watching the excitement suddenly walked back in unison, shouting at the driver: "If you don't leave, we will go to the transportation station to complain to you."
The driver had no choice but to look at Zhou Luancheng and said, "Brother, it's not that I don't want to report the case, I just have to hurry back to sign in. So, why don't you stay here? When we pass by the town, let the police know and ask them to come along the road to find you."
After saying this, he ran out quickly, fearing that Zhou Luancheng would grab him and not let go.
Zhou Luancheng had no choice but to follow and take down the luggage, and Mu Xiaowan also took the luggage down.
"You still have to rush to class, so just follow them."
Zhou Luancheng stopped Mu Xiaowan.
Mu Xiaowan disagreed. She was more curious whether the dead person was someone she knew. She carried her luggage and stood beside Zhou Luancheng with a firm attitude: "I want to go too. I went to Nanshan to observe and learn. Isn't the opportunity now better? Based on the degree of decay of the body, I can preliminarily judge that the deceased died about fifteen to twenty days ago."
Zhou Luancheng looked at Mu Xiaowan in surprise, and finally nodded in agreement.
They had just finished discussing it when the driver stepped on the accelerator and drove away unsteadily.
Zhou Luancheng looked at the road where there was no one in sight and said, "Let's go in and take a look. We'll wait by the roadside in half an hour."
He casually took the bag from Mu Xiaowan's hand and walked towards the depths of the woods without saying a word.
Mu Xiaowan didn't act pretentiously and quickly followed behind Zhou Luancheng, carefully avoiding the branches that grew across the forest while saying, "It rained in this forest a few days ago, so the corpse's decay speed has increased."
Zhou Luancheng nodded in appreciation: "Not bad, your observation is very good. What else did you find?"
Mu Xiaowan bit her lower lip subconsciously: "One of the dead had six fingers on his right hand."
Zhou Luancheng was silent for a moment: "Do you know anyone with six fingers?"
Mu Xiaowan shook her head and denied without even thinking: "No."
She didn't want Zhou Luancheng to know about her bad past, didn't want him to sympathize with her, nor did she want him to know her embarrassing side.
Zhou Luancheng did not continue to ask: "Let's go and take a look."
Without getting too close to the corpse, Zhou Luancheng carefully surveyed the area again, marking any suspicious places with tree branches.
This will also make it convenient for the police to come and investigate the scene later.
Mu Xiaowan stood more than a meter away from the bodies, staring closely at the two bodies, and whispered to Zhou Luancheng: "They are males, probably between 30 and 50 years old."
Zhou Luancheng turned around: "Why do you say that?"
Mu Xiaowan pointed at the corpses: "Look at their body shape and the condition of their teeth."
Zhou Luancheng gave her a thumbs up: "Not bad, it seems you have a lot of talent, are you scared?"
Mu Xiaowan shook her head: "I'm not afraid. They won't jump up and hurt me. They are scarier than the living ones."
Zhou Luancheng looked at the time and took Mu Xiaowan to the roadside to wait.
Fortunately, the driver kept his word and reported the case to the town ahead.
More than an hour later, three police officers came slowly over on a tricycle. When they saw Zhou Luancheng and Mu Xiaowan, they asked in a somewhat aggressive tone, "Where is the body? Did you disturb the scene?"
Zhou Luancheng pointed inside: "No, you can go and have a look now."
The three of them went in and turned back to tell Zhou Luancheng and Mu Xiaowan: "You just wait here, no one unrelated to the crime scene is allowed to approach."
Zhou Luancheng and Mu Xiaowan didn't move and stood by the road waiting for them.
The three men came out very quickly, and one of them, a slightly fat man, said, "It was an accidental death, probably caused by an encounter with a wild beast."
Mu Xiaowan was shocked. Are these people going to close the case so carelessly? She was a little angry: "Did you take a good look? Was it an accident? It's obvious that someone killed someone on purpose."
The fat man's face darkened. "Who are you? What do you know as a woman? Are you handling the case or am I handling the case? Otherwise, I'll just let you wear my clothes."
Mu Xiaowan was not someone who could be fooled by a few words. She started to get angry: "We have already seen signs of fighting nearby."
The fat man thought it was easy to explain: "It's normal to leave traces after encountering a wild animal and fighting with it."
Mu Xiaowan was angry: "How do you explain the knife marks on the tree?"
The fat man disagreed: "The deceased cut himself on the tree to save himself."
Mu Xiaowan was convinced. When faced with such a person who confuses right and wrong, there was no point in talking to anyone.
Zhou Luancheng asked slowly, "Where's the knife? We can't let a wild animal take it away."
The fat man glared at Zhou Luancheng with disgust: "We are the ones handling the case. You are so capable. Come on. If you make trouble again, we will take both of you away."
Mu Xiaowan wanted to argue again, but Zhou Luancheng grabbed her wrist and signaled her not to speak.
After the three people rode away on the three-wheeled motorcycle, Mu Xiaowan angrily shook off his hand: "Who are these people? Are they blind? Are they so irresponsible?"
Zhou Luancheng didn't react much, and he gently comforted Mu Xiaowan: "Not every profession has good people, and not everyone can fulfill their duties."
Mu Xiaowan was still angry: "I know, but these people are too ostentatious and careless. How can the case be closed like this? Do you think it can be closed like this?"
Zhou Luancheng shook his head: "It's not what I think, but this area is not under our jurisdiction, so it's not good to interfere."
Mu Xiaowan was silent for a while, then looked up at Zhou Luancheng: "What if I knew the deceased?"
She didn't want to seek justice for the deceased, she just wanted to understand the process of his death!
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