Technical Department.
The air was thick with the stench of blood and rotting corpses.
The forensic doctor took a slight breath and lifted the white sheet with his gloved hand.
On the cold autopsy table lay a emaciated corpse covered in wounds.
He died with his eyes wide open in disbelief.
Qin Budu seemed to sense something and turned his head to the corner. Shi Xi followed his gaze and vaguely saw something curled up together, which should be a child.
Ji Ruwen put the rice into a bowl, then inserted three incense sticks, and finally lit the incense sticks.
Just as the incense and candles were about to burn out, they suddenly exploded with a sound like firecrackers.
At the same time, Xiao Can slowly appeared in the corner.
The forensic doctor stared at him in disbelief, his eyes wide.
Seriously, this is unbelievable.
Shi Xi crouched down and softened her voice, "Do you remember what happened?"
"You...you can see me?" Xiao Can's face was pale, her almond-shaped eyes were slightly open, and her body was trembling slightly.
Shi Xi nodded. "We can all see you."
At this moment, the police chief and officers who were watching the surveillance footage fell silent.
"..." We don't need to be so sure, we just won't see it.
"They told me there was a cat in the well and wanted me to help rescue it."
"As I looked down, they took the opportunity to push me inside."
"They even threw stones at me, not letting me dodge. The more I dodged, the more they threw at me, and the happier they were. But it hurt so much, it really hurt..."
"It hurt so much that I couldn't stand up anymore and I collapsed."
At this point, Xiao Can clutched her clothes, overwhelmed by fear, grievance, and despair, and burst into tears. "I saw adults come over, and they covered the well opening together!"
"Grandma is waiting for me to come home for dinner..."
Shi Xi's expression turned cold.
...
Police station, interrogation room.
Shi Xi sat in front of the one-way mirror, looking at the scene inside.
Inside sat two uniformed police officers and the "boss" of the suspects, who had dyed blond hair and was dressed in designer brands.
The conversation was transmitted through the device:
"Ask, ask, ask! It's always the same few questions all day long, it's so annoying!"
"I've told you so many times, he fell down by himself!"
What about the pebbles in the well?
"Pebble..."
The boy looked impatiently at the interrogating police officer, then suddenly smiled:
Have you heard the story of the crow and the pitcher?
“He told us to use this method to save him, so we did as he wished, but he was a coward and afraid of pain, so we stopped.”
"Officer, this isn't our fault, is it?"
Upon hearing such provocative words, the bureau chief frowned slightly.
"They have a strong sense of counter-surveillance and excellent psychological qualities."
They asked the same question many times, and everyone's answer was surprisingly consistent each time, almost word for word, as if there were a standard answer.
But precisely because of this, it's clear that they had conspired in advance.
"Can I come in and say something?" Shi Xi looked at him and suddenly asked.
The bureau chief glanced at Qin Budu, and seeing his tacit approval, he agreed.
Shi Xi got up and walked inside.
Ji Ruwen also stood up, noticed Qin Budu's gaze, adjusted his glasses, and sat down again.
Shi Xi entered the interrogation room.
The boy glanced at him but didn't pay any attention.
Shi Xi didn't speak, but suddenly laughed when she heard the boy say, "Tonight, your three-day detention period will be over, and you can go home."
Seemingly finding Shi Xi's behavior strange, the boy glanced at him.
"why are you laughing?"
Shi Xi looked at him and said in a very soft voice, "He should go back tonight too."
“You are his benefactor, maybe he will come to see you.”
I remembered that tonight is Xiao Can's seventh day memorial service.
The boy's expression froze for a moment, then quickly returned to normal.
...
After saying those two sentences, Shi Xi left the interrogation room.
Since the detention period had indeed expired, the person was released.
Shi Xi noticed that the parents who came to pick up their children were carrying something: incense sticks.
The atmosphere at the police station was rather bleak. They had worked on the case for three days, only to find that it had all been for nothing.
It makes me furious just thinking about it.
Especially when she thought about how Xiao Can's grandmother, who had been living with him, went straight to the hospital after learning of Xiao Can's death and was now lying in a hospital bed waiting for news from them.
They knew the truth, yet they still couldn't get justice.
"Mr. Qin, shall I send someone to take you back?" The bureau chief sighed inwardly and turned to look at Qin Budu.
He was an atheist and did not believe in supernatural phenomena. He had only heard that there was a Master Qin in the capital, so he invited him over with a try-it-out mentality.
Now that the deceased has spoken, they are still powerless to do anything about the murderer.
They are police officers, and they need to rely on evidence when handling cases.
We can't exactly tell the prosecutor's office that the deceased himself said he was tortured to death by them, can we?
"Need not."
Qin Budu looked up at the darkening sky, and just then, a crow landed on his shoulder.
Qin Budu stroked its head, his thin lips parting slightly—
"We'll leave after this is all resolved."
solve?
Does he have some kind of solution?
The bureau chief was filled with suspicion when he saw the crow on Qin Budu's shoulder.
There are no crows around here, so where did this bird come from?
...
"Something's happened! Something's happened!!"
The Zhao, Sun, Wang, and Li families lit up one after another, and crows, appearing out of nowhere, chased after them, constantly throwing stones at them.
Several adults and children, shirtless and wearing only pants, ran wildly through the village, howling in pain as they went:
"Ahhh! There's a ghost! It's Xiao Can, Xiao Can is back!!!"
Flocks of crows chased after the group, as if they were on a GPS tracker, and pebbles rained down on them.
Many villagers stood aside to watch the commotion, not daring to approach them.
The police station is not far from the village.
After hearing what was being shouted outside, Shi Xi's expression gradually changed from surprise to excitement.
He jumped out of bed in a flash, grabbed a stack of clothes racks, and rushed out.
But as soon as he opened the door, he saw Ji Ruwen standing outside, and her slightly serious voice rang out, "What are you planning to do?"
Shi Xi gestured with the clothes rack, "Go and do something nice."
"At this point, you shouldn't talk about rules, right, Senior Brother?" Shi Xi blinked and made a pleading gesture to him.
"Give me one," Ji Ruwen said.
Shi Xi was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and gave one, "I didn't realize that you, Senior Brother, were one of us."
As they went outside, they encountered several villagers carrying pots and pans, who were also preparing to take advantage of the situation (crossed out) to help.
"..."
Shi Xi handed the clothes rack in her hand to them, saying, "Use this."
"It hurt, but there aren't any wounds yet."
The villagers dropped their tools and lined up in an orderly fashion to receive the clothes racks.
Shi Xi gestured to everyone and then shouted in a mocking manner—
"Oh no! Someone's in trouble! Everyone come quick to help!"
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