Chapter 6: Suicide or Homicide
Laboratory building of Jiangnan University Medical School.
Lin Jin stood under the shade of a tree opposite the laboratory building and waited for a long time before she saw a girl walking out with a computer.
"Excuse me, senior, can I ask you a question?" She stretched out her hand to stop the person.
Xi Yingtong took a step back in a hurry and looked at Lin Jin warily, "Do I know you?" She said, hugging her laptop tightly and stepping back to a safe distance.
Lin Jin slowly shook her head and reached for her purse.
"Senior, my name is Lin Jin, and I'm a freshman in the computer science department. Can I ask you a medical question?"
A blue campus card was handed to him.
Xi Yingtong looked down and saw the words "Lin Jin" printed on the card, with "Computer Science Department" written below.
The person in the photo looks exactly like the person in front of him, with short hair, a pretty face, and distinct facial features.
However, the person in front of me looked much thinner than in the photo, with slightly yellowish skin, and seemed a little malnourished.
It turned out to be a junior from the Computer Science Department. Xi Yingtong felt relieved. "Ask whatever you want! But you have to hurry. I have to go to the hospital to find the teacher."
Lin Jin carefully put away her campus card, took out her phone and opened the memo, "Senior, I'm collecting data recently and I'm a little interested in people who committed suicide."
"I want to ask you how to judge whether a person jumped to his death, and how to verify whether it was homicide or suicide?"
Xi Yingtong scratched her head. "You should ask the forensic science students this question. We are studying to cure diseases and save lives, and we don't know much about judging whether a person committed suicide or not."
"I know that's the case, but our school doesn't have a forensic department, so I took the liberty to ask you, senior." Lin Jin looked apologetic.
Xi Yingtong said magnanimously that it was okay, "Do you have any other questions? I happen to know a senior from the forensic department, can I ask her for you?"
Lin Jin suddenly raised her head and said, "Thank you, Senior Sister. I also want to ask if someone jumps off a building and their eyeball falls out of their eye socket, will blood flow down their cheek to their mouth?"
"Impossible." Xi Yingtong rejected the answer without even thinking about it.
"Most people who commit suicide or fall accidentally are lying on their backs. If their eyeballs are protruding, how could blood flow down their cheeks into their mouths?"
She participated in the rescue of such a patient in the hospital just last month. Although the rescue ultimately failed, she clearly remembered the characteristics of the prolapsed eyeball.
I also remember that day was a dark day. In addition to this incident, the teacher also tested me on emergency measures for fractures and internal bleeding throughout the body.
"What if you fall to the ground prone?"
"Uh!" Xi Yingtong paused, "It's possible, but it's rare." She took out her phone, opened the chat box, and typed out a message, "I'll ask your senior for your first question."
Lin Jin said gratefully: "Thank you, senior sister."
Xi Yingtong edited the text message and sent it out. Within a minute, she received several voice messages. She converted the voice messages into text and repeated them to Lin Jin.
"The senior said it's very simple. If a person dies from an accidental fall or suicide, the muscles in their body will be tense and they will have multiple fractures."
"If it was a homicide, if the deceased had died before his death, his body muscles would not be tense, and he would definitely have fatal injuries."
"Even if the fall caused internal bleeding, the blood flow would be reduced due to the death of the person, so the amount of bleeding would not reach the lethal amount."
This was all the information that was sent. Xi Yingtong added at the end: "Junior sister, to determine whether it was homicide or suicide, it is unrealistic to rely on theoretical knowledge alone. We still need an autopsy."
As long as the body is dissected, the fatal wound will be found.
"I understand. Thank you, Senior. Sorry for bothering you."
Lin Jin thanked Xi Yingtong and watched her hurriedly leave with her computer. She turned around and leaned against a tree with her phone in her arms to review the information.
What is certain now is that the funeral home staff did not lie, and the blood on Xu Ran's face was not caused after death. If we go and ask the police who witnessed the incident, we don't know if we can get any useful information.
Lin Jin rubbed her eyes and turned off the screen tiredly.
Ranran, who on earth harmed you?
......
On October 7, Xu Ran was buried.
Although Xu's family said that there would be no farewell ceremony for the public, a small number of fans found out the address of the cemetery and the funeral hall and went there spontaneously to send flowers.
Xu Ran debuted for three years and gradually got some small roles from extras. Before his death, he played the third female role in a hit youth drama. Over the years, he had accumulated some fans.
Her sudden departure not only saddened the Xu family, but also made these fans cry.
Father Xu didn't say anything about their coming to pay their respects. He just quietly moved aside and let them in to take a last look at Xu Ran.
Several young girls rushed in, put down the bouquets, and looked at the photo of Xu Ran with a bright smile and couldn't help crying again.
For fans, the most feared thing is that they will be separated from their loved ones forever. Even if they retire from the circle and become an ordinary person, at least they can still have a thought in their mind.
But now a living person has turned into a handful of ashes, without even a thought left for others.
As soon as Lin Jin came in, she saw several unfamiliar girls supporting each other and walking out of the mourning hall.
She placed the bunch of daisies in her arms under the altar and looked up at Xu Ran in the photo, who always had a smile on his face no matter what.
Xu Ran is as her name suggests, with a gentle personality and warm attitude towards others, coupled with a pure face, many fans jokingly call her Bai Yueguang just like in the drama.
Lin Jin had seen this photo before. It was a set of artistic photos taken by Xu Ran after he finished filming his first scene with lines.
The studio where the artistic photos were taken was far away. The two took three subways, stayed there for a day and waited for a month before they got a few priceless photos.
Xu Ran likes these photos very much, and even his Fetion profile picture is one of them.
Lin Jin still remembers that when the photo was taken, Xu Ran was wearing a lavender puffy skirt, her hair was slightly curled, she was holding flowers and basking in the sun, following the photographer's instructions and posing one pose after another.
Xu Ran said at the time that it took her several years to make an appointment with this photographer, who was a master in this field, and she would use the photos taken by the master as her profile picture for the rest of her life.
Lin Jin raised her head and tried to hold back her tears, but today's tears seemed to be fighting against her. Not only did they not hold back, but they kept coming more and more.
Tears filled with warmth slid down one after another, and the sour emotions in my heart gushed out.
Unable to hold back her tears, Lin Jin finally gave up resisting and just lowered her head and cried.
But Xu Ran, your life is too short, only nineteen years.
Xu Ran, you shouldn't end up like this...
You should have a glorious life, graduate from a prestigious university, and be the leading lady in a TV series.
It should be shining under the camera light, instead of lying in a box as a handful of ashes like it is now.
"Excuse me...are you Sister Lin Jin?"
A choked female voice sounded beside her ears. Lin Jin raised her scarlet eyes and dimly saw a girl with a black veil tied on her arms.
The girl's features were somewhat similar to Xu Ran's, especially her eyes, which looked as if they were carved from the same mold.
Seeing that Lin Jin was looking at her without saying anything, Xu Bei asked again, "Excuse me, are you Sister Lin Jin?"
"I am." Lin Jin wiped her tears, "Do you know me?"
Xu Bei nodded, "Sister showed me the photo before, and I sent you the address using her phone."
She handed a box hidden behind her back to Lin Jin, "My mother and I found this box in my sister's house yesterday. My sister's name was written on it, so my mother asked me to give it to you."
A gift box with a pink bow was handed to her. Lin Jin was stunned for a few seconds, then pursed her lips and took the box.
"Thanks."
Xu Bei forced a smile, and when she saw a group of people coming outside the door, she said she was sorry for the poor hospitality and left.
Lin Jin held the heavy gift box and found a corner to sit down.
The gift box was covered tightly, as if the preparer was afraid that the contents would fall out, so he used double-sided tape to secure the bottom tightly.
The bow was not fixed. Once it was taken off, three big characters "Lin Jin Shou" were seen written on the box.
Lin Jin repeatedly touched the three dried words. Through them, she seemed to see Xu Ran biting the pen cap and writing her name.
Lin Jin put the bow down and was about to open the lid to find out what was going on when she heard a fierce quarrel coming from the front.
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