Chapter 17: The Case of the Cat Fetus: The Unloved Child

After Chen Hui's case was closed, the police station had a lot less time.

Mu Mian made great contributions in solving the case this time, and was promoted to a regular employee and officially joined the Special Crimes Unit. Chen Xue became Mu Mian's assistant.

The Special Crimes Unit specially held a welcome ceremony for Mu Mian.

Mu Mian met familiar faces. They were all very friendly to Mu Mian. After all, Mu Mian helped them solve a major homicide case as soon as he came to the Municipal Bureau.

Mu Mian's character was also upgraded from a weird forensic doctor to a little expert in solving cases.

"Mu Mian, write a self-criticism and reflect carefully on why a forensic doctor like you was held hostage by the murderer." Fang Rui's words broke the friendly atmosphere. "Give it to me before you get off work."

"Okay."

Fang Rui received Mu Mian's self-criticism. It was written very seriously, and the self-analysis part was quite profound. Just when he was about to put it away, he saw the following words at the end:

The above discussion is not the fundamental reason why I was held hostage by the murderer. The real reason is: I have been very unlucky recently. In Chen Xue's words, it's my Mercury retrograde! Leos are having a lot of bad luck lately!

Chen Xue saw Mu Mian in a daze in front of the computer and patted her on the shoulder, "Mian Mian, why do you want to do DNA tests on these babies? It's time-consuming, laborious and meaningless."

"Chen Xue, I want to help these fetuses find their mothers."

"Their mothers aborted them, which means they don't want them anymore. Even if their parents are found, they won't take the jar back, and they might even think they are unlucky."

"Were they... abandoned by their mothers too?" Mu Mian looked at the lumps of meat soaked in the glass jars with a confused expression.

"Of course!" Chen Xue felt that Mu Mian was a little different today. Although she was usually dull and expressionless, her mood seemed to be particularly low today.

Mu Mian lowered his head, "Why not? These embryos look healthy, they will be normal children."

Mu Mian always thought that only abnormal children would be abandoned by their mothers, such as those in welfare institutions who are sick, or those with limb disabilities, or... autistic children.

"Then there are many reasons, maybe it's an unexpected pregnancy, maybe they can't afford to raise them... In short, their mothers don't want to see them anymore."

Chen Xue took a sip of coffee, "So we should send these embryos to the funeral home as soon as possible, otherwise it will be unlucky to leave them here."

Mu Mian said nothing.

"I know you feel sorry for these embryos. How about this, let's give these embryos a name, so that they can have traces of their existence in this world."

"I have already named them."

Chen Xue then realized that the jars were labeled:

BB1, BB2...

"Do these names have any special meanings?"

"This one is called Baby 1, this one is called Baby 2, and so on."

Chen Xue smiled, Mu Mian is kind-hearted, but it seems that there is not much.

Mu Mian continued to look for the parents of these children in the gene bank of the police station.

But to no avail.

Mu Mian was a little annoyed.

She matched the genes of the two victims with these children. The results showed no match either.

Mu Mian frowned. Wasn't the jar with the date of death of the deceased the child of the deceased?

Chen Hui's home had been searched, and all the jars were taken to the police station. Mu Mian had collected all the DNA data. However, the DNA of the babies in the jars did not match the DNA of the three victims.

So where did Chen Hui hide the babies in the stomachs of the three victims?

Why did he hide them?

Mu Mian retrieved the data of the three victims and found that they had all done pregnancy tests at the Angel Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital where Chen Hui worked.

"Mu Mian, Zhang Qiang said there is a dinner party tonight. Are you going?"

Mu Mian's thoughts were interrupted by Chen Xue's voice. She suddenly felt that the truth of the matter was not so important.

Those children were not expected to be children. Who would care where the bodies of those children are?

"Can I... not go?"

"Of course not! As a newcomer in the workplace, I must go to the dinner!"

"Okay."

The dinner ended at more than ten o'clock in the evening.

Mu Mian returned home and just as she was about to open the door, she found that the position of the keyhole was offset by 5 degrees - someone sneaked into her house and opened the door with a key.

Just when Mu Mian was thinking about whether to call the police, the door suddenly opened from the inside.

"Xiao Mian, long time no see." A beautiful woman walked out and she reached out to hug Mu Mian.

"Sister Xiyin."

Mu Mian was a little surprised to see Shen Xiyin, and her voice couldn't help but choke a little.

Shen Xiyin is the daughter of her adoptive parents and also Mu Mian's therapist. Mu Mian has lived abroad since she was a child. Her parents divorced. After her father passed away, she was adopted by her father's colleague.

Shen Xinyin let go of Mu Mian and smiled softly, "You didn't push me away this time. It seems that independent living has changed you a little."

"We haven't seen each other for a long time, so you can hug each other." Mu Mian hated physical contact with others, and she endured it very uncomfortably before she didn't push her away.

"How did your neck get hurt?" Shen Xinyin noticed the scar on Mu Mian's neck.

"Officer Xiao Zhang said that this is a medal." Mu Mian's tone was a little proud.

"Medal?"

"This is the medal I got for fighting a brutal criminal with my wits."

Mu Mian briefly described what happened. Of course, she concealed the part about her fainting due to her fear of heights, and then artistically processed how she escaped from Chen Hui.

Mu Mian found that she had become skilled at telling white lies.

"Your job is quite dangerous."

Shen Xinyin had originally found a very good job for Mu Mian, as a researcher in a university. The job was stable and did not require socializing, but Mu Mian secretly resigned.

"It's not dangerous. Chen Xue said that I was the only forensic doctor in the bureau who was kidnapped by the murderer. It can be seen that the risk factor of the forensic job is not high."

"But you are injured."

"It's because I'm unlucky, also known as Mercury retrograde. But don't worry, Chen Xue said that Leo's Mercury retrograde period has passed, and the luck in the next few months will be very good."

Shen Xinyin found that Mu Mian has changed a lot.

Mu Mian took out a few notebooks from the desk, "I wrote down everything that happened recently in my self-observation diary. A lot of special things happened."

Shen Xinyin looked through Mu Mian's observation diary. Like the previous diary, it objectively described the events, and rarely had subjective emotional experiences.

When Shen Xinyin saw that Mu Mian was interested in her colleague's remains and had already figured out how to study the corpse, she looked a little helpless: "How do you get along with your colleagues?"

"I don't know. Most of my colleagues don't talk to me much. Maybe not very well, they don't smile at me," Mu Mian collapsed into the sofa, her tone very decadent, "I clearly followed the social guidelines to get along with them, but I still seem to have messed it up."

"But they were willing to let you take a ride. You got a permanent job within a month." Shen Xinyin encouraged, "This proves that your social skills have improved a lot."

"Really?" Mu Mian was happy again in an instant, "Sister Xiyin, am I a normal person now?"

From childhood to adulthood, Mu Mian has asked this question countless times.

Mu Mian was diagnosed with autism when she was three years old. At that time, many top autism experts predicted that Mu Mian had low intelligence, could not even develop language skills, and lacked emotions.

When Mu Mian was six years old and could not speak, all therapists gave up on training Mu Mian's language skills.

However, only Shen Xinyin did not give up. She was just a high school student at the time and did not understand those advanced training techniques. She could only repeat simple words in front of Mu Mian over and over again, even if she would not give any response.

Later, like a miracle, Mu Mian actually spoke the first word. And now, Mu Mian can basically communicate with people without obstacles.

This process is long and difficult.

Shen Xinyin knows very well that it is a miracle that Mu Mian can recover to this state.

Mu Mian will never be a normal person.

No matter how much training she has gone through, she still can't have normal human emotions.

"Xiao Mian, you are a genius, and geniuses are always a little different from others."

"I still want to be a normal person like you."

Mu Mian has always envied Shen Xinyin. Her sister has parents who love her, many friends, and she doesn't have to hide in a corner alone, nor will she be a burden to others.

Shen Xinyin knows why Mu Mian wants to be a normal person - Mu Mian stubbornly believes that if her autism is cured, her mother will come back to her.

"Xiao Mian, I'm sorry. It was my fault before. I shouldn't have hidden your mother's photo. You have the right to find your mother."

Half a year ago, Mu Mian found her mother's marriage certificate and a stack of photos in Shen Xinyin's room. There was a photo of her mother holding a baby with her eyes full of love.

This photo overturned Mu Mian's evaluation of her mother - a cruel woman who abandoned her autistic child. For this reason, Mu Mian and Shen Xinyin had a fierce quarrel and ran away from home.

Mu Mian suddenly interrupted her, "I don't want to look for her now."

"Why?" Shen Xinyin was a little surprised, "Didn't you return to China to find your mother?"

Mu Mian thought of Chen Hui, who had done so many evil things just to get illusory love and recognition.

"I'll give you the photo back," Mu Mian took out the photo with her mother from her pocket, she looked at it reluctantly, and then handed it to Shen Xinyin, "I think you are right, I shouldn't disturb her current life, and I shouldn't let her disturb my life."

Shen Xinyin was surprised by Mu Mian's change. In fact, she didn't want Mu Mian to see that woman, because it might be a heavy blow to Mu Mian.

"Xiao Mian, let's move. The soundproofing here is not good, and it's too far from where you work." Shen Xinyin closed Mu Mian's diary, "I have already bought a house near your city bureau, let's move there in a few days."

"Are you going to stay here too?" Mu Mian was a little surprised, "Then what about your job?"

"One of my senior sisters opened a psychological clinic. She wants me to return to China to help her, and I have already promised her."

Shen Xinyin saw that Mu Mian was in a low mood, and added: "Xiao Mian, you are not a burden to me, you are my relative, no matter what happens, I will not abandon you."

Shen Xinyin knew that Mu Mian was very insecure, so she always told Mu Mian over and over again that someone would love her firmly.

"Me neither!"

Shen Xinyin hoped that Mu Mian could abandon her, so that Mu Mian could become an independent person.