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The scream came from the forest behind the campsite.
The laughter from a second ago instantly quieted and all the tourists began to become restless. Zheng TianYi, who organized this class reunion, quickly reacted, raised his voice, and quickly assigned jobs, "Lao Deng, Xiao Shen-you two go get the nearby security guards, Brother Cheng, Lao Jiang, Lao Xia, and Lu Lei. The five of us will go have a look. Everyone else stay here and guard the tent and our things. Men, protect the ladies."
"I'll come along too." Qiao Yin suddenly said.
Huang Ling, who was still squatting by the grill, frowned, her tone a little annoyed: "Qiao Yin!"
She hadn't forgotten how Qiao Yin was kidnapped by Li Cheng two months ago. Although she had heard about it afterwards, Huang Ling couldn't help but be afraid for her. But Qiao Yin looked at her and shook her head calmly, indicating that she didn't need to worry.
"Little sister Qiao..." Zheng TianYi hesitantly began, but then he thought, Qiao Yin had been a lawyer for six years and had seen many situations. So he gritted her teeth and waved his hand to agree, "Okay! Let's go, hurry up!"
The four men ran forward, with Qiao Yin went to follow behind then, but then Zhou ChengZe, who was next to her suddenly grabbed her wrist. She was startled and subconsciously withdrew her hand, but he held on tighter. Zhou ChengZe had long legs and walked forward in big strides, almost dragging her along, frowning resolutely, indicating he did not intend to give in. He simply hurriedly explained: "It's safer like this."
Qiao Yin was conflicted, but it was more important to quickly go over to check the situation, so there was no time to waste trying break free from him.
After a while, the six people found the source of the sound in the woods. It was a middle-aged woman collapsed on the ground, holding onto a paper shoebox, with a black plastic bag on the ground at her feet. While she herself was staring towards a certain direction with horror, struggling to get to her feet. Zheng TianYi rushed forward to help: "Madam, are you all right?"
As soon as Zhou ChengZe wanted to step forward, Qiao Yin grabbed his arm. So the two of them stopped ten steps away from the middle-aged woman. Qiao Yin followed the woman's gaze and turned pale in the next second. Zhou Chengze also looked in that direction, and suddenly found the white figure among the shrubs.
At this time, the middle-aged woman finally spoke in a shivering voice: "Dead, dead..."
Everyone fell silent for a while. After a moment, Zhou ChengZe released Qiao Yin's wrist and pressed down her shoulder to signal her to stay here, "I'll go and see."
Lu Lei, who came with them, also said, "I will go too."
They walked up to the white figure, only then did they see that it was a woman, who looked to be about twenty-seven or eight. August was the hottest period in the year, yet she was wearing a red long-sleeved sweater on her upper body. On her lower body, there was only a pair of white underwear.
Her head was tilted to one side with her bloodless lips opened slightly, her eyes were wide and her expression was frozen in horror. There were obvious strangulation marks on her neck. In addition, her posture was very strange. Her two pale legs were in a diamond shape, her knees bent with the soles of the feet were joined together. Her arms were on her chest, with the backs of her hands placed close together, with her fingertips laying weaklyon of her abdomen.
This scene was too terrifying, and Lu Lei slowly squatted down, unable to stop his hands from trembling as he reached out to check her nose for signs of breathing.
A voice suddenly rang out from behind: "No touching."
He withdrew his hands in fright, and looked back at the same time as Zhou ChengZe, it was Qiao Yin who spoke as she came up behind them. She stared at the corpse on the ground, with a little color back in her face pale, her expression was calm, and her voice was a little hoarse: "Whoever brought a phone should call the police immediately."
Zhou ChengZe nodded immediately and took out his cell phone from his pocket to call the police.
It was 6:30 in the afternoon when the Municipal Public Security Bureau received the report. At which point, Xiao Yang and Yan Cong were coincidently both assigned the case and quickly mobilized their crew to drive up to the scene. As soon as he got out of the station, Xiao Yang threw the car keys to Yan Cong: "You drive." Then he bypassed a passing police car and got into the passenger seat.
Yan Cong was pleasantly surprised and hurriedly got into the driver's seat and fastened his seat belt neatly. And n fear that he would regret it, he wnet: "Eh? You usually don't let me drive at night though?"
Xiao Yang took out his cell phone and quickly dialed Qiao Yin's number, not looking his way as he responded with a slight frown, I want to make a call."
Xiao Yang thought of Qiao Yin as soon as he heard about the crime scene. He remembered that she mentioned that she was going to a resort for a class reunion, and this incident happened next to the camping ground on the mountain of that resort. He also saw her message in Moments before he went out, saying that she was going to camp in the same mountains.
Despite knowing that it was unlikely for any accidents to occur when she is with her former classmates, Xiao Yang still wanted to contact her to confirm that she was safe.
**(YukkiMuch: Hohoho~~ Xiao Yang is worried~~ hehe~~~ Zhou ChangZe is going strong too... I wonder who Qiao Yin will end up with~~ hehe~~ who do you guys support~~)**
Fortunately, Qiao Yin didn't take long to answer the phone: "Xiao Yang?"
Her voice could be considered as calm, but it was not the normal tone one would expect during a class reunion.
Xiao Yang went straight to the point: "Where are you now?"
"At the resort." Qiao Yin already guessed why he suddenly called her, "Have you received the report?"
"Mmm, I'm heading there." He said glancing at the navigator, his tone was quite calm from beginning to end, but he didn't forget to say, "Stay with your acquaintances in crowded places and don't run around."
"Okay." She answered, paused, and then said, "I was at the scene at the time, so I will give a statement later."
Xiao Yang was silent for two seconds and he calmly said, "Got it. Just calm down and tell them not to disturb the scene."
Qiao Yin on the other end of the phone was very cooperative and responded with a firm "Mmm."
They didn't dally on the call, after a quick goodbye, they hung up. Yan Cong had been glancing at him from time to time since they left. Seeing that the call had ended, he tentatively asked: "Is anyone you know at the scene?"
Xiao Yang put the phone back in his pocket, "Qiao Yin."
"Lawyer Qiao?! Why has she been unlucky recently...?" Yan Cong asked, opening his mouth in shock. He had not expected it to be Qiao Yin, and then thinking of the ambiguous relationship between Xiao Yang and Qiao Yin, he asked immediately. , "She must be frightened, right? Would you like to see her later?"
"No." Xiao Yang coldly replied coldly. Without giving Yan Cong time to react, he turned on the radio to contact the local police station, communicating to them to seal off the scene and leave only the relevant people who need to be interviewed.
Yan Cong paid attention to his expression through the rearview mirror, but did not say anything more and simply shifted his attention back to the road ahead.
Back on the mountain, it had become completely dark after an hour. Qiao Yin came out of the interrogation room after finishing her statement. She looked up and saw Zhou ChengZe and the others waiting for her in the corridor, but the middle-aged woman called Zeng Xing could not be seen nearby.
"She's come out..." Zheng TianYi, who was on the phone with Huang Ling said with relief when he saw Qiao Yin come out. He stepped forward and handed her the phone. "Huang Ling called, you talk to her, she's killing me." Qiao Yin took the phone and spoke first: "Huang Ling? I'm fine, I can go back now."
Huang Ling at the other end silently listened and then scolded her with everything she had. Qiao Yin knew that she was worried about her, so she let her lecture her. It took a while to comfort her before Qiao Yin could finally return the phone to Zheng TianYi, "Let's return quickly? What did you guys arrange after this?"
As they left the police station together, the five men intentionally allowed Qiao Yin to walk in the middle as Zheng TianYi talked about the arrangement: "I have already told them to pack their things, and the bookings for the rooms and venue have also been withdrawn. We will gather at the gate of the resort later." He sighed as he said, "Everyone will go home tonight, and we'll find another chance to get together next time."
Qiao Yin nodded, and then she heard Zhou ChengZe who was next to her say in a low voice "Your complexion does not look good."
He had been paying attention to her expression ever since. From the moment the body was found, her expression has been unsightly. Now an hour had passed and she still has not recovered much. Qiao Yin turned her head and smiled at him, somewhat embarrassed, but still nodded and admitted: "I was a bit frightened"
Zhou ChengZe frowned, while the other four took the opportunity to tease her, wanting to liven the atmosphere.
"Aish~ In the end, you're still a woman, Huang Ling already told you not to follow us."
"Yeah, we will all have to be lectured by Huang Ling when we return."
"But little sister Qiao was really calm at the time, even reminded me not to contaminate the scene."
"She's a lawyer, so what kind of situation has she not seen!" Zheng TianYi said with a laugh, and couldn't help sighing after laughing. "But to be honest, now that there has been a murder case here, business will definitely be bleak in the future."
Originally not planning to respond to their ridicule, when she heard this, Qiao Yin quietly opened her mouth and said, "The location of the murder is probably not the resort."
"Ah?"
"It looks like the corpse was transported there by car, but except for battery-powered scooters, vehicles are prohibited in the resort. In any event, the person should have been killed outside and then brought out to the mountain to get rid of the corpse." She looked down at her sneakers with half-squinted eyes. She could still remember the appearance of the corpse lying there, and her stomach turned, she pursed her lips to prevent her discomfort from ing.
The big men looked at each other.
Zhou ChengZe was also a little curious while worried, his brows relaxed a little, as he asked "How do you know?"
Qiao Yin forced herself to put on a smile and looked up at them, "I can tell."
Meanwhile, Xiao Yang and Yan Cong had arrived at the scene. After taking a picture of the corpse, Yan Cong checked the corpse carefully with the light of a flashlight, and he immediately noticed something was wrong "The underwear is worn backwards, the victim was probably sexually assaulted."
"The original crime scene is not here." Xiao Yang commented as he squatted beside the corpse, holding a flashlight in one hand to carefully observe, "This posture, the body was probably stuffed in the trunk. Looking at the size, it would have been a small car." He lifted the arm of the corpse, it was obvious that the body had gone stiff, "Through estimation, the victim should have been killed about twelve hours ago. For the corpse to be so rigid, she should have been in the trunk for at least three hours."
After hearing this, Yan Cong frowned: "There are a lot of highways nearby, a three-hour drive. The location of the crime may have been outside the city."
"First confirm the identity of the victim and see if we can find where she was last seen." He opened the corner of the red sweater and Xiao Yang saw the deceased's body clearly, and the corners of his eyebrows slightly raised. "It doesn't seem to be a simple sexual assault."
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"Send for an autopsy." Xiao Yang said as he put the corner of the sweater down and stood up. He glanced around again and asked, "Are there any drag marks nearby?"
There were many onlookers standing outside the police line, craning their necks in their direction, the staggered figures were blurred by the cover of night. Xiao Yang's gaze swept across the faces one by one, and when he realized that he was subconsciously searching for a familiar face, he immediately withdrew his gaze.
"No, it should have been carried over." Yan Cong said, not noticing his small movement, still reporting the results of his own inspection. "Private cars are not allowed in the resort. The murderer could have only parked the car outside. But from yesterday to today, No one has ever seen anyone come in and out with a suspicious bag." He finished, gripping his belt with both hands, feeling an inevitable headache coming on, "How did he get in?"
Xiao Yang lowered his eyes and his gaze fell on the corpse, his expressionless face revealed no emotion as he said, "We will have to talk to the first eye-witness about this."
The first witness, Zeng Xing was emotionally unstable. She was terribly frightened. When Xiao Yang and Yan Cong arrived at the police station, she was still shaking as she held a cup of hot tea, her face was as white as paper. Fortunately, after several hours of inquiries, she managed to piece together the whole story: she lives in a residential area next to the resort, and her puppy died. She had a deep relationship with the puppy and wanted to bury it in a place with beautiful scenery and also close to her. So she sneaked into the forest of the resort, prepared to dig a hole to bury the puppy, but she did not expect to find a corpse in the forest.
A towel and the body of a Teddy dog laid in the paper shoebox that Zeng Xing had been holding and the black plastic bag she brought into the resort contained a small shovel. Xiao Yang asked: "You were not captured on the surveillance video. How did you get in?"
"The back of the mountain is fenced with a wire fence, but near the southwest corner... there's a gap." Zeng Xing hesitantly said, lowering her head, "Those that live nearby can't afford the tickets, but occasionally would want to climb the mountain. So we sneak in from there."
Xiao Yang looked at her straightforwardly, "Do you know how long has that gap has been there?"
"It's been several years..." She thought about it for a while and said, "It might be two or three years..."
Xiao Yang turned his head and exchanged a look with Yan Cong and Yan Cong immediately sent someone to look for it, and soon received news that a gap in the wire fence had been located in the southwest corner of the foot of the mountain. Upon closer inspection, the fibers from the deceased's clothes were also found hooked on the wires.
"The murderer should live nearby," Yan Cong proclaimed, "or had once lived nearby."
The fingerprints of the deceased were sent to verify their identity, and the corpse was sent away for an autopsy. The investigation that night came to an end but Xiao Yang and Yan Cong would stay in the station to wait for the results. The next few days were going to be very busy, they most likely would not be able to return home until the case was closed.
It was three o'clock in the morning when they arrived back at the police station. They could only take a nap in the lounge for an hour or two before the autopsy results came out. Xiao Yang sat down in a chair and took out his phone. After unlocking the screen, he saw the text message Qiao Yin had sent a few hours ago, "Reporting to Officer Xiao, Comrade Qiao Yin has arrived home. She is in stable mental condition and is under the accompaniment of another female comrade, please don't worry. If you have time, take a break, when you finish this case, I will cook that little tortoise into a soup to show filial respect for you~"
After staring at the text message blankly for a long time, Xiao Yang thought about it for a while, but in the end, he did not reply. He put the phone back in his pocket, closed his eyes, and pinched his eyebrows.
"Lawyer Qiao sent you a text message?" Yan Cong, who had been glancing over at him several times, asked with a grin, "Since you have time right now, why don't you send a reply?"
Xiao Yang closed his eyes and put down his hand leaning back on the chair, "Sleep."
The tone was lukewarm, it seemed like he will be ignoring him again.
Yan Cong sighed.
"Old Xiao, I have divorced before, and I know what you are worried about." He said as he put three chairs together and carefully laid down, "Our work hours in this occupation are uncertain, and there are many emergencies. Plus, when our family and loved ones need us the most, we probably won’t be able to accompany them. You should remember the situation of Xiao Ke. When his father was being rescued, he was still busy negotiating with an old man in a cheap brothel. By the time he rushed to the hospital, his old man has already passed away." He bent his legs and adjusted his posture, putting an arm under his head as he yawned and closed his eyes. "But Old Xiao, lawyer Qiao is a lawyer, she has been in contact with who knows how many policemen before, so she should be very clear about the situation of our job. If a lady already knows your work situation and still tries her best to get with you, it means that she already thought it through. She isn't even worried about the situation herself, so what are you worrying about?"
After waiting for a long time, seeing that Xiao Yang was not responding. Yan Cong looked at him with squinted eyes. Seeing that he was asleep on a chair with his arms folded and his head down, he could only grunt out one last sentence: "There are not many girls who are willing accept our conditions, so you should think about it properly."
His words fell, and the lounge fell silent.
After fifteen minutes, a slight snoring sound gradually sounded in the room. Xiao Yang slowly opened his eyes and took out the phone again, but he just clenched it in his hand and remained still.
At this time, Qiao Yin was also staring in her dark bedroom. She didn't dare to turn over as she was worried about waking Huang Ling, who was asleep next to her. So she had to move her body carefully as she picked up her phone from the bedside table to see if there were any text messages. As a result, as soon as she unlocked her screen, Huang Ling's sober voice came from her side: "Your celestial being still hasn't returned your text message yet?"
"You haven't slept." Qiao Yin said giving her a blank look and then locked the screen and smiled, "He's busy with the case."
Huang Ling was silent after listening before going, "Qiao Yin, have you really thought it through?" After a pause, she added, "Criminal investigation policemen are really busy, maybe when you need him most, he will give up his family for the people."
"Some things must be faced on my own." Qiao Yin had already guessed what she was going to say, and had long formulated an answer for this in her mind "I have gotten through 29 years like this, do you think I will be afraid of facing things on my own in the future?" After saying that, she laughed, thinking that Huang Ling's serious appearance was really funny, "And what is with your tone? I'm still just pursuing him, I'm not going to marry him any time soon."
Huang Ling couldn't help but pinch her after seeing her silly laughing face, "Okay, okay, alright then, quickly go to sleep. You finally have a vacation, why should we engage in slumber talk?"
Qiao Yin responded with a grin, and immediately quieted down. Huang Ling also laid back down and her mouth was closed for a long time, but she kept hearing that scream from the afternoon in her mind. Thinking about it, it was really creepy. So she gently nudgedQiao Yin: "Forget it, let's continue the slumber talk, how about... let's start talking about your ex-ex-boyfriend?"
Unexpectedly, Qiao Yin didn't respond and after being nudged twice, she only muttered, "I want to eat steamed buns," Huang Ling mouth hung open in disbelief when she sat up and turned on the bedside lamp to find Qiao Yin's eyes closed. She stared at Qiao Yin's face for a long time, seeing that there was no response, she was sure that she truly fell asleep!
Huang Ling felt a sudden urge to throw her out of the bed. She cursed. turned off the light and laid back down. She picked up her phone and opened WeChat and wrote a post on friend moments: "Sometimes I really want to beat this foodie to death!"
She then tagged Qiao Yin.
Unexpectedly, she received a like immediately after posting it.
The profile picture was not familiar so she was puzzled for two seconds. She opened it and it so happened that the person had responded with a comment:
"It's rare to feel the same."
She took a closer look and realized the person's name was"Xiao Yang".
(End of chapter 12 raw)
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YukkiMuch: Hahahah Yan Cong is worried about Xiao Yang and Huang Ling is worried about Qiao Yin XD hahahha.
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