8 You are the Murderer (1/2)

Everyone heaved a sigh of relief.

A man and a woman entered the conference room. The man was the captain of the forensics team, Cheng Zheng.

He seemed around 27 or 28 years old. Probably influenced by his profession as he had been dealing with corpses for years, he had an ”untouchable” aura that made him seem cold and distant. He was wearing a white coat and a pair of white gloves, looking capable and tidy. At the same time, he seemed to dread socializing with mortals. There was an aloof feeling about him—when he just stood there, he was like the odd one out.

Cheng Zheng, similar to Bai Muchuan, had come to Jin City not too long ago. He had studied abroad for many years and was especially talented in forensic biology. It was said that by working in the Municipal Bureau in Jin City as the Forensics Captain, it was a waste of talent for someone like him who had exceptional abilities.

”My apologies for being late,” said Cheng Zheng while looking at Bai Muchuan.

The rest of the team was non-existent in his eyes.

Bai Muchuan looked at his watch, ”42 hours.”

It was four o'clock in the afternoon.

From the time of death of Zhao Jiahang till now, it was exactly 42 hours.

Undoubtedly, Bai Muchuan was not satisfied with Cheng Zheng's efficiency.

Cheng Zheng did not bother to explain. He turned to his female assistant, ”[1]PPT.”

There was complete silence in the meeting room.

Cheng Zheng walked to Bai Muchuan, nodded at him, and began a very innovative presentation of the findings.

In just 10 minutes, he restored the crime scene where Zhao Jiahang met his death, with professional but vivid language. He gave a conclusion for all the physical evidence, the autopsy results, as well as the automobile examination result. To be exact, under the existing technological equipment and facilities of the Criminal Investigation Unit, to be able to come up with a detailed report within 42 hours was already considered efficient.

Several new detectives in the team listened with great interest, but the conclusion was mind-blowing.

Judging from the autopsy results and the evidence from the crime scene, Zhao Jiahang's death was completely accidental.

The automobile technical engineer had carried out a thorough and detailed examination of Zhao Jiahang's SUV. The final results showed that the real cause of the accident was because Zhao Jiahang had made unreasonable modifications to his vehicle that resulted in the clutch getting stuck and could not go back to its original position. When Zhao Jiahang got off and checked the hood of the SUV for abnormalities, the clutch that was stuck loosened but did not manage to get back in position thoroughly. This caused the SUV to move by itself, triggering the activation of the protection device. Zhao Jiahang was therefore pushed to the wall of the garage and killed on the spot.

”What a coincidence!” Tang Yuanchu gasped.

”If it's a coincidence, how could the author's novel be the same as the case?”

”… Could it be it has something to do with ghosts?”

Bai Muchuan knocked on the table for everyone to keep quiet and looked toward Cheng Zheng.

”What about the three burnt cats?” he said.

Three cats…?

The atmosphere of the conference room was stagnant for an instant.

Cheng Zheng spoke slowly, ”How did you know there are three of them?”

”From the point of criminal psychology,” Bai Muchuan raised his chin, ”everything has been so perfect. How can a small defect like this be tolerated?” Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please clickfor visiting.

Cheng Zheng gave him a meaningful gaze and turned to everyone else in the conference room. ”Captain Bai is right. We did an autopsy on the cats and found that it's not two, but three cats.”

”What?!” There were sounds of gasps across the room.

Those who were on duty at the scene clearly saw two dead cats being taken away by the forensics team.

Especially Captain Bai—he was not a Medical Examiner and was not involved in the work of the forensics team, so why was he so sure that there were three dead cats?

Cheng Zheng waited for everyone to stop gasping before he continued his speech steadily, ”Our findings showed that the three cats are around three months old. Two males, one female and they're siblings. They were brutally abused while alive. They suffered many fractures, and their bodies were cut open by the abuser… One cat was headless, while another has no body. The cats' bodies are not complete.”

On the screen, there were many brutal pictures of cruelty that were ”not suitable for children”.

The meeting room was quiet as the crowd listened attentively.

Cheng Zheng and his female assistant were emotionless throughout.

Bai Muchuan suddenly laughed. ”Is this your final conclusion? A freak accident?”

”The final conclusion should be done by Captain Bai.” Cheng Zheng turned to look at him. ”I only provide references. Is there anything that Captain Bai does not understand on the findings?”

”Cheng Zheng, I don't understand,” said Bai Muchuan leisurely, ”with your qualifications, why did your findings only present an accident?”

Cheng Zheng looked him in the eye. A few seconds later, he took over the control of the mouse from the female assistant and operated the presentation by himself.

”In addition, I managed to extract half of a suspicious fingerprint on the SUV, which should have been left more than one month ago. It is the only fingerprint that did not belong to Zhao Jiahang on the SUV…”

Zhao Jiahang was a peculiar person.

Anyone who was similar to him in terms of wealth had a chauffeur.

Yet he didn't have one. He loved his car so much as if the car was his wife and would not let anyone touch it, not even half a finger.

Everyone inside the conference room knew that fingerprint extraction had to be done the earlier the better. A fingerprint that was more than one month old would prove the extraction to be much more tedious. Cheng Zheng mentioned half a fingerprint, and this was not something that any forensic professional could succeed to extract. In fact, this ability was what Bai Muchuan valued in him.

His nonchalant face slightly eased. ”Fingerprint comparison results?”

”No match was found when compared to the fingerprint database,” said Cheng Zheng. Then he nodded to everyone in the room. ”We'll leave the rest to Captain Bai.”

He closed the laptop, gave it to his assistant, and was about to leave.

Bai Muchuan called out to him, ”The 720 case has not been solved. We may have to trouble Captain Cheng tonight…”

Cheng Zheng turned around and interrupted him, ”I have something on this evening, no overtime.”

Bai Muchuan fixed his gaze on him, his eyebrows suddenly raised. ”I wish you good luck.”

He was not a warm person. To receive his blessing without rhyme or reason left Cheng Zheng startled for a moment.

But Bai Muchuan calmly turned the other way and waved to his team. ”Get cracking now!”

Once the forensic report was out, everyone spilt up their responsibilities respectively and started to get on to work.