Chapter 43 - Chapter 43: Chapter 43 Is He Too Professional? (2/2)
“It’s settled.”
Hu Daqiang casually walked out of the office.
Shen Qianqian tugged at the corner of her mouth, “Captain Hu, you…”
Hu Daqiang laughed heartily, “I just called the chief commissioner, he has always had complete trust in the way I handle things. Let’s go, I’ll personally take you, to ensure that nothing goes wrong.”
Shen Qianqian responded with a forced smile.
And so,
Hu Daqiang, with Lin Chuan and Shen Qianqian in tow, hurried to Hengli Building.
The police car wailed through Anling City, speeding across highways busy with traffic through the dawn light, straight to the scene of the crime.
At this moment,
At the bottom of Hengli Building, there were police officers standing guard, sealing off the gym on the second floor and Hengli Company on the fourth floor.
The moment the police car stopped,
People nearby immediately surged forward with cameras and microphones in hand.
These were the major media outlets of Anling City.
“Captain Hu, is there any new clue in the case now?”
“With three homicides occurring one after another, what do you think is the root cause?”
“Do you have confidence in solving the case within seven days?”
“…”
Currently, not only Anling City but also Han River Province was paying close attention to the progress of these three homicide cases, as the public opinion was overwhelming.
Many journalists from the media were lingering around the crime scenes of all three cases, always ready for first-hand clues and news.
Facing the journalists, Hu Daqiang waved his hand, “The investigation is in progress and orderly, no further information can be disclosed.”
Having said that, he led Lin Chuan, Shen Qianqian, and the forensic experts upstairs.
“Lin Chuan, Officer Shen highly recommended you for assisting with the investigation. I hope you won’t let us down!”
Hu Daqiang looked at Lin Chuan and spoke in earnest.
But in his heart, he still had doubts.
Lin Chuan, a 24-year-old writer of online literature, had penned the intellectually intriguing and perfect crime novel “This Assassin Is Too Professional”, and despite possessing considerable knowledge, investigating a case, especially a crime scene inspection, was worlds apart from fiction.
On the fourth floor, Hengli Company.
Lin Chuan, wearing shoe covers and gloves, stepped over the police tape and entered Hengli Company.
On the floor, outlines of the body were drawn for positioning the corpse, which lay on its side. Near the body, there were traces of handprints skidding across the surface.
In addition,
At the reception desk, there were two bloodstains from the victim’s collision, with no signs of struggle.
“This crime scene fabrication is still too amateurish,”
Lin Chuan reached his first conclusion.
Shen Qianqian frowned and asked, “Why do you say that?”
Lin Chuan walked to the front desk, pointed at the two bloodstains and explained, “These correspond to the wounds on the victim’s forehead. If her hands were not restrained, they would instinctively move to block and protect herself when her head was struck. Yet, there are no signs of the victim attempting to block in either collision.”
“Therefore, this is a clumsy postmortem fabrication.”
On the way, Lin Chuan had signed a confidentiality agreement and also seen photos of the injuries of the victim, Zhao Lian, whose hands bore no marks of strangulation.
Shen Qianqian and Hu Daqiang exchanged glances, their eyes revealing a trace of shock.
This was basically consistent with the conclusions drawn by the Criminal Police Brigade.
However, the Criminal Police Brigade spent several hours surveying the scene and analyzing the situation before arriving at this discussion, while it took Lin Chuan less than ten minutes to come to the same conclusion.
Isn’t this efficiency a bit too professional?
And besides, how could he be so familiar with a person’s reflexive response to stress if he hadn’t slashed a few people himself?
It surely couldn’t be that he was actually a genius detective, could it?