145 Utterly Shameless (2/2)

An Xiaoning began walking slowly with both her hands in her pockets, feeling utterly disgusted at how shameless of a person Shi Shaochuan was while she recalled his words earlier.

Not only did he not reflect on his misdeeds and feel remorseful for what he had done, but he actually had the cheek to go on and commit such an atrocious act behind everyone's backs.

Upon arriving at the police station, she proceeded to inform Pan Zhenghui and the rest about this matter.

”So darned relentless and vicious, indeed!” Pan Zhenghui exclaimed angrily. ”By the way, Xiaoning, why did you say that the rituals he had asked to be performed won't work?” he asked.

”It just won't. He actually thought everything was settled, how amusing. Well, I just pity the innocent victims of this matter,” An Xiaoning said with a sigh.

”There's nothing we can do to help, we're not that free to check up on his family's wellbeing and poke our noses in their business every day. We get new orders every so often.”

Just as Pan Zhenghui finished speaking, a policeman from the Serious Crimes Investigation Unit appeared at the door and said, ”Chief, here's a case from a year ago, which will be handed over to you guys.”

Pan Zhenghui took a look at the name written on the document envelope before handing it over to An Xiaoning. ”I'm aware of this case, it involves the murder of a 17-year-old girl.”

An Xiaoning opened the document and perused the information carefully, passing the pages she had finished reading over to Ma Jianguo. ”This girl died in such a… I don't know how I should explain it. She's only 17, yet she had the guts to travel around the country all by herself,” said An Xiaoning.

”That's where the case gets complicated. After receiving the report of this case last year, I made my way down to the crime scene personally. Her body was found floating on the surface of the sea, along the beach. She was stark naked at the time. We conducted some investigations at the scene and discovered that the murderer had buried her body beneath the sand and covered it up with stones, but it's not known why the corpse was exposed.”

An Xiaoning continued to read the details of the report. ”Nothing was found on the corpse, not even a single document of identification. After several investigations, her identity was revealed to be that of a foreigner who was here for a vacation and had stayed in an area where security was lax. The reason behind her murder is still unknown, with no further leads up to now.”

”We even proceeded to search for clues from the online accounts which belonged to her when she was still alive, but we did not find anything amiss. This is a tough case. Since there were no surveillance cameras at the crime scene, there's little to no evidence at all. The chances of cracking this case are as good as none.”

”Why would an underaged girl be so brave as to stay at a place where security was lax? And, why would her parents even allow her to travel alone at such a young age?”

”If I remember correctly, her parents are divorced and she had been living with her grandmother from a young age. Her grandmother had passed away a few years ago. Read on and you'll know the details. I really think we're going to have a hard time cracking this case,” Ma Jianguo said with a sigh.

Clueless, An Xiaoning instructed, ”Call her parents separately and ask about the details of her birth, including the date and exact time.”

”Okay,” Ma Jianguo instantly proceeded to do as instructed.

An Xiaoning picked up the teacup and took a few sips of hot tea, feeling rather flustered out of nowhere.

Why did she get that strange feeling again?

The last time she had felt that way was on the day she had met with the mishap.

Several moments later, An Xiaoning felt a sudden need to go home immediately.

”Team Leader, I've asked them. Here are her birth characters.”

An Xiaoning took the piece of paper from his hand and said to him, ”I have to make a trip home now, we'll discuss the details of this case over a video conference.”

She picked up a pen and began writing down a series of numbers on a piece of paper before handing it to him. ”This is my account number. Add me.”

Noticing that she seemed a little troubled, Ma Jianguo asked, ”Are you alright, Team Leader?”