Chapter 99: The Autopsy (1/2)

“Dead people? Are you sure?” I was taken aback.

“If you don't believe me, you can go see it yourself!” Ye Shiwen shouted at me in anger.

“Let’s go, Dali!”

When I entered the room, I really found two dead bodies. One of them fell to a position not far from the door, and the other fell at the side of the window. The body was dark and the skin had completely turned into charcoal. My first reaction was that the bodies were discarded here after being burned. Burning was the most effective way to destroy evidence and DNA. But what amazed me was that the clothes on their bodies were intact.

“Dude!” screamed Dali. “There really are dead people in here!”

“It’s not so surprising that someone would choose this isolated place to discard dead bodies. I’ll call Xiaotao now!”

I was just about to pick up the phone when Ye Shiwen and Zhang Yan looked inside the room. Ye Shiwen lowered his voice as if he was afraid of disturbing the dead bodies and whispered, “You’re crazy! There’s no need to call the police! Let’s get out of here now!”

I ignored him.

Ye Shiwen added, “The police are often unreasonable nowadays. They might even catch us thinking we’re the murderers!”

“He’s right, Song Yang!” echoed Zhang Yan. “It’s going to save us trouble if you don’t report it to the police! Let’s get out now!”

I wondered where they got the rumor from. The police usually handled cases quite fairly. There were cases where the person reporting it was detained, but it usually was because the person was indeed a suspect. At that moment, the call went through, and Xiaotao answered me with a languid voice, “Bastard, why are you calling me in the middle of the night? I just fell asleep a few minutes ago!”

“You might not get to sleep tonight,” I replied. “I found two dead bodies.”

At the other end of the phone, there was a scream and a clanking noise. I asked her what happened. Xiaotao sighed and replied, “Damn it, the charger cable caught the mug and it fell and broke! That was my favorite mug!”

I smiled. “I’ll get you a replacement. Hurry! The address here is…”

I turned to Dali. He used his phone to locate our position and told me the address. I relayed it to Xiaotao.

“Okay, I’ll call the station now. You stay there and protect the crime scene!” Xiaotao ordered.

I hung up the phone. Ye Shiwen and Zhang Yan looked at me with a changed attitude. Ye Shiwen asked, “You really do know the police?”

“You still think I’m lying?” I couldn’t help but smile.

Ye Shiwen squirmed awkwardly. “Then… Then I’ll leave now.”

“But your car is broken. Where can you go? Stay here. You may need to give the police a statement later,” I said.

“What? A statement?” Zhang Yan was shocked. “But we’ve done nothing! You have to testify for us.”

I almost laughed. When people hear they need to give a statement or that they need to go to the police station, they often get scared. In fact, most of it was just to assist the paperwork that the police had to deal with.

But in order to appease her emotions, I assured her, “Sure. I’ll testify for you.”

I then told Dali, “Looks like I’ll be busy all night. Can you take the taxi to go back to school and bring my equipment here?”

“Sure!” Dali agreed. “I’ll bring you some food too. Looks like we’ll have to stay up late tonight!”

“Thanks. Be careful on the road,” I reminded him.