Chapter 391: Blood Dissolving Wine (1/2)

Grabbing some tissues from the coffee table, I blew my nose and checked the time. It was only 5:30 in the morning. I might as well make Xiaotao breakfast!

Since I didn't know anything about cooking, I decided to go to the kitchen and have a look first. Xiaotao didn’t usually cook at home so all she had were some eggs and instant noodles which was perfect for an amateur like me who only knew how to make eggs sunny-side up.

I began by heating some oil on the pan and cracked some eggs, poured soy sauce and carefully flipped them. When they were ready, I placed them on a plate, rather satisfied with the final product. This was perhaps one of my better attempts.

Then, I boiled some water in a pot and was just about to cook the instant noodles when I heard the bedroom door creak open.

Despite waking up, Xiaotao didn’t say anything. I went out to the living room, only to find her bent over and staring at the paper wads I had used to blow my nose.

She smiled wickedly, ”Hot-blooded young man, do you have nowhere to vent all that energy?”

”It's not what you think!” I quickly explained.

”Were you thinking of me last night, or was it a childhood sweetheart?” Xiaotao narrowed her eyes.

It was still early in the morning and here Xiaotao was, already teasing and stoking the flames. But it seemed she had recovered from the gloominess.

”Do you need to think of someone when you sneeze? Did this weird practice originate from some other country?” I retorted.

”Nevermind then,” Xiaotao smirked. “I’ll just pretend you sneezed!”

”What do you mean? I really didn't do anything wrong!” I wanted to cry tears of indignation!

”You’re young. It’s completely normal. I can understand,” Huang Xiaotao nodded her head meaningfully.

Right then, the sound of water boiling came from the kitchen. I quickly returned to cook the noodles. Xiaotao followed me to the kitchen door and stuck her head in, ”Are you making breakfast?”

”I only know how to make noodles and fried eggs,” I shamefully admitted.

Noticing the eggs on the plate, she praised, ”Wow, it looks good. Your culinary skills are much better than mine. Can I try one first?”

”Hold on,” I stopped her. “Breakfast will be ready in a minute.”

”Then I’ll wait for you in the living room!” grinned Xiaotao.

In the end, Xiaotao was rather satisfied with my eggs and enjoyed her breakfast. After that, we drove down to the station. Just as we were entering the station, Bingxin happened to bump into Xiaotao and I walking in together. Surprised, Bingxin asked, ”Did Song Yang-gege...”

”Yes,” Xiaotao puffed with pride. “He spent the night at my place.”

”Children like you don’t understand the world of adults,” Xiaotao smiled triumphantly.

Bingxin made a face and started walking towards the forensic laboratory.

”Hey, there are two bodies we need you to dissect,” called Xiaotao.

”I’ll get to it at once!” nodded Bingxin.

A while later, the three of us met at the Necropsy Workshop. Before Bingxin began the dissection, I restored the footprints and handprints on the corpses with seaweed ash, took several photos and marked the evidence one by one. Only then did Bingxin dissect the body.

Conventional internal autopsies usually started from the chest but this time we only needed to look at the contents of the stomach. Bingxin's technique had undergone much improvement from before. She easily removed the first victim’s stomach and placed it in a metal dish.

Sure enough, there were several huge blood clots. Grabbing a bottle of my own concoction, I poured it over the stomach contents and waited for the blood clots to slowly melt away.

”What magic potion is this?” gasped Bingxin.