In the crime scene investigation lab, Lu Chuan and others were wrapping up their work.

The identity of the deceased was finally confirmed, marking the end of the investigation on this side.

As technical police officers, crime scene investigators, forensic doctors, and trace inspectors are actually the unsung heroes behind the scenes.

Like Lu Chuan, as a crime scene detective, who can provide clues of direct value in so many major and important cases, is actually quite rare.

This is also a significant reason why he can repeatedly make meritorious contributions.

However, in this case, Zhang Hui played an even greater role.

From investigating the century-old Stone Carving Garden to tracking the identity of the stonemason, until finally identifying the identity of the mummified body, Zhang Hui played an important role in it.

Of course, if it weren’t for Lu Chuan and Shen Yan going camping, it’s uncertain when the body in the statue would have been discovered.

Maybe someone would have discovered it the next day, or maybe it wouldn’t be found for decades. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Yang Sen took off his gloves and teased Lu Chuan while washing his hands.

"Lu, do you know what everyone in the unit is calling you and Forensic Doctor Shen now?"

Lu Chuan smiled wryly.

How could he not know, their colleagues called them the Death Duo.

These two went out on a date, and 8 out of 10 times, they would run into a case.

"Brother Yang, please don’t tease me, I don’t want to run into a case every time I go out, but there’s nothing I can do, it’s just such a coincidence."

Lu Chuan felt he really needed to take Shen Yan to a temple or a place like a Taoist temple to pray.

If it doesn’t work out, just take a walk around the Martyrs’ Cemetery to dispel bad luck.

Speaking of which, Lu Chuan remembered a joke he heard back in college.

It was said that if someone is afraid of ghosts, they don’t need to go anywhere else, just go to the Martyrs’ Cemetery and spend a night, no ghost would dare enter.

Interestingly, when Lu Chuan was in college, the school organized visits to the Martyrs’ Cemetery every year during the Qingming Festival to pay respects.

The cemetery, which should have been eerie, felt so bright and comforting in the Martyrs’ Cemetery, with pines rustling.

Many nameless tombstones only had a red star, not even a name.

Yet it gave an unparalleled sense of security.

As the teacher said back then, when ordinary people die, they are called ghosts, but in the Martyrs’ Cemetery, they are called heroes.

Old Bai was wiping instruments to the side: "Lu, I think you two should go out less often from now on. One case per outing, can our unit still survive?"

Old Bai was diligent in wiping instruments, never missing any small corner after each use.

Old Bai explained, it was mainly because instruments used to be so scarce, many precious ones had to be imported.

If an imported instrument broke down, it would be very troublesome to repair.

Generally, it would just sit there for months unusable, waiting for someone from abroad to fly over and fix it.

And the parts, they were ridiculously expensive, we simply couldn’t afford them breaking down.

So, crime scene detectives of Old Bai’s era developed habits of caring for their instruments.

"By the way, this case should be considered solved, right?"

The deceased’s identity was confirmed, and before disappearing, they worked at the Stone Carving Garden. Zhao Shengli is definitely a major suspect.

"It should be about right. The action team has already focused on the Stone Carving Garden’s owner, Zhao Shengli. From the time of the victim’s disappearance and the investigation, it seems Zhao Shengli is likely the murderer."

"But there’s something strange, Sun Baojun was just a part-time stonemason, how could he have such a severe conflict with Zhao Shengli, resulting in the latter killing?"

Acting motive...

This is also a key line of investigation for the action team.

Zhao Shengli is the boss, and Sun Baojun was just a part-time stonemason. The possibility of a conflict between the two is actually quite low.

In terms of categories of murder motives, it generally falls into three categories: revenge, passion, and financial murder.

Revenge murder, given their relationship, this possibility is almost non-existent.

Sun Baojun worked to make money for Zhao Shengli, and the two originally didn’t know each other. The possibility of grudges is extremely small.

Moreover, according to Zhao Shengli, Sun Baojun had been working part-time for him for not just a year or two but had constantly been working there, returning to farm during busy agricultural seasons.

As for financial murder... In the case of financial murder, it doesn’t hold.

Zhao Shengli is the boss, and Sun Baojun is the worker. If it were truly for money, it should have been Sun Baojun killing Zhao Shengli.

Additionally, considering Sun Baojun has been sending money to his father, Sun Aiguo, over the past two years, the perpetrator has been using Chen Baojun’s phone to create the illusion he was alive.

Over these two years, nearly 20,000 yuan was sent from Sun Baojun’s phone to Sun Aiguo.

That was the perpetrator’s money, so the possibility of financial murder doesn’t hold.

In Action Group Two’s office, Zhang Hui and his team were also analyzing, if Zhao Shengli was the murderer, why?

"The possibilities of revenge murder or financial murder are very small. I think the biggest possibility is still passion murder."

"I think the focus can start from investigating Zhao Shengli’s marital relationship."

"I agree with Old Zhang’s analysis, the chances of Zhao Shengli killing Sun Baojun for revenge or money are very slim."

"Before going to the Stone Carving Garden, I checked Zhao Shengli’s basic background. He’s been married for ten years but still doesn’t have children."

"And everyone has seen Sun Baojun’s photo. Although he is uneducated and does labor work, this guy is rather good-looking."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Indeed, Zhou Baojun turned out to be quite handsome, as seen in his photo at Sun Aiguo’s house.

With tanned skin and dimples when smiling, he indeed looked handsome. If only his family weren’t so poor, he wouldn’t have trouble getting a wife.

"Alright, Old Zhang, you focus on investigating Zhao Shengli’s wife, and Old Sun, you go to the bank and check Zhao Shengli’s bank transactions."

"Let’s aim to lock down the evidence by tomorrow and arrest Zhao Shengli!"

No. 38, Kunlun Road, Minjiang District.

"Their relationship seemed fine, haven’t heard about them fighting."

The action group was currently interviewing Zhao Shengli’s neighbors.

"Old Zhao’s wife doesn’t work, stays at home all day. We often play cards together when we’re free, and there’s nothing much about his family, except that Old Zhao can’t father children."

"Zhao Shengli can’t father children?"

"Certainly, they’ve been married for over 10 years and still have no children. His wife told me herself, Old Zhao can’t do it."

"Do you know anything else about his family?"

"Others... officer, I’m just chatting with you, I have no evidence, we’re just talking casually, you must keep it confidential."

"You speak, rest assured, I’ll keep it confidential."

"Let me tell you, Old Zhao’s wife isn’t easy to deal with. A few years ago, there was a part-time young stonemason in their family, looked decent, seemed to hit it off with Old Zhao’s wife, and Old Zhao caught them red-handed!"

Hmm?

There’s such a thing!