Chapter 154 - 98: You Lose If You’re Serious_2

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Chapter 154: Chapter 98: You Lose If You’re Serious_2Despite her raging anger, Sang Chen cast a cold glance at Liu Pinrang, a look that was devoid of turmoil yet conveyed a calm before the storm. Even if an official ranked higher might oppress those below, she, Sang Chen, was not someone who could be easily shaped and molded by others! Unfortunately, other than her gaze, she really couldn’t openly threaten an Inspector like Liu, but she knew that for someone like Inspector Liu, who had mingled in officialdom for decades, a slight display of her anger and dissatisfaction was all that was needed. As long as she still had value to him, he certainly wouldn’t go too far. "Have you found any clues around here?" Sang Chen glanced at Wan Lu, signaling her to bring over the box. Wan Lu walked into the tent, set down the box, took out a cover-up coat, face mask, and gloves, and helped Sang Chen put them on in order. Ge Lan, holding an umbrella, stood outside the tent, quietly observing every movement and subtle facial expression of Sang Chen. Considering what she was about to do, Ge Lan felt a chill inside. She thought of the warning from last night and couldn’t help but reassess Sang Chen. "There are no traces on the hillside above, but the grass below has been flattened and ripped as if someone had rolled and crawled over it. The grass is torn in many places. This slope isn’t steep; I’ve tried, and you can walk straight up. It looks like the victim sustained some injury that prevented walking, so he had to crawl. However, there’s no sign of blood near the flattened grass, but it rained heavily last night, so it might have been washed away," explained Judge Yu, describing each discovery, before finally saying, "That’s all for now, no items have been found. I’ve ordered the government soldiers to expand the search area, but we haven’t heard any news yet." "Mm," Sang Chen squatted down to examine the body. She saw a Government Official ready to take notes and began dictating the basic information, "The deceased is male, aged... approximately twenty years old, seven feet tall, well-developed, fair-skinned, wearing a gray gown with a round neckline. The body is prone, the robe is open, the hair disheveled with a lot of moss and pine needles stuck in it." Upon hearing this, Liu Pinrang turned and instructed two government soldiers to go nearby and look for pine trees and large patches of moss. seaʀᴄh thё nôvel_Fire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. Sang Chen asked the official to sketch the prone position of the body for the record and then slowly turned the body over. Signs of rigor mortis had begun to dissipate, which suggested that the time of death was within the last three days, definitely more than two, aligning with the time Sang Chen was near the vicinity. Sang Chen unconsciously held her breath, her head buzzing, sweat seeping from her forehead, completely unaware of the weight of the body in her hands. As the body was turned over, Sang Chen abruptly closed her eyes and seemed to collapse, leaning on her arms for support. "Wife," Wan Lu rushed over, concerned. Sang Chen slowly opened her eyes and saw a stranger’s face before her, her lower eyelids reddening, and tears nearly fell from her serene eyes. She understood that her worry for Qidian occupied only a small part of her heart, and this was a consequence of that past event—an abnormal fear. "I’m fine," Sang Chen recovered in just two breaths and continued the examination, stating the condition of the body. After the external inspection of the clothes was finished, naturally, Sang Chen had to remove all the coverings on the body. At this moment, two Government Officials brought over a wooden board to help lift the body onto it. Wan Lu and Ge Lan, who had never been with a man, were shocked to see Sang Chen stripping the clothes from the man without inhibition and couldn’t help but open their mouths in surprise. They soon realized they should react and immediately turned their backs. Liu Pinrang glanced at them, thinking to himself, now these are proper little wives! Meanwhile, Sang Chen, seemingly oblivious to others, continued to exam meticulously. Yu Bohao felt increasingly uncomfortable as if he himself had been stripped bare. "There’s a wound in the center of the back of the corpse’s head with signs of scabbing, caused by a blow from a blunt object while alive. There are obvious abrasions on the surface of his back, along with an elongated bruise, three fingers wide, about a foot and three inches long..." This body was covered in bruises, with the back too horrific to behold—the arms sported bruises caused by blunt force trauma, fingers were split open, with blood, mud, and grass contaminated under the nails, and the chest was no better. However, it seemed only the bruise on the chest was inflicted by another person, as the other bruises were either livor mortis or possibly scrapes from crawling up the hill against rocks and plants. "Hmm?" When Sang Chen reached the lower half of the body, the corners of her lips hidden under the mask slightly curled, and she quickly searched the dead man’s underpants, finding irregular specks of matter on them, and a greyish-white paste-like substance near the waistband. "Semen found," Sang Chen had the Government Officials bag the underpants as evidence, then, with tweezers, examined the corpse’s privates, "In my...judgment." Sang Chen was about to say "based on my experience," but changed her phrasing and continued, "Although after death, due to the stiffness and relaxation of the internal organs, the body can produce excrement, in my view, this man certainly had sexual intercourse and reached climax before death since his waist is also stained, and his abdomen too. Normally, postmortem excretion wouldn’t reach there." Everyone at the scene was struck by Sang Chen’s blunt words! So stark! There wasn’t the slightest cover-up or subtlety, whereas even forensic doctors wouldn’t be so direct during their examinations! After a moment of stiffness, Liu Pinrang immediately inquired, "Does that mean he was engaged in...ahem, intercourse, before his death and in a hurry pulled up his trousers, accidentally getting...ugh, that substance on them? This suggests he was with a woman just before he died." Sang Chen raised her eyebrows slightly, "It doesn’t necessarily involve a woman, nor necessarily just one woman." The crowd paused, puzzled. What did she mean by that? (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it with a recommendation ticket or monthly ticket on Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation.)

Chapter 154 - 98: You Lose If You’re Serious_2

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