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In the tea room, Wen Dong walked out with a cup of Blue Mountain coffee that had just been ground with a coffee machine.

Ji Lin was called away in a hurry, and he only had time to pass the coffee beans into his hand, and apologized to him to help himself.

Wen Dong naturally expressed his understanding, not to mention that he himself was used to grinding his own coffee at home, so he didn't feel any inconvenience.

He had just walked out of the tea room when he bumped into a familiar tall figure head-on.

"Hey, Mr. Xiaowen," Tang Chu said with a hearty smile, "I guess you're here."

Wen Dong smiled, and answered casually: "How did you guess?"

"Seeing that the coffee beans on Ji Lin's table are gone," Tang Chu raised his eyebrows, "I know you must have come to the tea room."

There is nothing wrong with this statement at first glance, but if you think about it carefully, it seems that it is not so true...

Wen Dong couldn't help but wondered, "Why don't you think someone borrowed his coffee beans to drink?"

Tang Chu said "Hi", smacked his lips and said, "What is this Blue Mountain coffee? It's just that artists like you and Ji Lin are used to drinking it. We ordinary people feel like Chinese medicine..."

"The artist..." Wen Dong repeated these three words, raised his lips and smiled, "Does Mr. Ji know that you call him that?"

"I told him," Tang Chu said as a matter of course, "Don't you think he fits the word well? Oh yes, you haven't seen what he looks like when he appears on the scene..."

Wen Dong blinked his eyes and asked curiously, "What is it like?"

Tang Chu couldn't answer such a question. After thinking for a while, he just waved his hand and choked out a sentence: "It's indescribable... Anyway, it doesn't look like an actual scene at all, but more like... like It’s like watching an art exhibition.”

Wen Dong has indeed never seen Ji Lin's appearance when he appeared on the scene, but now, after hearing Tang Chu's description, he recalled Ji Lin's hard-to-see light brown eyes, and the gentleness of his lips that seemed to rise slightly all the time. The arc, such a picture naturally appeared in Wen Dong's mind.

Appearing on the scene is like watching an art exhibition or something. If it is placed on Ji Lin, it seems that it is not against the harmony.

Seeing that Dong didn't speak, Tang Chu was afraid that he might have misunderstood something, so he hastened to make amends: "That's how I described it, that's just...Ji Lin has this kind of temperament, and it definitely doesn't mean that he doesn't take the scene seriously or respect it. , he has always been very serious and meticulous!"

Wen Dong returned to his senses, was dumb for a moment, then nodded and said: "I know, I didn't misunderstand, it's just that my mind was distracted just now."

"It's okay, it's okay," Tang Chu waved his hand, "It's fine if there is no misunderstanding."

Seeing that Wen Dong had already reached Ji Lin's work station, Tang Chu hurriedly stopped him, "Hey wait a minute! Ji Lin greeted me and asked me to take you directly to his office to wait for him."

Wen Dong paused, hesitantly asked: "Would it be inconvenient?"

When Ji Lin was there, he didn't go to his private office, but now that Ji Lin wasn't there, he sat in someone else's office instead, which made Wen Dong inexplicably uncomfortable that he was about to invade other people's private domain.

"It's nothing inconvenient," Tang Chu said bluntly, "I'll take you in and you'll understand."

After saying this, Tang Chu was already ahead. Wen Dong paused, put down the coffee beans, and followed with the coffee.

However, they had just taken two steps when two people approached not far away.

One was wearing a uniform and was a criminal policeman Wen Dong didn't know, and the other was Qian Shu whom Wen Dong had seen in the inquiry room in the morning.

It's just that at this moment, Qian Shu has long since lost the elite appearance he had in the morning, and he looks extremely chaotic and embarrassed.

The two went straight to the elevator room. Obviously, Qian Shu was temporarily getting rid of the identity of the suspect and meant to be let go.

Noticing Wen Dong's gaze, Tang Chu touched the back of his head, wanting to explain to him: "Well, although he..."

But Wen Dong seemed to know what Tang Chu wanted to say, and interrupted him by withdrawing his gaze, and said gently, "I know, it's not him."

Hearing the words "not him" for the second time in a short period of time, Tang Chu was taken aback, and subconsciously asked, "Did Ji Lin tell you?"

But beyond Tang Chu's expectation, Wen Dong shook his head, and said briefly: "No, he only mentioned this person, and he does have strong resentment and jealousy towards Shen Xi."

Tang Chu was even more stunned, and said, "Then how do you know..."

Wen Dong's brows darkened, he had already understood the message Ji Lin wanted to convey to him before, and said seriously: "He hates Shen Xi, especially jealous of Shen Xi's appearance, and even more jealous of Shen Xi's talent, so if the murderer really It's his words, I think Shen Xi's face and hands should have been destroyed long ago. "

However, the fact is completely opposite, Shen Xi's face and hands do not show any signs of being destroyed.

If the hatred and jealousy have reached the level of killing people, then it is totally against human psychology not to vent after killing people.

Tang Chu stared at Wen Dong with wide eyes, and didn't even answer for a while.

He is not stupid, but his personality and natural family environment make him believe in the complete chain of evidence when handling cases, and he has always had a shortcoming in guessing criminal suspects.

But the short board is the short board, as long as he briefly explains to him, Tang Chu can be completely cleared up.

So what surprises him now is not the content of Wen Dong's words, but Wen Dong's deduction of the same conclusion as Ji Lin's just from Ji Lin's words...

Probably because he was in a daze for too long, Wen Dong realized something, thought for a while, and then added: "Of course, I didn't just rely on this to figure it out, I also noticed the expression on that person's face when he came out just now... "

Realizing that "that person" in Wen Dong's mouth referred to Qian Shu, Tang Chu immediately returned to his senses, with an air of listening attentively, "What do you say? Furious?"

"That's right," Wen Dong nodded, expressing his thoughts clearly, "The eyebrows are brought together, the upper eyelids are raised, the nostrils are dilated, the lips are tight, the typical angry expression, people's anger is different in different situations Yes, I think, if he showed such an expression after confirming the arrest of the suspect, it may mean that he was angry with himself, angry with himself for his incompetence, and was finally arrested by the police, but he had clearly been temporarily released just now. Suspected, he was let go, but he couldn't help but show this expression, which means that he should be angry..."

Speaking of this, Wen Dong paused for a moment, and then took another look at Tang Chu before continuing, "I should be angry with you, the police. He may feel that he has been suspected, or that he has been slandered."

After the words fell, the two of them just walked to the door of Ji Lin's office.

"Mr. Wen," Tang Chu said sincerely, "Are you graduating this year? Have you decided on a job after graduation? If not, would you consider changing your job direction? For example——"

Tang Chu paused, opened the door of Ji Lin's office, waved his hand, showed his white teeth in a smile, and continued: "For example, if you want, I'd be happy to add another set of tables and chairs here. "

Wen Dong was slightly startled, and then he laughed, his thin lips moved, and was about to say something, when his eyes fell on Ji Lin's office, he couldn't help but pause.

Wen Dong now understood why Ji Lin didn't care about letting him come to the office.

Because Ji Lin's office is too empty and simple——

There is a coat rack at the door with a black windbreaker hanging on it, a black leather single sofa against the wall, and a set of black wooden tables and chairs by the window. There are only two things on the table - a notebook and a...

One, human head?

Wen Dong really didn't have the habit of looking at other people's rooms, but he couldn't help but be attracted to such a strange object at first sight.

It is actually a simulated human skull, similar to art teaching aids, Wen Dong often sees it when he is in school.

But what is different is that art teaching aids only have bones.

And the one on Ji Lin's desk is on the surface of the skull, filled with special materials like muscles, fat and skin.

Because of the particularity of the material, it looks much more realistic than ordinary mannequins selling wigs.

Furthermore, this skull has no eyes, and the eye sockets are sunken and have not been filled.

Following Wen Dong's gaze, Tang Chu let out an "ah" and hurriedly said, "Are you shocked? Everyone who sees it for the first time will be shocked, but don't be afraid, it's fake , I can attest..."

Although Tang Chu really couldn't understand why Ji Lin put such a thing on his desk, and what he didn't say was that when Ji Lin was sitting at this desk thinking about cases, he would touch it with his fingers from time to time. Among the various parts of the thing, the most touched one is probably the sunken eye socket.

And every time, Ji Lin's movements are as gentle as if he is stroking his lover's cheek...

If you tell Wen Dong these words, Wen Dong will probably be scared away...

Just as Tang Chu was thinking about it, he saw Wen Dong approaching the simulated skull, put the coffee on the table casually, and then bent slightly to look at it seriously.

For a moment, Wen Dong vaguely discerned two points of inexplicable familiarity from the imitation skull that couldn't even rest his eyes.

It was as if a glimmer of light flashed across his mind, and then quickly fell silent, with no trace of it to be found.

Wen Dongwu shook his head, laughing that he was probably in a daze.

After a while, he straightened up, turned his head and smiled at Tang Chu, his tone was indifferent and sincere, and he couldn't tell he was frightened at all: "Mr. Ji has really good eyesight, this bone appearance is very well done."

Tang Chu: "..."

I really don't understand you artists!

-

In the dissection room at the same time, Ji Lin couldn't hear Tang Chu's slander. He was listening carefully to Wan's forensic doctor about the autopsy results: "A male corpse, 182cm long, with no abnormal development and good nutrition. There are five wounds on the surface. Four of them are on the back, one is on the front, and five are between the second rib and the fifth rib. The four on the back are close to the four midpoints of the heart, the upper, lower, left, and right respectively. They are non-fatal injuries, and the one on the front is in the middle of the heart, which is a fatal injury. The lengths of the five wounds are basically the same, but the depth of the wound on the front is significantly deeper than that on the back. It is speculated that the penetration force on the front is obviously heavier than that on the back. In addition, one side of the wound is smooth and the other is rough and jagged. In summary, it is speculated that the murder weapon It is about 3-5cm in length, some kind of tool with sawtooth on one side."

Ji Lin keenly grasped the key words in this passage, "Some kind of tool? In other words, can't be sure it's a serrated knife?"

"That's right," Forensic Doctor Wan pushed his glasses and motioned Ji Lin to look at the wounds on the corpse. "There are five wounds, and the length of each wound is less than 2cm. I don't think there will be such a thin serrated knife."

Before Ji Lin could speak, the door of the dissecting room was suddenly pushed open, and Tang Chu came in like a gust of wind, speaking quickly: "Didn't I tell you, Lao Wan, I will further investigate the murder weapon, you hurry up Show Teacher Ji that strange physical evidence!"

Forensic Doctor Wan glanced at Tang Chu, and reprimanded, "You are the only one in a hurry!"

After saying these four words, he turned his head to look at Ji Lin again, still "stubborn", and continued with the autopsy results that he hadn't finished before: "In addition, the ciclopirox compound was detected in the body of the deceased, judging from the residual dose It is not fatal, and it is speculated that the time of ingestion is one to two hours before death, and at present, the time of death can be shortened to between 08:30 and 10:30."

Tang Chu was about to say "speak human words", when Ji Lin's eyes fell on the corpse again, and he muttered: "It really is like this."

"What?" Tang Chu was stunned, "What do you know?"

"If I remember correctly," Ji Lin's eyes stayed on Shen Xi's face, and he said softly, "Zopiclone belongs to the ciclopirox compound. When I first saw the corpse, I thought his facial muscles were too loose , now that the ingredients of sleeping pills have been detected in the body, it is not difficult to explain this relaxation."

For a moment, Tang Chu didn't care about the shock of why Ji Lin knew all about the ingredients of sleeping pills. His eyes lit up, and he said, "In other words, Shen Xi was killed after he fell asleep!"

Forensic Doctor Wan nodded and gave an affirmative answer: "That's right, it looks like this at the moment."

After that, without waiting for Tang Chu and Ji Lin to continue their analysis, Forensic Doctor Wan changed the topic to the strange physical evidence mentioned at the beginning. He pushed one of the transparent physical evidence bags in front of Ji Lin, and his tone sank two points: "Ji Lin Teacher, take a look at this."

The moment Ji Lin's eyes touched, his pupils shrank suddenly.

After a pause of two seconds, he suddenly looked up at Tang Chu, speaking two minutes faster than usual, "Has Wen Dong left? I have something important to ask him."

-

The two quickly left the dissection room and returned to Ji Lin's office.

Unfortunately, however, the office is empty.

"He left so soon?" Tang Chu was surprised, "I specifically told him to wait for you here!"

Ji Yan didn't show any surprise, he strode towards his desk and said, "Check his contact information, I..."

Halfway through the conversation, Ji Yan stopped talking when his eyes fell on the corner of the desk.

After a while, the corners of his lips curled up, and he said softly, "No need, I have the contact information."

Tang Chu didn't know why, so he hurried over to take a look.

It was only then that I discovered that on Ji Lin's desk, there was an extra note at some point, with clear fonts and elegant strokes——

Mr. Ji, it seems that you are as busy as Police Officer Tang and have no time to be my model. I have something to do in the afternoon, so I will leave first. However, the eel rice you ordered is very delicious. I like it very much. To express my gratitude, I decided to I invite you to lunch tomorrow, and I will bring my picture book again.

Note my contact information: 189xxxx1030. Wechat is also this.

——Wen Dong;

Ji Lin stared at the note for two seconds. After that, he unlocked his phone, opened WeChat, and entered this string of numbers in the search box for adding contacts.

Soon, Wen Dong's WeChat account popped up on the screen. The name of the WeChat account was a simple word "Winter", and the profile picture on the WeChat account was an exceptionally moving snow scene.

Ji Lin thought, this should be drawn by Wen Dong himself.

After clicking Add, he hesitated for a moment, Ji Lin did not fill in his name in the additional information, but noted four words——

your model.

The author says:

Xiao Ji: It's just a trick to coax his wife.

There are references to "marking" micro-expression analysis and forensic terminology.