A forensic doctor is reborn, sir, please don't bully me!

Chapter 370 Xiaoyun's Passing Away

At the end, Zhen Chuan coughed heavily a few times, the cough sounding particularly muffled.

As an experienced forensic doctor, Bai Mengfei keenly sensed that Zhen Chuan's physical condition was poor, and he was clearly ill.

Out of a sense of professional responsibility, Bai Mengfei gently reminded him, "Mr. Zhen, being in a negative mood for a long time is very harmful to your health. You should try your best to adjust your mindset."

“I understand, Forensic Doctor Zhang.” Zhen Chuan nodded slightly, forcing a smile, but the smile was full of exhaustion. “However, I’m already over fifty. Minor health problems are nothing to worry about. What I’m most worried about right now is Xiao Liang!”

After Zhen Chuan left, exhausted, Bai Mengfei tried to call the thug again. However, when she dialed back, she heard the familiar message that the number was not in service.

Left with no other option, Bai Mengfei had to seek help from Kelly.

Perhaps because they had gone through many cases together, their trust in each other had gradually deepened. Now, Kelly no longer harbored hostility towards Bai Mengfei as before, but instead wholeheartedly cooperated with her and patiently answered her questions.

“That’s how these VoIP calls are; calling back is completely useless,” Kelly explained with a troubled expression. “Besides, this communication software is very likely developed by himself, so finding the IP address is practically impossible.”

"What should we do now? We can't just keep waiting like this, can we?" Bai Mengfei asked anxiously.

Kelly pondered for a moment, then shook her head helplessly and said, "There's no better way right now. We can only wait for him to contact you again. It seems there's no other way."

“But I don’t think he’ll contact me again. I’ve disappointed him twice already, and he probably won’t trust me anymore,” Bai Mengfei said worriedly.

No sooner had she finished speaking than Bai Mengfei saw Zhu Heng return after seeing Zhen Chuan off.

Zhu Heng's expression was somewhat unusual, his brows were furrowed, and he seemed to be troubled by something difficult.

Seeing this, Bai Mengfei took the initiative to step forward and asked, "Director Zhu, what happened? You don't look well."

Zhu Heng pulled Bai Mengfei aside, cautiously looked around, and after confirming that no one was around, he lowered his voice and said, "Something terrible has happened!"

"What big thing is it? Stop keeping me in suspense." Bai Mengfei stared at Zhu Heng's face with suspicion, eager to know the answer.

Zhu Heng looked around again before continuing, "A body was found this morning, and the initial assessment is that it should be Xiaoyun's."

"Huh? Where was it found? Are you sure it's Xiaoyun?" Bai Mengfei had a good impression of Xiaoyun, and she was colleagues with Xiaoyun's brother. The thought that Xiaoyun might have met with misfortune at such a young age made Bai Mengfei feel sad.

"It's basically confirmed that it's Xiaoyun, and the cause of death is drowning," Zhu Heng said softly.

Bai Mengfei hurriedly grabbed Zhu Heng's wrist and solemnly instructed, "Don't let Xiao Dong, the forensic doctor, know yet. If he finds out, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Zhu Heng nodded silently to show his understanding, and then added, "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

"That's good." Bai Mengfei breathed a sigh of relief.

Afterwards, she followed Zhu Heng to the crime scene. They were extremely cautious along the way, afraid of being discovered by Xiao Dong. They knew that if Xiao Dong learned of his sister's death, he would definitely lose control of his emotions, and the situation would become uncontrollable.

Upon arriving at the crime scene, Bai Mengfei saw reporters being kept outside the cordon. In the crowd, she also spotted a familiar figure—Liu Yang.

"How could he be here?" Bai Mengfei wondered to herself.

But at this moment, she didn't have time to think about Liu Yang. She just glanced at him briefly and followed Zhu Heng into the sealed-off area.

"Alright, everyone, please stop taking pictures and cooperate with our work." Zhu Heng repeatedly dissuaded the reporters who were trying to take photos.

However, in order to obtain firsthand news information, reporters still tried every means to take photos.

The two arrived at the riverbank, where Bai Mengfei knelt down and slowly lifted the shroud.

As expected, the person under the shroud was Xiaoyun.

After confirming the identity of the deceased, Bai Mengfei suppressed her grief and began to examine Xiaoyun's body.

"There was water in the abdomen and mud in the mouth; the preliminary judgment is that he drowned," Bai Mengfei said, then suddenly paused. "Wait, something's not right."

The forensic doctor who was taking notes leaned over and asked suspiciously, "Is there a problem? It looks like drowning, that's for sure."

"Something's not right!" Bai Mengfei picked up Xiaoyun's wrist and examined it closely, finding obvious ligature marks. She then looked at her neck. "I feel like the water was forcibly poured down her throat, and the mud in her mouth looks like it was stuffed in. Look at the wound on her lips."

After careful examination, the forensic doctor said, "This looks like normal dry cracking."

“No, these are wounds caused when something was stuffed into the mouth. That’s why there are marks like this around the deceased’s mouth. This could be a key clue to solving the case. Write it down quickly,” Bai Mengfei insisted.

The forensic doctor was skeptical, but after examining the case carefully with a magnifying glass, he confirmed that Bai Mengfei's analysis was correct.

"That's really true," the forensic doctor said in surprise.

Bai Mengfei was a little anxious, worried that if the body was left for too long, the clues would disappear, and she was even more worried that Xiao Dong would suddenly find out the news. She urged, "Write it down quickly!"

"Ok!"

After the autopsy was completed, Zhu Heng was in a dilemma when preparing to send the body back to the police station. He asked Bai Mengfei, "What should we do with this body now? If we take it back to the police station directly, Xiao Dong will definitely see it."

Bai Mengfei said without hesitation, "Let's send it to the hospital morgue first."

Zhu Heng thought this method was feasible, so he did it.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Dong found out about it in the afternoon.

It turns out that the news media reported this because someone secretly broke into the hospital morgue and took photos of the corpses.

Upon seeing the news, Xiao Dong instantly lost control of his emotions, rushed into the office like a madman, and began punching and kicking Zhu Heng.

This incident caused quite a stir, and many police officers came to see what was going on.

Upon hearing the news, Bai Mengfei and Xiang Yuntian rushed to the scene.

Seeing the scene before her, Bai Mengfei immediately ran over to stop Xiao Dong: "Xiao Dong, what are you doing? Stop it!"

"You know my sister is dead, right?" Xiao Dong was now blinded by anger and grief, his eyes filled with rage.

Bai Mengfei took a deep breath, nodded silently, and said, "Yes, I know. I examined the body this morning. Your sister was murdered, and the killer faked her drowning. But how did you know about this?"

At this point, Bai Mengfei looked up at Xiao Dong, filled with doubt.

"It's all been reported in the news, how could I not know?" Xiao Dong was so angry that tears welled up in his eyes.

Bai Mengfei looked at Zhu Heng in surprise, and Zhu Heng also looked blank, because they had been busy with the case and hadn't paid attention to the news at all.

Bai Mengfei knew this wasn't the time to dwell on the news reports; the most important thing was to calm Xiao Dong down. She tried to persuade him calmly, "I know you love your sister very much, but you need to understand that Director Zhu isn't the murderer either. You've already hit him, so calm down now, and let's work together to find the real culprit, okay?"

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