Female Forensic Bone Collector

Chapter 1 The Nightmare Appears
In an endless forest, there is no sunlight, the surrounding is quiet, the clouds and mist are misty in front of my eyes, and the black branches stretch out in different directions like the tentacles of monsters. Sad cries.

Zhang Tong frightened and looked around following the sound. She walked forward step by step carefully. The ground was wet and slippery under her feet, and she almost slipped and fell several times.She was exhausted, and the thicker and thicker fog made her unable to tell the direction at all, and the little girl's crying was still intermittent in her ears.

Suddenly, there was a slight sound of a branch breaking not far away.someone!Zhang Tong's heart immediately hung in her throat, and she began to quicken her pace, trying to escape from this terrible place as soon as possible.Gradually, she started to run, and finally, she ran forward desperately, and there seemed to be an invisible ghost shadow closely following her.The ghost shadow approached step by step, and Zhang Tong clearly felt the terrible heavy breathing coming from his neck.She was about to suffocate, her feet became limp and weak, her steps became slower and slower, and the dense fog in front of her eyes became heavier and heavier.Zhang Tong couldn't run anymore, the ghost was close at hand, she struggled desperately and took a step forward, and began to cry silently, tears blurred her eyes.

In the end, Zhang Tong couldn't run anymore, she gave up running away, and could only cover her eyes with her hands in fear and in vain.The crying of the little girl mixed with the ghost's heavy breathing gradually became louder and louder until it became a desperate scream...

Snapped!The strong wind outside the house blew the window open and hit the window frame heavily, a bone-chilling chill instantly filled the entire hut.Zhang Tong woke up from the nightmare, the wind roared outside the house, like countless flutes making sharp whistles at the same time, and like groups of ghosts in black cloaks drifting past rapidly.

Zhang Tong didn't feel sleepy at all, she knew it was impossible to fall asleep tonight.She raised her head in frustration, and found that it was pitch black inside and outside the house, so she sat up and turned on the lamp. "Puchi!" Zhang Tong sneezed heavily, at this moment, she realized that she was covered in cold sweat, and her intense heartbeat nearly suffocated her.

Although the hazy yellow light emitted by the table lamp made the whole room seem much warmer, Zhang Tong still felt cold despite lingering fears. She frowned and looked up. The alarm clock on the table showed that it was 02:30 in the morning. [-].As one of the only two forensic doctors in the Tianchang City Public Security Bureau, Zhang Tong's daily workload is conceivable, so much that he doesn't even have time to think about his own personal affairs, so every night after returning home from get off work, Zhang Tong's There is only one word in my mind - tired.But he can't sleep in bed for long, and will be awakened by nightmares again.The long-term lack of sleep made Zhang Tong feel unspeakably tired. It has been a long time since she had such a repeated nightmare. She couldn't explain the reason for the dream, but only knew that it was a deep part of her memory. nightmare.

As soon as he closed the window that was blown open by the wind, Zhang Tong heard a violent coughing sound from the next door, followed by the sound of opening the drawer to find something.Zhang Tong's chaotic thoughts were interrupted. She sighed softly, put on her coat, got out of bed, walked to the door of her mother's bedroom, knocked, and then pushed the door open, "Mom, let me come!" Zhang Tong quickly found the medicine her mother needed from a pile of messy medicine bottles in the bedside cabinet. After pouring a glass of water, she watched her mother swallow the medicine.

"Mom, are you better?" Zhang Tong's eyes were full of concern.

Mother nodded and smiled slightly, "Tongtong, go to sleep, you have to go to work tomorrow! Your health is important!"

"It's okay, Mom, I can't sleep anyway, so I'll stay here with you!" Zhang Tong didn't dare to tell her mother the nightmare just now, she reached out and turned off the bedside lamp in front of her, and the boundless darkness squeezed her tightly again. shrouded tightly.Zhang Tong's eyes widened, looking at the dark sky outside the window with a heavy heart.

Every homicide cop has a limit, and the problem is, no one knows where the limit is until they reach it.The "limit" here refers to how many corpses there are.Zhang Tong believes that there is a certain limit to the number that each policeman can tolerate. The number is different for everyone. Some people reach the limit quickly, while others are still far from the limit after dealing with homicide cases for so many years. far away.This is the case for Zhang Tong. She has never left the forensic room of the Technical Squadron of the Criminal Police Brigade of the Tianchang Public Security Bureau 12 years ago, and she has dealt with death almost every day.But Zhang Tong knew very well in his heart that he also had a limit, but he hadn't reached it yet.

In the criminal police team, death is the field of forensic medicine, but whenever the question of "death" is encountered, even the deputy director in charge of criminal investigation must politely ask Zhang Tong in front of Zhang Tong.Every day, Zhang Tong walks between the living and the dead. Facing the family members of the deceased who come to claim the corpse, Zhang Tong looks melancholy and full of sympathy, but as long as she picks up the scalpel and treats the dead in front of her, she is like Like a skilled mechanic.No matter how the deceased dies, Zhang Tong can deal with it calmly, because she has a working principle, which is to keep a certain distance from death, and don't let its breath get on her face.

But when facing the crime scene in front of him, Zhang Tong's heart began to tremble.She was squatting in a large garbage bin at the corner of the crowded Xinjiekou, her nostrils were filled with the sour smell of garbage, and her ears were filled with the noise of pedestrians and vehicles, but this huge garbage Inside the box, it seemed to be another world, a creepy world.

"Xiao Tong, how are you? Are you sure?" Zhang Tong didn't need to look back, Zhang Tong knew that the person who spoke was his best friend and also the female team leader Wang Yanan who was also his work partner.She waved her hand behind her, "Don't worry, I'll take a closer look!"

Wang Yanan muttered resentfully, "How can I waste so much time for you!" Then she turned and walked away.

Zhang Tong pouted, and put on a serious expression again.At this moment, although she is already [-] to [-]% sure of the nature of the physical evidence in her heart, she still needs to look further before she can draw a conclusion.Thinking of this, Zhang Tong resolutely reached into the bottom layer of the dark blue travel bag, and touched it bit by bit.Finally, she was overjoyed, and her fingers touched something hard, which was a human little finger bone.She carefully pulled out the finger bones, raised her head, looked at the sun at eight or nine o'clock in the morning, and then looked down at the two bags of suspected cooked pork slices in the travel bag. The texture and tissue structure of the meat slices made the smile on Zhang Tong's face disappear immediately, and a bone-chilling chill filled his whole body.She immediately stood up, ignoring the dirty work clothes, poking her head out of the dustbin that was at the height of her shoulders, grasping the edge of the dustbin tightly with both hands to stabilize herself, and then yelled loudly at Wang Yanan who was not far away Get up: "Yanan, it should be right!"

As soon as this remark came out, Wang Yanan immediately walked to the trash can in two or three steps, grabbed the edge of the trash can with gloved hands, stared at Zhang Tong in front of him like an awl, and said word by word , "Are you sure?"

Zhang Tong nodded seriously, met Wang Yanan's eyes, pointed to the dark blue travel bag that had been opened on the surface of the trash can beside him, and said seriously: "I never joke when I work! There should be a It is a human remains! To be precise, it may be a part of a person who has been processed! I will not be completely sure until I go back for laboratory tests and comparisons.” Zhang Tong did not speak thoroughly, but only used a general The word "processing" is simply passed by.

"You take the body back first, and I'll find you when I get back to the game!" Wang Yanan's expression became complicated.She took out her cell phone and started dialing as she walked.

Seeing this, Zhang Tong nodded to his tall and burly assistant, Pan Jian, and together they lifted the heavy travel bag, lifted it up, and handed it to a colleague standing outside the trash can.Zhang Tong's figure is petite and exquisite, and her strength is pitifully low, so at this time, she has to grit her teeth in embarrassment to cooperate with other people's work, for fear that if she shows a little bit of complaint, she will be punished by the leader who cares about her. He quickly transferred from the post of forensic doctor on the grounds that women are not suitable for field work.

It didn't take long for Zhang Tong's initial hunch to prove to be correct. The case he just took over was not as simple as he imagined.She had just returned to the bureau's office when the phone rang immediately.

"Xiaotong, I'm Yanan. I'll be on the scene right away. It's the case just now. I think we've found some other parts of the body! So I need you to come and confirm it as soon as possible!" During the phone call, Wang Yanan's tone was beyond doubt.

This time the scene was in the kitchen of an ordinary family in Yupailou Lane near Xinjiekou.Looking at the strange address in his hand, Zhang Tong looked suspicious. There were still people coming and going around him. Since it was a large courtyard and it was off work time at noon, the neighbors who lived in a large courtyard said their eyes were full of curiosity. , But everything is still the same, the one who should cook cooks, and the one who should do laundry does laundry.Did I go wrong?But when Wang Yanan's assistant Zhao Yun bumped into him at the gate, he didn't say much, and reminded himself that Wang Yanan was waiting inside.Zhang Tong muttered subconsciously, and walked into the innermost illegally built small kitchen with his assistant one after the other.

Many people living in large courtyards hope that their cramped residences can be expanded as much as possible, so even though it is an illegal building, this small kitchen is still small and complete, but because of the overcast location, even in broad daylight, You have to keep the lights on.

Standing beside Wang Yanan was an old woman who was nearly fifty years old, her rough skinned face showed bewilderment and panic.Zhang Tong could tell that Wang Yanan had already done the old woman's ideological work before he stepped into the small kitchen, so the old woman was not surprised to see Zhang Tong in police uniform and carrying a toolbox , just a little nervous, looking behind Zhang Tong from time to time, like a frightened rabbit, ready to run for his life at any time.Since the light bulb in the kitchen is a cheap old-fashioned [-]-watt light bulb, at first glance, Zhang Tong couldn't tell whether the old woman's face was yellow from fright or from the light.

"Where's the corpse?" Zhang Tong put down the toolbox in his hand, opened the box while talking, took out a pair of medical rubber gloves, and put them on seriously.

Hearing this, the old woman couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and turned her surprised eyes to Wang Yanan beside her.

Wang Yanan quickly winked at Zhang Tong, then quickly turned around and handed Zhang Tong a vegetable strainer that he had prepared earlier.

"Look at it."

Looking at the strainer in his hand, he raised his head and looked around the small kitchen. Something was still stewing on the briquette stove, and the casserole emitted a tempting aroma.Zhang Tong frowned, just about to blurt out his doubts, but when he suddenly realized something, he quickly swallowed it back.She turned her head and told the assistant beside her, "Use the flashlight to illuminate it for me, the light in this room is not enough!"

The assistant obediently found a small bright flashlight in the toolbox, turned it on, and pointed it at the fence in Zhang Tong's hand.Inside the strainer is a pile of white and slightly pink meat flakes. The knife is very uniform, and the thickness of each slice is almost exactly the same.The white beam of the flashlight penetrated the sliced ​​meat, illuminating the special meat fiber structure clearly.

Zhang Tong frowned, she looked at the old woman in front of her, and she saw a frightened face.Although it was sunny spring outside, Zhang Tong clearly felt a chill all over his body.She bit her lower lip subconsciously, with a serious expression on her face.

Seeing her friend silent for a long time, Wang Yanan couldn't hold back, "How is it?"

Zhang Tong nodded, "It's very similar to what I saw at Xinjiekou! But I don't have a reference object at hand, so it's hard to confirm it further. I'll have to bring it back to the laboratory to find out."

Upon hearing this, the expression on Wang Yanan's face suddenly froze. She took a deep breath and tried her best to calm herself down.

"Comrade policeman, what do you mean? I don't understand what you're talking about!" The old woman looked a little anxious, and she couldn't help chattering, "Didn't I just take something I picked up? It's just a small gain , The price of meat is so expensive now, I saw it, and I thought it must have been thrown away by someone else, and it was so fresh, and it was still warm to the touch. You won’t break the law! Comrade police, I’ll leave it all to you now, won’t it be fine…”

Wang Yanan smiled awkwardly: "Old man, I didn't say you broke the law, don't worry! Show us the bag of meat you found, okay?"

The expression on the old woman's face became much more relaxed. She was greatly relieved, and ran to the side of the utility cabinet in the corner of the kitchen, bent over and pouted her buttocks, and rummaged through it, and soon found an ordinary The snakeskin bag turned around and handed it to Wang Yanan: "Here, it's in here. I think the bag is still useful, so I took it back."

Wang Yanan put on the gloves and took the snakeskin bag, and then asked: "Is the meat directly packed in it?"

"Look at my memory!" The old woman slapped her head, turned around and turned around again, straightened up after a while, blushed, and held three plastic bags in her hand. Plastic bags everywhere.

"It's in here. After the meat was taken out, I haven't washed it yet. I thought it wouldn't be dirty, so I didn't bother to wash it."

After hearing this, Wang Yanan and Zhang Tong couldn't help but looked at each other.

When he returned to the bureau, it was almost three o'clock in the afternoon. After completing the handover procedures, Zhang Tong planned to take some time to eat in the cafeteria before the autopsy.Years of disordered eating habits made Zhang Tong feel strong stomach discomfort as soon as he had eaten.

As soon as he reached the stairs, he ran into Li Haoran, the deputy director in charge of criminal investigation.

"Hey, Xiaozhang, I'm looking for you, just wait!"

Zhang Tong stopped in his tracks, with a look of embarrassment on his face: "Ju Li, what do you want from me?"

"Come to my office, someone wants to see you!"

"Who? Why are you looking for me?" Zhang Tong looked suspicious. His circle of friends is so small that he can count them on one hand. I have leisure time to visit myself during working hours.

As soon as the words fell, Ju Li had already walked nearly two meters away, and he waved his hands without looking back: "You just go, he has been looking for you for a long time!"

Holding two steamed buns with hard skin in his hands, Zhang Tong hurried up the stairs, and when he was about to habitually turn a corner and walk towards his office, he suddenly remembered what Director Li had just told him.She frowned, changed her mind helplessly, turned around and walked quickly towards the elevator entrance, taking a few mouthfuls of steamed buns as she walked, to comfort her gradually tightening and twitching stomach.

Director Li's office is on the third floor of the building, next to the meeting room. Usually, if there is no meeting, the office will be very quiet.Zhang Tong has been to this office three times in total, each time because of business, only today, it feels a little weird.

The door of the office was ajar, and there was no sound from inside.Zhang Tong packed the half-eaten bun in a plastic bag, stuffed it into his coat pocket, and knocked on the door lightly.

Before knocking for the third time, the door was quickly opened, and Zhang Tong quickly retracted his hand, apologetic: "I'm sorry, I almost hit you!"

What appeared in front of Zhang Tong was a baby face, to be exact, a man with a baby face.As soon as he saw Zhang Tong, the man looked up and down carefully, and finally settled his eyes on the work card hanging around Zhang Tong's neck. When he read the words on it clearly, he immediately showed joy.

"Zhang Fayi, I'm waiting for you! Come in!" He shrank his body back and smiled all over his face, as if the room behind him belonged to him, and he was busy introducing himself while being polite, " I am Zhao Junjie, a reporter from the "Crime Records" column of Tianchang Daily, and I came here specially to talk to you about the case."

"I won't go in, just talk here if you have anything to say, keep it short, I still have something to do!" Zhang Tong impatiently glanced at the watch on his wrist from the corner of his eyes, his feet seemed to be rooted Standing firmly at the door, there is no plan to go in and sit down.

Zhao Junjie looked a little embarrassed, he stretched out his hand and scratched his head, and changed into a pleading tone, "Just a little while, Zhang Forensic Doctor, I won't waste your time! Besides, I have already asked Deputy Director Li for instructions. , you can rest assured!"

As soon as he heard that the other party had revealed Deputy Director Li's name, Zhang Tong had no choice but to realize that his retreat had been blocked.She sighed slightly and walked into the office without saying a word.

After sitting down on the sofa, Zhang Tong said straight to the point: "If you come here for this case in my hands, I can only say 'no comment' now. When the case is solved, we have a special external public relations department to answer the questions." all your problems."

Hearing this, Zhao Junjie, who just took out a small notebook from his briefcase, shook his head and smiled mysteriously: "Forensic Zhang, you misunderstood, I am not here for this case. But I have to say it again, We reporters are very sensitive, if the case you mentioned is solved, our "Tianchang Daily" will get the headlines!" He stretched out his left hand, which was thin and tender, and patted himself lightly. Baby-like briefcase, "I have the media agreement signed by Section Chief Wang of your public relations department and us!"

"Oh?" Zhang Tong frowned, "Then which case are you here for? Can you tell me a little? Otherwise, I can't help you."

Zhao Junjie continued to open the first few pages of the notebook in his hand, carefully looked at it, then raised his head, changed his tone, and the expression on his face immediately became a little dignified, "What I want to know is 20 years ago The details of the bizarre disappearance case of a female child in the Populus euphratica forest on the outskirts of Tianchang City. The case caused a sensation in Tianchang City at the time, and it has not been solved until now. It has become a completely unsolved case. At this point, he hesitated for a moment, and then added in a low voice, "Of course, I can understand your feelings. I know that the missing girl is your sister——Zhang Qiu, and you were at the scene at that time." The only witness, I have all the records on it. I checked the original case file. Forensic doctor Zhang, I know that you were injected with anesthesia by the murderer and almost became a vegetative state. You just woke up after a month of coma, but lost your memory. It's just that it's been so many years now, can you recall some scenes at that time? Do you still have a general impression of what happened at that time? Also, why did you choose forensic medicine instead of other jobs..."

Although Zhao Junjie has been very careful about every word, for fear of irritating Zhang Tong again, he didn't notice that Zhang Tong's face was getting colder and colder, and his hands in the pockets of his white work coat were also uncomfortable. And took it out, and the two steamed buns that she just took a few bites were subconsciously pinched beyond recognition by her.

Finally, Zhang Tong couldn't bear it any longer. She bit her lip, frowned and interrupted Zhao Junjie: "Reporter Zhao, I don't have time to accompany you now. There is still work waiting for me. As for that What happened 20 years ago, I’m sorry, it’s been so long, I’ve forgotten it long ago, you can find someone else!” She stood up, no matter how surprised Zhao Junjie’s expression was on her face, she didn’t move her head. Huidi walked straight out of Deputy Director Li's office.

The window in the corridor was open, and a gust of fresh air rushed in. Zhang Tong took a deep breath, and immediately felt much lighter.Why did he choose the profession of forensic medicine? In fact, Zhang Tong himself doesn’t know. Maybe it’s because of the disappearance of his sister that he hates crime beyond normal people. He hopes to do his best to help those who have lost their loved ones. Make a little contribution. For 20 years, Zhang Tong has had the same nightmare almost every night.Seeing that others are about to uncover the scars deep in his heart, Zhang Tong can do nothing but escape.

Li Ju hurriedly came to meet Zhang Tong, and when he saw Zhang Tong, he stopped her: "Xiao Zhang, come out so soon?"

Zhang Tong nodded in embarrassment, noticing that Director Li's eyes fell on the two cold steamed buns in her hands, her ears felt hot, and she quickly put the steamed stuffed buns into her pocket: "It's okay, just ask I can't help you with the case either. Bureau Li, I'm busy now, there's still work to do below!"

"Oh, then I won't delay you." After saying that, Li Ju turned around and continued walking towards his office with a suspicious expression on his face.

No one is willing to knock on the door of a forensic office unless it is absolutely necessary, especially when there is a dead body in front of them.Policemen are also human beings. As long as they are human beings, they will have an innate awe of the dead.

When Wang Yanan opened the door and came in, her face was indescribably pale, and she looked listless.

"Yanan, what's the matter? Are you feeling unwell?" Zhang Tong asked casually while carefully stacking those weird pieces of meat.

"Hi!" Wang Yanan sighed, frowned, and touched her stomach subconsciously, "It's not all because of the 'meat'. After returning from the scene, I didn't eat the garlic sliced ​​meat in the cafeteria at noon. I haven't even eaten a few mouthfuls of food, and my stomach is still hurting. I still have to come here to see you!"

Zhang Tong smiled helplessly, and said, "I'm better than you, at least I still ate a few mouthfuls of buns, even though they're cold!" She pointed to the bag of buns on the desk behind her, "Here, see No? There is one left for you, do you want to eat it?"

Wang Yanan quickly waved his hands and shook his head: "Please spare me, eat here? I'd rather starve to death."

"Then I can't help you." Zhang Tong shrugged his shoulders and continued to look at the pile of meat slices in front of him.

Wang Yanan leaned over: "Xiaotong, how is it? At present, can you determine whether the corpse is male or female?"

"Not yet, relying on these meat slices alone, I can only say that this person is very skilled. Each slice is kept at a thickness of about 32.8 centimeters, three centimeters long, and [-] centimeters wide. The useful DNA structure was destroyed, so, apart from the fact that the protein structure can still tell that this is our human muscle tissue, I really have no other way, even if he was cut up alive or There is no way to make a final judgment after being divided into such things after death." Speaking of this, Zhang Tong paused for a while, checked the data register handed over by his assistant, thought for a while, and continued, "Also, The most important point is that the total weight of the meat slices is [-] catties. The average human body has a total of [-] bones, accounting for about one-fifth of the total weight of the human body. Except for the finger bones, no other bones were seen, especially the skull of the deceased."

"How did you confirm that it was a human skeleton from such a small bone?" Wang Yanan pointed to the lone yellowish bone in the tray, and at a glance, it was really hard to see that this bone originally belonged to human beings.

Zhang Tong smiled slightly: "The cross-sectional structure of human bones is different from that of animals. It has a special ring structure. I have looked carefully under the microscope and can be sure that it is a human finger bone. If it hadn't been subjected to high temperature If I boil it in water, I can extract useful bone marrow DNA."

"So, there are such similar 'packages' out there?" Wang Yanan's expression became even uglier.

Zhang Tong nodded with a serious expression: "I think there should be more than one!"

On the round table in the center of the conference room was a large map of Tianchang city, on which two small crosses were marked with eye-catching red pens at the positions of Xinjiekou and Yupailou Lane.The round table was filled with the leaders of the bureau and the relevant personnel in charge of this "corpse dismemberment case" from various units. Everyone's eyes were fixed on Wang Yanan who was presenting the case.

"110 received a report at 110:[-] this morning that someone saw a strange travel bag on top of an open trash can near Xinjiekou. It was just thrown away not long ago, and when I opened it, I saw a lot of meat slices of unknown origin inside. So, the reporter suspected that someone had slaughtered pork and sold it privately, so he called [-] and called the police. In order to eliminate the suspicion of a criminal case, I asked the police in our bureau With forensic assistance, it turned out to be human tissue.

"The reporter provided clues that when he found the travel bag, there was a snakeskin bag next to it. After opening it, he saw that there were exactly the same slices of meat inside, but it was found by a woman in her 60s who was wearing the cleaning work clothes of "Lvjiejiajia". The cleaner took it away. We immediately found the house of the female cleaner based on this clue, and successfully got the remaining meat slices. After on-site inspection by the forensic doctor Zhang, it was confirmed that the meat slices found belonged to human tissues. However, due to the Boiled in high-temperature water, all the DNA structures that can be used to identify the identity are destroyed, so I think the most important thing for us now is to quickly find the remaining human body fragments and try to determine the source of the corpse."

"Let me add one more point," Zhang Tong stood up, "the human skull is the hardest part of the entire human body, and it is impossible to break it into small pieces easily with ordinary tools. See, this skull is the only useful clue that can help me identify the source of the corpse."

Li Ju nodded: "It seems that everyone's current main attack direction is to focus on the search for the skull of the deceased, and the search work should be done sooner rather than later. We can start to solve the case when the source of the corpse is determined. This person is very cunning , You should have a certain understanding of our criminal investigation technical work, so everyone must be very energetic and take it seriously!" He turned his head and looked at Wang Yanan, "Xiao Wang, you are the first person to take over this case. From now on, you will be in charge. Now you assign the search mission!"

"Okay!" Wang Yanan stood up and drew a large circle around Xinjiekou on the map with his fingers, "According to past experience in solving crimes, corpses are usually thrown in relatively hidden places after murder, because the suspect I don’t hope to be discovered by others so soon. But this case is a bit different. The murderer put two bags containing body parts on Xinjiekou Street, the busiest street in Tianchang City. According to the clues provided by the reporter, at that time The two bags are side by side, which is very eye-catching. Because of this, he had already passed the trash can during the morning exercise, but this prominent scene immediately made him realize that something was wrong. It can be seen from this, The conceited criminal suspect made it clear that he wanted others to discover these two special bags, so as to discover the corpse. Based on this, I boldly infer that the place where the criminal suspect chose to dump the corpse should be a lively public place. Therefore, we If you want to search for the remaining body parts, you have to first target the garbage bins in the Xinjiekou area, street corners and other densely populated places, use this as the center of the circle, and then slowly expand outward. As long as you see something like Report any suspicious items here!" She said, pointing to the photo of the snakeskin bag and travel bag used for dumping corpses at the scene.

After the meeting adjourned, Wang Yanan walked at the end, and she stopped Zhang Tong while sorting out the documents.

"Xiaotong, wait for me!"

Zhang Tong turned around: "Is there something wrong?"

"I heard that the famous "Tianchang Daily" reporter who specializes in crime cases came to interview you today. Tell me, is there any good news? When will it appear in the newspaper? Now you will be famous! Then you must Treat yourself!" Wang Yanan looked excited.

Zhang Tong frowned, "It's nothing, it's an old case, I got rid of it."

"No way, how dare you drive him away?" Wang Yanan's eyes widened with surprise on his face.

"What's the fuss about that? I don't care about talking too much, I don't care about him!"

Wang Yanan shook her head when she heard this.

While talking, the two walked out of the meeting room side by side.

On the way to the office, Wang Yanan still didn't give up: "No way? Director Li has to make an appointment to find him. Why did you drive him away with such an air?"

Zhang Tong smiled wryly: "Don't ask the bottom line, miss, I'm really tired of this kind of person. If you come back tomorrow, tell him to come to you! Isn't it enough to make you famous?"

"You, don't be so stupid! Let's go, let's get something to eat! We have to run to the scene later!" Wang Yanan handed the folder in his hand to his assistant Zhao Yun who was walking towards him, and ordered angrily, " Take it to the office for me, I'll be back in a while!"

Zhao Yun obediently held the folder and turned around to leave.

"I said Yanan, don't be so cruel to your deputy, he is a good person! Anyway, he is still a deputy captain, he is like a follower, and you are not afraid of his thoughts?" Zhang Tong couldn't stand it any longer. , couldn't help muttering.

Wang Yanan waved his hand carelessly: "A man who doesn't even have a temper and is procrastinating in doing things, don't care about him! Let's go!"

"Forensic doctor Zhang, Director Li called five minutes ago and told you to go to his office immediately, saying that he has something important to see you." As soon as the assistant Pan Jian saw Zhang Tong who had just returned from dinner, he quickly passed the news to her.

"Did he say something?"

"No, the tone is quite urgent, Zhang Fayi, you should go quickly, don't delay."

Zhang Tong didn't say anything, she put down the report card in her hand, turned and walked out of the office.Walking to the corner of the corridor, she vaguely realized in her heart that it might be that persistent reporter again, who left him there today with an expression of resentment.

Sure enough, as soon as he walked to the door of Director Li's office, Zhang Tong frowned at the voice coming from the half-closed door.She couldn't help muttering: "Why is it like a brown candy!"

Seeing that Zhang Tong opened the door and came in so quickly, with someone behind him, Pan Jian, who was busy arranging the specimens, couldn't help feeling very curious: "Forensic doctor Zhang, come back so soon? I thought it was a big deal for Director Li to find you! "

Zhang Tong didn't answer directly, she pointed at Zhao Junjie who was standing behind him with a smile on his face, and said angrily, "Xiao Pan, starting from today, we have a new intern. Tell him to do it! You're welcome!"

"Who is this?"

"I am a reporter from "Tianchang Daily". My name is Zhao Junjie. Please take care of me!" Zhao Junjie stepped forward with a smile on his face and held out his hand.

"Reporter? Oh, I remembered, it's Zhao Junjie who writes big cases, right? I'm your fan! It's a pleasure to meet you!" As he said, Pan Jian excitedly wanted to reach out his hand and thought for a while , retracted again, with an apologetic face, "Sorry, I just..."

"I can understand, I can understand! Haha!" Zhao Junjie still didn't change his face, with a smile on his face.

Zhang Tong couldn't help but glared at Zhao Junjie, and said coldly: "Reporter Zhao, your efforts are in vain, and I can't help you. If you really came here to find material for other cases, I have no objection, but If you're a drunkard who doesn't care about drinking, I'm sorry, leave immediately! Don't keep using Bureau Li to oppress me, understand? I don't want to do that!"

"Zhang Forensic Doctor, don't worry, I keep my word!"

Zhang Tong didn't make a sound, put on the gloves on his own, and turned to Pan Jian and shouted: "Hurry up and do things, why are you still standing there? I want to be busy until dark!"

Pan Jian curled his lips, left Zhao Junjie aside, and continued to work with his head down.

It was already past nine o'clock in the evening when I got home from get off work. Zhang Tong shook out of the elevator exhaustedly, passed the corridor, came to the door of his house, took out the key and opened the door.

The room was quiet, there was no sound at all.

"Mom, I'm back! Where are you?" Zhang Tong greeted loudly while putting down his satchel and keys.

But there was no answer in the room for a long time.Zhang Tong couldn't help being taken aback, usually at this time, mother should be at home, why is there something abnormal today?Zhang Tong couldn't help feeling an ominous feeling in his heart.She immediately put on her slippers and began to search from room to room.

A few minutes later, Zhang Tong finally found his emaciated mother with tears on her face in the corner of the large wardrobe in the bedroom.Seeing her huddled up and trembling all over, Zhang Tong felt distressed and quickly reached out to help her mother up: "Mom, what are you doing here? Don't scare me! I just got off work a little late, am I doing well?" Yes, don't cry!..."

The mother subconsciously grabbed Zhang Tong's arm, said nothing, and stared straight.

After returning to the living room, Zhang Tong helped his mother to sit down on the sofa. Just as he was about to turn around and pour a glass of water, his eyes were inadvertently caught by a letter on the coffee table. Next to the envelope was a bunch of wilted lilies. flower.Zhang Tong glanced at his mother thoughtfully, reached out and picked up the envelope, which had obviously been opened by his mother.There was nothing special about this letter on the surface, it was no different from an ordinary letter. The recipient wrote the mother's name, but the signature was only two simple words - details inside.

"Mom, who gave you the letter and flowers?" Zhang Tong raised her head to look at her mother, but her mother had already closed her eyes and fell asleep leaning on the sofa.

She was about to put the letter down, but after a second thought, she opened the envelope and poured out the contents.A thin piece of letter paper fell lightly into her hands, with the words "Sorry" written on it.In addition, there is no title or signature.

Zhang Tong's gaze fell to the wilting bunch of lilies on the coffee table again, and his heart skipped a beat.For 20 years, every year on this day, my mother will receive such a strange letter and a bunch of weird lilies.What the hell does this mean?Is there any ulterior secret hidden in it?Except for the mother, no one in the family has any illusions about the younger sister's survival, and every year on this day, when the younger sister disappears, the mother will become very emotional because of this strange letter and flowers.

Zhang Tong quickly put away the letter, reached for the phone next to the coffee table, and dialed a number.After the call was connected, she thought for a while and said, "Uncle, I'm Xiaotong, and my mother is ill again. Come and take a look."

After getting an affirmative answer, Zhang Tong hung up the phone, helped her mother take off the shoes on her feet, and gently moved her feet to the sofa. Then, she carried a blanket from the bedroom and covered her mother. body.

More than ten minutes later, the doorbell rang, and the person who came was Zhang Tong's uncle who lived in the same community, and he walked in anxiously.

Zhang Tong made a gesture and whispered, "Uncle, Mom is asleep, please be gentle!"

The old uncle nodded.

When he came to the sofa in the living room, Zhang Tong felt sour when he saw his mother's eyes still dripping with tears in her deep sleep. After the mysterious disappearance of the younger sister 20 years ago, followed by the suicide of the father, the double fatal blow brought the mother's spirit to the brink of collapse.If it weren't for the careful care of the doctor's uncle for many years, Zhang Tong knew very well that his mother might have passed away long ago.

"When did she get sick?" the old uncle asked while checking.

"I don't know. When I came back after nine o'clock, she was hiding in the big wardrobe in the bedroom and shaking." Zhang Tong felt his throat a little dry.

The old uncle thought for a while, and then asked: "It has been more than half a year since the last time she got sick, is she usually normal?"

Zhang Tong shook his head: "No, it's normal, and he took the medicine on time."

The old uncle said with a stern expression: "Xiao Tong, you must be careful not to irritate your mother anymore. Her nerves are very fragile now. If you do this twice, she will have to be hospitalized!"

"No! I don't want her to be hospitalized!" Zhang Tong blurted out.

The old uncle stood up, with a helpless expression on his face: "Then why don't you move? It's been so many years, and you still live in this old house. It's easy to remind her of the past."

Zhang Tong shook his head helplessly: "I have no choice. I have persuaded her many times, but my mother always said that my sister will come back. If she moves away, my sister will not be able to find her way home."

Hearing this, the old uncle couldn't help but let out a long sigh: "Tomorrow you find time to come to our hospital to see me, and I'll prescribe some medicine for you."

"Okay, thank you uncle!"

After seeing off the old uncle, Zhang Tong closed the door and sat down on the floor weakly.Looking at his mother who was still sleeping soundly in front of him, Zhang Tong felt an indescribable depression in his heart.

There was silence outside the window, and the lights in the community were going out one by one. It was late at night, but Zhang Tong didn't feel sleepy at all.She brought blankets and pillows from the room, spread them silently on the carpet next to the sofa, turned off the light, and lay down, with the sound of her mother's even breathing coming from her side.But Zhang Tong could only stare at the dark night sky outside the window with his eyes wide open.

"Yanan, I need your help!"

"Come on, why do we still have such a clear distinction between the two of us!"

Zhang Tong reached out and handed Wang Yanan a plastic bag, which contained the letter and a bunch of withered lilies: "Help me find clues! The letter has my and my mother's fingerprints on it. Others, as many as you can find." .”

Wang Yanan couldn't help being stunned: "Xiaotong, did you receive it again?" She shook the plastic bag in her hand, "I remember that it was exactly the same thing last year and the year before? Tell me, see if I can help you think of a way! It’s not a problem if you carry it alone!”

"It's okay, I'm used to it," Zhang Tong paused, and said, "Thank you for your kindness, you don't have to ask me so much, I won't talk about it, you can just look at our friendship for many years and help I'm busy, I won't forget you!" Zhang Tong stood up and picked up his satchel, "I'm going back to the office, Yanan, call me if you have any results."

"Good!" Wang Yanan nodded.Seeing Zhang Tong's figure disappearing at the door, Wang Yanan frowned subconsciously. If he remembered correctly, it was the same day last year and the year before last when Zhang Tong found himself.She casually took the plastic bag on the table, did not open it, but looked at it carefully, the envelopes were exactly the same, even the variety of lilies was the same.Wang Yanan could already guess the content of this letter without reading it.Vaguely, Wang Yanan had an ominous feeling. There must be a big secret behind this letter and the lily. was mercilessly turned away.Wang Yanan was worried, and also worried about her friend Zhang Tong. She thought for a while, stood up helplessly, and walked straight to the trace inspection room of the technical squadron next door with the plastic bag containing the evidence.

The news of the discovery of the dead man's head came in the afternoon when he was about to get off work, and the location was just below a viewing platform in Tianzi Temple in Tianchang City.Tianzi Temple is located in the bustling downtown area of ​​Tianchang City. Anyone who travels to Tianchang City must pass through Tianzi Temple. It can be said that the flow of people here never stops during the day.But at this moment, the entire street in front of the Tianzi Temple is tightly surrounded by the police's special blue and white warning belt. Curious people can only gather outside the warning belt, tiptoe nervously watching the inside of the warning belt every move.

When Zhang Tong's forensic vehicle appeared at the intersection of Tianzimiao Street, the emotions of the onlookers became a little excited.The black body marked with two eye-catching characters of "Forensic Medicine" passed through the cordon and stopped directly in front of the Tianzi Temple.Zhang Tong took Pan Jian out of the car quickly, opened the rear door, and started to prepare the toolbox.

"Look, the forensic doctor is here..."

"She's still a girl, she looks so pretty, it's a pity to do this job!"

"The forensic doctors are here, it seems that there are really dead people!"

"This female forensic doctor is still very young!"...

Hearing these discussions, Pan Jian couldn't help muttering in a low voice: "Forensic Zhang, they are talking about you!"

Zhang Tong shrugged her shoulders and smiled indifferently: "Let them discuss it, I'm used to it anyway." Then, she straightened her expression and urged, "Hurry up, don't dawdle, the scene won't wait people!"

Pan Jian pouted, carrying a heavy toolbox, followed behind Zhang Tong who was in a hurry, and walked towards the gate of Tianzi Temple.

From a distance, I saw Wang Yanan squatting beside the viewing platform, with his back turned to the outside, observing something carefully.Standing beside Wang Yanan's partner Zhao Yun, a young man with a kind face, was questioning a patrolling policeman in uniform.

"Yanan, where's the corpse?" Zhang Tong walked up to him and put down his toolbox on the grass while talking.

Wang Yanan stood up, stretched out her gloved right hand without saying a word, and pointed to a square snakeskin bag less than half a meter away from her. It was probably new, red and blue, and looked bulging.

Zhang Tong took a few steps forward, lowered her head and got under the decorative wooden edge of the viewing platform. Not long after, she poked her head out again: "Has the person who found the corpse touched anything inside?"

"Probably not. The patrol police from the police station in the jurisdiction found it. When he saw that something was wrong, he immediately notified the dispatching station." As he spoke, Wang Yanan tilted his chin to the side, "He's still there, Zhao Yun is here. Ask him. What's wrong? Something is missing inside?"

Zhang Tong shook his head, then turned to Pan Jian and said, "Help me pull it out together, I think it's what we're looking for!"

Pan Jian hurried forward, grabbed the other two ends of the snakeskin bag with his gloved hands, and together with Zhang Tong pulled the snakeskin bag out of the viewing platform.

This snakeskin bag is 75 centimeters high and [-] centimeters wide. It is not too big, but it is very heavy. It can be clearly seen from the outside that it is filled with irregular things.Zhang Tong had already zipped up the snakeskin bag.

"Xiao Tong, when will you deal with it?"

"I'll go back to the bureau right now, you can come to me directly later."

"Okay!" With that said, Wang Yanan turned around and walked towards Zhao Yun who was not far away.

Zhang Tong took Pan Jian, pulled the toolbox, and carried the snakeskin bag one after the other into the car.

On the way back to the bureau, Pan Jian hummed a little tune while driving, with a smug expression on his face.

Zhang Tong frowned, "What bad thing did you do again?"

"Zhang Fayi, don't you think the ears are much quieter today?"

Zhang Tong didn't come back to his senses all of a sudden, "What do you mean?"

Pan Jian smiled mischievously, "That reporter Zhao, didn't you want me to arrange some work for him? I guessed at that time that you would definitely not want him to follow us all the time, get in the way, and cry when he sees a dead person at the scene It’s called Mom, so, guess what I’m doing with such kindness?”

"Don't play tricks, tell me quickly, if you go too far, Director Li won't let me go, the big reporter is a distinguished guest! We have to take care of the image of the bureau!"

"No, forensic doctor Zhang, those 'properties' we eat, and the entire anatomy room, there's a lot of cleaning work!..." Pan Jian smiled and said, "I'm finally liberated!"

Zhang Tong shook his head helplessly, then turned to look at the passing scenery outside the car window without saying a word and with a heavy heart.

Looking at the concrete floor under the viewing platform, Wang Yanan couldn't help feeling extremely annoyed that there were no footprints.The same is true for the previous two scenes. It seems that the murderer has already taken everything into consideration when choosing such a place to dump the body.

At this time, footsteps came from beside her, and she knew who it was without turning her head, "Zhao Yun, what did the patrolman say?"

"He only noticed when someone reported the crime. At that time, there were still people on the viewing platform. Every afternoon at two o'clock in the afternoon, there are cultural performances at the Tianzi Temple, and the flow of people is very mixed!"

"Where's the nearest camera? Did you find anything?"

"There is no camera at this angle, only on the street outside the gate of Tianzi Temple. However, there are five entrances and exits to Tianzi Temple, so it is difficult to find it."

Something flashed into Wang Yanan's mind suddenly. She turned her head suddenly and stared at Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun was taken aback by her serious expression: "You just said that someone reported the crime, and that patrolman noticed the bottom of the viewing platform?"

"Yes!" Zhao Yun opened the notebook in his hand and turned to the relevant page, "It was a report from a middle-aged man in his 50s, saying that he didn't know what was there, and who might have lost it. Because the whole viewing There is nothing under the stage except tourists’ rubbish, that bag is placed there alone, you can see it as soon as you lower your head, it’s very conspicuous!”

Wang Yanan frowned and thought for a while: "The cultural performance in Tianzi Temple is the grand finale, and someone should use a mobile phone to shoot it, and it must be inconvenient to carry such a heavy bag. As long as the mobile phones are collected, as long as they have filmed the scene at that time, as many as they can be found. If it is really impossible, send me an announcement on the TV station and mobilize everyone to cooperate with us!"

"I see!" Zhao Yun stuffed the notebook back into his pocket, turned around and left quickly.

Wang Yanan looked back at the deserted viewing platform again, and sighed.Just then, the phone rang.

"I'm Wang Yanan, who is it?"

"I'm the technical inspection team, Captain Wang. The letter you sent this morning and the inspection report for the lily bouquet have come out. When is it convenient for you to come and get it, or should we send it to the office for you?"

Wang Yanan thought for a while and said decisively, "I'll come and get it right away."

Zhang Tong heard the bell on the door of the dissecting room ring behind him, and then the door was pushed open.

"Yanan, are you here?"

"Hmm." Wang Yanan snorted.She didn't come directly to Zhang Tong's side, but walked to the only huge desk in the room, put the document bag in her hand on it, and then went to the door to put on her work clothes.

"Well, what's the result?"

Zhang Tong moved her body to the other side, and the dissecting table covered by her was completely presented in front of Wang Yanan at this moment.

Wang Yanan took a deep breath, and on the dissecting table in front of him, there was a person's head upright.If it was just bones, it would not be so surprising, but this is a face that has been completely stripped of the skin, with weird muscles criss-crossing the face, the gray-white eyes, and the terrifying and wide-open face. Empty mouth, as if death has been completely frozen at this moment.

"This is a female's head, very young. Judging from the development of wisdom teeth, it should not be more than 19 years old." Zhang Tong sighed, "Look at her protruding browbones and short jaw, there are obvious The characteristics of the Asian race in the Lingnan area."

"This head is weird!" Wang Yanan stared fixedly at the dissecting table in front of him, "Has it also been boiled? The color is very different."

"Yes, like those meat slices, they have been boiled at high temperature. The murderer has superb surgical skills. Ordinary people can't peel off the skin so clean. Including me." As he said, Zhang Tong pointed The place where the head and cheeks are close to the bridge of the nose, "Look carefully here, this is the place with the richest nervous system in the entire face. If you accidentally cut the knife, it will destroy the muscle tissue under the skin, and even the smallest scratches can't escape me." eyes, but you can't see any traces now."

"It seems that the skin on the face never existed at all." Wang Yanan muttered.

"Yes!" Zhang Tong walked around to the other end of the dissection table, pointing to the bones brought back from the scene that had been neatly arranged according to the sequence of human bones, and said helplessly, "The pelvic bone of the deceased also confirmed what I just said about the deceased. Judging from her age, she will not be over 20 years old, very young, and has never given birth. According to the weight of the skeleton, the weight will not exceed [-] kg, and she is thin. From the condition of the corpse, it can be inferred that the murderer is not only an expert in surgery, but also I am very familiar with human bones. You see, all the bones are here. Except for the small finger bone at the beginning, which is estimated to be missing, there is a lot left. And from the surface of these bones, it can be seen that the murderer No violent external force, such as knives and axes, was used to separate the bones. The seams were clean and there was no damage at all. You can really describe him as 'paodingjieniu'!"

"Then, can you restore the portrait? I need to publish the "Recognition of the Dead." Wang Yanan turned his attention to Zhang Tong, who put his hands in the pockets of his overalls with a solemn expression.

"No problem, the musculature of her face is still relatively complete. This will be of great help to me in making a portrait restoration that is close to the original appearance of the deceased! When do you want it?"

"As soon as possible!" Wang Yanan said, frowning, "Is there any result on the cause of death?"

Zhang Tong pursed his lips and pondered for a while, "At present, there is no trace of trauma on the skeleton, but since the muscle tissue of the corpse has been divided into many pieces and boiled in high-temperature water, there is nothing I can do about the damage to the soft tissue on the body surface. Judgment. I have also done an X-ray scan of the head, and there is no internal injury. In the final analysis, I can only say that she has not been seriously violated by external force. Others, I don’t know for the time being. Sorry, Yanan, I can only The evidence speaks for itself and cannot be inferred."

Wang Yanan nodded: "Is there anything else I need to know?"

"There are two special clothes placed with the bones of the deceased. I have sent them to the trace inspection room together with the snakeskin bag outside."

"Okay, then give me the restoration picture of the portrait as soon as possible." Wang Yanan walked towards the door while talking, and hung the work clothes he took off back on the door.The moment she opened the door, she stopped and said back, "The letter and the inspection report for the lily bouquet are on your desk!"

Zhang Tong was stunned for a moment, and then realized the meaning of Wang Yanan's words. She had no expression on her face, and said lightly: "Thank you."

Portrait restoration is not an easy job, not only must you be proficient in anthropology, but also have certain painting skills.

Zhang Tong signaled his assistant, Pan Jian, to bring the special digital camera over and take a few photos of the deceased's head from a specific angle. Since the deceased's face still had a certain amount of muscle tissue attached, the final imaging work was relatively easy.After the photo was taken, the data was immediately entered into the computer and printed out quickly.Zhang Tong reached out and took a special piece of paper to cover the head photo. Based on a series of previous characteristics of the deceased, including age, weight and regional race, a basic image was quickly outlined.After scanning and checking the data with the computer's original database, a few minutes later, the computer made a creaking sound, and a vivid head portrait of a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl was clearly displayed on the computer screen.

"Print it out and send it to the criminal police office to Captain Wang Yanan immediately!"

"I'll go!"

Zhang Tong stood up and gave his seat to Pan Jian, and walked to the other side of the workbench by himself, where the big yellow envelope left by Wang Yanan was lying quietly.

Zhang Tong took a deep breath, picked up the envelope, hesitated for a while, gritted his teeth, tore off the tape pasted on the envelope, and pulled out the inspection report inside.

The inspection report was printed on a thin A4 paper. Zhang Tong felt her hands trembling uncontrollably, as if she was just one step away from the truth. She could even be sure that she would always have One day to solve the mystery that destroyed his family.However, Zhang Tong felt a kind of subsequent fear. Subconsciously, she knew that she did not have the courage to face the truth.

"Zhang Fayi, are you okay?" Pan Jian's concerned voice rang in his ears.

Only then did Zhang Tong come to his senses, and his first reaction was to quickly stuff the inspection report into the pocket of his overalls, then waved his hand, and regained his usual composure, "I'm fine, send it quickly, my friend Waiting for it!"

Pan Jian hesitated for a moment, then nodded, turned and left the dissecting room.

"Xiao Tong, is that you?"

The voice was very strange, except for Wang Yanan, the colleagues around him had never called him that.Zhang Tong looked back in surprise, and there was a man in the uniform of a prosecutor standing in front of him. He was about 30 years old, his hair was graying prematurely, but his eyes were full of spirit.At this moment, he was looking at himself with a smile, with surprise on his face.

"You are?" Zhang Tong still didn't respond.

"It seems that you don't recognize me? I'm Liu Chunxiao!" The man's smile was a little lost.

"Liu Chunxiao?" Zhang Tong quickly searched for the name in her mind, and soon, a smile appeared on her face, and a nickname deep in her memory blurted out, "'Dandan'! It's really you! Why are you here? gone?"

Liu Chunxiao smiled awkwardly, and quickly changed the topic: "I have just been transferred back to the Tianchang City Procuratorate to be in charge of criminal affairs. I happened to come to your side today to get acquainted with the situation. How about you?"

Zhang Tong pouted: "It's still the same, forensic doctor, I have been working for so many years! It seems impossible to change jobs."

There was a strange look in Liu Chunxiao's eyes: "Xiaotong, how are you doing? I haven't seen you in so many years..."

"It's okay, I show up after get off work every day."

After hesitating for a few seconds, Liu Chunxiao finally plucked up the courage to propose, "Then, are you free after get off work? I'd like to treat you to tea."

Zhang Tong nodded: "I get off work at 05:30, if there are no special circumstances, you can come to the forensic office to find me."

"Okay, I will definitely go!"

Looking at the back of Zhang Tong going away, Liu Chunxiao couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

"Hey! Old friend, why are you so stupid? I have only been out for a while, and you are like a demon." Zhao Junjie, who was carrying a bag, appeared behind Liu Chunxiao, and slapped him suddenly, "I still see beautiful women gone?"

Liu Chunxiao smiled awkwardly: "I saw my high school classmate just now. It's been a long time since I saw her. She has changed a lot."

"Your high school classmate? In this place? Male or female?" Zhao Junjie's reporter's professional sensitivity and curiosity once again gained the upper hand.He subconsciously turned his head and looked towards the other end of the corridor, "Can you tell me?"

"It's a woman, Zhang Tong, the forensic doctor here."

"Forensic Zhang? Why didn't you tell me that you and her are high school classmates?" Zhao Junjie became extremely excited, and he complained as he walked to the elevator with Liu Chunxiao, "I came here to stay here because of her! I deal with the dead every day, and I’m not afraid of your jokes when I say it, I just started it for more than a week, and I had nightmares every night!..."

Zhao Junjie's words kept ringing in his ears, but Liu Chunxiao didn't listen to a word, his thoughts went back to more than ten years ago.

He remembered very clearly that that day was the day when the school's placement list for arts and sciences was announced, and everyone was discussing how many girls would be assigned to science classes this time, and whether they would be pretty.At this moment, the teacher read a special name——Zhang Tong, and the one who stood up in response was a very delicate little girl. Liu Chunxiao was dumbfounded, and he lowered his head in a panic. At that moment, for the first time in his life, Get blushed for liking a girl.

(End of this chapter)