Murder Puzzle Code 5

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 Chapter 5

VV: as mentioned by previous two translators, this novel has a theme of abusing women, female fertility, rape, surrogacy field, kidnapping, trading of women and everything that humiliates the female section. So proceed at your own risk.

There was obvious redness and swelling on Lu Yan's wrist, and blue-purple bruises on the outside of his arm. If Yu Jing remembered correctly, these injuries were all caused by him.

Yu Jing was not much better. When walking, his centre of gravity was obviously on his left foot, and he consciously let his right foot rest.

Lu Yan lowered his eyes and glanced at Yu Jing's right foot, then looked away and ignored it.

"Forensic Doctor Lu, although our working environment is not as good as Jiangfeng City, the atmosphere among colleagues is pretty good. Let me introduce to you, the deputy captain of our criminal investigation unit, Yu Jing. He is also the leader of the Serious Case Team Second that invited you, forensic doctor Lu, to join.” Li Pei introduced enthusiastically, his eyes signaling Yu Jing to come over and introduce himself.

A police officer felt that the new forensic doctor looked familiar. After a closer look, he remembered the handsome guy he saw at the crime scene last night. Could it be that Forensic Doctor Lu and Captain Yu have known each other for a long time?

Yu Jing curled his lips and reluctantly stepped forward to greet him: "Hello, Dr. Lu. I'm Yu Jing."

Lu Yan did not respond, but looked at Yu Jing silently. The atmosphere at the scene suddenly became awkward. Others looked at each other. Somehow, they felt that these two people seemed to be difficult to deal with.

Li Pei's eyes lingered between the two of them. What was going on? He had clearly asked Yu Jing before. Yu Jing had said at that time that he didn't know Lu Yan. Why did it look like the two of them knew each other?

A chuckle broke the deadlock. Lu Yan reached out to hold Yu Jing's hand and responded: "So you are Captain Yu. I couldn’t tell.”

Yu Jing's expression was a little hard, and he refused to admit defeat and said: "People should not be judged by their appearance. Forensic Doctor Lu seems to be different from the rumors."

The two held their hands for a long time, secretly competing.

Lin Xiangli saw that both of their hands were red, but they were still reluctant to let go. He kindly stepped in between and said, "Hello Captain Yu, I'm Lin Xiangli. I've known you for a long time!"

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand, indicating that Yu Jing could let go and shake his hand.

"Forensic Doctor Lin must be joking, who is more famous than Forensic Doctor Lu?" Yu Jing said, still not letting go of his hand.

Lu Yan smiled and refused to admit defeat, "Deputy Captain Yu only likes to joke. It doesn't matter whether I am famous or not. I do things based on my ability. Of course, I can get more recognition than some people who like to lose their temper."

Yu Jing said, "I usually have a good temper, but sometimes I can't control myself when I encounter people who don't understand organisational discipline, disrupt the rules without permission, and don't repent."

Lu Yan's eyes narrowed slightly, his chest rose and fell even more, a ball of fire nestled in his heart, and he was very aggrieved. He threw away Yu Jing's hand and said coldly: "I don't understand discipline? Yu Jing, how many calls did I make to you last night? Did you answer? Have you seen the text message I sent you?

Yu Jing was stunned, then smiled disdainfully and said, "Forensic Doctor Lu, can you be more honest as a person? Seeing as you didn't cause any harm to the scene yesterday, I won't argue with you, but for this reason, you can't tell lies like this if you want to save face."

"You think I'm lying?" Lu Yan nodded speechlessly, took out his mobile phone from his bag, and opened the call history. Within an hour last night, he made 12 calls and sent 5 text messages. In reply, he wanted to ask Yu Jing about the work.

Yu Jing's expression changed and he took Lu Yan's cell phone to check. He had indeed called a number and sent a text message requesting to inspect the scene.

"Forensic Doctor Lu, you can get prescription glasses if your eyesight is low." Yu Jing said, returning the phone to Lu Yan, "You entered the wrong number. Mine is 0730, not 0130."

Lu Yan took out the phone number given to him by the director from his pocket in disbelief. It looked like 1 to him.

Director Sun took a closer look and corrected: "The horizontal line on it looks a little short, but it does exist, and it is indeed 7."

Seeing Lu Yan fall into silence, Yu Jing stretched out his hand and rubbed the tip of his nose, "Although you contacted the wrong person, you did mean to report to me. What I just said was a bit harsh. How about we reconcile?”

"Reconcile?" Lu Yan sneered, "Even if Captain Yu didn't receive these calls and text messages, I clearly wanted to explain to you yesterday, why didn't you listen? Is this what Captain Yu calls discipline?"

Lu Yan did not mention the fight between the two of them. After all, he had a sense of morality. The director of the Jianglong City Police Department and the captain of the criminal investigation unit were both here. If he mentioned the fight between Yu Jing and him last night, Yu Jing would definitely be punished.

But the people present were not blind. After Yu Jing came back, he suddenly had so many injuries on his body. It so happened that Dr. Lu also had injuries on his body. Plus, they were so repulsive when they were introduced. It wasn’t hard for them to guess!

Director Sun hinted to Captain Li to quickly calm down the current chaos. Captain Li had a headache, and then smoothed things over and said, "Actually, this matter is also my fault. I didn't discipline Yu Jing well. I will let him write an apology letter soon. Forensic Doctor Lu, please calm down.”

"Captain Li!" Yu Jing shook off Li Pei's hand, "I apologise, but I don't admit that I was wrong."

"Yu Jing!" Li Pei warned.

Yu Jing took a step forward and stood in front of Lu Yan, "Forensic Doctor Lu, ask yourself, before receiving the reporting information, someone suddenly came to the scene with a camera. Isn’t it reasonable for me to misunderstand? If you didn’t get a response after contacting me, you could have asked the chief or other colleagues to at least inform me through them instead of coming directly to the scene.”

Lu Yan was at a loss for words. He had indeed not considered this matter carefully, but he still refused to admit defeat. "After I arrive at the scene, I can cooperate with the police officers guarding the scene, and they will be responsible for identifying my physical evidence. This is also in line with the rules."

"Forensic Doctor Lu is preparing to join the Jianglong City’s Serious Crime Team. There is no need to bring the habits of the previous unit to me. Since you have joined my team, you must obey my rules. Before entering the scene, you must report to the person in charge of the case!” Yu Jing had the height advantage and shrouded Lu Yan in his shadow. He reminded in a deep voice, "Before, you were the chief of the forensic department, and others would respect you and give way to you. But you’re nothing in Jianglong City and here.”

Li Pei quickly pulled him back, "Yu Jing, do you know what you are talking about? We asked forensic doctor Lu to come over to help. Is it appropriate for you to speak like this?"

Yu Jing frowned. This was the Serious Crime Team, and it was never a bureaucratic place. If Lu Yan couldn't listen to this, there was really no need to work with him.

"Strange, why isn’t he answering the phone?" Song Yu was wondering. He called Yu Jing twice, but both calls were hung up. Could something be wrong with Yu Jing?

He just wanted to see what Yu Jing would look like after cutting his hair. After all, most people would fall into an extremely ugly period after cutting their hair. As a good brother, of course he would laugh at him immediately.

The police officer standing in the guard hall gave a timely reminder, “Master Song, you are here to send us some warmth again! But you came at the wrong time today. There is a quarrel upstairs! Captain Yu is probably very angry. If you meet him, you will definitely get scolded.”

Song Yu became excited as soon as he heard this. He walked to the guard hall with the breakfast and asked, "Who committed the crime this time? It couldn't be Zhou Xiaoyang again! This young man is good at it. He has been defeated many times in battles.”

"No!" The police officer glanced upstairs and whispered, "We have a new forensic doctor here. The two of them seemed to have a quarrel over something. Both the director and the captain are trying to stop the fight! Master Song, I advise you to stop joining in the fun!"

"Who is joining in the fun? I'm not stupid!" Song Yu craned his neck to take a look and gave breakfast to the guard. "I don't want to be a target. I'll have enough quarrels in the meeting. Please help me send it over and also don’t forget to keep one for yourself too.”

Song Yu patted the police officer's arm and quickly ran away.

Lin Xiangli stopped Lu Yan and persuaded him kindly: "That's enough. They have apologised. We were also in the wrong. Try to put yourself in other people's shoes!"

"That's right, boss! Forensic doctor Lu went back to the scene to conduct verification last night. His intentions were good, but there was a misunderstanding. Now the misunderstanding should be resolved! It's important to investigate the case!" Zhou Xiaoyang dragged his captain. He knew how immoral it was to beat someone. If it started in front of the director and Captain Li, would it be okay?

"Are you arguing about right and wrong?" Fang Zhishu, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke. He was a trace inspector transferred from the appraisal centre and was responsible for cooperating with the Serious Crime Team.

He didn't have a background as big as Lu Yan’s, but because he stayed out of the matter, he could see things more clearly.

Fang Zhishu looked at the quarrel and said with a smile: “If they really want to fight here, you can't stop them. One is used to giving orders, and the other just doesn't like being directed, so this conflict won't stop. Isn’t it just a question of who should listen to whom?”

As he spoke, he let go of Lin Xiangli and Zhou Xiaoyang's hands and walked between Yu Jing and Lu Yan, "It's getting late. It's time to start handling the case. Whoever finds the key evidence first will be listened to. Everyone will judge the truth based on their ability. This is fair!”

Yu Jing's eyes were fixed on Lu Yan. Lu Yan looked at Yu Jing with dissatisfaction in his eyes. He refused to accept anyone, but after hearing Fang Zhishu's proposal, he readily agreed.

"I agree, does Dr. Lu dare to accept? I remember you came to refuse the invitation from the crime team today?" Yu Jing had seen the autopsy report made by Lu Yan, and he admitted that Lu Yan was technically skilled.

Although he didn’t like Lu Yan's behaviour, he appreciated Lu Yan's ability. If he could really obey, maybe he would be a good helper in the future.

Lu Yan was silent for a long time, then turned to Director Sun and said, "Director Sun, I've thought about it carefully. I volunteer to join the Serious Crime Team Two, but currently, I don’t really recognize the team leader’s abilities. I'll wait and see if he's just showing off, or if he's really capable. "

Fang Zhishu kept his merit and fame deep in his heart, put his hands in his pockets, and slowly walked out of the office with his toolbox. He didn't want to fight. Wouldn't it be better to just be a simple worker?

The police car drove into Chaoyang Community again, and the residents couldn't help but poke their heads out to watch.

Under the watchful eyes, several people went upstairs and were about to enter the crime scene for re-investigation. However, they saw the neighbour across the door suddenly opened the door. When she saw them, she looked a little surprised. Before the police asked, she immediately explained: "I thought the air conditioner repairman came."

As soon as she finished speaking, there was the sound of hurried footsteps in the stairwell. A maintenance worker walked up the stairs. When he saw a group of policemen, he thought he had reached the wrong place.

But after checking the house number, there was nothing wrong, so he said to the neighbour: "Hello, I am from Aneng Maintenance Company. Did you order the maintenance?”

"Yes, come in!" The neighbour opened the door and invited him inside.

The maintenance worker asked curiously, "These policemen are..."

"Something happened opposite the door. They came here for the investigation." The neighbour sighed regretfully, then she looked at the maintenance worker and asked, "By the way, a maintenance man from your company came here a few days ago. I saw that he just came out of the opposite door, so I asked him to repair our home as well, but he refused and asked me to make an appointment online. Why is your company online? I don’t even know how to use a smartphone, so how do I know how to make an appointment?! "

The author has something to say: 

Small theatre:

(The two hold hands tightly, neither one admits defeat)

Yu Jing: This guy is very strong! No, I can't lose!

Lu Yan: What does he mean? Compete with me?

Yu Jing: Oh, your hands are red, why don't you let go? It’s quite durable!

Lu Yan: I can't lose. I won't accept losing to such a person. If I hold on a little longer, he will back off!

Yu Jing: It hurts— should I follow Lin Xiangli's words? No, after accepting what Lin Xiangli said, Lu Yan must know that I can't hold it in. I can't bear to lose.

Lu Yan: If you can't hold on any longer, find some topic to distract your attention and let go!

(When Lu Yan shook off his hand, they both breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. Secretly feeling lucky, they silently hid their trembling hands.)

VV: author’s notes really calm the tense atmosphere.

Sorry for any grammatical errors.

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