Animal Detective

Chapter 179 Two Corpses
The woods were cordoned off with police tape.

Several lights illuminated the area within a ten-meter radius.

The top layer of soil had been removed, and Du Xinkai, along with his assistant Yu Peixin, carefully cleaned up the last layer of soil.

Outside the cordon, Shen Xin and the others waited for the results, some sitting and some standing.

Zhao Tianxing slapped his arm and complained that it was already December and there were still mosquitoes.

This year seems to be a mild winter; the weather isn't that cold.

Shen Xin also slapped him on the back of the neck, and when he looked at his hand, there was a bag of blood.

I don't even know whose drug it was from.

Ding Yuwei handed over a few blades of grass from the side.

"what?"

Shen Xin was puzzled.

Ding Yuwei said, "Crush it up and rub it on your body."

Shen Xin glanced at the few leaves, having no idea where Ding Yuwei had picked them from.

"Why don't you go down the mountain and buy some floral water and mosquito coils?"

Shen Xin took it; he figured he'd be busy today.

Ding Yuwei scoffed, "Why don't you go?"

Going up and down the mountain is no easy task.

Just then, Chen Chao arrived.

"Let's eat first." He also brought a boxed lunch, along with some mosquito repellent and mosquito coils.

Shen Xin was already hungry, and with quick reflexes, he grabbed a serving of braised pork chops and meatballs and handed it to Ding Yuwei.

Then he grabbed a random portion and, while eating, asked Chen Chao about the situation at Hutang.

"Don't mention it."

Chen Chao spat out the packaging of the disposable chopsticks, squatted down on the ground and said, "When I left, Gou Jinlan was cooking, and she was cursing and swearing, saying that the kitchen knife she just bought was not good and that she wanted to exchange it with Yang Huixia."

"Zhu Yuchen went to his classmate's house to play. Yang Huixia, on the other hand, refused to leave no matter what. Anyway, there were people left there, so let them go."

Shen Xin felt a wave of embarrassment.

Is this what was initially called hostage-taking?

All the hostages have gone out to have fun, so only the kidnappers are left, right?

Seriously, those police dramas on TV could never film such an abstract plot.

Chen Chao took a bite out of half a chicken leg, patted Shen Xin on the shoulder, and mumbled, "Kid, not bad."

They actually found the burial site thanks to the monkey.

However, he only casually praised it, saying that there had been previous cases, so it was nothing new.

Zhao Tianxing, holding a boxed lunch, leaned against the tree trunk where the police tape was tied, watching Du Xinkai and the other man busy at work. As he ate, he asked, "Old Du, what's wrong?"

He saw that Du Xinkai had stopped.

As he spoke, he crossed the cordon and walked over.

It's been two years already. Apart from underground, there's no evidence to be found above ground. Setting up a cordon is just to roughly delineate the area where the body was buried.

"Holy crap, there are three hands on that!"

Zhao Tianxing let out a strange cry.

Below the pit, Du Xinkai slowly began clearing one area at a time.

Because they were buried directly, there was a risk of missing any small items or other evidence on their bodies, so the cleanup was very slow.

Unexpectedly, two hands were found here, and then another hand was found near the abdomen of the corpse.

So Du Xinkai and Yu Peixin were both stunned and stood there.

Zhao Tianxing let out a strange cry and suddenly realized what was happening, exclaiming, "Damn it, two corpses!"

In an instant, Shen Xin, Chen Chao, and the others all surrounded them.

Du Xinkai blinked hard.

That's right, it's three hands.

The half-corpse that was cleared out in front of us was lying on its side, so the bones of both hands were still together.

He wasn't mistaken; with so many finger bones, it must be two hands.

But what's with that hand on the abdomen?

Du Xinkai looked up: "Old Chen, didn't you say there was only one corpse?"

Chen Chao's mind was completely blank.

The situation changed abruptly with the sight of two corpses.

"Old Du, hurry up and dig," he said in a deep voice.

Du Xinkai and his companion immediately sped up.

To avoid missing anything, I piled the cleaned-up soil aside and will sift it later. Actually, there's no need to wait until it's completely cleaned up.

You can tell just by looking at the clothes.

Cotton clothes decompose very quickly, but fiber clothes, let alone two years, or even several years later, won't change much.

So when the other pair of jeans was revealed, it was confirmed that there were indeed two bodies buried underneath, and it was a woman.

Because this is clearly a women's slim-fit jeans.

Soon, the two bodies were completely cleared out and displayed to everyone.

One pair of men's faux leather sandals, and another pair of classic black and white canvas sneakers.

Judging from the posture of the clothes and the position of the bones, it can be inferred that the pit was dug deep but not big enough, and both bodies were thrown in sideways.

Then, looking at the size of the bones, the other skeleton was clearly that of a petite woman.

Zhao Tianxing pinched his nose and said, "This can't be Zhu Guishen's lover, can it?"

Shen Xin's heart pounded wildly.

Behind him, Ding Yuwei suddenly grabbed his arm.

Shen Xin turned to look at her, and she stared wide-eyed, her face filled with terror.

Shen Xin himself felt a chill run straight to the top of his head.

Zhao Tianxing probably just said it casually.

But if the female corpse underground is indeed Zhu Guishen's lover, then the situation changes.

Before this, Shen Xin genuinely thought Yang Huixia was just a pitiful person and that she had no motive for committing the crime.

Because after getting to know her, I could tell that she deeply loved Zhu Guishen.

But what if it was all an act?

Knowing her husband was having an affair, she encouraged him to buy life insurance, and then seized the opportunity to murder both her husband and his lover.

She would then have ample motivation.

She loved Zhu Guishen so much, but her husband still cheated on her.

Shen Xin used to think that although Yang Huixia and Zhu Guishen argued, it was just the kind of argument that happened after many years of marriage, the kind where they would quarrel in bed and make up in bed.

But what if it isn't?

Yang Huixia was just pretending; she was acting.

If that's the case, then her acting skills are so good that she deserves an Oscar.

Therefore, Shen Xin felt a chill all over his body.

Chen Chao had obviously thought of this as well, his expression changing repeatedly before he said in a deep voice, "Don't talk nonsense."

Zhao Tianxing quickly shut his mouth.

Chen Chao clenched his fists, his eyes fixed on the corpse in the pit. After a long while, he finally spoke: "Old Zhou, you need to go to Hutang immediately. You must control the scene and prevent Yang Huixia from doing anything rash."

He couldn't help but consider the possibility that Yang Huixia was faking it.

Then she might take her anger out on Gou Jinlan and Zhu Zhenyuan and his wife.

Going to an even more extreme point, they might even harm Zhu Yuchen.

Therefore, it is now necessary to control the scene to prevent this situation from happening.

"If all else fails, depending on the situation, we can consider taking her into custody and bringing her back to the branch office," Chen Chao added.

Zhou Zhongyi nodded, quickly called over a colleague, and hurried off.

"Old Du, call Old Tang over too. Quickly clean up the scene, do a preliminary autopsy to see how she died, and determine the age of the woman's body as soon as possible."

The only clues can be found on the body.

"Zhao Tianxing, hurry to Dingshan Police Station and see if anyone has been reported missing since the incident and whose whereabouts are still unknown."

As he spoke, he quickly walked to the side, took out his phone, and contacted Sun Zhao, asking him to send someone over for support.

Ding Yuwei was still somewhat shaken.

"Shen Xin, do you really think Yang Huixia is acting?" Ding Yuwei's voice trembled slightly.

Before Shen Xin met Yang Huixia, she felt that Yang Huixia deeply loved Zhu Guishen and didn't seem like the murderer.

Shen Xin previously said that in this day and age, people still believe in love, and even cited Zhang Qin's case as an example.

She retorted at the time.

Now that she's seen all of this, if Yang Huixia really was acting, then she feels her own views on love are about to collapse.

"I don't know, my mind is really a mess right now."

Shen Xin shook his head, recalling that night when Yang Huixia sat atop Lotus Peak, pointing to the distant Peony Garden, saying she would work hard to earn money so she could buy a house there.

At that moment, there was a real light in her eyes.

If all of this is staged, then humans are truly terrifying creatures.

(End of this chapter)