Hong Kong film: Forever, a killer with amazing skills

Zhang Xiaowen opened the door, and the brightly lit study was filled with a pleasant smell of books.

"Please come in. I'll get you some tea and some fruit."

Zhang Xiaowen said.

"No need to bother."

Ling Qian'er quickly said.

"It's alright, it's alright! You guys chat."

Zhang Xiaowen smiled, turned around, and walked out.

Ye Tianming and the others looked helpless.

"Sister Xiaowen is always so warm and welcoming."

Liu Xianmin smiled and said.

Then he led the group over and introduced his teacher, Professor Zhang Yuanwei!

"Professor Zhang, I'm so sorry to bother you so late!"

As Ling Qian'er spoke, she handed over the folder in her hand.

"We've come here hoping you can help us take a look. With your expertise, do you recognize the characters on this?"

Professor Zhang sat behind a desk. He looked quite old, at least seventy years old, with a head of gray hair and wearing reading glasses. He looked rather serious.

Upon seeing what Ling Qian'er handed him, he didn't say anything, but simply opened it and began examining it with a magnifying glass.

Professor Zhang seemed completely oblivious to the dismembered remains in the photograph.

He just kept looking at the text on the photos.

Ye Tianming and the others didn't dare to disturb him.

After a while;

Zhang Xiaowen came up again, accompanied by an aunt, who brought water and fruit and asked everyone to sit down.

Ye Tianming and the others said thank you, and then sat down, waiting for Professor Zhang to finish reading.

As a result, Professor Zhang spent almost an hour looking at it.

He didn't say a word during that time, but simply took a lot of books from the bookshelf to compare with something.

After a while;

Professor Zhang finally put down his magnifying glass.

Upon seeing this, several people immediately stood up and gathered around.

"Professor Zhang, have you noticed anything?"

Ling Qian'er quickly asked.

Professor Zhang shook his head and frowned, saying, "It's strange. This is not any script I recognize, but at the same time it has many similarities to other ancient scripts."

Professor Zhang then gave them an example.

For example, there are several characters under the skin of one of the left hands that look very much like the oracle bone script of the ancient Xuan Kingdom.

A few other characters resemble ancient Mayan script.

On his other left hand, there are some characters that look very much like ancient Egyptian script.

Anyway;

Professor Zhang mentioned more than a dozen ancient scripts that are similar to these characters!

But it's only similar.

They are not exactly the same.

Therefore, this must be another ancient script that he has never known before.

Seeing that even a professional expert like Professor Zhang couldn't recognize these characters, Ye Tianming and his team became increasingly skeptical about whether they were ancient scripts.

Or rather;

They are just some symbols with special meanings.

Around 8pm.

Ye Tianming and his group came out of Professor Zhang's house.

Professor Zhang's daughter, Zhang Xiaowen, warmly invited them to stay a little longer, but having asked all their questions, they naturally wouldn't stay any longer to disturb their rest.

Professor Zhang is so old; he should rest early.

I usually go to bed around eight o'clock.

Today they came, and Professor Zhang spent so much time helping them decipher these characters, although in the end they didn't get the answer they wanted.

But at least they have a basic understanding of the situation.

This is probably not really written text.

Instead, they are certain special symbols!

As for what these symbols actually mean?

We'll have to keep investigating.

So the group left the villa area and said goodbye to Gao Yanbo's friend.

On the way back, Ye Tianming was also recalling some details he had observed in the villa.

"What are you thinking?"

Ling Qian'er, who was standing to the side, asked him.

Ye Tianming glanced at her and said, "Don't you guys think that Mr. Liu and Professor Zhang's daughter are a bit...?"

"You mean it's a bit ambiguous?"

Gu Zechen, sitting in the front passenger seat, turned around and said.

Ye Tianming nodded.

He definitely felt that way.

Upon hearing this, Gao Yanbo, who was driving, chuckled and said, "Ah Ming, you're very observant. Xianmin did have a relationship with Miss Zhang, but that was many years ago. However, it seems that they may have rekindled their old flame."

Upon hearing that it was such boring gossip, Ling Qian'er immediately lost interest in listening further.

All she wants to do right now is solve the case!

“However, Ah Min, your observation of Xianmin just now wasn't just because of this, was it?”

Gao Yanbo glanced at Ye Tianming sitting in the back seat through the rearview mirror and said.

As expected of Gao Yanbo, his observation is meticulous, and his mind is very insightful, allowing him to guess some of Ye Tianming's thoughts.

"I knew I couldn't hide it from you." Ye Tianming chuckled. "That's right, I did suspect Liu Xianmin before, but at least for now, I haven't seen anything wrong with him."

"You suspect Liu Xianmin? Why?"

Upon hearing something related to the secret, Ling Qian'er immediately became interested and asked in confusion.

Sitting in the passenger seat, Gu Zechen had a thoughtful expression on his face.

They probably already guessed why Ye Tianming suspected Liu Xianmin.

"Because of the pattern."

Ye Tianming said.

"what?"

Ling Qian'er looked puzzled, indicating that she didn't understand at all.

What rule?

Are there patterns to be found in solving cases?

Seeing that Ling Qian'er still didn't understand, Ye Tianming guessed that she might not like watching suspense movies, so he explained: "The reason I suspect Liu Xianmin might be the murderer in the puzzle murder case is that in many detective novels and suspense movies, people like him who are highly educated and have connections with the police in charge of solving the case are likely to be the real culprit."

"Just because of this?!"

Ling Qian'er was speechless.

So that's the pattern.

“Yes, that’s why.” Ye Tianming nodded and said, “Of course, I only have a slight suspicion that this Mr. Liu doesn’t seem to have any motive for murder.”

"Of course, Yanbo is the one among us who knows him best, and we can get some information about that from Yanbo."

Upon hearing this, Gao Yanbo, who was driving, was not angry because Ye Tianming suspected his friend. After all, Ye Tianming's suspicion was just something he thought in his mind.

If he hadn't pointed it out, Ye Tianming wouldn't have said it at all.

If that's the case, what's there for him to be angry about?

Moreover;

It's actually quite normal for Ye Tianming to have doubts about Liu Xianmin.

If Gao Yanbo and Liu Xianmin are not friends and do not know each other well.

When someone like Liu Xianmin comes into view, one will instinctively have doubts.

This isn't malicious speculation about others; it's simply a professional habit stemming from their profession.

The reason Ling Qian'er didn't think of it was simply because her knowledge in this area was relatively narrow, and she didn't understand these so-called rules.

“I know Xianmin. He was a good student since college and has a happy family. He doesn’t have any childhood trauma or anything like that,” Gao Yanbo said while driving. “So he can’t be the murderer in the puzzle murder case. But I really like your attitude of being suspicious of anyone who is a suspect, Amin. Maybe you shouldn’t be a forensic doctor, but a policeman.”

"Forget it, I hate working overtime the most."

Ye Tianming chuckled and said.

Upon hearing this, everyone on the bus laughed.

Everyone knew that Ye Tianming hated working overtime.

The West Kowloon Forensic Department has developed a habit of leaving get off work on time, and it was all thanks to him that they started this habit.