My older sister, born in the 1970s, stole my marriage; I took my three treasures and blew up the fam

"He went down into the river to retrieve something himself."

Yin Quan didn't elaborate on what it was until they got in the car and left the family compound.

Yin Quancai said, "Other bodies were also found in the river where the body was found."

Ruan Tinghe turned pale with shock. "A serial murder case?"

"It can't be confirmed yet, so I need your help." Yin Quan didn't know much about the case either.

The two hurried to the police station. As soon as they entered, they were hit by a pungent stench of corpses. Everyone in the police station had a solemn expression.

"Dr. Yin," Captain Song greeted Yin Quan immediately upon seeing him, and as he approached, the stench of corpses grew stronger and stronger.

Yin Quan couldn't help but frown. Even as a doctor accustomed to all kinds of smells, he couldn't accept it for a while.

But Ruan Tinghe just wrinkled her nose, as calmly as if her nose had stopped working.

Wouldn't a normal girl feel nauseous and scared?

Captain Song asked enthusiastically, "Is this the little girl Shen Yan mentioned who can draw on corpses?"

Ruan Tinghe nodded: "Hello, my name is Ruan Tinghe."

"Hello Comrade Ruan, my name is Song Gui, you can also call me Captain Song! Let's not delay, come with me. There are quite a lot of corpses this time, you can leave at any time if you can't handle it."

Ruan Tinghe thought that the so-called "a lot" meant two or three corpses.

It wasn't until I entered the morgue that I saw the white sheets laid out and the stench that could almost make someone faint.

She could no longer remain calm.

There must be at least a dozen corpses here!

He took an N95 mask out of his pocket and put it on.

Captain Song's eyes widened. "What kind of mask is this?"

Yin Quan shook his head in confusion, "I've never seen it before."

Ruan Tinghe walked towards a corpse next to the door, lifted the white cloth, and found it to be a completely unfamiliar body.

"The lighting here is too dim." Ruan Tinghe was even considering taking out her own small table lamp; the light was really affecting her observation.

Captain Song waved his hand, and two police officers came in and carried the body in front of Ruan Tinghe to an open space outside.

But it was already dark outside, so we had to turn on a few light bulbs to make it brighter.

Ruan Tinghe gradually got into work mode. She worked very quickly, and as one corpse after another was carried out, the faces of the women appeared vividly on the paper.

Ruan Tinghe didn't finish the last painting until dawn.

She went to the front hall, took off her mask, looked around, and only saw a familiar face: Captain Song.

Seeing that she seemed to be looking for someone, Captain Song offered to explain, "Dr. Yin asked me to tell you that he went back to rest, as he has surgery during the day."

Ruan Tinghe nodded and asked, "Where is Shen Yan?"

"Still by the river."

Ruan Tinghe exclaimed in surprise, "Could there be more...?"

Captain Song's face was grim. "It's uncertain. The river is very long, and the search is still ongoing. I'll wait for you to finish drawing before I go to the site to help."

If he hadn't been a poor swimmer, and if Shen Yan hadn't insisted on going into the water himself, he wouldn't have returned to the bureau to assist Ruan Tinghe with the portrait drawing.

"Comrade Ruan, you've had a long night. Have some breakfast, and I'll have someone take you home to rest. I might need your help tonight."

"Okay." Ruan Tinghe did not refuse. The painful and distorted faces of the girls flashed through her mind. She felt very depressed and wanted to help the police find the murderer as soon as possible.

Why is he called the murderer?

Because she discovered crucial evidence.

Ruan Tinghe pulled out three images. "Captain Song, the portraits of these three girls cannot be restored. Their facial bones are missing, and the gaps are very similar. It may have been caused by the same murder weapon."

"However, this is just a guess; your forensic experts will need to confirm it."

Ruan Tinghe didn't speak too definitively, after all, she was just a portrait artist.

Captain Song picked up the portrait and compared it with the image; indeed, there were similarities.

He was extremely grateful: "Thank you, Comrade Ruan, you've been a great help! Once the case is solved, I will definitely report your contribution to the leadership!"

"I'm glad I could help you." Ruan Tinghe yawned, and her stomach rumbled.

Captain Song quickly said, "Comrade Ruan, why don't you go to our canteen for breakfast first?"

Ruan Tinghe shook her head. She felt sticky and uncomfortable, her body smelling of both sweat and the stench of a corpse.

If she goes home like this, she will definitely scare Grandma Qin and the children.

"Captain Song, do you have a place to shower here? I smell a bit strong."

Captain Song slapped his forehead. "How could I forget about that? Oh yes, I even had the female comrades prepare a change of clothes for you."

After saying that, Captain Song looked troubled again: "However, our team is almost entirely male, so we don't have separate men's and women's bathrooms. I don't know if you mind..."

"I don't mind, as long as I can take a shower."

Ruan Tinghe wasn't that particular. When she lived in the small county town, she often used the public security bureau's bathroom, which was also a unisex bathroom. Besides, she was only borrowing the bathroom; she didn't actually intend to take a shower there. She wanted to use the bathroom as cover to hide in her own space and take a shower.

"That's good, I'll take you there now."

The station's bathroom was in the duty room. The room was very basic, with only two beds and a table. The bathroom was even more basic; there was nothing there, not even a faucet.

After Captain Song delivered the person, he went to the kitchen and asked someone to bring a bucket of boiling water and two buckets of cold water so that Ruan Tinghe could wash herself using the mixed water temperature.

The water was put down, and the person left.

Ruan Tinghe wanted to lock the door to the lounge, but found that the lock was broken and couldn't be locked at all.

The table and bed were nailed together; you couldn't even move the table to block the door.

Remembering what Captain Song had said, that no one would come to the rest room during the day, Ruan Tinghe felt much more at ease.

She closed the door to the lounge, entered the bathroom, but didn't intend to use the water for a bath, so she didn't bother to adjust the temperature. She went straight into the space and enjoyed a nice bath.

Half an hour later, in the lobby.

Shen Yan and several police officers returned looking disheveled.

The deputy captain put his arm around Shen Yan's and said, "Comrade Shen Yan, you must be starving after a long night. Come on, I'll take you to the canteen."

A junior police officer was deathly pale, with vomit still stuck to the corner of his mouth.

He vomited all night and vomited all the way back.

"Vice-captain, can you still eat?"

The vice-captain, nonchalant as ever, said, "What's there to be upset about? It's not like it's the first time I've seen a corpse."

The young police officer seemed to recall the gruesome sight of the corpse and rushed out to vomit again.

Shen Yan's expression wasn't much better, not because of the corpse, but because of the brutality of the case.

Seventeen bodies have been recovered, and there may be more still in the river.

The number is so huge!

They were all girls, around seventeen or eighteen years old.

He couldn't help but worry that his sister might also be among the victims...

"Deputy Captain, is there a rest room in the bureau?" Shen Yan asked, exhausted.

"Yeah, right. You're not thinking of going to take a break and then going back to help out by the river, are you?"

Shen Yan did indeed think that way.

The deputy captain and Shen Yan were old teammates. The deputy captain had reached retirement age and became a police officer.

The two were quite familiar with each other, which is why Shen Yan was able to get involved in the case so easily.

The vice-captain patted him on the shoulder and reassured him, "Alright, go and rest then. The rest room is just up the iron stairs at the back. Don't go to sleep right away, I'll have someone bring you two buckets of hot water, take a shower first."

The vice-captain led the other brothers to get some food.

Shen Yan went to the restroom first before finding the lounge.

The lounge was empty, but there were three buckets of water in the bathroom.

Shen Yan asked in surprise, "The water arrived so quickly?"

Without much thought, Shen Yan took off his clothes and took a shower.

Meanwhile, Ruan Tinghe, who was taking a bath in the space, had been soaking for half an hour, changing the water several times. She finally felt satisfied and ready to come out, as she could no longer smell her body.

Looking at her dirty clothes, she realized she had forgotten to bring the clothes the captain had given her!

The clothes were in a bag, and it should be on the wall of the lounge bathroom!

She can't exactly go out wearing clothes from her future world.

Let's just leave the space naked and change into the clothes the captain gave us.