A perfect crime? To me, it's full of flaws!

In the following days, Qi Feng's life returned to its usual tranquility.

It's just that there's now someone who cares about me.

Despite Lin Haitang's usually efficient and decisive approach to solving cases, she is, after all, a woman with a delicate mind.

Qi Feng, a grown man, was used to living alone and would deal with things as best he could. But since Lin Haitang came into his life, it seemed that his life had gained a bit more color.

At least now, there's a cactus on his desk, and his drawer is stocked with a lot of commonly used medicines. He doesn't need to order takeout anymore when he gets home at night.

But life is a mix of joy and sorrow.

"Hey Qi Feng, are you cosplaying as a panda?"

In the large office of the Provincial Criminal Investigation Corps, an old criminal police officer, holding a teacup, looked at Qi Feng who had just walked in and chuckled.

"What do you mean, cosplaying a panda? They're just training their eyesight! It's just that their training method is a bit special." Another young police officer next to him chimed in, winking and making faces.

Qi Feng came to work today with dark circles under his eyes.

He tossed the bag he was carrying onto the table, pulled out a chair, sat down, and casually picked up a small mirror from the table to look at himself.

"Go away, stop looking at me! You don't know anything!" Qi Feng retorted shamelessly, a signature wicked smile playing on his lips. "This is called battle damage makeup, it's all the rage right now. If you don't know, don't talk nonsense, it makes you look uncultured."

There was nothing he could do; after all, he had picked the most beautiful policewoman in the provincial department.

These past few days, as he walked through the provincial government building, he always felt like countless envious eyes were stabbing at him from behind.

Let's go back to Qi Feng's panda eyes.

This is nobody's fault but his own; he brought it on himself.

He just wanted to try something new last night.

Then, with Lin Haitang's shout of "You scoundrel!", he received a punch to his left eye, resulting in a black eye.

Afterwards, adhering to the principle of not being discouraged and becoming more courageous with each setback, he tried again while doing certain things.

As a result, he also got punched in the right eye.

The two panda eyes are now perfectly even.

"That tiger girl, she really goes all out. We'll have to teach her a lesson about husbandly authority later."

Qi Feng cursed inwardly, then rubbed his eyes, gasping in pain.

"Hmph! Pervert! Serves you right!"

Lin Haitang walked in from outside, carrying a stack of documents.

She was wearing a crisp police uniform today, and her hair was neatly tied up.

Seeing Qi Feng being teased by everyone, her cheeks flushed slightly. She glared at him fiercely, then ignored him completely, turned around and walked to her seat in her police boots, then sat down with her back to Qi Feng.

She didn't want to see Qi Feng again today, that pervert! That scoundrel!

But that's how things are; things often don't go as planned.

The two hadn't even been at work for an hour when the internal phone rang.

They were summoned to Liu Yuanshan's office, who had already returned to the provincial department.

Pushing open the door, Liu Yuanshan was standing by the window smoking, his brows furrowed into a deep frown.

"There's a case that the department has sent me to handle. You two will come with me," Liu Yuanshan said, turning around and getting straight to the point.

"What case is it?" Qi Feng asked, leaning forward with a curious look.

Just as Liu Yuanshan was about to speak, his gaze fell on Qi Feng's face, and he suddenly stopped.

"Stay away from me, I'm afraid I'll have nightmares tonight." Liu Yuanshan pushed away Qi Feng, who was leaning closer, with disdain, and stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray. "What mischief are you up to now?"

Qi Feng coughed twice, trying to change the subject.

"Master, shall we set off now?" Lin Haitang stepped forward, ignoring Qi Feng. She now called Liu Yuanshan "Master" just like Qi Feng, and the way she called him "Master" sounded extremely natural.

"Let's leave now. They're urging us urgently. We'll discuss the case on the way." Liu Yuanshan picked up his coat from the table and strode out.

Five minutes later.

A Mercedes-Benz G-Class drove out of the provincial government compound and sped towards City A. Qi Feng was the driver, Lin Haitang was in the passenger seat, and Liu Yuanshan was in the back.

The atmosphere in the carriage was oppressive, a far cry from the relaxed atmosphere of the office that morning.

As the vehicle entered the highway, Liu Yuanshan opened the black file in his hand and began to briefly introduce the case.

A case that would require someone of Liu Yuanshan's rank to personally intervene is definitely not a simple case.

This case has a chilling, sinister quality to it.

City A. Serial murder case.

The first victim, Zhou Yun, was 29 years old and worked as a health blogger with hundreds of thousands of followers online.

She was found dead in her rented house.

The forensic examiner deduced that the time of death was likely a few hours after the live broadcast that evening, between 1 a.m. and 3 a.m.

Zhou Yun is frequently complained about because she always broadcasts live late at night, and the noise is too loud, affecting the surrounding residents.

To avoid trouble, she moved to an old, dilapidated apartment in the old city of City A that was about to be demolished.

Eighty percent of the residents here have moved away, and those who remain are mostly elderly people who are hard of hearing or have poor eyesight.

The surrounding environment is complex and the alleys are narrow. Most of the surveillance cameras have long been damaged and out of order, which has made the investigation of the case difficult.

The scene was extremely horrific.

Zhou Yun sat in her computer chair, facing the computer screen, her chest cavity cut open by a sharp blade, her heart gone.

Even more horrifying, her eyes were gouged out by the murderer, leaving only two bloody, black holes.

The on-site investigation revealed that the doors and windows were intact, with no signs of forced entry.

There were no signs of a struggle or fighting inside the house.

The most bizarre thing is that the killer left no fingerprints, hair, or footprints at the scene.

The entire room was cleaned spotlessly.

Because of the gruesome manner of the death and the lack of obvious property theft, the police in City A initially classified the case as an extremely heinous revenge killing.

But as the investigation stalled, more people were killed.

The second victim was Zhang Kai, 41 years old, a pharmaceutical representative for a large pharmaceutical company.

He was found dead in a car parked on a suburban highway.

Preliminary forensic examination indicates the cause of death was carbon monoxide poisoning.

The car windows were closed, and a hose was used to draw exhaust fumes into the passenger compartment.

If that were all there was to it, many people would assume it was an accident, or a suicide staged as an accident.

However, Zhang Kai's chest was also cut open, and his heart was removed from his chest cavity, its whereabouts unknown.

Unlike the first case, his eyes were intact and had not been gouged out.

Because the two cases involved different causes of death and different methods of committing the crimes, and there was no direct evidence that the two cases were committed by the same perpetrator, the Criminal Investigation Team of City A did not initially investigate the two cases together, but instead established separate task forces.

The third case shattered all hope.

The third victim was Gou Qing, 47 years old, a well-known lawyer in City A.

He was killed while fishing by a wild river on the outskirts of the city.

When the body was discovered, Gou Qing was hanging from an old willow tree by the river with a nylon rope.

After his death, his chest cavity was cruelly cut open and his heart was removed. Unlike the previous two cases, Gou Qing's tongue was cut off at the root by the murderer.

Since the crime scene was located on a riverbank in a remote, desolate area, there was no video surveillance footage available.

But this time, the killer made a mistake despite his meticulous planning.

The muddy land along the river faithfully recorded the killer's traces.

Two sets of clear footprints were left at the scene.

Based on gait analysis and footprint depth by forensic experts, it is preliminarily determined that there are two perpetrators.

One of them is male, about 1.8 to 1.9 meters tall, weighing 85 to 95 kilograms, with a long stride and deep force.

The other one was female, about 1.6 to 1.7 meters tall, weighing 50 to 65 kilograms, with smooth edges on the footprint and fine treads on the sole of the shoe.

The three deceased were of different identities.

What they all had in common was that their chests were cut open and their hearts were removed.

Gouge out eyes, cut out tongue, rip out heart.

This goes beyond the scope of an ordinary murder case.

The three cases have been formally merged for investigation.

The serial killings were extremely cruel. News of the crime spread like wildfire, and rumors flew throughout City A. The Municipal Public Security Bureau was under unimaginable pressure from public opinion.

Left with no other option, they had to urgently seek help from the provincial department.

As one of the top trace evidence experts in the provincial department, Liu Yuanshan took on the task without hesitation.