You're cast as a villain, and you're supposed to teach the police how to solve cases?

Meng Yang is now sitting on a small stool with Lu Fei at the door, eating sunflower seeds.

"Captain Zhao, let me remind you again, don't blame me if they have to pay you compensation later."

Old Wu slowly put on his gloves and shoe covers, then looked at Meng Yang.

"Thank you for your concern. We're just looking for clues, not ransacking the house. How could we possibly damage anything?"

Meng Yang shrugged. "Whatever."

"Little sister, this cream flavor is delicious, you have this one." Meng Yang took a handful of sunflower seeds from his side and gave them to Lu Fei.

They even ate sunflower seeds right in front of him! Old Wu was so angry his mouth twisted into a crook.

"Captain Zhao, you keep an eye on him outside. Xiao Song and I will go in and look for bloodstains and human tissue!"

Team Leader Zhao nodded, turned around, and stared intently at Meng Yang.

Meng Yang readily handed over a handful of sunflower seeds.

"Want some?"

"roll!"

[Wow, Meng Yang's mental fortitude is truly impressive.]

I observed him closely just now; his hand didn't tremble at all while cracking sunflower seeds, which means he wasn't flustered at all.

Qin Wei: Wrong. He was just flustered, so he used the action of cracking sunflower seeds to cover it up.

...

No matter how noisy the live stream was, Lao Wu and Xiao Song had already entered Brother Li's house.

The first thing Old Wu did upon entering was to turn on the room light, instantly illuminating the entire room.

Old Wu looked around carefully. It was just an ordinary little house. Although the things inside weren't arranged very neatly, it had a very homey feel.

The floor was tiled, and there was no bloodstain, just a thin layer of dust.

"Xiao Song, walk over carefully and look for shoe prints on the ground. Don't damage it. If we find Meng Yang's shoe prints, it will at least prove that he has been in this house."

Xiao Song hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Old Wu, I think even if we find the shoe print, Meng Yang will say it was left before, that the two families are neighbors, unless we can prove that the shoe print was left recently."

"That's not necessarily true. If we can find a footprint of Meng Yang with very clear edges, then it can indeed prove that Meng Yang was here in the last few days."

"Let's start by going in from the edge and checking out the kitchen and bathroom, be careful."

Old Wu is quite capable; he's very meticulous and careful.

"That's right, he's an expert after all. If it weren't for Meng Yang, that freak, who could escape his discerning eyes?"

[Meng Yang has entered the room several times these past few nights, so there must be footprints on the floor. If, as Lao Wu said, fresh footprints can really be collected, then Meng Yang is lying when he says he hasn't been in.]

Damn, committing crimes is so hard! The slightest mistake and the police can shut you down. With my IQ, I'd better just be a law-abiding citizen.

...

Old Wu and Xiao Song carefully slipped into the bathroom.

The bathroom is small, a single room without a separate wet and dry area.

Old Wu pointed to the toilet.

"If it's dismembered, because the pieces are quite large, it's usually flushed down the toilet. I'll check the toilet for any residue. You go turn on the sink faucet, flush it, and then take out the drain hose. There might be some bits of flesh or bones in there."

Xiao Song nodded, walked to the sink, opened the cabinet door below, and found a section of blackened plastic tubing.

"Yes, that one. Take out the hose, find a basin, turn the water up to the maximum, flush the drain plug into it, and then take the whole hose back for inspection."

This time, the work was done in a hurry, and it should have been done by Lao Wu's men, but now it can only be done by forensic doctor Song.

Since Song Ci was also a forensic doctor, he could withstand ordinary stench.

He carefully found a basin, put the hose in the basin, then stood up, turned on the tap, and turned it to the maximum.

At this moment, Old Wu was already squatting on the edge of the toilet, gently wiping the crevices inside the toilet bowl with a cotton swab.

"Look, it's in here."

spray!

Sizzle! -----

Before Lao Wu could finish speaking, the faucet in the sink suddenly burst open, and tap water shot into the air, more than a meter high, like a fountain, instantly soaking Lao Wu and Xiao Song.

"Damn it! Xiao Song, how did you break the faucet?" Old Wu hurriedly dodged and wiped the water off his face.

Song Ci stared blankly at the burst faucet, then looked at his own hand. "I didn't use any force."

"Quickly find the valve; these kinds of faucets all have a valve installed at the front."

Old Wu, with his experience, squatted down and followed the water pipe to find the valve.

The water from the faucet was still spraying everywhere, and his back was completely soaked.

Fortunately, he quickly found the valve and twisted it sharply with his hands.

Clang!

Bang!

The valve landed on the ground.

A jet of pressurized water suddenly shot into Old Wu's face.

"Holy shit! Ptooey! Ptooey! Ptooey!"

Old Wu scrambled to his feet, his face and body covered in water.

That damn valve burst too.

Holy crap! What a lousy building! The water pipes keep bursting.

[This is what a tenement building looks like. This building looks like it's from the 80s; it's been around forty or fifty years. The water pipes inside are long gone.]

Look! The water is rising too high, it's overflowing and flooding the living room.

...

With such a large amount of water, the entire bathroom was flooded, and Lao Wu and Xiao Song could no longer stand.

"Old Wu, the water's out, the footprints are all gone!" Xiao Song shouted in a panic.

Old Wu took a look and realized it was true. The bathroom was designed with some problems in mind. The inside was lower than the outside, and water was leaking out from the gap in the threshold. In less than a minute, water started to seep into the living room.

"No, we need to find the main valve and turn off the water, otherwise the footprints will all be ruined."

"Xiao Song, find a piece of cloth and try blocking it first. I'm going to find the chief executive."

Old Wu rushed out in a hurry, and as soon as he came out, he shouted at Meng Yang, "..."

"Meng Yang, where is the mastermind in your building?"

Team Leader Zhao was startled; how did these two end up like this after only a short time inside?

"Old Wu? The water pipe burst?"

"Yeah, it burst, it's full of water." Old Wu casually replied, then walked over, stepping through the wet footprints.

"Meng Yang, the main valve, where is the main valve?"

Meng Yang shook his head.

"Boss, we've never had a burst water pipe in our house, how am I supposed to know where the main valve is? Why don't you go down and ask Uncle Ma?"

Seeing Meng Yang's gloating expression, Old Wu stomped his foot in anger and rushed down.

"Grandpa, Grandpa Ma, the water pipe has burst! Where is the main valve?"

Team Leader Zhao glanced inside and saw that Brother Li's house was completely flooded, with water flowing not only into the living room floor but also into the bedroom.

"Damn it! Xiao Song, hurry up and drain the water! It'll be a real problem if you get people's clothes or closets wet and moldy!"

Without a second thought, Captain Zhao rushed in, grabbed a broom, and began frantically sweeping the water out.

Dirty water splashed everywhere, so Meng Yang quickly grabbed a stool.

"Little sister, let's step back a bit, so the water doesn't hit us."