Genius Detective

Chapter 960: Failure To Follow The Dying Wish

At 6:00PM in the afternoon, Chen Shi took Tao Yueyue home. Tao Yueyue picked up the novel "The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later" that she hadn't finished and started reading. Chen Shi snatched it from her hand and gave her a case file. "Read this. This is interesting to read."

Tao Yueyue made a face and asked, "What is this?"

"Witness transcripts when Zhou Tiannan was killed. Try to look for clues that have been overlooked."

Chen Shi took out some ingredients from the refrigerator and started cooking skillfully. After a while, Lin Dongxue came back and saw Tao Yueyue in her uniform. She teased, "Whose young girl is this that looks so handsome?"

"Sister Lin, I went to investigate the case with Uncle Chen in the afternoon."

"Any progress?"

Chen Shi came out with a dish while wearing an apron. He said, "Yueyue seems to have seen the murderer's vehicle. We visited the SWAT team and we’re planning to deal with a shady car dealership tomorrow."

Lin Dongxue placed the document envelope in her hands on the table. "I found these."

Chen Shi picked it up and took a look. They were all cases of pedestrians being hit and killed by vehicles in recent years. There were photos attached to them. Looking at these before eating a meal could greatly affect one’s appetite.

"There were several that had stumbled and fell off the bus platform... middle school students... insurance salesmen... yoga instructors? If these were done by one person, the victims seem to be completely random!"

"Perhaps it’s as I said. He pushes people for pleasure!" Lin Dongxue said.

Tao Yueyue suddenly said, "When Zhou Tiannan's accident happened, an eyewitness said that he saw a man in black leaving the scene. Why wasn’t this investigated properly at the time?"

Chen Shi looked at that page of the statement and said, "Just what can we find based on the words "Man in Black"? Some clues are like wine, and they will only become valuable after a while."

"It seems that this person really exists!" Lin Dongxue furrowed her brows and said in surprise.

"We should try to find out what these victims had in common. Even if the murderer is doing it for pleasure, he will have a preference when choosing his targets, and this preference can reveal his personality characteristics." Chen Shi said.

"In that case, we are not investigating the case of that male domestic abuser?"

"It's not that we’re not investigating it. We can’t investigate it right now... Is the autopsy done?"

"I only saw Captain Peng coming back when I got off work. He seemed a little haggard."

Chen Shi wondered if Peng Sijue had found Gu You's body already. He said, "I'll go to the bureau after I’ve eaten."

After dinner, Chen Shi went to the bureau. All the police officers were off work but the forensics department was still lit up. Peng Sijue sat alone in front of the computer, comparing the DNA maps.

Peng Sijue had probably skipped his meal again. Chen Shi went outside to buy a boxed meal, then walked back and called out, "Old Peng."

"Why did you come?"

"Can’t I care about you?" Chen Shi smiled. "You went to identify a corpse again today?"

Peng Sijue nodded silently and glanced at the computer. "This isn’t her either."

"Actually, I don’t think you have to continue looking for her anymore. I'm afraid Miss Gu is no longer with us."

"How many times have you already said this? Even if she’s no longer with us, she needs to be laid to rest in peace! Do you know how many unclaimed corpses there are in Long’an everyday? I bring them back and do my best to determine their identities. I send them back to their families, which can be considered doing good deeds."

"Eat your meal!"

Peng Sijue picked up the boxed meal and started eating. Chen Shi picked up the autopsy report on the table and saw that the male domestic abuser was determined to have been killed by an injection of cyanide. Judging from the intramuscular injection method, the other party had experience in using medical equipment.

After eating half of the food, Peng Sijue set it down and lit a cigarette. He didn't smoke much but held it in his hand and watched it burn on its own.

The room was very quiet. Some words in Chen Shi’s heart, but he didn’t know how to open his mouth. Peng Sijue keenly noticed his tension. "Do you have something to tell me?"

"Haha, why do you ask?"

"If you have something to say, hurry up. I still have work to do!" Peng Sijue said impatiently.

"Uh... that... How many corpses have you found so far?"

"Over a hundred. What's wrong?"

"You still can't forget her?"

"It's not a question of whether I forget her or not. She has no relatives. Finding her body and giving her a proper burial is also considered fulfilling a wish. I’ve always been selfish, and I don't know why I’ve subconsciously started to insist on this matter. Do I love her very much? I have never loved anyone, so I can’t compare it. In fact, when identifying these unclaimed corpses, I always feel very nervous. I hope it’s her, and yet, I hope it’s not... Haii, why am I talking to you about this? You won’t understand."

"Why won’t I understand? Unconsciously, you have become very empathic!"

"Are you taunting me?"

"Don't make narrow-minded assumptions. I'm leaving. You should get off work soon."

Going outside the Public Security Bureau, Chen Shi stood alone for five minutes. He finally made up his mind, drove to a mobile phone store, bought an anonymous mobile phone, hesitated for a long time, and dialed 110.

"Hey, I found a dead body in the outskirts of the city..."

After speaking, Chen Shi didn't leave behind his contact information and just hung up, turned the phone off and threw the phone into the trash can.

He could see that Peng Sijue was being dishonest. If he hadn't loved Gu You deeply, he wouldn’t have persevered like this. He’ll just let him have this wish granted!

This anonymous alarm call really worked. The next morning, after the case discussion meeting, Chen Shi went to look for Peng Sijue and found him facing a set of white bones on the autopsy table in a daze. Chen Shi pretended to be curious. "You found another corpse again?"

"It's really her this time." Peng Sijue said very calmly. "Someone called the police last night, and I rushed out early in the morning. The DNA appraisal results show it’s Gu You."

The white bones on the autopsy table looked as clean as stones, and they looked very petite when arranged together into a human shape.

"I hope Miss Gu didn’t pass away in too much pain." Chen Shi mourned over the white bones.

"Did you do it?" Peng Sijue asked unexpectedly.

"What?"

"I've seen the grave. The bones were carefully buried. They were wrapped in a quilt. I thought of what you said last night. Then this anonymous police call suddenly came. I listened to the recording. Although you deliberately lowered your voice, that was your voice! Why? When you found her body back then, you didn't call the police, but buried her quietly? You didn't even tell me?"

Reading the anger in Peng Sijue's eyes, Chen Shi replied, "Because this was her dying wish!"

"What dying wish?!"

"She wanted to leave the scene by disappearing, so that you wouldn't know that she was killed, but I didn't expect you to look for her everywhere over the past two years to the point of obsession. I couldn't bear it any longer, so I called the police..."

Peng Sijue walked in front of Chen Shi. Although he still looked calm, Chen Shi knew that this was already considered rage.

"Since it was her dying wish, why didn't you stick to it? If you couldn't stick to it, why didn't you tell me earlier? You pretended that nothing had happened these past two years?"

"I was conflicted..."

Peng Sijue poked Chen Shi's chest and said, "That kind of thing can't be proved at all. I will never believe you again! Goodbye!"

With that said, Peng Sijue left the autopsy room straight away. When Chen Shi chased out after him, he heard the forensic officers say that their captain had left without a word...