Quick Transmigration: What to Do When the Male Supporting Character You Saved Becomes Obsessed with

Chapter 343 Obedient and Clingy Younger Brother (54)

In the middle of nowhere, there was basically no light except for the beam of a flashlight that was still flickering as people searched.

The small halo reflected from the phone screen seemed to separate itself from this place, giving Jin Shuhe a narrow space to breathe.

He wasn't particularly afraid, but being there, facing the heavy, oppressive atmosphere of the crime scene, made the air he breathed feel compressed.

Zooming in on the picture, you can see that Sister Li Ruan has a tuft of hair sticking up, and there are potato chip crumbs on her fingertips.

Her smiling eyes, curved into crescents, shone warmly in the light behind her black-rimmed glasses.

Jin Shuhe let out a long breath and relaxed a little as he leaned against the tree trunk.

The images of the horrific scene I had just witnessed had somewhat faded from my mind.

"What flavor of potato chips?" he typed.

"It's cucumber flavored."

"I don't like the taste of cucumber."

"I also bought your favorite tomato flavor~ I'll wait for you to come back and eat it!"

They had countless such simple and everyday conversations.

"Did you have meal?"

Jin Shuhe looked up at the sky, where the stars were particularly bright because it was far from the city lights; it was almost eleven o'clock.

Forget about dinner, I don't even know if I'll be able to get breakfast tomorrow.

Besides, I can't eat anymore.

"I ate. I ate at work tonight."

"By the way, Sister Li Ruan, I probably won't be able to go back for the next few days," Jin Shuhe typed.

"Okay, I understand. Just take care of yourself and focus on your work!"

Lu Liruan didn't ask him where he was or why he couldn't go home.

She knew that Jin Shuhe couldn't answer such a question either.

"Are you rested yet! If you are, come help with the forensics team taking samples!" Chen Mingkang's voice came from the bushes: "What's wrong, are your legs already weak?"

"Coming right away!" Jin Shuhe braced himself and stood up.

"Sister Li Ruan, my colleague is calling me! Goodnight~" He quickly typed the last sentence, turned off his phone screen, and hurried to where he needed help.

"Where's Silang?" Jin Shuhe picked up her flashlight and scanned the area, but couldn't see Qi Silang anywhere. She asked.

"She's crying over there." Qin Wen followed behind a forensic officer, carrying the evidence bag for him, and gestured with his chin to indicate that Jin Shuhe should go to the light source ahead.

"Who cried! Brother Wen, don't talk nonsense! I was just having a physical reaction when I cried!" Qi Silang's hoarse voice came from behind, weak and listless.

"Yeah……"

"Of course! Sister Xia was just talking about what you were like when you first arrived at the scene!"

"Alright, alright! You're the one who opened your mouth, get back to work!" Qin Wen said angrily, "Hurry up, your Sister Xia is good at telling stories, but you're slow at working. She'll be just as good at dissecting you with a scalpel!"

As we walked over here, that scent, which you could never forget once you smelled it, became even stronger.

Jin Shuhe kept his mouth shut and didn't get involved in their bickering. He found that as long as he didn't rest or relax, he adapted faster, and at least he didn't vomit again in an embarrassing way.

I'd rather be exhausted than humiliated...

Jin Shuhe is indeed someone who has the thoughts that one would expect at his age.

Saving face is a lifelong endeavor.

He also listened carefully to most of what Sister Xia said.

He didn't want to wait a few years for someone to bring up his embarrassing past and tell it to newcomers.

Searching for evidence, handing over responsibilities among departments, surveying the terrain... by the time we finally stood up straight, the sky had turned a pale leaden gray.

The weather forecast predicted heavy rain today, and it seems to be accurate.

"That's quite clever. We found it before it rained, otherwise we would have been in even worse shape," Wu Qidong remarked, puffing on his cigarette.

"Let's call it a day! We need to go back and have a meeting!"

He turned his head and said, "Director Lin, may I borrow your office's meeting room?"

The police station chief hurriedly said, "Please feel free to use it. If you need our assistance in any investigation, just let us know, and we will fully cooperate!"

The car was clean when we arrived, but it smelled strange when we left.

Everyone was so dirty that you couldn't even tell their original color from their clothes. Who wouldn't have fallen a few times yesterday?

The wet mud on Jin Shuhe's trouser legs had dried and hardened, and it would fall off with a "rustling" sound whenever he moved.

No one should look down on anyone else.

Qi Silang was already snoring loudly after only a short time on the bus.

"Not one this time?"

Qin Wen lit a cigarette and teased Jin Shuhe again.

Jin Shuhe shook his head again: "Brother Wen, can you please stop trying to lead me astray?"

"Pfft—" Qin Wen laughed: "Alright, alright, I won't stop you from being a good kid. You're quite resilient."

Jin Shuhe wasn't not sleepy; his mind was numb, and he could hear himself speaking as if he were listening to someone else.

But Qi Silang was leaning on his shoulder, snoring right in his ear, making it impossible for him to fall asleep...

Shortly after I arrived at the police station, a heavy rain started pouring down outside, so heavy that the ground seemed to be steaming.

A case analysis meeting was held in a smoke-filled conference room.

The forensic team only has the preliminary autopsy results; no identification documents have been found on the body so far.

Based on the degree of decomposition and the stage of fly larvae, the deceased had been lying in the water for more than ten days.

There was a radiating bone injury at the occipital bone of the head, which ruled out the possibility of a fall and was determined to be intentional. The case has been classified as murder and entered the murder investigation process.

"First, we need to identify the deceased. Since no physical evidence has been found to prove the deceased's identity, we need to check the recently reported missing persons in the system and compare them with the condition of the body."

"Based on the current autopsy and forensic examination, this should be the primary crime scene. The perpetrator and the victim appeared here together. After killing the victim, the perpetrator dragged the body about 30 meters west and dumped it in the dense bushes."

Deputy Captain Wu analyzed the case, and everyone below listened attentively, taking notes in their notebooks.

“There is no public transportation here, but people often come here to camp. When checking traffic surveillance footage leading to this place, pay attention to any suspicious vehicles.”

"Our main tasks at this stage are identifying the victims and reviewing traffic surveillance footage at several nearby points leading here. Meeting adjourned!"

The victim identification was handled by a network-savvy technician, while Jin Shuhe and his team began checking road surveillance footage.

"If you can't hold on, go to the rest room and take a nap..."

Chen Mingkang nodded to the two younger ones.

Having stayed up for so long, Jin Shuhe's eyes felt dry even when he blinked. He raised his hand and rubbed them hard, saying, "It's okay, I'm fine."

"Alright! We serious criminals have to have this kind of spirit, we have to be stubborn and strong!" Qin Wen brought in two bags of breakfast, and the aroma of steamed buns filled the air.

"Take a bite before drinking!"

Qi Silang lifted his butt off the screen, grabbed a steamed bun, and stuffed it into his mouth: "Mmm—chive filling!"

"Shuhe, come here!"

He held one to Jin Shuhe's lips. The aroma of noodles mixed with the fragrance of eggs and shrimp made one's stomach rumble. Jin Shuhe took it and then grabbed a packet of soy milk.

I thought I wouldn't be able to eat anything...

"Hey! I was thinking in the middle of the night, 'I hope I can't eat for three days!'"

Before he could speak, Qi Silang spoke up for him.

"As it turns out, I was being quite pretentious. Now I feel like I can eat anything!"

Jin Shuhe: ...

Coincidentally, he thought so too.

"Hahahaha! You two have great mental fortitude! I was worried you wouldn't be able to handle it, so I specially bought chives and shrimp!" Qin Wen laughed heartily.

"Alright, Brother Wen, you'd better stop talking, or I'll remember again..."

"It's better to be rough. When Shuhe first came to our team, I took one look and thought, 'Wow! I thought some rich young master had come down to gain experience.' He had such a pretty face, but now he's rolling around in the mud just like everyone else."

"Brother Chen, stop joking with me..." Jin Shuhe had already gotten used to their unrestrained way of speaking.

Jin Shuhe listened to their nonsense and silently picked up her phone to take a picture of the steamed buns and soy milk in her hand.

Before they went to the lounge to rest for a while, I quickly sent a message to Lu Liruan.

"breakfast."

"I'm having brunch."

Lu Liruan patted the noodles she had made; they often did this when Jin Shuhe was in school.

Now that Jin Shuhe has started working, Lu Liruan doesn't feel much different and is adapting well.

After saying a few more words, Jin Shuhe swiped up the chat box and opened the photos that Sister Li Ruan had posted last night.

After thinking about it, I just put it under my pillow.

With Sister Li Ruan by my side, I'm sure I won't have nightmares and can get a good night's sleep.

Some inexplicable prayers and superstitions.

I don't know if it was really effective, or if he was just too tired.

He was woken up by Qin Wen, who was in the single bed next to him.

"Sleeping so soundly!"

"what time is it……"

Jin Shuhe opened the screen in a daze, and Lu Liruan's photo came into Qin Wen's view. He didn't mean to peek, but once he saw it, his curiosity was immediately piqued.

"Girlfriend! She's so beautiful! You're a lucky guy!"

"what……"

Jin Shuhe couldn't tell whether his mind had been slow for a moment or he had been stunned by the words "girlfriend," and he couldn't bring himself to say "no."

By the time he felt guilty, Qin Wen had already started talking about other things.

Jin Shuhe swallowed her words, a subtle sense of secret joy welling up inside her, as if she had stolen a piece of candy, feeling sweet yet not daring to make a sound.

They took turns sleeping, and each of them slept for less than five hours in total.

I had just washed my face when a barrage of good and bad news came in quick succession.

The bad news is that the traffic surveillance yielded no results, but the good news is that the deceased's identity has been confirmed.

On the seventh day after the deceased went missing, his ex-wife reported him missing to the police station.

The deceased, Dong Hongcheng, was a professor at Tsinghua University specializing in biological science and engineering. He had several different projects under his supervision, including both graduate and doctoral students.

More than ten days ago, he asked the school for annual leave, saying that he was under a lot of pressure and needed to rest for a few days. Although two projects had reached a critical stage, he insisted on doing so.

Therefore, the school did not notice anything about his disappearance.

The ex-wife realized this because of their son. Although she had custody of their son, he would send him to her place for the weekend every one to two weeks.

When the agreed time arrived, he did not show up. They could not contact him no matter what they tried. They contacted his family, but no one knew where he was. After discussing it, they decided to call the police.

Because it was a case of an adult going missing, the police station's investigation initially focused on the traffic system, and did not turn to the possibility of homicide.

It wasn't until today, when I searched the system, that I found the basic information.

The traffic monitoring team expanded their search scope again, and the task of investigating major cases became visiting relatives and friends, and visiting colleagues and students at schools.

Learn everything about him, then start with the clues to determine the next direction of the investigation.

“This Professor Dong has a lot of academic achievements, and he recently published some papers. I don’t know much about those, but he seems to be doing very well in both his life and work. We need to dig deeper into his life.” Chen Mingkang tossed the keys to Qi Silang: “You open the door, I’m going to take a nap.”

Jin Shuhe was no longer sleepy and quickly summarized the useful information in the car, sharing it with Qi Silang as he did so.

While Deputy Captain Wu led a group to learn about their daily lives, they went to T University.

As a comprehensive university with strong academic strength, Professor Dong has his own laboratory. After informing the department, when they arrived at the laboratory, there were still students conducting experiments in an orderly manner.

"What! You said...Professor Dong is dead?"

Upon hearing this news, the students were stunned for a moment, and then their faces showed different expressions. After Qi Silang asked, Jin Shuhe immediately observed each of them.

"We don't know anything. Our experiment has reached a critical stage these past few days, so I don't think anyone has left the school," Wang Lusheng, a doctoral student at the head of the group, answered on behalf of the group.

“We didn’t ask you where you went!” Chen Mingkang glanced at him.

“Isn’t this part of the investigation process? We’ve all watched crime dramas.” Wang Lusheng sighed. “We don’t know much about the professor’s situation, but without him, our experiment would be…”

"Okay, feel free to call me with any information you may have."

……

After leaving T University, Jin Shuhe sat in the car, lost in thought.

"What's wrong? Still thinking about those two girls who asked for your WeChat?" Chen Mingkang teased him. "You're in police academy. If you were in a regular university, you'd definitely be the campus heartthrob!"

"Brother Chen, what normal school has any school heartthrobs? You've been watching too many idol dramas, haven't you?" Jin Shuhe said casually.

This made Qi Silang burst into laughter.

“Those students all had grievances against Dong Hongcheng,” Jin Shuhe recalled.

"Oh! You think so too?"

"Hmm." Jin Shuhe has always been exceptionally sensitive to people's emotions, a skill honed from life since childhood. She never expected it would be useful in her profession.

I suppose... it's a bit of an unexpected bonus.

"When Si Lang said that Dong Hongcheng was dead, they were only surprised. Two of them seemed to be secretly pleased afterward."

"Investigate! Investigate what happened at the school, what happened to these students!"

Wu Qidong listened to their reports and assigned tasks.

Back at the municipal bureau, Chen Mingkang loudly proclaimed Jin Shuhe's affair as if it were the end of his meal.

"Girls at school saw he was good-looking and came up to him asking for his WeChat. They were so enthusiastic and full of youthful energy that he was so scared he kept backing away, hahaha!"

"Then you tell them: 'Sorry, I'm already married.' You look like a little boy, and you say you're married? Hahahaha!"