Before long, Ling Chen followed Xia Mutong to the morgue. Just as they were about to enter, Ling Chen suddenly thought of sothing and asked, "Officer Xia, is the body you ntioned a male or female?"
"Female," Xia Mutong replied with two words, then pushed the door open and went inside.
In the morgue, several bodies were laid out. Xia Mutong went straight to a cold iron bed, opened the zipper of the body bag. Imdiately, a bloated female corpse appeared in front of Ling Chen. "Do you recognize her?" Xia Mutong asked Ling Chen.
Glancing at the corpse in the body bag, Ling Chen’s expression changed slightly, a hint of surprise in his eyes.
It’s actually her! Ling Chen never expected the body found by the police would be her. His mind racing, Ling Chen nodded and said, "Officer Xia, to be honest, I know her." After a pause, he continued to ask, "I want to know how she died?"
Xia Mutong remained silent, instead fully unzipping the body bag, revealing the entire body of the female corpse to Ling Chen.
Looking at the scars on the female corpse, Ling Chen couldn’t help but furrow his brows. This female corpse had about a dozen wounds on her body, judging by the width and depth of the wounds, they appeared to be made by a dagger. Moreover, there were bruises on the wrists and ankles, indicating she was tied up with a rope at the ti, then stabbed repeatedly with a dagger.
Brutal! Ling Chen squinted his eyes, those people were really cruel. As he pondered, Xia Mutong asked, "I checked the archives for her information, couldn’t find anything relevant. Since there are clues related to you on her, can you tell who she is?"
"Her na is Lin Yiyi, she’s from the Ling Family in the south." Ling Chen said, then he asked, "By the way! Officer Xia, you ntioned there are clues related to on her, what does that an?"
"When Tianhai City police found her body, they discovered a small wooden piece in her hand with your na engraved on it. I speculate, she might have pried a wooden piece off the board when she was trapped, then carved your na on it so we could find you."
"So that’s what happened." Ling Chen asked, "Do you know why she was killed?"
"According to the coroner’s speculation, she was killed the day before yesterday and then dumped in the sea. Having been soaking in the seawater for a whole day, her body beca slightly bloated. Ling Chen, since you know her, do you know why she was killed? I hope you can provide so clues so we can catch the murderer as soon as possible."
Ling Chen shook his head, "Officer Xia, don’t bother thinking about the murderer, you won’t catch them any ti soon. If I’m not mistaken, the person who killed Lin Yiyi should be soone from their own Ling Family."
Hearing this, Xia Mutong asked in confusion, "Soone from their own family? If so, why would they kill her?"
"I think... perhaps it’s because Lin Yiyi betrayed them." Ling Chen said. Back then, because Lin Guodong was secretly purged by the Ling Family in the south, Lin Yiyi, who was closest to Lin Guodong, was heartbroken. Later, she proactively contacted Ling Chen, seeking revenge for Lin Guodong. After that, Lin Yiyi stayed in the southern Ling Family, secretly providing information to Ling Chen.
It’s likely that the people from the southern Ling Family noticed sothing, which is why they sent an assassin after Lin Yiyi. Thinking of this, Ling Chen sighed. The people from the southern Ling Family are truly ruthless, not even sparing their own.
"Alright, since you have no more clues to provide, I won’t keep you any longer." With that, Xia Mutong zipped the body bag back up.
Just then, the sharp-eyed Ling Chen noticed sothing. "Officer Xia, wait!"
"What else do you want to do?"
Ling Chen pointed to Lin Yiyi’s body and asked, "Has the forensic doctor examined her body?"
"Not yet, why, is there a problem?"
Ling Chen rubbed his nose, looking puzzled, "I just find it strange. Why did Lin Yiyi want you to find ? Is it just to tell she was killed? I think what she wanted to convey wasn’t that simple."
Saying this, Ling Chen put on a pair of disposable dical gloves. Then, he leaned closer to Lin Yiyi’s body, carefully examining her wounds. Seeing Ling Chen’s actions, Xia Mutong asked, "Did you find anything?"
Ling Chen pointed to a wound on the abdon, "This wound is different from the others. The other wounds are all made by a dagger, but this one is special. From my experience, this wound should have been made three or four days ago, and Miss Lin seed to have treated it, because it was soaked in seawater, this wound looks much like the others."
"What does that imply?" Xia Mutong was sowhat puzzled, "Even if it is a wound from a few days ago, it doesn’t an anything."
Ling Chen picked up a pair of hemostatic forceps, gently flipped over the edge of the wound, and examined it closely.
"Huh?" All of a sudden, Ling Chen seed to have discovered sothing, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes. Imdiately, he inserted the hemostatic forceps into the wound, slowly pulling out what was inside. Instantly, a small plastic bag was revealed inside the wound.
Seeing the plastic bag, Xia Mutong’s eyes couldn’t help but light up, surprised that sothing was hidden inside the body.
After taking out the plastic bag, Ling Chen imdiately took out its contents. It was a phone mory card. Indeed! Ling Chen nodded to himself; Lin Yiyi hadn’t wanted the police to find him for no reason, she did it to pass on information to him. Because the Ling Family in the south had started suspecting her, to avoid being discovered, she wounded herself, hiding the phone mory card inside her abdon.
It has to be said, Lin Yiyi was very brave, sothing ordinary people would find difficult to do.
"Give it to ." Xia Mutong extended his hand, attempting to grab the phone mory card. However, Ling Chen reacted quickly. Seeing Xia Mutong’s outstretched hand, he imdiately turned around, dodging Xia Mutong’s grab.
"Officer Xia, this is sothing Miss Lin left for . How could I casually give it to you?"
"This is important evidence, it needs to be handed over to the police." Xia Mutong extended his hand to Ling Chen, wearing an unyielding expression, "Either you hand over the phone mory card, or you spend a few days in the detention center. I’ll let you out when you’re willing to give it to ."
Ling Chen looked troubled, "Officer Xia, we’re such good friends, why do this? How about we..."
Before Ling Chen could finish his sentence, Xia Mutong imdiately interrupted him, "Don’t play gas with , one word—are you handing it over or not?"
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