My Life with Narration-Chapter 300 - 297: This Consultant Is Kinda Unreliable

Chapter 300: Chapter 297: This Consultant Is Kinda Unreliable

What a mix of styles, huh? That’s very Northeastern.

Looking at Zhou Ning with a beaming smile, Su Qing suddenly felt the urge to strangle him. I just had a moment of compassion and was thinking about interrupting to comfort you, but I didn’t expect you to adjust yourself and even agreed on his behalf.

He knows nothing about forensics, and I’ve already said I’m professional in fortune telling, yet you still want me to teach him? What am I supposed to teach!

But then again, a forensic pathologist who deals with corpses all day must have a strong psychological resilience; otherwise, they wouldn’t have lasted this long without mental issues.

That’s why jobs that are suppressive like this are best suited for naturally optimistic and cheerful people. Zhou Ning is quite perfect for it with his inherent sense of humor.

Not only is his personality suitable, but he also inherently brings humor, and most importantly, his self-adjustment ability is outstanding.

At this moment, Zhou Ning and Li Zijun were discussing the case, while Su Qing sat in a chair, playing with a skull ornament on the table. It was quite realistic, with all the joints movable.

Outside, the sun was bright, and the dazzling sunlight shone through the window, making even the little skull look a lot more handsome.

"Now the complexity of the case has increased significantly. We investigated the missing persons cases from the past two to three months and found no matching conditions. We can’t even start the screening process. Either the family didn’t notice the deceased, or the deceased was an outsider whose report was filed elsewhere. As for having no family or friends... that’s unlikely. Do you have any other leads besides these?" Li Zijun asked.

The case was stuck at the very first step, unable to confirm the identity of the deceased, making it impossible to proceed.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Ning took a deep breath, opened the computer on the table, and pulled up a document, with Li Zijun leaning over.

"According to bone age, the deceased was around 30 years old, female. Based on a bone on the inner side of the forearm, her height was estimated to be around 164 cm, with minimal error.

According to the weight of the body parts, she weighed about 60 kilograms. There were axe marks on her body, suggesting dismemberment. We also found some fine and narrow marks on the ribs, leg bones, scapula, and skull. It is estimated to be caused by a sharp weapon, probably a Bone-Carving Knife or a similar sharp tool.

If nothing else, the murder weapon was probably this kind of tool.

No toxic chemicals were detected on the victim’s body; she was likely murdered while conscious.

No other people’s DNA was found on the body parts, and the only personal item was the woven bag, likely used after the murderer removed her clothes for dismemberment. No fingerprints were detected on the bag.

The bag is just a very ordinary one, too widespread to trace the source. Obviously, the perpetrator wore gloves when handling the body, indicating premeditation, not an impulsive crime. Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been done so cleanly."

This is part of the work and content of forensic science—helping the police infer the case process from clues on the body and ultimately find the true culprit.

Li Zijun nodded unconsciously, feeling relieved at some good news, albeit minimal.

Determining the deceased’s height and weight, the type of murder weapon, and the multiple fatal wounds indicates the murderer harbored hatred towards the victim. After all, accidental killings wouldn’t involve stabbing so many times.

Careful analysis and slowly organizing the clues, followed by bold speculation, is their daily work in criminal investigation.

Having clues is naturally ideal, speeding up their speculation. Facing such a case, Li Zijun and others were prepared for a long battle.

The greatest challenge is the lack of a report, with confirming the deceased’s identity being crucial.

But during the conversation, the conjectures or clues mentioned by Zhou Ning translated into the drive for Su Qing’s narration here.

[Liu Xiaojuan, female, height 160, weight 59 kilograms, perpetrator is a male, height around 175, weight 75-80 kilograms, with a sturdy build]

Unexpectedly, more clues triggered the narration, but there really wasn’t much to say about these clues.

"Su Qing, do you have any thoughts?" Li Zijun asked.

She had developed the habit of consulting him first when faced with a problem, but Su Qing shook his head: "What can I say? There are too few clues. We can only wait for Team Lin to return from their visits and investigations. However, I do think it might be worth letting the word out—maybe the murderer will slip up."

On hearing this, Li Zijun glanced at him and then shook her head: "Not a good idea. If we scare the perpetrator away, we’re finished. Let me discuss it with my teacher and others!"

At this, Zhou Ning nodded in agreement with Li Zijun’s opinion, as expected of those professionals.

"By the way, the autopsy was only preliminary—why don’t you guys come with me to take a look? I was thinking of checking again myself; maybe we’ll find something useful," Zhou Ning invited them.

"No, no, too much trouble!" Su Qing waved his hand quickly. Are you kidding me? I’ve never even butchered a chicken, and you want me to watch an autopsy? I’m not that foolish, not to mention whether we’ll even want lunch afterward?

"No trouble, it’s just in the basement, just walk downstairs!"

Su Qing:...

On hearing this, Su Qing’s whole body stiffened and he carefully pointed to the floor: "You mean... the basement of this building?"

"Where else? This is my job; if not here, then where?"

Suddenly, Su Qing’s expression looked a bit unnatural— not out of fear, just admiration for how this bunch could coexist peacefully with corpses.

"When I came, I checked on my phone—the autopsy is supposed to be next to the crematorium, right?" Su Qing asked.

After entering this extraordinarily clean and tidy building, he was puzzled, as it didn’t feel like a place with corpses. So, he checked and found that most autopsy sites were next to crematoriums for convenience.

Before Zhou Ning could explain, Li Zijun softly said: "That’s in ordinary cases. Last time’s jumping girl had her autopsy done there, since she had family. But for cases without even a report, naturally, we keep them here to facilitate our investigation. Once the case is solved, we’ll contact family members to have the body cremated. Moreover, given the body’s current condition, can you imagine an average family member accepting it?"

Alright, whatever you say. As a newbie, I’m just realizing how grim the police station can be. Even the sunshine outside isn’t warm anymore, and the gentle breeze turns into a chilling wind.

Everyone has weaknesses, and he’s no exception. He’s inherently afraid of supernatural stories and never watches horror movies; this indeed touched his sensitive nerve.

Ping~

Just then, his phone suddenly rang, jolting him.

Seeing this, Li Zijun gave him a sideways glance, turning her head away. A grown man being so timid—unbearable!

Zhou Ning, on the other hand, was slightly gloating. Now he kind of believed this person wasn’t into forensic science, because if he were in their major, he wouldn’t have such poor psychological resilience after graduation. Even if you wanted to puke, you’d get used to it back in school days. 𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

Opening his phone, he saw it was a message from Zhu Lili, saying she saw him and was downstairs, asking to talk about video stuff.

"Sister Jun, since we’re done here, how about we head down?"

"What’s up?"

"Zhu Lili wants me to come down!"

"Little Zhu? Bro, you have a wide social network, knowing even Little Zhu," Zhou Ning was slightly surprised, as Zhu Lili was from a different department. His acquaintance was due to their buildings’ proximity and her getting spooked when visiting him, leaving a deep impression.

Su Qing chuckled dryly: "We’re colleagues, just colleagues!"

They both stood up, and Li Zijun said: "Perfect, let’s go down together. I’ll go with you to the basement, while Su Qing, you go find Little Zhu. Your work needs to continue too!"

"Alright!" Su Qing said joyfully.

Hearing this, Zhou Ning was puzzled: "Work? With Little Zhu? Isn’t he in our criminal investigation team?"

"He’s a specially appointed network security promotion advisor in our bureau, learning at our place, primarily working in social media, making short videos, now with a million followers."

On hearing this, Zhou Ning’s brain CPU was a bit overloaded—a social media short video influencer becoming their bureau’s network security promotion advisor, working in their criminal investigation division, and even giving him a shock due to forensic expertise?

He wasn’t against cross-disciplinary work, but wasn’t this too much of a leap? Taking such huge strides, aren’t you afraid of overreaching?

Already humiliated, the degree of insult exponentially increased. Besides, can a network security promotion advisor really get involved in criminal cases? Ridiculous!

Seeing his confusion, Li Zijun spoke up: "Rest assured, it’s approved by the director."

Zhou Ning:...

Okay, now I’m being forced to accept someone crossing multiple fields to give me such a surprise package here, and then quietly asked Li Zijun:

"What exactly is your brother? Why do I feel this network security promotion advisor isn’t quite legitimate?"