吃过午饭，林秋浦召集大家去趟会议室，林冬雪进来的时候，见徐晓东正眉飞色舞地对几名女警员说：“听说没有，上午林队被一个的哥戏弄得哑口无语，最后乖乖放人了！”

“瞎说些什么呢！”林冬雪撂下手里的资料。

女警员们各回各座，徐晓东嬉皮笑脸地凑过来：“我也没别的意思嘛，你不要动气，我看这家伙是个老油条，没有证据他是不会轻易开口的。”

“离我远点！”林冬雪嫌弃地说道。

“林大小姐，有气也别往我身上撒嘛，要不我晚上请你吃火锅？”

“滚滚滚，谁稀罕！”

这时林秋浦进来，底下立马安静，林秋浦清清喉咙说：“目前这案子已经有了一些眉目，但我们手上还是缺乏证据，我知道各位查案辛苦了，但仍然不能松懈……”

简单地汇总了一下目前手头上的情报，林秋浦给警员们分派任务：“小齐，小王，你俩去趟交管局，调查一下当晚经过命案现场的车辆有哪些；晓东，老王，你俩在现场周边走访一下，我需要扩大目击证人范围；其它人，我会给你们发一份上午的审讯记录，你们去核实一下陈某所说的情况是真是假。”

林冬雪瞪大眼睛，难道陈实有未卜先知的能力吗？几乎连措辞都一模一样！

有人站起来提问：“林队，你还觉得陈实有嫌疑？”

林秋浦回答：“我不相信他是完全清白，此人极可能是一个突破口，不能轻易放掉！”林秋浦说得铿锵有力，不少人信服地点头。

若不是陈实有言在先，林冬雪可能也会跟着赞同，现在她脑袋里嗡嗡作响，尽管一直以来讨厌哥哥，但她从不否认哥哥的能力，可是现在她却在怀疑这一点。

后面的话林冬雪一句也没听进去，直到林秋浦宣布解散，她才站起来往外走。

第一时间给陈实拨过去电话：“你在哪？”

“看来我说中了？”电话那头还是漫不经心的声音。

林冬雪实在不想抬举这家伙，就说：“勉强蒙对了。”

“哈哈！”陈实大笑，“我现在在枫之林酒店外面，带上尸检报告和现场照片过来，给你一小时。”

“哎哎！”林冬雪叫没叫住，那边已经把电话挂了，林冬雪气得跺脚。

尸检报告之前队里影印了好几份，林冬雪轻易地搞到一份，至于现场照片她只能溜进林秋浦的办公室，用手机偷摄下来。

林冬雪叫了一辆车来到枫之林酒店，左看右看，正准备拨电话，陈实在喊她：“这边这边！”

陈实大咧咧地坐在一家牛肉面馆里面，正在吃面，林冬雪在旁落座：“你倒是清闲！”

“我在查案。”陈实吸溜溜地吃了一大口面条。

“跑这里查什么？”

“我反复跟你们讲，那天晚上的女乘客是在这里下车，你们死活不信，我只能亲自跑一趟喽，不过人家不让我看入住记录，还得借你的证件一用。”

“枫之林酒店？可是那女人半路上就死了，按理说……”

陈实作出一个无奈的表情：“你还认为人是我杀的？”

“说不准！你这么狡猾！”林冬雪突然想，自己在干什么啊，眼前这人很可能是真凶，她居然和他在讨论案情。

陈实一言一行都是如此的坦荡自信，哪里有半点凶手的感觉，但也说不准，林冬雪在警队里呆了半年，参与过几桩案件，但都是敲敲边鼓，从没有参与过核心调查，也不知道真正的凶手是什么感觉。

陈实从她手里拿过尸检报告，一边打开一边说：“你要是相信我，我回头送你一个头等功。”

陈实扫了一眼尸检报告，念出上面的几句话：“后位勒毙……勒沟与耳廓平行……死者身上验出微量酒精……死前曾发生过性行为……死者的胃容物里找到酒精了吗？上面没写！”

林冬雪说：“死者是一名医药代表，平时应酬较多，据其同事称当晚她有饭局。”

“喝酒了吗？”

“应该喝了吧？”

陈实乐了，“林大小姐，你查案全靠蒙吗？”

林冬雪脸上一红，辩解道：“这个问题很重要吗？凶手显然是见色起意，死者吃喝过什么，与案情关联不大。”

“你这话槽点太多，我都不知道从哪里吐槽好，案子侦破之前，一切细节都是重要的。我告诉你这个细节意义何在，如果胃里没有酒精，血液里却有，那么死者很可能是通过其它方式摄入的。”

“其它方式？”

“你还真是笨呐，酒精是一部分药物的溶剂，比如乙醚！”

林冬雪恍然大悟，陈实从口袋里掏出一支钢笔，在尸检报告旁边补充一句：“胃容物是否存在酒精，血液里是否含有麻醉药剂成分。”

他说：“死者是医药代表，医科生，如果是身边的人行凶，出现麻醉药剂的可能性很大。”

陈实继续看文件，他用手指敲打着那张纸，道：“有过性行为、衣服破损、身上有多处淤青，据此就得出强奸杀人的结论，我认为有点草率。”

林冬雪仔细考虑他的话，突然说：“你就算想洗刷自己的嫌疑，也不能这样混淆视听，这怎么不是强奸了？”

陈实猝不及防地问：“你是处女吗？”

林冬雪的脸唰一下红到耳根，气得拍桌起立：“说什么呢你！”

“强奸的甄别不能全凭这二者，在被外人强制发生性关系的时候，由于身体没有性唤起，私处干涩，往往会伴随撕裂、出血，内部擦伤的位置又可以判断凶手采取的体位。仅仅因为有过性行为就断定是强奸，我认为相当草率，难道不能是死者在死亡前与他人发生过性行为吗？”

“呃！有道理！”林冬雪不情不愿地承认。

“在此基础上，奸杀就更加不成立了，试想如果是强奸的话，凶手必然要控制住死者的手脚，采取前入位，即便是勒毙也是前位勒毙，可是死因却是后位勒毙，我想象不到凶手是如何完成这一套动作的。”

“这也未必啊，也许是办完事之后，突然杀人……”林冬雪脸红红地说道。

“我说的是大概率事件！凶器从形态上看是一根很粗的绳子，似乎是跳绳之类的，按照你们的假设，这是一桩激情杀人，现场出现一根跳绳，这也属于不合理。”

一边说陈实一边在文件上写上自己的补充意见，整张纸快被写满了。

林冬雪深感佩服，这家伙明明是个外行，可是所说的却句句在理，简直比在刑侦课上听讲还要受益。

“强奸杀人，依我看，极可能是伪造出来的！”陈实道出自己的结论。

“什么！？”

“凶手在误导你们！”

林冬雪认真思考陈实的话。

“还有一件事，说出来怕你不相信！”陈实说。

“什么？”

陈实把死者正脸的照片推过来，“这个女人，并不是那天晚上坐我车的人。”

After lunch, Lin Qiupu called everyone into the conference room. When Lin Dongxue arrived, she saw Xu Xiaodong’s eyes dancing around several female police officers, “Did you hear? This morning, Captain Lin was made speechless by a mere driver, and was eventually forced to release him obediently!”

“What are you talking about?” Lin Dongxue put the information in her hands down.

The female police officers all huddled together, and Xu Xiaodong smiled and came over, “I didn’t mean anything by it, so don’t be angry. I reckon this guy is a sly old fritter[1]. Unless we have concrete evidence, he won’t own up so easily.”

“Keep your distance from me!” Lin Dongxue said with disgust.

“Miss Lin, don’t take your frustration out on me. Why don’t I treat you to a hot pot[2] tonight?”

“Get lost. Get lost. Get lost! Who would want that?!”

At this time, Lin Qiupu arrived, and everyone immediately became quiet. Lin Qiupu cleared his throat, "There’s already some leads in the case, but we still lack evidence. I know that you have all worked hard in investigating the case, but we can't relax just yet."

After summarizing the information on hand briefly, Lin Qiupu assigned tasks to the police officers, "Xiao Qi, Xiao Wang, you two go to the Traffic Management Bureau to investigate what vehicles were passing through the murder scene that night. Xiao Dong, Lao Wang, you guys are to walk around the scene. I need to expand the scope of the witnesses; everyone else, I will send you the interrogation records for you to see if the situation that Chen Shi spoke of is true or false."

Lin Dongxue widened her eyes. Did Chen Shi have the ability to foretell the future? Even the wording was almost precisely the same!

Someone stood up and asked, “Capt. Lin, do you still think Chen Shi is a suspect?”

Lin Qiupu replied, "I don't believe that he is completely innocent. This person is probably the key to a breakthrough. This lead can’t be so easily discarded!" Lin Qiupu’s words were full of confidence as if he couldn’t be wrong, and many nodded, faithfully agreeing with him.

If Lin Dongxue had not spoken with Chen Shi before this, she would have probably also followed suit. Now her mind was all muddled. Although she has always hated her brother, she has never denied her brother’s ability. However, she seriously doubted that belief at this point.

Lin Dongxue didn’t hear a single word in the latter half of Lin Qiupu’s speech. It wasn’t until Lin Qiupu announced that the meeting was adjourned did Lin Dongxue stand up and walk away.

After leaving the meeting room, Lin Dongxue called Chen Shi immediately, “Where are you?”

“It looks like what I said was on point?” A carefree voice sounded from the phone.

Lin Dongxue really didn’t want to boost this guy’s ego, so she just downplayed the situation, “It was passable. You were barely right.”

“Haha!” Chen Shi laughed, “I am currently outside Feng Zhilin Hotel. Bring the autopsy report and a photo of the scene to me. I’ll give you an hour.”

“Hey! Hey!” Lin Dongxue yelled for him not to hang up. However, the call had already dropped. Lin Dongxue was so angry she stomped her foot once more.

There were several copies of the autopsy report that had been printed out for the team, so Lin Dongxue was able to obtain a copy with ease. As for the photos of the scene, she was forced to sneak into Lin Qiupu’s office and take a picture of them with her phone.

Lin Dongxue called a cab and instructed it to take her to Feng Zhilin Hotel. She looked left and right, and just as she was about to pick up her phone to contact him, Chen Shi called out to her, “This way, this way!”

Chen Shi was sitting in a beef noodle restaurant, eating noodles. Lin Dongxue sat down next to him, “You’re so free!”

“I’m currently investigating a case,” Chen Shi slurped a large mouthful of noodles.

“What are we investigating out here?”

“I told you repeatedly that the female passenger got out of my car here on that night. You guys would’ve preferred to die than believe me, so I could only come personally to investigate. However, they won’t let me see the check-in records, so we’ll have to borrow your ID.”

“Feng Zhilin Hotel? But the woman died on the way here, so logically…”

Chen Shi made a helpless expression, “You still think that I’m the killer?”

“I don’t know! You’re so sly!” Lin Dongxue suddenly questioned what she was doing. This person is probably the real murderer, but I actually discussed the case with him.

Chen Shi’s words and actions were so open and confident. While Chen Shi did feel a tiny bit like a murderer, one couldn’t know for sure. Lin Dongxue had been in the police force for half a year. Although she had participated in several cases, she always worked on the side-lines rather than being part of the core investigation, so she didn’t truly know what a real murderer felt like.

Chen Shi took the autopsy report from her hand, opened it, and declared, "If you believe me, I will be able to give you a first-class merit."

Chen Shi glanced at the autopsy report and read the words on it, “‘The strangulation marks show that the attacker was positioned in the posterior position... The ditch was parallel to the auricle… There were traces of alcohol found on the deceased’s body… There were sexual acts before death…’ Was there alcohol found in the stomach of the deceased? They didn’t write it in the report!”

Lin Dongxue recalled, “The deceased was a medical ambassador. Usually, she has to socialize. According to her colleagues, she had plans to get dinner that night.”

“Did she drink?”

“She probably drank something?”

Chen Shi was cracking-up, “Miss Lin, what do you rely on when you investigate cases?”

Lin Dongxue’s face flushed red, and she argued, “Is that question even important? The murderer was clearly encouraged to act as they did because they were a pervert. What the deceased ate and drank has little to do with the case.”

“Your argument is so flawed that I don’t know where to start. All the details from before the assault happened are also important. I’ll tell you why this detail is important. If there is no alcohol in the stomach, but there’s alcohol in the victim’s blood, it means that the deceased ingested alcohol through other means.”

“Other means?”

“You’re so stupid. Alcohol is a solvent for certain drugs such as Ether!”

Lin Dongxue suddenly understood. Chen Shi pulled out a steel pen from his pocket and added a sentence next to the autopsy report, “Is there any trace of alcohol in the stomach? Are there anesthetic properties found in her blood?”

He continued, “The deceased is a medical ambassador; in other words, a medical student. If the murderer was a person that knew her, there is a high probability that an anesthetic was used.”

Chen Shi continued to read the documents, tapping the paper with his finger, “There are traces of sexual acts, ripped clothes, and many bruises on the body. According to this, the conclusion of rape and murder was reached. I reckon that this is a hasty assumption.”

Lin Dongxue carefully considered his words and suddenly remarked, “If you want to get rid of the suspicion surrounding you, you can’t confuse the facts. How is this not a rape?”

Chen Shi asked abruptly, “Are you a virgin?”

Lin Dongxue’s face flushed so red that it reached the tip of her ears, and she slapped her hand on the table, “What are you on about!?”

“Rape is often concluded based on two factors. When a sexual act is forced by an assailant, because the body is not sexually aroused, the private parts dry up, often accompanied by tears and bleeding. Also, the position of the internal bruise can determine the position taken by the murderer. I feel as though determining that it was rape just because there was sexual behavior is quite careless. Can’t it be said that the deceased had sex with someone before she died?”

“I guess that makes sense!” Lin Dongxue admitted reluctantly.

“Another point lowers the chance of this being a rape even more so. Imagine this scene; if the victim was raped, the murderer must also control the hands and feet of the deceased, and take a position before entering. Even if they were to strangle the person, they would have had to strangle the individual from the front. However, the report shows that she was entered from behind. I can’t imagine how the murderer could have possibly completed this set of actions.”

“It might not be the case. Perhaps after finishing the deed, they suddenly killed-” Lin Dongxue assumed with a red face.

“I am talking about a high probability event! From a morphological point of view, the weapon is a very thick rope. It seems to be a skipping rope. According to your assumptions, this was a sudden killing. Having a skipping rope just appearing in the scene is a bit unreasonable.”

While saying so, Chen Shi wrote his additional comments on the documents, almost filling the entire piece of paper.

Lin Dongxue was deeply impressed. This guy isn't a professional in the industry, but everything he said was reasonable and was better than the criminal investigation lectures that she attended.

“Murder due to rape, in my opinion, is very likely to have been faked!” Chen Shi concluded.

“What?!”

“The murderer is purposely misleading you guys!”

Lin Dongxue seriously thought about Chen Shi’s words.

“There is another thing. I’m afraid you won’t believe me even if I were to tell you!” Chen Shi hesitated.

“What?”

Chen Shi looked over the photo deceased’s face, “This woman is not the one that was in my car that night.”