Killer and Healer Novel (English Translation)

Chapter 11.

'It was the first time he had seen him showing such a gentle expression.'

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The northern suburb of Jingcheng was a desolate forest, and because it was close to Songxiang and other places, it belonged to the unregulated zone where illegal activities often occurred.

When Jiang Yue Lou’s car arrived, Sun Yongren had already ordered the officers to dig a large pit. Jiang Yue Lou jumped out of the car, squatted down in front of the excavated corpse, and frowned, “Zhao Xiaochun.”

Sun Yongren nodded, “If he was not buried shallow and dragged out by a wild dog, we could have never had him. Unfortunately, with all these bite marks, we can barely identify him, and can hardly determine the cause of the death.”

“Forensics haven’t arrived yet?”

Sun Yongren looked distressed, “No, but who should we call? Lao Liu is the best, but he’s old and he got ill and requested a leave of absence…”

Jiang Yue Lou’s face became ugly. Song Rong squatted next to the corpse and made a guess, “He probably died before our return. I think they wanted to silence him.”

“I never liked this kid.” Sun Yongren said, “He was always lazy, sneaky, and was bad at his job. For this kind of person to disappear like this… It must be…”

Jiang Yue Lou cut him off, “I think it looks more like a staging.”

“Staging?” Song Rong and Sun Yongren asked at the same time.

“Yes.” Jiang Yue Lou held his arm, “Judging from the degree of decay of the corpse, Zhao Xiaochun was probably killed right after we reached Jingcheng.  If they wanted to silence him, why did they act in such a hurry? This person was missing before our investigation even started. If we think like this, this was strange from the beginning.”

Sun Yongren still looked puzzled, but Song Rong nodded in favor.

“If it was staged, it would make sense. The real mole must still be in the police station. He knew the procedures for handling the case, so he pushed Zhao Xiaochun, who was in charge of answering the phone, as a scapegoat and fabricated evidence to make us believe he ran away.”

Song Rong bit his lip and thought, “This person is too devious.”

Jiang Yue Lou nodded with a solemn expression and thought “If you don't want anyone to know, don't do it*."

“If it is indeed Zhao Xiaochun who answered the phone. Then who did he report the news to? We have to find out! We need to investigate all the people in the department who behave abnormally!”

“Yes, sir!”

Song Rong glanced at Zhao Xiaochun’s corpse and hesitated, “Section Chief, it is reasonable to think that this case would be handed over to Chief Jin, then how…”

“In exceptional times, you don’t have to act according to the regulations. When everything comes to light, I will explain to the director.” Jiang Yue Lou waved his hand indifferently, “I didn’t even come today anyway. So, there will be no report.”

Sun Yongren touched his forehead, “As for the forensics job, I think I have a trustworthy candidate.”

Jiang Yue Lou glanced at him, turned around, and went to the car without answering him. Song Rong took the driver’s seat consciously. Sun Yongren also hurriedly climbed into the car.