Longli County.

At the highway exit.

The police car with its hazard lights on obediently parked by the roadside.

Hou Xiaoyong anxiously waited until a familiar Skoda appeared, and quickly called out to the person in the car.

The Skoda slowly stopped, and Jiang Yuan got out of the car and greeted him.

"Jiang Ge, you finally came," Hou Xiaoyong's mood relaxed a lot.

What he was most worried about was that Jiang Yuan wouldn't come, or that Jiang Yuan would deliberately delay and only come the next day, and then they wouldn't be able to solve the case.

Jiang Yuan was also a bit surprised and smiled, "You guys have worked hard, coming all the way here."

"You came all the way for us, waiting at the highway exit is nothing," Hou Xiaoyong warmly shook hands.

Jiang Yuan had a good impression of Hou Xiaoyong, the forensic technician. It was not easy to come across someone with a forensic technique level of 0.6.

After observing the scene later, he found that Hou Xiaoyong was basically the type who occupied the toilet but didn't do anything. But even so, when others were constipated while occupying the toilet, they could usually learn the way maggots moved through observation. Hou Xiaoyong's slow growth rate was still outstanding.

"Let's go directly to the crime scene," Jiang Yuan didn't want to go to Longli County. It was too troublesome to come and go, and the food wasn't good either.

Although Ningtai County and Longli County were adjacent, Longli County was far worse. The last time they had pig intestines and chicken stomach, it was already the culinary ceiling of Longli County, and it was opened by someone from out of town.

Hou Xiaoyong hesitated for a moment, but agreed and drove, leading the way.

After driving for about 20 minutes, the two cars finally arrived at their destination: San'an Village.

San'an Village had a flat terrain and was considered a very good village in Longli County.

There were factories from outside in the village, mainly for simple processing of agricultural products. The most important factory was a canned food factory, which produced a small amount of fruit canned food, mainly bean canned food and mushroom canned food, mainly for export.

The advantage of having a factory was that the young people in the village could find work, and the willing elderly could also do some small business. The disadvantage was that public security deteriorated and people's minds changed.

This time, the victim was a woman and her young child from the village.

The scene was full of bloodstains. According to the photos, the victim was lying on her back on the ground next to the bed, with blood seeping into the bed.

The already small room was covered with bloodstains on three walls.

The child, who was two and a half years old, was missing.

Including Captain Hou Lejia of the Longli County Criminal Police Brigade, there were many familiar faces waiting at the crime scene.

"Forensic Jiang, you've worked hard, you've worked hard," Hou Lejia smiled as if he had changed his face.

Last time, he didn't pay enough attention to Jiang Yuan, but this time, when faced with bloodstains all over the walls, he immediately thought of Jiang Yuan.

Now thinking back, Hou Lejia felt that it was still difficult for him to solve the case of the old scavenger last time, and this case also left the whole team clueless.

The same thing happened twice, and Hou Lejia naturally knew what to do.

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Jiang Yuan said, "Can I take a look at the crime scene?"

Hou Lejia readily agreed.

Jiang Yuan took the opportunity to step out of the conversation scene and refocused his attention on the crime scene.

A somewhat familiar forensic, Ye, walked over, yawned, and explained, "We've been at the scene for nearly 48 hours... Well, the estimated time of the crime is between 3 a.m. and 5 a.m. on the 4th..."

"The person who reported the case is the child's grandmother, who is also the victim's mother-in-law. She came to see the child in the morning and found bloodstains all over the floor. The child couldn't be found either."

"After receiving the report, the police officer who responded immediately came to seal off the scene. However, there were still relatives of the deceased and villagers from the surrounding area who came in, which is very bad and has caused difficulties in the subsequent investigation..."

Ye distanced himself a little and looked at Jiang Yuan again, saying, "After the criminal police arrived, they first sealed off San'an Village, and then we collected physical evidence and DNA from the scene. Based on the case analysis, the first consideration was the victim's husband..."

Jiang Yuan listened more attentively. When a married woman dies, even if it was an alien who killed her, the possibility of her husband pretending to be an alien and buying an alien to commit murder should be considered.

"The victim's husband was working out of town and couldn't make it in time," Ye paused and continued, "but then we discovered an important piece of information that brought the victim's husband back onto the suspect list."

Jiang Yuan nodded to indicate that he was listening.

"By collecting the hair DNA left by the victim's young son, it was confirmed that the victim's son was not biologically related to the victim's husband." Ye played a huge role in this work and explained in detail, "So, the criminal police team went to Changyang City again to investigate and gather evidence on the victim's husband, and finally proved his alibi."

"What is it?" Jiang Yuan definitely wanted to verify it again.

Others might believe it, but this forensic, Ye, was notorious for being careless.

Even Jiang Yuan, who had just started working as a forensic, had heard of Ye's reputation. It could be imagined that he had a considerable amount of popularity.

Therefore, Ye's evidence had to be reviewed again to be reassuring.Forensic Ye, with his carefree demeanor, nonchalantly said, "Our police have found the deceased's husband. He was seen entering the dormitory area around 1 am on the surveillance footage that night. Also, he was having a barbecue with his coworkers around midnight, and we have their testimonies."

"Is there a factory in this village? Do they still need to go out to work?" Jiang Yuan asked.

"The local factory prefers to hire people in their fifties and sixties, as well as middle-aged women, and they pay relatively low wages," Forensic Ye explained.

Hou Xiaoyong added, "Perhaps it's a case of 'out of sight, out of mind'."

Jiang Yuan glanced at the body and asked again, "What about the biological father of the child? Do we know who he is?"

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"We do. He's from the same village and also works out of town. He has an alibi."

Jiang Yuan frowned slightly, "And the child?"

The atmosphere at the scene became even colder.

If the murderer was the husband or the child's biological father, the child would naturally have been taken away. Now that it's proven not to be the case, the whereabouts of the child has become a very serious issue.

Hou Lejia cleared his throat and said, "The child is missing. We've questioned many people, but there's no news. So we need to solve the case as quickly as possible."

Jiang Yuan's expression became even more serious.

After becoming a police officer, he realized that human trafficking was still a serious issue. There was a news story about a couple who made a living by selling their own children, selling five children in six years. In other words, they committed the crime five times over a span of six years before they were caught.

Forensic Ye continued, "The door lock of the room is intact, with no signs of being picked, and the crime was committed around 3 am. We initially inferred that the murderer was an acquaintance. Considering the victim's situation, we first investigated and looked for the victim's lover..."

"Did you find one?" Jiang Yuan asked.

"We didn't. There are rumors, but they're unconfirmed."

"The victim lived with her mother-in-law, right? Even if she had a lover, they wouldn't meet at home, would they?" Jiang Yuan recalled that the person who found the body was the victim's mother-in-law.

Forensic Ye looked at Jiang Yuan with a 'you're still young' expression and said, "We're now leaning towards the idea that she didn't have a lover. Because if she did, it would be hard to hide in a place like San'an Village. But this makes the case even harder to solve."

The investigation in Longli County was essentially following the victim's social relationships.

First, they checked the household registration, then the contact list. The process was similar to debt collection.

The outcome was also similar to debt collection. If they hit the jackpot after going through the process, it was great. If not, they were out of options.

"So if it wasn't an acquaintance who committed the crime, it must have been a stranger?" Jiang Yuan stated the obvious.

Hou Lejia shook his head in denial, "The victim was a single mother living with her child, with her in-laws next door. How could there be an opportunity for someone to commit a crime at 3 am?"

"We didn't find any useful evidence at the scene, nor were there any defensive wounds," Forensic Ye sighed.

At this point, Hou Lejia sincerely said, "Forensic Jiang, we're relying on you for the crime scene investigation."

The reason he called Jiang Yuan over was to have him conduct another crime scene investigation and hopefully find some useful clues.