Heather to the North

By Dedra Ramirez

Four years ago, he was the handsome, aloof, legendary detective, the high-flying head of the task force, and she was an undergrad from the academy.

He was her faith and the only man she looked up to

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dedra Ramirez
• Release date: Feb 15, 2023
• ISBN: 9798869012258

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Copyright ©2023 By Dedra  Ramirez

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No parts of this book may be copied, distributed, or published in any form without permission from the publisher.

This is a work of fiction in which all events and characters in this book are completely imaginary. Any resemblance to actual people is entirely coincidental.

Ebook ISBN: 9798869012258

Cover designed by Dedra  Ramirez

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"Heather to the North

=== Section 1 ===

    chapter 1 the death of medusa (1)

    Almost everyone present was horrified by the scene before them.

    On the hotel's yellowed, shoddy wooden floor, the female victim had all her hair shaved off, her scalp cut open, and a dozen or so dead snakes resting near her head, their fangs embedded tightly in the severed scalp.

    The serpent's body twisted and intertwined as if it had merged into the dead woman's body and taken on life.

    The death was extremely bizarre.

    The room smelled of formalin mixed with the sickening odor of blood.

    The narrow space was jammed, yet silent without a sound.

    The air, it seemed, froze at that moment.

    Nan Mu stood there, his sight cast straight to a certain point, his originally slim body, under the loose police uniform, looked more and more petite.

    She stood there for a long time, never saying a word.

    How's it going, Woody, what have you got?

    Behind Nan Mu, middle-aged-looking man coughed twice, continued, Not I say you young people ah, is not as experienced as our old comrades, observe carefully, look at things, can not just look at the surface, we must look in depth, look carefully, look at the head of the female deceased, put so many snakes, this look like what?

    Nan Mu narrowed his eyes in thought, but still didn't open his mouth.

    Like Venus! As soon as Shen Calculus' words fell, he saw the gazes of all the people around him instantly gather on himself, and there were also people who simply snickered.

    Nan Mu sniffed and slowly turned his head, looking coolly at Shen Calculus.

    The look was as if to say, you're right about everything, just be happy.

    Shen is considered to be the old police of the criminal police force, but is notorious for not being in tune, claiming to be a divine calculation, on the horoscope, tarot cards are quite good at research, but each time the results are not accurate, and later on, the crowd simply called him a magician.

    At first, Shen Calculus was very resistant to this gag, and after being called more often, over time, he gave up struggling.

    Shen Calculus was Nan Mu look at the heart hairy, suddenly between a pat on the head, lowered his voice muttered, No, no, no, no arms of that is the Venus, this should be that ......

    Veritas.

    No, it's Vesta.

    ......

    Several young police officers familiar with Shen Calculus could not help but flirt, Shen Calculus face was a bit untenable, was about to open his mouth to reprimand.

    Medusa, the snake-haired banshee.

    The man's low voice rang out with a vague hint of indifference.

    Team Lu really has a level! Shen Calculus instantly stood straight, and the moment he opened his mouth he simultaneously made a complete turn of one hundred and eighty degrees and a salute, watching the crowd dumbfounded.

    But in the next second, Shen Calculus' pleasing smile just froze on his face.

    In a silence, Nan Mu followed Shen Calculus' line of sight to look over, and to his eyes, it was a face with excellent skin.

    The man's features were handsome and distinguished, and his black eyes were dark and deep, as if they could see everything.

    The long-bodied, crane-like man with a stoic face was wearing a dark shirt and black pants, and had a cool, detached air about him.

    After a moment of disorientation, Nan Mu walked towards the man.

    Are you the person who reported the case? Please come with us to the station later for a detailed statement.

    The man's eyes fell on her face, but there was no response for a long time.

    He just looked at her as if no one else was there, his thick black eyes like ink, reflecting her reflection.

    For a long time, until Nan Mu thought he would not open his mouth again, he heard the word good.

    *

    The light in the interrogation room was blindingly bright, and Nan Mu shook the pen in his hand, looking faintly at the man across from him.

    Name?

    Qin Jinbei.

    Gender?

=== Section 2 ===

Nan Mu words just fell, beside the Shen Calculus could not help but raise eyebrows, what the hell is this question ......

    The impression that Nan Mu entered the criminal police team as soon as he graduated from the internship, when the newcomer that will, no less than this group of big old men by their criminal police team to make the call, is notorious for good temper.

    But Nan Mu's attitude today was really fresh.

    Gender?

    Seeing that Qin Jinbei didn't answer, Nan Mu frowned slightly and repeated the question.

    Need proof?

    The man said with a calm face, his deep black eyes looking straight at her.

    The tone seemed vaguely ambiguous, and then again, it didn't.

    Cough, Shen Calculus saw that Nan Mu's face was vaguely unsightly, so he simply picked up the conversation and routinely asked a few more questions.

    Yesterday morning at about 1:30, I took the high-speed train back from the field, because the time is too late, in the neighborhood to find a hotel to stay, today at noon before checking out, I found the opposite room door open, I went in and saw the female deceased lying on the ground.

    Shen Calculus nodded and was about to continue asking questions when Nan Mu took the lead and opened his mouth.

    You saw the door across the street open and thought there might be something unusual going on, but instead of contacting the hotel staff, you walked in on your own?

    The door to the room was half-open and I smelled formalin and thought it was suspicious, so I went into the room.

    Mr. Qin is a lecturer at the Psychology Department of Nanjiang University, and it seems that the work he usually engages in would not come into contact with formalin, so why would he be so sensitive to the smell of formalin?

    *

    After finally finishing the statement, only Shen Calculus and Nan Mu were left in the interrogation room.

    Before Shen Calculus prepared to leave, he suddenly turned his head to look at Nan Mu who was sitting there motionless, and his mind couldn't help but recall the scene just now.

    My mother was a forensic scientist.

    Qin Jinbei still had that calm and somewhat detached attitude.

    Here, the statement has almost finished, Shen counted ready to send Qin Jinbei to leave the occasion, but found the man sitting there, slowly and methodically rolled cuffs, look at that posture, does not seem to want to leave the intention.

    Nan Mu put down the pen and paper in her hands and was about to speak, but she heard a man's mellow voice, Officer Nan is still single? You can consider me.

    She lowered her eyes to look over, just in time to meet the man's gaze.

    Qin Jinbei's long and beautiful fingers could barely pull up the cuffs, seemingly with a careless attitude, but in his eyes, there was not the slightest hint of teasing.

    The corner of Nan Mu's mouth hooked, and on the edge of his lips was the arc of a smile, Sorry, I'm not interested in Mr. Qin, but Officer Shen seems to be very interested in Mr. Qin ......

    On the side, Shen Calculus immediately pulled open the door of the interrogation room, snatching away Qin Jinbei before Nan Mu could continue to talk nonsense in a serious manner, Mr. Qin can leave now, if there is a need, we will contact you again.

    Seeing the man's back gradually moving away until it disappeared, Shen Calculus turned around, glared at Nan Mu, then thought of something, grinned, Our police force a flower little wood, but the first time in the interrogation room was picked ah, but you and this Qin Jin Bei is not a fault? Why are you making things difficult for him today, it's not like your style.

    Nan Mu didn't even bother to raise his eyelids, Don't recognize.

    Shen Calculus scratched his hair, pondering, But then again, the name Qin Jinbei, why is it so familiar ......

    Qin Jinbei looks like a straight man, Uncle God's Stick, you don't have a chance to develop with him, just die.

    Namu smiled and came up.

    Little girl, no big or small! Shen Calculus looked at Nan Mu's leathery appearance and was a bit furious, raising his hand to strike Nan Mu on the head.

    Qin Jin Bei, Qin ...... Shen Calculus retracted his hand and continued to meditate, finally a flash of light, Qin Jin Bei is not that ......

    Nan Mu, who had already left the interrogation room, heard Shen Calculus's suddenly elevated voice and unconsciously clenched his right hand, which was hanging at his side.

    There, there was still the warmth of the man's touch as he walked away a moment ago.

    His hand, warm and cool as jade, was inexplicably hot as his fingers grazed the back of her hand.

    chapter 1 the death of medusa (2)

    Female victim, Tong Sheng, 26 years old, internet celebrity, little known on the internet, cause of death is throat slitting resulting in death from carotid artery rupture ......

    The young man who spoke was the head of the criminal police, Lu Qi.

    Lu Qi has an illustrious background, his father is a well-known entrepreneur in Nanjiang City, Lu Qi such a noble son, could have easily become a big winner in life, but preferred to go against the wishes of his parents, ran to the police force to suffer.

    There is a saying circulating in the criminal police force that Lu Qi can obviously rely on his family history and face value, and lie down to go to the peak of his life, but he has to fight for strength.

    However, these words, the crowd never dared to pass to the ears of Lu Qi, although Lu Qi usually seems to have a gentle character, in fact, launched a ruthless, it is really called people afraid.

    I go, this Tong Sheng, a while ago is quite red, with a microblogging v against the pinch, it is said that Tong Sheng and that v had a leg, Tong Sheng take this hype, that person and flip-flop.

    Wang Xuan Yi patted his head, I also paid attention to her microblogging, the last time a net red selection, I also voted for her, I heard that Tongsheng did not have plastic surgery, is a rare stream in the net red world.

    Wang Xuan Yi and Nan Mu almost at the same time into the criminal police force, cheerful personality, self-proclaimed Internet addicted teenager, hobby of all kinds of new things, usually like to pay attention to the major network platforms, microblogging nickname is give up the treatment of Internet addicted teenager.

    Lu Qi nodded, You go and alienate Tong Sheng's relationships before she was born, especially on the internet, and what people she had conflicts with.

    Master, did the CID find anything?

    As Nan Mu spoke, the pen in his hand traced a gorgeous arc on the back of his hand.

    The hotel room is the first crime scene, but there are no valuable clues for the time being, and there are so many fingerprints at the scene that it's very difficult to do a lineup one by one.

    It's the peak tourist season, especially the hotels near the train station are almost always full, and the daily traffic is very heavy, so a large number of fingerprints of different people have been left in the hotel rooms.

=== Section 3 ===

Start with the deceased's interpersonal relationships during his lifetime, and check if anyone is suspicious, Lu Qi paused, his white and handsome face colored with a few points of gravity.

    Tongsheng's death was still fresh in his mind, and with such a perverted technique, it didn't look like a simple love killing, a revenge killing, or a dispute over benefits.

    Done, this one is Tongsheng's best friend, but it's said that the two don't get along face to face, Wang Xuan Yi said, turning the laptop screen to the crowd.

    Shen Calculus went over to take a look, This one looks almost the same as the one just now ......

    God stick uncle you don't understand, nowadays looks are not with the parents, with the plastic surgeon, Tongsheng has been considered a rare natural beauty in this, as for this well, typical net red face.

    *

    The white Audi traveled for about an hour and eventually stopped at the White River Villa area.

    White River Villa Area is one of the four major villa areas in Nanjiang City, and most of the residents are senior white-collar workers or upper-middle class in cbd.

    Nan Mu looked around, and what met his eyes were clusters of detached villas, and large green belts surrounding the villa clusters, the scenery was so beautiful that it was refreshing.

    She took a deep breath, and the rare thing that lingered on the tip of her nose was a fresh, ethereal smell, not that strong smell of formalin and blood.

    You ask later.

    Before approaching the villa, Lu Qi urged.

    At the villa's entrance hall, Nan Mu's line of sight turned and landed on the large suitcase not far away, yet it was only for a moment before he withdrew his gaze and twisted his head to lock eyes with Lu Qi.

    Across the street, the woman in a tight black dress, slowly approached, swaying.

    Xiao Sheng is dead? It can't be, we were obviously shopping together yesterday, it can't be. Chen Yuan kept shaking her head with an unbelievable face.

    Ms. Chen, please express my condolences, Nan Mu calmly looked at Chen Yuan, We would like to find out if Ms. Tong had any enemies or if she had any emotional disputes during her lifetime.

    Chen Yuan sniffed, ruffled her hair and raised her head, her gaze crossing over Nan Mu and finally resting on Lu Qi's face.

    A hint of amazement swept across the bottom of her eyes, undisguised.

    You are aware of the news online, the so-called red is right and wrong, Xiaosheng is also considered to have encountered a scum man, before an event, a lot of network celebrities like us to participate in, when the man to Xiaosheng great attentiveness, Xiaosheng ignored him, the two were not in a city, after the incident did not contact, a while back that man to see Xiaosheng red, began to rub the heat!  But ...... Chen Yuan was silent for two seconds, some hesitation, He and Xiaosheng choked, he himself is also red, it is impossible to kill someone for this, right?

    We'll investigate, Nan Mu nodded, By the way Miss Chen is planning to travel?

    Originally, the emotions have calmed down Chen Yuan, heard the question, once again covered her face and sobbed, Originally, I and Xiaosheng intend to travel abroad together, Xiaosheng said that she wanted to go to the United Kingdom to take a break, yesterday afternoon, she also asked me to go out shopping to buy suitcases, it was a good end, and then suddenly said that they would not buy, I did not put it in my heart, I did not expect... ...

    *

    What's the conclusion, tell me. In the white Audi, Lu Qi's white and slender left hand rested on the steering wheel, a cigarette was held between the fingers of his right hand, and he twisted his head to look at Nan Mu, his handsome and gentle eyebrows carrying a few moments of lethargy.

    The first point, in view of Tongsheng's financial situation, it is unlikely that a person would run away to stay in an express hotel so far away from home, so he should have an appointment with someone, and the fact that the door of the hotel room was not pried shows that the murderer and the deceased should have known each other, and the person who asked Tongsheng to go to the hotel is most likely the murderer, but we cannot rule out that the murderer is a hotel staff member, or is disguised as a the possibility of the staff.

    The second point, Chen Yuan said that Tongsheng was planning to go on a trip with her, and the suitcases placed in the villa's entrance hall can initially confirm her statement, in addition, Chen Yuan mentioned that Tongsheng originally wanted to go abroad for a break, and then she suddenly stopped buying suitcases, which means that something has happened to change Tongsheng's plan of wanting to go on a trip abroad.

    As for whether Chen Yuan's claim is true, further investigation can follow.

    The third point, and the most important point, is the death of Tongsheng ...... Nan Mu paused for a moment, pondering, then continued, The murderer posed the deceased as a snake-haired banshee after her death, and the scene had a total of twelve snakes, and the smell of formalin, indicating that the murderer should have brought a handbag or duffel bag to carry a large number of snake dipped specimens.

    So the killer must have lived in the neighborhood.

    Nan Mu on Lu Qi's line of sight, black beautiful eyes flashed with a few points of confident light, the murderer could not take so many immersion specimens to take the subway, subway security for liquid check is very strict, and now is the tourist season, the hotel is near the train station, traffic congestion, the road is very likely to have an accident, but also easy to attract the attention of others, so the murderer is not likely to ride the bus or cab.

    Do you think Chen Yuan is suspicious? Lu Qi was noncommittal about Nan Mu's inference and threw out a new question.

    Nan Mu narrowed his eyes, the black neutral pen flipping between his white and slender five fingers.

    For the time being, there is no suspicion found, but ...... I smelled a very heavy fragrance in the entrance hall and living room, not Chen Yuan's perfume, according to reason, the average person's home, will not smoke such a heavy incense.

    What if, instead, it's to mask a certain flavor?

    Lu Qi dusted the ashes of his cigarette and snuffed out the cigarette in his hand in a smooth manner.

    Nan Mu's eyes lit up and she came over, Master, we really have an understanding, how is it, am I making progress?

    The corner of the man's lips hooked, his handsome face getting softer and softer, Want to ask for a reward?

    As soon as the words left his mouth, the man's beautiful fingers flicked on Nan Mu's forehead, ''Let's see what you do next.

    chapter 1 Medusa's Death (3)

    The next bit of detective work, however, seemed to hit a dead end.

    Before Tongsheng's life, several redditors who had disputes with her on the Internet were ruled out as suspects because they had alibis, and the big v who had previously been at loggerheads with Tongsheng on Weibo was out of town at the time of the murder, so he was also ruled out.

    According to the investigation, Tongsheng is still single and has not played flirtation with others and has no complicated relationship with men and women.

    It's not a revenge killing, not a love killing, not a financial dispute, the case has reached this point, almost all the clues are broken.

    Even the security cameras in the hotel were broken and provided no useful information.

    Shen Calculus looked at the listless Wang Xuan Yi and the always silent Nan Mu and cleared his throat.

    You young people, ah, at the first setback, retreat, this is not good. You have to learn more from us old comrades, this case seems to have no problems on the surface, it means there are more problems.

    Dig in hard and dig in hard.

    Uncle Godbearer, there should be more sincerity between people and less condescension, instead of hush-hush, why don't you make a huge payment.

    Wang Xuan Yi lazily responded, keeping his eyes glued to the computer as he spoke.

    Seems to be attracted by the content on the screen, Shen Calculus also put his head over, looked at it for a while, couldn't help but shake his head, It's not that I'm talking about you ah Wang, this is working time, how can you play microblogging, hurry up and turn it off!

    I didn't play Twitter, it was a task given to me by Team Lu to watch the internet more and see if there's anything ......

=== Section 4 ===

Before Wang Xuanyi finished, he was interrupted by Shen Calculus, You just pull it, and take the Lu team as a front, the Lu team ......

    From far and near the sound of footsteps into the ear, Shen Calculus was stunned, and then immediately reached out and patted Wang Xuan Yi's shoulder, Lu team really have level! Little Wang ah, check well ah, what is found, to report in time.

    Nan Mu, who hadn't opened her mouth, couldn't help but snort a laugh when she saw Lu Qi slowly walking over.

    From the time she entered the criminal police force until today, it seemed that she had only heard Shen Calculus say three words.

    The first sentence, you young people, are just not as good as us old comrades.

    In the second sentence, the Land Team is really on the level.

    Third sentence, ibid.

    However, apart from liking to put on airs in front of her juniors, Shen Calculus didn't have any major faults, instead, when she first joined the criminal police team as an intern, Shen Calculus took good care of her.

    Shen Calculus is actually not a bad person, just some harmless glitches.

    What's the catch?

    Lu Qi pulled out a chair and sat down next to Nan Mu.

    bingo. big find, you guys!

    Wang Xuan Yi pulled up the web page he just browsed, This microblog id, Yuan Yuan is me, know who she is?

    His eyes swept over the crowd and he paused, deliberately selling it.

    Chen Yuan's trumpet, what's wrong with this tweet, what's wrong with it?

    Nan Mu frowned slightly and leaned forward slightly, coming closer to the computer.

    No fun, Wang Xuan Yi skimmed his mouth, some upset suspense is so easy to be Nan Mu poke Bo, but also do not dwell on it, continued, Tongsheng has always been, known as the only natural beauty in the net red world, but this id, a year ago, broke the news of Tongsheng plastic surgery, but also sent some rhetoric She also sent out some fierce microblogs, saying that some people are just bimbos. Zi pretending to be pure, I do not know how many people have been slept with and so on, but quickly deleted, after that, this number has not released news again, good thing there are netizens fast hand screenshots, but also dismantled this number is actually Chen Yuan's trumpet.

    Tongsheng and Chen Yuan say they are BFFs, one has hundreds of thousands of fans on her microblog, the other has less than 200,000, Chen Yuan watched Tongsheng explode in popularity, how could she not be jealous.

    Wang Xuanyi shook his head and sighed, This year's people, the set-up is too deep.

    Chen Yuan was jealous of Tongsheng's explosion in popularity and also broke the news of Tongsheng's plastic surgery, so it seems that Chen Yuan does have a motive.

    But there is also just a motive.

    Wang Xuan Yi's index finger clicked rapidly on the mouse, That's not all, I have an even more significant discovery.

    On the screen, a photo of a man and a woman with a text, Happy Birthday, Husband.

    The woman in the photo is Chen Yuan, and the man's face is blocked by an expression that makes it hard to see, but what the man is wearing, is a white coat.

    Chen Yuan's husband is a doctor? That's not what Chen Yuan said last time.

    Nan Mu remembers that when she went to Chen Yuan's home earlier and mentioned her husband's occupation, Chen Yuan clearly said that he was an executive in a foreign company.

    This Chen Yuan is suspicious, Shen Calculus stroked his chin, Lying about her husband's occupation, as well as blabbing about the deceased's plastic surgery and verbally abusing the deceased, there is a motive for the murder, as well as the conditions.

    The forensic pathologist said that the cut wound on Tongsheng's scalp was neat and clean, and the murderer should have possessed some medical knowledge.

    And Hope Chen's husband, the doctor.

    Master, it's my negligence, I'll go see Chen Yuan once more.

    Nan Mu's brows were locked, somewhat chagrined that he had overlooked such an important clue.

    She checks out Chen Yuan, but she forgets to check out Chen Yuan's husband.

    Old Shen, this time you and Little Wang will go on a trip, the man's handsome face was unchanged, then he raised his eyes to look at Nan Mu, There are more important things for you to do.

    What? Nan Mu raised an eyebrow, intuiting that what Lu Qi was about to say was not a good job.

    Go see Qin Jinbei.

    ......

    Sure enough, she had guessed.

    Xiao Mu head go alone is very dangerous ah, Shen calculation looked at some reluctant Nan Mu, Lu team you do not know, the last time to make a statement, Qin Jin Bei almost to our police force a flower to pick, Lu team you this is to send the sheep into the tiger's mouth ah, how about this, so that I go, I'm an old comrade, hold the ......

    Uncle God's Stick, you die heart ...... Qin Jinbei can't break the bend.

    Shen Calculus whitened Nan Mu with a tiger face, Little girl, who am I speaking for?

    Lu Qi hooked his lips and didn't bother with Shen Calculus, his gaze still resting on Nan Mu's face, Little Woody, you go on a trip.

    Until the figure of Nan Mu disappeared in the range of vision, Shen Calculated this only came to Lu Qi's ear, lowered his voice and said, Lu team, you can think clearly, our Interpol team on this only seedling ah, as the saying goes fat water does not flow outsiders field ......

    Shen Calculus had not finished, Wang Xuan Yi scratched his hair, Lu team, last time a buddy of mine, after seeing the little wood can not forget, if you really have no interest, I'll give my buddy matchmaking ah.

    Lu Qi looked at Wang Xuan Yi for a long time.

    The curvature of the man's lips and cheeks remained unchanged, but it made Wang Xuan Yi's scalp numb, and he immediately bowed his head and admitted that he was wrong, I was wrong about the Lu team.

    chapter 1 the death of medusa (4)

    When Nan Mu arrived at Nan Jiang University, it happened to be the time when Qin Jin Bei was in class.

    The large multimedia function classroom was almost full.

    The tall, handsome man stood on the podium and spoke eloquently, from time to time amusing the crowd on the stage with laughter.

=== Section 5 ===

Nan Mu gently slipped in through the back door and sat down on the empty seat in the last row, and just as he sat down, he saw the little girl beside him whose face was still a little green leaning over, You're from another department that slipped over, right? Me too.

    Nan Mu smiled, non-committal, the girl went on to say, My god is simply a legend of the South University ah, I heard that once studied in the Royal Military Academy of Sandhurst, England, when you speak English, that a mouthful of authentic London accent, so good that it can simply make people's ears pregnant!

    And also, the girl mentioned Qin Jinbei, excited, without the slightest intention to stop, before it is said that the department to give him the title of professor, he also do not want to, class often can not find people, but as long as the people who have listened to his class, there is no one to say that it is not good, and every time as long as my godfather Classes, are full, there are a lot of people from outside the department to mix in, I came several times before, did not see others, today the luck is really good, I can see the male god.

    By the way, I haven't seen you before, is this your first time here?

    The girls chattered on and on, making so much noise that Nan Mu had a bit of a headache, but she couldn't be bothered to go out again at this time.

    He's looking at you.

    Nan Mu said indifferently, his line of sight coinciding with Qin Jinbei's.

    Ahhhhh, the boy god is looking at me, so nervous! The little girl covered her face as she spoke, too shy to look up.

    In fact, from the moment that petite figure slipped in through the back door, Qin Jinbei saw it.

    But it was only a second before the man withdrew his gaze.

    For the rest of the day, Qin Jinbei's attention, focused on the classroom, didn't bother to look at Nan Mu in the last row.

    Finally waiting for the end of class, the students in the classroom left one after another, Nan Mu then got up and walked towards the man on the podium.

    Applied psychology? I thought that Mr. Qin taught psychopathic psychology.

    Nan Mu looked at him, the corners of his lips tugged lightly, hooking out a smile, but with a few hints of mockery.

    I can give individual lessons if Officer Nan is interested.

    The smile on Nan Mu's face stiffened, but he quickly returned to his normal self, In the last case, I still want to learn more about the situation from Mr. Qin.

    Qin Jinbei looked down at the time, It's time for lunch, what does Officer Nan like to eat?

    Nan Mu was silent, the reluctance on his face unconcealed.

    No, just a couple questions, soon ......

    My memory isn't usually very good when I'm hungry.

    The man's low voice, and hers, sounded at almost the same time.

    After saying that, Qin Jinbei walked forward, Nan Mu stared at the man's back, gritted her teeth, and followed after all.

    *

    Qin Jinbei took Nan Mu to a restaurant outside the South University, the layout of the restaurant is very elegant, the dishes look, but also very exquisite, so that people can not help but eat their fingers.

    But Nan Mu didn't have much of an appetite.

    She understood that Lu Qi's insistence on having her come to Qin Jinbei was not only because Qin Jinbei was the person who reported this murder, but more importantly, because of Qin Jinbei's expertise.

    Nan Mu raised her eyes and her sight fell straight onto the man's handsome and indifferent side face.

    With the characteristic charm of a mature man, but with an air of uninviting.

    In the middle of the day, Qin Jinbei slowly wiped his hands, then, raising his head, his dark and deep eyes looked at her, and there seemed to be a dark and heavy light shining in the bottom of his eyes.

    The murderer spent a great deal of time setting up the scene after killing Tong Sheng, setting up Tong Sheng as a snake-haired banshee, indicating that the murderer was emboldened and wasn't afraid of being discovered in the process, why? The man's low, sexy voice rang out leisurely.

    Nan Mu was stunned, not expecting Qin Jin Bei to open his mouth and go straight to the point, but quickly reacted, First of all, the hotel is the murderer's comfort zone; secondly, the murderer and Tong Sheng should have known each other, and it was the murderer who asked Tong Sheng to the hotel, and ...... apart from the murderer and Tong Sheng, no one else should have known on that day that Tongsheng's trip.

    Because no one except the murderer and Tongsheng knew that Tongsheng would be at the hotel that day, that's why the murderer wasn't worried at all about being found out.

    Nan Mu paused and realized that the man was just looking at himself and didn't pick up on it, his eyes turned and continued, Tong Sheng would show up in the Express Hotel that day, probably because of something that can't be seen, that's why he had to keep the trip a secret ......

    Tongsheng on the Internet, has always been a pure, pure natural beauty image, and this matter, it is likely to be related to Tongsheng's male and female relationships, or, it is related to Tongsheng's previous negative rumors on the Internet.

    Realizing that she had been following Qin Jinbei's lead in reasoning out the case, Nan Mu suddenly froze.

    The image in front of me seemed to overlap with some old yellowed and faded image.

    But in the end, those overlapping images shattered and grayed out.

    Namu looked away and took a deep breath.

    Thank you Mr. Qin for your cooperation today, goodbye.

    She stood up, already in a position to leave.

    In the next second, the man's long and strong hand was already clasped on her right wrist.

    His fingertips were cool, but when they landed on her skin, they were hot as red-hot iron.

    That temperature, as if it were trying to burrow deeper through her skin.

    Nan Mu's body stiffened and subconsciously tried to break free, but he heard the man's voice that was pressed extremely low.

    This murder was ritualized, the killer wouldn't have committed the crime just once.

    Sooner or later, the case will turn into a serial killer.

    As the words fell, Qin Jinbei's hand also loosened at the same time.

    This time, Namu didn't pause for a second and quickened his pace to leave the restaurant.

    When she finally walked out of the restaurant, she suddenly turned around and looked through the floor-to-ceiling glass window just enough to see the taut lines of the man's side face.

    She had just, obviously, been able to sense that what Qin Jinbei actually wanted to say was not that sentence.

=== Section 6 ===

chapter 1 the death of medusa (5)

    After Nan Mu returned to the criminal police team, he happened to bump into Shen Calculus and Wang Xuan Yi who had just returned.

    Wang Xuan Yi's face was a little white, and he listlessly walked to the side and pulled out a chair, then his whole body slumped there without any image.

    It's just going to see Chen Yuan, how can it tire you out like this?

    Don't mention it, Wang Xuanyi breathlessly shook his head at Nan Mu, Next time you go out with Uncle God's Stick you'll know, it feels like your body has been emptied ......

    Nan Mu couldn't help but let out a light laugh and looked at Shen Calculus behind her, Uncle Shen Clan is really an old driver, racing at the drop of a hat.

    Little girl, no big no small, Shen calculated to raise his hand in the head of Nan Mu knocked a hit, then walked to the side of Wang Xuan Yi, kicked his straight stretching legs, I'm not just a car driving a little faster, as for it, you young people, the body is false ah, look at these old us! ......

    Look at us old drivers, we're not weak anywhere except for our kidneys. Wang Xuan Yi smoothly picked up.

    Nonsense! Shen Calculus righteously compared his waistline, My kidney, from its shape to its quality, is very good ......

    Nan Mu has long been accustomed to the situation of everyone fighting with each other in the criminal police team, faintly smiled, walked to the side and sat down. When he looked up again, he saw Lu Qi come in from the outside and coughed lightly, reminding Wang Xuan Yi and Shen Calculus.

    Wang Xuan Yi, who was still paralyzed with a lifeless face, instantly straightened his body, sat upright, and began to report the situation to Lu Qi, Lu team, Uncle Shen Zhan and I went to find Chen Yuan, in fact, Chen Yuan was not lying when she said before that her husband was an executive in a foreign company, her husband was indeed a doctor before, but he resigned from his job a few days ago, and went to a friend's company for an interview, a biomedical company.

    Technically, Chen Yuan isn't lying, she's just telling a part of the truth.

    By the way, when you guys were at Chen Yuan's house, did you smell a heavy scent?

    Nan Mu suddenly opened his mouth and asked.

    There's a scent, but it's not very heavy, Wang Xuan Yi paused as if recalling something, I remember Chen Yuan saying that she hated hospitals since she was a child, and didn't like the smell of hospitals, but the irony is that her husband is a doctor.

    As for the scent, it's possible that it's just Chen Yuan trying to cover up the smell of her husband's body.

    The unusual scent is indeed meant to mask a certain smell, and it's too soon to draw any conclusions as to whether or not it's related to the case.

    Nan Mu turned her head and met Lu Qi's line of sight.

    But without realizing it, he saw a faint weariness between the man's handsome, warm brows.

    Lu Qi had one hand on the back of the chair behind Nan Mu, and in his other hand, he held a cigarette, but did not light it.

    His hands, even-boned, long and beautiful, the thin calluses on his fingers, caused by years of holding a gun, added a bit of the flavor of a man's rigidity.

    Master, it's work time, Nan Mu frowned and smacked the cigarette out of the man's hand.

    She was under the impression that Lu Qi was not such a big smoker.

    It doesn't seem, well, like it's because of this case either.

    After all, from the first day she joined the criminal police force and called Lu Qi master, she had never seen Lu Qi being overwhelmed by