A forensic doctor is reborn, sir, please don't bully me!

Chapter 174 Motive

Bai Mengfei had planned to wait on the sofa for a while, but the sofa was just too soft.

As if possessing a hypnotic effect, she, already exhausted, quickly fell into a deep sleep as soon as she lay down.

When she woke up again and slowly opened her eyes, she saw Xiang Yuntian sitting beside her, staring intently at her.

In an instant, she felt her heart race and her face flush.

That feeling was as if I had done something shameful.

"You're awake?" Xiang Yuntian didn't notice anything unusual about her at this moment.

As Bai Mengfei slowly sat up, she softly replied, "Hmm, I feel like I slept for a long time. What time is it now? Should I go to work?"

Having just woken up from a dream and not yet fully adjusted to reality, Bai Mengfei still seemed a little dazed.

Knowing that she was too tired, Xiang Yuntian said gently, "It's alright, there's still plenty of time, you should rest a bit more."

Bai Mengfei replied somewhat absentmindedly, "Oh, that's good."

After saying that, she was so tired that she lay back down and stared quietly at the ceiling.

It was already five o'clock, and she didn't plan to sleep anymore, fearing she wouldn't be able to wake up at eight in the morning.

At this moment, her mind was filled with the gruesome corpse from yesterday.

She kept thinking: Who exactly killed the female victim?

No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't figure it out.

Just as she was about to fall asleep again, Xiang Yuntian's voice suddenly rang out: "Why don't you come sleep in my room?"

Upon hearing Xiang Yuntian's voice, Bai Mengfei instinctively turned her head to look. She saw Xiang Yuntian walking out of the room carrying a pillow and blankets.

Bai Mengfei felt bad for disturbing him so late at night, so she politely declined, saying, "No need, you go in and sleep. I'll sit here for a while and go to work when it's light."

"Okay." This time, Xiang Yuntian agreed very readily.

After responding, he paused as he walked towards the room and glanced back at Bai Mengfei.

Bai Mengfei smiled slightly at him and said, "Go quickly."

He then nodded slightly and went into the room.

However, after returning to his room, he did not fall asleep, but kept thinking about the female corpse he had found that day.

Who killed her?

What was the killer's motive?

All of this is truly baffling, yet still perplexing.

And so, the night passed quietly.

The next morning, when the two woke up, they both had heavy dark circles under their eyes, looking like two giant pandas.

Around 7 a.m., Xiang Yuntian had just entered the room when he saw Bai Mengfei's obvious dark circles under her eyes. He couldn't help but laugh, but then he felt it was impolite to laugh like that, so he had to suppress his laughter.

Seeing that he also had dark circles under his eyes, Bai Mengfei wanted to laugh, so she turned her head away.

The morning breeze was exceptionally cool, gently caressing my face with a refreshing feeling unique to the rain.

On their way to the police station, the two stopped at a restaurant for some porridge.

While Bai Mengfei was drinking her porridge, Xiang Yuntian sat opposite her, watching her quietly with a smile in his eyes.

"Why are you staring at me like that? Hurry up and drink your porridge." Bai Mengfei felt a little embarrassed by his gaze and said softly.

Xiang Yuntian then came to his senses and quickly began to drink his porridge, but his eyes still held a deep smile.

After finishing their porridge, the two prepared to leave. Xiang Yuntian got up to pay the bill, but then realized he had forgotten his wallet.

He quickly checked his pockets to make sure he didn't have his wallet with him.

"Did you forget your wallet?" Bai Mengfei noticed his predicament at a glance.

Xiang Yuntian nodded slightly and said with a wry smile, "I guess I was in too much of a hurry to leave."

"It's okay, I have money, this meal is on me."

Because of this incident, Xiang Yuntian's face remained red while driving.

After all, it's really embarrassing for a grown man to forget his money and have to ask a woman to pay for his meal.

Back at the police station, their faces were still flushed. Zhao Fei noticed and asked curiously, "What happened to you two? Your faces are so red. Did you do something good this morning?"

Upon closer inspection, Zhao Fei noticed their dark circles under their eyes, which sparked a series of thoughts in his mind.

It wasn't until Xiang Yuntian and Bai Mengfei handed him the report that he learned the two had stayed up all night working on it.

Upon receiving the report, Zhao Fei immediately began to read it.

As he looked at the case, he couldn't help but frown, sensing that it wasn't as simple as he thought.

"What are your thoughts?" Zhao Fei said, then turned and walked towards his office. "Come, let's talk in my office."

Upon hearing this, Bai Mengfei and Xiang Yuntian followed him into the office.

While looking at the report, Zhao Fei asked, "You said the deceased bit his tongue before his death? Was he trying to commit suicide by biting his tongue? What's going on?"

"I don't know, but it's unlikely she was forced to bite her tongue," Bai Mengfei replied confidently.

Zhao Fei frowned, nodded slightly, then took a deep breath and looked at Xiang Yuntian, asking, "Xiang Yuntian, what do you think?"

Xiang Yuntian simply shook his head, offering no comment. Because with the existing evidence alone, convicting someone was extremely difficult.

Zhao Fei then turned his gaze to Bai Mengfei and asked, "Zhang Ting, what about you?"

Bai Mengfei, being an experienced forensic doctor, boldly shared her speculation: "Actually, before the victim was murdered, we saw her arguing with a man at the restaurant. That man was probably the victim's boyfriend, and the two seemed to be breaking up at the time."

"Could the murderer be her boyfriend?" Zhao Fei pressed.

Bai Mengfei smiled slightly, slowly shook her head, and said with great certainty, "I don't think so. The report also mentioned that the cigarette butts found at the scene were from ordinary cigarettes, and her boyfriend seems to be quite wealthy, so it's unlikely that he smokes that kind of cigarette. As for that necklace, I think it's usually worn by rather frivolous people."

After listening to Bai Mengfei's deduction, Zhao Fei nodded in satisfaction.

At this point, Xiang Yuntian also expressed his opinion: "However, I think this is very likely a crime of passion."

Zhao Fei put down the two reports and said, "Based on my previous assessment, I think this is more like a robbery-murder case. Because even the victim's cell phone was missing."

This time, Bai Mengfei expressed her support for Zhao Fei's deduction: "I think so too. Think about it, that necklace was most likely torn off during the argument, so it is very likely a robbery-murder, and the murderer is likely someone the victim knew and was familiar with."

Xiang Yuntian disagreed with Bai Mengfei and Zhao Fei's views, crossed his arms, shook his head and said, "Not necessarily. It's also possible that after a crime of passion, it was deliberately staged as a robbery and murder."

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