The First Crime Scene

Xu Mo elaborated on his thoughts.

"Both of them have regular jobs, and they don't work in the same place. The only place they spend time together is... their home. To simultaneously kill them both and dismember the bodies, it almost has to be done in their home. Therefore, their marital home is very likely the primary crime scene."

"A newlywed couple found dead in their home. This could be a case of revenge, but there's another possibility. Notice how both of them are quite good-looking. So, it could also be that someone was overcome by lust, broke into their home, and killed the newlyweds... I personally lean towards the second possibility."

"Of course, dwelling on this is pointless. I think the most urgent task is to go to their home and take a look, as it's highly likely to be the primary crime scene. There might be clues left behind by the perpetrator."

As soon as he finished speaking, Han Fei gave Xu Mo an approving look.

Out of all the police officers present, only Xu Mo had thought along the same lines as him.

The newlywed couple's home being the primary crime scene was also Han Fei's guess after reviewing their information.

"You think the same as I do. Let's go and see if we can find any clues in their home."

...

Happiness Community.

Building 3, Room 1004.

The system had enhanced Xu Mo's various sensory abilities, so his sense of smell and hearing were far superior to that of ordinary people.

Standing outside the door, Xu Mo could already smell a faint scent of blood and the stench of rotting meat seeping through the cracks.

At the same time, he could hear the buzzing of flies inside the door.

"It seems we've come to the right place. There's a smell of blood and decay inside. There should be clues in the room... I'm going to open the door now. Everyone, step back a bit. The smell inside might be quite overwhelming once the door is opened."

With that, Xu Mo held his breath. He had a feeling that the smell inside would be quite intense...

Blood and decay? Was there? Wang Dachuan sniffed hard twice but couldn't detect anything.

"Blood and decay? Is there? I can't smell anything."

Did I lose my sense of smell? That can't be... Wang Dachuan sniffed hard again, taking in deep breaths.

At that moment, Xu Mo used a piece of wire to pick the lock of Room 1004 and pulled the door open.

Instantly, the smell of blood mixed with a strong stench of decay burst out, filling the entire corridor with an overwhelming, skin-crawling odor.

Along with the foul smell, countless flies swarmed out.

Coincidentally, as Xu Mo opened the door, Wang Dachuan happened to take a deep breath, inhaling the skin-crawling stench fully.

In a tenth of a second, Wang Dachuan's face turned green, and his stomach churned violently.

Following that...

"Ugh... ugh..."

In the blink of an eye, he vomited up both his breakfast and lunch, leaning against the wall, gasping for breath.

The more he gasped, the more nauseous he felt, almost vomiting up bile.

It seems the inside really smells bad. Good thing I held my breath in advance... Xu Mo felt a sense of relief.

Han Fei couldn't help but chuckle.

"Xu Mo warned us that the smell inside might be very bad once the door is opened. And you... you took a deep breath. Were you afraid someone else would take a whiff before you?"

Wang Dachuan: "..."

"You've been in criminal investigations for so long, and you still throw up at a scene like this? Don't go around saying you were trained by me; it's embarrassing." Han Fei patted Wang Dachuan on the back, trying to make him feel better.

Was it my choice to throw up? It's a physiological reaction, okay? Who wouldn't throw up after inhaling the smell of rotting flesh! Wang Dachuan silently complained in his heart.

He had encountered worse and more pungent smells before, and he hadn't thrown up then.

This time, it was just an accident...

Out of curiosity, he took a deep breath, only to have Xu Mo open the door at that exact moment. The result was...

"Captain Han, you don't need to worry about me. Go ahead and check the scene. I'll be fine soon." Wang Dachuan said, one hand on the wall and the other on his stomach.

"Alright." Han Fei shook his head and led the way into the room.

As soon as he entered, Han Fei was hit by an even stronger stench of decay.

The source of the stench was the open kitchen to the right of the entrance.

Han Fei glanced over and saw a pot on the stove, half-filled with a spoiled broth. The cutting board nearby was also stained with dried blood.

Just a glance was enough for Han Fei to guess what was in the pot and the source of the blood on the cutting board.

In addition to the kitchen, there were also traces of blood in the living room.

On the sofa, the walls, the dining table, the floor, everywhere was covered with dried blood.

This was undoubtedly the primary crime scene and the site where the bodies were dismembered and cooked.

After a quick tour of the room, Han Fei could reconstruct the scene of the crime.

"Judging from the distribution of bloodstains, the perpetrator likely used a knife to attack. Both victims were killed in the living room, one near the sofa and the other near the TV cabinet."

"The kitchen knife is missing. Most likely, it was taken by the perpetrator. That knife in the kitchen should be the murder weapon. I suspect the perpetrator used it to dismember the bodies as well."

"Mmhmm." Han Fei nodded: "Let's see if there are any other clues left in the house. Also, Li Chen, go check the surveillance footage in the building."

"Yes!"

...

After a while, Wang Dachuan, who had almost collapsed from vomiting outside, finally regained his composure. He wiped away his tears and the residue from his mouth and nose, then entered the room.

As soon as he stepped inside, he was shocked by the scene before him.

This was no longer a room; it was a veritable hellscape!

The walls, floor, sofa, dining table, everywhere was covered with blood, and the kitchen stove had a pot of broth, with dried blood on the cutting board nearby.

"How... how deranged must the perpetrator be?" Wang Dachuan shivered involuntarily.

Meanwhile.

Xu Mo found a few short, curved hairs on the sofa.

"There's a clue here."

Han Fei came over to take a look: "These aren't hairs, are they?"

"Probably not. They don't look like it. More like pubic hairs..." Xu Mo replied. Seeing these curved hairs, he felt that his earlier guess might be correct.

The trigger for this case should have been the perpetrator's lust, leading to the murder.

At that moment.

Li Chen, who had gone downstairs to check the surveillance footage with the property management, returned.

"Captain Han, there's a lead in the surveillance footage. I found a suspicious person in the footage. I've copied it onto my phone. Take a look."