Painting Skin on Bones

“I think you’re quite good-looking, how about I introduce you to someone? I have a daughter…”

Before the words were even finished, the police officers gathered for the celebration were all stunned.

Chief Zhang was clearly planning to introduce his precious daughter to Xu Mo!

The daughter of Chief Zhang, everyone in the police station had seen her. She had fair skin and big, watery eyes that could captivate anyone who looked at her.

Previously, many officers had jokingly expressed their interest in becoming Chief Zhang’s son-in-law, but all were rejected by Chief Zhang.

According to Chief Zhang, his daughter was his treasure, and he absolutely wouldn’t let the ‘little rascals’ in the police station mess with her.

To everyone’s surprise, Chief Zhang was now actively suggesting to introduce his daughter!

In an instant, all the officers turned their eyes to Xu Mo at the dinner table, full of envy.

They had been working in the police station for so long without gaining Chief Zhang’s favor, while Xu Mo had only been here for a few days, and Chief Zhang was already thinking of him as a son-in-law. How they envied him! Why hadn’t such a good thing fallen on them?

“Chief Zhang… no need, I don’t have any plans in that regard right now. I just want to focus on my work.” After a moment of bewilderment, Xu Mo politely declined.

However, Xu Mo didn’t expect that upon hearing this, Chief Zhang’s eyes lit up even more, deepening his interest in Xu Mo.

Listen, listen! Focusing on work, not only handsome but also capable, and most importantly, very ambitious. In today’s era where the ‘lie-flat culture’ is prevalent, such ambitious young men are rare!

This was exactly the kind of son-in-law Chief Zhang had in mind. He wanted even more to introduce his daughter to Xu Mo.

“No plans… just getting to know each other is fine. Maybe after you get to know each other, you’ll have plans.” Chief Zhang was very confident in his daughter’s charm.

“My daughter is also from the Police University, she’s about to graduate. She plans to take the exam to join our police station after graduation. You two are in the same line of work, you’ll definitely get along. I’ll call her over right now so you two can meet.”

Saying this, Chief Zhang took out his phone and started dialing.

“Sisi, how about Dad introduce you to a boy? He’s very handsome and ambitious, quite a good guy. You…”

Before he could finish the sentence, a refusal came from the other end of the phone.

“Oh Dad, why are you worrying about this? I haven’t even graduated yet, I’m not planning to date before graduation. Besides, forcing a relationship won’t be sweet!”

“You kid, I’m not asking you to date, just get to know him. This guy is really good, you can say that after getting to know him.”

“Hello, hello, hello… Dad, what did you say? The signal here isn’t very good! I’m hanging up first!”

With that, the phone line went dead.

Although the speaker wasn’t on, Xu Mo could still clearly hear the voice on the other end thanks to his keen hearing.

Seeing that Chief Zhang’s daughter was also so resistant to the idea, Xu Mo felt relieved.

After the call was disconnected, Chief Zhang calmly smiled: “What a coincidence! My daughter said she’s busy with school stuff right now, I’ll introduce you two another day.”

Xu Mo took the cue and nodded: “Okay.” Since Chief Zhang’s daughter was also resistant to the idea, Xu Mo decided not to be the bad guy and let her take that role.

In the midst of chatting and eating, the dinner quickly came to an end.

After dinner, everyone went their separate ways.

Xu Mo also returned to the hotel.

The night passed without incident.

For the next two days, no officers came to Xu Mo and Chen Ke for help with cases, so the two of them had some downtime.

Xu Mo would spend some time at the hospital chatting with Chen Ke each day to prevent him from feeling too bored lying in the hospital.

During this period, Li Yunfei also came once, bringing a fruit basket for Chen Ke and chatting with Xu Mo and Chen Ke for a while.

On the fourth day of their downtime, Li Yunfei called Xu Mo.

He had run into a case he couldn’t solve.

The case had been investigated for four consecutive days, but the police still had no leads. With the higher-ups pushing for a solution within a week, Li Yunfei, after much deliberation, decided to call Xu Mo for help.

Xu Mo’s abilities had already been proven to Li Yunfei. The case was beyond his grasp, but that didn’t mean Xu Mo couldn’t solve it. A call to Xu Mo might provide some insights.

“Are you free now, Xu Mo? I’ve got a tricky case here, we’ve been investigating for four days with no leads, and I’d like to discuss it with you.”

“A case that’s stumped you for four days? What kind of case is it?” Xu Mo was also curious.

Chen Ke, half-reclining on the hospital bed and staring blankly, perked up at the mention of a case: “A case!? What case?”

He had been lying in the hospital for four days without stepping out, and he couldn’t stand this idle life for another day!

“There was a heavy rain a few days ago, and after it stopped, a skeleton washed out by the rain was found in the woods of the Police University…” Li Yunfei briefly explained the situation of the case to Xu Mo.

After hearing this, Xu Mo also frowned.

“You still haven’t identified the victim?”

“That’s right, it’s almost driving me crazy.” Li Yunfei lamented, “The higher-ups want the case solved within seven days, but it’s already been four days, and we haven’t even figured out the victim’s identity. So I wanted to ask if you have any insights.”

After thinking for a moment, Xu Mo replied: “I do have a method that might help identify the victim.”

The simulated portrait skills awarded by the system to Xu Mo could not only sketch a criminal based on a few descriptions but also ‘paint flesh from bones.’

In simple terms, as long as there was a skull, Xu Mo could recreate the victim’s appearance based on it. This technique was perfect for unidentified skeletons.

“What method!?” Hearing Xu Mo say there was a method to identify the victim, Li Yunfei immediately became excited.

He had called Xu Mo with a try-it-and-see attitude, never expecting Xu Mo to actually have a solution!

“Painting flesh from bones, I can try to recreate the victim’s appearance by looking at the skull.” Xu Mo explained his method.

Li Yunfei was dumbfounded.

Was there such a method!?

Recreating a person’s appearance just by looking at a skull!? Could this really work?

Li Yunfei absolutely trusted Xu Mo, but this method was just too outlandish. Painting flesh from bones… it seemed a bit unlikely!

However, after thinking about it, Li Yunfei decided to let Xu Mo try.

He was truly out of options. The higher-ups were pushing too hard, and now that there was even a glimmer of hope, he absolutely wouldn’t let it go.

What if Xu Mo really could do it?