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Chapter 27: The Cleaned Staircase, The Disappearing Evidence!!!

“Someone wants to ensure she’s absolutely dead!”

This final sentence from Shen Lin undoubtedly made the atmosphere grow tense, and Xu Changsheng narrowed his eyes slightly.

Who could it be?

Who would want a fifteen-year-old middle school girl to die without any doubt?

She had already fallen from a high building, clearly showing no chance of survival, yet they still had to slit her radial artery?

Taking a deep breath, Xu Changsheng stared at the deceased’s pale face and solemnly concluded, “No matter what the actual cause of death is, whether it’s due to the fall or excessive blood loss from the radial artery, it’s now basically certain that there was a second person involved in this case. We can’t rule out the possibility of even more people being involved.”

“The key point is…”

“I don’t think we can define this case as a suicide jump anymore.”

“Because we still can’t be sure whether the deceased was coerced before jumping or whether there was some kind of threat.”

“For example, she might have seen something she shouldn’t have and was forced to jump to her death. And that person, to ensure certain things wouldn’t leak, intentionally slit her radial artery.”

“But regardless of the specifics, this case happened on a school campus, and the deceased was a minor student, making it an extremely serious criminal case!”

“We must find the truth as soon as possible!”

As soon as he finished speaking, Su Ming, who had been standing nearby, took over, pointing upwards at the abandoned school building in front of them, speaking seriously.

“Brother Sheng, I plan to go to the exact spot where the deceased fell. Maybe I can find more clues related to the case.”

“The key is to check…”

“Whether there are any marks left by a second person. I still feel that this case is too strange. It’s not as simple as it looks.”

It was clear that Su Ming, with his rich criminal investigation experience, always felt something was off about this case, and he was now even more puzzled by one thing.

That is…

Why was the deceased’s falling posture one of an open-handed, back-first fall?

One should know that this kind of posture is often associated with suicide, and it would only be used by someone who was very willing and deeply seeking total liberation.

Many depression patients use this posture when jumping.

Falling while looking at the sky, feeling the intense wind rushing past their ears, and spreading their arms like wings as they freefall.

Then, the body hits the ground with a heavy impact, losing consciousness, waiting for death.

However, if forced to jump, they would never adopt this posture. The human survival instinct would try to land on their feet first.

This case had too many illogical aspects.

No conclusion could be drawn yet, and further investigation was needed to search for clues.

Besides the clues on the body, the fall site and interpersonal relationships also needed to be further understood and analyzed.

…

At this moment, Xu Changsheng agreed with Su Ming’s thoughts and nodded, then looked at Shen Lin and said.

“Shen, please do a more detailed autopsy to see if we can uncover any more crucial clues.”

“Xiao Ming and I will go up to the abandoned teaching building and check if there’s any key evidence.”

After finishing, Shen Lin didn’t respond but simply nodded indifferently before kneeling down again to inspect the body.

This time, she had already taken out special tools like cotton swabs, tweezers, and syringes from the autopsy kit.

It was clear that she was going to conduct a more detailed autopsy without damaging the body, aiming to find important evidence.

Su Ming and Xu Changsheng didn’t delay and quickly entered the abandoned school building.

…

This old teaching building had six floors.

It had been abandoned since the construction of the new teaching building at Shude Middle School three years ago. Although the overall structure was still stable and not dangerous, the internal conditions were not good.

Visible peeling walls, black stains and mold caused by dampness filled the walls, and the air was thick with a musty smell.

It could be guessed that ever since the building was abandoned, the school had stopped managing and maintaining it.

As for why it hadn’t been demolished, it was probably due to the high cost of demolition.

When they reached the staircase of the abandoned building, Xu Changsheng looked at the stairs, which were covered with footprints, and the cigarette butts and beer bottles scattered throughout the hallway. He shook his head and sighed.

“Xiao Ming.”

“It seems like the school’s decision to abandon this building has made it a convenient spot for those little punks.”

“Hiding here to smoke and drink, nobody notices. At least the school leaders won’t come to such a place.”

“However, seeing all these beer bottles and cigarette butts on the stairs, it’s good news for us.”

“It’s safe to say that…”

“Their activities are probably limited to the first and second floors and haven’t extended to higher floors.”

“In that case, the footprints left by the deceased should still be visible in the dust.”

Xu Changsheng’s optimistic words didn’t immediately gain Su Ming’s approval.

Looking down at the footprints on the hallway floor, Su Ming had already noticed many that extended to higher floors, most of which were paired prints.

Moreover, many of the prints were uneven in size, one larger and the other smaller, and there were quite a few.

Su Ming immediately had a thought, turned to look at the corner of the floor, and pointed.

“Brother Sheng, you’re mistaken.”

“This abandoned teaching building is probably not just the little punks’ base.”

“At least I think many early-blooming, hormone-driven young couples wouldn’t want this secret meeting spot to be monopolized by the punks.”

When he said this, Xu Changsheng was taken aback for a moment. He was about to say something, but when he followed Su Ming’s finger, he saw a torn light pink square package. He frowned and said.

“Middle school students are so precocious nowadays?”

“No, when this case is over, I’ll have Principal Qu pay more attention to the school’s environment.”

“Otherwise, who knows when we’ll end up with a new born-abandonment case in the restroom.”

…

As they ascended the building, the number of footprints noticeably decreased, and they were close to being able to determine the deceased’s prints.

When they reached the fifth floor, preparing to head up to the top floor, they suddenly stopped at the same time. They exchanged surprised and serious looks.

Because…

The hallway leading from the fifth floor to the sixth floor had been cleaned by someone. There were no footprints left at all!

In fact…

It was so clean that there was hardly any dust!!!