The punch landed squarely on my left cheek. I felt dizzy, stars dancing before my eyes. But from behind me, a voice called out, "Young Master, this is not your limit!"
I immediately felt a surge of energy. Clenching my fist, I struck back hard at Dahong. However, Dahong blocked my punch with his abdominal muscles and trapped my hand!
As I struggled to pull my hand free, Tang Lao Jiu raised a chair and swung it at me.
I quickly rolled away, dodging the attack. The chair struck Dahong instead!
Dahong swore back at me and lunged forward again. I raised my gun and pulled the trigger.
With a loud bang, Dahong was shot in the right leg. He crumpled to the ground, but still managed to grab a brush and hurl it at me. I dodged swiftly, stepping over the old man's corpse. As I moved to leap out the window, Dahong, surprisingly agile, caught up to me, grabbed me from behind, lifted me entirely, and prepared to throw me out!
The height of this drop would surely be fatal. As I struggled, I suddenly thought of something. I grasped a spray bottle and pressed the nozzle hard. After a few hissing sounds, Dahong clutched his face, screaming!
"Ahhh!!"
"My face is burning!"
I had used my own invention: a senna and chili pepper spray. Finally, it had proven useful.
At that moment, I also noticed a young woman in purple, He Xiaoyu, hanging from a tree outside, seemingly watching.
As she entered through the window, she directly severed Dahong's arm with a sword!
"Aaaagh—!!"
Dahong's right arm spurted blood. With the combined pain, he quickly lost consciousness. Tang Lao Jiu, terrified, slumped to the ground, only able to cry out, "Don't come near! Don't come near!!"
He Xiaoyu sheathed her elegant sword and helped me up. "Ah, Young Master, you've improved so much! You managed to handle that ape by yourself. Well, I don't need to tell you the rest!" As she spoke, she pressed her ear to the wall and added, "Two kilometers left, and the police will be here!"
I couldn't hear any sirens; her hearing was truly exceptional.
By the time the police arrived, she had already departed. I picked up a wine glass, sat on the bed where the old man had been entertaining the woman, and leisurely swirled my stemmed glass, tasting the cocktail the old man used to enjoy.
When Liu Yuning, Xiao Yuande, and others stormed in, they found a stranger casually drinking, two dead bodies on the floor, and Tang Lao Jiu bound and slumped against the wall. They immediately surrounded me, guns raised, shouting, "Police! Surrender immediately!"
I gave a wry smile, swirled my glass, took a deep sip of the cocktail, and then recited with profound meaning, "A male rabbit's feet are quick to move, a female rabbit's eyes are hazy; when they run side by side on the ground, how can one tell if it's a male or female?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Yuning rushed forward and embraced me. "You're He Sheng!?"
I didn't reply, merely offering a faint smile.
That day, after applying a new medicinal plaster, I prepared to become He Sheng once more. My undercover mission was complete, and I had successfully fulfilled the task assigned by the Sin Punishment Squad.
Upon my return, I rested in my siheyuan. Today marked the seventh day of my recovery. I looked in the mirror. Although this face wasn't as handsome as before, it was still mine. Ha, one's own things are always the best!
I was enhancing some of my inventions, adding paralytic effects to the senna and chili pepper spray. Like Sherlock Holmes, I tinkered with various chemical agents, carefully blending several vials. As the mixture evolved, I picked up a Conan novel to read.
When the concoction was finally ready, I checked the hydrogen, copper, aluminum, and other elements. Satisfied, I bottled it up. My work for the day was finally done.
When I had free time, I began to record recent cases on my laptop. Although my writing was crude and my narrative style immature, I persevered in documenting case details and interesting aspects. Most importantly, I aimed to leave behind thought-provoking cases for the world. Sometimes, after finishing a manuscript, I would have my editor, Yun Sui, make revisions because I was too exhausted.
Police work was incredibly demanding, especially after the establishment of the Sin Punishment Squad, with a constant influx of bizarre and terrifying cases. By the time I finished each case and left work, I was utterly spent. To then have to write these stories in my own dreadful style was an unimaginable exhaustion for those who hadn't experienced it.
Fortunately, the editor Yun Sui from Panshi Chinese Network provided considerable assistance, along with the voice actors who helped revise the stories. Finally, on April 30, 2022, I received an invitation from the renowned director Yan Zhanpeng. He sent me an email stating: "Detective He, you must be quite idle lately. I'm quite fond of your 'Forensic Investigator of Strange Cases: Unnatural Deaths.' Please come to the Futu Hotel tonight at 8 PM. I'll be awaiting you in VIP room 302 to discuss potential film and television collaborations!"
Holy crap!
At first, I thought I was dreaming. But after pinching my face several times, I realized it was no dream. I immediately got up, washed, dressed myself in my only suitable black suit, put on a blue tie, styled my hair with some gel, and then drove away from my siheyuan...
Murder is a felony. It occurs when a person unlawfully kills another by any means, or causes serious injury that leads to death.
It is divided into crimes of passion, financial motives, and indiscriminate killing. Crimes of passion can also be considered vendettas, where there is immense hatred between the victim and the perpetrator. Under certain specific circumstances, or stimulated by actions or words, this hatred ignites, serving as the fuse. This is a fundamental condition for the occurrence of a vendetta.
My name is He Sheng. I am 30 years old and currently serve as a criminal investigation consultant at the Fuming City Police Department. I graduated from the Forensic Medicine College. In fact, my grandfather was once a coroner.
Upon arriving at the Futu Hotel, I was quickly led by a waiter to VIP room 302. As I entered, I saw a plump man in a suit and tie. Beside him sat a pretty boy. Next to them was an extremely elegant woman. She wore a pink leather band on her hand, a swan-white evening gown, and a cute violet ribbon in her hair. Her eyes were naturally lowered, and a neat fringe covered her forehead.