The main thing is to make money, and the rest is just a matter of convenience.

Chapter 461 The Morgue

Shengjing Municipal Bureau

"Director Ren, I heard from my wife that Jiu'er is the top scorer in Liaoning Province's college entrance examination this year."

Tong Tianci sat in Ren Yi's office chair, a cigarette dangling from his lips.

"What? Jiu'er is taking the college entrance exam this year? How old is she? I thought she was still in elementary school!"

However, given her intelligence, it's not surprising that she'll get into university.

Ren Yi scratched his teeth, feeling both moved and sighing.

"There's still some time before she goes to university. How about we invite her over for a meal to celebrate and talk about the things that are giving us a headache?"

Tong Tianci has been overwhelmed by the case lately, but yesterday, when his wife mentioned Hua Yan, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and seemed to have found a solution.

"Hehe! Old Tong, celebrating Jiu'er's birthday is just a pretense, right? What I really want is for Jiu'er to help me solve the case."

"Hehe! It's all true, but there's a different emphasis."

Tong Tianci didn't try to hide it; it was the truth, so why be afraid to say it?

“Okay! I miss that girl too. I heard from my brother the other day that the person Jiu’er introduced to him is quite capable, especially in attracting investment, and he’s already a key figure in their office.”

Ren Yi felt incredibly proud of knowing Hua Yan. His brother, who was usually so arrogant, was surprisingly generous in praising the person Hua Yan had introduced him to.

That person was none other than Tai Jida's father, Comrade Tai Ranzhi.

In order to ensure that Hua Jingxing and Hua Yan's efforts were not in vain, this comrade not only promoted the greenhouse technology throughout the city, but also built clothing factories in several villages with geographical advantages. He even brought automobile manufacturers, computer manufacturers, and home appliance manufacturers to Shengjing through Hua Yan's connections.

The city now attaches great importance to the development of these enterprises and has provided them with many preferential policies.

Tai Ran's abilities were on full display, showing great promise. Moreover, Tai Ji becoming the top scorer in the college entrance examination injected new energy into his already surging heart, and he secretly resolved to keep pace with his son.

Ren Yi may be all smiles now, but he hasn't had a proper rest these past few days. Like Tong Tianci, he's been troubled by the serial murder case that happened recently.

This criminal seems to be a spur-of-the-moment thief, committing the crime without motive, entirely based on his mood. Therefore, it's impossible to grasp any key points and identify the suspect at all.

Many people in Shengjing who know about this are now in a state of panic. In my previous life, such a case would have been widely reported online; it would have been impossible not to know about it, and it would definitely have been on the front page of the news.

However, nowadays, without the internet and with less developed news media, and mainly because government departments want to minimize the impact, this news is only known to the victim's family and friends, so Hua Yan had no idea about it at all.

"Director Ren, the victim at the hospital didn't make it; he just passed away."

Luan Yu didn't even knock before pushing the door open and coming in, his face full of frustration.

"Oh, I see."

Ren Yi took a deep breath, suppressing his resentment, and frowned.

"Old Tong, call Jiu'er. We can't wait any longer. Postpone dinner and let her help us find the suspect first."

Ren Yi and Tong Tianci both looked extremely grim.

When Tong Tianci arrived, Hua Yan and Taiji were having dinner at the Sihe Restaurant.

"Uncle Tong, what can I do for you?"

Hua Yan received a call from Tong Tianci, who asked where she was and wanted to meet. Judging from his tone, it wasn't a casual chat, so Hua Yan deduced that something was definitely up.

"Jiu'er, are you finished eating? If you're done, come with me."

Tong Tianci's face was full of anxiety.

"Okay! I'll go with you. Brother Taiji, please tell my dad that I'm going out with Uncle Tong for a bit, so he won't worry."

With that, Hua Yan put down her chopsticks, took a sip of water, and followed Tong Tianci out.

Taiji wanted to go along, but Huayan had no intention of taking him, so he had to give up.

"Jiu'er, we've run into another big problem, and we need your wisdom to give us some advice..."

As Tong Tianci walked, he explained the case to Hua Yan. When they arrived at the police car by the roadside, they saw Ren Yi and Luan Yu, but they only nodded and did not interrupt Tong Tianci.

It turned out that for the past month, people had been repeatedly beaten and seriously injured, and sent to the hospital. Some of these people did not survive and passed away. Others who were rescued were in a deep coma and unable to speak. Even those who miraculously regained consciousness could not say who had attacked them.

The police couldn't get any useful clues, and they couldn't figure anything out from the victims either, because some of them were killed during the day and some at night, and there were elderly people, children, women and strong men. There was no pattern to it. The only common feature was that they all had head injuries.

Even with head injuries, the weapons used were not all the same, as if they were just grabbing whatever was at hand and convenient to use as weapons, which made it impossible to identify the suspect.

The only information Hua Yan gathered from listening to the whole thing was that the suspect was indiscriminately harming passersby, and that he was hitting them on the head.

A blow to the head is the easiest way to knock someone down, and it can be fatal. So what is the purpose of that?

Nothing happens without a reason, unless the person is mentally ill. But mentally ill people are not afraid to expose themselves, nor do they know how to hide themselves. Therefore, this suspect is doing something very meticulously, using the methods of a mentally ill person.

"Let me see these corpses."

Hua Yan believed that the only things that could provide her with information were these mute corpses.

Ren Yi, Tong Tianci, and Luan Yu stared wide-eyed at Hua Yan in disbelief.

"Any questions?"

"Oh! No problem. Let's go!"

With a shout of "Go!", the car sped off.

Regardless, Hua Yan did not refuse, which means she has a way to help them.

They soon arrived at the hospital morgue. These people had died in the hospital, all due to head problems. There were no objections, so they were not transferred to the city bureau for autopsies.

After contacting the hospital director, Ren Yi and his group were taken to the morgue. The morgue staff, seeing several strangers enter, assumed they were family members and didn't think much of it.

But when he heard that these people wanted to see the person who had been seriously injured and died from a head injury, the person in charge frowned.

Normally, hospital morgues don't store bodies for long; they're usually removed and buried or cremated within a few days. However, these people have been left here because the case remains unsolved. The city police station has limited space for storing bodies, so they're temporarily using their space.

"Bring out the bodies of Zhao Laogen, Wang Mingzhi, and others; we want to see them."

Ren Yi named a total of ten people, all of whom were too badly injured to be saved after being attacked.

The staff member looked a bit upset. The police had come before, but they only checked the identities of these people and never asked to inspect them.

"Do we need to see them all?"

"Yes! I want to see them all."

The staff's reluctance was obvious, but they still went to the morgue and pulled the body out.

"who is this?"

"This is Zhao Laogen."

The staff member didn't even look up, and replied quietly.

"Wait, are you sure this is Zhao Laogen?"

"Confirmed? What's wrong?"

The staff member's eyes darted away. His heart was pounding with excitement; he longed to come out and see the world.

"Luan Yu, bring me the deceased's file."

Ren Yi's brows were so furrowed they could trap a fly.

Luan Yu and Tong Tianci both craned their necks to look over.