A forensic doctor is reborn, sir, please don't bully me!

Inside the Economic Development Zone Police Station.

Listening to Tong Qiang's rambling, Xiang Yuntian had no choice but to walk over, pull out a chair, and deliberately sit facing backwards, placing his hands on the back of the chair.

Seeing this, Bai Mengfei deliberately imitated Xiang Yuntian, pulling out another stool next to her and sitting down close to him. The two of them stared at Tong Qiang as if they were queuing up.

Tong Qiang then realized that the two had returned, and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly, giving them a somewhat awkward smile.

"You're still talking nonstop here," Xiang Yuntian said with a wry smile, his tone revealing a hint of helplessness.

Tong Qiang nodded modestly and smiled demurely, "Yes! But I had no choice."

"There's no hope for this, it can't be done." After saying that, Bai Mengfei stood up and walked towards the police dormitory at the back, unwilling to stay and watch any longer.

Actually, she couldn't bear to witness this scene; she couldn't provide any valuable information and was just annoying.

As soon as she turned to go back to her dormitory, Xiang Yuntian immediately turned around as well.

Tong Qiang had originally hoped that the two of them could be of help, but seeing that Xiang Yuntian was also about to leave, he hurriedly stood up.

"Hey, don't go!" Tong Qiang shouted.

However, Xiang Yuntian was so focused on pursuing Bai Mengfei that he didn't hear anything.

Bai Mengfei went straight back to her room, and Xiang Yuntian hurriedly followed her.

Upon opening the door, Xiang Yuntian saw Bai Mengfei sitting alone at her desk, looking dejected and sullen. He quickly went over to her.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Xiang Yuntian asked softly.

As he spoke, he gently knelt down and looked up at his beloved Bai Mengfei.

Bai Mengfei looked worried and said sullenly, "It's nothing, it's just that I feel like this case has reached a deadlock. Are we out of the woods? It feels like all the clues are wrong."

Hearing Bai Mengfei's dejected words, Xiang Yuntian quickly encouraged her: "Don't be discouraged. One setback is not a failure. Only when we give up completely is it a real failure."

"But if we keep investigating like this, it seems we won't find any clues!" At this moment, Bai Mengfei felt a tightness in her chest, her mind a mess of various pressures.

With no progress on the case, and the thought of his own murder and the serial killings weighing heavily on his mind.

Xiang Yuntian was also troubled and fully understood Bai Mengfei's feelings at this moment.

There have been just too many upsetting things lately, almost one after another. Not to mention the two of them, everyone at the municipal police station, from top to bottom, is probably under immense pressure. If they can't solve the case quickly, they won't be able to explain it to the people.

Seeing her so troubled and inexplicably flustered, Xiang Yuntian felt that Bai Mengfei really needed to rest.

Then he said to Bai Mengfei, "Why don't you take a good rest first?"

Upon hearing Xiang Yuntian's words, Bai Mengfei lowered her gaze and pondered seriously for a while.

After a while, she nodded gently and agreed to Xiang Yuntian's request, because she also felt that she really needed to rest.

However, as soon as she lay back in bed and pulled the covers up, she dreamed of that terrifying totem, that strange pattern from astrology.

"Is this really related to superstition?!" Bai Mengfei kept asking herself in her dream.

As the dream deepened, she seemed to have arrived at a place she did not want to go.

Returning to the familiar place, she was filled with fear, and her hands unconsciously gripped the blanket tightly.

Xiang Yuntian was sitting in a chair against the wall, thinking about the case, when he noticed Bai Mengfei making noises on the bed and subconsciously turned his head.

Bai Mengfei was covered in sweat and muttering things like "Don't come any closer, go away." Xiang Yuntian immediately realized that she was having a nightmare.

He quickly got up, went to the bedside, and gently nudged her with both hands, trying to wake her from her nightmare.

After waking up, Bai Mengfei couldn't remember what she had dreamt about, but she knew it was a nightmare. She tried hard to recall the terrifying scenes in the dream, and felt somewhat dazed.

"Mengfei, Mengfei..." Xiang Yuntian sat by the bed and gently nudged her, hoping to wake her from her reverie.

With a slight exertion from Xiang Yuntian, Bai Mengfei finally came to her senses and turned to look at him.

Xiang Yuntian breathed a sigh of relief and said softly, "You scared me to death! Did you have a nightmare?"

"Yes, I had several dreams, but I can't remember them."

"Dreams are all illusions, stop thinking about them."

“No, I remember going back in time and dreaming about when I died.” As she spoke, Bai Mengfei swallowed hard and continued, “There was also a place filled with ancient lamps, and someone was performing a ritual there. Could this be related to the case? My intuition tells me that there might be a connection.”

Xiang Yuntian thought it was unlikely, so he shook his head and said to Bai Mengfei, "That's probably not very likely, right? Think about it, the murderer didn't take anything from the victim, did he?"

After hearing what Xiang Yuntian said, Bai Mengfei felt that it made sense, but she still racked her brains to think about it.

Xiang Yuntian knew he couldn't persuade her, so he stopped trying and turned to prepare food for her.

As night fell, Bai Mengfei suddenly had a flash of inspiration and made a request to Xiang Yuntian: "Could you take me to see that female corpse? I want to study it carefully. I've often been able to find clues from details before."

Xiang Yuntian initially objected, citing the excuse that the body had already been sent to the hospital for refrigeration.

But under Bai Mengfei's insistence, he finally agreed.

Late at night, the two left the police dormitory and headed to the hospital.

Since there are usually not many people here, the hospital was even quieter and deserted at this moment, with no nurses on duty in sight.

"Hurry up," Bai Mengfei urged again.

Xiang Yuntian quickly quickened his pace to catch up with her.

The two arrived outside the morgue. Xiang Yuntian quickly stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "Do you think we'll be mistaken for stealing corpses in this state?"

These words naturally earned Bai Mengfei a glare.

Bai Mengfei gripped the doorknob tightly, ready to push the door open at any moment, while whispering, "Although no one recognizes me now, or knows my identity, who are you? You are Xiang Yuntian, the forensic doctor who came from the city to this remote place. You're here to investigate a case, how could you possibly be a murderer? Are you stupid?"

Hearing Bai Mengfei say this, Xiang Yuntian could find no other excuse. Actually, the only reason he didn't want Bai Mengfei to perform the autopsy late at night was to avoid putting too much pressure on her at work.

Seeing that Xiang Yuntian no longer objected, Bai Mengfei pushed open the door and went inside.

The morgue was filled with many cold, stiff corpses; any other girl would probably have been terrified.

But Bai Mengfei found a unique sense of belonging in this place full of corpses.

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