Chapter 957: Life Function

After returning to the crime scene, his subordinates handed an envelope to Chen Shi, and he asked in surprise, "What is this?"

"Captain, it was found in the car of the deceased."

The envelope had no seal and no postmark. When he opened it, there was a printed piece of paper with "Life Function" written on it. Below were a lot of inexplicable formulas and symbols. The only ones Chen Shi could make out were a few Chinese characters. "M = murder; P = crime of passion; A = accidental murder."

"What kind of stuff is this?" Chen Shi was confused.

"Death signature?" Lin Dongxue leaned over, "But who can understand this kind of signature?"

"Um... Old Peng was a science major. I wonder if he can understand it. Let’s all head back!"

Back at the bureau, Peng Sijue was not in the lab that day, and upon inquiring, they found that he had gone to another branch. It was said that an unclaimed female corpse had been found there.

Gu You had already been missing for two years. Whenever a branch or funeral home found an unclaimed female body, he would immediately run over for confirmation. Chen Shi always felt unsure in his heart about this. Should he tell him that Gu You was in the wasteland in the suburbs? All that was left were probably bare bones.

Chen Shi temporarily set aside these thoughts. Today’s case was fishy. He went to the archives to check if there had been similar cases in Long’an in recent years.

He flipped through the files by himself and time passed quickly. His phone rang suddenly and it turned out that it was Lin Dongxue who called. She asked, "Where are you? Something happened to Yueyue!"

"What?!"

"She’s in your office now."

"I'll come right away!"

Chen Shi immediately ran back to the office and saw Tao Yueyue sitting on the sofa with a bandage wrapped around her hand. Her expression was full of panic. When she saw Chen Shi coming in, she immediately burst into tears and threw herself at him.

Yueyue has always been a strong child. She seldom cried in his impression of her. Chen Shi patted her on the back and said, "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. I’m here."

Lin Dongxue said, "Today is the weekend, so Yueyue went out shopping with her classmates. Suddenly, a mysterious person pushed her from behind and she fell onto the road. If Yueyue hadn't reacted quickly and rolled away before the car hit her, she would have almost..."

"Mysterious person?!" Chen Shi was shocked, "Have you checked the surveillance footage in that area?"

"Not yet."

Chen Shi wiped away the tears from the corners of Tao Yueyue's eyes and asked, "Do you remember anything else?"

Tao Yueyue answered, "Before pushing me, he called me by my name. As soon as I turned around, I suddenly flew onto the road before I could even see his face clearly. My mind went blank and I instinctively just rolled away from the middle of the road."

"Asshole, taking action against a young girl!" Chen Shi muttered. "Could it be related to Zhou Tiannan?"

"It shouldn’t be. Although it’s been on the news, Yueyue used a pseudonym. The last time she appeared in a movie on a whim, it was never released due to funding problems. The outside world doesn’t know that Tao Yueyue was the person who personally arrested Zhou Xiao."

"What if Zhou Tiannan still has some allies at large?"

"Then this revenge came too late, right? Zhou Tiannan had already passed away three years ago, and Zhou Xiao had already been executed. They’re all history."

"Pushing... Why does this technique sound so familiar? Right! Liang Zuoming!"

Tao Yueyue’s classmate Liang Zuoming was also pushed towards the middle of the road by someone unknown. As there were too many things happening at the time, nothing came of that case. Chen Shi looked for it in the drawers. Lin Dongxue took out her phone memory card and said, "I have a copy of that video here."

Therefore, Chen Shi played the surveillance footage obtained at the time on the computer and asked Tao Yueyue to come over and watch. When the car accident happened, a man in black wearing a hat left the bus stop. Chen Shi pressed the pause button and asked Tao Yueyue, "Does he look like him?"

Tao Yueyue shook her head. "I don't know... My head is in disarray right now."

Lin Dongxue stroked Tao Yueyue's back affectionately. "Let Yueyue have a good rest. Why don’t you stay at home tomorrow instead of going to school?"

Tao Yueyue pouted. "Wouldn’t I still be alone at home? You guys can't keep me company. I had better go to school. At most, I just won't leave the school grounds."

"Yueyue, that person dared to attack you, so I will make him pay the price no matter what!" Chen Shi said seriously.

"I believe you... I'm hungry now."

"What do you want to eat? I'll order it for you." Lin Dongxue said.

"High-calorie junk food."

"Okay, anything you like!" Lin Dongxue took out her phone.

Chen Shi thought about this and still felt lingering fear. If Yueyue's reaction had been a little slower, he could hardly imagine how desperate and helpless he would be when facing Yueyue's corpse.

Fortunately, Tao Yueyue had received a lot of training at the police academy. She was just a thin little girl in the past. Nowadays, her complexion is darker and she was a lot more energetic to boot. She also knew some fighting techniques. She often sparred against Chen Shi at home.

When the meal was delivered, Tao Yueyue sat in Chen Shi’s chair and watched the video again. She said, "Uncle Chen, if this is the same person, why did he make a move on me only after two years? Also, as a victim, what do Liang Zuoming and I have in common?"

"Except for being from the same junior high school, I can't think of anything else you two have in common." Chen Shi said.

"Or perhaps this person simply likes to push people onto the road. We should go to the local police station and the traffic police to ask and see if there have been similar cases over the past few years." Lin Dongxue said.

Chen Shi shook his head. "Since he called Yueyue's name, he must have a motive."

"What's the motive? Revenge on us? Like the murders targeting police officers' family members that time?"

When that incident was mentioned, Chen Shi felt like he was recalling a nightmare. He rubbed his face with his hands. He couldn't deny this possibility. He could only pray silently in his heart for it to not be like this.

Ever since Zhou Xiao was arrested, Long’an had been peaceful for a long time, as if Long’an's evil had been sealed. He sincerely hoped that there would be no further incidents.

"In fact, Liang Zuoming and I still have something in common." Tao Yueyue noted. "Neither of us are good children. Maybe the murderer is someone who specifically kills bad children."

"You’re quite self-aware. Let me ask you, do you behave yourself at the police academy?" Chen Shi said.

Tao Yueyue thought for a while. "I’m much better behaved than back when I was in junior high. After all, I don’t normally have to stay together with those annoying classmates... Huh? What is this?"

Tao Yueyue picked up the "Life Function" she had found on the table which had been taken from the deceased. Chen Shi said, "In this morning’s case, a male domestic abuser was killed by an injection of poison. This was found on him. Can you understand it?"

"This seems to be a set of proof questions, but it involves advanced mathematics. M = murder? The final result is M. Is the murderer telling us the rationality of the murder?"

"Although I can't understand this piece of paper, I think its most direct significance is telling us that the murderer has nothing to do with the wife of the deceased. He has his own motives..." Chen Shi supported his head in his hands. "I have a kind of premonition that Long’an has greeted the arrival of another psychopathic murderer."