As soon as she entered the innermost room, Tao Yu felt a chilling air. Ice blocks were placed around the room to keep it cool, and a bed was placed in the center with Zhou Ying lying face down, his complexion gray and stiff.
At this moment, seeing the body with her own eyes, Tao Yu confirmed that Zhou Ying was truly dead. So who killed him? Was it related to the abnormal death of the alternate personality? Tao Yu’s heart slowly sank.
Just as she was about to walk forward, she felt resistance on her hand and turned back to see Yue Linze’s reluctant face. She said helplessly: “We’ve only reached the doorway.”
“We agreed to watch from far away.” Yue Linze was unhappy.
Tao Yu could only look at the coroner, who thought that Yue Linze coming in was already a miracle and didn’t want to ask for too much. Tao Yu had to give up, not wanting to arouse suspicion.
With Yue Linze present, the coroner began the examination, checking and reporting the findings: “Based on the body’s rigor mortis, he likely drowned between 1-3 am.”
His apprentice immediately recorded the clues, while Yue Linze beside Tao Yu hugged her waist in a clingy manner. Tao Yu was almost choked and patted his hand to signal him to loosen his grip, which he reluctantly did by an inch.
As the couple continued their small interactions, the coroner glanced at them and continued the examination: “Water in mouth and nose, suggesting drowning and suffocation, with mud and sand between fingers, indicating struggle in water.” When examining the wound, he frowned, “There are small stones in the wound, likely from hitting a sharp stone while falling into the water, but…”
“But what?” Tao Yu immediately asked.
The coroner, not expecting her to speak, paused before saying solemnly: “Why are there faint burn marks on the wound?”
“…How could there be burn marks from falling into water?” Yue Linze shuddered, pulling his arm back tightly. Tao Yu was almost choked and reached to loosen his grip, too preoccupied to ask the coroner further questions.
