Chapter 716 Su Wuming 15
Chapter 716 Su Wuming 15
Su Wuming raised his eyebrows with a hint of surprise, and a hint of imperceptible admiration flashed in his eyes. This kid, although he looks reckless, has good observation skills. He nodded slightly, confirming Lu Lingfeng's judgment.
"I noticed calluses on the index and middle fingers of this person's right hand, so I inferred that his thumb should also have calluses. Only old gamblers who have been addicted to gambling for many years would have calluses on these three fingers."
After Su Wuming finished explaining, he took off the leather gloves used for autopsy from his waist, put them on slowly, then walked to Song Chai's body and gently pried open his stiff right hand.
"Sure enough." Su Wuming pointed at the thick callus on Song Chai's right thumb and said to Lu Lingfeng, "This callus is slightly different from the ones on his index and middle fingers. The color is darker and the texture is harder. It is caused by years of rubbing the dice."
Lu Lingfeng took a closer look. Although he didn't understand what was said, Su Wuming's explanation made sense, so he could only reluctantly believe it.
He thought to himself: This pretty boy looks frail, but I didn't expect he has such sharp observation skills.
Chu Huan watched Su Wuming's serious and focused expression from the side, her heart pounding uncontrollably. He lowered his eyebrows, and his thick eyelashes cast a shadow under his eyelids, making his facial features look even more profound and handsome.
Chu Hua seemed to be bewitched and held her breath unconsciously, for fear of disturbing him.
"In that case, as the Chang'an County Magistrate, why don't you arrest him and interrogate him?" Lu Lingfeng crossed his arms and looked at Su Wuming provocatively, his tone full of doubt.
He deliberately emphasized the four words "Chang'an County Lieutenant", as if mocking Su Wuming for holding an office but doing nothing.
"Although this person is a suspect, he is definitely not the murderer. I wanted to follow the clues to find the culprit..." Su Wuming stood with his hands behind his back, looking at Song Chai's body with deep eyes, with a hint of regret in his tone.
"Have the two knife-wielding thieves been tried?" Lu Lingfeng asked.
"It's about to be tried."
In the Chang'an County government office, Su Wuming and Lu Lingfeng looked at the two men who had been beaten with a stick.
It turned out that Song Chai was heavily in debt, and in order to get money for gambling, he even wanted to sell his wife to a human trafficker.
But when the two human traffickers went there, they didn't see anyone. They thought they were cheated by Song Chai, so they came to him to argue.
When Chu Hua heard this, her temper flared up. Her eyes widened, her hands on her hips, like a cat with its fur standing on end.
"What the hell! This scumbag! He traded his wife for money. Does he still have any humanity? I thought it was some deep hatred, but this is it? This?!"
Lu Lingfeng was startled by her sudden anger and subconsciously took a step back and said: "Can you please keep your voice down? If you don't know, you would think you are the victim."
Su Wuming looked at Chu Hua's indignant expression, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly unconsciously. This girl is so cute.
He coughed lightly and advised softly, "Miss, calm down. Although this matter is infuriating, there is no need to get angry now that the truth has been revealed. Song Chai is dead now, and he deserves it."
Chu Hua took a deep breath and tried hard to suppress the anger in her heart, but there was still a hint of dissatisfaction in her tone.
"I just think that Song Chai died too easily!" She glared fiercely at Song Chai's body on the ground, as if she could bring the body back to life and give him a lesson.
Lu Lingfeng crossed his arms and looked at Chu Hua's angry expression. He couldn't help but sneer, "You little girl, you are really meddling in other people's business. What does it have to do with you whether Song Chai lives or dies?"
Chu Hua was furious when she heard this. Her eyebrows were raised and her eyes were wide open. She pointed at Lu Lingfeng and said, "You! You reckless man! Scum like Song Chai should be..."
Chu Huan was speechless for a moment, and couldn't think of more vicious words to curse Song Chai.
Su Wuming looked at Chu Hua, whose cheeks were red with anger, but his eyes were full of smiles. He gently pulled Chu Hua's sleeve and said softly, "Girl, anger is harmful to your health. Don't get angry over such a person."
Chu Hua felt the warmth of Su Wuming's fingertips, and her heart trembled, and her anger also dissipated a lot. She turned her head to look at Su Wuming, but happened to bump into his gentle gaze, and for a moment she was a little absent-minded.
When their eyes met, the air seemed to freeze. Chu Hua felt her heartbeat was about to jump out of her chest, and her cheeks began to heat up. Su Wuming's fingers were slender and warm, and the thin calluses on his fingertips gently rubbed her sleeves, bringing a strange touch.
She wanted to pull her hand back, but she couldn't bear to give up this brief contact.
Su Wuming looked at Chu Hua who was so close to him. Her cheeks were slightly red because of anger, but her eyes were clear and bright, like a clear spring, reflecting his figure. He felt his heartbeat begin to speed up, and an inexplicable throbbing was rippling in his heart.
"Girl..." Su Wuming was about to say something but was interrupted by Lu Lingfeng's sudden voice.
"I say, you two, you're flirting with each other. Are you going to investigate the case or not?" Lu Lingfeng crossed his arms with an impatient look on his face, looking at the two of them with a sour tone.
Chu Hua suddenly woke up from her dream, pulled her hand back abruptly, and coughed awkwardly.
Su Wuming's face darkened, a hint of displeasure flashed across his brows, and his tone became serious.
"General Lu, please stop talking nonsense! Miss Chu Hua is pure and innocent, how could you treat her so frivolously?"
"Su Wuming, what's wrong with you? I was just joking, why take it so seriously?"
Su Wuming said sternly, "There should be a limit to jokes! If you say this, won't it ruin Miss Chu Hua's reputation? If it gets out, how will she cope with it in the future?"
Chu Hua felt a warm current in her heart. She was very surprised and touched that Su Wuming would defend her like this. She didn't expect that in this strange world, someone would care so much about her reputation and feelings.
Su Wuming's words made her feel an unprecedented sense of security.
Lu Lingfeng also knew that he was wrong, so his tone softened: "Alright, alright, it's my fault for being rude. Miss, I'm sorry."
Lu Lingfeng clasped his fists towards Chu Hua as an apology. Although he was straightforward, he was not unreasonable. Su Wuming was right, there should be a limit to jokes. Seeing that he apologized sincerely, Chu Hua no longer cared and nodded slightly to indicate acceptance.
……
Su Wuming squatted down and carefully examined Dou Cong's body. The surface of the body was intact, the skin color was normal, there were no corpse spots, and there was no rotten smell.
"Strange..." Su Wuming frowned and muttered to himself.
Chu Hua also squatted down and moved closer to the body to observe it carefully. A faint fragrance emanated from the body.
"Can you smell it?" Chu Huan frowned slightly and sniffed with her pink nose. The fragrance seemed to be there and not there, lingering at the tip of her nose, which was very strange.
“It smells weird.”
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