"Is it possible that someone strangled the victim and staged it to look like he strangled himself?" Shen Hao pondered for a moment and shared his opinion.
Upon hearing this, Mu Wanqing shook her head. "Impossible! A normal person would fiercely struggle if suddenly strangled. But the victim has no signs of a fight on his body, and toxicology reports show no drugs. This means the victim was normal before death and didn't take any drugs — which is clearly unreasonable."
As she spoke, Mu Wanqing suddenly recalled something and instructed, "Shen Hao, check the victim's fingernails for any foreign epithelial fibers."
Shen Hao nodded and quickly clipped the victim's nails, then moved to examine them with instruments.
After a while, he looked up with a strange expression. "Boss, the test results are in. Only the victim's own epithelial fibers were found under his nails."
Everyone in the technical division found this utterly absurd.
All the evidence suggested the victim strangled himself.
But the problem is, no one can strangle themselves!
At this moment, Mu Wanqing finally understood why Xiao Zhang was doubting his life.
This corpse was a paradox.
After a few moments of silence, Mu Wanqing frowned and said, "Xiao Xu, explain the victim's information and the case details."
"Okay, Sister Wanqing." The short-haired female officer nodded and opened her file, then recited, "The victim is named Wang Guofu, 45 years old, former general manager at Tengfei Entertainment Agency. The crime scene was in an office building in the Economic Development Zone. Five eyewitnesses, all company employees, reported seeing the victim leave his office, start talking to himself, and then strangle himself with both hands."
"During this time, an employee tried to help but failed. When the local police arrived, the victim had already suffocated. By the way, the bureau retrieved footage from the scene. Sister Wanqing, do you want to review it?"
Hearing the report, Shen Hao exclaimed in shock, "Damn, someone really strangled himself? How did he do it?"
Not only Shen Hao but even Mu Wanqing found it unbelievable.
Moreover, Mu Wanqing was troubled by how to write the autopsy report.
Both the autopsy findings and the case details pointed to self-strangulation as the cause of death — but that simply couldn't happen.
After Mu Wanqing and Shen Hao left, a few more groups came to watch movies sporadically.
By 9 p.m., Lin Chen noticed no one was on the street, so he tidied up the lobby and closed the shop to sleep upstairs.
Next morning.
Lin Chen was woken by voices downstairs, irritated he opened his eyes and got out of bed.
Opening the window and looking down, he was shocked.
A dense crowd of thirty or forty people was blocking half the street, chatting in groups.
"Why isn't the shop open yet? It's past 9 a.m.!"
"Hey, first timers! This place normally doesn't open until 10 except on weekends."
"Damn, what a ripoff."
"Who has the boss's number? Just call him."
"I remember the boss lives upstairs — just shout to him."
"Look! Is that the boss in the window up there?"
At that, all eyes turned upward.
Feeling all those gazes was uncomfortable, especially just waking up.
Lin Chen smiled awkwardly and reassured, "Everyone, please wait, I'll open the door soon."
He quickly washed up, dressed, and went downstairs.
Pulling up the shutter, the crowd flooded inside.
The lobby had only one bar counter, which soon became cramped with the crowd.
Lin Chen struggled to the counter and loudly said, "Everyone, please quiet down."
Once quiet, he continued, "Please line up and buy tickets in order."
Mostly young people, they obeyed and quickly formed three neat lines.
At the front stood a girl with big eyes. Lin Chen handed her a Liability Waiver, "Please sign this first."
After signing, she asked curiously, "Boss, if I succeed in the challenge, will the 5,000 yuan prize be paid immediately?"
"Yes, if you succeed, the prize will be handed out on the spot!" Lin Chen smiled.
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