National Forensic Doctor

"Why not choose the easy cases?" Pang Jidong found it a bit hard to understand.

According to conventional thinking, if the benefits of each project are similar, then one would certainly choose the easiest one to tackle. Even if criteria for judging the difficulty of projects vary, it’s always right to pick the relatively easy ones.

Jiang Yuan’s answer was entirely beyond Pang Jidong’s expectation, "The other cases might not involve Legal Botany, and then you would have to forget all the things I’ve told you."

This was really... Pang Jidong felt as if his chest had suddenly been filled with warmth.

"You chose this case for me?" Pang Jidong stood in the cold basement, feeling stunned, his heart warm, his mind bemused, his expression blank, and his limbs fidgeting aimlessly.

Jiang Yuan smiled frankly, "It’s for myself as well. I originally thought the last few cases would be enough. You’ve been struggling to get started, and I think that starting directly with pollen is too hard. The most practical application of Legal Botany is in drowning cases; since we have one, let’s take a look..."

"It’s... it’s because I’m too slow..." Pang Jidong regretted so much. He should have worked harder in the past days.

Pang Jidong couldn’t help but reminisce; it had been over a decade since he left the ranks of the young, and no one had been so kind to him since then.

Once, when he had just started out, his master was very kind to him. The following leaders, including the bureau chief, treated him quite well too, but gradually, the leaders retired, left office, were transferred away... His master retired to enjoy his old age at home, and the only ones who were kind to him were his wife and later, his children. Eventually, the focus of care from his wife and children shifted too...

Approaching middle age, it seemed the only option left was to burn oneself out.