Miss Truth

Despite her raging anger, Sang Chen cast a cold glance at Liu Pinrang, a look that was devoid of turmoil yet conveyed a calm before the storm. Even if an official ranked higher might oppress those below, she, Sang Chen, was not someone who could be easily shaped and molded by others!

Unfortunately, other than her gaze, she really couldn’t openly threaten an Inspector like Liu, but she knew that for someone like Inspector Liu, who had mingled in officialdom for decades, a slight display of her anger and dissatisfaction was all that was needed. As long as she still had value to him, he certainly wouldn’t go too far.

"Have you found any clues around here?" Sang Chen glanced at Wan Lu, signaling her to bring over the box.

Wan Lu walked into the tent, set down the box, took out a cover-up coat, face mask, and gloves, and helped Sang Chen put them on in order. Ge Lan, holding an umbrella, stood outside the tent, quietly observing every movement and subtle facial expression of Sang Chen. Considering what she was about to do, Ge Lan felt a chill inside. She thought of the warning from last night and couldn’t help but reassess Sang Chen.

"There are no traces on the hillside above, but the grass below has been flattened and ripped as if someone had rolled and crawled over it. The grass is torn in many places. This slope isn’t steep; I’ve tried, and you can walk straight up. It looks like the victim sustained some injury that prevented walking, so he had to crawl. However, there’s no sign of blood near the flattened grass, but it rained heavily last night, so it might have been washed away," explained Judge Yu, describing each discovery, before finally saying, "That’s all for now, no items have been found. I’ve ordered the government soldiers to expand the search area, but we haven’t heard any news yet."

"Mm," Sang Chen squatted down to examine the body. She saw a Government Official ready to take notes and began dictating the basic information, "The deceased is male, aged... approximately twenty years old, seven feet tall, well-developed, fair-skinned, wearing a gray gown with a round neckline. The body is prone, the robe is open, the hair disheveled with a lot of moss and pine needles stuck in it."

Upon hearing this, Liu Pinrang turned and instructed two government soldiers to go nearby and look for pine trees and large patches of moss.

Sang Chen asked the official to sketch the prone position of the body for the record and then slowly turned the body over. Signs of rigor mortis had begun to dissipate, which suggested that the time of death was within the last three days, definitely more than two, aligning with the time Sang Chen was near the vicinity.