CHAPTER 448: CHAPTER 307: BLOODSTAINS, WATCHING ME

Being mocked by his own subordinates, whom he had long pressed hard, Shen Que was annoyed inside, but his face showed no reaction. With a gesture of his hand, he straightforwardly introduced the five people beside him.

Tao Xinyuan, a lanky yet tall young man wearing glasses, seemed refined but occasionally his eyes sparkled with intelligence. He was a computer engineer at the Provincial Public Security Department, very smart, but less physically adept.

Ying Panman, also in her twenties, graduated from a prestigious police academy in Beijing with excellent grades. Just three years after graduation, thanks to her extraordinary analytical skills and solid combat skills—including boxing, paired with marksmanship—she had rapidly risen through the ranks and was assigned to the elite team in the Provincial Public Security Department.

Xiang Qiang, a typical combatant, stood at six-foot-two, second in height only to team leader Shen Que, and muscular. His favorite pastime was using his head to break bricks. His home was filled with various martial arts trophies.

Zheng Jie had balanced abilities, strong operational skills, excelled in social interactions, and was adept in psychology, often casually eliciting crucial information from suspects.

Jiang Yuandong specialized in tracking, renowned for his running speed, driving, and disguising abilities.

These five individuals, all under thirty, were the top members of the provincial Public Security Department’s first team, now seriously introduced to Zhang Wei, which only made their curiosity about him grow.

However, Zhang Wei did not go into detail about himself, but simply said, "I’ve already retired. Now, you are the soldiers, and I am the civilian, act as usual."

"And who is this?" Ying Panman, skilled in analysis, observed that Zhang Wei clearly prioritized this girl, judging by her demeanor and dress, she must come from a distinguished background. Could it be that Zhang Wei, after retirement, was her bodyguard?

"My second employer, she can also be of assistance to you," Zhang Wei’s understated explanation showed varied reactions among the six.

She can?

If they believed Zhang Wei could, this girl—

The five were quite skeptical, yet they noticed that at this moment the girl was looking around and did not pay any attention to them.

The feeling was strange.

"Miss Sui, have you noticed anything?" Shen Que, the least likely to underestimate Sui Yi, because he respected Zhang Wei, knew that Zhang did not respect someone just for their employer’s status.

This respect was genuinely deep-rooted.

"The person is already dead."

With just these words from Sui Yi, everyone’s faces dramatically changed.

"How do you know?" Shen Que asked grimly.

"Blood."

Blood?

"We checked, there are no bloodstains."

Sui Yi looked towards Ying Panman, who wore gloves and held a case, her gaze clear and shallow, "It was licked clean."

What?

Ying Panman, Shen Que, and Zheng Jie immediately looked at the ground!

Especially Shen Que, who crouched down, staring at a patch of soil.

"I found it odd why some parts of the ground looked strange—so that’s why."

Scanning the room, the simple and slightly shabby house had no visible blood stains; the smell, likely because a young man lived alone, was slightly unpleasant. The wooden floor was roughly plank-covered with occasional seams, the rafters intersected, about three meters off the ground, somewhat low; the walls were made of ancient mud mixed with bricks.

On the uneven, mossy-green ground there were patches slightly lighter green in color.

But who would notice this!

The average person would not be able to differentiate, not to mention Ying Panman who crouched down to test for bloodstains and found nothing.

"If it was licked clean, that explains why Manman couldn’t detect bloodstains, but who would lick it with their tongue?"

If it were tiles, that would be one thing, but this is soil!

And there were patches of seemingly disgusting moss on it.

Sui Yi remained silent, her gaze lingering for a while before she walked out the door. Following up, Shen Que made a phone call, asking when the provincial medical examiner would arrive.

"Don’t tell me about any missing persons case or anything. What missing persons case is like this? I tell you, out of the ten missing, there’s a family of four and a couple, all were cooking and in normal living conditions, clearly showing no signs of leaving voluntarily, but they all disappeared within a short period of time—so hurry up," Shen Que’s voice was low, but Sui Yi, standing by the door, heard it very clearly and thought inwardly that this group was highly capable, possessing some clues even more significant than what she had noticed.

As Sui Yi came out, Mao Gang had already rushed up, anxiously asking, "Miss Sui, then—"

"Prepare for the worst," Sui Yi said simply.