Eye of Sin

Chapter 641 Acquaintance
When he heard about the case, Huo Yan quickly stood up and said to Xing Zongda, Ning's father and Ning's mother: "Sorry, we have to go first, you guys eat slowly."

His eyes fell on Xing Zongta. He and Ning Shuyi had just picked up the old man from the health care center. They had planned to send him back after dinner, or help him go through the paperwork to go home from the health care center. Unexpectedly, there was work to be done here before they even finished their meal.

"It's okay, you don't have to worry about me!" Xing Zongda realized Huo Yan's concerns and pointed at Xing Zhongde who was standing beside him, "He's here!
After dinner, I asked him to take me and Xiao Ning's parents back to where we should go! You guys go and get busy! Don't worry about this!"

Xing Zhongde also quickly followed his father's words and said, "Yes, you guys go and get busy. Leave the rest to me, don't worry!"

Huo Yan nodded to him, said nothing more, and left the private room with Ning Shuyi.

When I turned around to close the door, I heard Xing Zongda asking Ning's father in the private room: "Is Xiaoyan always so busy? Didn't he just finish a case? Why does he have to rush to work on his day off?"

Ning's father replied: "The nature of their work is indeed like this. They don't have much free time all year round."

The two of them left the private room. Huo Yan paid the bill in advance, then trotted into the car and drove all the way to the address Ning Shuyi had received the notice.

This place used to be a very prosperous and lively area in W City. Even ten years ago, it was crowded with people and all kinds of shops were lined up. It was no exaggeration to say that every inch of land was worth a lot of money. However, with the gradual rise of online shopping, people's shopping habits have changed. The originally bustling streets and shops have gradually become deserted. Some are barely surviving, while others have closed down, leaving only the faded words "Popular Shop for Rent" on the dusty rolling door, which reveals an unspeakable irony.

"Has this place been lively before?" Huo Yan was not familiar with the situation here. He just had an instinctive guess when he looked at the surrounding environment while driving past.

"It was bustling." Ning Shuyi nodded, "Look at those small buildings on the roadside, they are more than 30 years old.

When this place was bustling, there was always talk of demolishing it and rebuilding it, but the price was never agreed upon. As a result, it became what it is now. You can hardly see anyone here during the day, let alone at night, so even the rumors of demolition have stopped spreading.”

Huo Yan frowned and glanced at the direction indicated by the navigation: "The crime scene seems to be in a small alley."

Ning Shuyi sighed: "It is said that no one knows when the incident happened, and it was not discovered until now."

Huo Yan was slightly stunned: "It seems that there are indeed very few people in this area now."

The two people drove the car forward for a while, turned a corner, and had to stop on the side of the road. Further ahead was a very narrow road with a lot of debris piled on the side of the road, and the car could not pass through.

The two parked the car, walked through the narrow path, and went around to the crime scene at the back.

The crime scene was located at the back of a building, which was originally a shopping mall. However, due to poor management, it eventually closed down. The door has been locked and it has not been rented out for many years and has been abandoned.

The alley where the crime scene was located was originally the freight entrance and exit of the building, used exclusively for trucks to load and unload goods. Now that the shopping malls are closed, there are naturally no cars, so there is only a dead end left.

It was around two or three in the afternoon. The sun was setting slightly, but it was still hot. The narrow roads and alleys were filled with an indescribable smell, like the stench of defecation and urination, mixed with some rotten smell.

Ning Shuyi couldn't help but frown and covered his mouth and nose with his hands.

After several years of training, she has become able to tolerate the stench of corpses or the smell of blood.

But facing this urine smell, they still couldn't help but feel uncomfortable from the inside out. They thought they would see a dead body on the ground, but when they got there, they only saw the criminal technicians busy taking photos and collecting evidence, the outline of a human figure on the ground, and a patch of black blood that had seeped into the cracks of the asphalt road.

Forensic Doctor Zhang was packing his things and preparing to go back.

"Forensic Doctor Zhang, the victim...?" Ning Shuyi and Huo Yan quickly quickened their pace and walked over to him and asked.

Medical examiner Zhang then noticed them and nodded and smiled at the two of them, "Oh, you're here! I've already dealt with everything here today. When the victim was found, people thought he was dead, but when we rushed over to check, we found that he was still breathing weakly, so we quickly contacted an ambulance and sent him to the hospital for emergency treatment.

I am not sure whether the victim can be rescued later, it depends on the victim's luck."

"What's the victim's situation like?" Huo Yan asked.

"I was stabbed and lost too much blood. I fell here. Judging from the wound and the amount of blood I lost, it should have happened around 4 or 5 this morning.

The wound was not fatal, but unfortunately no one passed by here and it was not discovered.

If the reporter hadn't been a bit drunk nearby and had come here to relieve himself, and had seen someone collapse here, he would have been dead if he had delayed for another half a day. "Forensic doctor Zhang saw that Ning Shuyi was enduring the urine smell nearby, and couldn't help but tease, "So, although this behavior of urinating and defecating anywhere is very uncivilized, it did have some positive effects this time."

Ning Shuyi also smiled bitterly after hearing this.

"Oh, by the way, the victim is someone we know." Forensic Doctor Zhang added, "He's the psychologist who was invited to give a lecture in our bureau before. What's his name..."

"Xu Li?" Ning Shuyi asked.

"Yes, that's him!" Forensic Doctor Zhang shook his head and sighed, "I don't know if it's because the psychological counseling was unsuccessful and made people hate him instead.

I just don’t know why he would come to such a remote place.”

Ning Shuyi and Huo Yan were a little surprised when they heard that the victim was Xu Li.

Although Huo Yan did not like the psychological counselor, Xu Li had previously helped an old man who was a stubborn tenant and refused to move out in order to preserve the lifelong memories of him and his wife. This incident did change his impression of the psychological counselor a lot.

In addition, a psychological counselor is not a high-risk profession in everyone's concept, and Xu Li usually gives people the impression of being gentle and elegant. It is hard to imagine that he would encounter such an accident.

"Which hospital was he sent to for emergency treatment?" Ning Shuyi asked.

"He was sent to the nearest city center hospital."

"Then let's go over and take a look." Ning Shuyi nodded, thanked forensic doctor Zhang, looked around, and said to Huo Yan, "Let's take a look around and then go to the hospital."