Memory Lost (美人为馅): Chapter 53

Chapter 53: The Spirit of Inferences

9 am in the morning.

The criminal investigation team’s conference room is fully seated by the Black Shield Team and other key investigators who are participating in this “nurse’s uniform” killing case meeting.

Qin Wen Long emphasizes the seriousness and the importance of the case, while Chatterbox and Xu Si Bai report on the findings at the scene and the results from the autopsy respectively.  A few of the veteran investigators also express their views.

It’s now Bai Jin Xi’s turn to summarize the suspect’s profile based on criminal psychology and Han Chen’s overall work report.

Jin Xi flips through the papers in her hand.  She can’t help but lift her head to glance at Han Chen who’s sitting not far away in a few rows in front of her.

He’s listening very attentively.  One leg is crossed on top of the other and his hands are resting on his knee.  His black jacket accents his angular side profile. Read more

Memory Lost (美人为馅): Chapter 52 (2 of 2)

Chapter 52: Pure and Passionate Love (2 of 2)

Criminal investigators often have to rush to the scene of the crime as well as working late at the office.  Therefore, they always keep spare clothes to change into.  He usually probably goes to Cold Face’s or Chatterbox’s dorm room to take a shower, but he has come to her place today.

The moment he walks in, he pauses.  He looks around like he’s appraising her tiny place.  Jin Xi wants to cry in her heart.  She dashes in front of him quickly and starts grabbing her underwears and socks on the sofa, the several packs of pads and the half eaten bag of plums on the table……etcetera.  After she fetches them all, she stuffs them into a drawer.  She turns around and looks at him like nothing happened, “Go take a shower.  There are body wash and shampoo inside.”

Han Chen looks at her with his eyes curved slightly.

“What are you panicking for?  I don’t mind.” Read more

Memory Lost (美人为馅): Chapter 52 (1 of 2)

Chapter 52: Pure and Passionate Love (1 of 2)

“The killer drove an SUV to the scene to abandon the body;

He dropped the body here so that the police could find it;

The one thing that’s missing is the victim’s purse.”

After Han Chen finishes saying these three points, Qin Wen Long and Bai Jin Xi are both quiet.

Jin Xi stares at the side of his face.  She understands the second and third points instantly.  The black plastic bag contains many items, but there is no purse——which white-collar office lady would not carry a purse?

When she was observing the landscape with Han Chen just now, they noticed that the location of the body was not far away from the road.  The killer could have hidden the body deeper in the woods or behind the hill by walking a short distance.  But the killer didn’t.  This means that he was hoping that the body would be found quickly.

But an SUV?  There are no tire marks left at the scene, so how is he able to conclude this? Read more

Memory Lost (美人为馅): Chapter 51

Chapter 51: Mentally Ill

2pm in the afternoon.

Not a single car can be seen on this quiet road.  Only a couple of police cars is parked on the grass area beside the road.

Jin Xi follows Han Chen and the others out of the car.  She raises her head and sees the sunlight shining through the thick canopy of trees.  The ground is also covered with many weeds and bushes.

The group walks past the yellow tape, and an office comes and hands them gloves and shoe covers.  Jin Xi puts them on, turns around and sees Han Chen fetching his black gloves and putting them on.

His hands are lean and bony.  Once he puts the black gloves on, his character feels even more prominent.  Jin Xi has admired these gloves for a long time, and now she can actually express her feelings outright!  When nobody notices, she comes close to his side and says in a low voice, “Hey, I want a pair of these gloves too.”

Han Chen is just in the middle of pulling his left hand’s glove tight with his right hand.  After hearing her words, he continues fixing his gloves without even lifting an eyebrow.

“I’ll give you anything you want.  These were custom made by a friend.  I’ll call him after we get home tonight.” Read more

Memory Lost (美人为馅): Chapter 50 (2 of 2)

Chapter 50: Hand in Hand (2 of 2)

When the car is near the station, Jin Xi pats Han Chen’s hand, “I’ll get off here and walk over.”

Han Chen places both of hands on the steering wheel and says without raising an eyebrow, “Come with me directly.  I’ll let our superiors know.”

There’s no way that Jin Xi would be willing to let him do that!  She knows that Han Chen isn’t trying to be high-profile about this, but he’s used to having everything his own way, so since he has found his fiancée, he doesn’t care about others or anything else.

But she cares.  She doesn’t want to be the subject of discussion.  If they can avoid such troubles, why not avoid it?

Therefore, she turns her head and looks at him directly, “Han Chen, promise me.  Let’s keep this a secret for the time being.  We’ve just gotten together, so why cause a riot to bother us?  I’ve already told Xiao Zhuan to keep his mouth shut, so don’t tell anyone else today.”

Han Chen taps his finger on the steering wheel and doesn’t say anything. Read more