Rainy Night

"We found it like this when we arrived," Wu Bin explained, looking over the scene.

The group stopped in front of a desk.

The desk was a mess. Papers and pens were scattered across the floor, and a red handbag lay beside the chair.

It looked as though the person who worked at the desk had left in a hurry.

"This was Wang Jie's desk," Director Zhang said hoarsely. "Judging from the scene, she was working when she spotted the killer. She fled in a panic along this route, but the killer caught up with her by the emergency exit and killed her with a single blow."

Considering the wounds on the body and its condition, Jiang Cheng believed Director Zhang's assessment.

The body lay facedown on the floor. Its only fatal wound stretched from the right shoulder diagonally down to the left side of the lower abdomen.

Clearly, someone had caught up with her from behind and brought an axe down on her.

Wu Bin glanced at the chair knocked over on the floor and the trash can that had been kicked over, then added, "We found a few minor abrasions on Wang Jie's body. They're fresh, so she probably got them while fleeing. But..." His voice suddenly turned hesitant.

"Captain Wu, please go ahead," Xia Qiang said earnestly, looking him in the eye.

After a moment, Wu Bin drew a breath and lowered his voice. "We couldn't find any trace left behind by the killer at the scene."

Even the usually meticulous Director Zhang spoke up. "Captain Xia, we don't have the abilities you do. Judging this case by my experience, to be honest, I can't make sense of it."

The scene matched "Wang Jie's" description of what had happened exactly, but the victim was Li Mengyao, who