Li Wei's first step was naturally to examine the body again, so he went with Inspector Lestrade to the Police Station's Morgue.
There, Li Wei saw the corpse.
Her hair was white, and her face was covered in wrinkles like the bark of an old tree. Even after a careful examination, Li Wei could only reach one conclusion: this was a very elderly woman.
There were no visible injuries or signs of poisoning. Her internal organs had already been removed, but according to the forensic examiner's earlier report, there had been no sudden illness or ruptured organs. In simple terms, her organs had failed. She had died of old age.
"Hm?"
As he examined her, Li Wei suddenly noticed a problem.
"You found the body in a forest?"
"Yes, in the woods on the outskirts."
"Then isn't this body a little too intact?"
Li Wei stared at the corpse, his brow furrowed. He wasn't just making things up. Generally speaking, forests and woods were full of animals. A human corpse might mean a great deal to other humans, but to animals, it was simply another kind of food. Wolves, stray dogs, foxes, rats-none of them should have passed up a meal like this.
Yet there wasn't a single wound on her body. Did that mean even the rats wouldn't take a bite?
Did animals check expiration dates too? Wouldn't eat anything that wasn't fresh? Even if that were true, what about flies and maggots? They were regular customers.
"We thought that was strange too, actually."
Lestrade naturally understood what Li Wei meant and nodded.
"And that's not all. Look, we've had this body for so long, but she looks almost exactly as she did when we first found her... There's no lividity or rigor mortis. We can't even determine how