A life was at stake, and he had a mission to complete. Lin Fan turned his attention back to Jiang Yanxue and only then noticed that she was not wearing gloves.
"Ah! Okay."
Jiang Yanxue climbed down from the stool and went into her room for disposable gloves. As luck would have it, she still had a few pairs left from eating duck necks earlier.
After putting on the gloves, Jiang Yanxue followed Lin Fan's instructions.
"Make sure you aim at that hole in the air conditioner!"
Hearing Lin Fan's rather serious tone, even the viewers stopped making random comments. After all, what he had said earlier had pretty much convinced them.
Jiang Yanxue reached over with the clothes pole. "Right there!"
Lin Fan suddenly shouted, and Jiang Yanxue instinctively thrust the pole inward. The air conditioner actually fell down!
[Unbelievable: Holy shit, just look at my username. I don't even know how to express my shock anymore! This girl really is Hercules!]
[Believe in God Fan and Live Forever: Open your eyes wide and take a good look! The air conditioner actually fell down!]
Although Jiang Yanxue had clearly put some force into it, that should not have been enough to knock the air conditioner down. There was definitely something wrong with it!
"Ah!"
Jiang Yanxue suddenly screamed. Along with the air conditioner, a bone had fallen to the floor!
Everyone's blood ran cold!
Chapter 13: We Still Need to Trust Science!
[Changing My Username ASAP: Oh my God, what is that!!!]
[Not Eating Today: No offense intended, please go away!]
[Call Me Little Qing: That scared the hell out of me!]
[Cool Breeze: Is this a fucking horror movie? I clicked by accident, no offense intended, please go away.]
[Early to Bed, Early to Rise: Oh my God, this girl has been living with a skull every day. No wonder she felt cold.]
[Moon in the Mountains: Aaaaaah, I clicked by accident, no offense intended!!!! Respect the dead.]
In an instant, the livestream chat was flooded with "No offense intended."
Lin Fan narrowed his eyes. Why was there a skull in Jiang Xueyan's home?
Could this skull belong to the victim in the wrongful death case he was supposed to investigate? If so, did the victim have some connection to Jiang Xueyan?
Looking at the skull on the floor, Jiang Xueyan instantly went deathly pale. She turned her head away and began retching violently.
"Miss Jiang, are you all right?"
The camera suddenly swung away. Lin Fan had been examining the skull closely when the image abruptly began shaking.
He hurriedly asked after her.
[Just a Slacker: Holy shit, God Fan is so caring.]
The livestream camera had already turned away and was no longer pointed at the terrifying skull.
[Little Tiger: That's not the point! Why is there a skull in her bathroom?!]
[Bunny Teeth: Could someone be playing a prank?]
[Big Hungry Potato: Or did she offend someone? Is this revenge?]
[I Don't Really Hate the Rich: I told you, this girl must have some secret she can't let anyone know.]
[Flower Girl: The person above really has issues.]
Within just a few comments, the livestream discussion went completely off track, and everyone forgot about the skull.
Lin Fan heard several bouts of retching from Jiang Xueyan's end before they finally stopped and the picture brightened again.
Jiang Xueyan turned the camera toward herself. Her face was deathly pale, and her eyes were red and watery from retching so hard.
Clearly, she had been badly frightened.
Who would not be terrified if a skull suddenly appeared in their bathroom?
Lin Fan raised an eyebrow, feeling that there was more to this.
"Master, what should I do?" Jiang Xueyan asked, her voice trembling and her face pale.
She had never imagined that there really was something unclean in her home.
Lin Fan, however, remained calm. He frowned as he surveyed the scene.
[Slow and Steady: God Fan really lives up to his name. He can stay calm even in a situation like this.]
[Little Chubby Isn't Grumpy in the Morning: Exactly. If I were facing that, I'd probably faint.]
The viewers in the livestream gradually recovered from their shock as well.
"We still need to trust science in a situation like this," Lin Fan told Jiang Xueyan, his brow relaxing.
"You should call the police."
Jiang Xueyan froze for a moment, then quickly came to her senses.
She scrambled up from the floor, her steps a little unsteady, perhaps because she was panicking.
Before going to make the call, she left the camera where it was, pointed at the skull, as Lin Fan had instructed.
Lin Fan carefully studied the skull, pondering it closely.
[Faint Smile: Has God Fan discovered something incredible?]
[Big Dumpling with Thin Skin and Lots of Filling: Oh my God, can someone call me back when the camera turns away? This is terrifying.]
[Summer Breeze: Same here. This is too scary. No offense intended.]
[Na Na Na Na: God Fan, could we turn the camera another way? This is just too terrifying.]
Fans in the livestream began spamming crying emojis, saying they simply could not bear to watch this.
Others kept posting, "I clicked by accident. Bad luck, go away."
Some bolder viewers even began discussing the skull with Lin Fan, speculating about the victim's cause of death.
[Trainee Forensic Pathologist: Oh my God, this would be perfect for my graduation thesis!]
[Fan of the Gruesome: The person above must have been driven crazy by their thesis.]
[Orange Juice: I still can't see it very clearly, but this skull seems far too clean. Almost like someone washed it carefully?]
[Not Changing My Name Until I Pass: I agree with the person above. It clearly looks deliberate.]
Reading the viewers' comments, Lin Fan could not help raising his eyebrows.
He had not expected to have forensic professionals watching his livestream.
"You all have some very insightful opinions, but we'll have to wait for the police to arrive before we can know for sure."
Lin Fan smiled as he spoke, observing the changes in the aura of Jiang Xueyan's home.
Jiang Xueyan went to make the call, but her muddled speech led to a major misunderstanding.
"I'm serious. A body really did turn up in my home out of nowhere. How can you decide I'm lying without even sending anyone over?" Jiang Xueyan's palms began to sweat.
Ever since she had pushed the skull out, she had felt that her home was even colder.
"Miss, please stop joking," the officer on the other end said with a chuckle.
"A skull falling out of an air conditioner? Do you realize how absurd that sounds?"
"Everything I said is true." Jiang Xueyan sounded close to tears. She did not dare stay in the house for even another second.
"All right. Give us your address, and we'll come over right away." Sensing that something was wrong in Jiang Xueyan's voice, the officer stopped treating it as a prank and quickly grew serious.
After reporting it to the police, Jiang Xueyan hurried back to the bathroom to retrieve the camera.
Not daring to take another look at the skull, she quickly left.
"Miss Jiang, don't be afraid. We should put more faith in science," Lin Fan reassured her.
Jiang Xueyan calmed down a little and nodded.
"Thank you, Master. You really do have incredible foresight. You found the root of the problem right away." Jiang Xueyan's expression relaxed considerably.
[God Fan's Fangirl: Of course! Our God Fan is amazing.]
[Lin Fan, Look at Me: Why else would he be called a master?]
[Sea Salt Lemon: You can always trust Lin Fan! Lin Fan is the GOAT!!]
[Little Cookie: Absolutely incredible! Lin Fan's predictions are so accurate! If anything happens to me, I'm going to him too!]
[Little Bunny Eats Carrots: Hahahahaha, the person above is a real daredevil!]
Jiang Xueyan joined the fans in the chat in praising Lin Fan. He thoroughly enjoyed it, a faint smile settling on his face.
"You're too kind, Miss Jiang. I'm glad I could help ease your worries and solve your problem," Lin Fan said.
He had a system mission to complete anyway. Helping her would also let him finish his own mission, so why not?
Still, he would have to wait until the police arrived to learn exactly what kind of wrongful death case this was.
Why hide a skull inside an air conditioner? Lin Fan still could not make sense of it.
And just as the forensic viewers in the chat had pointed out, there was something very unusual about this skull. Lin Fan narrowed his eyes, his curiosity growing!
Chapter 14: The Police Arrive, and the Livestream Explodes!
At the East City Police Station, Officer Old Liu reported to Director Wu immediately after receiving Jiang Xueyan's call.
Director Wu felt both worried and pleased. He was pleased that they finally had a case that would truly test them, rather than an ordinary one like Qing Xiaohe's.
What worried him was that, in broad daylight, someone had discovered a body that had been hidden in their home for a long time.
It showed just how brazen the killer was-and how poorly the police had done their job.
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