Diary of a Criminal Investigator-Chapter 398: Forensic Doctor Shen Is Really Wealthy

Chapter 398: Chapter 398: Forensic Doctor Shen Is Really Wealthy

Wang Youde used his lifetime savings and three lives to buy a quiet house for his family.

But it’s just a house now, it’s no longer a home.

Additionally, the families of the other two victims have also been completely destroyed.

The mood in the crime scene investigation office was rather somber that entire morning.

After all, police officers are human too. How could anyone feel good after hearing such things?

And it’s foreseeable that similar things will happen again.

"Humans are social animals, and as long as there is interaction and relationships, conflicts will arise. Once conflicts reach a certain level, they will erupt, in various forms. Killing, as one of the fundamental ways to eliminate conflicts, obviously won’t disappear."

Old Bai has been reading philosophy books lately, speaking in complex terms that everyone barely understands, yet the meaning is quite clear.

According to Old Bai, that’s the charm of philosophy.

The next few days in the crime scene investigation office were quite pleasant.

However, the action team has not had a moment to rest because Hu Zhigang’s case is still under process.

Ren Qiang and Sun Jun have been constantly on the run, as if in perpetual business trip mode.

According to Liu Guodong, these two have been running so much that their legs have gotten thinner.

Even so, handling Hu Zhigang’s case is still extremely difficult, and the progress is very slow.

The main issue is that the incidents happened long ago; some cases are from three years ago, some from four, and others from five, with Hu Zhigang’s habit of dismembering bodies and throwing them in the trash bins.

With so much time passed, finding the bodies in the landfill is as hard as reaching the sky.

Without a body, how can the case be determined?

So it might still take a considerable time before Hu Zhigang faces execution.

After all, even the so-called immediate execution for a death sentence takes about a year to carry out.

Because the decision on the death penalty must be reviewed by the highest court, and the execution order can only be issued after approval.

The execution order is not just a formality where a signature suffices; it requires a case review, and approval is needed before the order can be issued.

Once the order is issued, the execution proceeds quickly, usually within seven days of receiving the order.

Lu Chuan heard from Liu Guodong and others that convicts used to be paraded before execution.

It was somewhat similar to the ancient practice of parading the condemned through the streets before execution.

However, such acts of public humiliation were banned more than twenty years ago.

Lu Chuan actually witnessed these parades as a child.

Around the early 1990s, a large truck would carry suspects, with signs hanging on their chests, to parade around the school once a month.

There were crimes of all sorts including rape, robbery, murder, theft, and even hooliganism.

Murderers were even made to wear tall pointed hats.

Lu Chuan would chase after the trucks with a group of kids.

During this relaxed period, Lu Chuan took Forensic Doctor Shen back to his home to meet his parents.

Meeting their future daughter-in-law made his parents so happy that they prepared a large table with over twenty dishes.

Lu Chuan felt like he hadn’t even eaten this much during New Year celebrations.

Not just Lu Chuan’s father, but his grandfather and a few uncles also came over.

When they were leaving, Shen Yan’s bag was filled with red envelopes.

"Is this... appropriate?"

Each red envelope was bulging; even without opening them, Shen Yan knew the minimum had to be ten thousand yuan each.

From just this meal, there had to be thirty or so.

Her bag was almost too full to hold them all.

"It’s okay, this is our family tradition. Elders give red envelopes to a daughter-in-law visiting for the first time."

Shen Yan nodded, she knew about this because Lu Chuan had mentioned it, but he didn’t say there would be so many.

With more than thirty red envelopes, each with at least ten thousand yuan, and some larger ones possibly more.

Moreover, on top of these envelopes, Lu Chuan’s parents and grandfather gave two cards.

"These two cards... I shouldn’t accept them."

"That’s not an option. These are from my parents and grandfather to you."

"Then... how much are they worth?"

"I’m not sure about that either."

Conveniently, Shen Yan saw an ATM by the roadside: "Stop by the road, let’s check it out."

Shen Yan thought that if the elders gave one or two ten thousand yuan envelopes, Lu Chuan’s parents and grandparents surely gave more.

Otherwise, there would be no need for cards. 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

But if it’s too much, she didn’t want to keep it.

"Okay, I’ll pull over."

Lu Chuan truly didn’t know how much was in them; he wasn’t even aware that his grandfather and parents had given Shen Yan bank cards.

But, likely, it shouldn’t be a small amount.

Yet it shouldn’t be too excessive either. He’d heard that his third brother’s girlfriend received two hundred thousand yuan on their first meeting, and the grandfather seemed to have uniformly given fifty thousand yuan?

The password is six eights; wealthy people’s bank card passwords seem to be straightforward and crude.

The red card was from Lu Chuan’s grandfather.

After entering the password, one followed by... six zeros.

"Ten, hundred, thousand..."

"One million?"

Shen Yan’s mouth formed an O shape in surprise: "Why so much?"

Lu Chuan didn’t expect his grandfather to give a one million yuan gift.

It ought to have been fifty thousand.

"Don’t rush, there’s still another one."

After withdrawing the card, Shen Yan checked the other black card.

"1888888..."

One million eight hundred eighty-eight thousand eight hundred eighty-eight!

Lu Chuan licked his lips after seeing it: "Forensic Doctor Shen, you’re truly rich!"

Shen Yan: "..."

In the car, Shen Yan was still shocked by receiving three million yuan from her future in-laws after just one visit.

The two bank cards amounted to 2,888,888 yuan, plus about thirty thousand yuan in her bag’s envelopes, totaling over three million.

Three million!

Shen Yan’s family was well off; her parents both had jobs with decent ranks, and she had always lived comfortably.

Over the years, her mother mentioned they had saved quite a bit, reaching maybe several hundred thousand yuan.

But that was a lifetime of savings for her parents.

And here she received a three million yuan betrothal gift in one visit?

Are all wealthy people this extravagant?

"Lu Chuan, I can’t accept this money."

After thinking it over, Shen Yan decided she couldn’t keep the money.

It’s customary for a future father-in-law to give a small meeting gift, but three million...

That’s too much.

What would she say at home?

Mom and Dad, I visited my boyfriend’s home and brought back more money than you’ve earned in half a lifetime?

Lu Chuan had no concerns; three million is no small amount, but it’s not excessive either.

Of course, this is relative to the Qiangsheng Group.

He’s already considering what to eat tonight, as Forensic Doctor Shen surely has to treat him today.

King crab?

See if there are any blue ones.

Black truffle?

This is good, been craving it for a while.

Maybe an ’82 vintage red wine, it shouldn’t be expired...