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There are so many bones, this is not a funeral home!
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone looked over with puzzled expressions.
Director Yang looked at Lin Yuan, the wrinkles on his brow relaxing slightly, and asked curiously, "You've guessed the location?"
Lin Yuan nodded lightly, pointing at the cremation employee and replying, "Do you still remember what he just said?"
Everyone was stunned upon hearing this, and couldn't help but recall the previous scene.
Team Chen pondered, recalling, "He seemed to say something like, 'the body is buried in...' and then stopped."
"No!"
As soon as the words fell, Lin Yuan immediately corrected, "He said, 'the body is *just* buried in,' not 'the body is buried in'!"
"Huh? Is there a difference?" Team Chen looked confused, with a hint of bewilderment in his eyes.
"There's a difference, and a big one!"
Lin Yuan explained seriously, "First, from his words, we can deduce that the body must be buried somewhere."
"That's true!" Team Chen and the others nodded in agreement. "But the question is, where is it buried? Xihai is so big, we can't just dig up every inch of ground."
"Don't rush, listen to my analysis first." Lin Yuan smiled faintly.
"Let me first explain the difference between 'the body is buried in' and 'the body is just buried in.'"
"According to the meaning in our Chinese dictionary, 'the body is buried in' β the 'buried in somewhere' here is a neutral description."
"To put it plainly, it's very broad, uncertain, without specific description. It could be buried in the crematorium, or by the river, or by the seaside. In short, its expression is vague and can be anywhere."
"However, 'just buried in' is an adverb of degree. To a certain extent, it has a clear indication."
Seeing everyone's bewildered expressions, Lin Yuan smiled and explained, "Let me give you an example."
"If you caught a big fish far away and brought it back, and a friend saw it and asked you where you caught it, how would you answer?"
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but fall into contemplation again.
Photographer was the first to answer, "I would say I caught it in such-and-such a place."
Lin Yuan then asked, "What if you caught it downstairs from your house? How would you answer then?"
"Uh..." Photographer hesitated for half a second and replied, "I would say I caught it *just* downstairs from my house!"
As soon as these words were spoken.
Everyone present stiffened, their eyes lighting up, as if they had grasped something.
Photographer also suddenly realized, exclaiming on the spot, "Oh~~ I know! 'Just' means it's very close, that's why 'just' is used!! So 'he's just buried in' should mean 'just near the crematorium,' right?"
Lin Yuan smiled and nodded, "The entire crematorium is almost entirely concrete, only the green belt has soil. If it were buried there, it would be too easy to expose, so it's basically impossible."
"Behind the funeral home is a large mountain, and it's a desolate wilderness in there. I think, nine times out of ten, it's buried there."
After speaking, he turned to look at Bald Man, wanting to observe his reaction after hearing these words.
At this moment, Bald Man's face had long lost its previous composure, and the terror in his eyes was clearly visible, impossible to hide.
Although he tried his best to appear unperturbed, not showing any emotion.
But the panicked expressions of the two employees on the ground directly betrayed his inner thoughts.
Everyone present instantly understood, their faces showing expressions of surprise, and their morale greatly increased.
Team Chen excitedly slapped his thigh, saying excitedly, "Why didn't I think of that? It has to be you, Lin Yuan!"
Director Yang also smiled and nodded, "It's truly a new hope after a difficult path!"
Then he looked down at the two employees on the ground, and said in a deep voice, without anger but with authority, "I'll give you one last chance. Don't waste my time. Tell me the exact location, otherwise, I don't mind digging up the entire vicinity! Once I dig it out..."
Before he finished speaking, the two employees exclaimed in unison, "It's just in the back mountain! I know the location, I'll take you there!"
As soon as these words were spoken, Bald Man instantly seemed to have all his spirit drained, and his entire body went limp.
He knew that once it was dug up, that would be irrefutable evidence, and no matter how many connections he had, they wouldn't be able to save him.
As for threatening these two employees, was there still any meaning?
They had already guessed it was nearby; it would be dug up sooner or later.
Even now, he still couldn't understand why someone would discover that the urn contained concrete.
He also never expected that what he had done secretly enough would be exposed.
All of this was thanks to this inconspicuous young man in front of him.
He couldn't help but wonder what Lin Yuan did. Was he a criminal investigation Experts?
Just because of an extra 'just' in a sentence, he could guess the burial place of the body; it was simply incredible.
If he knew that Lin Yuan was just a real estate agent, and was only there tonight to promote houses.
He would probably be so angry that he'd spit out a pound of blood on the spot!
The netizens in the live broadcast room witnessed Lin Yuan solving the case, and one by one they exclaimed, "Holy cow."
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β β [My cultural level is not high enough, so I can only use 'holy cow' to express my current thoughts. No, is selling houses really this competitive these days? I can guarantee that if you ask him professional knowledge about houses, he probably won't be able to answer, but he's even taking over criminal investigation work, so can you say he's no good?]
β β [Do you know what it means that Lin Yuan knows criminal investigation?]
β β [Every profession has its masters. This reminds me of how carrying bodies at a crematorium can easily earn 300,000 a year. I worked as a body carrier for a year; it wasn't very tiring, but the after-effects are a bit significant. Now, when I see someone asleep, I just want to carry them off to be cremated.]
β β [This is nothing, really. It's just practice makes perfect. Like me, I've been going to the bathroom for over 20 years and have never seen what my backside looks like, but I can always accurately wipe the right spot.]
Although it was past 2 AM, none of the Police Officers felt tired. They were all full of vigor.
Led by the cremation employee, dozens of Police Officers, carrying tools, marched towards the burial site.
It was dark night, but the hillside was brightly lit.
Everyone held a searchlight, illuminating this large area of the mountain forest.
After a journey of over ten minutes, they arrived halfway up the mountain.
The cremation employee pointed to a pit not far away and said, "It's right here. We didn't participate, we just saw them burying it back then."
Director Yang snorted coldly, "Whether you participated or not will be thoroughly investigated later."
Then, with a wave of his hand, he immediately ordered, "Dig!"
Everyone: "Yes!"
Grunt, grunt~~~
Grunt, grunt~~~
Dust flew everywhere!
Dozens of Police Officers were digging with shovels in the hard mountain soil.
Even Director Yang and Team Chen personally participated in the excavation work.
After an unknown amount of time digging, a foul odor began to permeate the air.
The soil was mixed with bones covered in dirt.
Under the illumination of the searchlights at night, it looked even more eerie and terrifying.
Everyone at the scene changed their expressions upon seeing this, their faces filled with various emotions.
There was tension, excitement, fear, and even exhilaration.
But as they dug deeper and deeper, and piles of bones appeared, crisscrossing before their eyes.
They all couldn't help but gasp.
This was no funeral home; this was clearly a modern Lion Camel Ridge!
Dense piles of bones were heaped together, making it impossible to distinguish whose was whose.
The most terrifying thing was that most of them were only ribs and spines, with many lacking even a skull.
Such a horrifying scene caused many Police Officers to vomit on the spot.