After investigating Jin Baoshan, I assigned Dali to a task. I asked him to wait for Jin Baoshan to get off work, and return home with him to get a facsimile of the contract.

“But it’s only two o’clock now!” he complained. “You want me to wait for him here for four long hours?”

I smiled and suggested, “You can do something else while you wait. For example, there is an internet cafe just across the road. It looks decent.”

Dali got excited instantly. “Right! I’ll wait there then! Xiaotao-jiejie, will I be reimbursed for the money I spend at the cyber cafe?”

“Don’t go overboard with it, okay?” Xiaotao warned him. “The money used for handling this case will all come out of the taxpayers’ pockets, remember that!”

“Yes, sir!”

After leaving Dali here, Xiaotao asked me where should we go next. I told her my pillow was probably ready by now, so we should go get it for me to complete the autopsy.

On the way, I pondered about the case and asked Xiaotao,...