Chapter 750: Return My Life

Lu Chuan had been carefully observing just now, and only then did he notice some clues.

At this moment, Lu Chuan pointed to the bathroom outside the bedroom, "Go and look at the shape of the floor tiles in the bathroom, see if they match the size of this scar."

Gao Wenxiang walked out of the bedroom and went to the bathroom next to it.

The homeowner’s house is a typical cloverleaf layout.

The entrance door faces the bathroom directly, with the main bedroom and a secondary bedroom on either side.

The living room is connected to the dining room, and the north-facing balcony serves as the kitchen.

When Lu Chuan first entered, he glanced at the bathroom area and noticed some details.

Gao Wenxiang pushed open the half-closed bathroom door and focused his attention on the floor.

The yellow floor tiles have crisscrossed grids for anti-slip purposes, the size is exactly the same as the one Gao Wenxiang just saw on the deceased’s back!

"Captain Lu! It’s these floor tiles!"

At this moment, Gao Wenxiang finally understood why Lu Chuan was so certain that the deceased didn’t die from a disease.

Because the first death scene of the deceased was in the bathroom.

Yet when Lu Chuan and the others arrived, the body was on the bed.

Why?

A corpse couldn’t possibly move itself onto a bed.

Of course, if Gao Wenxiang and Lu Chuan’s guess is correct, and the deceased died from a cerebral hemorrhage,

then after collapsing in the bathroom, it was possible for the deceased to crawl to the bed by themselves.

But the scar on the deceased’s back could only appear after complete death.

This means that it was impossible for the deceased to move from the bathroom to the bed during the attack.

Thus, the illogical sequence indicates that the initial death location of the deceased was indeed in the bathroom.

So who moved the deceased’s body from the bathroom to the bed?

This is an important factor for Lu Chuan to conclude that the death wasn’t due to natural causes.

There were no signs of the bedding being disturbed, and no indications of rummaging in the closets or drawers.

Based on the crime scene, the possibility of robbery was essentially ruled out.

Afterward, Lu Chuan conducted a detailed examination of the bathroom.

Samples were meticulously collected, including from the drain and the sink area.

Before the washing stand in the bathroom.

Lu Chuan carefully observed.

The mirror was very clean, but there was always something that felt off.

"Captain Lu, what is it?"

What’s wrong?

Lu Chuan shook his head. He didn’t know what was wrong, but he just felt there was something wrong with the mirror.

Gao Wenxiang noticed Lu Chuan staring at the mirror intently and reached out to touch it: "This mirror..."

"Don’t move!"

Just as Gao Wenxiang’s fingertip touched the mirror surface, Lu Chuan suddenly seemed to have thought of something.

Lu Chuan’s voice was loud and sudden, startling Gao Wenxiang.

"Captain Lu..."

Lu Chuan leaned in to closely examine the faint traces left by Gao Wenxiang’s touch on the mirror.

"Old Gao, turn on the water heater and close the bathroom door."

Though unsure why Lu Chuan wanted this, Gao Wenxiang followed his instructions without hesitation.

The bathroom at the crime scene was about ten square meters, neither big nor small.

According to the traces at the scene, it seemed the deceased had taken a shower there the previous night.

The water stains in the white bathtub hadn’t completely dried.

Lu Chuan and Gao Wenxiang had already conducted a comprehensive investigation inside the bathroom.

All obtainable detailed clues and items had been collected.

Yet Gao Wenxiang was still cautious, directing the showerhead towards the tub to prevent water from splashing outside.

"Turn up the water temperature."

"Okay."

Gao Wenxiang adjusted the water temperature to the highest, and soon the entire bathroom was filled with steam.

Throughout the process, Lu Chuan kept his eyes on the mirror.

As the steam increased, a layer of mist formed on the mirror surface.

Finally...

Gradually, a line of words appeared.

"Return my life!"

"What the—!"

Gao Wenxiang also saw the change on the mirror, turned off the shower head, and walked over to Lu Chuan in surprise.

At this moment, besides the dot from Gao Wenxiang’s previous touch, a line of words appeared on the mirror.

"What’s going on?"

Lu Chuan frowned deeply.

This was why he felt something was always off about the mirror.

While observing earlier, he noticed some weird reflection spots.

Though the mirror looked fine,

it still gave an unsettling feeling.

Now, with the steam rising, the fog formed revealing the words.

"How was this done?"

Gao Wenxiang asked, looking at the writing on the mirror.

The fog’s imprint doesn’t last long, and the writing will gradually fade.

Lu Chuan took the CSI camera and immediately photographed the words.

"It’s likely soap water."

Someone used soap water to write those words on the mirror.

Without steam, the words wouldn’t appear, but once steam is present, the areas marked with soap water won’t condense, revealing a line of words.

This time, the writing appears faint.

If it were last night or early this morning, when Qin Weiwei showered and steam formed, the writing would be much clearer.

"Captain Lu, impressive!"

Gao Wenxiang gave Lu Chuan a thumbs up.

This kind of detail, he truly hadn’t noticed.

Also, such an imprint can appear a few times, but once the soap water evaporates, it won’t appear again.

At that point, no one would ever know that the mirror in the bathroom where Qin Weiwei died once displayed the words "Return my life."

"Alright, turn on the light, let’s check the living room and kitchen."

"Okay!"

Gao Wenxiang reached to turn off the light, but as soon as he touched the switch, the entire bathroom light started flickering strangely.

Lu Chuan looked up, the ceiling lights flickering like they were about to fail.

"Loose connection?"

Gao Wenxiang immediately thought of this.

Lu Chuan thought it might be possible.

He pressed the switch, and the bathroom lights finally went out completely.

Turned on again...

The lights stayed on constantly, but after a moment, began flickering again.

"Damn, if this happened at night, it’d scare the life out of you!"

Gao Wenxiang suddenly remarked, which gave Lu Chuan an idea.

"Where’s the electrical panel?"

...

In the corridor just inside the building’s lobby, the property’s electrician had opened a distribution box.

"All the electrical panels for the homeowners in this building are located on the first floor."

"This building was constructed quite a while ago, back then there was no requirement for electrical panels to be in-unit, so for convenience of maintenance, all panels were designed to be on the first floor."

The property manager explained at the side, as the electrician began checking the panel for unit 201.