The Qing Shui Village Corpse-Dumping Case

As Yang Shuzhi grew older, her hair turned gray, her memory grew as cloudy as her eyes, and her speech became jumbled and illogical. Afraid that one day she would forget every case she'd ever worked on, Yang Shuzhi took a liking to a tomato seedling in the field and spent day and night recounting cases to it.

This time, she was telling it about a case she'd encountered not long after starting work. Yang Shuzhi no longer remembered how long ago it had happened. She only knew that in that year, a flood in the mountains above Qingshui Village had washed out a corpse, and she, still new to the job, had come to the village to investigate.

During the investigation, all sorts of obstacles stood between her and the truth, but Yang Shuzhi overcame them one by one.

The time of death was so long ago that it had become impossible to pin down. Yang Shuzhi searched every inch of the ground and eventually found the victim's diary, which let her determine when the crime had occurred.

Extreme weather, such as heavy rain, made travel impossible. But even if she had to get out and push the car, Yang Shuzhi would make it over the muddy roads to the scene.

And since the incident took place around the Ghost Festival, the villagers considered it taboo at that particular time of year and mostly refused to speak. The person who reported the case answered Yang Shuzhi's questions the same way:

Yang Shuzhi: When was the body found?

Reporter: A couple of days ago, before the Ghost Festival. I found it while looking for red mushrooms in the mountains.

Yang Shuzhi: Why didn't you call the police right away?

Reporter: Well, you know, it was a sensitive time, and it wasn't easy to talk about. I was afraid of scaring the old folks and children, right? Hehe, you have to be considerate. You can understand that, can't you?

Faced with such answers, Yang Shuzhi would nod on the surface but keep pressing. Even when her questions touched a nerve, she would continue because she genuinely couldn't understand the hints.

Those around her would make indirect remarks that she was impatient and odd-tempered, but Yang Shuzhi never understood what they meant. Her mind remained completely focused on solving the case.

When the case finally reached its end and the truth came to light, Yang Shuzhi was finally able to tell the witnesses with satisfaction, "The real culprit has been caught." She herself had also shed her inexperience and become a more mature police officer.

* An obsessive, reckless, curious, slow-witted heroine with poor social skills

* Contains some mildly graphic content

* Updates every other day or according to the ranking schedule

Theme: Be law-abiding citizens