Chapter 1034: The Corpse in the Reservoir

Although the pregnancy check-up was done at Qiangsheng Group, neither Lu Chuan nor Shen Yang had allowed anyone to see the baby’s gender.

They left it as a surprise.

"A boy or a girl, both are fine."

Recently, Shen Yan has already started her maternity leave.

After all, Shen Yan is engaged in forensic work, which is quite special in nature. So, after becoming pregnant, she no longer handled corpse examinations or related specific tasks, instead doing some work related to documentation.

This is considered a usual practice in the forensic field.

Pregnant female forensic doctors generally do not engage in tasks related to corpse autopsy from pregnancy to childbirth.

Shen Yan doesn’t need to worry at home, as Lu Chuan’s parents have already arranged a specialized nursing team to take care of Shen Yan’s daily needs.

This is when the difference between wealth and lack thereof becomes evident.

"You should start thinking about what name to give the child after birth."

Shen Yan said.

"That’s simple. I’ve already thought about it; if it’s a boy, we’ll call him Lu Mingxuan, and if it’s a girl, we’ll call her Lu Wanyu."

Lu Chuan had already thought of the names for the child when he had free time.

"Why name the boy Lu Mingxuan and the girl Lu Wanyu?"

Shen Yan looked up and asked.

"Ming means hope, and Xuan suggests elegance, while Wanyu implies wisdom and intelligence."

Lu Chuan quickly said, "If it’s a boy, I hope he studies well in the future, and if it’s a girl, I hope she grows up to be like you."

"So, does that mean you also want him to become a police officer?"

Lu Chuan nodded, "There’s nothing wrong with being a police officer; aren’t both of us police officers? If our child becomes a police officer too, the whole family can be police officers, which would be great."

If his child did indeed become a police officer in the future, Lu Chuan believed that having a family of three as police officers would be quite a story.

As for Qiangsheng Group, it would naturally be inherited by other members of the Lu Family, while his child could do what he likes.

Just like when Lu Chuan graduated, he didn’t join the Qiangsheng Group but instead became a police officer.

"Okay, about the weekend in two weeks, let’s invite your parents and have a meal together."

Lately, Shen Yang hasn’t returned to her parents’ home, and she’s thinking of gathering together after the weekend when her parents are off work.

"Sure, I’ll arrange the place."

With Spring Festival just around the corner, it seems like there are more arrangements to make, and everyone seems to be busy.

Nangang Village is no exception.

Young people who work outside have gradually all returned, and Nangang Village also started to become lively.

"Do you remember that pond, Second Brother? We loved catching fish and loaches in there when we were kids; I wonder if there’s still any fish in there."

"Probably, over the past two years, the young people in the village have been working outside, and there aren’t even any kids around. No one has come to catch them, so I estimate there must be quite a lot of fish."

"Has Baoku come back yet?"

"Not yet, he’s coming back in a few days. He said a couple of days ago that the company hasn’t given leave."

"Ah, time flies so fast; more than ten years have passed, and it feels like nothing has changed here, just like when we were kids, but we’ve grown older."

"Oh, come on, we’re only in our thirties, not even forty yet, not old at all!"

"Let’s go and check out the pond, find that childhood feeling again!"

Things are not what they used to be.

The two childhood friends grew up in Nangang Village, studying here, but eventually, they both left the village to live and work elsewhere.

They hardly see each other throughout the year, only occasionally meeting during the Spring Festival when former childhood friends have the chance to reunite and catch up.

"Oh my God? Second Brother, look at that reservoir; what’s that reflecting?"

Sure enough, the one called Second Brother looked over, and it was true.

"Let’s dig it up, maybe there’s a treasure!"

The two childhood friends were just like when they were young, exploring the wilderness; if they found something interesting, they definitely had to investigate.

The reservoir was covered with two concrete slabs.

The slabs seemed to have been pried open, revealing a gap wide enough for a person to see inside, so the two climbed up to see what was reflecting.

The result of their inspection nearly scared them to death!

"Second Brother! Look... That... That thing... Doesn’t it look like... teeth?"

At this moment, Second Brother couldn’t speak, having already collapsed to the ground.

"Third! Hurry... Quickly... Quickly... Call 110! Report this!"

He just saw it clearly, in that reservoir, not only were there teeth but also a skull bobbing up and down.

The two were scared out of their wits, but didn’t dare leave, quickly making the call to report it.

Soon, the call connected.

"This is the 110 emergency center, may I ask..."

"Head! We found a skull and teeth in a reservoir!"

Second Brother was speechless now; Third’s mental resilience was better.

"Where are you located?"

"In the pond at the east end of the village!"

"Which village?"

"Nangang Village, we’re in Nangang Village."

"Understood, a skull and teeth were found in the reservoir at the east end of Nangang Village pond. We’ve alerted the nearest police station, please wait at the spot; someone will contact you and head over to handle the situation immediately."

The operator handled the police report swiftly according to procedures.

The village affiliated with Nangang Village is Beitou Town, and the town’s police station received the call from the emergency center, dispatching officers to Nangang Village promptly.

In less than twenty minutes, four officers had reached Nangang Village.

"Officers! Over there! In that reservoir!"

"Thank goodness you arrived; can we leave now?"

The two were petrified, yet didn’t dare leave, fearing that the police might not find them when they arrive.

"Take your time; what happened?"

"Uh? It’s just... just now, we came..."

The man known as Second Brother had not yet regained his composure to speak, still stammering.

The police turned to Third: "You explain."

"Oh... It happened like this... My Second Brother and I only returned from Tianzhou City yesterday, planning to spend the New Year at home. Today, we came out to walk around the village, and remembered the pond where we often fished as kids, so we thought we’d take a stroll over to it. Then in the reservoir, we saw something reflecting, thinking it might be something interesting, we pried open the concrete slab, but looking inside, we found teeth and a skull."

Third’s emotions were more stable, recounting the situation from start to finish.

The officers who arrived at the scene opened up the concrete slabs, seeing the skull bobbing up and down.

Sigh...

Breathing out a sigh, the lead officer for this response was the deputy director of Beitou Town’s police station.

"It’s a homicide case that we can’t handle; let’s contact the Criminal Investigation Team."