I Get A Random New Occupation Every Week

Chapter 2387: Chapter 2388: No Clue Chapter 2387: Chapter 2388: No Clue “I can’t get in touch…”

Lin Yi muttered to himself, feeling an uneasy premonition.

“Let’s just start digging.”

His colleagues, holding tools, began the excavation work.

Lin Yi walked to the side and saw a wooden board thrown on the ground.

He shone his cell phone light on it and saw the name Ma Haiqiang written in red paint.

There were drips of paint coming down, looking like streaks of blood.

Gently, Lin Yi touched it and found that the paint had dried. This board had been there for at least 24 hours; otherwise, the paint wouldn’t have dried so thoroughly.

“Fang Zhiping.”

Lin Yi waved his hand and called out.

Fang Zhiping, who stood next to Gu Yiran, heard Lin Yi calling him and shuffled over.

Clearly, he was terrified.

“Officer.”

“I want to ask, where is your grandfather’s grave?”

Fang Zhiping pointed in the direction behind Lin Yi, “It’s to the north, about two hundred meters or so.”

“I heard that you discovered this place on your way back, right?”

“Yes.”

“How come you didn’t notice it on your way there?”

“I was wondering that too,” said Fang Zhiping.

“I came here after 7 pm, but I didn’t notice anything. Then, I sat at my grandfather’s grave for a few hours. But on my way back, I saw these things.”

“We’ve just talked about this,” Gu Yiran said.

“Perhaps during those few hours, someone deliberately placed the wooden sign here. In the dark, it’s not so easy to spot.”

Lin Yi nodded; what Gu Yiran said was also possible.

“Were you just sitting here, dry as dust the whole time?”

“Not really.”

Fang Zhiping said with an awkward smile and a nod:
“I had a very good relationship with my grandfather. I came to burn some paper for him, but according to our village’s rules, we had to stay for three hours. After that, I played with my phone for a while. By around 11 pm, I was ready to go back, and then this happened.”

“Aren’t you scared, being out here so late at night?”

“Not really scared,” Fang Zhiping said.

“Because this place was contracted by my dad after he retired. Only my grandparents’ graves are here. It’s not scary when it’s your own family.”

After finishing, Fang Zhiping pointed again in the direction behind Lin Yi, “Towards the north, there’s a highway about fifty meters from my grandfather’s grave. You can often see cars passing by; that makes it even less scary.”

After listening to Fang Zhiping’s explanation, Lin Yi found it reasonable.

There seemed to be no doubts.

“Brother Hui, we’ve dug it up!”

Hearing this, Lin Yi and Gu Yiran hurriedly trotted over.

The spotlight was aimed at the pit over half a meter deep, where a person lay with their body covered in dirt.

Lin Yi frowned deeply, his brows twisted together like twisted dough.

Although the person inside was lying face down, the clothes on the body seemed to be identical to Ma Haiqiang’s.

“Be careful, let’s lift the body out,” Zhang Hui reminded.

Soon, the corpse from the deep pit was lifted out.

“This!”

Seeing the corpse, everyone was shocked!

The dead man was indeed Ma Haiqiang, but that wasn’t the reason for their astonishment!

Because a few white hairs were protruding from Ma Haiqiang’s mouth!

Suddenly, everyone had a bad feeling.

Lin Yi stooped down, took out the white hairs, and said softly, “If nothing unexpected, these should be fox hairs.”

Thump!

Fang Zhiping fell to the ground, his eyes bulging and mouth agape, as if he’d been greatly startled.

“Don’t jump to wild conclusions; there must be another cause of death.”

“I know, I know…”

Without a forensic pathologist, Lin Yi temporarily assumed the role.

He found that Ma Haiqiang’s clothes were not smooth, two buttons on his clothes were missing, a strand of hair was gone, and there were minor wounds of varying degrees on his hands and face.

These must have been left while struggling before death.

Considering all the signs, it seemed that he had been suffocated by the killer covering his mouth and nose.

But soon, Lin Yi noticed something unusual.

Unlike Fang Daye, Ma Haiqiang’s end was undeniably more tragic.

His legs had been broken; Lin Yi gently touched and found that the knee bones were completely shattered.

“Judging from the state of the body, he died about five hours ago,” Lin Yi said.

“In other words, he should have died around 6 pm, then was buried here not long after. Fang Zhiping came by, didn’t notice, and then the killer came and left this sign. The murder plan was complete.”

“But his situation was a bit worse than Fang Daye’s,” Lin Yi pointed to Ma Haiqiang’s body. “Before he died, the killer broke his legs and then suffocated him to death.”

Everyone was silent, especially Gu Yiran, who also glanced at Lin Yi.

Because they all clearly remembered what Granny Sun had said.

The deceased isn’t only Fang Daye!

Ma Haiqiang would also die!

And indeed, less than three days had passed, and Ma Haiqiang was dead too!

And in his mouth, there were fox hairs. The incident was too strange. To say it had nothing to do with Granny Sun, no one would believe that.

“Let’s discuss these matters back at the office. I’ll call someone to transport the corpse back,” Zhang Hui said.

“Gu Yiran, contact the deceased’s family. We should visit them to understand more about the situation.”

“Okay.”

After completing the work at the scene, everyone prepared for the aftermath.

“Brother Hui, the family has been contacted. Let’s go now.”

“Let’s go.”

Although Ma Haiqiang had a house in Xiangyang Village, he only occasionally visited. Most of the time, he lived in the city area.

Ma Haiqiang’s home was not far from the Xinshan branch office, in a relatively upscale community.

Upon learning of her husband Ma Haiqiang’s death, his wife Sun Xue cried like a tearful person.

“Officer, what on earth is going on? Why would something happen to our Old Ma?”

“The incident is still under investigation; don’t get too worked up.” Gu Yiran stepped forward to console, “We need to understand the situation from you; we hope you can cooperate.”

“Sure, sure, I will cooperate,” Sun Xue said, wiping away tears.

While Gu Yiran conducted the investigation, Lin Yi looked around the room.

Ma Haiqiang’s home was not small, with at least 150 square meters of useable space. In such a location, along with the community’s environment, the house’s value must be close to ten million yuan.

Compared to Fang Daye, his life was on a completely different level.

Lin Yi wandered around the house and saw a Buddha Shrine in the study, with fresh fruit on it.

Seeing this scene, Lin Yi thought of Fang Daye.

It seemed both of them were Buddhists.