"What exactly is the relationship between the three of you?"

Chen Fang asked subconsciously.

Chen Rulin was about to speak when something suddenly occurred to her. She glanced at her watch and said, "Take off your clothes."

Chen Fang shivered.

Just as he was about to ask why, Chen Rulin urged him sternly, "Hurry, strip naked and help me scrub my back."

Although Chen Fang did not understand why,

he did not delay.

In two or three movements, he stripped off his clothes.

When only his underwear remained, Chen Fang asked, "Should I take this off too?"

Chen Rulin tossed him a towel and said, "Just like that, hurry up and scrub my back."

At that moment, Chen Fang also heard the clear sound of a door opening from outside.

As his hands climbed onto Chen Rulin's smooth back, he began rubbing it as a bathhouse scrubber would.

It must be said, Chen Rulin's skin was indeed very smooth, and the sensation under his fingers was clear and slippery. Just then, there was a knock at the door.

"Who is it?"

Chen Rulin made a silencing gesture to him and asked towards the door.

"Miss Chen, the hotel has sent you a complimentary drink. Would you like me to bring it in?"

"Bring it in,"

Chen Rulin said.

With a click, the door opened.

A young woman dressed as a waitress walked in, but she did not show the slightest surprise upon seeing Chen Rulin naked and being scrubbed by a man in only his underwear.

"Miss Chen, this is the orange juice courtesy of the hotel. I will leave it on the table for you,"

"Okay, thank you. You can leave now,"

Chen Rulin spoke firmly.

The woman smiled faintly and said, "I'll tidy up the bed linen outside for you."

After saying that, the waitress left the bathroom and began busying herself in the outer compartment.

"What are you standing around for, keep going."

Chen Rulin yelled at Chen Fang in a complaining tone.

Chen Fang shivered and his hands resumed their busy work.

Both of them could see the waitress dawdling outside, tidying up. She occasionally peeped in, seemingly trying to discern something from their movements.

Chen Fang thought he couldn't just stay on her back; otherwise, it would be easy to give themselves away.

The hands that had been behind her now strayed to the front.

Palms caressed her soft breasts, gently wiping them. The soft and bouncy sensation caused Chen Fang to become somewhat distracted.

Chen Rulin pursed her lips,

half-leaning in the bathtub, eyes slightly closed. Clearly, Chen Fang's "service" was causing her to react.

"Miss Chen, everything is tidied up now, I'll be leaving,"

The waitress, who had naturally seen their "interaction," didn't seem suspicious and left after pushing the door open.

Chen Fang stopped his hands as if shocked by electricity.

He said to Chen Rulin, "Inspector Chen, I'm sorry about just now..."

"That was Chen Jinmin's person. In recent months, wherever I go, I am followed. I often come here for baths and to get massages, so nobody suspects. Just now, that waitress was hired by Chen Jinmin to watch me,"

Chen Rulin let out a long sigh and said.

Chen Jinmin was watching Chen Rulin?

Seeing the puzzled look on Chen Fang's face,

Chen Rulin said, "Didn't you just ask me what the relationship was between the three people in the photo? We three have been childhood friends, friends since we were kids."

Boom!

It hit Chen Fang like a thunderbolt from a clear sky.

He stood there stunned.

This news was simply too explosive.

A suspicion began forming in his mind, that the truth behind these two cases might be just about to surface.

Over thirty years ago.

Chen Rulin grew up with Song Yan in the same compound.

Song Yan's father, Song Chongzhi, and Chen Rulin's father, Chen Bang, were police officers at the same station, and their families visited each other frequently.

Song Yan, who was five years older than Chen Rulin.

In her eyes, he was no different from her own older brother.

Song Yan indeed took great care of her.

When Chen Rulin was seven and Song Yan twelve, another peer joined the compound, and that was Shi Ming.

The three of them quickly became playmates.

In Chen Rulin's initial words, the three of them truly shared a childhood innocence and were pure of heart.

Several years passed.

Due to work transfers.

Their families parted ways one after another.

Song Yan became a prosecutor, while Shi Ming became a policeman.

Although their life paths diverged, their affection for each other remained unchanged.

"That photo was taken when I was admitted to the University of Political Science and Law, and my two brothers came to see me and took it with me," she recalled. "At that time, only one copy of the photo was printed, and I've kept it ever since.

As she said these words, Chen Rulin felt somewhat sentimental.

Chen Fang paused for a moment, then said, "I had people check the relationship between Song Yan and Shi Ming, and there was no indication that they lived in the same compound back then.

"That's because of Uncle Shi. Uncle Shi was an anti-drug officer who later went undercover. All his files were deleted. Although he could be exonerated after his sacrifice, back then, all records were in paper form, so that part of the documentation can no longer be found," replied Chen Rulin.

So that's how it was.

Chen Fang nodded.

"The deaths of Song Yan and Shi Ming, there was something fishy about them, right?" Chen Fang asked urgently.

Chen Rulin sighed deeply, nodded, and said, "Yes, they were both killed. The whole story started two years ago, and here we also need to mention another woman, whose name is Gong Qiu.

"Gong Qiu? Shi Ming's wife?" Chen Fang stiffened at the mention of the name and asked.

Chen Rulin nodded and said, "Gong Qiu is a nurse at the Guyang City psychiatric hospital…"

When Shi Ming was 29 years old.

Through an introduction, he met the young and beautiful Gong Qiu. A year later, they married. By the time Shi Ming was 31, they had a son named Shi Yuelong.

Gong Qiu had originally worked at a health clinic on Taigu Street.

After her maternity leave, she managed to transfer to the psychiatric hospital in Guyang City to be closer to Shi Ming.

This hospital was located on Taicang Street, conveniently because Shi Ming worked at the Taicang Street police station.

Logically, this couple could have led a happy and fulfilled life.

But who could have expected.

Two years ago, on a night heavy with pouring rain, the destinies of all those just named would take a drastic turn.

That night.

It so happened that Gong Qiu was on the night shift.

After midnight, Gong Qiu was resting in the dormitory.

Suddenly, she heard a torrent of noise in the corridor, faintly mixed with the calls for help from a girl.

Instinctively, she thought of getting out of bed to check on it.

The nurse resting in the same dormitory quickly pulled her back, telling her to not meddle.

Gong Qiu, puzzled but insistent, still decided to take a look.

Standing on the balcony, she just happened to see two men in white coats forcibly stuffing a patient into an ambulance.

It's worth noting.

It was the middle of the night.

Who would transport a patient away in the pouring rain at midnight?

She was about to rush downstairs to find out what was happening.

But was stopped by Sun Qilin, the director of the psychiatric hospital.

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