207: Chapter 207 Detective Ke Wen

The camera angle at the start of "the long season" was placed very low, and no characters appeared in the shot; instead, it was aimed at a lush cornfield.

The blue-green corn leaves grew upwards in a crooked manner. Looking up through the gaps in the leaves, the sky was completely covered by thin clouds, with not a hint of blue visible; instead, it appeared somewhat gloomy.

At this moment, there was no one around, only the constant chirping of cicadas, one sound after another.

Occasionally, a breeze would blow through, bringing with it the sound of the wind and the "rustling" of the vast corn leaves.

The camera began to move, slowly shifting from the bottom right to the top left.

"Woo, woo-woo..." With a few blasts of a Laba sound, a train in the distance slowly drove towards the camera.

Thus, the camera switched from the cornfield to inside the train.

"Pick up the speed a bit!" The young fireman in a red vest heard this and began to shovel coal, continuously adding it into the furnace of the train engine.

At this moment, without needing any text to explain it, the sense of the era rushed towards the viewer.

The fire in the boiler burned brighter and brighter; the steam produced pushed the pistons, and the train began to accelerate forward.

"Master Wang, make some noise!" As soon as this sentence came out, the camera cut to the train driver, Wang Xiang, though unfortunately, one could only see half of his back.

He was seen unhurriedly picking up a large brown tea mug and taking a slow sip: "Listen up."

The next second, he reached out his right hand, wearing white cotton work gloves, and pulled the whistle valve.

"Woo, woo-woo..." Accompanied by the Laba sound, the train gradually moved away, and the camera tilted up again, showing the gloomy sky.

Then, with almost no pause, the camera began to slowly move downwards again.

The cornfield was still the same cornfield; it looked as if it had become even more lush.

But Wang Xiang was no longer the high-spirited Wang Xiang with a head of black hair from back then.

He had silver hair, his face looked much older, and he was standing in the cornfield taking a leak.

It couldn't be more ironic.

His expression was serious; he was peeing with great concentration. Trembling, he shook a few times, and only then did he finally shake off the remaining few drops.

In the distance was a green taxi, from which came a few Laba sounds that were clearly impatient.

So Wang Xiang hurriedly pulled up his pants.

"Sorry, I'm old, so everything I do is slow. I'll speed the car up for you."

Wang Xiang returned to the driver's seat of the taxi—yes, the driver who used to be able to drive a train was now driving a small taxi in Hualin.

However, some habits had still been carried over.

He put his white cotton work gloves back on and set off again.

The taxi drove over the cornfield, dust flying, and gradually moved into the distance.

The camera pulled up again, and the subtitles finally began to appear on the screen.

At this moment, many people realized that this shot was exactly the same as the scene of the train moving away earlier; the only difference was that it had changed from a train to a taxi.

Awesome. This was done through a few simple camera transitions, allowing the audience to easily accept the time jump within it.

Jumping from 1997 straight to 2016, yet the viewers didn't feel it was abrupt at all; it was truly commendable.

Junior suddenly exclaimed: "Wenwen! Lin Chuyan's name!"

Brother Mosquito took a closer look, and it really was.

Apart from the three lead actors in the front, he was next.

On a black background with yellow text, it read: Special Starring: Li Xinran, Lin Chuyan, Liu Yi.

The two continued watching until the episode finished.

How should I put it? The Lines were very interesting, and the pacing was very comfortable—not too fast, not too slow. As long as one wasn't the type accustomed to the fast pace of short videos, they should be able to get into it and enjoy it.

Plus, with the acting skills of the veteran actors, it was absolutely flawless.

However, Junior was a bit puzzled: "How come Lin Chuyan wasn't in the whole first episode? Is our screen time that short?"

Brother Mosquito glanced at her: "He was. From 43 minutes and 5 seconds to 35 seconds, he appeared for a total of half a minute."

Is it that precise?

Junior was a bit skeptical. It wasn't that she didn't believe him, but she had clearly watched the whole episode carefully just now, so how could she have missed it?

So, the two simply rewound the first episode to the timeline Brother Mosquito mentioned.

The scene was inside the Hua Steel factory.

More specifically, it was in the wastewater treatment area of Hua Steel.

On the ground lay a few bulging plastic bags.

The next second, a young man walked into the frame.

He was wearing black clothes and black pants, with an old, dark green long coat layered over them. In his hand, he was carrying a tightly tied plastic bag—it was quite obvious that the bags on the ground had also been brought over by him.

He looked into the distance, then looked back behind him; he appeared very vigilant.

It was just that because it was a high-angle shot, one could actually only see the top of the man's head and his very prominent, straight nose bridge.

To be honest, if you weren't a die-hard fan, it would be hard to recognize that this person was Lin Chuyan.

At this moment, the character played by Lin Chuyan began to throw the plastic bags into the wastewater treatment area.

He lifted them with both hands, raised them over the railing in front of his chest, and threw them down one by one.

Judging by his movements, the plastic bags were clearly very heavy, and one couldn't tell what exactly was inside.

After throwing the plastic bags, he gripped the railing with both hands and suddenly paused for a few seconds, though it was unclear what he was thinking about.

Then, it was just his back riding a motorcycle, and he quickly drove away from the Hua Steel factory.

In just 30 seconds, there was actually quite a lot of information. But when Junior finished watching it the first time, she had absolutely no impression of it.

"That's strange. I didn't even notice this part when I watched it just now! Wenwen, your observation skills are too good." Junior suddenly shook her head, "No, no, it's not that your observation skills are good; it's that you pay too much attention to Lin Chuyan."

"...I, I don't think so. Maybe I was just too focused when I was watching."

Junior continued to shake her head: "No, no, no. I just wouldn't be able to recognize him. Look, from this angle, you can only see the top of his head. Who would be able to tell?"

Brother Mosquito blurted out: "I'd recognize him even if he turned to ash."

"Huh?"

"Sorry, I misspoke." Brother Mosquito reorganized his thoughts and quickly tried to cover it up, "Look, although you can only see the top of his head, this hair volume is truly impressive. Also, Lin Chuyan's nose is just too outstanding! Straight and powerful, towering, three-dimensional, exquisite, and well-defined. How does that saying go? It's just like an ancient Greek sculpture!"

That was close, that was close. However, saying these insincere things so often, it seems to have become quite natural...

"I see." Junior lowered her voice to chat, still a bit curious, "But what plot is this 30 seconds telling? I didn't understand it either. What is he throwing into the water? It wouldn't be..."

Now it was entering Brother Mosquito's comfort zone.

Before watching this show, he had specifically looked up the plot summary. Besides the plot summary, he hadn't missed any of the various news posts from the official Weibo account. Among them, two characters suddenly came to mind when he was watching this segment—corpse disposal!

Is it possible that the character played by Lin Chuyan is the one disposing of the corpse?!

The more Brother Mosquito thought about it, the more it made sense: judging from the roles Lin Chuyan had taken in the past, it was very likely he would play a character like a murderer!

As the plot developed, there was indeed a segment later in the first episode where the police discovered the corpse bags, so he became even more certain.

Brother Mosquito began to analyze it for Junior: "Yes, what he was throwing was likely the body, packed into several bags. The final part is the segment you saw, baby—corpse disposal!"

Seeing Junior nodding, Brother Mosquito continued: "After all, this is a suspense drama, and it's inherently about the case. Combined with the later plot, these bags should also be corpses. Good heavens, Lin Chuyan just committed murder and disposed of a body in 'the hovering blade', and it hasn't been long since then, yet he's already committing murder and disposing of a body again in 'the long season'. And this time it's even worse; he divided it into so many bags..."

"Also, look at the plot after he finished throwing them..." Brother Mosquito was on a roll, rewinding the timeline a bit more to continue speculating, "Look here, this old lady picking through trash in the dumpster, did you see this plastic bag? This segment follows right after Lin Chuyan's part. What does this mean? This bag was also thrown by him!"

Junior was a bit puzzled: "Then why did he have to dispose of the bodies in two different places? Wouldn't it be better to just throw them all in the wastewater area?"

"Dispersed disposal to confuse the investigation!"

A flash of wisdom sparked in Brother Mosquito's eyes. If a BGM had to be played at this moment, it would definitely be "Detective Conan Main Theme".

"By disposing of the bags in different places, he can achieve the goal of confusing the investigation and diverting the police's attention! Specifically regarding the disposal sites, the Hua Steel wastewater treatment area and the trash can in the Hua Steel residential area, the selection of these two locations shouldn't be random, but carefully planned."

"I believe the choice of the Hua Steel wastewater treatment area is because it has a direct connection to Hua Steel, making it easy to frame a Hua Steel worker! And as a large factory, Hua Steel's wastewater treatment system should be very complex and large enough to be an ideal place to hide evidence. Also, it's a wastewater treatment area; not many people should come here, so it wouldn't be easy for anyone to see him disposing of the body, reducing the risk of being discovered."

"The other disposal site is in the Hua Steel residential area, where there is more foot traffic, so he just rode his motorcycle and tossed a bag casually. Furthermore, the body mixed in with daily trash wouldn't be easily noticed. At the same time, even if the body is discovered, it could serve to mislead the police's investigation direction and make people think the murderer is someone from Hua Steel!"

Junior's eyes had now turned from surprise to adoration: "Wenwen! You're so cool! You're really so smart!"

"Ahem, it's nothing, it's nothing. Let's keep watching the show, let's keep watching."

Brother Mosquito's inner monologue: Thanks to Lin the Dog for the assist.