Chapter 1 - Part 2

Chapter 1.2

He was frustrated by Song Wen more than enough on a normal day, but for him to go and ask Song Wen for help now? Over his dead body! Hmph!!.

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After half an hour, Tian Ming still went to Song Wen’s desk obediently and said with a calm smile, “Captain Song, do me a favor. Our team has encountered a problem. Help us draw a portrait.”

The memories of the eyewitnesses, the clues at the scene, would become more and more difficult to restore with the passage of time. Tian Ming knew in his heart that Chief Gu’s advice was correct.

Identifying the portrait of the culprit early could help a lot in solving the case. As long as it was for the sake of a case, this big man could bend and stoop to compromise.

So, now there were three people sitting in the interrogation room. An eyewitness and two criminal police Squad captains. The little girl had said all that she had to say, and sat there sobbing silently. Tian Ming was also sitting quiet. In the small interrogation room, only the rustle of the pen and paper in Song Wen’s hands could be heard.

Tian Ming sat at the table nervously, watching Song Wen’s pen flying. He stopped from time to time to take a glance at the monitor image on the side of the notebook before continuing to draw.

Tian Ming rubbed his eyes, also wanting to see some useful information. But that picture was all mosaic, and he couldn’t even see where the eyes were, let alone identify facial features.

Looking at Song Wen, who was drawing on the side, Tian Ming thought to himself, ‘This person is not going to play me like a fool, is he?’

Thinking that way, Tian Ming felt a bit regretful. He shouldn’t listen to Chief Gu so much. What if this man surnamed Song draws something randomly to trip him up, making the suspect even harder to catch and waste his time?

Just as he was thinking, Song Wen stopped drawing. He flicked the pencil shavings off the drawing. Then he picked it up and asked the girl, “Is there anything else to add?”

It didn’t look like a masterful work of art, nor was it like a piece from an art student. But when looked at carefully, one could see that it had distinct features. There were only a few strokes that outlined the characteristics of the person. The facial features were even more vivid. A pair of eyes that looked somewhat cold, as if staring directly at the person looking at the sketch.

The girl took one look at it and started crying again. She pointed at the portrait and said, “Similar, so similar. This man killed Sister Yun.”

The painting was not very good, but it was so vivid that it reminded her of the bloody disaster that happened a few hours ago. It was the same nightmare-like face that had caused this.

Song Wen put the portrait down. He got up and said, “Then, I’m done here.”

The interrogation room was dimly lit. It was only when he raised his head that the little girl caught a glimpse of his eyebrows. Seeing the man who was now raising his head, she could see that his eyes were not very big, but they looked young and heroic. There was also a special kind of youthful charm that made him look more handsome than a while ago, when he was looking down. She couldn’t help but stop crying and take another look.

Only now was Tian Ming able to put his mind at ease, but he felt somewhat ashamed of himself for having used a villain’s heart to judge the belly of a gentleman. He looked at the painting, then at the surveillance footage, and then he thought about the description of the previous witness. He couldn’t help but be surprised, “Thank you Captain Song, but how… how did you manage to… draw this? ”

“Talent.” Song Wen raised his eyebrows and said curtly with no humility to be found in his words.

Hearing that, Tian Ming had a hard time maintaining a straight face, and he almost vomited a mouthful of blood. At this point, he wanted to slap himself in the face. What was he feeling so moved for a while ago?

Fortunately, Song Wen didn’t care whether or not he came down the stairs. As soon as the door closed, he turned around and walked out.

The human face was composed of bones, flesh, blood, and skin. Each bone would grow with age. The movement of muscles also changed due to various external and internal factors. These changes were quite regular.

Some experienced veteran detectives could recognize a grown-up person from the crowd based on their childhood photo. This is the reason.

In modern criminal investigation, the police relied more and more on ever-changing scientific techniques, DNA testing and all kinds of surveillance footage. These traditional techniques were no longer as valued as they used to be.

Take for example Wang Rui. Although he was in charge of tracing portraits, more of his work was based in the imaging department, using computers instead of brushes. He used electronic databases, and 3D modeling to configure facial features that could be modified anytime according to new information. The simulated portrait produced in this way saved a lot of time.

However, Song Wen felt that as a criminal police captain, he needed a great skill. He didn’t think that criminal investigation simulation portraits were outdated, and he liked the feeling of studying people’s hearts from the description of their facial features.

Although the three-dimensional imaging was fast, it was lacking in soul and could only be used as a reference.

Song Wen liked to study human faces. Millions of people would have millions of different faces. Just like no two leaves could be exactly the same, even identical twins would look different.

A person’s face, like their fingerprint and DNA, was information that was unique to each person. In addition, each person’s face was inseparable from their upbringing and living habits. It could be said that all the joys and sorrows of the years were hidden in it.

Just now, the little girl’s words, although not detailed, had revealed some very important features. The protruding chin may have been caused by long-term mouth breathing. Correspondingly, the nose would be enlarged, the nasal lines deepened, and there would be under development in the upper jaw of his face. The pronounced cheekbones would cause deformation of the eyes, the hunchbacked physique would produce a vulgar appearance…

The series of features were like dominoes, providing increasingly more information on the characteristics of his facial features and influencing each other. The video was blurry, but it provided a very important point by revealing changes on the shadows on his face under the light. There was also a great deal of information in those mosaics.

Although Song Wen was not from a science background, he had an unmatched power of observation. In his mind, the various bones all moved and fit together like a jigsaw puzzle, allowing him to draw a portrait that looked very similar to the suspect.

It seemed quite magical, but it was actually the result of cleverness, experience, repeated practice, and observation. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call it a talent, but Song Wen was too lazy to explain all these things to outsiders.

About half an hour later, a small policeman from the second team came over and said, “Captain Song, Captain Tian asked me to thank you again. After we showed the portrait of the suspect to the deceased’s mother, the other party recognized that he had been engaged to the victim before. Later, the victim insisted on backing out of the marriage. She started dating her new boyfriend and blocked the suspect’s contact information. That’s why…”

Song Wen nodded and replied, “That’s good to know.”

Translating team shenanigans

Mochi : Tian Ming was frustrated... he said it would be over his dead body ( ˘︹˘ )

Cye : lol he's so cute (＾▽＾)

Mochi: