Fix Smile Order Chapter 16
Translated by Pure
Edited by cookiecrunch
Chapter 16: A Threat’s Strength
Tang Tianyuan nodded, "Yes."
"Strange, how did this wound come to be?" Tan Lingyin touched her chin and said to herself, "It's summer now, so lips won't be chapped even without maintenance."
"It's not chapped. Chapped lips show cracks along the lip lines, but this wound is horizontal."
"Yeah. Could she have been biting herself?"
Tang Tianyuan thought for a bit, "Bite your lip and let me see."
Tan Lingyin obediently bit her lower lip and stared at him with wide eyes. In her attempt to observe his expression more clearly, she unconsciously squinted her eyes. This expression looked like a prowling leopard in Tang Tianyuan's eyes.
Tang Tianyuan took a step back, "Others look pitiful when they bite their lips, but your lip biting looks so lascivious and wanton."
"You...!" Tan Lingyin turned her face away, "What you think is what you will see. In the eyes of a lecher, even ghosts would appear lascivious and wanton."
"Cough." Tang Tianyuan didn't quite understand how the conversation took such a turn. He adhered to the way of a gentleman and was not usually a vicious person, but in the face of Tan Lingyin, he always found himself subconsciously making sarcastic remarks.
Tang Tianyuan didn't want to quarrel with her, and decided to refocus on the matter at hand, "She didn't bite it herself. When someone bites their lower lip, the lip tends to retract so that the bite mark will be closer to the lower edge of the lip... But her wound is located above, close to the entrance of the mouth."
Tan Lingyin nodded. Although this County Magistrate had a nasty personality, his brain was pretty good. She asked, "If she didn’t bite it herself, was it bitten by someone else?"
They were both adults, so they both naturally understood what "bitten by someone else" meant. Tang Tianyuan felt a little uncomfortable, "That should be the case."
"Then the one who bit her and the one who killed her is the same person? That doesn’t seem right. If the murderer killed her for that purpose, he wouldn’t have just bitten her. The post-mortem results showed that the girl was not taken advantage of."
"The wound was inflicted shortly before her death, and whether it was the same person or not, the bite-er should still be related to the case."
Tan Lingyin nodded in agreement and yawned.
Tang Tianyuan was also a little sleepy. He said to Tan Lingyin, "Take a closer look and see what else you can find."
Tan Lingyin looked at the corpse seriously.
Meanwhile, Tang Tianyuan quietly exited the room and locked the door behind him. Tan Lingyin heard the sound of locking the door, causing her to raise her head in surprise, only to find that she was the only one left in the morgue—the County Magistrate was nowhere in sight.
"Sir?" Tan Lingyin called.
Tang Tianyuan's laughing voice came from outside the door, "Tan Lingyin, your mind is impure. Stay in the morgue tonight and reflect on it."
"Hey hey hey! Don't lock me with a corpse!" Tan Lingyin hurried to the door and pushed it hard. Unfortunately, it was locked from the outside, so she shouted through the crack of the door, "Quickly! Open the door!"
Tang Tianyuan held the key and shook it in front of the crack of the door, "No."
The gap in the door was only wide enough for Tan Lingyin to squeeze her nose out, but unfortunately, her nose couldn't help her fight for the key.
Tan Lingyin had no choice but to apologize, "My lord! Sir! I was wrong. Please let me out!"
"A mistake begets punishment. Also," he leaned closer and looked into Tan Lingyin's eyes through the crack of the door, "This official is not a lecher."
This person was way too vengeful... Tan Lingyin gritted her teeth and quickly resorted to flattery, "Of course! My lord, your graceful demeanor and noble character can be regarded as a role model for the world!"
"Well said," Tang Tianyuan nodded, pleased with the response. He then passed the key through the crack in the door, "Here’s your reward."
"Thank you, sir!" Tan Lingyin received it carefully. After her initial happiness, she quickly discovered a serious problem: she couldn't reach the lock outside the door. What's the use of asking for a key!?!
"My lord, please stay!" Tan Lingyin called out affectionately to Tang Tianyuan's departing back.
The County Magistrate did not stop.
"Tang Feilong! Quickly, come back!" she shouted again.
These words successfully aroused Tang Tianyuan's discomfort. It reminded him of calling Tan Lingyin's ‘little soul’ during the day, prompting him to quicken his pace.
Tan Lingyin gritted her teeth and resorted to using her ultimate move, "Tang Feilong! The eighteen-thousand-word boys’ love novel will be waiting for you! No need to thank me!"
Tang Tianyuan really stopped in his tracks, turned around, and walked back quickly. His happy expression had been replaced by annoyance, "You woman!"
Tan Lingyin frowned, "What's wrong!? Anyway, I wouldn’t lock people in the morgue in the middle of the night. That's insidious!"
Tang Tianyuan tried to reason with her, "You promised not to write it."
"I make plenty of promises, but I just can't keep them all. What can you do about it?"
"Only a lowlife would go back on their words."
"I am a lowlife! Come on, bite me, bite me, bite me!"
"In your dreams, you lecher!"
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