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"We will do our utmost to investigate," the forensic doctor Mai assured, "Rest assured, this is within our scope of work, not yours. To have to call you back to work overtime on the weekend, you've really worked hard. You should go back and get some good rest."
"Okay, then I'm leaving."
Mai Xiaomai walked out of the building where the crime had taken place and directly hailed a cab back to her rented studio apartment, instead of going home.
This was her routine.
Every time after leaving a crime scene, she would first go to that apartment to shower, put on clean clothes, and then go home, so as to avoid bringing any negative energy back with her.
Moreover, she didn't feel like going back today, to avoid her mother's nagging.
Back at the apartment, she stripped off her clothes, vigorously washed herself under the showerhead, then lay in the bathtub scented with aromatherapy oils, scrubbing quietly.
